tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post1185911922562478739..comments2023-11-10T04:17:00.492-05:00Comments on View From The Porch: 1,000 wordsTamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07285540310465422476noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-6235974573526650382014-05-27T15:24:37.494-04:002014-05-27T15:24:37.494-04:00Chicken.
But then I left town right after the rac...Chicken.<br /><br />But then I left town right after the race started to get back home and beat the traffic. I do need to take my son to the race at least once.<br />Scout26https://www.blogger.com/profile/06463352978250511474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57133433559572943812014-05-27T13:32:17.719-04:002014-05-27T13:32:17.719-04:00Great 500 this year. For the first time in a long ...Great 500 this year. For the first time in a long while I wish I would've gone down there.Hermithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17256558653150605700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-38926121561927116362014-05-26T07:07:58.599-04:002014-05-26T07:07:58.599-04:00My wifes father is in the hall of fame there. The ...My wifes father is in the hall of fame there. The late great Ted Horn.<br />So it is very much a tradition to include the 500 for our Memorial Day weekend.Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00689059709873763146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-49404393576195762942014-05-25T22:38:42.703-04:002014-05-25T22:38:42.703-04:00980 words, actually (not counting the contraction)...980 words, actually (not counting the contraction).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-5897498170883381492014-05-25T22:38:41.065-04:002014-05-25T22:38:41.065-04:00980 words, actually (not counting the contraction)...980 words, actually (not counting the contraction).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-34647646467924551012014-05-25T21:07:29.802-04:002014-05-25T21:07:29.802-04:00I used to love this Sunday when working the Sunday...I used to love this Sunday when working the Sunday morning sign on shift at the local radio station. I cut the feed in and could sit back and relax except for the ID at the top and half hours.RandyGCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-36334963128830403502014-05-25T20:23:44.163-04:002014-05-25T20:23:44.163-04:00Don't blame you a bit... NOT a bit!Don't blame you a bit... NOT a bit!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-39428200673866770862014-05-25T18:44:02.029-04:002014-05-25T18:44:02.029-04:00I do want to see the race one more time. Maybe I&#...I do want to see the race one more time. Maybe I'll come down for the 100th. I think it would be cool to have it- even a single lap of it, back in Cedar lake/Crown point/Lowell where it all started. oghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07551049745184408924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-80183405838398262492014-05-25T18:38:10.614-04:002014-05-25T18:38:10.614-04:00My favorite comment from the last time we went the...My favorite comment from the last time we went there: "Is he selling parking or crack?"bedlamitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-75858558749311235602014-05-25T17:39:54.710-04:002014-05-25T17:39:54.710-04:00"Circle City" has corners?
Actually, I..."Circle City" has corners? <br /><br />Actually, I remember those days when I lived at 38th and between Lafayette and 465....<br /><br />Back then, of course, it was not IRL, But CART, and they had 2 weekends of time trials and then the carburation day parties and then the race.....<br /><br />A zoo even then.B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-62243398134582449262014-05-25T14:18:49.698-04:002014-05-25T14:18:49.698-04:00I well recall the Tom Slick cartoon in which an In...I well recall the Tom Slick cartoon in which an Indian tribe of exactly half a thousand members lost their fruit orchards and so sponsored an auto race to raise funds.<br /><br />They were the Apple-less Indian Five Hundred.Steve Skubinnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-65079826779137984952014-05-25T13:17:21.457-04:002014-05-25T13:17:21.457-04:00Indy 500?
Probably as worse as going to downtown S...Indy 500?<br />Probably as worse as going to downtown Stuttgart when there's a soccer match. Police in platoon strength everywhere, all dressed up in full riot gear.<br />I once dropped my wife off at the main station on a Saturday, wondering if there was a terror threat when I realized in was just because of a 1st league soccer match and all those hooligans.T.Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05351094909296928284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-81431543152718793612014-05-25T13:15:40.544-04:002014-05-25T13:15:40.544-04:00I am a gearhead and love the race though.
I just ...I am a gearhead and love the race though.<br /><br />I just get too aggravated at all the others who show up to watch.<br /><br />Actually they don't bother me. It's the ones who show up to drink and act boorish. Scott Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-57603293225239551072014-05-25T13:06:56.996-04:002014-05-25T13:06:56.996-04:00Yeah, when I lived a few blocks North and equidist...Yeah, when I lived a few blocks North and equidistant between those points this was a great weekend for staying home and off the roads.The Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15173903164209256926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15907727.post-89998829872251062072014-05-25T12:39:17.869-04:002014-05-25T12:39:17.869-04:00Like I alluded to on book of face: certainly not t...Like I alluded to on book of face: certainly not the place for misanthropes.Scott Jnoreply@blogger.com