I used to listen to the AM radio broadcast when I went to the races to keep >up with the action on the track. Dawgoneit, now they've done gone and put a >delay in the broadcast. It sures screws up my race routine because now the >broadcast is out of sync with the real race. Dawgoneit, why couldn't she >have just left her clothes on?!?

I have a scanner. I listen to the AM radio in the background and the driver >chatter breaks in when the driver talks.

So, I need another $200 scanner because of Janet Jackson?!?

I hate her.

AH--get a scanner. I know it's more expensive than an AM radio,>but you should get the radio guys live and unedited. You can hear>them talking to each other during the commercial delays. And>it's fun to eavesdrop on the drivers, too.

Just a quick techie question, where is the delay built into the> broadcast; at the racetrack or at the radio station's distribution net?

On Fri, 8 Apr 2005 22:37:07 CST, "Tommy Wood" <tgwood@nospam.com>­ wrote:>

Hmm. You're already tech-savvy. Here I thought we were helping> you. :o(>

It seems so. But you'll have the baddest scanner setup of> anyone at the track!>

We who enjoy the sunlight above the clouds that gather in> nearby Gimme Valley do not reveal the measure of the> contempt we feel for Ms. Jackson, her dance partner,> and the wardrobe mistress. We pass over these things> in silence.>

Marty>

Oh no, Janet Jackson DOES NOT dwell in Gimme Valley. We think she is a> citizen of Contemptible Canyon.> All this hubbub, and we didn't even get to see her nipple.

I believe that it's at the broadcasting end. The local radio "live mike" at >the track is still live, I believe.>

I guess my only reason for posting this is that never in my wildest >imaginings did I think that Janet Jackson's wardrobe malfunction would >affect my racing routine.

Sometimes, it's just odd how the unintended consequences affect our lives, >though it's not the most critical or consequential thing going on in the >world.

To be perfectly honest, and I don't want to sound like a blunt>Englishman here, but with all due respect, I cannot, for the life of me>understand why there has been so much of a puritan response to this>wardrobe malfunction.

... Would he still be driving the real #8 car chassis>instead of the #15 cars painted up as the #8?

... Did Janet Jackson cost Jr>a championship?

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 17:12:25 CST, Alex Holden <newspost@alex-hold­en.co.uk>> wrote:>>... Would he still be driving the real #8 car chassis>>instead of the #15 cars painted up as the #8?

On 10 Apr 2005 21:40:06 GMT, in article><115j6u5mfk­a4sed@corp.supernews­.com>, "Tommy Wood" <tgwood@nospam.com>­>wrote in rec.autos.sport.nas­car.moderated: >

To be perfectly honest, and I don't want to sound like a blunt>Englishman here, but with all due respect, I cannot, for the life of me>understand why there has been so much of a puritan response to this>wardrobe malfunction.

You guys got rid of your puritan problem by shipping them>all over here. ­

Haven't heard about that. What's the scoop?

... That's>got to rankle with a driver, seeing through the paint scheme and seeing>"your" car being driven by somebody else. And that has to hurt more when>you're racing at somewhere where you've won with that car, and you're>struggling to get to grips with a new chassis and a new team...

Interesting.>

Do you think Jr. had no say in the team/hardware switch?>

To be perfectly honest, and I don't want to sound like a blunt> Englishman here, but with all due respect, I cannot, for the life of me> understand why there has been so much of a puritan response to this> wardrobe malfunction. I watched that Superbowl (in the early hours of> the morning, that's the problem with being 5 hours ahead of Eastern> time) live, but I just thought that the issue was just a bit of an> "oops" and I never expected to see a fine of the level that was set.>

Maybe it's a culture thing, I don't know, but I don't think that there> would have been such an outcry if a similar thing happened at our FA Cup> Final (the world's oldest domestic soccer knockout tournament,) which is> as close to a Superbowl as you're going to get over here.> Cheers,> -- > Alex Holden> I don't speak for anybody but myself.>

Do you think Jr. had no say in the team/hardware switch?>

Marty>

Shirley u know Alex that the majority within even this discussion group>are not decrying the staged shocker of that white boy fomenting>the wardrobe malfunction. Just having a good time with it, but unfortunately>NA$CA­R Inc. must watch what they sanction.

U probably are too young to remember this, but didja ever see>The Grand Knockout? Brits dressed in oversized playing cards, etc.>One of the funniest programs i ever did see. Funnier than Benny Hill even!

Language barrier? What does naff mean as in: 'F1 is naff. That's why i watch NA$CAR.'>CRU-Hungar­ian-German-Irish