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Doug Bushey
April 03, 2007 at 09:24:14 PM
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People, is it too much to ask from everyone to please show some common courtesy and refrain from adding casual conversation to the "Argo" posting?

Each time someone adds a reply to the original post it throws this topic up to the top of the list. The subject matter is completely negative and worthless to begin with. But the fact that there have been over 100 replies (most of which are non-related), combined with it's lingering presence at the top, attracts the attention of new-comers and to those who haven't checked the board in a while. This ignorant posting should not garner such interest. Time to re-focus our energy.

Just one man's opinion...I'm sure this request will be ignored and surely will be criticised be by some bi-polar, drama-starved hate-monger for even suggesting that we move on to meaningful and more positive subject matter.

P.S. We need Tim Clauson over here to lighten up the folks on the Left Coast!


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sonoranrat
April 03, 2007 at 10:18:53 PM
Joined: 11/18/2006
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Posted By: Doug Bushey on April 03 2007 at 09:24:14 PM

People, is it too much to ask from everyone to please show some common courtesy and refrain from adding casual conversation to the "Argo" posting?

Each time someone adds a reply to the original post it throws this topic up to the top of the list. The subject matter is completely negative and worthless to begin with. But the fact that there have been over 100 replies (most of which are non-related), combined with it's lingering presence at the top, attracts the attention of new-comers and to those who haven't checked the board in a while. This ignorant posting should not garner such interest. Time to re-focus our energy.

Just one man's opinion...I'm sure this request will be ignored and surely will be criticised be by some bi-polar, drama-starved hate-monger for even suggesting that we move on to meaningful and more positive subject matter.

P.S. We need Tim Clauson over here to lighten up the folks on the Left Coast!



Valid point and I am in agreement.



shalome777
April 03, 2007 at 10:46:55 PM
Joined: 01/09/2005
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Posted By: Doug Bushey on April 03 2007 at 09:24:14 PM

People, is it too much to ask from everyone to please show some common courtesy and refrain from adding casual conversation to the "Argo" posting?

Each time someone adds a reply to the original post it throws this topic up to the top of the list. The subject matter is completely negative and worthless to begin with. But the fact that there have been over 100 replies (most of which are non-related), combined with it's lingering presence at the top, attracts the attention of new-comers and to those who haven't checked the board in a while. This ignorant posting should not garner such interest. Time to re-focus our energy.

Just one man's opinion...I'm sure this request will be ignored and surely will be criticised be by some bi-polar, drama-starved hate-monger for even suggesting that we move on to meaningful and more positive subject matter.

P.S. We need Tim Clauson over here to lighten up the folks on the Left Coast!



BRAVO!!!!!!

THANKS SOOOO MUCH, I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF!! AND I AGREE THAT POST GOT WAY OUTTA CONTROL. SO HATS OFF TO YOU MY FRIEND!

S. ARGO

 

 

 



taherte
April 04, 2007 at 01:33:19 AM
Joined: 12/02/2004
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For those who don't know, the threads can be sorted by date created instead of date of last reply. This will put the newest threads at the top and the old ones won't bubble up every time someone adds a reply. To change the sort sequence, look below the threads on the left side (before the area to enter a new post). Unfortunately, I don't know of a way to make this the default, and I have to set it nearly every time that I visit the site. That would be a nice feature to have.



STEALTHMAN
April 04, 2007 at 07:55:51 PM
Joined: 12/23/2004
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LANCE , HOW ABOUT JUST TAKING IT OFF THE FORUM COMPLETELY



STEALTHMAN
April 04, 2007 at 11:27:12 PM
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SORRY WHAT I MEANT TO SAY WAS LANCE HOW ABOUT REMOVING TO THE ARGO TOPIC PERIOD...



raj
April 05, 2007 at 05:38:56 AM
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This message was edited on April 05, 2007 at 05:41:17 AM by raj
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Posted By: STEALTHMAN on April 04 2007 at 11:27:12 PM

SORRY WHAT I MEANT TO SAY WAS LANCE HOW ABOUT REMOVING TO THE ARGO TOPIC PERIOD...



Wait! No! You can't do that! Where else would a world full of powerless, frustrated, angry, knee-jerk, know-nothing, half-wits like myself go to express their ever-so-elegant, black-and-white, either-or, right-or-wrong, all-or-nothing, my-way-or-the-highway expressions of histrionic impulsivity?

I mean, I've tried to get myself published in The New Yorker and Foreign Affairs, but they don't seem to be interested in my manic, ill-considered drivvel over there. If Lance cuts me off (along with the rest of these paragons of "thoughtful and considered interactive critique" here), I'll have nothing better to do than join some internet dating site and send emails to narcissistic femmes with heartfelt offerings like, "Ya gotta lot a nerve putting a picture of yourself on the internet with those roles of fat and all those studs you've stuck in 'em."

Hey! The world needs a garbage dump every few miles along the highway. If Don Trump's down to slapping wrestlers, and those mediagenic face boys in SPAZKAR are poking each other almost weekly, who's to say a buncha slick guys like us shouldn't get into a little "tiff" every so often?



RichCee
April 05, 2007 at 08:20:19 AM
Joined: 01/17/2007
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As much as it pains me to say it, I agree with Raj (at least about being in opposition of the removal of useless posts).  It will eventually run out of steam on it's own and a month from now it will be forgotten.  Really, isn't there more important things going on in your life than fretting over the "Argo" post?



wallscraper
April 05, 2007 at 09:12:34 AM
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Posted By: RichCee on April 05 2007 at 08:20:19 AM

As much as it pains me to say it, I agree with Raj (at least about being in opposition of the removal of useless posts).  It will eventually run out of steam on it's own and a month from now it will be forgotten.  Really, isn't there more important things going on in your life than fretting over the "Argo" post?



Come to think of it, no, there ain't no more important things going on in my life.

boner?


Everything you know is wrong.

redanner
April 05, 2007 at 11:23:01 AM
Joined: 12/12/2004
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Posted By: Doug Bushey on April 03 2007 at 09:24:14 PM

People, is it too much to ask from everyone to please show some common courtesy and refrain from adding casual conversation to the "Argo" posting?

Each time someone adds a reply to the original post it throws this topic up to the top of the list. The subject matter is completely negative and worthless to begin with. But the fact that there have been over 100 replies (most of which are non-related), combined with it's lingering presence at the top, attracts the attention of new-comers and to those who haven't checked the board in a while. This ignorant posting should not garner such interest. Time to re-focus our energy.

Just one man's opinion...I'm sure this request will be ignored and surely will be criticised be by some bi-polar, drama-starved hate-monger for even suggesting that we move on to meaningful and more positive subject matter.

P.S. We need Tim Clauson over here to lighten up the folks on the Left Coast!



Hi Doug, check out the write up about Tony Jones in todays PE, now that is moving on. We need more print like that. Hope to see you on the 14th.



Stan Jr
April 05, 2007 at 12:48:34 PM
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Posted By: redanner on April 05 2007 at 11:23:01 AM

Hi Doug, check out the write up about Tony Jones in todays PE, now that is moving on. We need more print like that. Hope to see you on the 14th.



Norco resident Tony Jones thriving on sprint car circuit

 

 

10:19 PM PDT on Wednesday, April 4, 2007

 

 

By MATT CALKINS
The Press-Enterprise
  NORCO - Sprint car driver Tony Jones was spouting off the Cliffs Notes version of his racing career in the kitchen of his Norco home when his 2-year-old son, Grady, trundled across the floor and jammed his miniature shopping cart smack-dab into the wall. Tony laughed. Something he finds himself doing a lot more these days. "Everyone always asks me about him, 'Is he going to race one day?' " Jones said. "I tell them, 'No. He's gonna be a ballerina. I don't want him going through the same stuff I went through.' "

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Special to The Press-Enterprise
Tony Jones, who drives the Alexander Bros. No. 4 sprint car and frequently races at Perris Auto Speedway, endured some tough times in the sport before finding success in USAC/CRA regional competition.
Jones' climb up the sprint car mountain over the past decade and a half has been full of spills and replete with falls. It even included an avalanche that kept him snowed in for about three years. But no USAC/CRA regional driver was more dominant in the second half of 2006 than the 37-year-old Indianapolis native, and nobody is within 60 points of him this season as he gets set to race Saturday in Tucson, Ariz. So Jones is in a good place, figuratively and literally, eyeing a title while opponents eye his rear bumper. It's the sort of year one might expect from the son of sprint car Hall of Famer Bubby Jones, one of the best drivers to ever come through the sport. But look back just 18 months, and it's a different tale. After having bounced around from team to team, Jones, who frequently races at Perris Auto Speedway, was running second-tier equipment and showing up to tracks Saturday with virtually no hope of winning. He'd try to compensate for a substandard ride with aggressive driving, but he would usually end up wrecking. In the rare case that he was in contention for a win, an axle would break on the final lap, and he'd again come up short. It went on like this for three years. Drive in ovals long enough and repetition becomes a way of life, but this was one recurrence that Jones couldn't handle much longer. "I was getting to the point where I would be at Manzanita thinking, 'This is my favorite racetrack, this is a huge race, and I'm not having fun,' " said Jones, whose garage is filled with trophies and plastered with pictures of him and his dad. "People would come up to me after laps and say, 'Tony, maybe you should try doing this or try doing that,' and I wanted to toss them my helmet and say, 'Here, you try driving this.' " Jones would never actually say these things because he might be the friendliest driver in sprint car racing. And his misfortunes wouldn't weigh him down too much because he'd come home to a wife and two kids who he said have always been No. 1 in his world. "I've succeeded in life," said Jones, who once was fired from a race team after dedicating a win to his son, and not the car owner or sponsor. "I wanted to go succeed out there on the track." So he put a call into Mark Alexander, who owned the Alexander Bros. No. 4 car. And he hooked up with Mark's brother, Steve, who now works as Jones' crew chief. And after working out some kinks early on, Jones won eight races last year to finish third overall. Now he feels as if he could beat anyone, even saying he'd like to see NASCAR Nextel Cup Series drivers J. J. Yeley and Tony Stewart come back to sprint cars so he could take them on. The best part? Jones' competitors are loving it. "It would tickle me to do death if Tony were to win the championship," fellow sprint car driver Rickie Gaunt said. "With Tony, what you see is what you get. I've never met a fan that didn't love him, and the thing is it's not a show, that's really who Tony is. He's the ultimate family guy. Whenever he gets T-shirts, he goes over and gives them to my boys. I'd be so proud of him if he won. Then I'd get drunk as a monkey." Mark Alexander said the quality that separates Jones from other drivers is that he comes to race hard every day and is going to make the car go as fast as it possibly can. But as Jones gets set to drive to Tucson, then turn around to lay out Easter eggs for his kids, you get the feeling he wants this part of his life to go as slowly as possible. "I'm happy right now," said Jones, who has received a lot of help from primary sponsors, La Villa Mexican Restaurant and Ferreira Dairy. "You know, everyone I talk to, the Yeleys, the Stewarts, all of them say that if they could do anything in racing -- assuming they all made the same amount of money -- it'd be sprint car driving. I love the camaraderie. I'm having fun." Reach Matt Calkins at 951-368-9649 or [email protected]



Bubzilla
April 05, 2007 at 01:50:28 PM
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Excellent article about my favorite USAC-CRA racer. Thanks for sharing.


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al.boner
April 05, 2007 at 02:52:30 PM
Joined: 03/29/2007
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Posted By: wallscraper on April 05 2007 at 09:12:34 AM

Come to think of it, no, there ain't no more important things going on in my life.

boner?



see there ballscaper you just cant stop thinkin about boners now we know how you are a lil limp wristed



RadRobinlb
April 05, 2007 at 05:23:00 PM
Joined: 02/27/2007
Posts: 449
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Great write up, It is nice to see the Press Enterprise recognize USAC/CRA, and especially the Cowboy Tony Jones. Get em in Tucson this weekend Tony, you are due for a win.

Question: Is the Riverside paper the only newspaper that does write-ups for the USAC/CRA?

If not, do the Arizona papers write anything when USAC/CRA travels to Manzanita? ;)=


RADROBINLB

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