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Last reply · posted in Free To Air (FTA) Discussion
I just wanted to ask how many of you like the Rockford Files?

This, and Quncy M.E. were two of my most favorite shows and now I get to see at least the Rockford Files on RTN on sat 83W!

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Any comments?

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FTABman0
Well, it is true and no lie, it does get around 32-35 Miles Per Gallon! Probably better than that for I make sure it is warmed up before I take it out, it idles a lot so it may be better than that if I would cut some of that out.

Remember also, it now only has now 31,000 original miles on it, then the break in for cars of this size was over 50,000 (what the book says). If that is true it is not even broke in yet!

It has everything original under the hood parts wise right down to the original hoses and belts! I did change the spark plugs when I go it with new wires and distributor button. Other than that it is all original!

Also if you know anything about the Chrysler Lean Burn systems, they were designed to save gas mileage plus it has the Carbon Canister for unused fuel return so now fuel or fumes is wasted it all gets burned!

I have no reason to lie about the fuel economy it gets. :)

My last 79 Cordoba had the Lean Burn computer taken off and a points distributor and a 4 BBL and it got around 26 MPG! Same engine 360 but it was bored to 400! The fuel rating on it was about the same according to sticker around 14-20!

Gasoline is made a lot better now than it was back then, even though we have more additives mixed in, but octane is better in today's fuels.

I always get a kick out of the doubters, they wish they could get that kind of mileage out of their newer cars but the proof it the amount of times I have to fill up!

My wife hates that the car gets this good mileage! :D

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Salvage 1 Starring Andy Griffith!

This Thread active again!!

Anybody remember Salvage 1 in 1979? Forgot about this show!

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Salvage 1 is an American science fiction series that aired for 16 episodes (of the 20 produced) on ABC during 1979. The pilot film, Salvage, aired on January 20, 1979 to high ratings. Only 20 episodes starred Andy Griffith, ABC pulled the plug after 16 episodes due to overall poor Nielsen Ratings in the end!

Noted science fiction author Isaac Asimov served as the show's scientific advisor.

Pilot (Parts 1 & 2) (20 January 1979)

Harry Broderick (Andy Griffith), owns the Jettison Scrap and Salvage Company, a specialist in reclaiming trash and junk in order to sell that as scrap. However, his dream is to recover equipment left on the moon during Apollo Program missions. With that purpose, he invites former astronaut Addison "Skip" Carmichael (Joel Higgins) and NASA fuel expert Melanie "Mel" Slozar (Trish Stewart) and establishes a team.

He builds a spaceship called Vulture completely made of junk and powered by a chemical called mono-hydrazine. The main body of Vulture is composed of a Texaco gasoline Semi-trailer with cement mixer as the capsule. This is augmented with three shorter rocket boosters placed 120 degrees around the main tank.

Estes Rockets made a prototype of a model rocket version of the Vulture. It was never brought to market. Broderick and his ragtag crew complete their mission and go on to further adventures in the subsequent series.



Season 1
Dark Island (29 January 1979)
Shangri-la Lil (5 February 1979)
Shelter Five (12 February 1979)
The Haunting of Manderly Mansion (26 February 1979)
The Bugatti Treasure (5 March 1979)
The Golden Orbit (1) (12 March 1979)
The Golden Orbit (2) (19 March 1979)
Operation Breakout (2 April 1979)
Mermadon (16 April 1979)
Up, Up and Away (14 May 1979)
Energy Solution (21 May 1979)
Confederate Gold (28 May 1979)

Season 2
Hard Water (1) (4 November 1979)
Hard Water (2) (11 November 1979)
Diamond Volcano (Never Aired during original series run)
Dry Spell (Never Aired during original series run)
Harry's Doll (Never Aired during original series run)
Round Up (Never Aired during original series run)

The last four episodes aired in the early 1990s on The Nostalgia Chanel, now known as the AmericanLife TV Network.

Andy done this TV Series 11 years after The Andy Griffith Show.

Andy Griffith Television Work:

The Andy Griffith Show (1960-1968)
The Headmaster (1970-1971)
The New Andy Griffith Show (1971) (canceled after 13 episodes)
The Strangers In 7A (1972)
Go Ask Alice (1973)
Pray for the Wildcats (1974)
Winter Kill (1974)
Savages (1974)
Adams of Eagle Lake (1975) (canceled after 2 episodes)
Street Killing (1976)
Six Characters in Search of an Author (1976)
Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976) (voice)
Washington: Behind Closed Doors (1977)
The Girl in the Empty Grave (1977)
Deadly Game (1977)
Centennial (1978) (miniseries)
Salvage 1 (1979) (canceled after 20 episodes)
From Here to Eternity (1979) (miniseries)
Roots: The Next Generations (1979) (miniseries)
The Yeagers (1980) (canceled after 2 episodes)
Murder in Texas (1981)
For Lovers Only (1982)
Murder in Coweta County (1983)
The Demon Murder Case (1983)
Fatal Vision (1984) (miniseries)
Crime of Innocence (1985)
Return to Mayberry (1986)
Matlock (1986-1995)
Under the Influence (1986)
The Gift of Love (1994)
Gramps (1995)
Scattering Dad (1998)
A Holiday Romance (1999)



I would bet this spun off the movie The Astronaut Farmer (2006) starring Billy Bob Thornton! Not Retro but also a great movie! :up

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guapoharry
....I always get a kick out of the doubters, they wish they could get that kind of mileage out of their newer cars but the proof it the amount of times I have to fill up!

My wife hates that the car gets this good mileage! :D

So that's why the mileage is so good.... It irritates the wife....

Or rather, because you love that car...

Very amusing...

PS. I like that window sticker. VERY COOL.
mikelib
Anybody remember Salvage 1 in 1979? Forgot about this show!

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I remember seeing this series. What I remember the most about the series was the rocket ship did not blast into space it slowly accelerated. Andy Griffin gives someone a demonstration on how the space ship will work by using a racing car. He has the guy all dress in racing clothes, helmet and all. They get in the car and the guy is ready for a fast take off, Andy inches the car around the track doubling the speed after every circle of the track and he explains how his space ship will accelerate differently from the NASA ones.
FTABman0
So that's why the mileage is so good.... It irritates the wife....

Or rather, because you love that car...

Very amusing...

PS. I like that window sticker. VERY COOL.

No, it REALLY gets that kind of mileage! :)

Since I have owned seven of them yes, I do love the car!

My wife calls it an old man car or a grandpa car, I sometimes (OK All The Time!) treat it better than her and that is what irritates the wife! :devil:

Her car, a 2007 Mini Van gets about 14 miles to the gallon (a V6) while mine (a V8 360) gets 35 to 32 on a bad week, gets her goat! :D

Although, last time a got around 24 MPG and that is a first but it idled a bunch on that tank so that is understandable! I start it up before I go and it runs for a good bit before I take her out. When I go places people want to see under the hood and it is usually running then too.

That is the worst I got in it so far, it has now 32,012 original miles on it now from when I bought it last year it had 29.145 garage kept miles! 31 year old car with that kind of mileage, it better get that kind of gas mileage! According to the book new the break in is 50,000 so I have not reached that yet! ;)


I can argue the gas mileage I really honestly get all day but let's get this thread back on track here with the Nostalgia of the Retro Era!

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FTABman0
I remember seeing this series. What I remember the most about the series was the rocket ship did not blast into space it slowly accelerated.............


Yes Mike that was it! I was watching The Andy Griffith Show the day before yesterday and remembered the show but barely! I had to do some online looking to find out what the show was even called! Salvage 1 was a good show, not the best for the last part of the 70's but it for what I can remember of it a decent show!

Took watching some of the Mayberry stuff to jog that one! Andy said something in that episode that he said in the Salvage 1 show and it started to come back!

I figure we have not even touched some of those good TV series that had only a couple season runs then cancelled! This was one of them!

Funny how stuff takes a long time to remember then when you do, they details are hard to recall without doing a bit of research on it!

I remembered Salvage 1, took 2 days to remember it completely but it all came back after I remembered the show with Andy in it! It really came back after I saw the rocket Vulture online! I remember the old tires that he mounted on the bottom for support feet if you will! Wow! Took me long enough to jar the brain there!

Radar, do you remember that one??

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FTABman0
What is your favorite episode of Charlie's Angels?

Respecting the passing of Farrah Fawcett, what is your favorite episode of Charlie's Angels with Farrah pre Cheryl Ladd?

Mine was Target: Angels! The episode had a young Tom Selleck Pre Magnum P.I. ironically on a Private Eye Show!

:angel: Charlie's Angels :angel:

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Target: Angels (1976) Director Richard Lang
Charlie's Angels: Episode 005 (Episode Number title)
Air Date: Wednesday 10 27 1976 Network: ABC

xxx.youtube.com/watch?v=AkKgiFq81jM - Watch The Entire Episode!!

Farrah Fawcett credited Farrah Fawcett-Majors played Jill Munroe 29 episodes in Charlie's Angels, 1976-1980

Tom Selleck played Dr. Alan Samuelson

The Plot:
A series of attempts on the Angels' lives lead them to seek refuge in Charles Townsend's palatial home (where Bosley has already removed any evidence of Charlie's appearance). However, the three girls discover just in time to save their boss's life that he is the true target - allowing Charlie to once again slip away into obscurity.

Plot Synopsis
The Angels find themselves the apparent targets of an unknown assassin. To find out the reason, and to flush out their would-be murderer, our heroines pretend that Sabrina (Kate Jackson) was killed during the attempt on her life. Alas, by the time the Angels realize that the killer's real target is their boss, Charlie Townsend, they've managed to entrap themselves in Charlie's mansion.


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1inabillion
Rockford Files rocks all the way :up
SuperDish_Fan23
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!
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dishdude
They didn't sell many, they were pricey and not out long. Quickly got replaced by the Hopper.
T
They were high-end specialty, somewhat buggy and the 612/622/722 just overwhelmed it in popularity.
Former member 208119
Last reply · posted in SiriusXM Satellite Radio
My year was almost up and we got the new bill for a year of service for $ 360.00 insane sat radio is becoming like cable!!! i logged into my acct and hopped onto chat and told the rep that i wanted to cancel. she understood my concern and went quiet for a few minutes. i figured that she was canceling my service. she comes back and said that she seen that i have been a sub since 07 and then offers me the same package for a year for 120.00 with taxes and fee's!!! i grabbed it. after almost having a stroke :biggrin
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What i noticed with my last renewal XM is now billing me $4.99 monthly instead of one time yearly payment.
Jimbo
What i noticed with my last renewal XM is now billing me $.99 monthly instead of one time yearly payment.
Did you accidentally get on the wrong plan ?
I still do the once a year plans.
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Did you accidentally get on the wrong plan ?
I still do the once a year plans.
I have to think maybe more people dont keep track of the monthly XM bill. Every time i renew i put a reminder on my calendar week before its time to renew. My wife told me the other day not to renew her and then i told her you are not going to be able to listen to XM at home. Then she changed her mind...!!
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TRG
I have to think maybe more people dont keep track of the monthly XM bill. Every time i renew i put a reminder on my calendar week before its time to renew. My wife told me the other day not to renew her and then i told her you are not going to be able to listen to XM at home. Then she changed her mind...!!
I get an e-mail every month reminding me that X amount will be charged to my credit card. If I see it go up I get on chat or pick up the phone. But I also remember that my year is up in December.
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I get an e-mail every month reminding me that X amount will be charged to my credit card. If I see it go up I get on chat or pick up the phone. But I also remember that my year is up in December.
yea i don't understand WHY, like you I get a notice each month. Mine is also up in December.
Jimbo
yea i don't understand WHY, like you I get a notice each month. Mine is also up in December.
You get an email every month to let you know they are billing you for the next month.
Foxbat
Mrs. Foxbat reminded me it's that time of the year to do the Cancel Tango💃🏽

The A.I. agent appears to be better than in the past. It got to the acceptable price quicker than previous years, no human operator involved. $5/mo and I still have over $50 in SiriusXM credit from my FordPartner benefits.
Scott Greczkowski
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU! Cutting Edge
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Can't You See - Marshall Tucker Band
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See You in September - The Happenings
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You Look Like You Love Me - Ella Langley
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See Me Feel Me - The Who
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Take It Easy On Me - Little River Band
Peter Parker
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
No idea what improvements might be involved.
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Has anyone noticed an FF stutter with 713? I used to be able to hit FF a few times and skip smoothly. After 713 (maybe 712), when I skip forward, there is a definite stutter for as many times as I have pressed FF.

Can anyone check on this and report back? Recorded programs and then press skip forward a few times to see if it's smooth? Normally, it just jumps to the right place after the skips.
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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
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Has anyone noticed an FF stutter with 713? I used to be able to hit FF a few times and skip smoothly. After 713 (maybe 712), when I skip forward, there is a definite stutter for as many times as I have pressed FF.

Can anyone check on this and report back? Recorded programs and then press skip forward a few times to see if it's smooth? Normally, it just jumps to the right place after the skips.
My wife mentioned that her remote is acting strange this morning. She hit FF and it went to 15x FF.
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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
This has been an ongoing issue. A fix is coming, probably in the next software version.
Foxbat
Wife bought me a t-shirt that has "have you tried turning it off and on again?"
Here's the one I need:
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dishstaller
Here's the one I need:
Just ordered one....that's great.
dfergie
Staff member HERE TO HELP YOU!
Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club
Stumbled across this ... http://www.gaspricewatch.com/USGas_ZipSearch.asp
I found no local prices, although it did show stations at my location...
Added these to this post...
USA National Gas Temperature Map
State By State Gasoline Taxes
Gas Buddy

Ethanol Free Stations

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Bobby
Regular$5.999​
Premium$6.399​
Diesel$7.999​
at Costco, Rohnert Park.​
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I wonder if California is getting into the Winter formula.
dishstaller
Regular$5.999​
Premium$6.399​
Odd that out there, Prem is only 40 cents higher. Here it's a full dollar more.

Last night it was about $4.17 gas, $6,19 diesel.
harshness
Odd that out there, Prem is only 40 cents higher. Here it's a full dollar more.
On the West Coast, a 40-cent differential is common. It used to be 30 cents before the prices rose above $3.

A "full dollar more" sounds like it may be boat gas (non-alcoholic), which is a whole different discussion.
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Here in Indiana, the difference between Regular and Premium is usually a dollar, but some charge even more:
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A "full dollar more" sounds like it may be boat gas (non-alcoholic),
Both non-ethanol and prem run about the same....buck more. When we were up in TN it was a buck more up there as well.
jokeworm
Last reply · posted in What's Cooking?
Ok, I'm bored .... actually - to be more precise - I'm bored of eating the same rotation of 9 or 10 meals that are currently my "go-to" meals. My wife works the long hours - I work from home as and when i feel like it ... which means i generally do most of the cooking ... and so by default - i also make out the shopping list ...

We cook at home 5 or even 6 nights a week - but we always seem to fall back on the same old tried and tested "quick and easy but tastes ok" meals. Week in week out.

Pot Roast - mash and Peas.
Spaghetti
Chicken Pasta in cheese sauce.
Curry & rice
(these are some of mine)

Now it's not that I'm not adventurous in the kitchen ... I'll try anything once or twice ... but we all do it. Unless your name is Martha Stewart or Rachel Ray .. we all eventually fall back on our 8-10 favorite "meals"

So i thought - if we shared some of our own go-to meals with each other ... we might be able to add a few "new" ones to our own arsenal of meals.

So again - I ask you ...

What's for dinner tonight ?

Please give me something new to add to my rotation ... its our weekly shop tomorrow - so i want to pull together a few idea's and try and eat a meal each day next week that I've never had before .. or at least something that is not on my current "go-to" meal plan.

What meal do you always seem to fall back on in your house ? Maybe its something that I've never tried or not had in a while. I need inspiration !! I've got a blank shopping list in front of me - and nothing sounds good .. HELP !
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TRG
Beef and vegetable stew with buttermilk biscuits. Water.
It seemed appropriate on an unusually cold and wet evening in New Mexico.
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Chili Cheesebugers, Tater Tots.
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TRG
I made shrimp parmesan with spaghetti and a salad.
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venison lasagna
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Smoked some salmon on the grill while enjoying some Blue Moon beer. Kinda cool tonight so I fired up the heaters. Here in FL, we fire up heaters once the temps get below 60 :cool As for the salmon, I seared them first, then flipped them off to the side not over the coals and brushed on some lemon pepper marinade followed by some salmon seasoning. Threw some hickory chips on the coals and then closed the vents to about 10% airflow. Yum.
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osu1991
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Last reply · posted in The Chit Chat Club

The number-one US state for EV growth, according to the June 22 Yardi report?
Oklahoma.


:eek


It has no ZEV mandates and "minimal" incentives, Yardi says, but also has cheap electricity, high multi-car household rates (so, for example, a non-Lightning Ford F-150 pulls their trailers), and a consumer base willing to switch.
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navychop
Servant's problem.
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Never realized that Tesla is losing to BYD at manufacturing too, which IMO is Tesla's biggest accomplishment and area of innovation. Nice writeup about the state of play and how we got here though. I have no faith that we're moving any productive direction though sadly, most changes and efforts feel reactionary rather than rooted in making use of the time being bought by tariffs, with few exceptions.

So: how are the cars so cheap, and what is being cut to get there? The best public accounting comes from the Rhodium Group, which compared BYD, Geely, and Leapmotor against Tesla's Chinese operation, a fair comparison because it removes labor costs and shipping from the equation entirely. Their estimate is that BYD builds a car for about $4,700 less than Tesla builds a Model 3 in Shanghai, roughly 15 percent of the Model 3's price. The breakdown is the interesting part. Direct government grants account for about $292 per vehicle, which is 5 percent of the gap. The biggest single factor is vertical integration: BYD makes about 80 percent of its top-tier components in-house, against 37 percent for Tesla, and that eliminates roughly $2,369 per vehicle in supplier markups. Lower overhead, meaning cheaper engineering talent and administrative cost spread across enormous volume, accounts for another $1,719. And BYD pays its suppliers on 155-day terms, against Tesla's 60, which is worth about $214 per car in float. When people say the Chinese advantage is subsidies, the per-vehicle number says otherwise. When people say it is slave wages, the Tesla Shanghai comparison says otherwise too. The advantage is mostly that BYD decided, twenty years ago, to make its own batteries, its own motors, its own power electronics, and its own semiconductors, and Western automakers decided the opposite.​
harshness
The EV company to watch out for is SAIC. They seem likely to take over Government Motors at some point.

GM originally struck a JV deal with SAIC to gain access to China. Now SAIC has taken China back with the substantial library of technology GM shared and they're looking to export to Mexico, South America, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
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Ramy
Supporting Founder
Last reply · posted in The Sports Section
Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Foxbat
They ought to have fun with this… :devilish
osu1991
They ought to have fun with this… :devilish
Was thinking same thing. It should be a good week for sec shorts and roll call
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A lot of upsets yesterday, but my LSU Tigers won.
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Best fan sign I saw during the ND-BYU game: "Bear ate your Lucky Charms!" (Bear being the Cougars' QB). I was going to suggest, "Have you or your team been involved in a Carr crash?"
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