tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post221936161156129807..comments2024-03-11T05:03:14.020-07:00Comments on Ernie's Place: Fast Past.Ernie Branscombhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-13989220604185510502009-09-09T19:12:14.291-07:002009-09-09T19:12:14.291-07:00Thanks for the really great memories of early stoc...Thanks for the really great memories of early stock car racing. I grew up in the South and saw many great races and drivers in the 50s and 60s. I'm 63 now and remember seeing my first stock car race in Martinez GA at age 11. I drove for a few years in Eureka when it was a dirt track. What fun, what memories. I still race, as a car owner. I'm just the manager, crew chief, and all around cook and bottle washer for my two grandchildren. Chelsea and Chris Champagne are racing Legends stock cars now in Ukiah, finishing the season 4th and 5th in the final championship points. The stock cars are still a great family sport. Thanks Ernie.Fredy Champagnenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-43824165486724469492009-09-03T21:15:26.331-07:002009-09-03T21:15:26.331-07:00those MILKSHAKES don't taste as good,as the on...those MILKSHAKES don't taste as good,as the ones made in the 50s!!!! chocolate malts were my favorite!!!!ross sherburnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-80605021996732731952009-09-03T20:59:29.257-07:002009-09-03T20:59:29.257-07:00The counter is still wrong, but Todd barton called...The counter is still wrong, but Todd barton called at about seven o-clock. He was excited that he was the "Millionth" Visitor". I had to tell him that the counter was all screwed up, but I'm going to by him a milkshake anyway!Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-9462511467259979642009-09-02T06:33:40.107-07:002009-09-02T06:33:40.107-07:00You are right Ernie, Jim is Oregon.
And your count...You are right Ernie, Jim is Oregon.<br />And your counter still speaks with a forked tongue.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12323890693372702137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-45179713852668545202009-09-02T02:13:19.256-07:002009-09-02T02:13:19.256-07:00What fun to read, Ernie! I love the subheads and a...What fun to read, Ernie! I love the subheads and all the pics; they really add to the readability of this post. <br /><br />It's been awhile since I checked in. Good to see you're still having fun. <br /><br />I love hearing about the magnetic attraction for your wife and that you two might have stood in line together a half century ago. So sweet!!Indiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333639250952967951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-48303673710532447742009-09-01T23:12:03.952-07:002009-09-01T23:12:03.952-07:00Ah... I was just teasing him. Jim sounds like a gr...Ah... I was just teasing him. Jim sounds like a great name to have. I think that he is my cousin Jim. And he is Bear killin' tough. I'm sure he can take a little teasin'.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-66518697656967518062009-09-01T21:29:58.999-07:002009-09-01T21:29:58.999-07:00So this is how you treat a newcomer... poor Jim. A...So this is how you treat a newcomer... poor Jim. And all to cover up your broken counter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-85255457235300445472009-09-01T16:13:53.496-07:002009-09-01T16:13:53.496-07:00Dang... Jim's got hisself an blogger name! Soo...Dang... Jim's got hisself an blogger name! Soon he'll have himself a forest name. Soon to follow will be a hippy name, like all the newcomers got. Then he'll start critisizing everything. He already pointed out that my counters broke. <br /><br />Jim...You need to come back home. Living up there were nobody knows who you are is giving you somekind of a superiority complex.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-89206014398307196952009-09-01T15:55:45.303-07:002009-09-01T15:55:45.303-07:00Ernie, you surprise me. I know you strive to know ...Ernie, you surprise me. I know you strive to know how things work and as I remember you would always fix the things you could, pronto. So what's up with the counter.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12323890693372702137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-38754208359700493302009-09-01T14:40:00.360-07:002009-09-01T14:40:00.360-07:00I see the counter goes both forward and backward.....I see the counter goes both forward and backward.... what's up with that? I'll never trust counters again.Bunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-40911565378624097612009-09-01T08:06:13.477-07:002009-09-01T08:06:13.477-07:00Ever wonder what kind of tires they use on the sup...Ever wonder what kind of tires they use on the supersonic racers?<br /><br />Rubber turns to jelly at three hundred MPH. They use spun alumimun wheels with groves cut in them for steering.<br /><br />More go-fast, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/science/21speed.html?_r=1" rel="nofollow">800 MPH racer.</a><br /><br /><br /><br />eErnie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-50060388979876794202009-09-01T07:43:14.700-07:002009-09-01T07:43:14.700-07:00Bunny
The meter speaks with a forked tongue. It do...Bunny<br />The meter speaks with a forked tongue. It does weird things to it's numbers. I know how to straighten it out, but I have to go back to when it was reading right and count forward, and I haven't been that bored yet.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-80053657924842907852009-08-31T22:02:50.957-07:002009-08-31T22:02:50.957-07:00i first saw my ex about 10 years before i met her ...i first saw my ex about 10 years before i met her at a doors concert. she was with larry who wound up getting her and her best friend pregnant at the same time, so larry was given the choice to go to jail or vietnam. he went to nam. it was the best jim morrison show i ever saw him do. i saw him about 5 times before at the avalon and he was just laid back like the rest of his band. but he was all black leather and shakin it for the small town american girls that came that night. so ten years later at a disco called the joaquin club i went straight up to her and asked her to dance for 25 years to one long doors song.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-86691458187998971892009-08-31T21:48:09.947-07:002009-08-31T21:48:09.947-07:00what a cool looking car ross. i had one of those ...what a cool looking car ross. i had one of those studebaker silver hawks until someone smashed into me. it was my grandmas car. i only went a 120 in it. but i've always loved speed. must be in the blood. the rush is incredible. mostly i loved to go as fast as i could down a wave. a big long wall, turning into one of those tubes where you get locked in like riding down the birth canal. my friend groovy liked to hollywood back and forth across the street but i would usually just go for it straight down the hill on our skateboards back in the 60's. my friend bob was a speed ski racer up in clear lake. i never did get hurt except for a few rasberries. i've slowed down quite a bit these days. <br />i think its just a family trait whether you have kidney stones or not. you just trust you will make it and go for it.spyrockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685726716755909658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-32652799462944307192009-08-31T21:01:08.282-07:002009-08-31T21:01:08.282-07:00speaking of fast, according to your visitor counte...speaking of fast, according to your visitor counter which is at 999222 there are only 778 more hits until you reach a million. should we have an online party?Bunnynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-68333642839011863052009-08-31T20:31:24.225-07:002009-08-31T20:31:24.225-07:00Ross, I have been driving since I was eight years ...Ross, I have been driving since I was eight years old and I drove the water truck in the woods at fifteen. I wasn't very excited about street racing. But, I did have a ski boat. The girls put on bikinis for that.<br /><br />The local race track was "The Flats" between Garberville and Redway. To get a good honest quarter mile, we had the Phillipsville Flat Marked off, but the people that lived there would rat us out.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-28230618749369809832009-08-31T20:23:59.467-07:002009-08-31T20:23:59.467-07:00Ross, isn't that what you were trolling for?Ross, isn't that what you were trolling for?Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-24877219863170245832009-08-31T19:59:06.803-07:002009-08-31T19:59:06.803-07:00ERNIE! i moved away from garberville before being ...ERNIE! i moved away from garberville before being able to cruise main street!did you guys do this??? i cruised main street in weaverville,oakdale,modesto and CORNING! CRUISING MAIN STREET in CORNING,got me married!!!ROSS SHERBURNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-85490123524373655032009-08-31T19:41:26.389-07:002009-08-31T19:41:26.389-07:00ROBIN! for the most part,my dad was a catskinner,i...ROBIN! for the most part,my dad was a catskinner,it doesn't skip a generation!!! LOL!ROSS SHERBURNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-71119371330365919072009-08-31T19:36:41.972-07:002009-08-31T19:36:41.972-07:00You mean I could do it?!!
Ha, ha!
C'mon, Ros...You mean I could do it?!! <br />Ha, ha! <br />C'mon, Ross... quit being so modest. Tell me! I love that stuff!Robin Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282504761189889311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-16427338199788238862009-08-31T19:16:27.078-07:002009-08-31T19:16:27.078-07:00ROBIN!!! its just straight away racing,doesn't...ROBIN!!! its just straight away racing,doesn't take too much brains!!!!ROSS SHERBURNnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-24084680831975183502009-08-31T16:18:09.633-07:002009-08-31T16:18:09.633-07:00Because we are into motors today, have you ever se...Because we are into motors today, have you ever seen a <a href="http://people.bath.ac.uk/ccsshb/12cyl/" rel="nofollow">108,920 Horse power motor?</a> With over Five Million pound of torque?Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-30392311241916678182009-08-31T14:09:17.123-07:002009-08-31T14:09:17.123-07:00Winchester Flat!Winchester Flat!Robin Shelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15282504761189889311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-29900813957134738662009-08-31T13:16:04.541-07:002009-08-31T13:16:04.541-07:00E, that was a great spot, downhill both ways. Only...E, that was a great spot, downhill both ways. Only you had to put somebody at the Branscomb Road to keep some idiot from pulling out in front of you.Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-924013241079711992.post-60995146698226341282009-08-31T13:13:08.450-07:002009-08-31T13:13:08.450-07:00So, What do you thing that the chances of a stock ...So, What do you thing that the chances of a stock 2006 G.T.O. doing 200 MPH are? If they are good, what do you thing the chances are of my wife finding out that we took her car to the salt flats? We could wash the Salt off before we put it back in the garage...Ernie Branscombhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06391160783604462511noreply@blogger.com