BTW , do YOU always ring twice ?

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No sorry I don't do deliveries, I work in the back, sorting mail and sometimes I work up front taking in packages and everyone has to tell me whats in there package, when they say cookies I ask if they
want insurance

And I'd love to see Belgium

He already has the best thing with American flair, it's silver and made of fibreglass.

You Yanks and Rebs are finally finding out that the world doesn't revolve around the USA.  Your Pontiac GTO is actually an Australian born and bred Holden Monaro (OK, Holden is owned by GM but the Monaro is a real Aussie car) Have you guys ever watched the holy grail of races in really big off the showroom floor V8s.  It's called the Bathurst 1000.  Bathurst council (a small country town in New South Wales) decided they needed a race track to entice people to town but the fuddy duddies voted it down.  So they re-entered it in as a scenic drive and it got voted in.  This "Drive" is a hilly curvy race track with a huge downhill straight that they had to put a chicane in half way down some years ago due to safety.  The original race used to be for cars direct from the showroom floor that were driven to the track and driven back to the dealership.  Back then, there were no run off guards or railings, just a really good piece of road.  Now it's bigger than Ben Hur and is only for Holden and Ford V8 sedans that have been "slightly" modified.  This is the last race of the V8 Supercar series in Australia and New Zealand.  NASCAR drivers have come and raced here and pooed their pants after one lap and the race is 1000 Kilometers long.

If you ever get a chance to see it, believe me you will enjoy it. 

Before the race, many old race cars get to have a go as well.  Of course, many Vettes turn up and have a ball.

Sorry to take over your thread Barry but sometimes I get fed up with Americans thinking that all things American are the best.  Belgian beer is fanbloodytastic. Pity it's so expensive in Australia. 

I'd love to get a chance to run my Vette around the Bathurst track at race time.  The rest of the time it's a two way scenic drive, complete with pits, barriers and speed run offs!  The speed limit for this scenic drive while it's not a race course? 60KPH. At race time they change all the speed limit signs for 200+

By the way you Americans do make a lot of things that are the worlds finest but why call a baseball game that is only played in the US, "The World Series"?

Chips,

As for the GTO, I think you're referring to the ones pontiac brought back in 2004. I might be wrong, but I think the original 1964 GTO was ALL pontiac, created by John De Lorean. 

..beef jerky..  you have strange names Ok , if i ever go to a US restaurant i'l ask for

a fried jalaponeos and Armadillo eggs with beef jerky saus .

Anyone has a pic of what i may expect on my plate ?

By the way you Americans do make a lot of things that are the worlds finest but why call a baseball game that is only played in the US, "The World Series"?

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On point number 1, I agree fully...  on point number two..  you forgot Canada...  but that's only if you count them as a real country

..beef jerky..  you have strange names Ok , if i ever go to a US restaurant i'l ask for

a fried jalaponeos and Armadillo eggs with beef jerky saus .

Anyone has a pic of what i may expect on my plate ?

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be sure to get a side of Rocky Mountain Oysters as well.

Hey Norbert, if ya get over here, come out to the South West, anywhere from Texas to Nevada, and if the have rattlesnake on the menu try it. I don't think that they taste like chicken either, but a big ole one can be a little chewier.

Dave

Armadillo eggs, fried jalapenos.... did some research work Joel :

TEXAN FAVORITE ?  WHAT do you drink with it ?  beer ?

Easy Armadillo Eggs

"A quick and easy version of this spicy Texas favorite. Be sure to have something to drink close by!" Original recipe yield: 8 servings. Prep Time: 20 Minutes Cook Time: 25 Minutes Ready In: 45 Minutes Servings: 8 (change)