im gonna have my 1st trackday... well sorta.

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#81 Unread post by NorthernPete »

I googled it... its

a plane from a comic book...
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NorthernPete wrote:I googled it... its

a plane from a comic book...
A band http://www.purevolume.com/theblackmaria
Another band.... http://www.black-mariah.com/Audio/Slill%20Sleepin.mp3 hmmm..groovy...
We're gonna be here all day...

A black mariah is a police transport van. The term was also used to refer to the black carriages undertakers used to move coffins in. I first heard it on I Love Lucy like 15 years ago (I was about 10 at the time. Do the math). :lol:

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#83 Unread post by 9000white »

why were they transporting Lucy in a police van??
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9000white wrote:why were they transporting Lucy in a police van??
They weren't. One of the women (I can't remember if it was Ethel or Lucy) was relaying some gossip to the other in pantomime and she said something about "they threw him in the black mariah?" The term kinda stuck in my head.

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black mariah wrote:
NorthernPete wrote:I googled it... its

a plane from a comic book...
A band http://www.purevolume.com/theblackmaria
Another band.... http://www.black-mariah.com/Audio/Slill%20Sleepin.mp3 hmmm..groovy...
We're gonna be here all day...

A black mariah is a police transport van. The term was also used to refer to the black carriages undertakers used to move coffins in. I first heard it on I Love Lucy like 15 years ago (I was about 10 at the time. Do the math). :lol:
I saw that on my google search, but it came out as black maria for that deffinition... link
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NorthernPete wrote: I saw that on my google search, but it came out as black maria for that deffinition... link
It's quite silly, really. The most common spelling is black maria, even though it's pronounced MUH-RYE-UH. I'm from Texas. We have a lot of Hispanics. I don't care what anyone says, maria is pronounced MUH-REE-UH, not MUH-RYE-UH. :lol:

I went with this spelling since it makes more sense.

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#87 Unread post by macktruckturner »

verm,

Have fun, try not to wad your bike, and don't be upset if you don't get the quality instruction you're looking for - it's a trackday, not a riding school. The instructors are typically there to make sure you aren't a danger to the other riders. Beyond that, if you want instruction from real pros - you need a riding school, not a trackday.

Keep the rubber side down.

Anthony

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macktruckturner wrote:verm,

Have fun, try not to wad your bike, and don't be upset if you don't get the quality instruction you're looking for - it's a trackday, not a riding school. The instructors are typically there to make sure you aren't a danger to the other riders. Beyond that, if you want instruction from real pros - you need a riding school, not a trackday.

Keep the rubber side down.

Anthony
it is a track school. here's the link... http://www.trackxperience.com/index.html
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You called it a trackday first, at any rate, what I said still stands after viewing the site.

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#90 Unread post by VermilionX »

oh wow!

willow springs speedway is only 67 miles away from me.

http://www.willowspringsraceway.com/home/home.asp

it looks like a nice track w/ several configurations...

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