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Ask 'Junkyard Wars Diva' Cathy Rogers
Junkyard Wars (and the British Scrapheap Challenge) have long been popular with Slashdot readers. Now Cathy is co-host of a new show, Full Metal Challenge, that also involves teams building strange machines out of this and that. Take a look at this 'Cathy' fan site (and possibly her less interesting official biography), then ask away. (Usual Slashdot interview rules.)
I always thought cathy was one of the bright parts of junkyard wars. When they brought on that dolt american guy I started to lose interest. Why is it that everyone thinks that you must appeal to the lowest form of american?
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Actually, Tyler Harcort (Harcott ?) is Canadian... from Calgary, Alberta, to be specific
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I remember from the early episodes os Scrapheap challenge they had to build a hovercraft. At the start they admitted that they had planted several fans for the hovercraft amongst the scrap.
Did you even read her bio? She came up with the idea for the show and her company produced several seasons. She's not just a pretty face they hired to host the program.
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You are obviously not familiar with Henry Rollins or his work. The man is extremely intelligent and articulate. To stereotype somebody because he is buff is pretty lame.
I find it interesting that you place Battlebots in the same tradition as Junkyard Wars. I fail to see what they have in common. JYW is an entertaining show with a lot to teach about engineering and science concepts. Battlebots is just an update of the demolition derby. They are NOT in the same league.
I KNOW Henry Rollins. It is obvious that you are an idiot troll and are also totally clueless about Rollins and his work. Rollins is NOT a, quote: "muscleheaded retard". In fact, he is one of the most intelligent and sensitive individuals I have ever met.
Is a person who not only is physically but mentally fit, in spite of being 40, an impossibility? Were you dropped on your head a few too many times by jocks in High School?
Why don't you sit down and actually WATCH some footage of Rollins doing his spoken-word stuff? Someone dubbed him a "Stand-up Poet" and that's actually pretty close to the mark. He's FUNNY. He's clever. He's sensitive, amazingly enough.
I also know I'm being trolled, that I've lost, and I should have a nice day. But man, when someone who is of your acquaintance who you know to NOT be a "muscleheaded retard", you have to respond. Rollins is a national treasure. I'm glad he's successful. You, sir, are obviously jealous of his status.
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I was reading on a team's site (I don't remember the name of the team, but it was when the show was in the UK, the team was American and they were rather intelligent guys from New England [I think]) where they explained that the team doesn't know what it's building until the announcement, but the expert does and he suggests to the producers what pieces will need to be in the yard. And all bits and pieces (nails, screws, etc.) are freebies.
there was an all female tream in the latest season with Karen Bryant, and Tyler Harcott. They got a fairly lackluster expert, who was male. They battled the Custom Cruisers(who went on to the Finals to lose, yesterday in fact, to The Ketucky Fried Family, by a poor decision by a judge and the lame Dad who refused to put his little boys in harm's way on a machine they built.) They ladies competed in an event to construct a vehicle that fit inside 4 samsonite suitcases.
My question is: Is this a coincidence, or is their a link between your music (and spoken word) and this electronics experimentation? And did this encounter with Greg Ginn's business prepare you in any way for JYW?
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