Friendly observations around the Carolinas and beyond.
Friendly observations around the Carolinas and beyond.
Some of these laws are enough to make you want to punch a wall. A North Carolina woman was charged for sheltering and protecting dogs from a bad storm. There are other outrageous laws like these… John Stossel makes a good case for not making a case over simple things. from his full article HERE …
This was a North Carolina state championship tournament. Heaven Fitch is a junior at Uwharrie High School ( near Albemarle, NC) and she just became the first girl to win an individual state wrestling title on Feb. 23. To do it, she beat all male wrestlers.
This interesting method of cupping the face away from germ/virus blowback is getting traction. It’s from the CDC. It also speaks to other mass cultural habits that have happened over centuries brought on by sickness, war, movements, and general common practice. Makes sense that a man’s face is a basic germ trap especially when it’s …
Marty Schwartz is my favorite guitar guy so I picked him to show how the Chord Buddy works He didn’t invent it but Marty shows how it works better than anyone I’ve sen. The Chord Buddy turns a guitar into an autoharp. It is an ingenious device that clamps on the neck and suddenly all …
Turns out the heavy duty surgical mask works really well and the others but do help some and SOME is enough if that’s all you’ve got. The Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Alabama did a study of facemasks using a bandana, a regular squarish layered drugstore mask, a round one that looks a bit like a …
A few decades ago this tasty treat was full of seeds. Big dark slippery seeds. When you cut open a watermelon you expected a lot of seeds. Today most of the seeds are gone. What happened? This seedless thing started in about 1990. If you think about it, the purpose of a plant is produce …
Every story has one of these plot lines. See if you can think of a movie or book that matches one of the following- Monster looming Tragedy Comedy Voyage and return ( stranger in a strange land) Quest Rags to Riches Rebirth It’s hard to UN see these once you know they are a thing. …