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I love this topic! Or should I say 'off topic'. Because if I was on topic I would be discussing housing, schools, drought, HOA's, schools, schools, home prices, schools, supermarkets, hard roll bakeries, OK so there is a trend here but we will leave that for the 'topic' threads. But now I would like to discuss winter weather in NC.
It appears that if your not from NC and looking to move here its always warm and sunny in NC even at night..? The sunny part I get, coming from the northeast and having up to 2, yes 2 weeks of solid clouds in the winter months this is heaven or at least heaven at a much lower altitude. But it does get cold here and yes it does snow. I would not trade this winter weather for anything the northern winter offers. I'd much rather drive to ski and fall down than to have the snow come to where I live and let me fall down trying to ski! If I want to ice skate I can go to an indoor ring, perfect! If I want to scrap ice from a window I can rinse a drinking glass off with water and place it in the freezer and in an hour or two I can sit in my warm house and scrap the ice from the Glass! Have not figured out the Ice fishing part yet but I kind of got use to sitting on the banks of the partially full Falls Lake and casting a line or two in without a man made plastic hut around trying to keep the ice cold winds off me. And as an added bonus I'm sitting on dry land with the occasion sound of a boat or two and not the sound of cracking ice praying that it was not under me!
So yes NC does have a winter complete with cold, ice, snow, and mostly SUN!
I skipped it this year, but who knows what next year holds!
They raised $20K for charity!
History of the Race
"In 2004, NC State Sophomore Chris McCoy came up with a challenge. He would gather some friends at the NC State belltower and begin a run toward downtown Raleigh. His jog would take him two miles downhill to the Raleigh Krispy Kreme bakery. There they would each consume 1 dozen of the legendary hot glazed doughnuts. The group would then run back to the belltower to finish the race."
I stopped at KK a couple of weeks ago, and got two of those babies right off the conveyor.
Wolfed them down, pun intended, and have to say, I admire anyone who can do the KK Challenge.
Lord have mercy...
I blogged about this last year, and some nerd got on and commented, "That doesn't seem very healthy, does it?"
That slideshow of the KK Challenge is priceless! Thanks for posting the link, Mike.
I can't imagine shoving a dozen donuts down my throat, but it's the idea of running two miles uphill aftereards that really makes me feel sick to my stomach. What a wacky bunch of people!
That slideshow of the KK Challenge is priceless! Thanks for posting the link, Mike.
I can't imagine shoving a dozen donuts down my throat, but it's the idea of running two miles uphill aftereards that really makes me feel sick to my stomach. What a wacky bunch of people!
Credit to North Raleigh Guy...
I thought I was posting the last photo in the slide show.
I got an 'off-topic' topic to-pic! What will You do with the government sponsored check you will be getting. $600 for single tax payers and up to $1200 for married couples and several hundred more for each child. I have thought about this windfall of sorts and thought some more, I slept on it and tossed and turned on it. I woke up on it and dozed off on it. I discussed it with friends and strangers and family too. I asked when will it come, will it be a check or a debit card? Will it increase my personal wealth or bite me in my 2008 Income taxes? But what will I purchase? Who will I be saving when I run out at brake neck pace to spend, spend, spend it?
$600 - $1200 dollars. Hmmm. I can buy a flat screen TV if I add some of my own money so that don't work. I can buy a Washer or Dryer but that will only take me to the cleaners. I can buy a house with it.....but that won't even cover the loan origination fees. I can purchase a coat, hat and gloves and have change left for a burger or Taco or even a Roast Beef sandwich. But then again in May or June will I really need a coat, hat and gloves, maybe if I'm heading up north but then again that won't work because I would not have money left for the gas to get me there. I can buy an airline ticket to somewhere but not have the money to spend while I'm there. I can buy a shrub or two and a shovel, rake, and maybe a wheel barrel but then again no water to water it after I planted them....oh I can buy a car but then again I can't afford the extra insurance on a newer car.
Drat! Double Drat!! Triple Double Drat!! ...and that a lot of drats!
So then I turned my attention to the money, Oh the money, the money I am suppose to be so excited about. The money that will save the economy and keep everyone happy. Yes the money. But wait, that money came from my paychecks over the years.....I gave thousands per year and I get back $600 to $1200. WOW! New meaning to the old term voo-do economics. My new found wealth, its staggering, simply frugal even!
Maybe just maybe what I will do is return it to sender with a simple note saying thanks but no thanks you have far more bills to pay than I. Use it wisely so my kids and their kids can still call this the greatest country of them all!
A band-aide protects a scratch, stitches seals and protects cuts! Use my money as a stitch to seal and protects all the cuts you made to get us where we are!
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Starting real estate school this weekend
