Recent content by BoonetheAiredale

I was friends with a family that had a three story lake house practically next to where I lived. They had a son who lived there year-round who had no problem with me going to the always unlocked house and going up to the third floor to watch what seemed like a hundred different VHS movies they...

That jostled my early teen memory. What a bad, good movie.

Gifted to the family. My wife and her sister are very serious about their puzzles.

46 here in Porters Neck. Better choice than WS.

I am trying to convince my wife and son to escape to Wilmington today from Winston-Salem. Why even deal with this shit?

More just eating your own. Tearing down an important institution for tweets, loyalty, and revenge.

This long article in the NYT about the chaos in the FBI is simply stunning. I don't even know what to say about it other than tearing down our security apparatus in order to win media wars and please Trump makes everyone far less secure. Sigh......just another reason among 10 million...

So long ago...my dad and I used to watch/listen to Carolina games religiously. When we lived in Raleigh (Brentwood neighborhood) back in the 70s if Carolina won the ACC tournament I'd go out in the driveway and lay on the car horn just to annoy the state fan neighbors on each side of us. Good...

That was fucking great.

This whole spin as delivered by politicians and Fox media is what it has been about for decades now...stoking fear. Fear that begets anger, anger that begets cohesion and righteousness. That cohesion and righteousness are then controlled and whittled into political spears wielded by the...

I believe the saying goes "reputations are hard earned and quickly lost". If you value your forum rep in any fashion, you may want to reconsider this argument.

How long did it take for the 9/11 operation to be carried out?

Took a three or four day horse trek with this crew and it was bucket list level. That was my trusty "old" horse in the above picture. I'll let you guess which one was me in the group.

Almost 20 years ago. I want to go back so badly.

I was there for a month almost 20 years ago. Greatest country I have ever experienced. Rent a car, go everywhere, both islands. I believe the South island is a little more rugged. Others have named key places, but in a car you can just let the views casually unfold. My analogy for NZ is it's as...