Recent content by BoonetheAiredale

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...

Porters Neck is really the northern edge of Wilmington so it's definitely not a small town feel. And we do pay people for all the maintenance. Between the constant maintenance, insurance, and property tax it is damned expensive...but that view and that access. And from Durham it will be 2 hours...

Live in Winston-Salem right now but moving back to Durham next year. I have lived in and around Durham for the past 25 years and find it to be the perfect balance (for me) of urban living and distance to other areas. Wife inherited waterfront (waterway) property in Porters Neck and that's the...

I've worked in downtown Durham for 25 years. Watching the courthouse circuses that were the Peterson trial and the Duke lacrosse trial was something else.

Y'all do know that other people attended/lived in the same space you old farts once occupied? ;)

What if you're labelled a "baby killer"? Can you be killed at Planned Parenthood? Can a double tap be ordered if you are seen crawling out of the rubble? You could live to kill babies again.

Seen REK a number of times. Gringo Honeymoon Have seen REK a couple of times. Absolutely love the Gringo Honeymoon album.

It really is an interesting inflection point, as the term "curry favor" is a term I consider neutral in relation to ethnic groups. But, if the neutral term is used in relation to an ethnic group where some part of the word group has connotations AND the receiver of said words interprets that...