Recent content by BubbaOtis

I remember going to that ABC store before a UNC football game. I asked the clerk for a pint of Jim Beam and he reached down under the counter and handed me one from the case he kept handy. Apparently it was a big seller. I saw the bluegrass band, Boone Creek, at tiny Starpoint Tavern. It...

Businesses closed in Rowland NC on Wednesday afternoon in the 60's and early 70's. All the businesses were local merchants who knew each other and I assumed they collaborated to do so. I think the entry of chain retailers like Walmart, Family Dollar,etc. meant lost sales for the locals and...

Why does wmheel1287 hate free speech?

On a related note, I just saw that Publishers Clearinghouse was declaring Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

About all we get now are UNC alum related magazines and the Costco magazine. I used to get and enjoy my National Geographic and Oxford American but the pile of unread ones finally made me cancel.

No love for Greensboro's Orson Scott Card? For a book based on work he did in 1977, I thought "Ender's Game" was prescient re: the rise of video war games, drone technology and the surrounding ethics.

$5.79 for 18 at the Derm Costco today. Regular gas was $2.919 but we didn't have time to sit that line.

Diet Dr Pepper but mostly LaCroix or generic seltzers for me.

One of these days she'll get around to billing all these hours and we'll have a helluva big hat to pass around to pony up.

I looked at the video. The wife didn't look terribly enthused when she dropped the coat.

Per the FAQ. How long must I serve? Service on a grand jury in the Eastern District of North Carolina is typically 18 months. On occasion, a grand jury may be extended to the maximum service time of 24 months.

If corporations have freedom of speech rights under Citizens United, who is to say they can't have human's property rights? Also curtailing a corporation's right to buy is also curtailing the seller's right to sell to their buyer of choice. I'm just spit balling it here.

I got a questionnaire from the Federal Court to judge my suitability for Grand Jury duty. I played the hearing angle and added that I had sleep apnea that might cause me to doze off if I remained seated and inactive for too long. Mailed the questionnaire back and never heard anything else from...

I guess the solution is for us evil Boomers to croak and our residences go on the market cheap. I'm having trouble seeing how it could be Constitutionally legal to bar a domestic entity from owning real estate. Things run in cycles. Anyone else remember the panic over the Japanese buying up...

Ironically I first heard the "stop digging " phrase when John Kerry used it against W in the 2004 campaign. You're the poster child for the frantic "sky is falling" partisan. The country is literally burning?? Seriously? Maybe part of a county in LA.. I'm done with you.