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    Off-Topic Groundbreaking at Jordan Lake: This Date in History

    I played ball in high school (a short 50 years ago). Went to watch the UNC vs. UTexas game last night. A lot has happened in those 50 years, mostly the size of the women has made a huge difference (no pun intended).
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    Off-Topic Hearing

    I have Phonak which I got about a year and half ago. My problem was high frequency hearing loss and tinnitus. I hated going to restaurants with groups of people because I could just no longer hear over the din. Now. The tinnitus is much better. No problems in restaurants. I paid just under...
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    Off-Topic Best/Favorite Song about North Carolina

    Just a great story. Thanks for the memories
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    Off-Topic Best/Favorite Song about North Carolina

    Back in the late 70s there was a tv ad which had song lyrics “I like Callin’ North Carolina home”. I wasn’t from NC nor have I lived there since, but that song always made me prideful of choosing the best state to attend college.
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    Politics Media (Traditional and Social Media) News

    I imagine Pete will miss all of the press attention when it’s gone. Oops
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    Politics "Sorry No Gas" -- The Arab Oil Embargo of the 1970s.

    The longest lines I remember were in 1979 Birmingham. No place to be in the summer of that year. Hot hot hot and social unrest
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    Politics CURRENT EVENTS - OCTOBER

    I’m no doctor but was that a TIA?
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    Off-Topic Photos you’ve taken

    Just a beautiful day in the Colorado mountains
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    Politics Bill Maher dines with The Donald

    Ding ding ding ding. This perfectly describes my husband (business major) and me (Econ). I came out of Carolina believing the pick yourself up by your bootstraps adage. Five years of real experience taught me about empathy, glass ceilings and the need for some wokeness in my own life.
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    Off-Topic The Knots Thread

    No one knows knots like a knitter
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    Off-Topic UNC Professor suspended

    Oh for Michael Douglas to be President again. So many great lines
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    Off-Topic Books Thread | Recommendations, in Progress, Etc

    An old, but greaty is Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner, a wonderful book about adult (couples) friendship. Stegner is a fantastic writer
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    Politics Is Paul Finebaum running for Senate?

    Do not lump Colorado in that tomato soup
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    Off-Topic How Did Matter Come into Being?

    Bullwinkle’s ancestors began this study at their university centuries ago. WU go moose! Whoohoo
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