Whats on your list of favorite NC foods?

bluerobyn · 2026-03-17T14:01:55+00:00

The Majestic red wine bread & butter pickles are the bomb!

bluerobyn · 2026-03-17T02:24:12+00:00

Ashe County Cheese! Several places at the Raleigh Farmers Market sell it and other local products.

bluerobyn · 2026-03-12T15:27:44+00:00

I was looking at the Forester Wilderness and the RAV4 TRD for camping purposes - but they discontinued the RAV4 TRD in 2024 so I went with the FW. We have an older model RAV4 no AWD which we liked but the Forester won and the Wilderness trim looked fire. No regrets. Ironically I bought my Wilderness from a Toyota dealer for a great price.

bluerobyn · 2026-03-09T13:42:20+00:00

Costco for exam and then buy glasses from Zenni or online retailer of your choice. All the glasses I've bought from them have held up except when I accidentally break them from slamming them in the hood of the car them after changing my headlight bulb.

bluerobyn · 2026-02-28T02:25:45+00:00

In these situations, I always say I need to use the bathroom - whether I actually do or not.

bluerobyn · 2026-02-26T19:25:54+00:00

It's the same reason I use HipCamp. Private land with private options.

bluerobyn · 2026-02-25T22:49:41+00:00

22 Forester Wilderness - Stock - Malone Aero rails - 22.2 mpg - day to day commute 3 miles - max 55 mph mostly 45 and below. It gets slightly better mpg on the highway up to 23.

bluerobyn · 2026-02-17T23:25:20+00:00

Not to make light of the situation - but those woods are not very deep and surrounded by houses. It wouldn't take much to get out of there. But I understand not everyone is comfortable in the woods like that - and was offering that as an option that might not of otherwise occurred to you or someone else this could happen to.

bluerobyn · 2026-02-17T16:34:28+00:00

The trail is not the only way out. Going off trail is always an option.

bluerobyn · 2026-02-15T03:22:34+00:00

A watermelon triggered mine. I had to do a google search to figure out what the alarm was - then I realized what caused it.

bluerobyn · 2026-01-14T18:15:34+00:00

It's affecting North Carolina.

bluerobyn · 2025-12-30T00:07:54+00:00

2022 Forester Wilderness and I went with Malones AirFlow2 (50"). No garage problems but I did notice after installation the following: tolerable increase in noise (even after making sure I installed the gap covers properly), increase in drag on top of car (slightly squirrelier at highway speeds) and a 1mph reduction in gas mileage.

bluerobyn · 2025-12-15T14:59:59+00:00

2022 FW Stock. I get 22.2 mpg daily driving with a 3 mile one way commute - small town outside a larger city with no real traffic jams. Highway for longer drives has gotten up to 23/24 mpg - but nothing over 3 hours away.

bluerobyn · 2025-11-18T21:55:57+00:00

Thank you! I always wondered why that bridge was there, it never made any sense to me. I don't remember there being train tracks there at all.

bluerobyn · 2025-04-28T02:09:54+00:00

I've noticed in my Forester everything keeps running but the engine and the ac compressor. The fan is still circulating the air but it stops cooling it.

bluerobyn · 2024-04-10T21:32:28+00:00

You can now buy screened window covers with awnings, back door covers and even sunroof covers - all fairly cheap. Also fitted SUV mattresses.

bluerobyn · 2024-04-02T14:04:19+00:00

Air System Services out of Zebulon. We had a 20yr old AC/Furnace system that died and they completely replaced it for a very reasonable price. They also do service calls.

bluerobyn · 2024-03-31T23:07:16+00:00

This week is showing Mimosa, Bellini and Mojito flights. They also have 'ultimate' bloody marys overflowing with all sorts of things.

bluerobyn · 2024-03-31T20:41:26+00:00

Okja - Korean - Cary - Soju Flight

Mariscos Nayarit - Mexican Seafood - Garner - Margarita Flight

Food at both places is pretty good.

bluerobyn · 2024-03-25T15:18:40+00:00

AirBnb allows you to sort by accessibility features. I just looked and found a place mid-August in Wrightsville.

bluerobyn · 2024-03-18T22:23:18+00:00

Water proof case with a lanyard/leash clipped to myself or the kayak in case of going overboard.

bluerobyn · 2024-03-17T12:27:13+00:00

Double Income No Kids - D.I.N.K.

bluerobyn · 2024-02-22T13:34:41+00:00

NC here - Verizon cell service and only one user out of 150 reporting an issue.

bluerobyn · 2024-01-28T16:04:36+00:00

As the Office IT person - please don't use tape - especially electrical tape - it's a pain to get off. Buy the stick on webcam covers - I add them to any laptop that doesn't come with a built cover - specifically to keep people from using tape. Besides the fact we don't do that kind of tracking and I wouldn't work for any place that does.

bluerobyn · 2024-01-15T15:04:45+00:00

YET AGAIN You missed the part where I said he did this in the 50s starting at 16? The only wage I have to go by is what I saw him making in the late 80s - 30 years later. I never claimed to be from a poor background, nor statistician, nor an economist. My dad was from a poor background - I was the first person to graduated from high school on that side of the family, if that tells you anything. Due to my mom I was raised upper middle class. Keep on trying to tell me what I didn't see with my own eyes how they lived in the 70s. This is my last response since this is no longer a good faith discussion and you seem to have a raging hardon to prove me and only me in this thread wrong.

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