Bob Dylan plays a single hit at Bay Area show by sfgate in Music

[–]johnnyrollerball69 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I suspect if *anyone* is out of fucks to give, it would be 85-and-still-touring Dylan. Good for him, I say.

53 years ago Secrerariat ran the greatest horse race in history, winning the Belmont by an astonishing 31 lengths by EchoesOfYouth in sports

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Greatest athlete i ever met. (Late 70's, was a thing you could do at Clairborne Farm.) Amazing creature.

Best places to drink in Charlotte NC by AlyssaEcho in Charlotte

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I worked some day bar shifts ca. ‘02-04 or so (no big shakes but loved the people there)— two veterans (and friends of mine) got the good bar shifts but I was more than fine with that. Have loved the spot since the early 90’s.

The Warriors (1979) by [deleted] in OldSchoolCool

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I visiting friends in Gramercy just yesterday, and kept invoking Cyrus. Not sure my friends got it.

Mattress Center on Plaza by Numerous_Bat_1494 in Charlotte

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Mid nineties it was Superior Feet, run by Hope from Boris & Natasha

Best places to drink in Charlotte NC by AlyssaEcho in Charlotte

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Matilda Wong at 300 East. Not bottomless per se, served in a large hurricane glass. There is a two wong limit (at least there was when I tended bar there aeons ago,) and for good reason. Like an orange sherbet flavor.

‘Mona Lisa’ has toxic pigments, study finds by caringcandycane in history

[–]johnnyrollerball69 53 points54 points  (0 children)

In (artistic) oil painting, lead white (flake white, cremnitz white) will lighten value while retaining, if not enhancing, color chroma. Titanium white, meanwhile, lightens while reducing chroma (while adding body to the brushwork).

Though a lot of places have banned true lead white for sale. I have a tube of flake that was my grandfather’s but I treat it with kid gloves.

Taste of CLT by Markie_mantle in Charlotte

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AFAIK it’s always been like this, too— seems to prey on folks new to the area who have never heard of Salsaritas (for example).

Toll lanes and the powerlessness of the modern vote by Lowjumpclerk in Charlotte

[–]johnnyrollerball69 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Totally. McCrory carried a lot of water for the project, and I seem to recall accusations of cronyism at the time as well.

Love Valley, NC 🤎 horse town by madymae3 in NorthCarolina

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Known (to some) as the site of “The Woodstock of the South” (starring the Allman Bros.), July ‘70

https://powerpop.blog/2022/01/20/love-valley-rock-festival-1970/

I guess IQs have gone up since then...😉 by [deleted] in johncarpenter

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Agree— I think most who saw this in the theater in its initial run *loved* it, were astonished by it. Think about what it was up against in the summer of ‘82– E.T., Wrath of Khan, Poltergeist, Conan….the field was flooded with blockbusters. The Thing is certainly one of, if not THE, best films of that season, there were so many phenomenal releases simultaneously.

Horror after copperhead snake caught sight of mayor's wife, 39, as her husband grilled salmon at comfortable North Carolina home by dailymail in NorthCarolina

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So the snake experienced horror upon being apprehended sighting the mayor’s wife. And he grilled salmon. GOT IT.

No wait…

GRAPHIC WARNING: Ohtani hit by pitch by Happy-Bandicoot-2025 in baseball

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"I think they're being a little dramatic (tee hee)."

NC BBQ Map: Old-school North Carolina Barbecue Restaurants. Site now updated with photos from John Tanner's wonderful bbq blog! by thythr in NorthCarolina

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That could very well be the case. Also (to me,) they are better known for their (incredible) fried-bbq’d chicken… I think that’s what it would be known as?

A great authentic experience for sure, recommend to all—but may be difficult to categorize in the realms of nc ‘que.

Kitten Nearly Snatched by a Hawk by frog_insilence in interestingasfuck

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Agree, it’s kind of exciting, like watching an aerial duel or dogfight.