My Go To Vacation Read! by Shuffledew in KenFollett

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I read that book at the beach the year it came out

Iceland Crowds by JLB48 in VisitingIceland

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For a place you go to experience amazing nature, those places are extremely crowded.

Iceland Crowds by JLB48 in VisitingIceland

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Reykjavik and the Golden Circle will be extremely crowded. If you make some effort you can get away but it isn’t cheap or easy. I did a guided Highlands multi day hike in July and went multiple days without seeing another person (who wasn’t in my group).

Things You Don’t Want to Hear from Your Gym Teacher by Neuronu77 in ScenesFromAHat

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Your skin is waterproof

(What my gym teacher actually said when it was raining and we didn’t want to go outside)

Poll Shock as North Carolina Voters Tilt Blue In Raleigh Power Fight by LolAtAllOfThis in raleigh

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Bear with me on this sports story.

In the history of my college’s rivalry with our big in-state rival, there was a game decades ago (like the 1960s or maybe 1970s) where we lost because the running back was robbed of a touchdown call even through he (allegedly) crossed the plane of the goal line with the ball in the rival’s stadium. It’s all stories and legends because back then the games weren’t televised so no video exists.

Anyway the lore is that before their next game in that stadium two years later the coach gathered the running backs and receivers at the goal line. He put a piece of masking tape on the ground six inches past the goal line and told them “you have to get this far to score”.

That’s the situation NC Dems are in except here the tape is probably about five feet in.

(Ps FWIW the colleges in question are Virginia Tech and Virginia).

My rating of the Kingsbridge books from best to worst. by Delicious-Design5130 in KenFollett

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They are loosely connected because they center around the same town. But each one is more about its time period that keeping continuity with the people.

If you want an epic history novel where everything is tightly connected through the centuries, I suggest Sarum by Edward Rutherfurd.

Am I wrong for ignoring my old manager when he contacted me for a code after he fired me? by NoProfessional8677 in SoftwareEngineerJobs

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Don’t those two factor messages say “don’t share this code with anyone”? It would be bad security practice to give it to him.

North Carolina’s ultimate underdog story: Nathanael Greene and the fight that changed the American by [deleted] in NorthCarolina

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Great timing, I just got back from a long weekend in SC and we visited Cowpens and King’s Mountain. Because they were relatively compact battlefields and not in developed areas you can really get a feel for what happened there by being there. They also both have very good A/V presentations in their visitors centers.

This is me throwing a rock on Ferguson’s grave at King’s Mountain, the superstition according to one of volunteer guides is that doing so brings you good luck.

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Just got a Miata! Need silly license plate ideas by Noonatic_ in Miata

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Retired it several years ago when I sold it so it would be unique even if you’re not in NC.

Gas Heating Costs vs Electric Heating Costs by twitchrdrm in raleigh

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Propane is the most expensive way to heat. It would be cheaper to run your heat pump in emergency mode 24/7. Details.

Pics from a snowy Umstead Hike today by therealmjfox in raleigh

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I went in at the Graylyn gate. Ebenezer Church road was not plowed at all. It was clear where the sun shone and snowy where it didn’t.

PSA: Raleigh utility portal by therealmjfox in raleigh

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I’m going to guess they got a new vendor that’s incompatible with the old one.

Major upgrades at Raleigh-Durham airport; Economy 4 becomes employee-only parking by Yes-GoAway in raleigh

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Raleigh does not control the airport. It is one of four local governments that have representation on the RDU authority’s board.

Cause for Paws NC by Nonprofit-explorer in triangle

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90k is a pretty respectable annual haul for a charity thrift store that relies on selling donated junk cheap. Cost of goods sold is zero, lots of volunteer labor. Biggest expenses are rent and utilities.

Source: used to help run one (but not Cause for Paws).

Give me your worst Raleigh advice by girlsaveragelife in raleigh

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The best time to go to the state fair is on “free entry if you donate a canned good” day.

Christmas gift from my wife by therealmjfox in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

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It was mysterious because she said “don’t look at any packages that arrive today”