Ask me Friday; that’s when it will be over now all of NC. I’ll ask you Saturday when we pass it off to NJ.

Does the mean Hurricane Patrone and Quervo are finally all out to sea Dana?

Maybe a 1/4” tonight, 4”-6” tomorrow and the next day, then 2”-3” for a couple days. Probably fill some bags tommorow even though I don’t believe the Scare the shit out of everyone narrative being pumped to high heaven. Been busy getting tasks done. I’m know I’m gonna feel pretty dopey if I fill bags of sand unnecessarily but I may do…

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Howdy Dana! I’m getting drenched down here on the coast of Georgia. Winds aren’t bad. Just a lot of water and tree debris from rain.

Howdy Tarheels! I posted this on the Green Dragon site, but thought it appropriate here. The big news down our way is Hurricane Debby. It made landfall sometime last night or early this AM in the Florida panhandle as a Cat 1 hurricane. It has since been downgraded to a tropical storm, but it is slowing down and right now is dropping tons of…

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I’d be game. Are you thinking a weekday or weekend? I don’t have anything on the calendar for the last week of June and nothing really through most of July (that I know about…need to verify with wife). Early August and the end of August would also work…mid August is my wedding anniversary and we typically go up to Michigan for a week…

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Hey y’all! I’ve instant messaged all of y’all about the possibility of a get together. Check the site often, and please let us know what you think. I don’t know if there’s an exact “central location,” but I’m sure we can come up with something that’ll do. Chime in!

Stay tuned for further details, T.cubed. Be glad to have you.

I will fly in Wednesday from Texas look forward to meeting everyone

Sounds good 👍

Howdy Dana. I don’t live in NC but am doing work in Avery County. I have also been looking for land there. I am on the GA coast and need to get back up that way to check in on some projects. Would love to join y’all.

Hey Y’all, “Mischief” has some family coming in soon, and inquired about a possible get together amongst our number. What do y’all think? Possible locations might be a brewpub in the triad area. Possible suggestions might be Fiddlin’ Fish Brewery in Winston Salem (they have a food truck) or Natty Greene’s Brewpub in Greensboro, as they have a…

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Hello Jake I have no idea how you are surviving over that way had to take my old dog to eye doctor over there ,the traffic about killed me .

Because of what the holiday is about, it’s hard to say, “Happy Memorial Day,” as there are probably very few of us who haven’t been touched in some way by the loss of war victims in our own families or among our friends. And while the burgers, hotdogs, and cold beverages are nice, we need to remember that this holiday cost this country more…

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I agree ,we live near a rock quarry and sometimes the blasts shake the whole house.

Sparta is not an hour’s drive from us north and west. They’ve had several earthquakes over the last few years, nothing dangerous, but we’ve felt some of them in Mt. Airy. Personally, I like the ground under me to stay still, if you get my drift…poor choice of words.

Sorry I didn’t feel anything

There was a 2.6 magnitude earthquake in Canton, NC last night (Tuesday). Not hearing reports of injury or damage. I’m gathering most of us are pretty far east of there. Anybody feel anything? Aftershocks expected.

I’ve worked on some Damascus, but don’t sell many knives made from it, because it’s so expensive. The “sticker shock” on a regular knife scares a lot of people off, but many don’t realize the amount of work and time that goes into producing one. I got my start brewing beer, but I’ve not tried coffee roasting. Bet your place is a good place to…

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Not much into wine, but home brewed beer years ago. Into coffee roasting currently. I dream of doing various blacksmithing/metal work occasionally. Have you made any Damascus knives? There was a TV show a few years back about guys in backwoods of NC turning old car leaf springs and what not into cool custom knives and selling locally – I…

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Hey Roaster, welcome! Before I retired the winery for which I worked used to do wine festivals in Cary. Great Grapes. Glad to have you with us!

Hey Jake, great to have you aboard. Thanks for signing up. And I agree, it’s good to know that there are other people who think alike surrounding us. Don’t be a stranger!

oh yeah, the city is sprawling out and soon it will have the endless feel of the rust-belt cities that just go on and on with no escape from the traffic or strip malls. I almost feel guilty because I’ve built my business around the homebuilding expansion, but someone has to make money off it and why can’t I be one of those someones?!

Hi Jake,

Good to know we have someone in RTP to keep a pulse on things there. I loathe that area. Did too many years working in big Pharma there, and so happy to get out, but now the burbs are taking over the countryside. Time to move on again I think.

Hi Dana,

Not sure where everyone else is, but I have a nicely secluded spot in the woods next to Belews Lake. My place is set up and ready to for whatever comes my way. I had a preview of batshit crazy with an insane neighbor who started a 3 year war with me about 7 years back. Needless to say I won, and they are now gone. It gave me a…

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Good to know there are Paine listeners here in NC. I haven’t been active on this site, I just listen to all the shows, but in Mike’s talk with Maria he brought up this group so I thought I would check it out. My name is Jake Smith and I’m located in Apex, NC. I’m a structural engineer and I run my own small engineering business here in…

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Pilot mountain is an awesome sight. I’m in Cary NC. I get out a bit mainly mountain biking trials. New to the paid site but long time listener. I look forward to some conversations with others in my quest for truth and revelations.

Hey there, Kathy. Thanks for making yourself known. There’s a few of us that are within an hour’s drive of one another, and a couple more within 2 hour’s drive away. This is good should things go sideways from a Covid like event, natural disaster etc, as we may be able to help one another out, and, perhaps we can pick a centralized location and…

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Hi Dana,

It’s me Mischief (Kathy). I live in Stokesdale right next to Belews Lake.

I’m mostly retired, a Veteran, a Mother & Grandmother. I live in a rural area which is rapidly becoming burbs 😒.

I can be reached at 336-306-0824. My email is kathryn1.618@gmail.com if anyone cares to write instead.

I’m so happy we have this community. I…

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Sure, that would be great.

Thanks so much for forming this group

Hey folks, A great big NC “Howdy” to Donna b-2-11; NCYinzer; Mulligoo; CotntrySunshine; FarmerJoe; Kd2vtv; and Brook-Raymond! Glad to have y’all in the group. Anything you’re aware of going on in the state, good or bad, please share. I’ll jump in first, since I got this ball rolling. I’m Dana Acker, I live in Mt. Airy, my personal e-mail…

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That is awesome. Thats a goal of mine one day is to forge knives

I don’t have a farm, but I do have a blacksmith shop. I do custom knives and tools.

Yes sir we do. Horses, chickens and soon cows 🙂

How about you?

You are about 1 1/2 to 2 hours south of us down I-77. You border SC, and we border VA.

Welcome! Glad to have you with us. Do you have a farm?

We’re practically neighbors. Maybe we can get together over the Summer and share a sandwich and/or a cup of something. Trish and I come to WS frequently, usually for medical reasons, but we also have a son and daughter-in-law and grandsons there as well.

Hi fellow Carolinaians. I’m in Monroe!

Winston-Salem

Great shot! Up until I was in my 20’s you could climb stairs up to the top of the knob! Where you out of roughly?

Pilot Mountain heading south on U.S.52

NCYinzer and Mulligoo, welcome! Who are you and where abouts are you (unless you’re hiding from the law, which probably wouldn’t be wise to post)😉