Elections 2020 underway. … Early voting began yesterday (Thursday) … in Bladenboro, East Arcadia and Elizabethtown. Primary will be held Tuesday, March 3rd. The Internet has changed the way campaigning is done. … Not sure I like that … but no one asked…
Check our list of upcoming events … something for everyone.
Today is Valentine’s Day, lest you forget…
Daytona 500 line-up set for this weekend. … Ricky Stenhouse and Alex Bowman will begin the race on row one. Winners of yesterday’s dual races … Joey Logano and William Byron, begin on row 2.
Checking the high temp for yesterday … 82 degrees???? That is what was recorded at the Curtis Brown Airport national weather station … 82 degrees around 12:45 p.m. on February 13, 2020.
Today’s forecast … Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 55. North wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Clear tonight, with a low around 29.
Yesterday, I mentioned tobacco beds … from days gone by. … Remember stacking peanuts in the field? Picking cotton by hand and weighing it at the end of the day? … Difficult for me to pick enough to sit on. … Thank goodness for the changes…
Close out the day by shucking corn for the horse and mule and ‘slopping” the hogs … an expression for feeding the swine.
I received another ‘degree’ yesterday, an education session and feeding under the shelter by friends in the Tar Heel area. Most enjoyable. … Thanks, for the invite…
“The sooner you fall behind, the more time you have to catch up.”
“Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.”
“Love may be blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener.”
robert g hester
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