New Technology

This past weekend at the 4-H Center, I had several new epiphanies. The North Carolina Wildlife REsource Commission hosted their annual district shooting sports tournament - Perquimans County came away the winner...the weather was beautiful, but the windchill made it feel ugly.

The Perquiman's Quilters also came for their "every 6 month" visit...these ladies are a wonderful time! They made some beautiful quilts, too - they even provided one to us to auction of for our annual "On the Dock of the Bay"...which is coming up very soon!

So anyway, with the onslaught of 4 Wheel Drive vehicles that visited our ballfield over the weeknd for the tournament, we managed to avoid the mud bog that has occured the last couple of years. The wind from the previous days dried out the parking areas, so it was nice not to be covered in mud...but meeting Lee at 6:00 in the morning is just to early. There aren't many things I want to see that early in the a.m., though. He just has a little more energy than me. But we put up parking cones and froze together, so at least I had some company.

The big story for the day was the number of dead batteries that we "jumped off". Apparently, car manufacturers have made it so that yo cannot "rev up" the engine to help charge another battery...all I did was burn some extra gas. But every battery we approached started sooner or later, which only gives me additional man-points.

Also - there has been a commercial for a cell phone lately...it advertises high speed texting. Says it the "fastest yet". One day I hope they can invent a phone that lets you text as fast as you can talk. Or a texting application that lets you talk to the phone...and it will inout the words automatically. That would be great! Then, one day, maybe they could invent a small rectangular device that you could actually call and talk to someone at normal speed! Nobody would even have to type or text anymore. Are you serious? If you need to text that fast, you really need to just call the person. Texting has only led to problems. Texting has never been a true benefit to me, and I might text 3 to 4 times a month. Texting is for folks who think that their life is to important to wait, and could care less about looking you in the eye and haveing a conversation. But internet on the cell phone is nice! Please do not text me!

We have River Road Middle coming for a visit on Wednesday...today is a big turnaround day, as we have to clean all the lodges and cabins from our weekend groups...

Enjoy the day...