Confessions of a Nags Head Woods Experience on the Outer Banks of NC

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What's The Deal With Rental Cars?

I was almost happy to read that I'm not the only person to get the run-around from rental agencies.

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It reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when the rental company does the same thing with Jerry's reservation. Over 30 years and nothing has c...

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Happy Summer! 6/20/24

My favorite time of year.

The Beach Boys

My kids gave me tickets to The Beach Boys concert in Manteo as a birthday/Father's Day gift not knowing that I was coaching at a lacrosse tournament in Williamsburg, VA that weekend. After talking to the tournament director he f...

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Hey, Where'd Everybody Go?

Going in to the COVID summer (2020) was an uncertain time for many Outer Banks businesses. Personally, I was coming off a lean 2019 and wasn't sure if my business would survive a major setback. Fortunately for me the visitors flooded the OBX, which was followed by an almo...

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Woman Pronounced Dead Found Breathing At Funeral Home

https://fox8.com/news/woman-pronounced-dead-found-breathing-at-funeral-home/

This is a big reminder for me to get my end of life plans in order.

Instructions:

First, make sure I’m dead.

Second, really make sure I’m dead.

On the other hand, ...

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Lacrosse Championship Weekend

Confession: I'm a lacrosse junkie. Before I moved to the Outer Banks and became an owner of a watersports business I used to go to the NCAA Lacrosse Championship weekend every chance I could. Obviously, running a seasonal business during a busy summer holiday got in th...

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Shooting Victim Climbs On To Hood Of School Bus

I have so many questions. I know some of us aren't "morning people", but what could anger a person so much that shooting someone at 7:40am is the solution? Use your words! Next, you're a victim and running out to the street and climbing on to the h...

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Wawa

Yesterday was the grand opening of the Wawa in Kill Devil Hills and you would have thought people showed up to greet the first astronauts to land on Mars. Wawa is a gas station, right? With food? I should probably commend their marketing people for building the brand and creating a big event, ...

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The Minus 5 mph Rule

I don't know the actual start date, but the "Minus 5 mph" rule is in full-effect. Many drivers on the Outer Banks have apparently been instructed to drive 5 mph below the speed limit. It didn't come from me. I grew up on the D.C. beltway. I know how to drive like a complete...

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Bring It On

I was informed via email that scammers are targeting parents of students from my son's college telling the parents their child is in jail and if immediate payment isn’t received the child will be shipped to the regional jail. I hope the scammers call me. They have no idea who they’re de...

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Three Hots and a Cot = Retirement?

While growing up TV would portray drug addicts as young people who made bad decisions and lived on the streets. A couple weeks ago officers surveilled and arrested individuals from a house in Currituck County. Two of these guys are creeping up on retirement age!...

What's The Deal With Rental Cars?

Happy Summer! 6/20/24

The Beach Boys

Hey, Where'd Everybody Go?

Woman Pronounced Dead Found Breathing At Funeral Home

Lacrosse Championship Weekend

Shooting Victim Climbs On To Hood Of School Bus

Wawa

The Minus 5 mph Rule

Bring It On

Three Hots and a Cot = Retirement?

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