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Meanwhile that same road construction has closed one of the 2 main entrances to the subdivisions around us. It only adds a few more minutes to the trip, just a bit of a pain traveling about 3 miles out of your way to get to the nearest grocery store. We're still in a bit of a shopping wasteland here. It seems longer, but its about a 15 minute drive to the Food Lion. While they do a good job, the increase in the nearby population takes a toll on availability and staff is constantly restocking. The next closest is another 15 minute drive. A real pain if your just looking for a few items

Our area has a combination of cameras on buses as well as speed cameras in school zones. The neighboring county has placed speed cameras along the interstate in the construction zone. Anyone clocked at more than ten miles over the posted speed limit gets a ticket in the mail. It's been quite profitable for them

The good news is it's an extremely slow time in CW. Most "passers thru" are hopefully vaccinated. Will probably carry a mask just in case

January 4 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-4?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2026-0104-01042026

The initial British raid on Norfolk’s waterfront on New Year’s Day burned nineteen buildings, worth three thousand pounds (added to the thirty-two houses, worth two thousand pounds, Lord Dunmore razed while fortifying the town when the British were still in control of it). Howe & Woodford’s official communications will simply omit that it is Virginia & North Carolina troops who are responsible for destroying the eighth-largest town in the Thirteen Colonies, nor will they correct anyone who speaks or writes to them of British forces’ “horrid work.” The Virginia Convention’s initial investigation will be headed by Howe himself, and it will conclude, unsurprisingly, that it is the British who destroyed the town—a conclusion that Americans will simply accept. In 1777, after petitions from townsfolk, a further investigation will unearth the truth of matters, at which time the state legislature will compensate those victims who are not Loyalists. But the new investigation’s report will be kept secret. Not until the 1830s will the Virginia government make the report public, and even then it will be buried in a legislative journal. It will be the twentieth century before historians discover the truth of the burning of Norfolk.

As long as Trump apologizers are in the majority the sheep will remain silent..

I wouldn’t trust any one of these people to run a simple game bored Rover

Marco looks absolutely thrilled

We learned absolutely nothing from Viet Nam, Iraq, Afghanistan etc What we really need is country leaders lead from the front lines. Not draft dodgers making decisions behind a safe desk

The "perfect" GM is unwilling to put down his beer and back away from the screen to acctually acomplish anything. (20 plus years of APBA and a couple of the simlpified version of OOTP and I still know ****)

January 3 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-3

January 2 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-2

January 1 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/january-1?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2026-0101-01012026

December 31 Happy Hogmanay https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-31

So do the Lions promote Scotty Montgomery as I've seen some speculation or dk they try to poach JT Barrett back from the Bears? Wild card options?

December 30 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-30?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2025-1230-12302025

She's white and Russian so she gets to stay despite being indicted for illegally taking money for her "business". Thanks Don and JD https://www.thebulwark.com/p/lauren-chen-trump-administration-scores-visa-for-founder-russian-propaganda-outlet-tenet?utm_source=substack&publication_id=87281&post_id=182912328&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share&utm_campaign=email-share&triggerShare=true&isFreemail=false&r=45wcm&triedRedirect=true They all should spend time in the Florida Alligator Gulag

This is where we differ. I consider myself unchurched. No church home for several reasons, all 0f them mostly personal. I grew up with family in a Presbyterian Church with family, he was a family friend as he was with most members of the congreation. My grandmother and mother were active in the church. My grandfather was a back pew church goer, as I later became for a while. When family moved to Virginia, we attended the church attended by our landlords. We had two option, Church of the Brethren or Baptist, we chose the former. We were active, I became an Eagle Scout there and earned the God and Country Badge. Without going my farther, let's just say my argument with organized religion (the church) is not over doctoral matters but a perceived difference in what they taught and what they practiced. At 73 I've come to terms with most of that. I watch services of a couple churches during the week. I read the bible on occasion but feel my calling now on Sunday mornings is volunteering at the visitor center at Colonial Williamsburg, which I've done since COVID restrictions were lifted. I'm not overly religious, I believe the core teachings of Christ. Yet at the same time I prefer being "Homeless" for now.

Not political, but some may construe it that way.

I just perused the latest in the thread. I wonder if the survey makes a distinction between those who profess to be Christians and those who may lean to Christianity but are solidly "non churched" Those who believe in the principles of Christianity, yet find most demonizations and even individual churches corrupt in some way.

December 29 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-29?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2025-1229-12292025

December 28 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/december-28?cmpid=email-hist-tdih-2025-1228-12282025