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nctiger71
| Favorite team: | LSU  |
| Location: | North Carolina |
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| Occupation: | retired |
| Number of Posts: | 1327 |
| Registered on: | 10/20/2017 |
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re: Family Vacation Suggestions
Posted by nctiger71 on 5/20/24 at 8:01 pm
[quote]My suggestion anytime someone asks this question is always San Diego/La Jolla[/quote]This is usually mine too. Another good place is Mackinac Island. We were there last fall but I think it’s a good place to go in the summer too.
We toured around northern Michigan, over to Minnesota and ...
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re: What the homeless drug addict do with their food stamps
Posted by nctiger71 on 5/19/24 at 1:47 pm
[quote]They are getting the money for free. The SNAP (food stamp) allotment for a single individual (crackhead) is $2,430 in SNAP benefits,[/quote]
People in family 1
Annual $29,160
Monthly $2,430
Weekly $565
The $2,430 is the maximum monthly income a single person can make and qualify for be...
re: NC Senate votes to ban wearing mask in public
Posted by nctiger71 on 5/16/24 at 7:02 pm
This law has been on the books since 1953. It was exempt from enforcement during COVID, for obvious reason. The exemption from enforcement has been removed, as I understand it, but there were 6 exemptions to the law; holiday mask, workers needing mask, etc.
One of the exemptions to the 1953 ...
re: Heading to Calgary/Eastern BC for our 20th anniversary trip in July...
Posted by nctiger71 on 5/13/24 at 10:07 pm
[quote]Go check out the sticky on this board, there are a few trip reports (with pics) for Banff[/quote][link=(https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/display.aspx?sp=109252704&s=2&p=109252704#109252704)]Banff GNP Victoria Trip Report 2023[/link]
This is a link to my trip report from 2023. But it cove...
re: Heading to Calgary/Eastern BC for our 20th anniversary trip in July...
Posted by nctiger71 on 5/12/24 at 12:41 pm
Calgary Stampede Shows | July 5-14, 2024.
We flew into Calgary last summer to start a two week road trip to Victoria. The Stampede happened to be going on so we went.
I think it was about $12 US to get in; the rodeo and chuck wagon races were extra. We just walked around but did see a free ...
re: Saw Steel Magnolias tonight
Posted by nctiger71 on 5/9/24 at 11:18 pm
[quote] in that they didn’t know how to end a story, so they had someone die. In[/quote]
[quote]'Steel Magnolias' was based on a true story Actor and writer Robert Harling wrote the play based on the true story of his sister, Susan Harling Robinson, who died from complications with diabetes.[/quo...
re: Recommendations Needed for Missouri and North Dakota
Posted by nctiger71 on 5/6/24 at 7:56 pm
We were on a fall foliage road trip in northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota last fall and decided to go to ND and Theodore Rosevelt NP. Neither my wife nor I had been to ND. TRNP struck me as a poor man's Badlands NP in SD. I'm glad we went but wouldn't drive across ND again to see it.
T...
re: Please help recommend areas of Shreveport for my daughter to live
Posted by nctiger71 on 5/4/24 at 6:54 pm
[quote]The Cooper Road[/quote]
I believe that road is now named Dr. Martin Luther King Drive....
re: Charleston/Kiawah First Time
Posted by nctiger71 on 4/27/24 at 6:08 pm
A few places not on Ray Curado’s list.
The Old Exchange and Provost Dungeon
Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie
Magnolias - a restaurant
Get a hot prawline from the shop on N Market St. - I think it is Market Street Sweets.
Middleton Place was in The Patriot, the movie with Mel Gibson. We had lu...
re: Alaska excursion question
Posted by nctiger71 on 4/24/24 at 2:03 pm
[quote]What did yall do in Ketchikan?[/quote]We went to Totem Bight State Historical Park to see totem poles. DO NOT DO THAT.
Some friends went on a wildlife excursion of some type at Ketchikan and that’s what we should have done.
The other excursions were great; whale watching from a small bo...
re: Boston for our 20th
Posted by nctiger71 on 4/21/24 at 7:55 am
[link=(https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/travel/the-definitive-boston-thread/76374209/)]The Definitive Boston Thread[/link]
The resident Boston expert created this thread in 2018.
But; my three recommendations:
Freedom Trail - talk to the docents
Eat in the North End - can’t go wrong with G...
re: Recs for coastal S Carolina
Posted by nctiger71 on 4/20/24 at 8:42 am
[quote]
- Doing a road trip again this summer with my daughter.
- four days in Myrtle Beach
- We’d like to do some adventuring[/quote]What route is your road trip to MB? Don't know how you define adventuring but here are some ideas about SC.
[img][url=https://imgur.com/KCcY75M][img]http://i....
re: Vancouver, BC suggestions
Posted by nctiger71 on 4/18/24 at 10:27 pm
[quote]Does anyone have specific tips on nice restaurants, bars, things to do/see. Possible day trips outside the city?[/quote]I've been three times. First two times I really enjoyed it, not as much this last time but we stayed near the airport for convenience.
As others have said Stanley Park...
re: Best three day weekend to anywhere in US, three full days
Posted by nctiger71 on 4/11/24 at 11:40 pm
Boston
San Diego
I like these two cities a lot.
Washington DC & the general area.
St Louis has a lot to do but it can be hot & humid in the summer.
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re: Stowe VT and the Berkshires april 2024
Posted by nctiger71 on 4/8/24 at 8:19 pm
Thanks for the update. If the stars align right we're going back to the northeast again this Fall; hopefully we will make it farther north this year.
We did a Michigan, including the UP, and Minnesota fall foliage tour last year. That was great too but I don't think we have ever hit it just rig...
re: Lodging in or near Banff this summer?
Posted by nctiger71 on 4/8/24 at 8:04 pm
We went to Banff, Glacier Nat Park (US) and other places in Canada last year. Below is the link to the trip report.
[link=(https://www.tigerdroppings.com/rant/display.aspx?sp=109252704&s=2&p=109252704#109252704)]Banff GNP Travel Report[/link]
But if you don't want to read all that:
We stayed...
re: Curious if anyone has an uplifting show or documentary they have seen lately.
Posted by nctiger71 on 4/7/24 at 4:37 pm
What We Did On Our Holiday
[quote]In a nutshell Comical, Feel-good, and Touching
While visiting family in the Scottish Highlands, a troubled couple (Rosamund Pike, David Tennant) try to put on a happy face, but their three children innocently reveal all of their biggest secrets.[/quote]We watch...
re: Weird community names in your current state of residence
Posted by nctiger71 on 4/5/24 at 10:50 am
Lizard Lick, NC
Bird in Hand, PA - not my state of residence though....
re: Stuff to do in Raleigh on an April Saturday morning/afteroon
Posted by nctiger71 on 4/2/24 at 11:34 am
[link=(https://www.visitraleigh.com/plan-a-trip/visitraleigh-insider-blog/post/things-to-do-in-raleigh-nc-april/)]Things to do in Raleigh in April[/link]
Might find something here that fits your schedule & agree with NCTigerFan’s suggestions....
re: Things to do in Warm Springs, Georgia
Posted by nctiger71 on 3/30/24 at 7:09 pm
Callaway Resort and Gardens are about 20 minutes from WS.
The FDR Little White House historical site is near WS. IIRC that’s where he died....
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