Red Ring Tupperware Party, Unabridged (18)

well, technically speaking, it was at 7pm, yesterday

Chicago almost always gets one last big April snow storm. It's usually really heavy and wet.

Harm wrote in post #12062368
well, technically speaking, it was at 7pm, yesterday

Ah, you have nailed down the first moment of Spring!

Harm wrote in post #12062368
well, technically speaking, it was at 7pm, yesterday

Well, technically speaking the vernal equinox happened at 7:21pm EDT on March 20, 2011. So it's timezone dependent. Here is Chicago it was at 6:21pm.

bah, it is snowing out there!!

gjl711 wrote in post #12062332
Oompa-Loompa's and Tarheals. What the heck is a tarheel anyway? It doesn't inspire a sense of quickness and agility. Sort of sounds slow and sticky. And do you really want to name your basketball team after an Oompa-Loompa? I mean come on already, there is no way an Oompa-Loompa is going to jump more than an inch or two off the ground. It's no wonder they lost.

SO I totally went to Wiki to see what it said about where the term tarheel came from... I did not find the explination that *I* grew up hearing... Interesting.

Actually though Tarheel is the nickname of the school... their mascot is a ram! I'm just sayin'!

Jenn, you need a new title..."Tarheeler"

mtnphtgrphr wrote in post #12062506
SO I totally went to Wiki to see what it said about where the term tarheel came from... I did not find the explination that *I* grew up hearing... Interesting.

Actually though Tarheel is the nickname of the school... their mascot is a ram! I'm just sayin'!

I did the same. It just says "someone from NC". I did fine some mention that it might have something to do with turpentine production from a long time ago.

vipergts831 wrote in post #12061792
Internal clock?

Sorry that Syracuse lost, Omar. I was kinda looking forward to a Syracuse-San Diego State match-up.

Harm wrote in post #12062620
Jenn, you need a new title..."Tarheeler"

LOL

gjl711 wrote in post #12062636
I did the same. It just says "someone from NC". I did fine some mention that it might have something to do with turpentine production from a long time ago.

Well the story I heard as a child was related to the Outer Banks. There is a content to the sand that is black and sticky... And when you walked along the beach it would stick to your heels... leaving you with a 'tar heel.'

It doesn't seem as prevalant now, but I have seen the black streaks in the sand. And they are sticky, and when that 'black sand' gets on your feet... it is definitely harder to remove than the other 'traditional' sand.

But that's the story I heard as a child...

There is definitely NOT a concensus on where the nickname came from.

gjl711 wrote in post #12062399
Well, technically speaking the vernal equinox happened at 7:21pm EDT on March 20, 2011. So it's timezone dependent. Here is Chicago it was at 6:21pm.

Well, at least we are in the first "24-hour day" of Spring!

Another version of the origin of the term "tarheel" stems from the Revolutionary War. During one particularly intense battle, the troops from Carolina held fast when the rest of the line was collapsing. An observer is quoted as saying the Carolina boys stood their ground as if they had tar on their heels.

well, the good thing about the moon being so bright & large over the weekend:

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Wow, Harm, that was a moonlight shot? Amazing!

G'Moo All...

That must have been one very, very calm night. There's no blur in that one cloud at all!