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https://www.instagram.com/reel/DaadEq\_Rn3T/ .

Anyone know more about what happened here? What was going on before the video started? What happened to the guy in the polo shirt?

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My partner messaged me again about the airport today- a landing went badly wrong and ended up off the runway. Not sure yet on details (she's not a reporter, just an airport employee, so this is just what they were given from her airline). But it seems like delays are going to happen again today, just be prepared if it impacts you or people you know!

Please share your pro tips for lap swim at Edison Johnson or Campus Hills pools! What time of day is good to go for lap swim? Is there a reservations page? ( couldn’t find it on the website). Are the YMCA pools real crowded these days? Thanks in advance.

It’s always perplexed me how S Roxboro is split into two major sections. Does anyone know why? There’s the section that runs from Hope Valley Farms, crosses MLK Jr. Parkway, and then abruptly ends where Durham County Board of Elections is currently located (used to be Kroger). Then, S. Roxboro picks up again at a portion of Archdale Dr. running north until it reaches just under 147 where it becomes N Roxboro.

Why is there a split in S Roxboro? What were the original plans?

What are good hibachi places near South Durham ?
Also Chinese restaurant in South Durham ?
Thanks . Akashi is closed til July 16 and I miss their hibachi .

I shouldn’t have to say this but to whoever lives at Elevate the Park and thinks it’s okay to light illegal fireworks at almost midnight: Fuck you very much.

TL;DR If anyone still has their iClickers from the college days and is willing to donate them or sell it for like $1 PLEASE LET ME KNOW. I'm a public school teacher trying to collect a set. Ask your friends!

Hi!! I'm currently a high school teacher and am trying to acquire a set of iClickers (at a low low cost) for my classroom of about 25. I have students with learning disabilities and my honors kids in the same class, and it's typically advantageous in group work but hard to see day-to-day progress without hand grading 120 exit tickets! This will be helpful to answer anonymously to the class and quickly sort data. Most don't use them after graduation and I do know you could make 15 bucks on FB Marketplace, but I'm hoping some people are willing to part with them to invest in a good cause :) TIA!

First time seeing them.

Anyone else have toddlers w GI stuff going on? We hit the museum of life and science 3x this week and am now wondering if that was really rolling the dice 🤪

Anyone know where to get small & affordable cardboard boxes to use for shipping? I want to avoid supporting Uline so I was hoping to find somewhere local to source from that has good rates.

Quite a few people have been commenting about Duke Energy's recommendation to set thermostats to 78˚. Most comments I've seen, here and elsewhere, are from people who don't like the idea. That's understandable. A lot of people don't want a giant corporation telling them what to do. As a general rule, people don't like to be told what to do in their own home.

I'm going to suggest that you do this anyway. Not for Duke Energy's benefit. Not because Duke Energy told you to. Do it for your own benefit.

If 78˚ sounds like living in an oven to you because you normally keep your thermostat set much lower, try bumping your thermostat up by just one or two degrees.

If you're thinking, "nope. I want to be comfortable," I get it. I grew up without air conditioning. I clearly remember lying awake in bed on hot August nights, sweaty and miserable. There's something about being hot when you're trying to sleep that's much more unpleasant than being outside in even hotter temperatures during the day.

Here's why bumping your thermostat up is still a good idea.

First, you'll save money. How much is hard to say. There's a pretty wide range of estimates out there, and the actual amount you save will probably depend on things like the size of your home and the condition of your HVAC system. But keeping your thermostat set a couple of degrees higher in the summer could potentially reduce your energy bill by 5% to 10% or more.

From personal experience, it seems like you can potentially save a lot of money. In the summertime I keep my thermostat set at 78˚during the day and 76˚ at night. I lived in Florida for a number of years and did the same down there. I remember talking to a few different neighbors and being shocked by how much more they spent on electricity per month than I did. One big difference seemed to be that they kept their AC set a lot colder. I've experienced the same thing when talking with people here.

Another benefit is that the heat will likely bother you less when you do go outside. When I was living in FL I mostly worked outdoors. I was out in the legendary FL heat and humidity all day long. I didn't use AC much in my car, and had the AC at home set to 78˚ like I wrote above. The heat didn't really bother me. I noticed that people who spent their days going from their air conditioned house to their air conditioned car to their air conditioned office seemed to be bothered by it way more than I was.

Our bodies adapt. These days I mostly work from home. I'm not as accustomed to being out in the heat the way I used to be, but I suspect that the heat outdoors would be much more jarring if I kept the AC at home cranked way down. And honestly, 78˚ indoors feels totally comfortable. I'm used to it.

I suspect a lot of other people could get used to that temperature, too, and find it totally comfortable. You don't have to go there all at once. You can bump your thermostat up a degree or two, get used to that, then bump it up again after a week or so. Eventually, you might find 78˚ to be totally comfortable. You might start saving a bunch of money, too.