Thursday, March 08, 2007

 

South Carolina Oddities

Sorry to be posting this so late. I was out this evening helping the Heart of Georgia Humane Society with a spaghetti dinner fun raiser. No doggies or kitties in attendance but some fantastic food and good people. They're up at PetSmart in Macon every Saturday if you want to stop by and adopt a pet, or just come rub a cute puppy's tummy for a little while. They did make me promise not to put Krystals in the spaghetti sauce. It is Thursday after all. (Stay tuned next week for my latest Krystal Kreations!!)
So before I move on from South Carolina to reflections on North Carolina, I do need to mention a few things. In another of those fantastic Krystal Koincidence I love so much, on my drive back to Florence from Myrtle Beach, I decided to take a small detour. I always love to take the road less traveled. in this case that meant, a right turn. At the next stoplight I happened to look to my left and saw something interesting. I had to make a U-turn to go back and see it:
Given my proximity to Francis Marion University I can only assume these are the Francis Marion ATO's. While these technically aren't "my boys" they are at least somebody's "boys" and most certainly they are my brothers, as are all ATO's everywhere, past present and future. It was heartwarming to see that, though I may be miles from home, my fraternity really is a national brotherhood founded "to teach that true men, the world over, should stand together and contend for the supremacy of good over evil." In case I haven't mentioned it lately, I am an ATO and I am infinitely proud of that.
Now, once back in Florence I had a second hockey game to attend. This night I got tickets right behind the bench. If you haven't seen the Florence Civic Center lately, it is really in poor shape. Due to the storm and heavy rains there were several leaks in the ceiling, one of which was dripping on the ice, cutting a nice crater in the rink that players and officials spent the entire night trying to fill in. But I was more interested in something else. Here is how I know that my new classes I am teaching have completely "corroded" my mind. Sitting behind the bench, I notice this:
Now here's why this is sad: I am sitting behind the bench and I notice the corroding metal on the bench door. Here is when it gets sadder: I lean in and scratch it with my thumbnail to try and identify what type of corrosion it is (Galvanic corrosion around the bolts and hinge pin, pitting where the white spots are). And lastly here is when it gets painfully sad: I actually took 3 or 4 pictures of the corrosion because I thought it would be "cool" to show to my corrosion control classes.
So if a computer fanatic is called "A nerd" is someone who is hung up on corrosion called "A node"? And yes that was a horrible corrosion pun.
Coming tomorrow, a Fayetteville NC food find! Stay tuned!
Krystal Lovers like hot buns.

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