Chapter Three - Observations

Good Wednesday Morning from This Wild Life.  Another good day of camp yesterday culminating in a Wild West Dance where, curiously, no country or Western music was played.  Not even Johnny Cash.  Even so, those who participated said it was a good time.

Some observations:  

Yesterday's list of extremes should have included the size of spoons at Greensboro Dining.  LARGE.  I'm talking serving spoon size, or even small shovel size.

In the South, "during" is pronounced "deering".  The Southerners would find this assertion ridiculous.

The air conditioning technology in West Hall is something like you might see in The Smithsonian.  A large trough running the width of the room is suspended from the ceiling near the wall.  A room-length cold radiator is suspended above the trough and uses ambient airflow to chill the room,  No forced air.  The way you know the a/c is working is by hearing the water dripping off the radiator into the trough.  Fascinating.

It may go without saying that there's a novelty in being away from home.  For the youth there also a novelty in experiencing this early taste of college living,  Greensboro is the site of the first widely-publicized civil rights sit-ins in 1960.  The Woolworth lunch counter where it happened is preserved in a museum downtown.  Greensboro Coliseum in the same time period gave us John F, Kennedy as President.  You see, Nixon blamed his poor performance in the debate on his leg which he injured during a campaign appearance at Greensboro Coliseum.  I am fairly confident that for our youth this information would not add anything to the novelty of Greensboro.  I, however, think it's cool and now you know the rest of the story.

Looking for the best ice cream in Greensboro, the internet directed us to Yum Yum Better Ice Cream and Hot Dogs.  The ice cream was good, but Tim says the University of Maryland Creamery has nothing to worry about.  Curiously, a small cone is the size of your head but a small cup is genuinely small.  Same price.  And an All-In hot dog includes mustard, onion, chili and slaw.  Sounds good, but I would recommend you bypass the chili.  Too wet.

Sold!  Salvation Army furniture is moved to the back to await removal by its new owner.

Rejected!  Unsold furniture is loaded up and moved out.

Wasteland!  Fifteen minutes ago there was a huge pile of unsold furniture here and that dumpster was empty.

Coffee!  Before Bible study, chaperons get down to business.

Yum Yum Better Hot Dogs and Ice Cream