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Sometimes it is the things you don't think will get you that get you. Make sense?
Recently I was sitting in a restaurant, with Detective Sandy, having a nice lunch. We were very low key. I was down to four guns on me and she was around the same number. We could, in a pinch, hold off the majority of an invasion by Canada, if need be, but for now, it was a quiet lunch.
You know those guys who have that naturally loud and very irritating pitch to their voice? They could be having a conversation on the other side of a football field but you could hear every word. Well, one of those guys sat down no closer than 20 feet away from us. The whole time he was ordering and waiting for food, he was on his cell phone and did not stop talking for one minute. I tried to tune him out but it did no good.
I finally gave up and just tried to enjoy my lunch. A few seconds later I heard him, still 20 feet away, order a gift — a book or something — with his credit card. No kidding, he read aloud — and aloud meaning we could all hear him — his credit card number and security number (those three little digits) as well as his expiration date. Since he was blasting it out loud, I wrote the numbers down on the back of one of my business cards.
Right there and then I had all the buying power his credit limit could take and all I had to do was pick up the phone. I looked at the numbers and then asked Detective Sandy if she wanted to buy something like a Mazda or some jet skies. But she had already gone back to the salad bar for some alphalpha sprouts, so I just sat there questioning my honesty.
I am an honest person. My motivation isn't that I believe in goodness and we should all be honest and loving and all that crap, but instead the simple fact that I'm the dumb jerk who's gonna get caught. I'm too lazy to take a chance, so I don't.
Honestly, though, the older I get, the more compassion I have for people, especially dumb ones like this overbearing, nasal-sounding bozo who had no clue that he was begging to make someone's day —but giving them his credit card carte blanche!
I tore up the business card into little pieces and we left.
Lucky guy. This is the time of year when the varsity comes out to steal from you. They watch and listen and it really doesn't take much to grab some numbers off your card. The fact that you use it automatically puts you at some risk, but try to limit the access.
For example, shoulder-surfing is simple. The crook waits in the checkout line with a 50-cent pack of gum and hopes the person ahead of him or her is writing a check. If the crook's memory is good, he's in business — just copy down the account and routing number from the check. That, along with the name and some check paper, puts these folks in business.
There are easier ways to grab your sensitive numbers, but the moral of the story is that they do work at it and they are pretty good at it, so don't make it easy. Credit cards are the best things to use during the holiday season because you have recourse if you're victimized. You can dispute credit card charges and limit what the crooks can do once you find out they compromised your numbers.
Don't forget: They don't need the card, only the numbers. So read those post-holiday statements closely.
December 23rd, 2009
6:15 pm
Merry Christmas!!!
December 24th, 2009
12:38 am
Ummmmmmm. Do you remember the numbers? I'm not done Christmas shopping.
December 24th, 2009
5:17 am
I made a large purchase at a BigBox store. "Purchase declined. Call 800xxxxxxx" I held up the line for 5 minutes trying to whisper my mom's maiden name, my dog's name and my favorite rapper. I wrote a letter to their customer security office. They did not even respond. I actually was hoping that someone else would use my card because I would not be held responsible.
December 24th, 2009
8:31 am
At work we have a few cubicles set up here and there, like in my department. Luckily I'm usually the only one back here, but if any of the others are back here, and I hear them give out their credit card or social security numbers, I walk out as quickly as possible, so as to not remember them. Of course I usually don't, since I tend to preoccupy myself with something else at the time they're calling out those numbers, so that I pay little to no attention to it. I wish every company didn't require you to call it out loud, but instead switched over to the computer right quickly so you could key it in on your phone.
December 24th, 2009
8:41 am
Any advice for the restaurants? My dad recently visited, and while using a CC that is ONLY for restaurants (rewards), went out to eat with me. Later that CC was used to pay a whole household's worth of bills – utilities, mortgage, etc – for someone in that city with the same first name as the server. :-/ The normal use of the card made it immediately obvious – and it had been used no where else in the city ever. I'm surprised she had the spine to do that – there was a cop sitting across the room in an almost empty place. However, servers often do take your card away to run it – and it seems to be expected.
December 24th, 2009
9:35 am
I am a hawk with my personal information, and I have more safeguards on it than most people (though I'm not paranoid–just safe). I also wonder about the restaurant server stuff. I try to patronize the same places, and get to know the staff, but it's not always possible. I pay with everything by credit card, and then pay it off in full each month. (I do this to get the rewards, which is essentially free money, and a slap to the cc company because I pay no interest.)
*Is* there a way to safeguard credit card info when giving the server your card? The idea of skimming makes me nervous.
Maybe the thing to do is buy gift cards to the restaurants I frequent, using my credit card, then use those to eat out. As long as they aren't those kind of cards that expire or suck fees from you, that may be the answer.
I hate Chili's, but one nice thing about that place is that they run the check out in the open, and you can literally watch them do it.
December 24th, 2009
9:47 am
Well, Dad using a different CC made it very obvious, very fast… which made it not *too* horrible… but still, it's definitely added a touch of paranoia to me. I always wondered about it, but since then I've heard this is not that uncommon – particularly in GA and the South/West outside the city. Even if you can see them run it… they're holding it, staring at it, sometimes flipping it over or fiddling with it to get it to scan – it's not much better. They'd have to be pretty blatant to look out of the ordinary, even if they're taking the number for later.
I had one server tell me I should write "see ID" on the credit card to stop that – but… that wouldn't do a thing for online/electric skimming since they don't see the actual CC. I'm not sure that would actually help with anything at all anymore, even if the server/cashier reads that.
December 24th, 2009
9:56 am
Trog – I'm like you when it comes to using credit cards at a restaurant. Unless I can see them perform the transaction, or if I've been to the restaurant enough times that I know a lot of the staff there, I won't use my fake credit card (Visa Check Card), unless I absolutely have to. Otherwise, it's cash all the way. I do watch my checking account like a hawk, logging in to it at least once a day, just to make sure there are no bizarro-world charges pop up.
Only once during the entire time I've had a checking account at any bank had something strange happened, and it was more of an error on the bank's part. Came into work one morning, logged into the account to make sure I still had what few pennies I knew I had in there, and imagine my shock when it showed I was overdrawn by nearly $1,000. Not only that, but a few recent debits/checks had been returned, primarily my car payment and car insurance payment. I was all sorts of livid. Checked the account history, and saw there was a check written for $1,000. The check number read "000″, which seemed very odd to me. I was able to see a check image, and it turned out someone had written a draft note with my account number on it, when she probably meant to write her own. Probably transposed a couple of digits on the account number. I called the bank, reported it, they checked, gave a big "oops", and said they'd fix it immediately. Not only had those debits/checks been returned, but they had attacked my account even more with the overdraft fees, totalling about $100. They said the fees would be returned, and the debits/checks would be reposted. A couple of hours later I log back into the checking account, and everything was right again.
As for gift cards, most restaurant gift cards don't expire, nor are there fees. I've got a gift card to a major hamburger chain (think "star with smiley-face") that I haven't used in over a year. I The original amount was $10, which I had won through some promotion they had going. Had used it a time or two, and when I last used it, I had 53 cents left on it. Found it in a desk drawer this weekend as I was cleaning up, and decided to call the number on the back to check the balance. Still was 53 cents. May reload it this weekend. The only gift cards to expire or have fees that I know of are the Visa Gift Credit Cards, and the gift cards to Simon Malls.
December 24th, 2009
10:19 am
Another thing: I don't sign the back of my card. Never have, never will. I used it at the post office a couple of weeks ago to ship out some Christmas cookies to a few people, and the woman at the counter said something that made me want to kiss her: "Sir, can I see your I.D. please?" I wish more and more retailers did this. The only reason why she wanted to see my I.D. is because I didn't sign the card. I would prefer them to ask for it, even if I *did* sign the card.
December 24th, 2009
11:34 am
I have taken to signing it AND putting "see I.D.," but in truth, so few retailers even look at it anymore. I use it a lot at the grocery store and other places where you never even hand them your card, just swipe it. Every time I do that, I think how easy it would be for a thief to do the same, since no one looks.
I used to never sign my cards, and in fact left the space blank, which is not good. "See I.D." is better than blank. If you leave it blank and someone steals your card, then s/he just signs your name in that space in their handwriting, and voila, a perfect match.
The main thing is being vigilant, and checking your stuff consistently.
December 25th, 2009
3:36 pm
Seems you should have approached the guy, showed your police badge, and handed him the card you used to write his numbers. Then tell him how many other people could have that number. I am betting he would have learned a lot.
Of course, if you are big on evolutionary theory, he may be too dumb to procreate.
December 25th, 2009
5:19 pm
I use my bank card for everything, when I don't have cash. I never pay at the resturant with a credit card, only cash. I work in Retail, and I always look at the back of a card to see what is on it. If there is no signature, I ask for I.D, and if "see I d" is on there, I also ask for ID. Most of the time the customer will thank me, because they say that no one ever asks for their ID. We are supposed to verify that the person using the card is the owner. There was a mugging in front of a Macy's last year, of a 75 year old woman. The mugger, who was male, went into Macy's and charged over $300 dollars worht of clothes, and the associate never looked to see that the user was a man, and the name on the card was a female. All of this happened while the lady lay in the parking lot waiting for an ambulance.
December 26th, 2009
7:45 pm
As a former Investigator for a city that is right next to the airport…it was not uncommon for us to recieve a report of FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARD FRAUD, listing the incident location as one of the many "fine" dining establishments on Virginia Ave. – the number one place where such thefts was occurring was a seafood establishment. (the second was a steakhouse). The plan used, was that the server, after receiving your credit/debit card would take it to a secluded area and copy the credit/debit card numbers into a notebook – including the 3-digit security code.
The pros at this game, would not pay their rent, utilities, or food (too easy to trace)….they would use the number to order expensive merchandise and have it delivered to a "dead drop" – an apartment that was unoccupied, but, where they would be waiting for a delivery service to drop off the package. The victim would NOT usually be aware of the scam until they had received their bill later that month.
If you're gonna pay for your expensive meal with a credit/debit card….ACCOMPANY the server to the billing station, and if they object, have the MANAGER process your bill. As little as they are paid or tipped, it is not any wonder that these servers are not engaging in these activities more frequently?
December 27th, 2009
9:05 pm
heard any good ones lately?
December 29th, 2009
10:12 am
Why didn't you make this loudmouth aware of what he had done? I had a situation almost exactly like yours but it was in a laundry mat. There was this cute little diva and her girlfriend in the laundry mat just yakking away on their cell phones, very loudly. Then Ms. Diva decided to order something over the phone from a catalog she had with her. She proceeded to give out her name, cedit card numbers, security number, address where she wanted the item sent, and her phone number. After she finished, I went over to her, showed her my badge, (did I mention I was a cop?), and advised her she had just given me and anyone else within hearing range all the information we would need to steal her identity. She was really shocked, as she never considered anyone else cound hear her. I advised her of the danger of talking so loudly around strangers because one of those strangers could be an identity thief. She thanked me and told me she would never do that again. You should've done that with that loudmouth you encountered and advised him how dangerous as well as obnoxious he was being. You probably could've killed two birds with one stone.
December 29th, 2009
1:34 pm
I learned my lesson about paying a restaurant tab with a debit card. Like Patrick, I check my checking account multiple times daily. One day, I found charges for (1) a Eurorail pass and (2)a plane ticket to London. Fortunately, I was able to get in touch with my bank, which immediately put a hold on all charges on the card. When my wife and I started tracing where we had used the card, we came up with the names of two restaurants. From then on, it was strictly cash at restaurants. The bank reimbursed me for the charges, but I've learned that not even a debit card is safe if it's out of your sight and possession for a few minutes.
January 2nd, 2010
7:29 pm
I work in a grocery store with a credit card capture pad where you sign on the screen. Only a very small percentage of people sign anything near what their signature looks like on their card or ID…"these never look like my signature, it is too hard to make it look right," etc. Loking at your card to "see ID" just does not work most of the time. But…you can ask the retailer to do a paper signature (just hit "cancel signature" on my device and my register will make a recipt that has to be signed).
I use a refillable Visa card for online and some retail purchases. The $3 fee to refill is good insurance.
The guy at the restaurant should have been given that business card with your police identification to the caller to, perhaps, drive home the point, especially with the credit card info on the back.


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This is Not the Study of EconomicsSeptember 16, 2011
Individuals who lack a solid understanding of economics generally make a plethora of errors in reasoning, particularly when they are faced with the opportunity to articulate their viewpoints on contemporary economic issues.
While this problem may be true for individuals who lack an understanding in other fields of study (i.e. calculus, physics, biology, philosophy, etc.), the glaring holes in reasoning become much more apparent in economics because they are manifested in every day public policy.
Usually, when an individual fails to understand the reproductive system of an extinct lizard, it will not have any bearing on how he votes. However, when individuals vote for political leaders based upon faulty misconceptions of economics, such errors will eventually become manifest in ruinous policies that negatively affect our jobs, our income, and our overall standard of living.
Thus, it is important to cleanse our thinking of the faulty ideas about economics that dominate the minds of many people (including political leaders). All of these misconceptions are highly tempting at first glance because they over-simplify economics to make it something that it is not. However, with some clear thinking, it is possible to reject these misconceptions in favor of a more holistic view of what economics really is all about—namely, the study of human action.
Economics is not about money
People very easily fall into the temptation of equating economics with money. This could not be further from the truth. Although economics does teach us about the nature of money, how it is used in economic transaction, how changes in its supply affect productivity, etc., economics is not simply about money.
Money by itself is static, boring, and completely worthless. It is human action that imputes value into money as a medium of exchange, that determines how it should allocate goods and services, and that uses it in trade. Viewing economics as simply about money completely removes our ability to understand how money really should function in a society.
In public policy, this error is manifested whenever people assume that providing more money for a particular project will result in its success. Consider the following example:
Some people would say that if students in a particular school are getting Cs, Ds, and Fs, then that obviously means the school needs more money than it had before. There's obviously no way teachers could have been ineffective and no way students could have been unwilling to learn. There's no way that the money from the school's previous budget was mismanaged behind a veil of inefficiency and corruption. Therefore, the solution is simple! Give the school more money and grades will surely rise.
Reality, however, teaches us that this is completely false. The goal of economics with regard to money is not to make us worshippers of money so that we can throw it at our problems like a magic spell. This is a gross oversimplification of economics that can lead to poor policy outcomes.
Economics is not about jobs
This second error is as prevalent and malicious as the first. Many people look at the economy and think it needs to provide us with jobs. Yet, economics, rightfully understood, does not even really bother with this idea.
You see, jobs are easy. In fact, when an economy is in trouble, jobs might be one of the easiest problems to fix. Simply give everyone a shovel and have them dig a trench. Then have them refill the trench they just dug. Repeat ad nauseum and your country will have full employment.
If economics were primarily about how to maintain high employment, we could be done studying it at the third grade. It would also make economics absurd and useless. Admittedly, economics does cover issues of employment/unemployment, however this can never rightfully be the focus of economics. As with the issue of money, economics teaches us about jobs because it teaches us about human behavior. In relation to jobs, it also teaches us about what constitutes real wealth, about the importance of productivity (as opposed to just being "busy"), and much more.
Yet, today, politicians discuss high unemployment as if it were a unique economic problem unto itself—its own separate field of study. As far back as 1946, Hazlitt observed that "Wages and employment are discussed as if they had no relation to productivity and output" (p. 72). When this type of attitude guides economic policy, it results in "domestic job-creating" regulations (e.g. minimum wage, tariffs, subsidies) which eliminate the competitiveness of poorer laborers, both in the United States and abroad. Not only that, but such programs minimize efficiency and nullify productivity simply for the sake of "doing something." In education, that's called busywork, but in our government, it's called a stimulus job.
Economics is not about math, graphs, or statistics
Many people think of economics as purely statistics and graphs. As a result, they perceive economists as being obsessed with supply-and-demand graphs, GDP, average income, interest rates, equations, formulas, and a host of other mathematic concepts. While some economists have done nothing to mitigate this misperception, it remains a misperception.
It is simply impossible to make economics into the kind of mathematical science that many believe it to be. As I previously stated, economics simply is the study of human action. The problem this poses for mathematically-minded economists is that human action carries with it a virtually limitless amount of variables that cannot be controlled. This makes economic research impossible to repeat (as we can do in scientific research).
Admittedly, some graphs and statistics are useful both to the economist and the student of economics, but one cannot overemphasize the fragility of mathematical models in economics. A supply-and-demand graph only represents a brief snapshot of a conglomeration of human action. In reality, this conglomeration will always be in flux as each new variable comes into play. It is easy for markets to adapt to these variables, but the same cannot be said for the mathematical models.
In public policy, this misperception of economics as a mathematically precise science has resulted in a glut of central planners who regulate economic activity according to their highly limited economic models. They assume that economic growth is a mathematical formula that includes some quantity "C" for private consumption, some quantity "I" for gross investment, and some quantity "G" for government spending. Somehow, it is assumed, that if we can just increase these values (by the force of government), then we can achieve growth.
Unfortunately, economics is not nearly this simple. Even more unfortunately, the cost of reducing economics to this level of mathematical simplicity in public policy has been high. The Great Depression, the Dot Com bubble, and the housing bubble are just a few examples of what happens when we allow central planners to make policy according to preconceived mathematical models of what the economy should look like.
Admittedly, each of the above concepts coincidentally fall under economics in some respect or another. However, that does not mean that any of them should be considered as the foundational paradigm by which economics should be studied. Properly understood, economics is the study of human action, which causes it to rise above minute details regarding money, jobs, and graphs. Admittedly, the focus of human action which economics deals with tends to relate to things such as trade, labor, money, interest rates, business cycles, etc. However, all of these issues are informed by the holistic view of economics as the study of human action, not the other way round.
This is not meant to disparage the importance of thinking about these concepts rightly. Economics has valuable insights to give us about money, labor, and statistical findings. Yet, we cannot force economics to become something that it is not. We cannot add to economics by subtracting its most essential tenet of human action.
"Economics, as a branch of the more general theory of human action, deals with all human action, i.e., with man's purposive aiming at the attainment of ends chosen, whatever these ends may be." – Ludwig von Mises, Human Action (1949), p. 880.
Hazlitt, H. (1946). Economics in one lesson. New York: Three Rivers Press.
Mises, L. (1949). Human Action. New Haven: Yale University Press.

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Good synopsis, Rich. This is one of the reasons I have stopped changing my schedule to "watch" racing on TV. Poor information, lots of commercials and mostly stupid commentary. I should waste my time for this?
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Talladega Television Coverage Demonstrates Why Fans Complain
By admin | May 5, 2013
By Richard Allen
One of the biggest targets in the sights of NASCAR fans when they decide to complain is the sport's television coverage. And among the most common complaints is the number of and timing of commercials during each broadcast. Sunday's race at Talladega demonstrated why those complaints come so frequently.
On lap 124 NASCAR threw a caution flag for rain. Significantly, the race could have ended at that point being that the halfway mark had been surpassed. So, the event could well have been determined in those laps preceding the yellow flag had the rain lasted long enough to force NASCAR to call the race.
The trouble was, the Fox Network was away in a commercial break while there were apparently a number of wild moves taking place on the track. Scanner chatter among spotters and drivers had certainly amped up and Twitter posts among those reporters on the scene confirmed that racing had intensified.
It's not as if Fox did not know the rain was coming. Their own announcers had just stated that the action was about to pick up due to the possiblity of inclement weather. Team spotters, who Fox monitors, were urging their drivers to get going as the rain approached. But just after the hype by the announcing team that the intensity was about to pick up, Fox went to commercial.
And this rather long set of commercials came after only a brief return from another set of advertising spots.
The broadcast did not return until the moment the yellow flag waved. The viewers had missed the entire sequence of intense racing. Knowing that rain was coming, the network's director and producers had to know they would have time for commercials during the inevitable rain delay. But even with that knowledge, they made the decision to break away at one of the race's most pivotal moments.
But not to worry, there was plenty of uninterrupted talk of the relationship between Danica Patrick and Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. as well as lots of air time for broadcaster turned racer(or vice-versa) Michael Waltrip during the rain delay.
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GinaV24 Says:
May 5th, 2013 at 3:34 pm
Gene Says:
May 5th, 2013 at 4:17 pm
It's by design. They know more viewers stay tuned in when they go to commercials during green flag racing. The same viewers tend to change channels when undedr caution.
Cindi Says:
May 5th, 2013 at 8:12 pm
That's why I listen to MRN or PRN radio and lower the sound on the TV and use Twitter.
Tony Geinzer Says:
May 5th, 2013 at 8:19 pm
I almost would have felt better if the race was not a Supermarathon, because I believe that at least engage us as fans, as the Next Act is for Talladega is Night Racing in the Summer Pre Brickyard.
zhills fan Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 3:12 am
I have quit watching nascar races altogether because of all the commercials.
KYBOY Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 4:52 am
I really got tired of the Toyota lovefest. They seemed to talk about Toyota waaaaay too much!
Brandon Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 7:01 am
Why won't NASCAR start a race early when they know weather is in the area? They spent an hour doing pre-race crap with blue skies all the while talking about how the rain was coming and would come into play later on. They Kowtow to the TV contracts that provide the sport with poor coverage. NASCAR really needs to have their own channel to cover the sport.
Jesse Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 7:24 am
KYBOY, thank you, thank you, at least someone notices, but you have got to understand with the Waltrip brothers, I think they have got Fox under their finger, everyone hates to listen to them but the network gives them more air time. Then they but Denny Hamlin in for a little extra Toyota time.
midasmicah Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 7:52 am
It isn't just the commercials, though there are way too many. The nine headed monster called a broadcasting crew has gotten worse this year, if that's possible. I've found myself turning off the TV or changing channels in frustration. The Waltrips must own a big stake in FUX because they sure get a lot of air time. And Newman was right in his comments.
Jeff Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 8:14 am
After 3 1/2 hours of constant commercials, both by sponsors and Waltrips, they cut to commercial after three or four laps into the final segment. I commented to my daughter that the rain was just another reason to put on more commercials…
If Fox doesn't get rid of those buffoons in the booth, they are going to lose what few fans they still have.
M. Waltrip (conflict of interest and Toyota shill)
D. Waltrip ("when I was racing" is his favorite line)
L. McReynolds (self-absorbed language butcher)
M. Joy (likes to scream at the audience)
GinaV24 Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 8:15 am
A couple of other things that occurred to me after I posted. NASCAR has shown the fans that they don't care about the tv presentation by renewing the contract with Fox early, allowing them to have an ACTIVE owner in the booth (Michael Waltrip), continuing to allow them to dumb down the sport and show favoritism and cheerlead.
No other sport does that when broadcasting on a national level. If you tune in to the local broadcast for hockey, for instance, you definitely will get announcers who are "homers" and that's fine, I know what I am getting when I tune in.
NASCAR allows all of this to go on, they take the money and go merrily on their way, leaving the fans to complain.
I seldom watch the races on tv since as I said, I get better information off of radio, trackpass and twitter. I expect to get pictures of the actual races but Fox and ESPN as well, have both decided that they don't have to do their part in promoting and supporting the sport by actually providing that in the broadcast.
I don't plan to pay extra for NASCAR when Fox moves it to whatever they are calling their version of sports network. I am leaning more toward canceling my cable subscription completely since it seems mostly a waste of money these days.
RickP Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 9:46 am
Fox came out of a commercial break at 3:04pm yesterday and that was just when the racing was getting good because of the coming rain. Then Fox went to another commercial break at 3:07 pm after the announcers were making the point that the action on track was heating up. When they returned from the second commercial break, the caution came out. What is the point of showing three minutes or less of on track action?
Bill B Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 10:21 am
If you had a ticket to the race and it said "start time: 12:00 AM" and you got to your seat right on time, how would you feel if the race started at 11:00 AM?
So, it's not just tv that dictates start time, it's the fans at the track as well. If they start the race earlier than the ticket states they might end up with a bunch of people wanting refunds.
Now, they can wipe out all the pre-race stuff that takes place and the start the race right at 12 PM (like they did).
Bill H Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 10:36 am
Ever watch an NFL football game? Injury time out results in six commercials. Then one play and the team scores; six more commercials. Come back for the kick-off, then leave for six more commercials. Run one play and a player is hurt, so we leave for six more commercials. That's four football plays and 24 commercials, taking up 15 minutes.
At least if you go to the race in person the race keeps going. You have that option. If you go to the football game, the game stops for the commercials. Players and 50,000 fans are sitting around waiting for the television to resume. I no longer go to football games because at least at home I can go in the bathroom and floss my teeth during commercials.
dawg Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 10:39 am
Thank the Racing God, that the Toyota shill fest, Faux coverage is drawing to a close.
I switched over to watch the final 20 laps or so of the Indy car race. Really enjoyed it.
Has the "Gyro Cam," become the new Digger?
How long before people with access to MRN, decide they don't really need the TV?
When all NASCAR cares about is the size of the check.
These commercials, briefly interrupted by a race, will only get worse!
RacingFan Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 11:16 am
I find it interesting that several other fans have lost at least some (if not all) interest in the racing or its television coverage but still like to read about and comment on sites like this.
Some years ago, I started falling asleep during the races. I didn't mind if I missed long parts of a race because I had other things to do. But, I still was interested in reading the articles and comments on sites such as this one.
Several things can generate interest in NASCAR: information about the technical innovations used to give a team an advantage (nonexistent in NASCAR), the racing itself, and the soap opera discussions about the drivers, rules, etc. The third one seems to be the most interesting in the NASCAR of today.
This year, I have found the racing is becoming more somewhat more interesting again. I am still annoyed by many aspects of the television coverage, though.
CMel24 Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 11:58 am
I have never been a fan of M. Waltrip, he thinks he is a great racers, but he is just a one track wonder. He has never won on any track, except resticter plate tracks. With all of his starts and he has 4 win!! Whoppee!!! Now, Ole DW, I really don't mind him, but I do wish he would give up that 4 letter phrase "Back in the day". That just grinds on my last nerve. Mike Joy is a very likable person. Jeff Hammond needs to say "goodbye" "Adios and farewell" John Roberts, now he is one very irritating man. When he talks it's like fingernails on a chalkboard. Funny he is not. Besides, NASCAR is not his forte and he proves it every time he opens his mouth.
NASCARJeff Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 12:41 pm
As someone who works in live television and a racing fan I can understand and relate to the "commercial placement problem."
This is a network broadcast and it hits its breaks at a certain time during said broadcast. Now when Kyle Busch started the first big wreck FOX did bust out of break to show it, then after every angle was shown returned to paid spots. I call them that because the paid spots pay for us to watch this race. It has to happen this way!
Now it the side by side boxes NASCAR/Sprint uses to show the commercials and racing side by side wasn't so lopsided that we could actually see the race in that little box and not be over powered by that HUGE commercial box it would be worth while.
As for the announcers both FOX and ESPN have this huge conflict of interest with the Waltrip brothers, Brad Daugherty and Rusty Wallace all owning teams or being connected to sponsors to shill for that it takes away from whatever it is I am not listening to them say.
DW is out of touch, nobody cares how it was done in the 1980's or when he was a back marker in the 90's and needed the Champions Provisional every week to race. His giving Danika a pass every week is getting old and he does not understand what is going on with the cars these days.
Larry, Rusty, Dale Jarrett and Andy Petree all need communications courses. Maybe someone at FOX will tell Larry that "extrey" is not a word and it is pronounced "McMurray' not Mac-Murrey." and DJ should not start out a sentence with "uhm'.
Maybe one network should carry all the races like with Ned, Benny and Bob.
Greg Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 12:50 pm
I gave up watching NASCAR on FOX , rather listen on MRN , they cover everything without the 1 UPMANSHIP of the FOX announcers and the dribble chatter about the past and who did what they ANNOUNCE the race.
Yesterday the would tell you that they would be off the air to a certain time during the rain delays and at the EXACT moment they had promised they were back.
As for Mikey Waltrip , hes just not as FUNNY as he thinks he is , the TRUCK races prove that .
The Mad Man Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 1:28 pm
Since Faux gave creative control to Jaws, the coverage and commentary have gotten worse. Something I didn't think was possible. "Let's shows 20 different shots in one lap and omit any shots of racing. Gyro cam, in-car, gopher cam, rear bumper cam, back to gyro cam, in car, show one car and then go to commercial". They rarely if ever show any actual racing. At Texas, out of the over 1100 camera shots they showed, only 67 showed any actual racing. The rest were either gimmick shots like the gyro and gopher cam or what I call Myopic Vision shots which only show 1-3 cars. That's it. That's not racing.
Then there's all the cheerleading and shilling that go on for Toyota, the Toyota teams and drivers, the Hendrick & subsidiary teams and drivers, Dale Jr, and the newest messiah to save NA$CAR from itself, Princess Sparkle Phony. The Front Row boys threw Jaws and the rest of them off their game when they were running in the front pack because it didn't fit the script from Daytona. They kept fumbling trying to shill and cheerlead and it didn't fit what was going on.
And why would they go back to racing after it had been halted for rain past the half way point? Do you think that maybe it had something to do with 4 Fords occupying the first 4 positions and not the "preferred" brand of Chevy and Toyota? Think about that for a minute. Every single Faux broadcast DW and the motley bunch can do nothing but talk trash about Ford. Matt Kenseth is a good example. You hardly heard a thing two years ago about Matt when he was driving a Ford. Last year, after it was announced he was going to JGR, the announcers changed their tune. This year, DW does everything but perform fellatio on Matt. He sings his praises from the highest mountain tops. Ford is not the "preferred" brand to the Toyota-owned Waltrip brothers.
I agree with some of the other post about geting rid of the entire Faux crew and getting rid of the car owners on the BSPN crew. A definite conflict of interest there. They need to see if Ned Jarrett, Buddy Baker, and Eli Gold would take to the booth again and maybe drag Barney Hall with them. Put all the racing on one network that actually wants and cares about the racing instead of just having it fill a spot. Maybe then the ratings would return to what they were in 2008. The high point of the last decade.
I found the ARCA and IndyCar races to be a lot more exciting and actually better covered and commentated on that the Cup race. Faux and BSPN could learn a lesson or two from them.
Chris Fiegler Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 2:56 pm
I thought Talladega was a Great Race.
Jonathan Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 3:19 pm
I think Nascar and Fox did a good job… not great but find me any other network that would stay on the air for 8 hours of Nascar. Complain all you want but think of the good things. They have to pay the bills… everything happens so fast… those showers were poping up with out notice so im sure they didnt know excatly when the rain was coming. Gosh sometimes I think people just come on these sights to b*#ch and moan. I think Fox did ok!!! You know people there is racebuddy when the networks go to commercial. I still dont understand why the hell we dont have side by side throughout the whole race though that would fix so many problems. but you people would still complain like the one guy who says the box is to small. smsh whatever
amac Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 3:21 pm
The height of NASCAR broadcasts was with Bob, Benny and Ned. Race coverage has been horribly down hill since 2001.
Heck, The Nashville Network did a better job than FOX!
The current coverage has been turned into gimmicks, catch phrases and the lowest common denominator. The amount of commercials are a symptom of a much larger problem. FOX has no clue what they are doing and what they have done. What happened to digger?-don't care.
I never watch a race live anymore, DVR everything and skip over commercials. Always mute the boogity at the start!
Unfortunately the formula has changed and we may never again get to see the broadcast reach the heights of the late nineties.
Sadly as a fan for 27+years i can barely enjoy the sport i love because they don't show it.
Tyler West Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 7:00 pm
Talladega was awesome!! Folks that don't like plate racing need to take a hike. Now, the FOX coverage does suck but it could be worse. The problem is like everything else, the sport still is trying to pander to the "dumbass" generation. If the new fans don't have the attention span to keep up with the race they need to go then. The need to stick to just presenting the race not all this other BS like twitter, talking about that damn girl and who she's screwing, or any oth er BS that has nothing to do with the race. Hell, the Chase does not matter, it's a joke. Winning that weekend should be the highest priority and then followed by who has the most wins at the end of the season. Not gimmicks!! The chase along with the tv coverage has hurt the sport. Kill all the BS gimmicks and focus just on the sport of racing HARD!!! Not points racing.
Pat Says:
May 6th, 2013 at 8:51 pm
I really enjoy the Waltrips!!!!
Hate the timing and number of the commercials.


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This card has remark related to 13 Tenn Cavalry, whereas the Card Header lists the unit as 7 Tenn Cavalry(US). The 13 Tenn Cavalry(US) was present at the battle of Fort Pillow. …
Lt. John C. Akerstrom was post QuarterMaster at Fort Pillow at the time of the Battle on April 12, 1864. His name is also listed as Charles J. Akerstrom. It was said that he had…
Pvt Neal Clark of Company E, 13th Tennessee Cavalry(US) was killed at the Battle of Fort Pillow. He has another record under Pvt Neille Clark of Company I, 12th Tennessee…
This card indicates the confusion on the name for this regiment. This regiment was the 13th Tennessee Cavalry lead by Col Wm. F. Bradford. However there was already a 13 Tenn…
Cimprich's Book, in Note 5 of Apendix B, lists Geo W. Crawford as a soldier who was at the Battle of Fort Pillow on April 12, 1864. Not sure if it means he was wounded or taken…
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The first series of cards for James Falls is for his record while serving in Co. E of 13 Tenn Cav. The next set of cards that follow this is the records of James Walls while…
This card says he was discharged from 14 Tenn Cavalry. The true name of the 13 Tenn Cavalry was the 14 Tenn Cavalry. There was another 13 Tenn Cavalry already created.
Records are confusing. First card states he enrolled on April 5 1864 at Decatur. Last card said he was wounded at Fort Pillow on April 12, 1864. Another card said he deserted…
Capt John T. Young was acting Provost Marshall at Fort Pillow Tenn during the Battle on April 12, 1864. There were three primary units represented on the Union side at the…
Cimprich's Book on Fort PIllow list Michael Click in Footnote 5 of Appendix B as one of the men who died after the Battle of Fort Pillow. This is supported by records established…
Reference books say he was wounded in the army and thigh.
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Mini Cassata Cakes
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At Boulud Sud, pastry chef Ghaya Oliveira makes a version of cassata, the ornate Sicilian dessert with layers of sponge cake, sweetened ricotta, candied fruit, dark chocolate and marzipan. The easy recipe here is Grace Parisi's own interpretation.
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30 Minutes
- 1 cup fresh ricotta
- 2 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
- 1 tablespoon amaretto liqueur
- 2 ounces bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- Finely grated orange zest, for garnish
- 2 tablespoons candied orange peel, finely chopped (available at candy shops and at specialty food shops)
- 1 pound cake, sliced 1/2 inch thick and cut into twelve 2 1/2-inch rounds with a cookie cutter
- In a mini food processor, combine the ricotta with the confectioners' sugar and amaretto and puree until very smooth. Add half of the chocolate and candied orange peel and pulse just to combine.
- Spread the granulated sugar on a small plate. Lightly press both sides of each pound cake round into the sugar to coat, tapping off the excess sugar. In a large nonstick skillet, melt half of the butter. Add the sugared pound cake rounds in 2 batches, using the remaining butter, and cook over moderate heat, turning once, until the rounds are golden and the sugar is caramelized, about 1 minute per side. Transfer the rounds to a rack to cool slightly.
- Place 6 rounds on plates and top with half of the ricotta mixture. Top with the remaining rounds and ricotta mixture. Sprinkle the remaining chocolate and candied orange peel on top and garnish with orange zest.
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Chapter III - So Long And Goodnight3 Reviews
And it was all Al's fault.
He was after her! Catching up like some ghoulish competitor in a sprint. She couldn't go much farther. Her lungs were already giving up, rejecting the oxygen that she forced into them in ragged breaths. Her broken arm hung limply by her side, a useless puppet that pushed agony into her brain...her brain...HER BRAIN!
The endless desert was no longer empty. Thousands, no, millions of people blocked her way; their thin, twisted, skeletal fingers caught in her tangled hair, her blood-drenched dress, even her black jeans! They were slowing her down. And he was catching up! He would find her and it would be over. A horribly twisted and grotesquely drawn-out demise, but an end, not only for her, but for her friends too.
Lincoln would get her. Lincoln would tear her. Lincoln would rip out her jewelled throat and kill her. Lincoln would win. Lincoln would laugh and laugh over her broken body...and over His beautiful, perfect body. Lincoln would find out and rip out His throat too.
No Lincoln wouldn't. Lincoln would lose to Him...He would find me. He would rescue me.
She stopped running, her body finally giving in to the twisting, bending, breaking pain spinning through her body...her body...HER BODY! She could hear screams around her: screams that seemed so familiar. The delightfully untainted agony ripped through her. The cries echoed on. Al screwed her eyes shut and prayed-
Not Him, Not Him. Please not Him.
She spun around, hair whipping in the breeze. Lincoln was there still, a few metres behind her, holding a struggling form close to his body. He raised his eyebrow evilly and plucked out a knife from his jean pocket. The poor form he clutched began to wail. Al screamed too, as Lincoln drew the blade across its throat and the wailing ebbed to a weak gargle.
No...Not her either. No! NO! I don't want her to die. Please, God, no!
But she did. She died in pain and in hurt and in scared, with her delicate bright-red life pouring out from her torn throat. And it was all Al's fault.
Lincoln pulled off his jumper and chucked it in the back seat unceremoniously. He scowled darkly as his shiny sports car roared into life and blasted him with hot air from the vents. It slowly melted and twisted its way into his numb fingertips, toes and into the tip of his perfectly-sculpted nose. He rubbed his temples with black-painted nails. This was not going according to plan. The school would have to tighten its security now. It wouldn't be so effortless to get in next time. But it was there...he could sense it in the mass that he had waded through. He mentally sorted through the continual list of faces in his mind and came up with two possible options for the girl who'd run into him and caused that stab of magic. One was bespectacled and had mid-brown loose curls. Her face grinned cheekily into the space between his brain and eyes. The other face was half-hidden behind a thick side-fringe of black-red hair.
Lincoln flicked through all the words called in those few moments. His breathtakingly sinister eyes snapped wide open in satisfaction. He slammed his foot firmly on the accelerator, ignoring the speed limit sign resting just outside the driveway. The vampire grinned, showing his stunning teeth in the process. Flick. Flick and Al. His next targets.
It was ice cold in Science Lab Two as fourth-period biology stared aimlessly out the window at the thunderstorm that dumped its full wrath onto the hills beyond. Al didn't look. Al didn't listen. Al just sat there, knees tucked up to her chin and eyes wide and vacant. Eventually, much to the relief of her classmates, the bell rang to alert the students to their brief freedom.
She was last to leave, hair dangling over her left eye just enough to hide the fact that it was nearly at spilling point with salty, liquid emotion. Her fingers rose to brush the betraying tears away, but Trevaskis was far too quick for her. She looked up from erasing the notes she spent all lesson preparing and fixed her with a kind, weak smile and a glimmer of disappointment in her eyes.
"I heard about Miss Bishop." Trevaskis said eventually, placing test tubes delicately back into their racks. Her stomach was already swollen slightly from the fresh, clean, innocent child budding inside. A child that Al never really got the opportunity to be, especially now. Trevaskis continued, avoiding looking into Al's eyes, "Alison, there was nothing you could've done. There was nothing anyone could do."
"Yes, there was." Al murmured faintly to herself. Her heart rose to her throat to scold her brain. "It's all your fault, you know." /It spat at her mind. "You saw her corpse hanging from that tree. You knew it was real, but you didn't tell her, did you? How could you be so selfish?" /
Before Trevaskis could comfort the distressed girl, she had twirled around, hugging her books hard to her chest and walked fiercely down the stairs. The angry tears flowed freely now, but she punched them off heatedly with tense, white knuckles. What did this all mean? Why her?
Al stormed past her friends, who were waiting for her at the foot of the stairs. She heard a confused grunt and someone called out her name after her. She ignored it, instead letting her feet drag her towards the tiny dip in the earth near the pool...onto the lattice...and there she sat. It seemed like eternity that she was left there with her troubled thoughts and fantasies. She pulled out a rusty nail from the lattice and pushed it quickly through her stocking and deep into her pale right leg. A beautiful, satisfyingly terrible agony shot into her brain.
Pain and bleed and pain and hurt.
What? Where did that come from? Such a familiar phrase.../ CRACK! /Her head flew up from gazing vaguely at her injured thigh. Al spun around, and could've sworn she saw that gorgeous boy again, hiding behind the tree with an inhuman sparkle in his eyes. Her emotions turned from their melancholy state to clean disorientation. Her mouth opened to yell out something to the now-empty tree, but she was interrupted by an intake of surprised breath behind her.
"Alison!?" Flick's eyes fell to Al's bleeding leg and she stared at it in dismay. She looked taken aback as her eyes bore into Al's tear-streaked, rosy face. "Alison! What have you done to yourself?!"
"No Flick," the tiny part of her brain whispered, just quietly enough so that Al's consciousness couldn't hear. "What have I done to Bishop? What have I done to you?"
After school, Lincoln sat in the huge tree by Flick's locker. He had assessed the two of his prey at lunch. The one who'd made herself bleed [though her blood smelled more enticing than anything he'd ever sensed] was unmistakably the weaker of the two, so he went for the sweet-looking girl known as 'Flick'. It seemed like such a shame to target someone so innocent, but these things were sometimes necessary. Once he saw that everything was clear, he allowed himself to drop gracefully onto the ground and advanced on his prey. Hmm...he couldn't see the necklace. Or any jewellery for that matter. Dismissing this thought, he silently made his way behind her to her standard-issue schoolbag.
"Felicity?" Lincoln breathed on the back of her neck. It was beautifully bare now that she'd changed for Musical Practice. He'd followed her all day, not paying much attention to the other target, too spellbound by the cheeriness of the pretty girl. That's when he learned of the Musical, of which she spoke incessantly throughout the lessons and breaks of the school-day.
Felicity turned uneasily, facing the man who looked at her like a...piece of meat. In the literal sense. She shifted slightly in her shirt and jeans and her hand lifted to some kind of necklace at her throat. Perfect. Terrified. Just the way he liked his meals, it made the blood seem fresher, pumped it out of their wounds harder and faster and better. Lincoln slowly pushed his thoughts firmly into her brain. He screwed up his perfect face in deliberation. Tell the nice man now, Felicity...where is The Blooded Heart? Where do you keep it...? I won't tell anyone else, I swear! Her eyes glazed over, but she remained quiet. After a few seconds, Flick shrugged and said in a feeble, flat voice. "I do not know, nice man. I do not even know what it is."
He pulled her by the arm, so that she stumbled into his full grip. Something inside Felicity's mind desperately tried to force him away. He held her fast and glared at the space where The Blooded Heart should've been. It was instead filled with a thin silver chain with a curled 'F' dangling from it like a body from the gallows. Like he would see Flick's body hang. In fury, he effortlessly flung the dazed schoolgirl back into the solid, red-bricked wall. Something snapped, and it most certainly wasn't the wall.
Felicity woke from the relative ecstasy of her slumber-like state and felt the agony that shot down her spine and into every part of her body; a tearing, stabbing sensation that played in her fingers and in her toes and in her veins and arteries, burning like relentless acid. The strange man glowered down at her, panting with resentment, and heaved his foot deep into her left leg. Hard. Her leg shattered into innumerable shards of gruesome glass and Felicity screamed. Lincoln seized her windpipe and pressed down hard. She yelled louder...in pain and in hurt and in scared.
Lincoln pulled out a long, silver, ancient-looking blade and slashed it swiftly against the fragile skin of her neck, effectively ending the scream...
...And Felicity's life.


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Baseball Hall of Fame's BASE Race 5k and 10k Charity Runs Set for August 11 in Cooperstown
Pre-Race Night Entertainment, Sunday Race Day Highlight Second Annual Event to Support Museum's 'Be A Superior Example' Program with Clark Sports Center
March 21, 2013
(COOPERSTOWN, NY) – The Hall of Fame's newest hit is embarking on an extended "run" in Cooperstown as the BASE Race returns in 2013, with a new date.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, along with Cooperstown's Clark Sports Center, will join forces again in August for the Second Annual BASE Race, with the new date of Sunday, Aug. 11, after last year's inaugural event was held on a Saturday. The BASE Race debuted to rave reviews in 2012 as more than 300 runners participated in the event, which promotes healthy lifestyle choices for individuals of all ages.
The BASE Race includes a family-style 5K and a competitive 10K, with both races starting and ending at Cooperstown's Clark Sports Center. Race times are 8 a.m. for the 10K and 8:15 a.m. for the 5K.
Those who pre-register for the event will be able to pick-up race materials all day on Saturday, Aug. 10, from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. Both courses will take runners through scenic Cooperstown, with prizes awarded in multiple categories in both races. The challenging 10K takes runners through the rolling hills of the greater Cooperstown area, and the 5K course brings participants right past the Hall of Fame. Both courses celebrate the pastoral beauty of the Central New York village.
Raffles and other prizes will be awarded throughout the event. Registration is $25 for adults and $50 for families until race day, when registration will be $40 for individuals and $65 for families. Registration is under way www.baseballhall.org/BASERace and www.clarksportscenter.com. Additional details are available by calling the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at 607-547-0397 or the Clark Sports Center at 607-547-2800.
Proceeds from the BASE Race support outreach for the "Be A Superior Example" program, the Hall of Fame's newest educational initiative which promotes the concepts of healthy lifestyle choices to a worldwide audience, educating students about the dangers of performance-enhancing substances. Complete information of the BASE program is available through a comprehensive white paper, featuring detailed data on the use of performance-enhancing substances and the fundraising objectives of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, online at www.baseballhall.org/BASE.
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Y'all know I love to cook.
Going grocery shopping, not so much. But going to the farmers' market -- two thumbs up!
Here I am at the Pike Place Market in Seattle. My boyfriend had to pull me away -- I could have spent our whole vacation there!
If you don't already, I highly recommend shopping at your local market ... just check out my farmers' market checklist before you head out the door.
1. Pack your bags. Bring a canvas tote, extra plastic bags, and Tupperware containers. Most vendors have small bags but your tote will make it easier to stash everything in one. Plus, you'll be helping the environment by reusing bags.
2. Bring cash. Some vendors will take cards but there may be a minimum. You should have nothing larger than a $20 bill and small bills as well like ones, fives, and tens.
3. Go at the best time. If you go early in the morning, expect to get the best, freshest produce and the largest selection. Some people like to go at the end of the day when the selection isn't as great, but vendors are most likely to give discounted deals.
4. Plan your meals. Knowing what you plan to make for the week ahead will yield impulse shopping and multiple trips to the grocery store throughout the week ... not to mention it's great for your budget and a super time-saver.
5. Make a routine of it. If you can, pick the same time and day each week. Vendors will get to know you and if they like you, they'll put aside some of the better-looking produce for you or save recommendations for you.
Once at the market ...
6. Get recommendations. The farmers know how to best cook their goods. Ask for recommendations of what's great this week and a recipe or suggestions on how to cook it.
7. Think beyond produce. There are a ton of other items to pick up at your local market. Try meat, poultry, eggs, milk, cheese, jams, and more.
8. Step outside your comfort zone. Try a unique veggie or fruit you normally wouldn't buy, like purple broccoli or goose berries. The farmers will tell you all about the taste and texture and tell you how to cook it and what to pair it with.
9. Negotiate a good deal. Toward the end of the day, some vendors try to unload the stock they haven't sold ... see if you can get a deal. Also, if you are buying in bulk or a handful of items, try to get a 3-for-2 deal or something similar.
10. Sample, sample, sample. This is the best part of shopping at the farmers' market. Vendors will let you taste before you buy and sometimes even if you don't buy.
What's on your farmers' market checklist?
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LOVE the farmers market! We have one down the road from us and can always find the best corn, veggies & fruit!
Go earlier than when it opens. Many vendors will have lines and you'll want to get there early to get into line. Definately look for lines since people will get crabby if you cut in line. Have your kids help with pick, paying, and carring the goods, my kids love to help!
We hit our farmer's mkt nearly every Saturday, it is a tradition for me and my son since dad always works on Saturdays. We get cucumbers, tomatoes, corn, squash, and things can vary depending on what is in season. We got some blackberries last time, and my son always has to grab a bag of kettle corn. haha
Oh, and my sister lives in Seattle, I have been to visit a couple of times and I LOVE Pike Place Market. I could spend days there and not get bored. :)
Our farmers market is on Thursdays and it is only one street away!They have all kinds of goodies but love the sweet corn the best .So many different varieties
I bring a cart with wheels. Makes it so much easier to schlep things around.
These are great tips. I love the farmer's markets in Maine! There's always a HUGE selection....just wish I could get out on a weekday morning...the weekend mornings are PACKED.
thanks for the tips