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If I learned one thing from The Great Gas Panic of 2021, itâs that fear and greed can push product demand over the top, as well as cloud good judgment and common sense. To be honest, I also learned not to let the gas gauge get below a quarter of a tank. On Black Monday, I woke up early, worked ahead and climbed into the truck for a trip to Charlotte to see the kid and take her to lunch for her 25th birthday. For those who have followed along over the years and wonder how sheâs doing, sheâs doing great, working at an aquarium, diving in tanks with sharks and failing to keep her car registration up to date. ....
While mowing the front yard, I discovered what may be a portal to another dimension. I was bopping along, cutting down dandelions, clover and the occasional blades of grass that make up a majority of the lawn when I noticed something peculiar near the circular garden spot where we raise tomatoes, peppers and squash for various neighborhood critters to eat before we get a chance to harvest. It was a hole in the ground, slightly larger in circumference than a basketball. âWell, thatâs a new one,â I thought. Was I surprised by this development? No. I live in a former mill village, just down the street from the smokestack that towered over the cotton mill where in 1929 striking workers clashed with law officers and blood was shed, getting national attention at the time. ....