North Carolina Golf

Resolved Question: Is Kitty Hawk a good family vacation destination?

My family (4 adults & 3 kids- ages 15, 11, 11) plan on taking a trip to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina at the end of June. We're renting a beach house, but we hardly know anything about the area! I would like to hear some feedback about the area. -Is there a lot to do? Like miniature golf and shopping? -Is there a lot of restaurants near by? -Would this make a fun AND relaxing family vacation? Thanks in advance!

Resolved Question: Don't you all just love the south?

Tennessee The owner of a golf course was confused about paying an invoice, so he decided to ask his secretary for some mathematical help. He called her into his office and said, 'You graduated from the University of Tennessee and I need some help. If I were to give you $20,000 minus 14%, how much would you take off?' The secretary thought a moment, and then replied, 'Everything but my earrings.' Alabama A group of Alabama friends went deer hunting and paired off in twos for the day. That night, one of the hunters returned alone, staggering under the weight of an eight-point buck. 'Where's Henry?' the others asked. 'Henry had a stroke of some kind. He's a couple of miles back up the trail,' the successful hunter replied. 'You left Henry laying out there and carried the deer back?' they inquired. 'A tough call,' nodded the hunter. 'But I figured no one is going to steal Henry!' Texas The Sheriff pulled up next to the guy unloading garbage out of his pick-up into the ditch. The Sheriff asked, 'Why are you dumping garbage in the ditch? Don't you see that sign right over your head'. 'Yep', he replied. 'That's why I dumpin it here, cause it says 'Fine For Dumping Garbage'. Louisiana A senior at LSU was overheard saying... 'When the end of the world comes, I hope to be in Louisiana.' When asked why, he replied he'd rather be in Louisiana because everything happens in Louisiana 20 years later than in the rest of the civilized world.. Mississippi The young man from Mississippi came running into the store and said to his buddy, 'Bubba, somebody just stole your pickup truck from the parking lot!' Bubba replied, 'Did you see who it was?' The young man answered, 'I couldn't tell, but I got his license number.' Georgia A Georgia State trooper pulled over a pickup on I- 75. The trooper asked, 'Got any I.D.?' The driver replied, 'Bout whut?' North Carolina A man in North Carolina had a flat tire, pulled off on the side of the road, and proceeded to put a bouquet of flowers in front of the car and one behind it. Then he got back in the car to wait. A passerby studied the scene as he drove by and was so curious he turned around and went back. He asked the fellow what the problem was.. The man replied, 'I have a flat tire.' The passerby asked, 'But what's with the flowers?' The man responded, 'When you break down they tell you to put flares in the front and flares in the back. Hey, it don't make no sense to me neither.' And this from South Carolina 'You can say what you want about the South, but I ain't never heard of anyone wanting to retire to the North

Resolved Question: is this quote from a book? or where is it from?

i read this on a website and I was wondering if it's from a book? "i read somewhere that if you think you're going to cry, you can recite the color of things to make it stop. green tree. red windmill. blue sky. blue jeans. blue eyes. i wanted to tell him. i wanted to tell him all of it, but that was crazy, wasn't it? i mean, i just met him. so what did i do? i asked him to tell me something. the amazing thing was that he did and when he looked at me, i felt not the rush of yesterday, when it seemed like the whole world was awake and alive and singing, but something else. something big and profound and bottomless. something that answered another question, one that i wasn't even aware that i had asked. standing there next to an overgrown mini-golf course in the middle of the woods in North Carolina, i heard an answer. and that answer was yes."

Resolved Question: What part of North Carolina should I move to?

I currently live in Upstate NY (in a very suburban area) and I plan on moving about April 2009. I have family that lives in Charlotte, and I'd like to live within 2-3 hours from them, but I want to live near (no more than 30 minutes away from) a beach. I want warm summers and springs, gorgeous falls, and mild snow in winter. I have a 16 year old daughter and she's very artsy, so I'd like to live in an area where she could utilize that. I have another child on the way, so I'll need a good school for the both of them, as well as a safe neighborhood. I'm a nurse, so I'll need to live in an area with a major hospital. My parents will move with us, and I'll need a duplex or a house with an in-law apartment for them. My dad enjoys golfing (perhaps he could join a country club?) and my mom would need to live within 10 minutes of retail stores. Animals are extremely important to me; I rescue them and I have a lot of my own. I'll definitely need a good veterinary hospital (I currently live near one of the best that NY has) and a very animal-friendly community. I'd like to spend no more than $250,000 on a house, but I'm not sure what I could get for that. I'm not aware if these things are unrealistic, but I would appreciate some advice!

Resolved Question: 101 Unbeliable facts you didn't know.?

snail can sleep for three years. All polar bears are left handed. Butterflies taste with their feet. Ants never sleep. Owls cannot move their eyes because their eyeballs tubular in shape. A newborn kangaroo is about 1 inch in length. A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime. There are 701 types of pure breed dogs. Tapeworms range in size from about 0.04 inch to more than 50 feet in length. A baby bat is called a pup. A pregnant goldfish is called a twit. German Shepherds (dog) bite humans more than any other breed of dog. A female mackerel lays about 500,000 eggs at one time. The animal (insect) responsible for the most human deaths world-wide is the mosquito. The biggest pig in recorded history was Big Boy of Black Mountain, North Carolina, who was weighed 1,904 pounds in 1939. Snakes are immune to their own poison. Cats have more than one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten. Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over a million descendants. A shrimp's heart is in their head. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. Hydra - an aquatic creature is the only living creature that never die. It regenerates, replacing its cells with fresh ones. Elephants are the only animals that can't jump. In the animal kingdom, the animals that fart the most are the elephants. Lions, leopards, tigers, and jaguars are the only species of cats that can roar; but they can’t purr. Entomophagy is the scientific name for insect eating. There are more than 1,450 recorded species of edible insects. Many species of insects are lower in fat and higher in protein and have a better food-to-meat ratio than beef, lamb, pork, or chicken. Foods & Drinks Coca-Cola was originally green because of fresh cocoa leaves. Honey is the only food that doesn't spoil. Strawberry is the only fruit with its seeds on the outside. All other vegetables must be replanted every year except two perennial vegetables; Asparagus and rhubarb that can live to produce on their own for several growing seasons. Games & Sports There are 366 dimples on a golf ball. There are 318,979,564,000 possible ways to play first four moves, per side, in chess. Playing cards in India are in round shape. Boxing is the only sport in which neither the spectators nor the participants know the score or the winner until the contest ends. The biggest badminton shuttle in the world can be found on the lawns of the Nelson-Atkins Art Museum, in Kansas City. It is 48 times larger than the real thing. This shuttle is 18 feet high and weighing 5,000 pounds. Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from history. Spades - King David, Clubs - Alexander the Great, Hearts - Charlemagne, Diamonds - Julius Caesar. General The most common name in the world is Mohammed. The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with. Albert Einstein never learned how to drive a car. History If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. Mao Zedong of China never brush his teeth in his lifetime. When Elizabeth-I of Russia died in 1762, there were 15,000 dresses in her closets. During World War II, the Japanese used shark liver oil in the engines of their fighter planes. J. P Blanchard, a Frenchman, is credited with having been the first person to use a parachute. In 1785, from a balloon high in the air, he dropped a dog in a basket to which a parachute was attached. Blanchard also claimed to have descended from a balloon in a parachute in 1793. Human Body Randy Gardner of San Diego is the longest person who has gone without sleep for 11 days in 1965. He broke the record of Peter Tripp of New York, who settled a record of 8.5 days without a wink. The fingernails grow faster on the hand you favor. If you are right-handed, your right fingernails will grow faster, and vice versa. The middle fingernail grows faster than any other nail. Usually right handed people utilize left side of brain for all their conscious, voluntary activities. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue. Women blink nearly twice as much as men! The women who snore are at an increased risk of high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease than men. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath. It is impossible to lick your elbow. Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to suppress a sneeze, you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die. An average person eat 60,000 pounds of food in his lifetime.

Voting Question: Which college is easier to get into?

i want to go to north carolina more than anything, but i would also love to go to ohio state my grades are usually a 3.6 but i am also hopeing to get a golf scholorship. please tell me what college is easier to get into or what would be better for me. to see if i could get a golf scholorship check out the stats in my profile and tell me if im good enough to get into a big college for golf or grades thanks

Resolved Question: Homeschooled and want to participate in sports, but can't. Help!?

I live in North Carolina, and here it is illegal to participate in public school sports. Do you know of any clubs/organizations that I can join where I can participate in sports? (Must include cross country, track and field, golf and basketball). I'm going to be a senior next year so it's major important that I start playing sports again.

Resolved Question: best place (beach) to stay in north carolina?

i want to go to the outer banks this summer but my friends are worried there isnt going to be much to do. does anyone know a good area such as like nags head. etc where we can stay close to activities such as shopping. mini golf. go karting?? please help with names of areas we could stay at! thankss

Resolved Question: North Carolina Golf Leagues?

My family and I just recently moved to the Gastonia, NC area. I am 38 and have played about 8-10 rounds total in my life and shoot in the mid 120's (I Know, very sucky scoring). Are there any friendly golf leagues in the area to join to help work on your game and build comraderie and friendships were other golfers. I am not looking for a competetive league or mini-tour or anything like that, just a time to get together with other golfers and have fun in a league type atmosphere? Do they have golf leagues like they do bowling leagues and stuff like that?

Voting Question: What colleges could i get into? Which should i apply to?

What Colleges do you think i can get into realilistically? What Colleges should i apply to? I go to John Burroughs School. A very well known high school to all heads of college admissions. Its on of the best liberal arts high schools in the U.S.A. I have a full academic scholarship to my school. I don´t even have to pay for my books. I played basketball and baseball until tenth grade when i got injured during baseball season. Since then i´ve only played golf. I have a 3.85 GPA unweighted. I have a 4.21 Weighted. I Get A´s in all of my classes except in history. I get B´s and B Pluses I´m a little bit behind schedule because i came to my school in 9th grade and it starts in 7th grade and i had to take the lower track classes to begin with because my previous public school hadn´t prepared me for the rigor of my new school. So i´m a senior this year. And i´m going to be taking PreCalculus which is the regular course instead of Calculus, the advanced track. I´m going to be taking Spanish 4 honors instead of Spanish 5 AP. I am however taking English 4 AP and Biology AP which are the advanced track. I also plan to start taking french this year. I´m especially interested in learning multiple languages. I got a National Honors Mention for my PSAT score-- 211. I also have received two Gold Standard Awards in the NSE (NATIONAL SPANISH EXAM) for scoring within the top 5 percent of the country. SAT is 2190. CRITICAL READING 670 ENGLISH 760 with an 8 on the essay MATH 760 I´m also Co-Creator and Co-President of the Comedy Club at my school. My Club makes funny videos and skits to present in assembly. Last year we raised over 3,000 dollars with tshirt sales and donated all the proceeds to a needy charity. Every Spring break i have gone on a school trip. 9th Grade year i went to southern missouri and completed 50 hours of community service for needy mothers. 10th Grade year i went to Panama (the country) to improve my spanish with about 20 other kids from my school. I also did community service down there. 11th Grade year i returned to panama and even further improved my spanish. 10th grade summer i worked full time. This summer i worked full time selling extended service contracts for automobiles over the phone. I Sold these in spanish. Which i think should look really good for college. I´m ninety percent fluent in spanish. All of which i learned through school and school trips. I really need financial aid. My family is in no position to pay for me to go to any of the colleges i list, if i don´t receive any financial aid. So that´s an important thing. If i got into the right school then i could take out college loans obviously, but i´d like to stay away from borrowing huge sums. One other thing is that i plan to retake the SAT in order to try to raise my critical reading score. because its far below my other scores. SOO anyways, some of the colleges i am considering applying to are 1)Duke University 2)Grinnell college 3) Indiana University 4)Kenyon College 5)Miami University 6)Northwestern University 7)Tulane University 8)University of Florida 9)University of Illinois 10)University of Iowa 11)University of Miami 12)University of Michigan 13)University of Missouri 14)University of North Carolina 15)University of Notre Dame 16)University of Texas- Austin 17)University of Washington 18)University of Wisconsin Obviously I´m not going to apply to 19 colleges. I wanted some other people´s (hopefully knowledgable peoples) opinions on not only which colleges i have a good chance of getting into but also from which ones i have a good chance of getting financial aid. Another thing is that i really like partying. I love partying. To help you guys out, i´d rather go to a larger public school. But i know that out of state colleges are somtimes hesitant to offer financial aid to out of staters. That´s why i´ve also included smaller private schools in my list. Obviously i have a lot of colleges and no idea which ones to choose. Any info would help. Any at all. Also if you can think of any other colleges i should apply to that are NOT on this list that are similar and you think would be a good fit for me, let me know. Also if there is anything else i could be doing in order to increase my chances of being accepted into a college or getting financial aid, please let me know. Thanks. As far as majoring i´m really not sure. I´m only 17 years old. Thinking along the lines of business or maybe some kind of doctor. But i´m not looking for a graduate school. Just a good solid 4 year college that´s affordable for me.