Stopping for gas and stopping at Wawa are two very different errands in New Jersey. One fills the tank. The other has regulars walking inside with expectations no ordinary gas station could meet. These are the things Wawa does in New Jersey that other gas stations never bother with. Builds Hoagies by Touchscreen Wawa’s touchscreen…
Vaught-Hemingway holds 64,038 people, more than any other stadium in Mississippi. Clearing that many cars is why the roads change before anybody parks. These are the things some Mississippi drivers forget every home game weekend. 1. Fourth-Quarter Flip Ole Miss hosts Louisiana State in Oxford on Sept. 19, and Oxford’s gameday guidance spells out what…
Texas’s House Speaker ordered a state committee this year to study annexing several eastern New Mexico counties back into Texas. It wasn’t the first time somebody floated the idea. New Mexico has been fielding the same handful of remarks from across that line for generations, and the annexation one is only the loudest. These are…
Bain’s research suggests seven people is the limit for productive decision-making. After that, each extra person lowers the odds of a good decision by about 10%. That math is working against conference rooms across America every day. These are the signs a Texas workplace meeting should’ve been an email. 1. An Agenda Full of Status…
Most Ohio homeowners don’t intentionally make their postal worker’s job harder. The trouble comes from small mailbox habits that seem harmless from a person’s house but create a much bigger headache from the delivery truck. These are the mailbox habits that frustrate postal workers. Note: This is general information, not legal advice. Mailbox specifications and…
Mardi Gras parade routes have rules, even when the celebration looks like anything goes. Louisianians learn them through years of catching throws, watching relatives, and discovering which mistakes earn a few sideways glances. These are the unwritten rules locals follow on a Mardi Gras parade route. 1. Yelling for It Louisianians don’t stand on a…
For nine months in 2014, Illinois had no eavesdropping law at all, after the state Supreme Court threw the old one out as being too broad. Lawmakers wrote a replacement. A first offense under it is a felony, one to three years, with fines that can reach $25,000 apiece. These are the times recording a…
South Dakota sells a resident small game license for $36, which is good for the whole season. A nonresident pays $142 for the same thing. Move away, and the state wants 90 consecutive days of domicile before it sells you the cheap one again, which is one of the things people find out too late….
Saving money at Harris Teeter takes more than choosing the products with bright sale tags. A few innocent habits can erase part of the discount before you walk out the door. These are the Harris Teeter mistakes that cost Delawareans more at checkout. 1. Letting a Wrong Price Ride Harris Teeter puts a scan guarantee…
By 1910, North Dakota had nearly 46,000 Norwegian-born residents alongside roughly 52,000 German speakers. Neither language ever fully won. What came out the other side is a vocabulary that sounds like English, until somebody uses it on you. These are the North Dakota sayings that leave out-of-towners completely lost. 1. “Uff Da” Norwegian immigrants carried…
