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The RealMan blog is about Minot ND. The RealMan blog is North Dakota's longest running and most read blog about Minot ND.
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2019
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This photograph is approximately an 4" X 6" part of a canvas that is a about 18" by 24". The entire canvas, or more accurately the entire piece of glass, is a window on my GMC Yukon. While scraping the frost off of your automobiles windows on a daily basis for 6 months can be viewed as a pain in...
12/29/2019
I am thankful that Dr. Steven Shirley has been a regular guest on Minot Today. His visits are always fun and informative. I am the parent of a child who is graduating from Minot High School this year so I was eager to ask a few more questions about Minot State Universities offerings. I hope you e...
12/19/2019
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It's after Thanksgiving, now it's okay to snow. Snowfalls before Thanksgiving are just plain RUDE! That being said we have had several already this Fall and Halloween usually carries about a 50/50 chance of snow in any year in North Dakota. Those early snowfalls rarely stick around but one like t...
12/08/2019
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My old Galaxy S3 was no longer holding a charge long enough to be useful to me anymore. Those of you who know me know that I can't seem to throw anything away that I can re-purpose and I figured there has to be a use for a phone that they say is more powerful than the computer systems first used ...
12/07/2019
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If your community were to suffer from a devastating flood how quick would you think it would take for full recovery and for future flood protection? If you are thinking a year or two you need some educating on the subject. The correct answer would more likely be TWO DECADES! Minot Mayor Shaun S...
12/06/2019
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The main reason I joined Toastmasters International was so I could better speak to an audience while discussing an emotional subject. Most of the time I speak it's on an emotional subject and I have a hard time doing it without getting all choked up. The following is a portion of last nights spee...
12/04/2019
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I love decorating for Christmas and in the past my office had enough decorations to fill a small U-Haul trailer.Today my office is about the size of a large U-Haul trailer... that creates a problem.I'm not sure what I'll end up doing but the plan is to look at the decorations I have and see what ...
12/03/2019
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Okay, it's not Mothers Day but Barbara Todaro 's post A Grateful Thought | My Mother Is 97 today brought back a fond memory of my mother on mothers day back in 1973.A little background is in order here and I hope you enjoy this true story.Back in 1973 I was attending Detroit Lakes Vocational Tech...
12/02/2019
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While I'm not a big fan of winter I am a BIG fan of the Christmas season. I believe I got the Christmas "bug" from my mother who always went all out with the Christmas decorating.Timmothy put up the tree today and he and Carol did the rest together. I drank coffee and watched. My turn comes on Mo...
12/01/2019
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