Indeed - NC has 2 counties that Tom Fitton @ Judicial Watch has been all over for their "irregularities"
As far as the bet - well it is ALL about The BOX and ultimately reaping the contents that The BOX ends up buying so in my friend's spirit I will gladly bet with anyone with the understanding that one day we feast from The BOX!!
SO I will share a story I told at his eulogy. One day (mid November of 2001 as I recall) my friend and I were having a smoke (I quit May 19th 2006) in the driveway between our houses and we had 3 or 4 inches of snow at that time and he said to me: "I will bet you $5 that we have snow here on February 1st" and I looked at him and immediately took that bet as I thought how can he possible win that? Ahhh - little did I know yet at that time he took a huge chunk of that crusty snow - bagged it up and put it in his freezer and lo and behold, on February 1st as I was taking my 6am shower he tapped on my shower window with his broom, that startled the hell out of me, and I looked out the window. There I saw my friend standing with his broom beside a huge chunk of snow - in the driveway - smiling like the Cheshire cat pointing at the snow. I immediately knew what happened. He waited 2 months to pull that stunt and damn how I miss him so!!
So - if anyone wants in on that kind of FUN I am game!!
PEACE!!