Coffee Talk from Honor Credit Union – Monday, November 9

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TODAY IS:
  • World Freedom Day: This day commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall.
  • National Scrapple Day: This Mid-Atlantic regional breakfast favorite is basically leftover pig parts mixed with spices, cornmeal, and flour, which is formed into a loaf and then sliced and pan fried till crispy.

Alex Trebeck passed away at the age of 80 after a brave battle with Pancreatic cancer. The internet was pretty upset about that news all day yesterday. Since Jeopardy tapings were being done in blocks to allow Alex to rest and get treatments, they produced enough shows through the end of the year that Alex’s final Jeopardy taping will be aired on Christmas Day, according to People magazine.

So because of COVID, we know that store and mall Santas can’t do their typical visits and photos with kids. But some stores are finding new ways to have kids still meet Santa with “Contactless Claus.” They are putting Santa inside plexiglass boxes – or even inside a makeshift snow globe. Clever or creepy? (Bro Bible)

Pasta have it … England is going under another COVID lockdown – and one man wanted to make sure he had enough carbs to get him through. According to Britain’s Evening Standard, an unnamed man was seen buying dozens of boxes of pasta at his local Aldi’s grocery store. (The Takeout)

Women with spears … This kinda puts a dent in the whole, men were hunters and women were gatherers version of history. The recent discovery of the burial site of a 9,000-year-old female hunter in the Andes Mountains of South America changes that story, according to research from University of California-Davis. In fact, according to analysis of burials during that time period in North and South America, 30%-50% of the hunters in these populations were women. (EurekAlert)