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yesterday, Matt, Isaac and I went to a very interesting part of town.  It was not the normal touristy place one would go, nor was it a place where you might find students or any of the other types of people we normally tend to be around for extended periods of time.

 We went to buy some foam, as in a large sheet of foam that you could put on a mattress.  We saw this machine slicing foam into thin layers from large blocks of the stuff.

 Isaac was not so sure he appreciated the hum of the reciprocating saw that was part of the machine that cut the material

 Prior to cutting our slice we had to wait for the completion of a job earlier lined up for the machine.  We watched it being loaded on a motorcycle truck.  Quite common here, not so typical of North Carolina trucks that I have seen.

 Seeing an off center load is not so unusual here and this one is actually almost balanced.  You would be amazed at what actually seems to stay on a truck.

 While waiting we toured a furniture plant where sofas were being manufactured (another post) and when we saw the cushion stuffing operation, Isaac pitched in to help.  These guys can flat out cut foam, and stuff cushions at an incredible speed.