Alright . . . I reckon I’ll jump on this THROWBACK THURSDAY thing. If ya’ll don’t know, Thursday is the day to post old school pics of you and folks you know. So . . . I ran across this gem right here. This is me over in Macon County at Cartoogechaye Baptist Church back in the day. Yeah . . . the goofy one.

Did you know the average work commute has only gone up about three minutes in the past 50 years? In 1960, the average commute took 22.4 minutes. And in 2010, it was 25.5 minutes.

But the average DISTANCE travelled has gone up. In the '60s, about 10% of people could walk to work.  Now only about 3% can. Check out seven more ways the average American's life has changed in the past 50 years.

1. We Watch a Lot More TV. Which you probably assumed already, but here are the numbers . . .

In 1962, the average household watched a total of 5 hours and 6 minutes of TV each day. And by 2012, it was 8 hours and 31 minutes. So in 50 years, it went up about 67% percent.

2. We're More Likely to Live with Our Parents After We Turn 18. In 1960, 13% of young adults were still living at home. Today, it's up to 24%.

3. We Spend More Years of Our Life Single. Or in other words, people wait longer to get married, which you probably knew. In 1960, 72% of all adults were hitched. But by 2010, it had fallen to 51%.

4. We're Less Likely to Smoke Cigarettes, but More Likely to Smoke Pot. Today, 23% of men over the age of 18 smoke cigarettes, compared to a whopping 54% in the mid-60's. But in 1969, only 4% of adults said they'd tried marijuana, compared to 48% now.

5. Men Are Doing More Housework, and Women Are Doing Less. In 1965, women averaged 28 hours of housework per week, and men only averaged FOUR. Today, the average woman does 15, and the average guy does nine.

So, housework for men has more than doubled, and housework for women has almost been cut in half. But women STILL do more.

6. Men Work Ten Fewer Hours Per Week, and Women Work Ten More. In 1965, the average guy worked 45 hours a week, and women worked 15 hours. Today, it's dropped to 35 hours for men, and increased to 25 hours for women.

7. We're Much More Likely to Elect a Female President. In 1963, 55% of people said that if their party nominated a well-qualified woman for president, they'd vote for her. A poll from 2007 . . . when Hillary Clinton ran . . . showed that 88% would. (Buzzfeed)

Director of Operations CHRIS PLUMMER says they are collecting donations of money and relief supplies to get help to Oklahoma as soon as possible. He says after something like this the people affected are always in shock and are going to need a lot of help to move on. He says there is a new way you can give to HEARTS WITH HANDS to help the cause. TEXT - "HWH" to 80888. That sends a $10 donation HEARTS WITH HANDS can use to purchase what the survivors need. Plummer says with $10 there is not much one person can do, but pool together hundreds of donations from the community and you can do great things.

You can still donate supplies the traditional way, too. Donated Items may be dropped off at the Hearts With Hands Warehouse located at 951 Sand Hill Road, Asheville, NC. 

Donations can also be dropped off at:

Computers for Christ (686-0232)

2288 US Hwy. 70

Swannanoa, NC 28778

Items needed include:

• Non-perishable Food Items/Convenience Foods
• Flashlights/Batteries
• Bottled Water
• Hygiene Items
• Camping Supplies
• Toothbrushes/Toothpaste
• Plastic Plates, Forks, Knives, Spoons
• Diapers/Wipes/Baby Food
• Cleaning Supplies, Trash Bags
• New Clothes, Underwear, and Socks
• First Aid Supplies/OTC Medications
• Tarps and Plastic Sheeting

This ole world is all KINDS of jacked up . . . and just gettin' worse. That why I was very proud to see some compassion and genuine thought for others last night. Ran in Ingles to pick up a couple of things. Big time on sale too, with your Ingles Advantage Card! Aaanndd, of course . . . I didn't have mine on me. The sweet cashier offered to go look it up. Now, ya'll know I have NO idea which phone number might be on my account . . . and the line was backin' up. Quick.

Ole boy behind me in line just handed his keys, with the little card on 'em, right to the cashier to scan for my stuff . . . like it was nothin'. Looked like he mighta been sick too. Well, he had NyQuil & sinus stuff, anyway.

Now, ya'll might thinkin', "Aww, Eddie that's just silly . . . such a small gesture ain't really no big thing." 

But, see . . . you'd be wrong. 

Just think, if we ALL did just ONE tiny little thing for our fellow humans . . . this world would be a DRASTICALLY different place. A better place. Guarantee it. Course . . . that's just my opinion. And, it should be yours.

So, um . . . I reckon all that to simply say: Thank you NyQuil man . . . thank ya kindly, sir. Hope you feel better! Oh, and . . . get yourself somethin' reeeaaal nice with your Ingles Advantage Points.

Yesterday morning, TONS of people were late to work in New York . . . all because of ONE ROGUE GOAT.

Apparently, the goat was in a truck on the way to a SLAUGHTERHOUSE in northern New Jersey, but he wasn't going out like that. So he managed to get out of the truck . . . and took off running.

The goat started running along the Pulaski Skyway, which thousands of people use to get to the Holland Tunnel into New York City. After someone swerved to avoid the goat and caused a FOUR-CAR ACCIDENT, police started a high-speed goat chase.

It took them almost TWO HOURS of chasing the goat before they could catch him. Meanwhile, commuters were crawling . . . so there's no telling how many hundreds or even THOUSANDS of people were late to work because of the goat.

The goat was taken to the humane society and will head to a rescue farm . . . so the goat really DID end up saving its own life by breaking out of that truck.

Here’s a shot of ole Billy the Goat gettin’ booked. (ABC News / Jersey Journal) 

JAKE OWEN had a serious wardrobe malfunction at his show last Friday in Charleston, South Carolina. He went airborne to do the splits while performing VAN HALEN'S "Jump" . . . and busted his pants wide open.

Jake picked a bad time to go commando because the audience got a clear look at his bare butt cheeks. Here's the video.

Jake left the stage and came back later wearing NO shirt . . . because he used it to cover up his exposed bits. Here's that video. Don't miss this one ladies.

After the show, Jake joked about it in a Tweet. He wrote, "Charleston will never be forgotten. My jeans ripped on stage tonight. Going commando = bad idea. Although, great breeze here. Coastal town."