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The large size has 171 grams of sugar!! The "added sugar" is 156 grams, maybe the other 15 grams come from the lactose in the milk. For reference, a cup of sugar weighs 200 grams. Imagine measuring 3/4 cup of sugar and stirring it into your coffee. Yikes!

I'm totally doing this to the next Karen I run into ...

To avoid losing it. I had a Tag Heuer that I wore 24/7/365 for 20 years. If I were constantly taking it off, I would surely have lost it somewhere. But my old Tag was a diver's watch rated water resistant to 300 meters. It looks like the guy's wearing an Apple Watch, which don't have great water resistance (except maybe the Ultra).

One Direction was hugely successful, one of the biggest ever boybands. Out of all of them, I thought Liam had the best voice. While I can't claim to be a fan, I did appreciate his talent. It makes me sad that he couldn't reach out to get the help he needed with his mental health struggles. Tragic to lose someone so young and talented.

Unfortunately, that is not an option if you bought your ticket in California. Apparently the state wants the public to know that real, everyday Joes (or Edwins) win those big jackpots. From the CA Lottery website: The California Lottery is subject to public disclosure laws that allow access to certain governmental records. Your full name, the name and location of the retailer who sold you the winning ticket, the date you won and the amount of your winnings, including your gross and net installment payments, are matters of public record and are subject to disclosure. The Lottery will not disclose any other personal or identifying information without your permission unless legally required to do so.

Lump sum after taxes, Edwin Castro took home "only" $628.5 million. Still a shit-ton of money, but a lot less than $2 billion.

Does the current vaccine prevent transmission?

I also support any measure that discourages the poor from buying lottery tickets, but I wonder if the jump to $5 results in the poor spending the same amount per month but just buying fewer tickets. The thought of poor people "saving up" because the price of tickets went up 150% breaks my heart. Yes, it's voluntary, certainly no one is forcing the poor to spend what little they have on the lottery, but I also think it's wrong for the government to exploit human vulnerability.

Same here, I forget how old I was when my little brother & I started going trick or treating by ourselves in suburban Kansas City, but pretty sure I was real young. We lived in such a wonderfully safe neighborhood. Crime was literally nonexistent, and we kids could go out by ourselves without a worry in the world. It was something we just took for granted growing up, but looking back, I realize how lucky we were.

His ad links to his X account, but he hasn't posted there since early July. He promotes his OnlyFans, but you gotta wonder how often he uploads new content. Ah well, the good news is he's as beautiful as ever, in great shape and aging very nicely.

I normally read a book in a week or less, but it took me a long time to push through RW&RB. I had to renew it at the library, and it took all 6 weeks to finish it. The author is a clever writer with a cute way of phrasing things. The romantic parts, the interaction between Alex and Henry, were sweet, funny, at times touching. The problem, at least for me, was that she delves into politics too much. She wrote the book to help herself and others get over the 2016 election results, and she jams her politics into the storyline way too much. The author aces romantic comedy but fails political science. I liked the book more than the movie, but that's damning with faint praise. I'll watch the sequel to the movie for the 2 leads, but if she writes a sequel to the book, I shan't bother.

Because Florida insurance rates went through the roof, 15-20% of the state's homeowners "go bare," compared to just ~7% nationwide. Now Helene just caused a sh!t-ton of flooding on the Gulf coast. One has to wonder how many flooded homeowners were going bare, whether because they decided to take a calculated risk or because they simply lacked the funds to pay the sky-high premiums. Either/or, I fear a lot of Floridians are royally screwed.

Have you ever cooked with All Clad's less expensive D3 collection (or any similar 3-ply cookware)? I was wondering if the Copper Clad performance is noticeably better, enough to justify the price difference.

Kris Kristofferson was a truly great songwriter. Me and Bobby McGee is his greatest success, one of the greatest songs of all time, but he write so many more. I listened to this CD 87 quadrillion times, every track is pure gold.

A Grand Canyon gap separates the well-to-do and from the billionaire class. To be in the top 1% of net worth, one needs only $5.8 million. $5.8M ain't chump change, but I would have guessed the cutoff for the top 1% a LOT higher than that. By the way, according to both Forbes and UBS, about 70% of billionaires are self-made, 30% inherited. Judging by the responses in this thread and the "most you've ever paid" thread, I'm guessing there are no billionaires on this forum. Or if so, they're awfully quiet.

Oh, the impure thoughts that would race through my mind and other body parts if this guy were my parish priest ...

This guy is smokin' hot, but it looks his cock was photoshopped to 2x actual size, which makes the photo itself a bit of a turnoff.

I wonder if requiring businesses to accept cash should be a federal issue because all currency is US legal tender. I agree that the trend to a cashless society discriminates against the poor. The poor have it tough enough as it is. I hate seeing anything, like not accepting cash, that makes things even harder for them.

@TonyDown & @azdr0710 Thanks for the posts. Despite his enormous success, I admit that I didn't really know who Sergio Mendes was, probably because he was the songwriter not the front man. But wow, he wrote some truly great songs. R.I.P.

I think there's an old thread about Hot Rods. Reviews weren't positive, and the club didn't last long, but I enjoyed it. A "bad" full monty strip club is a helluva lot better than nothing at all. If Swinging Richard's in its prime was a 10, Hot Rods was maybe a 4, which makes HR sound really lame, but I'd much rather have a 4 than the 0 we have now in Las Vegas. I got friendly with a dancer there who became a regular hire, about once a week. He was married to a woman but exploring his bi side, and we had a lot of fun. We hung out socially off the clock as well. Unfortunately, he moved to Florida. A month or so after he moved, Hot Rods closed. All good things come to an end.

Virtually no college students become financially successful enough by 23yo to buy a $60K watch, so they flex by showing off more affordable status symbols like expensive sneakers or flagship smartphones. But once entrepreneurs, lawyers, MBA types are making serious money, not just "I can make my student loan payment and still afford EDC tickets!", I can't imagine they're flashing their affluence with Air Jordans. More like an AP, or for the arriviste a Rolex* * That sound you just heard was @pubic_assistance throwing up in his mouth

Except that Ricky Pearsall is hardly your typical 23yo. He was a 1st-round draft pick who signed a 4-year deal for $12.5 million guaranteed. Plenty of the young men you work with will buy a fancy traditional watch once they've "made it." Women have plenty of options to show off their affluence -- a designer wardrobe, a pair of Louboutins, jewelry, a Louis Vuitton bag -- whereas men are kinda sorta limited to one flex: an expensive watch. I say this as someone who can't afford even an entry-level model, but I gotta agree with @pubic_assistance ... I find Rolexes a bit tacky.

As much as I didn't like most aspects of RWRB, I did like the 2 actors and loved their sexual chemistry. Of course I'll watch Part Deux, albeit with lowered expectations. I didn't know about TZP's marital status either. Wow, lucky hubby.