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I doubt that, but that's just me. But I did live in New York for a few years and never saw anyone pursued like you describe.

Why label anything?

The taxi driver says that the "chase" took all of ten minutes. “I don’t think I would call it a chase,” Singh said of his period driving the couple. “I never felt like I was in danger. It wasn’t like a car chase in a movie. They were quiet and seemed scared but it’s New York — it’s safe.”wapo.com https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/05/17/harry-meghan-car-crash-paparazzi/ But we know Harry and wife want publicity. They probably hired the paparazzi to "chase" them.

Finally someone tops a @samhexum thread!

My information stems from a time when I worked with victims of sexual assault. It was reported then that 75% of molesters hit on females, 25% hit on males. We also didn't classify the molesters as straight or gay since child molesting indicates an illness, not a sexual orientation. I've been out of this field for a long time, so if those stats no longer hold up, I still would doubt that they have changed significantly.

That is simply not true. Heterosexuals are 75% of child molesters.

How did you like Streetcar?

Midge's comedy routines continue to be my main reason for watching.

Season 5 isn't getting much attention here. I have watched 7 episodes and am not sure if I am more annoyed than entertained.

Beef is bizarre! The last episode was hardly worth the time. I enjoyed parts of other episodes, but the Amy character was a turnoff.

Anthony Volpe

Diving into the Seine, 1946 nytimes.com

I had never heard of paraphilia... https://nypost.com/2023/05/12/man-electrocuted-to-death-while-masturbating-with-ping-pong-ball/

I originally used the Arthur name, but the NY Post article said Samuel, so I thought that they were probably right. I had never heard of these guys before.

Samuel Chatto is another coronation stud. https://nypost.com/2023/05/06/princess-margarets-grandson-samuel-chatto-attends-coronation/

@Pensant I would struggle to live without Coca-Cola! Coke Zero, that is.

Metformin has anti-aging benefits! "A recent study published in Aging found that when taken, Metformin may alter age-associated deficits and ultimately improve muscle function. This study called The Metformin to Augment Strength Training Effective Response in Seniors (MASTERS) Trial was a randomized, double-blind, and controlled trial. It compared the effects of Metformin to a placebo for a 14-week period of progressive resistance exercise training (PRT)." https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/29829/20210223/a-study-showed-metformin-anti-aging-benefits.htm

On one visit to Montreal, my partner and I were separated and interrogated. When finally released, they wouldn't say what the reason was. Sure gets a trip off to a bad start. Vancouver was rude too, but no separation.

Second that on how rude Canadian immigration is to Americans.

Such huge auditoriums make for a lesser experience. At least compared to New York or London theaters. The Pantages in LA is the worst, or so I think.

@MikeBiDude I'd love to see your report on meeting him. Maybe I'll have to go to Vegas soon. He'll be there the 11-14th.

Well, my bank did fail and is now operated by Chase. On day one, my direct deposit pension check went right through. My balance is correct, so it seems the switch went off well.

A flight schedule I am looking at offers the cheapest fares from the above airlines, but baggage is not included, nor is seat selection. Anyone have any experience with these companies?

The Washington Post today has a great article on London shows. It's behind a paywall, but here are some excerpts: Crowd control takes on a whole new meaning in the teeming New York conjured by director Nicholas Hytner’s gangbusters revival of “Guys and Dolls.” In the theater that Hytner co-founded on the banks of the Thames, audiences fill the space as if they’re milling excitedly around Times Square. The musical’s gamblers and chorus girls make their way through the throngs via moving, interlocking runways, infusing the 1950 show with the urban energy of 2023. The production is immersive to the max; a team of scenery movers dressed as New York’s Finest parts the Bridge Theatre spectators — who can also be seated along the multitiered perimeter — for the timeless Frank Loesser numbers. Miss Adelaide (Marisha Wallace) and the Hot Box Girls shimmy through “A Bushel and a Peck” on one platform; Sarah Brown (Celinde Schoenmaker) and Sky Masterson (Andrew Richardson) rumba in “Havana” on another; and the full cast, which includes Daniel Mays’s irresistible Nathan Detroit, assembles on a third, for the socko second-act climax of “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat.” Hytner’s production has a musical theater lover floating, too — on air. The freshness of approach is emblematic of what is happening to classic pieces these days on London stages, where dazzling revivals rethink locales as diverse as Euripides’s Greece and Tennessee Williams’s New Orleans. In the city’s newest West End theater, @sohoplace, Sophie Okonedo and Ben Daniels perform a “Medea” that bears down on you with the force of a bullet train. Just across Charing Cross Road, the Phoenix Theatre hosts a blistering “Streetcar Named Desire,” with Patsy Ferran as a deeply damaged Blanche and recent Oscar nominee Paul Mescal (“Aftersun”) as her feral adversary, Stanley. And at the National Theatre, Janet McTeer recently ended a run in director-adapter Simon Stone’s heart-stopping, contemporary take on “Phaedra,” performed in a revolving box that puts sex and horror sensationally under glass. Any of these — heck, all of these — deserve a life beyond the limits of their London runs. Not that a journey to the colonies is the be-all or end-all, but it sure would represent a satisfying distribution of theater riches. Many of my encounters on a London trip this month were with great works reconsidered greatly. That attests to the pieces’ timeless strengths. But it also suggests that a vital reacquaintance is occurring with some of the sturdiest pillars of an art form that the pandemic denied to audiences for so long. The only disappointing evening was a new play at the Harold Pinter Theatre: director Ivo van Hove’s English-language version of “A Little Life” (originally in Dutch), a nearly four-hour orgy of pain and suffering adapted from Hanya Yanagihara’s popular 2015 American novel. Contextualizing the ordeals of the main character (played with impressive energy by James Norton) is wholly admirable, but the extreme length and the repetitious plot work against the play’s sensitizing mission. More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/theater-dance/2023/04/18/guys-dolls-london-streetcar-mcteer/

https://www.timeout.com/london/theatre