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Happy Birthday @Jamie21

I admit that the headline in an article above impressed me. It reads in part "Inside Shawn Mendes..."

Today is the last performance for the very long-running show The Phantom of the Opera. Sigh. I liked that show. I doubt a Broadway show will ever have such a big production again. https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/broadway/ny-20230416-qk24agzc3jdefaoq5i5d2u6lne-story.html

Reading theater posts today I noticed that @edjames has not posted for three years. I always liked his theater comments.

I started liking Gio Urshela when he played for the Yankees. He spent a year with the Twins and is now with the Angels, for whom he hit a grand slam yesterday. Gio Urshela's grand slam (1) | 04/15/2023 | Los Angeles Angels WWW.MLB.COM Gio Urshela crushes a grand slam over the Monster in left field to give the Angels an early 4-0 lead in the top of the 1st inning

So, @Jamie21, if a British person offers me tea, do I have to drink it? I hate tea.

As helpful as the tutorial might be, rimming is also fun when it is spontaneous and driven by desire. No other ingredients necessary!

Thanks, @Cooper. Yes, I take two other drugs. Perhaps the dosage will be cut once I see the doctor this week.

You like these grand statements, but this one is simply not true. I'm an example.

Speaking of Best Buy they are laying off thousands of store employees. But how will the customer even know since the employees were never around when needed anyway?

My first test result after starting Ozempic was quite good.

Who, who, who? Spill! 😀

The WJS today takes a look at the chat groups that Airman Jack participated in: "The people in the online spaces where Airman First Class Jack Teixeira spent his time and allegedly leaked highly classified documents had many things in common. In obscure game forums and private online chat rooms, his friends posted slurs against minority communities, Ukrainians and pretty much everyone else. Everyone, that is, except Russians. Members of that small community, hosted on the social-media app Discord, admired President Vladimir Putin’s regime and its war on Ukraine. .. ...Handles associated with Airman Teixeira also had accounts on websites dedicated to collecting weapons and swapping tactical gear. From a young age, he nursed a fascination with history, especially the minutiae of weapons and armaments used in famous battles, a classmate recalled. “He was just really into the whole, like, gun and war thing, more than, like, normal people were,” said Brooke Cleathero, 21, who said she attended history class with Airman Teixeira at Dighton-Rehoboth Regional High School. “He just wore a lot of camo.” ... The original Discord channel inside Thug Shaker Central where Airman Teixeira allegedly leaked hundreds of classified documents was called “Bears vs Pigs,” a name that echoes Russian memes that depict Ukrainians as hapless pigs mauled by the mighty Russian bear. Airman Teixeira appears to have scrubbed his social media clean in the anticipation of his arrest. The affinity for Mr. Putin, displayed by members of Airman Teixeira’s community, echoes the sympathies for Russia sometimes found in the populist strain of American conservatism, where Mr. Teixeira is now being viewed with sympathy. In full: https://www.wsj.com/articles/airman-arrested-for-leaks-chatted-in-groups-fascinated-by-weapons-and-war-68a9503a

Like 8 months!

I was thinking to finally try this place today but changed my mind. Should have read the latest posts here earlier.

OMG! Is it this weekend already? Kudos to @Oliver for (again) providing this opportunity to his fellow posters!

I saw nothing in the WP to indicate that he might be gay. His mom does own a flower shop...

Almost 50 years ago an "admirer" gave me a gold bracelet. I didn't want it and have never worn it. But I did get an appraisal. It is 24k gold and weighs one ounce. At the time, the value was established at $225. Gold is now over $2000 an ounce. My inquiry is this: If I go to a gold buyer, how much of the value will be eaten up by her profit? Would I get even half of the value? Does shopping around pay off? Thanks.

When you are paying someone to perform a satisfactory service for you, it's important that they feel the service is valued by you. The provider sets the price, you can take it or leave it, but why should the provider have to spend uncompensated time haggling with you?

Yawn.

@socurious I am curious as to how many comparisons you will be inquiring about.

Yes, I too want to pull his red shorts off. I mention that I hope he isn't gay simply because we don't need the scandal. But he sure is cute. Apparently he is also a gun nut, racist anti-semite.

I hope he is not gay.

Happy Birthday, Ace!

I believe the 1940 in his handle represents his birth year. He led the forum in most posts, so his disappearance is a mystery to me. He did not respond to my inquiry last summer even though he was still signing in without posting.