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Great article on a topic too long ignored. I hope it helps.

I rooted for the Yankees and then the Mariners, and the Blue Jays beat them both. So naturally I won't be rooting for them in the World Series. GO DODGERS!

The Guardian today takes a look at the seeming fact that male actors go commando, even when showing up for a fitting! From guardian.com: Jenny Beavan is a living legend in the world of film. A three-time Oscar-winning costume designer, she gave Merchant Ivory films their distinctive look but was equally responsible for the visual onslaught of Mad Max: Fury Road. In 2016, her decision to attend various awards shows wearing unconventional fashion captured the zeitgeist twice; first when Stephen Fry called her a “bag lady” and was forced off Twitter, and second when a clip of Alejandro González Iñárritu glowering as she passed him went viral. In other words, Jenny Beavan can do whatever the hell she likes. And she has. In an interview with the Telegraph, Beavan has decided to offer us a peek into her working world, by revealing that actors don’t wear pants very often. “It’s astonishing the number of male actors who don’t wear underwear,” she said. “I’ve had to go out and buy them pants – not Calvin Klein or anything like that; I usually get them from Marks – otherwise they try to hide themselves behind a chair looking marginally awkward. I think, ‘For God’s sake, if I was going to a fitting and trying on second-hand clothes I’d wear some pants’”. She has a point. Being fitted for costumes is an integral part of an actor’s job. Indeed, it is only during this process that many of them begin to understand the role that they have agreed to play. So with that in mind – if you knew that a vital aspect of your professional life will involve taking off your trousers in front of a respected head of department – wouldn’t you try to remember to put on some underpants before you left the house? Especially in this day and age. The #MeToo movement has done wonders in the last eight years, illuminating the sorts of abuses of power that the industry used to tolerate. And while dropping your trousers to reveal that you’re not wearing anything underneath may rank fairly low on the spectrum of showbiz impropriety, the culprits are still putting costume designers in a position of potential embarrassment. You’d think that in today’s culture, in which an exposed penis can end a career in a heartbeat, they’d all frankly be too scared to go pantless. And, moral outrage aside, why? Why forgo underwear in any circumstance? Underwear is really useful. It offers support and protection in equal measure. Have none of these actors ever had to break into an unexpected sprint? Testicular torsion is a real thing, and can in extreme cases lead to injuries so severe that removal is the only option. Are these actors so cavalier in their attitudes to free-swinging genitalia that they’re willing to risk testicular amputation in the pursuit of their favoured lifestyle? It’s not worth speculating … Daniel Day Lewis in A Room With a View (1986). Photograph: Goldcrest/Kobal/REX/Shutterstock Have none of them ever had to rush away from the toilet before they’ve been able to satisfactorily conclude their post-urination shake? Has a DPD driver never knocked on their front door while they were mid-stream? Has a smoke alarm never gone off? Have they never heard their toddler squeal “Look daddy, a knife!” from another room? You’d have to assume not, because if any of these things had happened, they would understand that a major benefit of underwear is to act as a drip blotter. Underwear is often the only reason men don’t walk around with little wet patches on their trousers. And actors are willing to relinquish this? Crazy. Obviously, the worst thing to do would be to systematically parse every project on which Jenny Beavan has worked and try to figure out which actors she is referring to. This is a woman who has been in gainful employment for close to half a century, and the list of actors she has worked with is practically endless. She worked with Daniel Day-Lewis on A Room With a View, with Anthony Hopkins on The Remains of the Day, with Robert Downey Jr on Sherlock Holmes, with Frankie Howerd on HMS Pinafore. She could have been referring to any one of them – or none of them at all – but the identities don’t really matter. We are clearly in the midst of a pantless actor epidemic. May god have mercy on their laundry.

Do you work hard to start threads that will mean nothing to you? You are not going to LA, so why bother?

Good luck with your inquiry. I haven't been to Louisville in decades, but when I did go I liked it.

Surely one of the weirdest threads yet.

" I took a box out of my freezer than had about $100000 dollars in 100 dollar bills in it" Yes, I will go to lunch with you!!!

I switched from Ozempic to Mounjaro and think that Mounjaro is the better choice. Yes, I lost weight on Ozempic, but didn't lost any of my cravings, specifically Häagen-Dazs® chocolate ice cream With Mounjaro I have no interest in HD chocolate ice cream, but keep my attraction to chocolate milk. Fairlife chocolate milk has 12g sugar v. most chocolate milks 1t 28gm. So it's an improvement, but I would also like to reduce that craving. My appetite is hardy, especially in the mornings. Nonetheless, I am down about 60 pounds on the two drugs.

How long are the nonstop flights? I flew CRU?LAX and it took 12 1/2 hours.

I really don't get why this thread is of any relevance here.

I couldn't finish it as I was totally bored.

Since I switched to Mounjaro my craving for Haagen Daz chocolate ice cream has disappeared. I still want the chocolate milk though.

Aleve is an NSAID, is it not? NSAIDs are a whole different category with side effects of their own. Especially if you have kidney disease- very dngerous.

Walking this morning we encountered a man also walking. He is approaching 90 and looks quite fit. I hope to keep walking until my last day.

I've been going to gay/gayfriendly gyms for decades and never once encountered filming in the locker room.

I appreciate the suggestions by @MikeBiDude and @RadioRob. The one that worked for me was Radio Rob's 2d suggestion. Hubby very happy! Thanks!

My husband has done something that turned his computer into black and white images only. I tried to figure out what he did, and went to various color buttons in settings, but nothing worked. Can anyone tell me how to return the computer to color? Black and white TV is out of fashion, and so should be black and white computers! Thanks

I wouldn't like it if a guy for whom I had shown no interest groped me. But then you encounter situations like @Pensant describes above. Who is going to complain if a hot stud gropes you?

I notice in the birthday section that our dear friend @Oliver has turned 90 today. I hope that he is healthy and happy. Oliver took over the Palm Springs Weekend from me years ago and built it into a huge success. Kudos @Oliver

My best friend in high school was killed in the Pentagon attack. I watched it all on TV and was stunned when the towers collapsed. The next day I was surprised that I could get so close to the downed towers. Debris was everywhere. At St. Vincent's, they were still lined up in hopes of receiving survivors.

If the opportunity was ever real.

Always was repulsed by Snoop Dog.

If I was in New York, I'd be happy to see Billy Porter in Cabaret. The show has been around for so long that a new twist is welcome. Welcome, get it?

No, my tickets are refunded.

WOW! This thread has no posts at all! j/k