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DEAR ABBY: We recently found out my 19-year-old daughter is pregnant. This is her first boyfriend, and she is absolutely smitten with him. He has asked her to marry him, and we are excited and happy for her, but there is one thing we are having a hard time with: I am almost certain he is cheating on her. They live with us, so I can see the signs — he says he’s working late, and several times even told her he had to work all night. He’s always on his phone, and he never allows her to see it. He keeps it on silent and face down. When he gets a text message (which is often), he immediately says he has to go to the bathroom. Then he stays in there for about a half-hour. I’ve tried talking to her about what I’m seeing, but she gets mad at me. She says she trusts him and insists he would never cheat on her. It’s painful to watch this happening to her, and I don’t know how to handle it. Should I continue bringing it up or let her find out on her own? — KNOWS ALL TOO WELL DEAR KNOWS PARENT WHO RAISED A MORON: You have already brought it up. Your daughter should not rush into marriage just because she is pregnant, if that’s her intention. Because her boyfriend is living with you, he’s likely not mature or financially stable enough to be married to anyone. (What do his parents think about this?) I was tempted to advise you to hire a private investigator to find out if the young man is really working late or all night, but I’m not sure you need to go to that expense. The truth will eventually reveal itself. In the meantime, give your daughter plenty of emotional support because she is going to need it, and probably more. RAISED AN IDIOT WHO SHOULD NOT BE PASSING HER GENES ON TO ANYONE. DEAR ABBY: I married my high school sweetheart in 1967. In 1979, after 12 years of marriage, we refinanced our mortgage so we could add a room. During the credit check, it was brought to my attention that my wife had borrowed $14,000 and opened a secret mailbox in a different town to hide it from me. The problem was, and still is, that she has refused for 52 years to tell me what it was for. Needless to say, my trust in her was shaken. She had no drinking, gambling or drug problems. I must have asked her a thousand times what she needed the money for, and still no answer. Our marriage went downhill, I had an affair, and we separated. In 1990, we got back together, but it wasn’t the same. The kids were grown, so four years later we divorced. I’m 75 now, remarried 20 years ago, and I still can’t figure out why she couldn’t tell me the truth to save our marriage. (Abortion keeps popping into my mind.) A day does not go by that it doesn’t enter my mind even all these years later. My kids are estranged because all they know is that I had an affair. I suppose I will be wondering until my dying day. Advice? — STILL IN THE DARK DEAR STILL: What your ex-wife needed that money for is anybody’s guess. She may have used it to bail out a friend who was in trouble. She also could have been paying off a blackmailer. The possibilities are so varied that guessing her motive could be a parlor game. Since you asked, my advice to you is to finally let the past stay in the past and quit upsetting yourself over something you will never get a straight answer about. There are few more effective ways to diminish the joys of the present than to do what you are doing. GET SOME MATH LESSONS. '52 YEARS' MAKES NO SENSE GIVEN THE FACT THAT YOU FOUND OUT 43 YEARS AGO.

you don't say! I had no idea you felt that way. 😇😁😊😝

Harrison Bader's dad was a HUNK when younger. I can't post the pic because it has Harrison as a child in it, but it's in this article: https://nypost.com/2022/10/12/harrison-baders-yankees-postseason-includes-his-family/

Good for her, but so what?

Another heartwarming family tale from the world of Disney... Two “crazy” dads have been charged with attempted murder after allegedly opening fire and hitting each other’s daughters in a terrifying road-rage gun battle in Florida, authorities said. Strangers William Hale, 35, and Frank Allison, 43, shot at each other’s vehicles with semi-automatic handguns during a high-speed “cat and mouse” chase late Saturday — and were finally busted when they got out and started brawling on the highway, according to cops. During the gun battle, Hale’s 5-year-old daughter was hit in the leg and Allison’s 14-year-old daughter was shot in the back, leaving her with a collapsed lung. “What’s scarier than one crazy driver with a gun? Two crazy drivers with a gun,” the shocked sheriff said. “Thankfully, no one was killed in this incident, but it could have very easily turned out that way because two people were acting stupid and let their tempers get the best of them. Allison said he fired once, hitting his road-rage rival's 5-year-old daughter in the leg, "to get out of the situation," according to the sheriff. Hale said that after he realized his daughter had been hit he "shot everything that was in the magazine," hitting Allison's 14-year-old daughter in the back, according to the sheriff. “There could have been two dead kids because of two stupid grown men.” Sheriff Leeper said the agency “received multiple 911 calls with reports of people being shot at” on Highway 1 near Callahan in suburban Jacksonville. One of those callers told authorities that a black Dodge Ram pickup was “involved in a cat and mouse game” with a gray Nissan Murano — and that another vehicle at one point was also involved ahead of the gun battle. Hale, from Georgia, and local man Allison were “speeding” and “driving erratically,” Leeper said, adding that the men were also brake-checking — which he explained was a practice that involves “getting in front of each other and applying the brakes.” At one point, Hale pulled his Dodge alongside the Nissan to start shouting — just for Allison’s wife, Jessica, to “flick him off with her middle finger.” In response, a water bottle was flung back at her. “The driver of the Nissan, Allison, then grabbed his Sig Sauer .45-caliber semi-automatic handgun and fired one shot at the Dodge truck before driving away at an average speed,” Leeper said, saying the driver admitted firing the shot “to get out of the situation.” “The bullet that Mr. Allison fired went into the right side rear passenger door and struck a 5-year-old girl in the right leg.” Hale later told officers that “he heard a loud pop but thought nothing of it until everyone started freaking out in the back seat,” Leeper said. “He then realized his daughter was shot,” the sheriff said. Hale then “sped up” and “began firing several shots from his Glock 43 9mm semi-automatic handgun out of the driver window,” the sheriff said. Hale later admitted that “he shot everything that was in the magazine — seven or eight rounds,” the sheriff said. “At least three bullets struck the Nissan. One of the bullets went through the rear of the vehicle and struck a 14-year-old girl in the back,” he said. Both men’s wives called 911 during the wild battle and agreed to pull over to meet a deputy, court docs show. Instead, both men “got out and started arguing and fighting. The deputy had to break up the fight,” Leeper said. Both men were arrested and charged with second-degree attempted murder, the sheriff said. They were each released hours later on $150,000 bond, court records show.

Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward had a ‘f—-k hut’ where they’d get ‘intimate' “We left a trail of lust all over the place. Hotels and public parks and Hertz Rent-A-Cars,” Newman writes in his posthumous memoir. But maybe this is old news... Who cares about Joanne Woodward? I'm picturing Newman and Redford with a strategically used bottle of salad dressing... and there's no salad in sight.

I hate and FEAR the Astros.

The Phillies almost blew a 7-1 lead. Seattle did blow a 7-1 lead. (fuck Yordan Alvarez!) Of course, this is one of many, many times a team has overcome an 8-1 deficit then blown a 7-1 lead in their next game during the postseason. Very common. Very, very common!

Somehow I don't think she left on bad terms. I also remember catching her name as the director of one of the Dick Wolf shows this season, but I don't remember which one. Director 2021 Law & Order: Organized Crime (TV Series) (1 episode) - Unforgivable (2021) 2020-2021 FBI (TV Series) (3 episodes) - Trigger Effect (2021) - Emotional Rescue (2020) - Payback (2020) 2018 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) (1 episode) - Hell's Kitchen (2018) Milena Govich also directs occasionally when she's not assistant producing. Kelly Giddish's last episode will air Dec. 8.

Justin Upton (nee Verlander) had his butt kicked today. J. Verlander 4.0 10 6 6 1 3 1 81-54 13.50

Bruce Boxleitner... mmm! If you happen to be in Brooklyn tomorrow: Clash of the Titans (1981) 118 min, dir. Desmond Davis 35mm Thu, Oct 13 / 7 pm $10 general $5 members Hosted by Machine Dazzle in The Theater at MAD. Join Machine Dazzle for a screening of a favorite fantasy-action film, Clash of the Titans. Best remembered for Ray Harryhausen’s iconic stop-motion monsters, Clash of the Titans features American heartthrob Harry Hamlin as demigod Perseus and none other than the great British actor Laurence Olivier as his father, Zeus. Shown on an original 35mm print, this romantic adventure is an ’80s classic, and for critic Roger Ebert, “gloriously silly.” Movie Night with Machine is a screening series of five beloved throwback films curated by Machine Dazzle to accompany his solo exhibition, Queer Maximalism x Machine Dazzle. All released in the late seventies and early eighties, these films delighted the young artist and helped to shape his omnivorous approach to culture. Playful and predictably over-the-top, Movie Night with Machine evenings will include costume contests, a custom-designed step-and-repeat, giveaways, photoshoots, and more! The films will be introduced by Machine and will be followed by talk backs with the artist. MOVIE NIGHTS Oct 13: Clash of the Titans Oct 25: Star Trek: The Motion Picture Oct 27: Halloween Celebration Screening of Eyes of Laura Mars Dec 20: Machine Dazzle Birthday Celebration Screening of Xanadu Jan 10: Evil Under the Sun

In addition, Madonna's former mother in law, also known as Sean Penn's mother, has purchased a parcel of land to grow crops and raise some animals. You pass over a rainbow bridge to get to it. The NY Post ran an article that was complimentary, to say the least. https://pagesix.com/2022/10/10/legendary-actress-and-sean-penns-mom-eileen-ryan-dead-at-94/

Shop these Ninja air fryer deals during Amazon Prime’s Early Access Sale https://nypost.com/2022/10/11/get-these-ninja-air-fryers-for-amazon-prime-early-access-sale/

I was so focused on his uniform pants that I didn’t even notice that this footage is all from when he was in college. He’s been a professional Dumper for a few years now.

Chinese firm tests electric flying taxi in Dubai https://www.aol.com/news/chinese-firm-tests-electric-flying-162347884-210535168.html The XPeng X2, developed by the Guangzhou-based XPeng Inc's aviation affiliate, is one of dozens of flying car projects around the world. Only a handful have been successfully tested with passengers on board, and it will likely be many years before any are put into service. Monday's demonstration was held with an empty cockpit, but the company says it carried out a manned flight test in July 2021. Uber & Lyft are really gonna fight it out now...

Boy, do I have a place for you to visit on your next vacation! The world’s largest cast iron skillet measures 18 feet across and weighs 14,360 pounds. Created by Lodge Cast Iron, a 126-year-old American cookware company, the “history-making” cast iron skillet can be viewed in person at the new Lodge Museum of Cast Iron, located in South Pittsburg, Tennessee. https://nypost.com/2022/10/10/worlds-largest-cast-iron-skillet-ready-for-museum-visitors/

California cop pulls over driver for speeding with 8,000-pound potato Indy Lights motorsport driver Sting Ray Robb, 21, peeled through the fan village of the Firestone Grand Prix of Monterey lugging the mammoth faux potato, which measured 72 feet long and 13 feet high, the Idaho Statesman reported. A video posted on Twitter shows a bemused Robb holding up the tater ticket which cited him for driving a vehicle that was 12,000 pounds overweight, and for going 63 mph in a 55 mph zone. The vegetable has been deemed a traveling ambassador for the state, which produces nearly one-third of all potatoes grown in the US. If real, the 4-ton potato – the equivalent of 1,562 regular-sized potatoes– would produce 20,217 servings of mashed potatoes or 1 million average-sized french fries, according to the Idaho Potato Commission.

Well, now at least the Yanks won't have to be compared to a successful Mets team when THEY get bounced. It wouldn't surprise me if that's by Cleveland, but even if the Yanks win that series, I have zero confidence they'd beat Houston.

Approximately three years after receiving a scathing zero-star review from The New York Times, Peter Luger Steak House in Brooklyn has been stripped of its Michelin star. While the news about Peter Luger, which was one of three NYC institutions to lose a Micheline star as Carbone and Marea also lost theirs, was somewhat surprising, it really shouldn’t be a massive shock as the writing has kind of been on the wall about the stodgy steakhouse for awhile now. There is still clearly a time and place for a cash-only joint with overpriced plates and rude waiters, but there’s also no need to pretend those are requirements of a fine-dining establishment in 2022.

Approximately three years after receiving a scathing zero-star review from The New York Times, Peter Luger Steak House in Brooklyn has been stripped of its Michelin star. While the news about Peter Luger, which was one of three NYC institutions to lose a Micheline star as Carbone and Marea also lost theirs, was somewhat surprising, it really shouldn’t be a massive shock as the writing has kind of been on the wall about the stodgy steakhouse for awhile now. There is still clearly a time and place for a cash-only joint with overpriced plates and rude waiters, but there’s also no need to pretend those are requirements of a fine-dining establishment in 2022.

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Man found dead in Jeep that crashed on collapsed bridge The North Carolina State Highway Patrol found a 2020 Jeep Gladiator upside down and partially submerged in the water where the road was washed out. Troopers said barricades that were put up to warn drivers of the collapsed bridge were apparently removed, leading to the crash. The driver, identified as Philip John Paxson, was with his wife, daughters and friends celebrating their daughter's birthday party Friday night. His wife left ahead of him with the kids, while he stayed behind to help clean up but he never came home. His friend Jon Hopson is the one who found him the next morning. “I pulled right where we are at and I saw the back tires of his jeep sticking up out of the water,” Hopson said. “It was the worst thing I have ever experienced in my life. I was the last person to talk to him, cooked his last meal and the one to find him.” The road pops up on GPS. “He could have easily put it in the GPS and gone this way because all of the neighbors say the quickest way out of here is that way. And most people choose the quickest way.” “My sister’s friend drove up to that edge multiple times but thankfully it was daytime.” “It was dark and it was raining and it could have happened to anyone.” A sign just a few blocks up 24th street place NE says, “state maintenance ends here”. The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) said it has no authority to make improvements to this location because it is a private roadway. "In North Carolina, counties do not maintain roads. In general, owners of private roads associated with subdivisions could be the subdivision developers, a homeowners association, or the property owners in the subdivision." Residents could petition for NCDOT to take over maintenance of the road but it would need to meet certain criteria. State senator Dean Proctor maintained that a private road cannot simply be taken over by the city, county, or state. He adds there are strict laws in place about the process and the owner would have to petition for it to happen. The road would also need to meet certain criteria for the state to take ownership. Until then maintenance would fall under the responsibility of the owner or residents. I wouldn't be surprised if some bored teens removed the barriers one night for a 'laugh'. The road is so small, they wouldn't have been very large or that heavy.

Get down off the ledge, @WilliamM. Put the gun down. Throw the pills away. Remove the noose from your neck. You can still root for Harrison Bader... until the Yanks lose.

Just got a smiling selfie from my sister at Citifield. My b-i-l says they have an obnoxious Padres fan behind them and she & the guy have been going at it all night.

I always have trouble following these long, wordy, verbose posts. 😇😁😊