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  1. Florida man busted after trying to steal from Walmart during 'shop with a cop' event
  2. maximum confidentiality and seriousness. Available for meeting in maximum privacy with pleasant and respectful people. I guarantee and require maximum cleanliness and hygiene. Somebody please give this guy a thesaurus.
  3. One of these days, somebody will start a topic "Why is my printer working normally?"
  4. Box truck tumbles off California highway onto separate crash scene
  5. I know this will break your heart, but I expected the final show to end with these two crazy kids realizing they were made for each other and deciding to get back together, but alas... (hey- if Ben & JLo can make love work the second time around, so can T&C.) I watched the first part of Leslie Jordan's appearance on CELEBRITY IOU, and he was as enjoyable as you'd have expected. I also watched the first half of Terry Crews' episode. The highlight was when he and Drew had a shirtless Jackhammering contest. I think the last time Drew's torso got any sun was in 2012. You wish he gave you his willy. Or maybe it was you who wished he gave you his willy. They talked about their evolving style choices as the years went on... and on... and on... As Patrick Swayze once famously said, I think only if he had a nail gun at this point.
  6. I thought Texas' signings of Seager and Semien were dumb and dumber last year, but they have now reached dumbest status... 5 YEARS! $185 million for DeGrom. Great pitcher, but how healthy will he be during that contract? And, of course, there's an option for a 6th year at the same salary.
  7. Rumor has it that George Clooney may be the mystery guest star they've been hyping all season. Dan's & Jackie's mother in law is an ignorant slut.
  8. It's actually easy with a bit of practice. Then you can correctly pronounce Chanukah and Christmas.
  9. An elderly Arizona couple decided to tie the knot where it all started — in the mayonnaise aisle at their local grocery store where they first met. Brenda and Dennis Delgado found love while shopping for the creamy condiment in aisle 8 at the Fry’s grocery store in Casa Grande last year. So they decided to trade vows in the same place earlier this month. “I’m 72, he’s 78 now,” Brenda told Phoenix NBC affiliate News 12. “We don’t have that many more years to do something dumb and stupid.” Brenda was looking for a jar of Miracle Whip when her future husband approached her and made a remark about the masks they were wearing on their faces. The two immediately hit it off. “We both had masks on, and I say to her ‘you know the best thing about wearing a mask?” Dennis told her. “You could pass these [people] not wearing a mask, and curse them out under your breath, they don’t hear a word you’re saying,’ and she started laughing.” The two talked for a half hour and even continued their conversation outside of the store before exchanging phone numbers. The next week, Dennis attended a service at Brenda’s church. The two quickly bonded over their shared experience of loss. Brenda had recently lost her husband of 30 years to cancer, while Dennis had just lost his wife of 45 years. Dennis told the outlet that the grief he felt over his wife’s death pushed him away from God before he met Brenda, but found his faith again as his heart healed while spending time with Brenda. “I was angry at him for taking her away from me and I wanted to apologize to him,” Dennis said. By April, their relationship was serious enough that Dennis wanted to propose. After he told her that he was going to get her an engagement ring, she had to call him a few hours later to make sure that he wasn’t drunk, Fox 13 reported. When she learned that he was not drunk but completely serious, she suggested he propose to her in the grocery store aisle. Over a year after they first met, the couple returned to the spot to wed, surrounded by friends, family and mayonnaise. “It was my idea to get married there,” Brenda told News 12. “I’m kind of weird okay.” “They hid me in the aisle next to the condiment aisle,” she recalled, smiling. Dennis, meanwhile, waited on the other side. “She came around. They cued the wedding march over their loudspeakers in the store. It was wonderful,” Dennis said. The staff of the grocery store even bought the newlyweds a custom flower arrangement complete with Miracle Whip and mayonnaise. “You never know when you’re going to walk down the condiment aisle at Fry’s and you’re going to meet someone that you didn’t know you needed in your life,” Dennis said.
  10. Christmas is around the corner — and who wouldn’t want to celebrate the holidays in an actual gingerbread house made entirely out of Pop-Tarts? On Zillow, an off-the-market home described as the Pop-Tarts Gingerbread Lodge at 1 Kellogg’s Square has been listed. And it looks, well, delicious. The only problem? It’s probably meant for one of Santa’s little helpers. Spanning a tiny 35 square feet, Pop-Tarts described the home as “just north of the Wild Berry Woods in the foothills of the Applefritterlachians.” The pantry-style farmhouse features “frosted finishings” and “a toasty interior,” the listing notes. Features include a baked kitchen and living room with a frosted chocolate-chip archway. To celebrate their limited-edition gingerbread Pop-Tarts flavor, the company has featured the home on the real estate site. According to the listing, the home features built-in frosted raspberry cabinets, with frosted cookies-and-creme counter space. The living room comes with a “crafted Eggo Frosted Maple Flavor” area rug with mid-century modern Frosted Chocolate Fudge furnishings, the listing adds. It also comes with frosted gingerbread Pop-Tarts above the fireplace, posing as an art piece. The bedroom features Frosted Apple Fritter wallpaper and a sun-drenched reading nook, which “looks out on all .0006 acres of property,” the listing says. It “is fit for a full-on party that is anything but cookie-cutter,” the listing jokes. “This pastoral palace has to be seen – and tasted – to be believed.”
  11. He assures me he has not created a new username and is not posting at all. He is fine, though.
  12. The Angels acquired Hunter Renfroe for 3 players, one of whom is a former Yankee farm hand with the great pitcher's name of Janson Junk. (ALSO) I've always known the Red Sox are an organization without scruples, but they're not even trying to hide it anymore... they have signed a crook to play for their organization: Red Sox ink outfielder Narciso Crook to minor league contract, according to transactions log at MLB.com. He is not to be confused with Matt 'I am not a' Krook, a starter in the minors for the Yanks.
  13. One of the survivors of the Walmart shooting, whom the killer shot at but missed, is named Briana Taylor. Different spelling, but that would have been eerie if she was also shot dead.
  14. Ex-Texas HS football coach accused of wrongly touching, spanking students So what is the right way to do it?
  15. no, i don't
  16. The elementary school I went to for 7 months in 5th grade had their choir chosen to sing with Kelly Clarkson at the Rockefeller Center Xmas Tree Lighting.
  17. Why don't you take a gander at a recipe? 😁😇😜😝
  18. This should've gone here: My sister will serve turkey, but I'll bet more of the BJs' Mac & Cheese will be eaten. Does that count?
  19. Social media star Dr. Mike delivers $125,000 purse to Harlem club after boxing defeat The social media star/celebrity boxer delivered a $125,000 gift Saturday to the Boys and Girls Club of Harlem, donating the purse from his losing ring debut last month in a four-round fight aired on Showtime.
  20. That's from the bible, isn't it?
  21. The Grinnell, a stately co-op in upper Manhattan, might just be the city’s best-kept secret — for now. Replete with spacious homes, a strong sense of community and maintenance fees that are considerably less than in comparable buildings, the property stands in a sleepy corner of Washington Heights, at 800 Riverside Drive. It also rarely has openings — but house hunters and otherwise property-curious locals now have their best chance in years to become members of this exclusive, and under-the-radar, club. In this 83-unit structure, where residents typically spend decades, there are now an unprecedented four apartments for sale. When they trade hands, they’ll mark the first sales at the Grinnell since 2020, according to StreetEasy, when only two units sold. In 2019, just three units found new owners. The Grinnell is home to units with dazzling older-world features — such as this wood-paneled dining room inside a $1.99 million listing for unit GRI. Hauseit Unit GRI’s kitchen features restored original oak cabinetry. Hauseit Hardwood floors and moldings galore round out the features of unit GRI. Hauseit “I don’t recall when [four homes] were on the market at the same time,” said Bruce Robertson, 71, a long-time Grinnell resident. Robertson, also a Compass broker, represents the six-room unit 8H, which listed on Saturday for $1.59 million — its first time up for sale in 45 years. Aptly called a “hidden treasure” in its marketing description, this top-floor spread has three bedrooms, a 23-plus-foot-long great room, a windowed kitchen with the original glass-fronted cabinetry, a formal dining room with wainscoting and views of the George Washington Bridge. One day later, according to StreetEasy, a two-bedroom spread with one bathroom — and tony touches such as picture moldings — listed for $1 million with RE/MAX Sparrow Realty. Among the other availabilities: Unit GRI, an eight-room duplex, which now asks $1.99 million after listing for $2.2 million in April. It boasts three bedrooms and two full bathrooms. Features include French doors, a wood-paneled dining room, original oak floors and cabinetry, and mirrored mahogany doors. (Instead of a traditional listing, this home — represented by Hauseit — is an assisted for-sale-by-owner offering.) There’s even unit 2A — a 1,800-square-foot three-bedroom with French doors, crown moldings, and bonus spaces including a library, a foyer, a maid’s room and a pantry. It listed in September for $1.35 million — and is represented by Jamella Swift of Keller Williams NYC. The light-filled unit 2A, listed for $1.35 million, has French doors. Keller Williams NYC Unit 2A also has wainscoting and chic molding details. Keller Williams NYC Occupying a full triangle-shaped block between 157th and 158th streets — and Riverside Drive and Edward Morgan Place — the Grinnell offers homes of a bygone New York era. The smallest apartment has five rooms and measures 1,100 square feet; the largest has more than 10 rooms and spans 2,700 square feet. Built in 1911 and designed by architects Schwartz & Gross, it’s a history-rich standout with a Mediterranean-style façade, a porte-cochere entryway to an interior courtyard — and other classic interior details including hardwood floors, leaded glass transoms and 10-foot ceilings. Amenities include a gym, a bike room and a rooftop terrace. Apart from the grande-dame glamour and million-dollar asking prices, many New Yorkers don’t know it’s a Housing Development Fund Corporation (HDFC) co-op — meaning it’s part of the city’s affordable housing stock and subject to certain income restrictions for home purchases. It’s one of the most successful co-ops of its kind, and that “has worked well to maintain the Grinnell’s large infrastructure over the years,” said Robertson. That said, the Grinnell is the uptown early-20th century apartment building fit for savvy New York royalty who, with the proper income requirements, can act now to get a coveted deal. It’s no surprise residents end up staying put. The Grinnell stands on a full triangle-shaped block on Riverside Drive in Washington Heights. Stefano Giovannini The mighty building commands views in all directions, this one looking north over West 158th Street. Stefano Giovannini The Grinnell dates to 1911. Stefano Giovannini “People who purchase in the Grinnell don’t move because it’s a wonderful place to live,” said Robertson, who’s also a former member of the building’s board and has sold 10 units in the building over the years. Robertson has lived in a two-bedroom, one-bathroom spread with his wife, also a real estate broker, for the past 22 years. They found the apartment on a whim after getting priced out of their Upper East Side condo and immediately knew the building was special. He loves the south-facing windows, bright light, solid construction, high ceilings, hardwood floors and the quiet. “All in all, it’s hard to encapsulate how the Grinnell is so special and how that came to be. Mostly because it truly is a community of cohesive residents, many families who’ve grown, now being replaced by young families, who care about each other,” Robertson said. “We don’t always agree about issues facing any 112-year-old landmarked building of its size and scope. But we work through them and are proud of a beautiful structure that looks and feels like living in a castle, in a bucolic-feeling area with wonderful neighbors in other comparable buildings.” Robertson has sold nearly a number of units in the Grinnell over the years. Stefano Giovannini Robertson is also a 22-year resident of the building. Stefano Giovannini A virtually staged image of unit 8H, which Robertson represents. Tina Gallo Photography Other long-time residents agree it’s a building with a lovely spirit. Bruce Kanze, 74, an adjunct lecturer at the nearby City College of New York, moved to the Grinnell in December 1977 and lived in apartment 3B. He moved to 8F in March 1982, an eight-room, two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment, with his wife and three kids, where he’s lived ever since. “There’s a sense of belonging to a community, and we love our neighbors,” Kanze said. He recalled fond memories of climbing the mulberry tree in front of the building and picking berries with his daughters, of setting up summer lemonade stands with them — and of crab fests with the neighbors. “We’d buy bushels and cover the tables with paper bags and see who had the highest pile of crab shells,” he added. But another reason why people stay so long in the Grinnell is because of its HDFC title. It’s one of 1,100 HDFC co-ops in the city, where residents are shareholders and own the building collectively. The status dates to 1982 when residents successfully bought the Grinnell from the city after a campaign that included the slogan, “Buildings for People, Not for Profit.” Apart from the tony interiors and like-minded community, part of the conditions for ownership include a flip tax, which also keeps residents put. The funds from it go towards the building’s capital reserve. Unit 8H, on the top floor, also has great exposure to light, in addition to handsome hardwood floors and moldings. Stefano Giovannini The kitchen inside unit 8H. Tina Gallo Photography The wood-paneled dining room inside 8H. Stefano Giovannini 8H has northwest views of the George Washington Bridge. Stefano Giovannini In addition to the income restrictions, a real-estate tax abatement makes the maintenance less than other co-ops of comparable size and stature. By contrast, a four-room, 2,000-square-foot apartment at 116 Pinehurst Ave. will set you back $1.58 million with $3,400 a month in maintenance. Similarly, a three-bedroom co-op in the century-old Riviera across West 157th Street from the Grinnell is going for $1.79 million with $2,174 a month in maintenance. Robertson’s $1.59 million listing, for instance, has $1,448 per month in maintenance. Both unit GRI and 2A have $1,450 monthly fees, StreetEasy shows. Wayne Benjamin, 64, an architect who bought a 1,300-square foot, two-bedroom co-op in the Grinnell in 1987 for just $85,000 — about $228,000 today — has no plans to go anywhere. He enjoys cooking in his full-sized kitchen and listening to music on his vinyl record player — or jazz on an old-fashioned FM radio with a pair of speakers. He also enjoys rare New York City cross-ventilation, as every room in the apartment has exposures — so he can open the dining room windows, which face the courtyard, and the French doors and windows in the living room across the hallway, which face the street, and enjoy breezes year-round. 2A:
  22. One of the stars of THE BIG BANG THEORY, whose character was spun off in the pre-quel YOUNG SHELDON. He also starred in a series of annoying computer ads a few years ago.
  23. Todd Chrisley has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars and 16 months probation after he and wife Julie Chrisley were found guilty of bank fraud and tax evasion, according to Fox 5 Atlanta. Meanwhile, the outlet reports that Julie was given a lighter sentence of seven years in prison. She was also sentenced to 16 months probation. “The Chrisleys have built an empire based on the lie that their wealth came from dedication and hard work,” prosecutors wrote in a sentencing memorandum on Nov. 16. “The jury’s unanimous verdict sets the record straight: Todd and Julie Chrisley are career swindlers who have made a living by jumping from one fraud scheme to another, lying to banks, stiffing vendors, and evading taxes at every corner.” “Chrisley Knows Best,” which premiered on USA Network in 2014, followed the family’s crazy adventures with a focus on their lavish lifestyles. Todd admitted three months prior to his sentencing that he became a “slave” to money once the show succeeded. https://pagesix.com/2022/11/21/todd-and-julie-chrisley-sentenced-bank-fraud-tax-evasion/ I never watched their show, but hate them just from the commercials, so this makes me happy.
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