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I love that episode, especially Judd Hirsch's dance at the end. Johnny Carson*** played the interested guy, who was dating Elaine. ***John David Carson (born John Franklin Carson; March 6, 1952 – October 27, 2009) was an American actor. His first job was the voice of "Dino Boy/Todd" in 18 episodes of "Space Ghost" from 1966-1968, billed as Johnny Carson. Upon beginning his Hollywood career he was immediately engaged in a dispute with Johnny Carson over the use of their shared name - he subsequently went by the name John David Carson. Although he never legally changed his name from his birth name of John Franklin Carson to his professional name of John David Carson, he was married three times and listed his name on his marriage applications as John David Carson. [MEDIA=dailymotion]x6sfzhq[/MEDIA]

It's singular. Field, as in Sally. Storm was a cutie when he was younger.

His first appearance, lower right As a former ballet dancer, he had a spectacular ass. Nice side view here. Here it is in the flesh. My apologies about the woman in the pic And one pic for @poolboy48220

DEAR ABBY: I have two wonderful grandparents I love very much. They are the most important people in my life, and I always think about them when planning anything in my life because I want to make them happy. The problem is I want to go to college out of state and pursue a career that isn't possible in the city or state they live in. They want me to live with them in a city I can't be happy in because of this. How do I tell them I can't see myself staying there for the rest of my life? I know they won't be happy hearing it, but I don't want to disappoint them or make them think I don't love them anymore by leaving. Please help. I don't know what to do or what path in life to take. -- AT A CROSSROADS IN TEXAS DEAR AT A CROSSROADS: You ARE at a crossroads. You're standing in the intersection of adolescence and adulthood. You deserve the chance to fulfill your dreams, so it's time for an adult conversation with your grandparents. Explain that you love them and don't want to disappoint them, and outline what your plans are regarding your education and your career. While they may be disappointed, if they love you as much as you love them, they won't stand in your way. There are several very important questions about your grandparents I need answered before I can give you my sage advice: Do they have money? How much? How old are they? How is their health? Do they have other beneficiaries grandchildren?

I HATE IT when I get behind them at the grocery store.

Deluca's memorial had me verklempt. The doctors were having a hard time of it. Levi & Nico held hands at the memorial. They had a nice scene earlier. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sRkhF5l-nyg/TprN2NSXqxI/AAAAAAAABLk/LSYpZRnqO74/s280/Sad+Animated+Gif+Animation+Crying.gif http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sRkhF5l-nyg/TprN2NSXqxI/AAAAAAAABLk/LSYpZRnqO74/s280/Sad+Animated+Gif+Animation+Crying.gif

MY SISTER SAM, the excellent show created by Diane English before she created MURPHY BROWN. There were at least 3 jokes from SAM that were also used on MURPHY. Rebecca Schaeffer was killed after her stalker got her address from the DMV. After that, privacy laws were changed in California & elsewhere. Jennifer O'Neill was the star. Richard Anderson (Oscar Goldman to The Bionic Woman & The $6 Million Dollar Man) co-starred. After Hexum's death, former ballet dancer Antony Hamilton (who supposedly like to go to gay bars wearing assless chaps) replaced him, but the show didn't last much longer. Hamilton died of AIDS at 43. His first scene in COVER UP had him emerging from the ocean in a speedo. http://greginhollywood.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/1977094_10152144062223773_8408237002099831613_n.jpg

Did you know that Jeffrey is Punky Brewster's older brother?

10 upside-down houses that will upend your senses https://nypost.com/article/upside-down-houses-around-the-world/

My last four apartments have been in buildings that weren't individually metered. (NYC buildings are no longer allowed to be built that way). Utilities were/are part of the rent/maintenance. I do pay $15/mo year round for each air conditioner unit. I'm on the top floor, with a black roof over me, and I can't stand heat, so my a/c's are usually turned on sometime in mid-to-late May and are turned off in late Sept. Also, my building tends to give too much heat at times, so it is not unusual to be outside late at night in the winter and hear some a/c's running.

I get those, too. But I especially love the calls about my electric bill, or an 'apology' from my electric company. I haven't paid utilities in approximately 35 years.

Angie’s List changes its name in a complete rebranding In the early days of the internet, it was novel and exciting to find ratings and reviews of contractors on a site like Angie’s List. That’s long changed — and it’s one reason the Angie’s List brand is being retired on Wednesday. In an ever-so-slight name change, Angie’s List will rebrand as Angi starting Wednesday. The company’s owner will change its name from ANGI Homeservices to simply Angi Inc. (Its ticker symbol will remain “ANGI.”) Angi CEO Oisin Hanrahan told CNN Business the name change is meant to help highlight that the company owns other housing-related services, notably HomeAdvisor and gig economy marketplace Handy. (Hanrahan is a Handy co-founder, who joined Angi in 2018 after the company bought his startup.) “The Angie’s List brand is known and loved … People understand what it stands for and trust it,” Hanrahan said. “The challenge is that we’re not just a list anymore. Customers were confined and constrained by the literal nature of the name.” He noted Angi has focused on all aspects of the home improvement business, giving customers an easy way to find contractors, book them and pay them — not just a place to review them. That strategy has paid dividends in the past year, when millions have been stuck at home during the Covid-19 pandemic or fleeing to the suburbs for more space. Wherever they live, many people have been looking to improve their residences, or they’re taking on big projects like moving to a new house. Shares of Angi are up nearly 25% this year and have soared about 250% in the past 12 months. That makes Angi the latest of a growing list of companies that are thriving after being spun off by Barry Diller’s media and e-commerce conglomerate IAC. — along with Tinder owner Match, LendingTree, Expedia and TripAdvisor. IAC is planning to spin off video tools company Vimeo next. But what will happen to Angi now that many people stuck at home during the past year are looking to travel more thanks to greater availability of vaccines and the economy’s reopening? They may not be as focused on trying to find painters or people to fix a broken closet door. Hanrahan concedes that Americans want to get out and start doing things. But he thinks the broader trend of people improving their homes won’t change — and they will increasingly want to use services like Angi on their phones to find, book and pay professional handypeople, he said. “Of course as people start to travel again, there will be a shift in how people spend. But the much bigger shift is from offline spending to online spending in general,” he said. As for the eponymous Angie of Angie’s list, Angela Hicks Bowman is said to be cool with the name change. In fact, Hicks is still with the company, serving as both Angi’s chief customer officer and a board director. “She’s incredibly excited about the evolution and mission of the company,” Hanrahan said. “Home is the most important place on Earth and we want to help people love where they live.”

FCC enforces largest fine ever of $225 million against telemarketers who made 1 billion robocalls The Federal Communications Commission issued its largest ever fine of $225 million to Texas telemarketers who sent about 1 billion robocalls falsely claiming to sell health insurance for Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and other companies. John Spiller and Jakob Mears, who did business under the names Rising Eagle and JSquared Telecom, faced the fine, proposed in June 2020 by the FCC, for massive spamming of spoofed robocalls in the U.S. in 2019. Spoofed calls have a false caller ID that makes them appear to come from a nearby location. Consumers would be asked if they were interested in "affordable health insurance with benefits from a company you know?" and companies including Aetna, Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield and United HealthCare were mentioned. If they pressed 3 to get an agent, the consumer would be transferred to a call center unaffiliated with any of those insurers. One of the robocallers' largest clients, Health Advisors of America, was sued in 2019 by the the Missouri attorney general for telemarketing violations, the FCC says. Spiller told the USTelecom Industry Traceback Group, a group authorized by the FCC to investigate robocalls, that he knowingly called consumers on the Do Not Call list, the FCC says. He told the group that his firm made millions of calls per day and that he was using spoofed numbers, the FCC said in its original fine proposal. In addition to enforcing the agency's largest-ever fine, the FCC also issued several cease-and-desist orders against other robocallers and created a robocall response team. “Unwanted robocalls are not only a nuisance, but they also pose a serious risk to consumers who can inadvertently share sensitive, personal information in response to bad actors’ malicious schemes," acting FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said in a statement. "I’m proud to unveil my first set of actions to put a renewed focus on what the FCC can do to combat the issue that we receive the most complaints about." The cease-and-desist letters went to six firms charged with making or facilitating robocalls: RSCom of Canada, which was warned in May 2020 to cease making scam calls involving COVID-19, Social Security, the Internal Revenue Service, electric utilities and Apple Inc. Stratics Networks of Canada for facilitating fraudulent calls about COVID-19, student loans, political campaigns, and discounts and upgrades for AT&T and DirecTV. Yodel Technologies, a Florida provider, for facilitating fraudulent calls related to Social Security, health insurance, and debt reduction services. Icon Global, a U.K.-based company, for facilitating robocalls that inundated the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department, as well as those falsely representing Apple and the Social Security Administration. IDT Corporation of New Jersey, for transmitting, on behalf of clients, illegal robocalls about COVID-19 and health insurance, Social Security, fictional Amazon refunds, computer services, credit cards, and fraudulent calls threatening to disconnect utilities without payments. Third Rock Telecom, of Canada, which is suspected of transmitting robocalls about fictional Apple/iCloud account breaches, Social Security scams, and credit card fraud. A new Robocall Response Team, a group of 51 FCC staff members, will coordinate anti-robocall efforts. Rosenworcel also sent letters to the Federal Trade Commission, Justice Department, and the National Association of State Attorneys General about anti-robocall collaborative efforts. "Today’s cease-and-desist letters should serve as a warning sign to other entities that believe the FCC has turned a blind eye to this issue," Rosenworcel said. "We certainly haven’t and we’re coming for you."

@Phil_musc beat me to the punch and stole my thunder. ???????????

Ain't it amazing the kind of expert advice and knowledge you can get on this forum?

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Former NBA center Shawn Bradley suffered a traumatic spinal cord injury that left him paralyzed, according to a statement released on his behalf by the Dallas Mavericks. On Jan. 20, Bradley was struck from behind by an automobile while riding his bicycle a block from his home in St. George, Utah. He underwent neck fusion surgery and has spent the past eight weeks hospitalized and undergoing rehabilitation. "With his wife Carrie at his side around the clock, and supported by an amazing team of rehabilitation specialists and family, Bradley is in good spirits," the statement read, in part. "He plans to use his accident as a platform to bring greater public awareness to the importance of bicycle safety." Bradley, 48, was the No. 2 pick in the 1993 draft, selected by thePhiladelphia 76ers after spending two years on a Mormon mission following his freshman year at BYU. He's 7-foot-6 and averaged 8.1 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.5 blocks during his 12-season NBA career, spending the last 8½ years of that time with the Mavericks. "We are saddened to hear of Shawn's accident," Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said in the statement. "Shawn has always been incredibly determined and shown a fighting spirit. We wish him nothing but the best in his recovery. He will always be a part of our Mavs family."

Well, as @WilliamM recently shocked me by telling me WITH NO SPOILER ALERT!, we all die sometime.