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So that makes you ~175 years old? You seem rather spry and mentally alert for somebody of your (very) advanced years! ? Forget Liza (with a Z, not Lisa with an S). It's @WilliamM that deserves kudos and a gala celebration!

If it's a commandment, it should be 'Thou shalt not bump threads that don't interest you.' ????

I never suggested that every original poster to this thread was dead. I just asked @JoeMendoza if his intention was to keep resurrecting 20-year-old threads until he finds one where they all are.

And I was just commenting on the plethora of 20 year old threads I'd noticed @JoeMendoza had brought up. And I added this comment just so I could use the word plethora.

Couldn't you at least have given me a SPOILER ALERT before delivering such shocking (previously unknown) news?!?

Man says he lived in secret Veterans Stadium apartment For two years, Vietnam veteran Tom Garvey claims to have lived in a self-made apartment hidden inside Philadelphia’s Veterans Stadium. Garvey, now 78, says he secretly refurbished an empty concession stand inside the former home of the Phillies and Eagles. “I was like a kid with a Willy Wonka golden ticket,” he told the Philadelphia Inquirer. Garvey details his experiences — taking non-baseball hits in the dugout, halftime parties, and run-ins with Philly sports legends like Tug McGraw and Julius Erving — in his 188-page book, “The Secret Apartment: Vet Stadium, a surreal memoir,” which was published in December. He said he worked at the stadium complex parking lots through a company owned by his uncles. Through that job, Garvey received an office at the Vet and keys to an obscure entrance to the stadium. Across from his office — out in left field — was an unused 60-foot-by-30-foot concession stand. Garvey tricked it out with all the comforts he could: a bed, sink, fridge, coffee maker and hot plate. Leftover AstroTurf made for a good carpet. Parties were a hit — including with the wives of Eagles players, who were waiting for their husbands. “We’d put music on the stereo and have a drink,” he said. “The husbands would join their wives and have a beer, and then the lot traffic would pull out and we’d get their cars and have dinner.” Garvey was careful about his secret digs, never taking or allowing photos, though the Inquirer corroborated his story with multiple people. Not that there weren’t clues he was getting a little too comfy within the confines of Veterans Stadium. A Phillies doubleheader, extended late into the night by rain, made for a puzzling scene for remaining fans. “There were less than 200 people scattered around,” he said. “They didn’t want to know why I was there in a bathrobe and flip flops, they just wanted to know where I got a hot cup of coffee because the concession stands closed hours ago.” As all good things do, Garvey’s time in his clandestine apartment came to an end in 1981 when his uncles’ contract with the stadium lots ended. The stadium was torn down in 2004, and along with it any tangible proof his secret hideout existed. That seems to be OK with Garvey, who got just what he needed from the apartment after returning from war. “I’d been so busy for so many years when I came home and this gave me the opportunity to put things in perspective,” he said of his time living in Veterans Stadium. “I found it to be healing. It was a place where I went inside myself and found some peace.”

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Is your intention to resurrect every 20 year old thread until you find one in which every respondent is now dead?

This one took me a second to get

That was just a patient's storyline. It had nothing to do with any regular character and was not an ongoing thing.

A Waterfront Abode With a Pristine Arts and Crafts Interior Can Be Yours for $1.849 Million https://www.brownstoner.com/upstate/new-rochelle-ny-homes-for-sale-westchester-142-sutton-manor-road-arts-crafts-fireplace/

I'm inconsolable. As was rumored, GREY'S killed off my favorite character tonight-- Dr. Deluca, the one who's been involved with Meredith the last 2 years. He was stabbed, then appeared to be okay after surgery, but they were only halfway through the episode, so I knew... There were a couple of tender SCHMICO moments tonight (Nico's been written as more thoughtful this year), but they were no salve to my deep wound. 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

Happy 114th, dad! The 1 year anniversary of the WHO declaring Covid a pandemic.

That would definitely be the bedroom where you'd put your drunk (or tripping) houseguest, have a hidden camera in the room, and submit the tape to America's Funniest Home Videos.

FOR THE EXHIBITIONIST INTO REAL ESTATE: Bathroom without walls in $900K home 4 sale horrifies social media If you’ve always dreamed of an open-concept toilet,this house is for you. A Boston home for sale on Zillow that appears to be normal and quaint is actually anything but. The newly renovated four-bedroom, three-bathroom property — in foreclosure — is listed at a whopping $899,000. However, one of the bathroom layouts is pretty crappy. It starts the moment you walk through the front door, where a bathroom is on the left side of the open-concept space. Although the listing states three full bathrooms, this bathroom is missing one main component: a wall. Photos of the property were first shared by the Instagram account Zillow Gone Wild, and social media immediately labeled it a “nightmare.” “Do we have to be open about EVERYTHING these days??” one Instagram user said. “Those glass walls really be doing the most for your privacy,” another joked. “This is literally what I have recurring nightmares about,” one person wrote, while another called it a “freakshow.” Built in 1910, the two-story home spans 2,000 square feet. While the rest of the house seems pretty normal, with modern renovations and pristine hardwood floors, the bathroom scenario is pretty hard to overlook. “Gotta love the clear glass between the shower and toilet, but frosted glass between the toilet and sink,” someone quipped.

I assure you, that had nothing to do with your real estate acumen. 😁😇🤣

For British viewers, Oprah Winfrey’s bombshell special on the royal family was also an exposé of the American pharmaceutical industry. Those in England who streamed Sunday’s interview with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were shocked to see advertisements for prescription drugs including Skyrizi, Kisqali and Jardiance. Advertising prescription drugs is banned in the United Kingdom — and most of the world, excluding the US and New Zealand. Writer Ayesha A. Siddiqi compiled many of the most stunned reactions in a Twitter thread titled “british people reacting to american pharmaceutical ads during the harry/meghan interview.” “If these medicine ads are what it’s like to not have an NHS I never want to experience that,” tweeted one horrified individual, referring to the UK’s National Health Service. “Nah…how are the side effects of the medicine in American ads more lethal than the thing they’re treating???” wrote another. “These medical adverts and the side effects though. American healthcare truly is a business,” noted a third. Other critics called the ads “surreal” and “unhinged” and said they made them feel like they were “in some post-apocalyptic world.” Many expressed feeling a renewed gratitude for their nation’s national health care system. Siddiqi ended the thread with a note explaining the reaction to Americans who find such advertisements completely normal. “[in] the UK it’s illegal to advertise prescription drugs to the general public. Over there, people seeking healthcare are considered patients not customers,” Siddiqi wrote. In a follow-up post after her thread went viral, Siddiqi called Brits’ “shock and disgust” at the commercials a “grim demonstration of how unique America’s healthcare system is.” The interview, which 17.1 million viewers streamed on CBS on Sunday night, was “a rare moment of outsiders viewing American live tv,” Siddiqi went on, and ended up serving as a moment of reflection by non-Americans on “how unnecessarily painful and strange this country is.”

I found a place in England once with an open, airy floor plan, but I couldn't find a price listed for it. It was more of a fixer-upper than I wanted anyway, so I passed.

N.J. man sues over fake poop, glitter bombs and phony phalluses sent in the mail I didn't read the article, but I'm assuming the man wanted REAL poop and phalluses. Obviously a fetishist! Judge orders psychiatric evaluation for man who sexually abused stuffed dolls in a Target store Another fetishist!

Just my Amazon deliveries.