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Abba will release five, rather than two, new tracks as their reunion is pushed back to 2021. The Swedish four-piece were originally going to put out new music later this year, but have been forced to delay these plans due to the coronavirus pandemic. Geoff Lloyd, co-host of the Reasons To Be Cheerful podcast, said: “I got to spend an hour […] with Björn Ulvaeus from Abba via Zoom. He’s quarantining – he’s got an island in the Stockholm archipelago. “They’ve recorded five new songs. They should have been out at the end of last year… Because of technical difficulties and the pandemic, it’s delayed things. But he promised me that the new Abba music will be out in 2021.”

Satisfying ending, though a little too neat & tidy.

When the militia men who don't believe Trump lost start a civil war and all the supply chains are broken, you can barter them for food.

1. Musial collected 3,630 career hits, the fourth-highest total in MLB history (second highest at time of retirement) -- 1,815 came at home and 1,815 on the road. 2. Musial was born on Nov. 21, 1920, in Donora, Pennsylvania, a small mining town in the southwest corner of the state. Forty-nine years later -- to the day -- Ken Griffey Jr. was born there too. Thus, as baseball historian Bill James put it, Griffey could be described as "the second-best left-handed-hitting, left-handed-throwing outfielder ever born in Donora, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 21." 3. Musial debuted as a 20-year-old on Sept. 17, 1941, at the tail end of baseball's greatest summer. Ted Williams batted .406 that year, the last player to hit .400 in a full season. Musial batted .426 -- 20-for-47 -- in 12 games. 4. Musial's nickname -- Stan the Man -- was bequeathed to him by Brooklyn Dodgers fans in 1946, who chanted "O-O-h, here comes the man again" when he walked up to the plate. Musial produced 522 career hits against the Dodgers, most by any player all time. Don Stanhouse was a pitcher who had a nine-year career, from 1972 to 1980... he was acquired by the Orioles and excelled in 1978 when Manager Earl Weaver employed him as a full-time closer. Because of his Harpo Marx hairstyle and pre-game batting practice antics – where his primal scream would entertain early ballpark arrivals – he was quickly labeled Stan the Man Unusual, a pun on the nickname "Stan the Man." 5. Musial generated 1,377 extra-base hits (the MLB record at the time of his retirement) for his career against 696 strikeouts. That margin (681 more extra-base hits than strikeouts) is the largest of its kind among all players to debut in the live ball era (since 1920). 6. Musial became the first player in National League history to win three MVP awards (1943, 1946, 1948). But perhaps more impressive, he finished top 10 in MVP voting 14 times, a record that stands to this day (for any player in either league). A Sporting News poll named Stan Musial its Player of the Decade for the years spanning 1946 to '55 (post-World War II). One voter was Joe Cronin, who served as Red Sox manager (1935-47) and general manager (1948-58) during that entire time. Over that span (under Cronin's watch), Ted Williams led MLB in all three triple-slash categories (.344/.490/.642). But Cronin did not vote Williams his Player of the Decade. He voted for Stan Musial.

I have no idea what you mean.

When A. Martinez was on the soap opera SANTA BARBARA, he was known for his skin-tight jeans which showed off a nice ass and impressive bulge. His crotch often arrived in a room several minutes before the rest of him did. This is a clip from the S6 E10 episode of Barney Miller, showing off his BIGGEST asset. He played Meryl Streep's lover in SHE DEVIL, and had a darkly-lit nude scene with Ally Sheedy in ONE NIGHT STAND.

Another amazing basket:

Another lousy episode, though I liked the interaction between Tammy & Adam.

Michael J. Fox is cutting ties with the world of acting. “There is a time for everything, and my time of putting in a 12-hour workday, and memorizing seven pages of dialogue, is best behind me,” the Canadian-American actor, 59, revealed in his new book and fourth memoir, “No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality.” “At least for now … I enter a second retirement,” the “Family Ties” star continued. “That could change, because everything changes. But if this is the end of my acting career, so be it.” The decision follows Fox, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease at 29, recently noticing symptoms of the disease including memory loss, delusions and dementia, cognitive declines which he writes he had “rarely contemplated before now, much less spoke of.” These have included confusing his twin daughters and searching for his car keys — despite the fact that he can no longer drive, according to the Los Angeles Times. The “Back to the Future” star also suffered a bad fall in 2019 while filming a cameo for the movie “See You Yesterday,” just four months after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor on his spine. Fox credits his optimism for allowing his career to continue despite his physical degradation. When he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 1991, a doctor told him he’d be lucky if he was able to work another decade, a prediction which, 30 years, seven Emmy nominations and one Emmy win later, Fox has clearly defied. In addition to discussing his health and future career, Fox also touches on his family, famous friends and sobriety struggles in his book, out this week. “She’s not always a rock, but that’s okay,” he writes of wife Tracy Pollan, to whom he’s been married for 32 years. “Rocks are solid, stubborn, and immovable. That’s me. Tracy, on the other hand, has learned to keep the rock rolling.” I saw him on THE VIEW the other day & he didn't look good.

Did the townsfolk have to go to a gas station parking lot to buy their art? Dogs playing poker painted on black velvet, maybe? Dutch supermarket conglomerate Ahold Delhaize is buying a majority stake in the FreshDirect grocery delivery service as the coronavirus pandemic spurs a shift to online food shopping. The companies announced the deal Wednesday — about a year after The Post reported that Bronx-based FreshDirect was searching for a buyer — but did not disclose the price of the acquisition. The takeover will allow Ahold Delhaize to reach more customers in the lucrative Big Apple market and grow its digital business amid a COVID-19-fueled surge in digital grocery orders, according to CEO Frans Muller, who noted that FreshDirect has generated “remarkable customer loyalty” in the city since its launch 18 years ago. FreshDirect will keep its brand name and continue to operate independently under the terms of the deal, which is expected to close in the first quarter of next year. “I believe Ahold Delhaize’s global scale, focus on strong, leading local brands, and ability to utilize cost-of-goods synergies, will allow FreshDirect to achieve its full potential,” FreshDirect chief David McInerney said in a statement. New York-based investment firm Centerbridge Partners will also acquire a 20 percent stake in FreshDirect and become a minority investor alongside Ahold Delhaize, which owns the Stop & Shop, Giant and Food Lion grocery chains in the US. FreshDirect started shopping itself last year after a bungled move from Long Island City to its sprawling new facility in The Bronx caused service glitches that left it fighting to keep customers instead of expanding to new markets, as The Post reported exclusively in October 2019. Both Amazon and Walmart vetted FreshDirect’s finances, sources told The Post at the time, but neither pulled the trigger on an acquisition. FreshDirect has seen a surge in demand in recent months as the coronavirus pandemic led many shoppers to stay out of physical grocery stores. The service’s delivery time slots became completely booked in March amid a wave of virus-related panic shopping.

Dear Abby: All my boyfriend wants to do is clean the house and make love to me. He also cooks for me, massages me, worships my body, insists that I take naps and makes me laugh nonstop. What’s wrong with him? – Pondering in the Sunshine State Dear Pondering: What’s wrong with YOU? This must be a new relationship. Give it time, and I am sure you will uncover something. He has terrible taste in girlfriends.

Dinosaurs ‘were thriving’ before asteroid hit, says study Dinosaurs were “thriving” before an asteroid strike wiped them off the face of the Earth, a new study reveals. It shatters the myth that dinosaurs were already declining when a cataclysmic “mass extinction” event struck 66 million years ago. Recent research found that dinosaurs were killed off thanks to the combination of a major asteroid collision with Earth and intense volcanic activity. But scientists have long suspected that dinosaurs were on the way out anyway, after struggling to adapt to climate change. However, a new study by UK scientists revealed that dinosaurs were “flourishing” at the end of the Cretaceous period, just before their sudden demise. It goes against previous mathematical predictions that suggested the number of dinosaurs had fallen before the asteroid impact. Sadly, however, it’s impossible to say whether the now-extinct dinosaur species would’ve lived on into modern times. “As we can’t really predict the course of evolution of life, we can’t say if they would have died out, survived, or been outcompeted by other animals around after the Cretaceous,” said lead researcher Alessandro Chiarenza, a PhD student at Imperial College London, speaking to The Sun. “66 million years is a lot of time and we know that species turnover is way more rapid than that. But he added: “We do have dinosaurs around today, as we’ve got the chickens! Birds are indeed dinosaurs: just not the ones with nasty teeth and claws have gone extinct!” The new analysis by Imperial College London, University College London and the University of Bristol created wide-ranging models that mapped the changing environment and dinosaur species distribution across North America. It found that dinosaurs were likely not in decline before the meteorite impact. “Dinosaurs were likely not doomed to extinction until the end of the Cretaceous, when the asteroid hit, declaring the end of their reign and leaving the planet to animals like mammals, lizards and a minor group of surviving dinosaurs: birds,” “The results of our study suggest that dinosaurs as a whole were adaptable animals, capable of coping with the environmental changes and climatic fluctuations that happened during the last few million years of the Late Cretaceous,” Alessandro explained. “Climate change over prolonged time scales did not cause a long-term decline of dinosaurs through the last stages of this period.” The study, published in Nature Communications, reveals how changing conditions for fossilization of dinosaur remains has confused scientists. It explains that the mismatch meant that previous studies underestimated the number of dinosaur species alive at the end of the Cretaceous. “Most of what we know about Late Cretaceous North American dinosaurs comes from an area smaller than one-third of the present-day continent and yet we know that dinosaurs roamed all across North America, from Alaska to New Jersey and down to Mexico,” just like snowbird retirees! said co-author Dr. Philip Mannion, of the University College London. Researchers modeled the environmental conditions — like temperature or rainfall — that species needed to survive. The team then mapped where these conditions would have occurred across the continent and over time. This let them create a detailed picture of where groups of dinosaur species could’ve survived as climate conditions changed — rather than just where their fossils were found. Habitats that could support a range of dinosaur groups were more widespread at the end of the Cretaceous, according to scientists. However, these areas were in areas that are deemed “less likely to preserve fossils.” Most dinosaur fossils in North America are found in the western half of the continent, which was once split off from the eastern half by an inland sea millions of years ago. In the west, there was a “steady supply of sediment” from the Rocky Mountains, which created perfect conditions for fossilizing dinosaurs. But conditions in the eastern half of North America were not as good for fossilizing dinosaur remains. This means that not many fossils have been found in the eastern half, which lays the groundwork for scientific confusion. That’s because the new study suggests that climate conditions in the eastern half of the continent were fine for dinosaur survival, suggesting they would’ve “thrived.”

60-year-old woman beaten over mask dispute... A 60-year-old woman was left bruised in Brooklyn after being attacked for asking two people to stay out of an elevator if they won't wear masks, cops said Wednesday. The woman was waiting for the elevator, and asked a young man... IHOP employee slashed by customer refusing to wear mask... An enraged customer was caught on camera slashing an IHOP employee in Queens after refusing to wear a mask, police said. While trying to stab a male employee, he ended up slashing another 40-year-old female employee in the arm. She was taken to the hospital and needed seven stitches, police said.

That's JELLYstone. Didn't you ever watch Yogi Bear? There's a Yellowstone Blvd near me; I've always wanted to petition the city to rename it. Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resort at Lazy River 50 Bevier Rd, Gardiner, NY 12525 (845) 255-5193 Jellystone Park™ at Birchwood Acres 85 Martinfeld Rd, Greenfield Park, NY 12435 (845) 434-4743 Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park™ Camp-Resort: Quarryville, PA 340 Blackburn Rd, Quarryville, PA 17566 (717) 610-4505

I occasionally say that to myself, although with an Irish brogue for some reason. Or his elbow Sophia: Congratulations, Rose Nylund. You are St. Olaf's woman of the year! Dorothy, Blanche, and Sophia: oof-da!!

There's never been a thread started about this show?!?!? Aram's gotten a promotion:

Plan a super spread — and perhaps a super-spreader event? A major supermarket chain put its foot where its mouth is after publishing a tone-deaf advertisement in its own magazine. It shows an image of shrimp, fruit and cheese platters — in a seeming nod to gathering together to share food — with text proclaiming, “Hosting? Plan a super spread,” TMZ reports. The chain, Giant Food — which has locations in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and in the nation’s capital — ran the ad across a full page to encourage readers to host gatherings, as well as share bites with each other. But TMZ notes the choice in words are synonymous with terms related to COVID-19 outbreaks, particularly “super spread.” Moreover, with COVID-19 cases rising in the New York tri-state area, as well as in other parts of the nation, the governors of New York and New Jersey recently issued executive orders both discouraging travel for Thanksgiving and limiting indoor gatherings to 10 people or fewer. Despite it all, a new survey found that more than a third of Americans plan on having Thanksgiving dinners with 10 or more people. Giant Food, for its part, has apologized. “While, in hindsight, the choice of words was a poor one, Giant had no intentions of insensitivity,” it said in a statement. Their parent company owns Stop&Shop in the northeast, as you can see by their logos: