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I have a landline (and an answering machine). My sister pays for me to have a (flip) phone on her plan as my Xmas present every year, but I only turn it on to make an occasional call or send a rare text. I charge it about once every 3 months.

PHONE... because nobody uses them to actually make a call and TALK to anyone anymore.

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Make a wish… and blow! http://www1.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Boston+Red+Sox+v+Tampa+Bay+Rays+G6ak_YKZsQwx.jpg Rays’ Kiermaier sprains thumb on headfirst slide ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Center fielder Kevin Kiermaier has left Tampa Bay’s game against the Chicago White Sox with a sprained left thumb. Kiermaier was hurt diving headfirst into first base on an infield single for the Rays in the eighth inning Saturday night. He will be evaluated on Sunday. The two-time Gold Glove winner has missed time in each of the past three seasons due to a variety of physical issues, including right hip, left wrist and right thumb injuries.

Wild video captured high steaks chase that ended in cow's slaughter This cow was dead meat. A wild video shows the moment a slaughterhouse employee slit an escaped cow’s throat outside a Connecticut Home Depot. The bloody rodeo began when the calf escaped from the neighboring Saba meat store, which keeps livestock on site, and hoofed it through the Home Depot parking lot, according to NBC Connecticut. Saba employee Badr Musaed ran after the creature with a foot-long knife, and was joined by Andy Morrison — a contractor working on the meat shop’s construction, who happened to have a bow and arrow and fired one shot, missing the moo-ving target, the station reported. In the video, Musaed can be seen from several yards away slitting the cow’s throat — much to the dismay of police officers and other onlookers. Afterwards, a cop could be heard telling Musaed he has beef with the way the animal was killed, according to NBC. “This is not something that can be done,” the officer says. “You guys get, like, you get a leash … this kid here just watched you slit a cow’s throat.” A worker at Saba declined to comment to The Post about the incident Friday.

This week's CHRISTINA ON THE COAST ended with her and Ant hosting a surprise wedding at their new home. I'll be curious to see what Tarek has planned to win her back when FLIP OR FLOP returns Aug 1st.

City-slicker cop Brendan McLoughlin has officially gone country. The NYPD officer — who secretly married singer Miranda Lambert in January — has taken a leave of absence from the force, the NYPD confirmed to The Post. McLoughlin seems to be fully embracing his glittering new celebrity lifestyle — and even helped his new bride promote her latest single, out Friday. “House husband shirtless promo vol. 1 #NYPD #ihadto #hotcop,” Lambert captioned a cheeky Instagram video Thursday, which showed him shirtless and doing laundry in an apparent a play on her latest song’s title: “It All Comes Out in the Wash.” When they’re not gallivanting across the country for Lambert’s engagements, the pair have been splitting time between Nashville and NYC, Lambert told Extra in June. She’s reportedly welcomed him to the good life in a big way. She’s “totally upgraded Brendan’s life,” including buying a $2 million NYC apartment, an unnamed source told In Touch magazine. McLoughlin, 27, made $92,125 last year working in the Midtown South precinct, according to payroll records. “Being a young NYPD officer, he wasn’t exactly rolling in money. But it seems Miranda likes spoiling him and doesn’t mind spending money to make him happy,” a source told In Touch. In April, the couple made their first red carpet trek at the American Country Music Awards in Vegas. Last week, McLoughlin went back to his roots, making a stop at the GMA studios — where he was working when he met Lambert while she made an appearance on the morning show. Following the wedding, the NYPD promptly removed McLoughlin from foot patrol and assigned him to drive brass around. It’s unclear if and when McLoughlin will be back in uniform. If McLoughlin quits, he could still receive a portion of his public retirement benefits. Officers who have been with the force for at least five years can begin collecting vested retirement 20 years after joining the force, even if they’re no longer with the department. McLoughlin has been with the NYPD since at least 2014, payroll records show. NYPD officers can use banked vacation and overtime to take an extended leave. John Jay College of Criminal Justice professor and retired NYPD sergeant Joseph Giacalone speculated that the cop’s absence could be more about liability than living the high life. “It might be in his best interest to use the accrued time then ride off into the sunset,” Giacalone said. “As soon as someone knows you’re married to a celebrity, they’re going to be looking to 2019-02-20: Miranda Lambert‘s new police officer hubby is no stranger to the fame game — in fact, his 15 minutes trace way back to 2015 and a little something called the “Cupid Shuffle.” Brendan McLoughlin — who was already working for NYPD a few years ago — was cited as the “hot cop” who did the Cupid Shuffle during NYC’s Pride weekend that year. Officer McLoughlin was caught on camera doing his duty … stepping to the right, to the right, to the left, to the left while shuffling with a bunch of civilians — including some women who couldn’t resist his moves. Can’t blame those ladies … the guy’s a stud in or out of uniform. In fact, he even moonlighted as a model back in those days. Unclear if he’s still doing that though. Brendan’s been temporarily taken off foot patrol and placed on driver duty due to the media attention he’s drawing following his surprise marriage to Miranda.

CES will include special sex-toy section at annual tech exhibition CES is going back and forth on sex toys again. The giant Las Vegas trade show said this week that its yearly event in January will allot floor space for sex-toy makers to exhibit their wares and compete for prizes — a year after the tech bash made headlines for stripping an award it had given to a high-end vibrator. At this year’s CES, a $250 gadget called the Osé Robotic Massager, which uses “intricate engineering and robotics” to provide an “elusive blended orgasm,” was deemed “obscene” and “immoral” by CES organizers after CES judges awarded it a prize for robotics. Lora DiCarlo, the startup that makes the vibrator, at the time slammed CES for an “obvious double standard” against female sexuality, pointing out that the show has had no issue with exhibits of sex robots and VR porn in the past. The decision was eventually overturned, and CES organizers apologized. Moving forward, sex toys will be eligible to be displayed on the show floor in its health and wellness section. The Consumer Technology Association, which runs CES, said that 2020 will be a “one-year trial basis” for sex toys, and that a determination on their future inclusion will be made after. In addition to the new “Sex Tech” section, CES said this January a ban on pornography will be “strictly enforced with no exceptions.” CES also will crack down on the practice of hiring “booth babes” — or scantily clad women showing off gadgets. New rules forbid booth personnel from wearing clothing that is “sexually revealing” or that “hugs genitalia.”

CES will include special sex-toy section at annual tech exhibition CES is going back and forth on sex toys again. The giant Las Vegas trade show said this week that its yearly event in January will allot floor space for sex-toy makers to exhibit their wares and compete for prizes — a year after the tech bash made headlines for stripping an award it had given to a high-end vibrator. At this year’s CES, a $250 gadget called the Osé Robotic Massager, which uses “intricate engineering and robotics” to provide an “elusive blended orgasm,” was deemed “obscene” and “immoral” by CES organizers after CES judges awarded it a prize for robotics. Lora DiCarlo, the startup that makes the vibrator, at the time slammed CES for an “obvious double standard” against female sexuality, pointing out that the show has had no issue with exhibits of sex robots and VR porn in the past. The decision was eventually overturned, and CES organizers apologized. Moving forward, sex toys will be eligible to be displayed on the show floor in its health and wellness section. The Consumer Technology Association, which runs CES, said that 2020 will be a “one-year trial basis” for sex toys, and that a determination on their future inclusion will be made after. In addition to the new “Sex Tech” section, CES said this January a ban on pornography will be “strictly enforced with no exceptions.” CES also will crack down on the practice of hiring “booth babes” — or scantily clad women showing off gadgets. New rules forbid booth personnel from wearing clothing that is “sexually revealing” or that “hugs genitalia.”

‘Manspreading’ chair wins award for forcing dudes’ legs together Take a pew, sitting down just got woke! A British student has snagged a nifty design award for creating an anti-manspreading chair. Fed up with men who luxuriate in their seating, University of Brighton student Laila Laurel, 23, fashioned a pair of his and hers chairs that challenge the way men and women “command space.” “I was also hugely inspired by Laura Bates’ Everyday Sexism Project, where I read about the struggles and frustrations of women around the world pertaining to men infringing on their space,” Laurel tells Metro. Reminiscent of medieval torture devices translated through mid-century style, the sycamore and cherry wood chairs encourage women to spread eagle, while forcing men to knock their knees together. “In order to achieve gender equality it is imperative to consider many different aspects of sexism,” says Laurel, “and so that is why I thought it would be interesting to try to explore political gendered issues around seating.” For her manhood-crushing efforts, Laurel was awarded the Belmond Award at New Designs in London. “I think encouraging women to consider the way in which they move through the world, or the space they take up in relation to men, is powerful because it is such an intrinsic and huge issue, and yet one that perhaps is not always considered,” she womansplains. Naturally, her thought-provoking furniture has attracted online haters. But Laurel says they have nothing to fear. “I have received a lot of explicit messages — nearly entirely from men — who seem to be under the impression I am trying to castrate them and that I hate all men — which couldn’t be further from the truth,” Laurel says. So breathe easy New Yorkers, the MTA isn’t implementing anti-manspreading devices on the subway — yet.

‘Manspreading’ chair wins award for forcing dudes’ legs together Take a pew, sitting down just got woke! A British student has snagged a nifty design award for creating an anti-manspreading chair. Fed up with men who luxuriate in their seating, University of Brighton student Laila Laurel, 23, fashioned a pair of his and hers chairs that challenge the way men and women “command space.” “I was also hugely inspired by Laura Bates’ Everyday Sexism Project, where I read about the struggles and frustrations of women around the world pertaining to men infringing on their space,” Laurel tells Metro. Reminiscent of medieval torture devices translated through mid-century style, the sycamore and cherry wood chairs encourage women to spread eagle, while forcing men to knock their knees together. “In order to achieve gender equality it is imperative to consider many different aspects of sexism,” says Laurel, “and so that is why I thought it would be interesting to try to explore political gendered issues around seating.” For her manhood-crushing efforts, Laurel was awarded the Belmond Award at New Designs in London. “I think encouraging women to consider the way in which they move through the world, or the space they take up in relation to men, is powerful because it is such an intrinsic and huge issue, and yet one that perhaps is not always considered,” she womansplains. Naturally, her thought-provoking furniture has attracted online haters. But Laurel says they have nothing to fear. “I have received a lot of explicit messages — nearly entirely from men — who seem to be under the impression I am trying to castrate them and that I hate all men — which couldn’t be further from the truth,” Laurel says. So breathe easy New Yorkers, the MTA isn’t implementing anti-manspreading devices on the subway — yet.

Uh, what's the big surprise? They have a non-meat burger that bleeds. You're just talking about non-meat that cums. :cool:

I was watching the midday news today, and their 'Caught on Camera' segment had 2 interesting videos: In the first, a dog jumped out of a car that was disabled on a highway in Florida, ran up the road dodging cars, then jumped off an overpass and fell 18 feet. He was found wandering around by a county maintenance crew and taken to a vet. No broken bones; he's fine. The second video showed something that has apparently become a 'thing'. A 19 year old moron BMX rider jumped his bike off a ledge or cliff of some sort over tour-de-France riders riding by underneath him, Evil Kenevil-style, to a landing spot on the other side. Sacre Bleu!