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DEAR ABBY: I'm a 12-year-old girl in seventh grade. I have this crush and we're friends. I finally got up the courage to tell him I liked him, and he has said nothing about it for the past two days. My best friend, Sara, tried to ask him why twice at lunch, but he left every time she tried to bring it up. I know we're only in middle school, but I'm ready. Should Sara and I confront him together or give him time? I can't do it without Sara because then I would probably run. What should I do? -- GIRL WITH A CRUSH DEAR GIRL WITH A CRUSH: Twelve-year-old girls in seventh grade may be ready for crushes, but 12-year-old boys in seventh grade may not be. You have already gotten your message across to him. Forget confronting him and do not involve your friend Sara, or he will run in the opposite direction the minute he sees you coming. Be patient. It may take some time, but he will develop an interest in girls eventually. And when he does, you do not want him to remember you as the one who embarrassed him in public. DEAR GIRL WITH A CRUSH: Step up your game, girl! You and Sara should tape a naked wrestling match between the two of you, then slip him a flash drive with a copy on it, & whisper to him (seductively) that he can referee the next match at your house that afternoon. DEAR ABBY: How do I treat someone with respect whom I do not respect and who does not respect me? I try to treat everyone courteously; however, it's tough to do when often the respect only flows one way. -- UNSURE IN CALIFORNIA DEAR UNSURE: Here's how. First, keep your distance, if that's possible. And then refrain from showing your disdain by using basic good manners whenever you are forced to be in the person's presence. DEAR UNSURE IN CALIFORNIA: Tell them to take a long walk off a short pier... but do it courteously and with respect!

DEAR ABBY: How do I treat someone with respect whom I do not respect and who does not respect me? I try to treat everyone courteously; however, it's tough to do when often the respect only flows one way. -- UNSURE IN CALIFORNIA DEAR UNSURE: Here's how. First, keep your distance, if that's possible. And then refrain from showing your disdain by using basic good manners whenever you are forced to be in the person's presence.

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Henry Kravis is a big fan of margarine. The billionaire investor’s KKR & Co. has agreed to buy the world’s largest margarine business from Unilever plc for $8.06 billion, the two companies said Friday. Despite sagging sales for its large stable of margarine brands — including Country Crock, I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter and Imperial — Unilever set a hefty asking price of $8 billion, and KKR met the demand, a source close to the situation said. With sagging revenue in the margarine business generally — and within Unilever brands bought — the deal is seen as a bit risky for KKR, the source said. Unilever’s margarine brands have been losing more than a few percentage points in market share per year, and the question for suitors was whether they could stem the tide. “You needed to have a view on whether steep declines would continue,” the source said. The brands bought include margarines, with at least 80 percent fat, and others, known as spreads, which have less fat. In recent years, mélange products (a butter and margarine mix) have done well and hurt Unilever. Part of Unilever’s pitch to suitors was a new owner could make a mélange product and sales would improve, the source said. As Americans and consumers around the world opt for more healthier fare, newer alternative spreads — like those featuring avocado oil — are also taking a toll on traditional margarines, the source said. Kravis must be a big believer in Unilever’s brands. If KKR can stabilize Unilever’s spreads business, there is the potential to do well, the source said. KKR is paying about a 9 times Ebitda multiple for the division (when factoring in adjustments). Food companies with stable earnings trade for 11-to-12 times multiples on the stock exchanges. “The strength of the portfolio of consumer brands in [the] spreads provides a firm foundation for future growth,” Johannes Huth, the head of KKR’s European business, said in a statement. “We look forward to deploying our global network and operational expertise to support the business’s growth ambitions, while continuing to follow Unilever’s responsible sourcing policies, including working towards the goal of sourcing 100 per cent sustainable palm oil by 2019,” Huth added.

The 99 cent store across the street from me sells cheap ones.

Killing All The Right People was the first sitcom episode to use the word condom.

No. To be honest... I've taken one. When I was in college, I had a job delivering bundles of newspapers to kids who had delivery routes, plus I had one route myself. One day I was in an apartment building and somebody had a small package in front of their door & I took it (I don't know why I did it). The big surprise was what was inside... a gay porn video! It was the classic The Bigger The Better. Aww, nuts! A New Jersey family’s holiday spirit was crushed when a thief swiped all the expensive chocolates from a “treat table” they’d put out for delivery people through the Christmas season. But when they set a trap to catch the Grinchy crook in the act, they discovered it was actually a comically obese squirrel — and the sticky-fingered vermin’s criminal capers ended up stealing their hearts as well. “We spot the FATTEST squirrel. I mean, this squirrel is so obese — a jolly ol’ chap — he must be prepping for a decade of winters,” Maplewood mom Michele Bourdreaux wrote in a blog post about the bizarre saga. “This squirrel went from being the biggest jerk ever to becoming the greatest fuzzy freak I’ve ever not quite met. Bourdreaux explained that she and her clan set up an a elaborate display of treats outside their Maplewood home for delivery workers coming by — and this year’s display included Carmex lip balm, Ghirardelli chocolates, tissues, hand warmers and other snacks. But within hours of setting up this year’s spread Monday, all of the chocolate was gone. “I couldn’t believe it. Why would someone do such a thing?” the mother of three wrote. “This thief took the good stuff. And I wanted to cry.” Bourdreaux and her “surveillance nerd” hubby Tony put up cameras to catch the chocolate thief — but the footage revealed the surprising, and adorable, culprit. They put the chocolate in a squirrel-proof container and left some nuts and bird seeds for the rodent — but the fuzzy fiend just keeps coming back for the good stuff, and has since gnawed through Ricola candies, spearmint gum, chocolate covered pretzels, bags of popcorn and run off with Carmex lip balm, Bourdreaux told The Post. “He looks directly at us, completely and totally brazen, its very bizarre,” she said. The Bourdreaux’s favorite bandit isn’t the only squirrel terrorizing Jersey residents — one managed to destroy a popular holiday light display in Sea Girt last week.

I found that, too, but think it's from after 2007, and has old clips in it.

GOLDEN GIRLS (specifically Sophia) took several shots at DESIGNING WOMEN over the years. I also enjoyed that show. One of my favorite scenes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5fJVMdMelw

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1 degree of separation... Linda dated Jerry Brown, who governs California, where Wahlberg lives.

I read somewhere once that Gidding's father was a Turkish basketball player. McGillivray is attractive, but he almost seems too aware of it, especially his hair. Plitt, of course, died under idiotic circumstances. Currently, Andy Williams of FLIP OR FLOP FORT WORTH is hot. (he's the one with the shorter hair) http://78.media.tumblr.com/19922ca67b24a3487f7cd689711b3ae2/tumblr_oxji7a388j1smk873o3_1280.jpg Okay, I'll mention him... A former HGTV staffer claims that giving into host Carter Oosterhouse’s demands for oral sex ruined her career. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, Kailey Kaminsky, who worked as a makeup artist on Oosterhouse’s show “Carter Can” in 2008, accused him of coercing her into performing oral sex while they were in production. “He’s like, ‘You know what would be a good idea? If you went down on me,’” she said. “I said, in my sarcastic way, ‘Well, that’s not sexual harassment at all.'” Still, the conversation progressed from Oosterhouse badgering her to allegedly threatening her career if she did did not comply, Kaminsky said. She says she had 10 to 15 encounters with Oosterhouse, some taking place in a vehicle and others inside his dressing room in between shoots. “When he would assault me, he insisted on finishing on my face — every time — knowing that I had to go back out and work,” she claimed to THR. Kaminsky said she was 32 at the time and Oosterhouse was 34 years old. Oosterhouse called his time with Kaminsky an “intimate relationship,” and insists that all of their hookups were mutual. “I had an intimate relationship with Kailey 9 years ago and it was 100% mutual and consensual,” he said in a statement to THR. “In no way did I ever feel, nor was it ever indicated to me, that Kailey was uncomfortable during our intimate relationship…The reality is that I knew it was consensual because she initiated it the first time and many of the 15 or so times we had relations thereafter.” Kaminsky said she confided in two female colleagues at the time. One woman told THR the relationship between the two was framed to her as consensual. “It didn’t raise any flags, so I don’t think we suggested an intervention,” the producer said. “It didn’t seem like it was abusive.” Kaminsky — who identifies as a lesbian — claims that the occasions, which she says her parents refer to as “Kailey’s nightmare,” gave her severe anxiety, which led her to be hospitalized with a stomach ulcer and later without a career. “I was basically nonfunctioning, unable to hold a job,” she says. “I had no self-esteem. I just spiraled further and further down.” Seeing his face on magazine covers announcing the his 2011 marriage to actress Amy Smart years later prompted dark memories of her time with him to flash back. Today, she says that the stories of other women coming forward with their own accounts of sexual harassment and assault have given her PTSD. “I’m not looking to be litigious or for money,” she said. “I just want to set the record straight about what happened to me.”

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Well, I've found ONE thing I like about Alabama... I'd like to munch out on HIS donuts

You know 4-leaf clovers are lucky, right? http://i1.pudelekx.pl/17d11055826b958dc8367eefc2e5383f6520df63/a65-jpg I like him better with his cap on

Well, I wouldn't say I'm hemoPHOBIC, but I don't like looking at it. Hemophobia: An abnormal and persistent fear of blood. Sufferers of this very common phobia dread the sight of their own blood, the sight of the blood of another person or an animal, and sometimes printed or filmed images of blood or even thoughts of blood.

Marky & Donnie had to 69 and fuck each other for Calvin's amusement and sexual gratification.

An Indiana fertility doctor who used his own sperm on dozens of patients without their consent won't face jail time as part of a plea deal. Dr. Donald Cline, 77, is accused of fathering at least eight children with different women who came to his office in the 1970s and '80s for fertility treatment. It's believed that he could have more than 20 children, Fox 59 reports. Cline, who is now retired, appeared in court on Thursday to plead guilty to lying to investigators. He wasn't charged with impregnating the women with his sperm because there is no state law against it. Suspicion into the former practitioner began in 2015 when one of the children found eight DNA matches after taking a test through the genetics company, 23AndMe, which referred the person to Cline's Indianapolis clinic. Because "live" sperm was being used at that time - instead of frozen samples - questions were raised about who would have been around each time to father that many kids. When the disgraced doctor was first approached by investigators, he denied using his own samples. DNA evidence, however, proved otherwise and Cline admitted to using his sperm whenever the donor was unavailable. Prosecutors said he used his sample up to 50 times. Cline pleaded guilty to two counts of obstruction of justice and was sentenced to 365 days in jail, all of which was suspended, meaning he won't serve time behind bars. Cline not only avoided jail time, but won't be on probation either.

Twice in one day, a white and copper-colored bovine named Stormy abandoned her post beside a not-yet-born baby Jesus' crib at the Old First Reformed United Church of Christ and wandered around the streets of Philadelphia. Her first escape happened at around 2:15 a.m. on Thursday, when she was retrieved by police after being found traveling southbound on I-95 (by car or bus?) and returned to the church, 6ABC reported. In a second attempt at freedom hours later, Stormy was found strolling along the top level of a parking garage in Old City, a popular Philly neighborhood that houses the Liberty Bell. (perhaps she was considering jumping-- suicidal over her forced participation in a religious display) Philadelphia Police ✔@PhillyPolice If you're in the area of 4th and Market, beware of traffic delays. A cow is loose. Again. No, we can't believe we're tweeting this either. Police tweeted a notice that cow-related traffic delays were imminent in the area. A swarm of hilarious memes in honor of Stormy's nighttime adventures then took hold of Twitter. Philadelphia Police ✔@PhillyPolice You know, you start your day saying "well, being a cop is a tough job, but at least I won't have to catch a cow today." But, it wouldn't you know it? You're wrangling a bovine. Then you say, "Well, at least I'll never have to do that again...." [/url] STORMY THE ESCAPED NATIVITY COW@stormy_the_cow I was rudely treated by the police, but still better than others in this city (that's hilarious!) stormy lynn@stormylynnlehto Replying to @PhillyPolice @ChaoticBeauty26 The cow uprising is upon us. Resistance is futile. STORMY THE ESCAPED NATIVITY COW@stormy_the_cow I may be 4 1/2 years old, but I know freedom. I’ve seen Braveheart. I wish there were more cows in that film too close to kel@thisgirlkel Stormy The Cow, freedom is yours, honey. Milk it for all that it's worth!

So when a new story breaks about the murderer that this thread pertains to being convicted arises, nobody is supposed to be interested in how the story turned out because it happened to be after more time than your perception of how "old" a thread is allowed to be for somebody to update it? How nice of you to decide for everybody else here whether or not they should be interested in finding out the resolution to the story. I hope for your sake nothing ever comes of the Trump campaign-Russia collusion allegations, because people might be pulling up threads from those prehistoric days of autumn 2016. What an absolute horror that would be!

This thread is just under 2 years old. What the statute of limitations? Are we allowed to access a time prior to when Jared Kushner's romantic rival was elected POTUS?