CuriousByNature

There's usually a lid for every pot, even the $1000 pots. 😉

I think for some people it is. Using social media as the primary form of communication has depersonalized interactions and provided more freedom to express stronger emotions than a person may do otherwise. And it also provides ample opportunity for those who enjoy stirring the pot and then sitting back to enjoy the mayhem they have encouraged. It seems that kindness has become harder to find in this new age of online relationships.

Surprisingly there are still quite a few stars of that era, if you consider the Golden Age to be 1929-1959. But not too many from the 40s like Lansbury, or earlier. There are a couple of child stars still alive who began acting during the silent era. And if I recall correctly, both Ann Blyth and June Lockhart are alive and in their 90s, and both started their careers in the 1930s. I believe Eva Marie Saint started in the 1940s, as did Janis Page, who is now a centenarian.

I would say so. Both in Atlanta, and both the same height - though weight is different. And both hovering around $2 billion for a massage... LOL

Aspirational pricing?

If you want to see a beautiful medieval town, I would recommend a day trip or an overnight in Bruges...

What makes the release official? Does he notarize it and give you a certificate?

I heard that Dionne Warwick became the host of the Psychic Friends Network after one of them correctly told her the way to San Jose.

I understand if you miss them on parade you can see the very same ducks later on in the restaurant, a l'orange.

Don't they emerge en masse every 17 years or so? Or am I thinking of cicadas?

And easy to find because all roads lead to him.

Zivkovich was a football player in the CFL, and played for the Calgary Stampeders. Apparently still alive but not sure if he is still sailing...

I think this goes way beyond his orientation. The fact that he is gay, bisexual, straight, pansexual, or whatever, is not the issue. He was fired because of extremely poor judgement. The fact that he wanted to have sex with his employer is not the offence here - the offence was recording this desire in a very salacious manner and without any forethought that it could become publicly available. While it has no effect on whether he can physically still report the weather, his public image as a representative of that company has been destroyed - not because he is gay, but because he publicly dragged his employer into his sexual fantasies, which should have been kept completely private.

I get what you are saying, but putting oneself on a webcam is not doing something behind closed doors. Once a camera or audiotape is involved, those doors are flung wide open.

Why aim for a six-pack when you can have a full keg?

I think she looks great with the grey.

Gay pilots? Couldn't be. Next you'll want us to believe there are gay flight attendants...

According to Google Translate he apparently has a 20cm hard 'pika' full of milk....

So it has nothing to do with Helena, Montana?

If you happen to be on the road and have access to the BBC website, they will probably be doing a pretty constant loop of coverage I imagine. That may be the best way to keep on top of the proceedings if you are unable to watch them live. Here in Canada we are waiting to hear if Trudeau will make the day of her funeral a national holiday or not. I hope he does - it would be a one-time thing, not every year.

Maybe he shows up in a big plastic bubble...

Yes, and likely the only remaining non-retired leader who was also a veteran of WWII. She saw so much in her 96 years - prepared for her future role as Queen by her grandmother Queen Mary, suffered through the abdication crisis of her uncle King Edward VIII in 1936, watched her parents crowned in 1937, lived through the bombing of London in WWII, the post-war British recovery that lasted a decade, the end of the British Empire in the late 1940s, the early death of her father King George VI in 1952, the social upheavals of the 1960s, the horrors of the Troubles in Northern Ireland beginning in the late 1960s, the assassination of her second-cousin once removed Lord Mountbatten in 1979, the marriages of her 4 children and the subsequent divorces of 3 of them, the burning of Windsor Castle, the death of Diana Princess of Wales in 1997, the death of her sister Princess Margaret in 2002, followed closely by the death of her mother Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother some weeks later, and the death of her husband Prince Philip just last year. Through it all she remained consistent and dedicated, putting her sworn duty to serve her people above all other considerations. The one exception being her refusal to return to London immediately after the death of Diana in order to protect her grandsons - in that case she put the needs of her family above the desires of the people. And still she was criticized for it. At Diana's funeral she bowed to Diana's coffin as it passed by in the procession - something no sitting monarch would normally do. She guided the monarchy through its modernization - she began to pay taxes in the late 1990s, she reduced the number of family members eligible for support from the public purse, she opened Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace to the public, she permitted the marriage of her son and heir to a divorced woman - something that had caused the abdication of her uncle just 70 years earlier, she accepted Harry and Megan's decision to leave the Royal Family, and earlier this year she expressed the desire for Camilla to be known as Queen Consort upon her own death - something that many people never would have expected. She was a great-great-grandchild of Queen Victoria who died 25 years before Queen Elizabeth's birth. She was 18 years old when Queen Victoria's last surviving child, Princess Beatrice, passed away in 1944. She was almost 55 when Queen Victoria's last surviving grandchild (and her own great-Aunt) Princess Alice of Athlone passed away in 1981. She was 86 when Queen Victoria's last great-grandchild Count Bernadotte of Sweden passed away in 2012. She was only 18 months away from becoming the oldest member of the British Royal Family by blood - only Princess Alice of Athlone lived longer. She enjoyed more than 96 years of life - the vast majority of those years in robust health. She became heir to the throne almost 86 years ago, and was Queen for more than 70. She enjoyed a marriage that lasted more than 73 years, and lived to see two of her children enter their 70s. She celebrated four jubilees (1977, 2002, 2012 and 2022), travelled to 120 countries, and covered more than 1 million miles during her reign. She visited us here in Canada 22 times. We will never see her like again. The second Elizabethan Age has sadly drawn to a close. God save the King.

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From my perspective, humour (that's the Canadian spelling 😉 ) has been the victim of declining critical thinking abilities. Irony and satire appear mean-spirited when the audience's ability to think critically is diminished and is replaced by feelings and emotions, which are much more subjective in nature. Wokeness and political correctness have replaced the need for empathy and kindness, and in my opinion, are two of the laziest ways to advance social change. It is far easier to be outraged by something and call for the cancellation of others than to actually apply our brains to figure out the situation, or make the personal sacrifices needed to benefit others. Generally speaking, I think we have been dumbed-down and have become more self-centred (another Canadian spelling!) and self-congratulatory over the past couple of decades.

He has always been very kind in communication. I have never met him but he seems to be a good guy, and I am glad to see that he okay.