The More or Less of Whatnot Thread 2023

[batmagadanleadoff]

Al Pacino, 83, has a 29 year old girlfriend - Noor Alfallah. Before Pacino, she dated Mick Jagger. Before Mick, some 50 year old billionaire. She's also rumored to have dated Clint Eastwood.

[Frayed Knot]

She's also pregnant.

[MFS62]

Someone asked me what will be my summer drink.
I really hadn't though about it but this year I will be drinking Bud Light in support of the LGTBQ+ community.

Later

[Lefty Specialist]

Someone asked me what will be my summer drink.
I really hadn't though about it but this year I will be drinking Bud Light in support of the LGTBQ+ community.

Later

Ew. Bud Light isn't really beer. Drink this instead. Your buddies will certainly, um, notice.

[MFS62]

Ew. Bud Light isn't really beer. Drink this instead. Your buddies will certainly, um, notice.

Sorry.
I can't drink much alcohol, but when I do I only drink low-carb (low sugar) beer.

Later

[Frayed Knot]

There are designs and sayings and people honored on the back of U.S. Quarters ... but even with a magnifying glass I can't make out most of them.

[batmagadanleadoff]

I've been seeing this same ad pop up on my smartphone often over the last week -- that Loni Anderson just turned 96. That would mean that she was in her 50s at her popularity peak in the late 70s. No way.

[MFS62]

Baby back ribs came waayyyy before chicken tenders, you idiot.

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[whippoorwill]

I've been seeing this same ad pop up on my smartphone often over the last week -- that Loni Anderson just turned 96. That would mean that she was in her 50s at her popularity peak in the late 70s. No way.

I was recently stunned to find that Charo is in her early 70s
So she must have been a teen when I can first remember her

[Edgy MD]

Charo's age is a subject of dispute. She was allegedly 20 when she married a 66-year-old Xavier Cugat, but a lot of folks have theorized that she was closer to 15.

As for Ms. Anderson, the claims of sidebar clickbait celebrity "journalism" should be dismissed with extreme prejudice.

[metirish]

Well , they abandoned covering local.sports a while back , still , this sucks

[Edgy MD]

wOw!

[MFS62]

wOw!

Do we have any details?
As this develops, maybe it deserves its own thread.
Later

[metirish]

Apparently the NYT will use The Athletic for sports now ,including it in print editions

[kcmets]

There's a link on NYT site and app "The Athletic' and when you click on it
it gives you a bunch of log-in choices and one is 'log-in with NYT account.'

Now I have to make sure I'm not paying double. I need a personal assistant
to keep track of subscriptions, streaming services, possible duplications and
that on top of still having some Fios entertainment. Probably getting soaked.

Sorry, that 'more' whatnot than less...

[MFS62]

Here's the NYT story:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/10/busi ... tment.html

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[metirish]

[Benjamin Grimm]

Why would they eliminate the standings? It costs nothing and takes up very little space. Doesn't make sense.

[batmagadanleadoff]

So then what will the LA Times sports section have? Features? What's left? It'll be like the old monthly SPORT magazine, I guess.

[MFS62]

I was upset when The Sporting News stopped printing spring training box scores. There was no internet in those days to provide the information. It was the first to go down a very slippery slope. What have they wrought?
Dammit!

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[Benjamin Grimm]

Dear readers,

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[kcmets]

Why is low dose aspirin 81 mg? Is 80 mg too low, 82 too high?

[Lefty Specialist]

Why is low dose aspirin 81 mg? Is 80 mg too low, 82 too high?

Because it's a quarter-dose of aspirin, which was found to be helpful in preventing heart attacks while reducing stomach irritation. Aspririn is both a blood thinner and a stomach lining annoyer.

Full-strength aspirin is 325 mg, so technically it's 81.25 mg.

[kcmets]

Ah, take one daily under my doctor's advise.

[metirish]

The Gilgo beach murder story arrest is wild , thankful they have this monster in custody