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I didn't think anyone remembered Deodato. Part of my vinyl collection.

The percussion section of Santana starting the song Soul Sacrifice at Woodstock.

Is National Unicorn Day, April 9, still celebrated in Scotland?

The Bears would contribute $2 billion, and the NFL would pony up $300 million, but the team would still seek $900 million from the state to make the projected $3.2 billion cost of the stadium build work. Of course, this is all up for debate. I don't live very far from the proposed site. The...

Wife and I get all vacine shots available, period.

Wife and I have watched entire series 3 times. None of the follow-up series were good, IMHO. But, 3/4's of our TV watching are Brit series --- costumers, police procedurals, Masterpiece Theatre through PBS, every detective series available and going back to the 60's with Rumpole of the Bailey...

Colonoscopies do not detect gallstones. You're not looking at the gall bladder.

It has been known for years that grapefruit interferes with many RX's. You can find that information on any legit health website.

From the dept of Labor.... The 1996 Amendments to the FLSA allow employers to pay a youth minimum wage of not less than $4.25 an hour to employees who are under 20 years of age during the first 90 consecutive calendar days after initial employment.

That sure looks like a school building. I've seen enough of them that were built in the early 1900's (along with going to one). Of course, I can't be sure. On the other hand, I've not seen any with an awning over the window.

We have used credit cards, to the exclusion of cash (mostly), for 50 years. Having good credit has given us better loan rates and of course, 10's of thousands of dollars in cash back over the decades. We even pay utilities with credit cards. Having high credit score gets us better cc's with...

Finally! It's been debated for decades.

Wife and I have been having a daily dose of PB for years. However, we only eat the 'natural' stuff. Nothing but pb and small amount of salt. We have to mix it as the fat floats on top, but it's the healthiest stuff.

We've always purchased new and used to keep cars about 8 years. But now, with all the improvements of autos in general over the decades, we now have a 10 year old car and an 11 year old car and both are going strong. Boomers will remember how car used to rust out almost everywhere and now, rust...

“You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, after they have exhausted all the other possibilities.”