There is absolutely nothing to be concerned about, unless the "fresh kill" diet of an intermediate cross transfer species for horrific viruses should cause concern.

I'm going to be honest. I really didn't think we had mink farms in the U.S. any more.

I don't know whether to clap or raise my hand to ask a question that demonstrates to those around me that I understood everything you just said.

I'm pretty sure college me would have done the latter, but I like to think I've matured somewhat since then. :)

God help me. I had a group of couple friends were a couple of folks claimed you lacked musical talent unless you could do the theme song using your vibrating lips as an instrument.

I'm no fan of the n-word, but that's exactly what Esther called Gripp when she found out he was claiming he had defiled Esther's sister.

Fred would insult Rollo, and Rollo would just laugh.

And don't forget Grady, the friendly neighborhood police, and the Peurto Rican guy who also starred in Barney Miller. (Yikes, just looked him up and he just died in 2021 at the age of 84. Gregory Sierra.)

The secondary characters in "Sanford and Son" were A-1. The drop ins by Aunt Esther (Lawanda page), the Bible thumping sister of Fred's late wife, Elizabeth, were comedy gold.

My favorite episode was when a cool cat showed up and claimed Lamont was HIS son, because he had snuck into Elizabeth's window back in the day. He even described which window. Fred wanted to kill him, but nothing beat the big reveal when Esther stopped by and Fred told her what the other dude was claiming.

After beating the dude with her purse, she yelled that SHE KNEW he was a lie because the window he claimed to climb into was HER window. It was only after she said it that she realized what that meant. :)

Just lost my brother a few months ago. He was 13 years older than me. I cannot tell you how often 4 yo me snuck out behind his Chevy Chevelle while he and his buddies were listening to Red Foxx.

By the time I came of age, Richard Pryor wasn't even shocking.

I too appreciate the context, but a reverse image search on that picture suggests "kathmandu durbar square" as an alternative search. Is it possible this is where he was at the time?

Only for a certain subset of America.

I'd take those calls if I could be assured Rosario Dawson was on the other end. I mean, I might even listen to the recorded messages.

Yeah, that's about right. Wife bought me a "bag phone" in the early 90s. It was powered by the cigarette lighter, but tragically the receiver had a cord that connected to the base. Still, you could carry it around like lunch.

That's also about the time home phones began to have a mobile base with a receiver that had an antenna.

A reminder that child birth can be a challenge and that tiny babies are pretty cute....

I totally get this, but in some ways it's no different than the old "Life Alert" commercials: "I've fallen and I can't get up!"

I'm sure there are many circumstances where time is critical to survival, but in a lot of those circumstances, an Apple Watch wouldn't help.

I come from a family where people die suddenly (my father, from an obvious second heart attack), my sister (who died in her sleep with no previous diagnosed illness) and my brother, (who had just been given a clean bill of health before he dropped dead getting out of bed).

I suppose alerts about their vitals may have given them more warning and time, but in all three cases, the emergency was over by the time help arrived.

To be fair, the first two were alone at the time and the third had a wife who couldn't possibly have been expected to provide CPR.

Meh...maybe I'm jaded.

I apologize for omitting a sarcasm emoji. But just because that's not how things work doesn't mean nimrods don't believe those things.

This is why the Russians are supreme advocates of extreme fossil fuel usage. Within 50 years, the tundra will be awash with wheat, and the Arctic will be a major shipping lane for more oil and gas exploration.

As I skimmed the topic, the article, and the comments so far, I still had to read slowly to understand WHOSE mortality risk. For a moment, i thought I was reading about how much deadlier female psychopaths can be. :)

It's even sadder that she and the others who died at that house were victims of mistaken identity/address. The house had once belonged to a record producer who had told Manson he couldn't cut it in the music industry.