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LIFESTYLE

If you’re wondering where all your time is going, here’s THE answer.  You’re literally wasting your life staring at your phone.

A new survey found the average Android user spends three hours and 42 minutes a day looking at their phone, and the average iPhone user spends four hours and 54 minutes.

That means in a year, Android people are looking at their phones for more than 56 entire days a year, and iPhone people are looking at theirs for more than 74 entire days.

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Airplanes are germy, everybody knows this. But now a new study identifies some surfaces you might not necessarily think of as the germiest places on board. “Marketplace,” a CBC consumer news series, found the seats’ headrests may be the germiest places on the plane, with some testing positive for E. coli bacteria. The seatback pockets were also pretty gross, which samples from them showing E. coli, and other coliforms.

Flight attendants offered their own theories as to why this might be, with some telling the producers they have found used diapers, tampons or used air-sickness bags stuffed inside the pockets after a flight. One crew member further admitted that planes need to be cleaned very quickly between flights, making it nearly impossible to give everything a thorough cleaning.

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ENTERTAINMENT

The QUEEN movie “Bohemian Rhapsody” earned $50 million at the box office over the weekend, which was easily enough to make it the #1 movie.

Disney’s “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” is being considered a bomb with $20 million, because it cost $130 million to make.  And “Nobody’s Fool” debuted in third with $14 million.

It’s hard to imagine “Wayne’s World” without the “Bohemian Rhapsody” scene, but Mike Myers had to fight for it, because the studio wanted Guns ‘N Roses.  And now he’s playing Queen’s manager in the new movie.

TODAY IS……………….

• “Guy Fawkes Day” in England, a traditional celebration since 1752 (also celebrated in New Zealand and the Canadian province of Newfoundland & Labrador). It commemorates the 1605 ‘Gunpowder Plot’ when Fawkes-led Catholics attempted to blow up the Parliament Buildings. One of the day’s traditions gives it its nickname … ‘Bonfire Night’.

2011 [07] A decayed tooth that once belonged to late Beatles legend John Lennon sells at auction for over $31,000

2014 [04] A Van Gogh painting, “Still Life, Vase with Daisies, and Poppies”, sells for $61.8 million, exceeding its estimated worth of $50 million

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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE

NOVEMBER 5^TH, 2010            Filming on Footloose, starring Julianne Hough, wrapped in Georgia

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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS

There aren’t a ton of bookstores around anymore because we all just download them now.  And if you want a REAL one, you just order it on Amazon.  But a group of people in the U.K. recently pitched in to SAVE their local bookstore.

A store in southern England called October Books had managed to stay in business for 40 years.  Then their rent went up in July and they couldn’t afford it anymore.

So someone started a fundraising campaign that managed to raise over half-a-million dollars to BUY another building, so they could relocate.

That saved the store.  But they still had to deal with the huge task of relocating all the books . . . about 2,000 of them.

They didn’t have to move far though, because the new building was just down the street, about 500 feet away.  So this past Sunday, 250 volunteers moved all of the books by forming a human chain.

They lined up between the original location and the new location . . . passed two or three books at a time down the line . . . and knocked the whole thing out in a few hours.

One woman who helped out said it was amazing to see what can happen when a whole community comes together.

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BIRTHDAYS

[63] Kris Jenner, TV personality (“Keeping Up with the Kardashians”)

[55] Tatum O’Neal, actress (“The Bad News Bears”, Little Darlings”)/Youngest person to win an Academy Award (for “Paper Moon” at age 10)

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TIME CHANGE

Daylight saving time (DST) isn’t practiced everywhere in the world.

Saskatchewan as well as most of Asia and Africa as well as parts of Australia and South America don’t observe DST at all — nor do Hawaii, Arizona, or many US territories, like Guam and the US Virgin Islands

Some tips to get through the time change….

1. Don’t Stay Up Late When you set the clocks back each fall, “your circadian rhythms will cause you to want to go to bed earlier and wake up earlier than your external environment,” says Dr. Rosen. “One of the biggest mistakes that people make … is staying up later and thinking that they’re going to get an extra hour of sleep,” she adds. Because your circadian rhythms may wake you early Sunday morning, it’s important not to count on that extra snooze time.

2. Use the Sun The fall time change is easier than the spring, says Dr. Rosen, particularly for those who work standard daylight hours, since you’re able to hack your sunlight exposure. Try to get as much late afternoon sun exposure before switching the clocks back, and as much morning sun exposure as possible after switching the clocks to help ease the transition.

3. Take Your Time “If you work a non-traditional schedule, or have a little extra time in the morning, it might ease the transition if you go to sleep and wake up 10-15 minutes later each day the week before the time change,” says Dr. Rosen. As always, adding a nap can help fend off drowsiness for anyone still struggling with the switch back to standard time

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RANDOM REPORT

1. The first IKEA in North America opened in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1975.  It would be 10 more years before the U.S. got its first location, just outside of Philadelphia.

2. Bangladesh hasn’t elected a MALE prime minister since 1989.

3.  It’s illegal to pretend to practice witchcraft in Canada, but it’s legal to practice witchcraft if you’re doing it for real.

4. Vanna White is half Puerto Rican.  Her father was a guy from Puerto Rico named Miguel.  But he abandoned the family, so she took her last name from her stepfather, Herbert White.

MONDAY NOVEMBER 5^TH                      

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

[63] Kris Jenner, TV personality (“Keeping Up with the Kardashians”)

[55] Tatum O’Neal, actress (“The Bad News Bears”, Little Darlings”)/Youngest person to win an Academy Award (for “Paper Moon” at age 10)

1. No winning ticket was sold for the $42 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw.

The jackpot for the next draw on Nov. 9 will grow to approximately $50 million.

A winning Lotto 649 ticket worth almost $10 million was sold in London.

The $9.6 million dollar win comes just two weeks after a London city councilor won his seat in the municipal election and $1 million on a lottery ticket just days before.

2. “Bohemian Rhapsody”opened at the top of the box office this weekend, with an opening haul of $50 million.  “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” finished second with $20 million, which is NOT good news for Disney, since it cost $130 million to make.

3. NFL SCORES

Minnesota Vikings 24, Detroit Lions 9

New England Patriots 31, Green Bay Packers 17

Tonight’s Monday Night Football Game 

Tennessee Titans at Dallas Cowboys, 8:15 on ESPN.

4. A live albino boa constrictor was found in a donation bin at a Goodwill center in Fort Worth Texas last week.  It was curled up in some clothing.  It’s not clear if someone dropped it off by accident, or to get rid of it, but it definitely didn’t wander in on its own.  Luckily the assistant manager has experience owning exotic snakes, and is going to take care of it.  Here he is, along with the employee who told him what was going on.

GEORGE STRAIT ADDS ATLANTA STADIUM SHOW IN 2019

George Strait will play one night only in Atlanta, Georgia, on March 30th at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. He will be joined by Chris Stapleton, Chris Janson and Ashley McBryde. Tickets go on sale Friday, November 16th at 10 a.m. ET via Ticketmaster.com.

The performance marks “King George’s” only show in Atlanta since his Cowboy Rides Away tour stop at State Farm Arena in 2014 when he announced he would no longer tour and only perform select engagements in the future.

George’s only other announced headlining 2019 dates are on February 1st and 2nd at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas with Ashley McBryde.

Lee Brice and Gavin DeGraw Sang at Brett Young’s Wedding on Saturday

BRETT YOUNG married his longtime girlfriend Taylor Mills on Saturday near Palm Springs.  It was co officiated by Brett’s manager . . . and his father Brad, who’s a pastor. Brett’s 37, and Taylor is 31.

There were over 200 guests at the wedding.  And the reception wasn’t exactly shabby: LEE BRICE was there and he sang “I Don’t Dance”.  And Brett’s old buddy GAVIN DEGRAW showed up to sing “More Than Anyone”.

Taylor said, quote, “We chose people in terms of performers that are really important to us and are close friends.”  Brett added, quote, “If everybody in the country music family could’ve been there, we would’ve asked them all to sing.”

The couple headed off to a “beachy honeymoon” . . . but not for long.  He has to be back in Nashville by next Monday to receive his ASCAP country songwriter-artist of the Year honor.

Brett just wrapped up his opening gig on Thomas Rhett’s Life Changes tour, which he considers another great learning experience for his own headlining tour, which kicks off on November 16th.

• Cole Swindell – will be among the country stars singing on “Dancing With the Stars” tonight.  Also performing while contestants dance: Lauren Alaina, LANCO and Carly Pearce.
• Chris Stapleton – has announced that he and his wife Morgane are expecting their fifth child. He was performing Friday night at Madison Square Garden in NYC when he told the crowd that “there’s four for us, but we’re gonna make it five.”  The couple had twins earlier this year when boys Macon and Samuel were born.

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This post was written by Dave Palmer