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November 12, 2018 5:19 amLIFESTYLE
A 69-year-old man from The Netherlands has decided to sue in order to legally change his age to 49.
Emile Ratelband, says that he lives in a society where people can change their genders so why can’t he change his age? He said that if he were to legally change his age, he would have better luck dating, getting jobs and making large purchases.
He explained, “When I’m 69, I am limited. If I’m 49, then I can buy a new house, drive a different car. When I’m on Tinder and it says I’m 69, I don’t get an answer. He said he will give up his pension if the court ruled in his favor, since he would no longer need it as a 49-year-old man. The city court is expected to deliver a decision on the case within the month.
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A city in China has banned dog owners from walking their pets during the daytime. Not only that, but man’s best friend will no longer be allowed in parks, shopping centres, sports facilities and other public spaces at any time. Dog ownership has always been subject to tight regulations in China, but these new measures are being called the toughest in the country. The official word from the city is that the new rules, which specify that dog owners are no longer allowed to walk their dogs from 7am to 10pm, are being put in place as part of official efforts to “improve residents living conditions and maintain public safety”. It also says dog leashes cannot be longer than 1 metre (3 feet) and dogs can only be walked by adults.
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ENTERTAINMENT
The new “Grinch” movie topped the box office this weekend with a $66 million opening. The horror movie “Overlord” and “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” both tanked.
“Overlord” finished 3rd with $10.1 million, and “Spider’s Web” debuted in 5th, with $8 million.
The National Toy Hall of Fame just announced the three toys it’s inducting for its 2018 class. And they are: Uno . . . pinball . . . and the Magic 8-Ball.
TODAY IS……………….
- “Pizza With the Works Except Anchovies Day”. The world’s first true pizzeria, Antica Pizzeria Port’Alba, opened in 1830 and is still in business today in Naples, Italy. Italian immigrant Gennaro Lombardi opened the first North American pizzeria in 1895 in NYC. Pizza is now consumed all over the world …with or without anchovies.
- “World Pneumonia Day”, an annual forum for the world to stand together and demand action in the fight against the deadly lung inflammation. More than 100 organizations representing the interests of children staged the first observance in 2009.
2008 [10] Kenny Chesney captures the CMA Awards’ highest honor, ‘Entertainer Of the Year’, for a 4th time
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COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE
George Strait won album of the year for Troubadour and single of the year for “I Saw God Today” on the 42nd annual Country Music Association Awards in 2008.
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RANDOM REPORT
- In the book “Stuart Little”, Stuart isn’t a mouse . . . he’s a tiny boy who looks like a mouse.
- The original plan for the show “24”was a comedy about the day leading up to a wedding.
- The U.S. now has more people who speak Spanish than Spain. The only country in the world with more Spanish speakers is Mexico.
- It’s impossible to buy a flight to Delaware. Frontier Airlines used to go to Wilmington New Castle Airport, but they dropped those routes in 2015. So now Delaware is the one state in the U.S. that you can only fly to on a private plane.
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TODAY’S GOOD NEWS
23-year-old Bao Nhia Julia Yang and Bao Kou Julie Yang are twin sisters from Fresno, California.
And on Sunday night . . . they both gave BIRTH. Both to baby girls. Both at the same hospital. And both babies were within three ounces of each other.
They didn’t coordinate getting pregnant at the same time . . . but it happened anyway, like stuff always seems to do for twins.
Their due dates were two days apart, but Bao Kou called her sister on Sunday to say she was in labor and was heading to the hospital, and Bou Nhia told her, quote, “I might be in there with you too.”
The nurse who delivered their babies said she’s never seen twins give birth on the same day before. Quote, “They just had great timing.”
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BIRTHDAYS
[74] Al Michaels, TV sportscaster
[73] Neil Young, Toronto ON,
[60] Megan Mullally, actress (“Karen Walker” on “Will & Grace”)
[38] Ryan Gosling, London ON, actor
[36] Anne Hathaway, actress
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WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER BRING YOUR CELL PHONE INTO THE BATHROOM
A new study has revealed that it is actually dangerous to bring your cell phone into the bathroom with you!
According to researchers, ou can exposing yourself and others to germs like salmonella, E. coli and C. difficile! This can happen when you wipe yourself, touch the flush handle or door lock and then touch the phone prior to washing your hands. Hygiene expert Dr. Lisa Ackerley gave specific instructions for people who absolutely have to use their phone in the bathroom, saying, “Read the book or phone in your right hand, then transfer it to the left.
Wipe with your right, flush with the right, carry the book or phone out in your left hand without touching anything else and then wash your hands.” She added, “If you wipe your bum then pick up your phone, you may as well not bother washing your hands because all the bacteria you put on your phone will end up back on your hands.”
Meanwhile, Dr. Ron Cutler, director of biomedical science degrees at Queen Mary’s University London says keep the phone out of the bathroom, period. He explained, “Basically, you just shouldn’t (take your phone into the toilet) if you are at all concerned about the transfer of viruses and fecal contamination.”
YAWNING:
Why are we all such copycats when it comes to yawning? While there’s no 100% scientific consensus about why yawns are contagious, there are couple of leading theories:
⇒ Humans “catch” yawns because we’re a particularly compassionate species, and it’s a way of communicating empathy. One study concluded that children were essentially immune to contagious yawning until the age of four—around the time when empathy is learned for most kids.
⇒ Yawning regulates the brain’s internal temperature, working almost like a radiator. This phenomenon was actually observed by researchers at Binghamton University, who studied the behavior of parrots and found that as the temperature in the room increased, the birds’ yawning increased too.
How would that play into contagious yawning? Researchers believe that if we see someone else yawning, we are tipped off that we should start yawning to keep our brains cool, too.
MONDAY NOVEMBER 12TH
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
[74] Al Michaels, TV sportscaster
[73] Neil Young, Toronto ON,
[60] Megan Mullally, actress (“Karen Walker” on “Will & Grace”)
[38] Ryan Gosling, London ON, actor
[36] Anne Hathaway, actress
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- At least 31 people are confirmed dead, and more were missing, as at least three wildfires whipped by the notorious Santa Ana winds continued to rage in California. In Northern California, the town of Paradise was totally destroyed by the worst of the blazes, called the Camp Fire. Far south in the Los Angeles region, 265,000 people were ordered to evacuate, including the entire population of the celebrity enclave of Malibu. Firefighters worked frantically early Sunday to limit the spread of the fires but the strong winds returned to fan the flames and are expected to continue into tomorrow. The Camp Fire in Northern California is believed to be the worst in the state in at least 100 years.
- NFL SCORES – WEEK 10:
Chicago Bears 34, Detroit Lions 22
Dallas Cowboys 27, Philadelphia Eagles 20
Tonight’s Monday Night Football Game on ESPN:
New York Giants at San Francisco 49ers, 8:15 p.m. ET on ESPN
- The new “Grinch”won the box office with $66 million. The new horror movie “Overlord” and “The Girl in the Spider’s Web” bombed, coming in third and fifth, respectively.
- Douglas Rain, the voice of Hal the computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey”, has died at the age of 90. Here’s the famous scene where Hal refuses to help Dave.
No winning ticket was sold for the $5 million jackpot in Saturday night’s Lotto 649 draw.
However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was claimed by a ticket holder in British Columbia.
The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Nov. 14 will be approximately $7 million.
There was no winning ticket for the $50 million jackpot in Friday night’s Lotto Max draw.
There were also six Maxmillions prizes of $1 million each up for grabs, and three of them were won. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Nov. 16 will be approximately $55 million, and 12 Maxmillions prizes will be offered.
Kane Brown Got His Mom a Car, an Apartment, and a Job
KANE BROWN has been pretty open about being raised by a single mom . . . and how things got so bad that they had to live in a car. Well, things have certainly changed, and now he’s doing what he can to help her out.
He talked about it in an interview. Quote, “My mom’s going through some things right now, and I’m trying to help. My family goes through depression. I did buy her a car for her birthday a year or two ago.”
Unfortunately, the depression was keeping her down and she found herself living in her father’s basement. Quote, “I called her, and I was like, ‘Mom, I want to take care of you, so go pick out an apartment, whichever apartment you want.'”
He got her a place, paid for a full year’s rent and insurance in advance . . . and then put her on his payroll so she doesn’t have to get a job if she doesn’t want to.
KELSEA BALLERINI SHUTS DOWN INTERNET TROLL – (11/12/2018)
Kelsea Ballerini shut down an internet troll that told her to “lose some weight.” On Friday she fired back with this: “I’m not responding to this to give you attention because you don’t deserve that, I’m responding because I am a healthy, normal chick which I pride myself on and work hard for, and want other young girls to see that and know that ‘skinny’ is not always the goal. And for you to think its okay to comment on my weight or size is disgusting.” She then added, “I’m going to get a burger now. Bye.”
Among her online supporters was Kane Brown who posted, “get 2 burgers.” Kelsea is nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year at this week’s awards.
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This post was written by Dave Palmer