delta1
11 months ago

$36 billion

The value of hormones for popular weigh-loss drugs flown from Ireland to the U.S. this year. The shipments have propelled Ireland to the second-largest goods-trade imbalance with the U.S., trailing only China.

WSJ

Originally Posted by: rfenst 


walking around, it doesn't appear that the 36 BILLION is having any tangible affect on weight in the U.S....
delta1
11 months ago
at our 45th wedding anniversary celebration here yesterday, one of our guests, the wife of our son's stepson, played pool with several of the guys. I was shocked at her skill level, as I've never seen a girl, other than a professional, play so well. It's estimated that there are 10 times as many men shooting pool compared to women, and that seems a bit high...
Gene363
11 months ago

at our 45th wedding anniversary celebration here yesterday, one of our guests, the wife of our son's stepson, played pool with several of the guys. I was shocked at her skill level, as I've never seen a girl, other than a professional, play so well. It's estimated that there are 10 times as many men shooting pool compared to women, and that seems a bit high...

Originally Posted by: delta1 



Funny thing about pool, I never learned it as a kid. My Mother was adamant I was not to visit the bowling alley pool tables or the local pool establishments/bars. Years later my Mother and Stepfather had a pool table in their house. My Mother and my Aunt Esther both RIP, easily beat everyone. They were raised in a small Iowa farming town before moving to California, there had to have been some interesting history I never heard about.
rfenst
11 months ago
$5,560

The monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment in New York City, the highest of any U.S. city, according to rental-listing site Zumper.
WSJ

deadeyedick
11 months ago
According to USBirthCertificates.com it illegal to name a newborn any of the following:
King
Queen
Jesus Christ
Santa Claus
Majesty
Adolf Hitler
Messiah
@ Nutella
1069
III
Gene363
11 months ago
This is why we need AI?

https://x.com/aitrendz_xyz/status/1937448231685775630 
rfenst
11 months ago
The Number
146,000
The estimated number of residents who left 13 states due to abortion bans in the year after the Supreme Court eliminated the constitutional right to the procedure, according to a recent paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research. The paper found that while those—mostly Southern—states had been gaining population at a significantly faster rate than other parts of the country, that advantage essentially vanished afterward.
WSJ
rfenst
11 months ago

THE NUMBER

$190 million

The minimum total savings lost by more than 1,000 families involved in 16 bankruptcies at continuing-care retirement communities since March 2020, according to a Journal analysis. Chapter 11 filings rose during the pandemic period primarily because these facilities didn’t have enough new move-ins. And because of the way bankruptcy proceedings work, secured creditors get paid before residents.
8trackdisco
10 months ago
Divers Found a 3,000-Year-Old Statue at the Bottom of a Lake—With Fresh Human Fingerprints.
At the underwater archaeology site of Gran Carro di Bolsena in Aiola, Italy, divers found an ancient clay figurine pegged to be from the 9th or 10th century BC.
The ritualistic-looking item was discovered within what was once the residential area of the stilted town.
Experts hope the rudimentary statuette gives them a better understanding of Italian life in the Iron Age.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a65391039/ancient-clay-figurine-found-lake-bolsena/ 
8trackdisco
a month ago
18-24% of fertilizer American Farmers use to grow crops comes through the Strait of Hormuz
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