The Munsters

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Today would have been Yvonne De Carlo’s birthday (born in 1922 and passed away January 8, 2007.  Although she was famous for playing Lily Munster, I would definitely have trouble picking her out without all that make-up.  She was quite lovely!

I found this article on Mental Floss detailing things we might not know about The Munsters:

From Mental Floss:

The Munsters premiered on September 24, 1964,and was an immediate ratings success. The wacky antics of childlike patriarch Herman and his unusual (but not really scary) family originally ran for two seasons (70 episodes), but has remained on the air in some form ever since in syndication. Here are some behind-the-scenes facts about the goings-on at 1313 Mockingbird Lane.

1. THE SHOW WAS CREATED BY THE SAME TEAM BEHIND LEAVE IT TO BEAVER.

Joe Connelly and Bob Mosher’s credo while producing and writing for the classic family sitcom Leave it to Beaver was “write what you know.” Between them they had six children and they based a lot of their plots on their own home lives. They used this same philosophy when they created a sitcom about a suburban blue-collar family that just happened to be comprised of monsters. They didn’t want children to be frightened of the characters (as they might be when watching Frankenstein or Dracula during the Saturday afternoon “Creature Feature”), so they made Herman a typical working dad who carried a lunch box to work every day and who imparted homespun wisdom to his young son. The mother was caring and nurturing, even if she did serve rolled hyena foot roast for dinner, and an aging grandparent (who had a laboratory in the dungeon) lived with the family. All in all, a nice slice of down-home Americana.

2. THE CHOICE OF MONSTER CHARACTERS WAS STRICTLY INTENTIONAL (AND ROYALTY-FREE).

Universal Studios owned Universal Television, which owned The Munsters. Universal Studios also owned the copyrights to most of the classic monsters, including Dracula, the Wolf Man, and Frankenstein’s monster. The studio had been running their old classic horror films on television since the 1950s and found that there was still an impressive audience for these decades-old monster movies. When Connelly and Mosher pitched their series idea, CBS executives knew that they had one advantage that ABC lacked with The Addams Family: the ability to use the Universal monster characters. The Munsters regularly topped The Addams Family in the ratings, mainly because of the instant identifiability of (and built-in fan base for) Dracula, Frankenstein’s bride, et al.

3. HERMAN AND GRANDPA HAD THEIR COMEDY TIMING DOWN PAT BEFORE THE SHOW BEGAN.

Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis played so well off one another because they’d had a couple years of practice. They’d co-starred as Officers Francis Muldoon and Leo Schnauser on the hit sitcom Car 54, Where Are You? from 1961 until 1963. The two remained close friends long after The Munsters was cancelled.

4. “LILY” WAS ORIGINALLY “PHOEBE.”

She was also played by a different actress. In the unaired pilot, Mrs. Munster was played by Joan Marshall. But when the show was picked up as a series, CBS brass worried that Marshall’s look and onscreen demeanor were too similar to Carolyn Jones’ portrayal of Morticia Addams on rival network ABC. The producers were asked to recast the role, and along with a new actress came a new name for the character.

5. THE NEW “LILY” WASN’T EXACTLY WELCOMED BY HER CO-STARS AT FIRST.

Fred Gwynne and Al Lewis were not pleased when they heard that Yvonne De Carlo had been hired to replace Joan Marshall. They’d never met the film actress, but they were intimidated by her reputation as a Hollywood glamour queen. “She was a bona fide movie star,” Al Lewis recounted in a 2003 interview for A&E’s Biography, “and we didn’t think she would fit in with our brand of comedy. We were wrong.”

6. THEIR ONSCREEN CHEMISTRY WAS GREAT, BUT ALL WAS NOT ROSY BEHIND THE SCENES.

De Carlo’s comedic timing was great and she fit in fine while the cameras were rolling, but in between scenes she kept mainly to herself in her trailer. She often held up production while having minute adjustments done to her hair (she went through five different hairdressers during the show’s two-year run), makeup, and nails, which aggravated the cast and crew.

7. EDDIE WAS ALSO RECAST AFTER THE PILOT.

Nate “Happy” Derman played wolf-boy Eddie Munster in the pilot, but his growling, clawing characterization was a little too lycanthropic for the network’s taste. He was replaced by Butch Patrick, who played Eddie more like a pointy-eared version of Beaver Cleaver.

8. MARILYN WAS PLAYED BY TWO DIFFERENT ACTRESSES.

But in this case it was the actress’s decision, not the producers’: New York-based Beverley Owen played Marilyn for the first 13 episodes, but she was desperately unhappy working in California and missed her fiance, who was back on the east coast. Gwynne and Lewis intervened on her behalf and talked to the producers to get her released from her contract. She went home, got married, and eventually got a role on the soap opera Another World, which was filmed in New York.

9. PAT PRIEST GOT THE ROLE IN PART BECAUSE OF HER SIZE.

Pat Priest, the daughter of Treasurer of the United States Ivy Baker Priest, was not only blonde (brunette Owen had worn a wig as Marilyn), she was also the same height and had almost the exact same measurements as Owen. Which meant that all of the existing “Marilyn” costumes and accessories fit her perfectly, so there would be no need to spend money on a replacement wardrobe once she was hired.

10. HERMAN’S COSTUME WAS A PERSONAL TORTURE CHAMBER FOR FRED GWYNNE.

Even though Gwynne would eventually reminisce that Herman was one of his favorite characters, the time he spent on The Munsters set was often fairly miserable, thanks to the various devices necessary to transform him into the lovable Frankenstein monster. On his feet he wore asphalt paver’s boots with four-inch soles, and his thighs, arms, and torso were covered in 40 pounds of foam rubber padding. He contended with back pain daily caused by the weight of the suit and inflexibility of the shoes. His head was fitted with a foam latex piece to flatten the top of his head and then he had to endure two hours in the makeup chair. He perspired freely under the heavy costume and hot studio lights and lost 10 pounds in one month despite consuming gallons of lemonade between takes. The producers eventually rented a compressed air tank and would poke the nozzle inside Gwynne’s collar to blow cool air on him.

11. THE COSTUME HAD ONE BENEFIT: IT EXCUSED GWYNNE FROM PERSONAL APPEARANCES.

As The Munsters gained popularity, its stars received more and more requests to appear at various functions. The producers, of course, sent the actors out as often as possible since such appearances not only promoted the show, they also propelled the sales of the various Munsters merchandise that saturated the market at the time. Only Fred Gwynne was able to relax on his days off (for the most part), since the time and expense required to get him into character outweighed the publicity value of cutting ribbons at supermarket openings. One of the rare times he played Herman in public was alongside Al Lewis in the 1964 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Gwynne confessed to TV Guide that he’d been taking slugs from a bottle of whiskey the entire time, because he “had to get bombed so I could say ‘hello’ to the little kiddies for 40 blocks.”

12. THE MUNSTER KOACH WAS BUILT BY THE SAME COMPANY THAT CREATED THE BATMOBILE.

Hollywood custom car builder George Barris used three Model T Ford bodies to construct the 18-foot-long Munster-mobile. The brass radiator and fenders were hand formed and the velvet upholstery was “blood red.” It took 21 days to complete at a total cost of $18,000.

SOURCE: MENTAL FLOSS

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    1. Wow! I’m surprised the hummers haven’t departed yet. After helping to move 3 cords, I’m not surprised! Dreary, rainy day here, chilly @ 64. Wheezer was waiting as usual for his tuna.

      Just The News: “A powerful nighttime earthquake leveled buildings and homes in eastern Afghanistan, killing hundreds as they slept and touching off a frantic scramble early Monday to find survivors in the rubble. The 6.0 quake struck just before midnight Sunday in Kunar province near the city of Jalalabad.

      Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told a news conference Monday that at least 800 died and more than 2,500 were injured, according to The Associated Press.

      Rescuers and security forces searched the rubble of flattened villages and the city of Jalalabad but were hampered by rock slides and destroyed roads. Video from Reuters showed injured Afghans being moved from a helicopter on stretchers at a military base in Jalalabad and others lying in beds at hospitals.”

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      1. Morning Filly!
        Thanks again so much for watching over stuff the last couple of days. i fell asleep in my chair yesterday afternoon and my legs are stiffer because of it.
        I gotta reclean the house today…sigh…but the moving around should help my legs.
        we still have at least a dozen hummers at the feeders sometimes.

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    2. GOOD MORNING, PAT!

      I keep hearing that old pop song, ‘Monster Mash’ popular way way back.

      I never watched the Munsters.

      This was our first cool Fall-ish morning – got down to the mid 60s – which signaled the end of Summer and swim weather, back to school and means it’s time to think about a Fall garden in S GA and N FL. 

      Down here in the Tropic of Humidity – aka Zone 9 – we grow pansies, petunias, snap dragons, decorative cabbage, kale as our Fall – Winter bedding plants. We can grow lettuce, carrots, etc. throughout the winter. 

      I f we shield plants with oak leaves and straw when we are going to have a heavy frost or freeze, they will survive the winter quite well. It may snow once every 10 years or so, but on the whole, the coldest weather is in the teens and 20s, but not all day. 

      Today, I bought a beautiful fragrant Rosemary plant, because I want to cook come boneless country pork ribs, sweet potatoes with baked apples and broccoli for dinner. Pork is so good when cooked with rosemary and other herbs! 

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  3. hmmmmmm….I forgot to log out last night…fell asleep in my chair. So i opened and made comments this morning but had to sign in each time. So then I shut down the computer and relogged into everything and all those comments are gone…gotta find them.

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  8. Charlotte99

    September 1, 2025 1:42 am

    Another Democrat Official Caught in Federal Corruption Case

    Federal prosecutors in Detroit unveiled new charges on Thursday that expose yet another case of corruption within the Wayne County government. 

    Jontae Jackson, a 45-year-old former taxpayer assistant in the county treasurer’s office, was charged with bribery, conspiracy, and aggravated identity theft. 

    According to court documents, Jackson pocketed nearly $18,000 in bribes in exchange for illegally removing properties from the county’s tax foreclosure list.

    https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/another-democrat-official-caught-federal-corruption-case/

    Seems most of the DemScumocrats are criminals

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  10. Just The News: “Florida’s top law enforcement official has issued a subpoena to Lorex Corp., a top maker of baby monitors, security and doorbell cameras, demanding documents and information about its corporate structure, whether it has any ties to Chinese Communist firms and whether Americans’ data or privacy can be breached. Those documents could provide evidence of illegal activity.

    Attorney General James Uthmeier’s office told Just the News he believes Lorex, though North American-based, has imported large swaths of equipment from a Chinese manufacturer banned from the United States over alleged human rights abuses and national security risks.

    A spokesperson for Lorex did not immediately respond to a written request for comment sent via email to its corporate public relations account.

    Probe into whether products are relabeled from black-listed maker

    “Lorex Corporation is importing millions of devices from CCP-controlled Dahua, which has been banned in the United States for human rights abuses and national security risks,” the office said in a statement to Just the News. “AG Uthmeier must discover whether Lorex is selling re-labeled Dahua products which would introduce a range of cybersecurity vulnerabilities that would give the CCP a direct line into the homes and private lives of millions of Floridians.”

    Dahua, a Chinese technology company, acquired the Canadian-based Lorex in 2018 but sold it to Taiwan-based Skywatch nearly three years ago after Dahua was blacklisted in the United States. The Pentagon in 2022 listed Dahua as one of 13 companies doing business with the Chinese military and banned its products in the United States. Earlier, the Commerce Department in 2020 identified Dahua as one of several Chinese firms involved in human rights abuses with alleged slave labor involving Uighur minorities.

    In 2023, the Australian government expressed alarm when it found about 1,000 security cameras in its various offices tied to Dahua and another Chinese-tied firm, ordering a sweeping review of all security equipment in its government facilities.

    The Florida attorney general’s subpoena was issued Friday, and shortly afterwards, Uthmeier put out a statement on X advising Florida consumers about his actions and possible vulnerabilities in Lorex products they may own. “What consumers do not know is that data might be shared with the Chinese military,” he said. “Imagine that. Footage of your baby in a crib going to the Chinese government. This is unacceptable. It is a national security issue, and it will not be tolerated.”

    The attorney general’s subpoena seeks documents and information related to Lorex’s ownership and corporate structure, any contracts with third parties involved in manufacturing, firmware, mobile apps, and software updates; and the origins of components used in the company’s products sold in Florida. 

    The Florida A.G. is also seeking evidence identifying where software updates originate, the firms or people with source-code access for camera firmware, the company’s cloud platform providers and data center locations and any known security vulnerabilities, breaches, or investigations.

    An ongoing battle

    China’s activity has been under the watchful eye not just of states like Florida, but on the federal level as well. The House Homeland Security Committee said in February that “In Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s confirmation hearing, she detailed the CCP’s ‘extremely dangerous’ and robust cyber-espionage campaigns, highlighting how China works to access Americans’ private information, in part, for the opportunity to ‘control our critical infrastructure.’” 

    That same month, ABC News reported that DeepSeek, the popular artificial intelligence tool, has code hidden in its programming with the built-in capability to send user data directly to the Chinese government, experts told ABC. Two years ago, CNN reported that a former employee of ByteDance, TikTok’s Beijing-based parent company, outlined claims that the Chinese Communist Party accessed the data of TikTok users on a world-wide scale, often for political purposes. TikTok’s status in the US remains uncertain, as a ban was slated to take effect but has been postponed multiple times by President Trump. 

    In June, Sen. Rick Scott, R., Fla., introduced the Drones for America Act to ban Chinese-made drones and components in the United States, after reports that these drones likely allow CCP-related entities to access images and data collected by unsuspecting users. The legislation would implement a ban on all Chinese-manufactured drone systems by January 1, 2028 and Chinese-manufactured components by January 1, 2031, and implement a gradually-increasing tariff on these items until full bans are in effect to phase them out of the market. The bill is still in committee.

    Uthmeier is urging other state attorneys general and the Trump administration to join his inquiry to better protect consumers nationally.

    “The use of surveillance equipment produced by CCP-linked companies is a direct threat to the privacy of every American who uses such products, and is an unacceptable national security risk,” his office told Just the News. “It’s time for state and federal law enforcement across the country to follow Uthmeier’s lead and peel back the CCP ties of sensitive surveillance technologies that are flooding our country.”

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    1. technology is not always your friend.

      both my kids have those alexa things in their homes and do not care that could be recording everything. they both have robo vacuums–do not care they are videoing mapping their homes.

      smh

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  11. EXCERPT: “Five months after medical advocacy group “Do No Harm” sued the University of Pennsylvania, its medical school and health system, a Philadelphia-area consortium of medical schools and an African-American-owned and operated talk radio station for excluding non-black doctors from a directory for black patients, the defendants have thrown in the towel.

    U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle entered a final judgment in favor of Do No Harm and against the Penn defendants, Consortium of DEI Health Educators and WURD Radio for $1 in nominal damages after the defendants made an offer of judgment, three weeks earlier, to rename the Black Doctors Directory and stop considering race in eligibility for inclusion.

    The defendants filed motions for extension to respond to the lawsuit as many as four times each, most recently July 25, and made the offer of judgment a day before that motion’s deadline, suggesting a lack of legal confidence in the racially exclusive directory.

    Promoted “culturally affirming” health care

    It was created last fall and promoted in a splashy video by WURD Radio, with Penn Medicine Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion Horace Delisser claiming black doctors “use their knowledge to inform their care in ways that are culturally appropriate and culturally affirming” and “are able to help the patient overcome” mistrust in the medical system.

    WURD Radio President and CEO Sara Lomax, whose late father was the namesake for the directory, claimed to be its driving force, asserting that when blacks “enter the health systems, our humanity is not seen, it’s not valued, it’s not respected.” 

    Penn Health Systems CEO Kevin Maloney, who is white, said the directory shows it is “committed to taking steps to reduce the structural racism that exists in America” and is “one step in many steps” to “treat each other as equals.”  

    The Ivy League university was already facing a costly fight with the Trump administration as it repeatedly asked for delays to respond to Do No Harm’s lawsuit.

    The administration paused $175 million in Penn’s federal funding for letting males such as Lia Thomas compete on its women’s swim team and then deemed it guilty of violating Title IX for that policy and for letting Thomas allegedly expose male genitalia to female athletes…..”

    https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/health/university-pennsylvania-stops-banning-non-black-races-doctor-directory-end

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  12. Just The News: “(The Center Square) – Artificial intelligence has become a standard tool in most industries, including health care. Yet, institutions are still working to draw lines around acceptable use within their specific contexts. For instance, schools may tell students they can use the technology to craft an outline but not to write a paper. For mental health care, one legislator has suggested that the technology should go no further than administrative tasks.

    Rep. Melissa Shusterman, D-Paoli, has introduced legislation into the Pennsylvania state House that would prohibit mental health professionals from using AI for any tasks beyond the administrative workload they can help to streamline.

    “As artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used in mental and behavioral health care settings, the potential risks associated with providing inaccurate, biased, or inconsistent medical recommendations can undermine patient care, resulting in substandard services and possible harm to the patient,” wrote Shusterman in a memo supporting the bill.

    As it stands, many professionals use AI to assist with scheduling, accounting, notetaking, and emailing. Today’s business software across industries typically includes varying levels of AI, often occurring automatically, like phrasing and grammar suggestions in an email or word processing app.

    Clinical uses, however, offer a brave new world of medical care. Medical schools are incorporating AI tools into their educational framework, heralding its potential uses from diagnosis to monitoring and therapeutics, but states are still working out the specifics of regulation. Blanket prohibitions could derail or delay innovations some hope will fundamentally change our relationship to disease.

    For its part, the World Health Organization has outlined its ethical concerns around AI while detailing core principles for its use. In the U.S., thinking on the matter at the federal level has shifted drastically with different administrations, leaving an open field for experimentation. Shusterman noted that there are no FDA approved chatbots.

    Outside of clinical settings, there has been growing alarm about increased personal use of chatbots for therapeutic purposes. The personalized nature of the relationship between user and bot has led to mixed results. While some adopters find AI to be a useful tool to talk their thoughts out, instances of self-harm and even what has been dubbed “AI psychosis” have experts wondering if the benefits are worth the risks.

    In response to concerns, ChatGPT parent company OpenAI said that they are scanning user conversations for signs of trouble. When spotted, humans review the case and take appropriate action, whether that’s suspending an account or reporting a user to the authorities.

    Shusterman’s legislation won’t stop incidents like this from happening for users working directly with AI, but it can stop mental health care professionals from becoming overly reliant on technology to answer tough questions. Diagnostic criteria are often complex, and there’s overlap in symptoms and behaviors for a wide variety of mental disorders.

    “Mental health care requires a personalized approach based on human emotion, education and professional experience, as well as standards of ethics,” wrote Shusterman. “AI can be permitted to function as a supplementary administrative tool but not replace the expertise of health care providers.”

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  13. Just The News: “President Trump said on Saturday he discovered “a huge gash in the limestone” while “admiring the stonework” of the completed Rose Garden project at the White House.

    Trump said the gash stretched more than 25 yards. “It was deep and nasty! I started yelling, ‘Who did this, and I want to find out now!’ —And I didn’t say this in a nice manner,” Trump wrote in a post to his Truth Social platform.

    “I wondered, ‘Was it vandalism or, was it stupidity?’ Lo and behold, because of the fact that we’ve installed the finest security equipment anywhere, they brought back the stupid people, with their boss watching (in sunglasses!),” Trump continued. Trump included surveillance footage in his post.

    https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115119151783895076

    “It was a subcontractor that was installing heavy landscaping on a steel cart that was broken and tilting badly, with it rubbing hard against the soft, beautiful stone,” Trump said. “I love and respect great workers and contractors, but something like this should never happen. Now, I’ll replace the stone, charge the contractor, and never let that contractor work at the White House again.”

    Trump concluded the post, writing, “But how great is the video equipment? We caught them, cold.”

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  14. “Trump’s Foreign Policy Offends The Bureaucrat Paper Pushers Of Dwindling Influence”

    The Federalist, By: Eddie Scarry, August 29, 2025

    Trump and Putin

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Low utility middlemen in the Trump administration are feeling left out again, and so they’re back to anonymously moaning to the news media. This time they’re ragging on White House Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and his peacemaking efforts with Russia and Ukraine.

    Politico on Friday quoted several unnamed “U.S. and foreign officials and other people” in a piece critical of Witkoff. None of them are worth repeating, as is usually the case with anything anonymous, but the most telling part of the article, by the unfortunately named Felicia Schwartz, came 16 paragraphs in.

    “The summit in Alaska was notable in part because of how little preparation went into it,” wrote Schwartz, referring to the recent bilateral meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. “Typically ahead of such a high-profile meeting, foreign ministers and lower level staffers reach agreement on the choreography and outcomes ahead of time to make sure the meeting is productive and worthwhile.”

    And here we get to the reason for an article headlined, “‘His inexperience shines through’: Steve Witkoff struggles to manage Russia as Trump peace envoy.” A few jilted “foreign ministers” and “lower level staffers” were sidelined, and it made their privates sore. This happens a lot in the Trump era. For better or worse (and it usually turns out for the better), the president takes an intense interest in the details of his job, a concept known outside of Washington as “working.” So, rather than relying on “ministers” and “lower level staffers” to execute his policies and efforts, he either does it himself or delegates it to someone with ready access to him.

    The permanent foreign affairs bureaucracy hates that because it diminishes the influence of all its trifling bureaucrats, the “experts” who swear every single problem, no matter big or small, can only be addressed after they’ve had months and years to “study” them, write “papers,” and “consult” with one another. All of that is another way of saying, “not solving the problem.” In this case, not brokering a realistic peace deal in eastern Europe.

    The permanent foreign affairs bureaucracy doesn’t exist to solve problems. It exists to keep otherwise worthless people employed earning important-sounding titles until the day they can finally retire from the government, only to then get a high-salary placement at an influential “think tank,” usually funded by weapons manufacturers. If their expertise isn’t consulted or considered even just a little, what are they for? Nothing, really. That’s why they run to places like Politico — to smear the person who has threatened their longtime scheme.

    Think about how every time Trump wants to meet with a world leader his desire to do so is belittled by all the “expert” talking heads on cable news and treated by the major newspapers as a reckless self-indulgence. It’s not because there’s anything scandalous about two heads of state meeting face-to-face for the purpose of diplomacy. It’s because it renders all the “foreign ministers” and “lower level staffers” obsolete. If they don’t get to “reach agreement on the choreography and outcomes ahead of time,” they have no influence on the outcome.

    True, sometimes the outcome isn’t what’s hoped for or the meeting results in a more complex understanding of certain international relations. That doesn’t make it a waste of time, and it doesn’t cheapen the presidency. It simply aggravates the middlemen who resent their diminished influence.”

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  15. In honor of Pat’s Hubby’s BD tomorrow (since I won’t be around)…..we’ll start with the top classic cars:

    Aston Martin DB5 1964

    best classic cars vintage Aston Martin - Luxe Digital

    Ferrari 250 GTO 1962

    best classic cars vintage Ferrari 250 GTO - Luxe Digital

    Jaguar E-Type 1961

    best classic cars vintage Jaguar E Type - Luxe Digital

    Porsche 911 1963

    best classic cars vintage Porsche 911 old - Luxe Digital

    Chevrolet El Camino SS 1970

    best classic cars vintage Chevrolet El Camino SS - Luxe Digital

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  16. Oldsmobile Starfire Convertible 1962

    best classic cars vintage Oldsmobile Starfire Convertible - Luxe Digital

    British Motor Corporation Mini 1959

    best classic cars vintage British Motor Corporation Mini - Luxe Digital

    Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 1965

    best classic cars vintage Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 - Luxe Digital

    Mercedes 300SL Gullwing 1954

    best classic cars vintage Mercedes 300SL Gullwing - Luxe Digital

    Chevrolet Corvette 1963

    best classic cars vintage Chevrolet Corvette - Luxe Digital

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  20. Now for the muscle cars…..

    1970 AMC Javelin AMX

    Red 1971 AMC Javelin AMX

    1970 Plymouth Superbird

    A blue 1970 Plymouth Superbird parked

    1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429

    A white 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 parked

    1969 Dodge Charger Daytona

    Brown 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona Parked

    1970 Buick GSX Stage 1

    Saturn Yellow 1970 Buick Skylark GSX Stage 1 Parked

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  21. 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge Convertible

    1970 Pontiac GTO Judge Ram Air IV Convertible

    1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

    Black 1969 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 on the road

    1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 LS6 Convertible

    A red 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 454 LS6 Convertible

    1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible

    Rare 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible Classic

    1967 Shelby GT500 Super Snake

    1967 SHELBY GT500 SUPER SNAKE

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  23. 1969 Dodge Charger Restomod

    1969 Dodge Charger Restomod Front

    The engine was worked over every way from Sunday. On top of having displacement cranked up, it’s breathing through a set of Indy cylinder heads. Flow is aided with a big Holley four-barrel sitting on top of a Mopar Performance intake manifold, and exhaust gases are exiting through a set of TTI long-tube headers. Behind that monstrous motor is a 727 3-speed automatic equipped with a manual valve body.

    1969 Dodge Charger Restomod engine
    1969 Dodge Charger Restomod Rear

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  26. “Michigan mom welcomes McBaby in the McDonald’s parking lot”

    Not The Bee, Harriet Rigby, Aug 31, 2025

    Image for article: Michigan mom welcomes McBaby in the McDonald's parking lot

    ENTIRE ARTICLE: “Alyce Rotunda and her husband Kevin were en route to Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in the wee hours of the morning when they realized they weren’t going to make it through the hour-long drive before their little one would arrive.

    Rotunda told GMA,

    My husband] whipped into McDonald’s. The 911 dispatcher’s on the phone trying to kind of guide us. After he pulled in and parked, my husband kind of helped me get out of the van.

    As soon as she made it out of the van, Rotunda said she could tell things were progressing even quicker than she imagined, saying,

    I yelled to my husband, I was like, ‘You need to catch her right now.’

    And that’s just what he did, as their fourth child arrived in the world with one swift, involuntary push.

    The baby girl, whom the couple named Matilda, came out crying, to the relief of her shocked parents.

    EMS soon arrived and transferred the mom and baby to the hospital. Both were doing great and were soon released to go home where Matilda joined her three older siblings. Her family has affectionately given her the nickname ‘McTilly.’

    Alyce Rotunda

    To top it all off, Tilly was born on her mother’s birthday. I hope McDonald’s will, at the very least, offer them a free McFlurry for their shared birthdays after this.”

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  36. Rare Muscle Cars of the ’60’s and 70’s

    1971 PLYMOUTH HEMICUDA CONVERTIBLE

    1966 SHELBY GT350 CONVERTIBLE

    1970 DODGE SUPER BEE HEMI COUPE

    1969 HURST OLDS 442 CONVERTIBLE

    1970 PLYMOUTH ROAD RUNNER HEMI CONVERTIBLE

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  37. 1967 SHELBY COBRA SUPER SNAKE

    1967 DODGE CORONET R/T HEMI CONVERTIBLE

    1970 DODGE CORONET R/T HEMI CONVERTIBLE

    1970 CHRYSLER 300 HURST CONVERTIBLE

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  40. “Lightning bolts shoot upward from storm clouds into space—rare red “sprites” photographed in Italy. Nature’s fireworks show scientists refused to believe until 1989…”

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  41. “Bilateral gynandromorphs split straight down the middle: one half male, one half female. Nature says “gender binary? Never heard of her.”

    https://strangesounds.org/2019/08/animals-half-female-half-male-genetic-anomaly-gorgeous.html

    “It’s literally just a Volvo stuck on rocks in a flooded strip mine. Not Atlantis. Just Illinois…”

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvo_Island

    “One orange, three colors. Do the segments taste different? Probably some of the segments taste like orange while one tastes like red…Schrödinger’s citrus…”

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  43. “Avro Lancaster – last few of a legend. Tight in that cockpit.”

    Smokin’ hot!

    “Do I see angry cat faces?”

    “Shark bait”

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  46. Just The News: “President Trump announced Monday that he plans to honor Rudy Giuliani with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, following the serious injuries Rudy suffered in a car accident this past weekend.

    “As President of the United States of America, I am pleased to announce that Rudy Giuliani, the greatest Mayor in the history of New York City, and an equally great American Patriot, will receive THE PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM, our Country’s highest civilian honor,” Trump posted on Truth Social.

    “Details as to time and place to follow,” the president added, according to the New York Post. 

    Giuliani, 81, was a personal attorney for President Trump during part of his first term as president. He currently remains hospitalized as he recovers from the Saturday car accident in New Hampshire.

    The former mayor is “in good spirits and recovering tremendously,” according to his head of security, Michael Ragusa.

    He is expected to remain hospitalized for several days as he is recovering after suffering a fractured thoracic vertebra, as well as cuts, bruising and injuries to his left arm and lower leg, according to the New York Daily News.”

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  47. I’ll be gone for most of the day tomorrow and I probably won’t get home before you shut down for the night, Pat. Once I get back from Lincoln, I’ve got shopping to do so have a good day and night! Good night!

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      2. Thankfully, I’m not driving all the way to Lincoln – just Norfolk and I’ll take the DAV (Disabled American Veterans) bus from there. Same thing I did when I had all my teeth pulled.

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