When I was a child, we had to wait for the phone to ring more than 3 times before we could answer. That was because my Mom and her Mom had a signal where my grandma would call, let the phone ring three times, then hang up. That's how Mom knew her Mom wanted her to call.

Never rely on a Fed Ex estimated delivery date. They give you a day, just assume your thing will arrive 2 days after that.

My nephew when he was 6 or so one day out of the blue looked at me and said "I call you Spaghetti Face Banana Nose!" He and his 4 year old brother collapsed onto the floor in laughter and couldn't get up for 5 minutes. It was gold!

Not saying that this is the case here, but so many athletes live pay check to pay check and not just because of bad habits. Family members to take care of, hangers on, etc. Antoine Walker of the Celtics is flat broke now even though he made $100 mil + in his career. $500k might look like a lot.

Gives "Scary Terry" all new meaning.

Either an offer to be accepted or a threat to be ignored