Alphas Make Sandwiches Ep. 86: For the Birds, Emergency Bypass & America 250 History Quiz
Ashe in America, Christy Lupo and Jackie Espada open Monday's Alphas Make Sandwiches with Christy's idiom segment on "for the birds." She traces the phrase to World War II slang, a 1943 Stars and Stripes example and the theory about birds picking grain out of droppings, and a side trip into the movie Rio leads to Anne Hathaway's busy film year. Jackie then walks through three iPhone tips: setting Emergency Bypass so chosen contacts' calls and texts ring through on silent, screening unknown callers by asking the reason for calling, and Hold Assist, which waits on hold for you and lets you know…
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