Nellie The Don Posted July 25, 2010 Report Posted July 25, 2010 Anyone have Alex Higgings? http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8852020.stm Bugger it. I transfered him out last window Quote
Goldie03 Posted July 25, 2010 Report Posted July 25, 2010 Bugger it. I transfered him out last window You transferred out a guy who has had throat cancer for more than a decade Quote
Kowalski Posted July 25, 2010 Report Posted July 25, 2010 You transferred out a guy who has had throat cancer for more than a decade I didn't know you could transfer folk out for that long. Quote
CtS Posted July 25, 2010 Report Posted July 25, 2010 You've missed an absolute sitter there Nellie. Quote
Nellie The Don Posted July 26, 2010 Report Posted July 26, 2010 You've missed an absolute sitter there Nellie. Due to an inclination to tinker and change things just for the sake of it. Quote
smooth Posted August 23, 2010 Report Posted August 23, 2010 Zsa Zsa Gabor anyone ? yip - can't believe she's hanging on!! Quote
Harcus Posted September 28, 2010 Report Posted September 28, 2010 point for young Andrew. Actress Gloria Stuart, who played an elderly shipwreck survivor in the film Titanic, has died at the age of 100. The blonde actress appeared in several films during the 1930s, before retiring from acting in 1946. Stuart resumed acting in later years and at 87 became the oldest actor ever to be nominated for an Oscar for her performance as Rose Calvert, a 101-year-old Titanic survivor. Stuart died in her sleep in her Los Angeles home, her family said. The native Californian also starred in The Invisible Man and two Shirley Temple movies. Stuart, who studied drama and philosophy in college, helped found the Screen Actors Guild, a trade union that represents actors. She was under contract with Universal Studios and 20th Century in the 1930s. The Hollywood veteran was diagnosed with breast cancer about five years ago, but survived the disease. "She just paid no attention to illness. She was a very strong woman and had other fish to fry," Stuart's daughter, Sylvia Thompson, said. Titanic became the world's highest-grossing movie of all time in 1997, until the movie Avatar claimed the title in 2009. Quote
Kowalski Posted September 30, 2010 Report Posted September 30, 2010 Snapper hits the back of the net: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11443271 85 is a good innings for somebody who drank like a fish. Quote
Snapper Posted October 1, 2010 Report Posted October 1, 2010 My wife looked a bit puzzled when I saw the headline last night and said, "Oh cool, Tony Curtis has died" I got a bit excited last week when Jimmy carter was taken into hospital, turned out to be nothing too serious. Still plenty of time though. Quote
Guest leith_red Posted October 4, 2010 Report Posted October 4, 2010 Kowalski scores: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11473192 Quote
Madbadteacher Posted October 4, 2010 Report Posted October 4, 2010 Albania will be in mourning for a week Quote
BigAl Posted October 5, 2010 Report Posted October 5, 2010 Norman Wisdom was a comedy genius and will be sadly missed. Quote
maverick sheep Posted October 12, 2010 Report Posted October 12, 2010 Tributes have been paid to agony aunt Claire Rayner, who has died at the age of 79. She told her relatives she wanted her last words to be: "Tell David Cameron that if he screws up my beloved NHS I'll come back and bloody haunt him." She worked for the Sun, Sunday Mirror and Woman's Own and was named medical journalist of the year in 1987. She also wrote a string of novels. In May she had intestinal surgery but had remained poorly. She died in hospital near her home in Harrow, north-west London. Mrs Rayner, who had three children - Amanda, Adam and restaurant critic Jay - will have a humanist funeral for family and close friends. A former nurse and midwife, for many years she was also president of the Patients Association. She was diagnosed with breast cancer at 70, but beat the illness. In 2006 she wrote about her experience on the BBC News website. Claire Rayner Claire Rayner was one of the pioneers of promoting safe sex Her husband of 53 years, Des Rayner, said: "I have lost my best friend and my soulmate. I am immensely proud of her." Mr Rayner, who was also her agent and manager, said: "Through her work she helped hundreds of thousands of people and doubtless, by talking frankly about the importance of safe sex in the 80s when almost nobody else would discuss it, helped to save thousands of lives. "Right up until her death she was being consulted by both politicians and the medical profession about the best way to provide the health services the nation deserved and nothing mattered to her more than that. Her death leaves a vacancy which will not be filled." In 1996 she was awarded the OBE for "services to women's issues and health issues". She was involved with 50 charities, and was a member of the Prime Minister's Commission on Nursing and the last government's Royal Commission on the Care of the Elderly. Her no-nonsense manner led to the BBC employing her to demonstrate how to put on a condom and she was one of the first people used by advertisers to promote sanitary towels. Born into a Jewish family, she later became president of the British Humanist Association, whose chief executive, Andrew Copson, said: "Claire Rayner found meaning and inspiration in living and the enjoyment of life, in trying to fulfil her potential, and in the wonders of nature and the marvels of the cosmos. "She was a remarkable woman with broad interests and deep sympathies who lived an exemplary humanist life and we all feel lucky to have known her and to have had her support for so many enjoyable years." The chief executive of the Patients' Assocation, Katherine Murphy, expressed her "deep sadness" at the news and added: "For almost 30 years Claire has devoted so much of her time and energy to championing patients' issues. She was a figurehead and inspiration to us all." Her close friend, Baroness Helena Kennedy, said: "She was an extraordinary woman - passionate, committed, warm and exuberant. The key thing about Claire was that she was a campaigner to her toes - her mission was to improve the lot of others and she did it with great humility and common sense." Quote
bloo_toon_red Posted October 12, 2010 Report Posted October 12, 2010 agony aunt Claire Rayner, who has died at the age of 79. Aw fuck, I wrote her a letter last week over my anguish that none of you cunts care for Aberdeen FC anymore. Quote
Harcus Posted October 12, 2010 Report Posted October 12, 2010 That's OK, I'm sending you my pamphlet - "Feeling like you're the only cunt who gives a shit anymore?" as well as "My guide to starting a revolution at boardroom level." Quote
bilbobaggins Posted October 15, 2010 Report Posted October 15, 2010 My condolences to his family. RIP...the net. Quote
Guest leith_red Posted October 19, 2010 Report Posted October 19, 2010 Another one bites the dust: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-11578530 Anyone have him? Quote
Nellie The Don Posted October 19, 2010 Report Posted October 19, 2010 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11579988 Bunting at the ready... Quote
Kowalski Posted October 20, 2010 Report Posted October 20, 2010 Did anyone have Stuart Cable? Apparently he choked on his own vomit. Quote
Edinburghdon Posted October 20, 2010 Report Posted October 20, 2010 Did anyone have Stuart Cable? Apparently he choked on his own vomit. How did you find that out? Do you know him or something?.... Quote
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