paranoid android Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Rugster said: I saw a photo of Gene Hackman the other day. f**k me, I know he's in his nineties now but unrecognisable. He cannae have long to go. Fabulous actor - hopefully still avoiding the Duck of Death. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 49 minutes ago, paranoid android said: Fabulous actor - hopefully still avoiding the Duck of Death. Yes one of my favourites 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted May 27, 2022 Author Share Posted May 27, 2022 3 hours ago, Rugster said: I saw a photo of Gene Hackman the other day. f**k me, I know he's in his nineties now but unrecognisable. He cannae have long to go. I thought the same with the recent pictures of Liotta tbh. I would never have had him as 67, going by those. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted May 27, 2022 Share Posted May 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Rugster said: Yes one of my favourites Done some fantastic films, Mississippi burning being a great role. He's supposed to be a p***k of a man though. We all have our wee foibles I guess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Patricia Brake, Going Straight... to the crematorium. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 11 minutes ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Patricia Brake, Going Straight... to the crematorium. Patricia, Brake!!! Too late. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said: Patricia, Brake!!! Too late. Ingrid Fletcher (Strumpet of Yore) Ingrid Rita Godber (née Fletcher) was played by Patricia Brake. Ingrid is Fletch's eldest child (allegedly conceived against Karl Marx's tomb). She often visited her father in Slade Prison, oblivious to her appeal to the other inmates, much to her father's despair. It was on one of these trips that she met Fletch's cell-mate Godber. Upon Godber's release the two met up, and by the time Fletch was released, three years later, the two were engaged. They were married in the final episode of Going Straight and are seen to be still married 25 years later in the spoof documentary, Life Beyond the Box: Norman Stanley Fletcher, with one son. Edited May 28, 2022 by Florentine_Pogen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted May 28, 2022 Share Posted May 28, 2022 Bo Hopkins 80 Known for American Graffiti. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.V.T. Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Lester Piggott falls at the last at 86 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 And he's off 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 6 minutes ago, D.V.T. said: Lester Piggott falls at the last at 86 He'll be in the Oaks again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indale Winton Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Fester Piggot 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Jean King Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Was it a dead heat ? Either way points for Lester please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Had he been ill furlong? 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 He's spending a year dead for tax reasons 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Another dead tax dodger 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deegee Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 ….and he’s off! Lester Piggott, aged 86 who won 9 Derby races won’t be around for next week’s Derby 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted May 29, 2022 Author Share Posted May 29, 2022 Week 22 update One death this week, former horse man Lester Piggott: Lester Piggott, the outstanding jockey of the postwar era, dies aged 86 | Lester Piggott | The Guardian Quote Piggott earned the nickname “The Long Fellow” because of his relative tallness among jockeys at 5ft 8in but became popularly known as “the housewives favourite” during a period when he won nine Derbys and the Epsom Classic was the most famous race in the world. Piggott’s influence on racing was such that he spawned a new “shorter” race-riding style with pulled-up stirrup leathers which changed the art of jockeyship. His father Keith, a former champion jumps jockey turned trainer, provided his son with his first public ride in 1948 at the age of 12. The boy, whose shy exterior resulting from partial deafness and a speech impediment masked a ruthless streak and a fiercely competitive will to win, was successful on The Chase at Haydock, laying the foundations for a glittering career in the saddle. Piggott won his first Derby at 18 on Never Say Die and was champion jockey 11 times between 1960 and 1982. Despite his height there was no more natural rider in the saddle during a golden age for the sport which included rivals Pat Eddery and Willie Carson. Seems like this was only announced this morning, so there's not much detail in the articles on him. He won loads of races. And he's a jockey I've heard of, so I'm counting him as famous as well as good. Piggott died at 86, so he's worth 39 Base Points for @Billy Jean King and @thisal with a Deadly Duo bonus taking that to 64 points. As a result, the standings look like this: 1. Bishop Briggs 458 2. Indale Winton 445 3. JustOneCornetto 431 4. chomp my root 403 5. sparky88 372 6. Ned Nederlander 371 7. Arch Stanton 302 8. gkneil 271 9. peasy23, weirdcal 259 11. Arbroathlegend36-0 255 12. psv_killie 242 13. Savage Henry 196 14. Desp 188 15. pawpar, Sweaty Morph 187 17. Mathematics, The Master 184 19. thistledo 167 20. Blootoon87 151 21. gingette, microdave 150 23. buddiepaul 146 24. The_Craig, The DA 144 26. Billy Jean King 139 27. scottsdad 138 28. cdhafc1874 130 29. Moomintroll 123 30. pub car king 122 31. nessies long lost ghost, The Naitch 113 33. senorsoupe 108 34. Miguel Sanchez 105 35. Bully Wee Villa 104 36. Melanius Mullarkay 95 37. jimbaxters, lichtgilphead, sleazy 92 40. Florentine_Pogen, scorge 85 42. Lofarl, Mark Connolly 75 44. ThomCat 69 45. thisal 64 46. Hamish's Passenger 61 47. Fuctifano, Willie adie 57 49. Raidernation 46 50. Bert Raccoon, speckled tangerine, statts1976uk 39 51. ayrunitedfw, cambozpar, Karpaty Lviv, Les Cabbage 30 57. Everyone else 0 The spreadsheet has also been updated here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mup1IJllKHs0a47J8G6IXUkvShJrV28Iuc-Kkn7RKuo/edit?usp=sharing 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Who was the only 20 stone man to ride a derby winner? Lester Piggott's cellmate 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wile E Coyote Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 11 hours ago, D.V.T. said: Lester Piggott falls at the last at 86 Reminds me of a non PC joke Who is the only 20 stone man to ride a Derby winner. Lester Piggott's cell mate 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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