Florentine_Pogen Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 1 hour ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Bob Barker's gone. 1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said: ...and it's goodnight from him. "....and don't forget to have your pets spayed and neutered." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
senorsoupe Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 3 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Bob Barker's gone. Doggone 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxRover Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 4 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Bob Barker's gone. O Captain! My Captain!… And impressively the oldest and youngest players on my square depart the same week! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 5 hours ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Bob Barker's gone. Next up on tonight's The Price is Right. How much does this funeral cost? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alta-pete Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 12 hours ago, GNU_Linux said: Some dead pools coming undone. Ken. What a fucking c**t he is leading us up the garden path like that. This is a serious business. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 On 24/08/2023 at 10:28, qos_75 said: I don’t think it has been confirmed yet. A lot of the media are still saying he is presumed dead. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/wagner-yevgeny-prigozhin-confirmed-dead-b2400163.html Confirmed? Maybe @Miguel Sanchez will need to put an asterisk against it for now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted August 27, 2023 Author Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) Week 34 update Anything interesting happen this week? Hmm. First up, wrestler Terry Funk: Terry Funk, the hardcore wrestling legend whose career spanned five decades, has died at the age of 79 | Daily Mail Online Quote Wrestling legend Terry Funk, whose career spanned five decades, has died at the age of 79. Funk, who was widely considered the father of hardcore wrestling, made his debut in 1965 and officially returned almost 53 years later. Funk was preceded in death by his wife, Vicky Ann, on March 29, 2019. They were married 53 years and had two daughters. In June 2021, fellow wrestling legend Don Muraco reported that Funk had been diagnosed with dementia. Funk celebrated his 79th birthday just last month and had continued wrestling until the age of 73, with his final matches coming in September 2017. Funk enjoyed a storied career in the ring, winning several titles, including the NWA Florida Heavyweight Championship, the ECW World Heavyweight Championship on two occasions, and the WWE Tag Team Championships alongside Cactus Jack, aka Foley. His success earned him an induction into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2009. Funk died at 79 so he's worth 46 Base Points for @Karpaty Lviv who also gets a Solo Shot bonus taking him to 96 points. ============= Up next, American television man Bob Barker: The Price Is Right host Bob Barker dies aged 99 at his Hollywood home - with tributes flooding in for 'Greatest MC who ever lived' | Daily Mail Online Quote The star was the longtime host of the game show The Price Is Right, beginning his run in 1972. The show, which had been on air since the 50s and was in decline, was revitalized by Barker, who was the face of the show until 2007. Before that, Bob had taken over as host of Truth or Consequences in 1956. The MC, born Robert William Barker, was born in Darrington, Washington, on December 12, 1923. When he was 6-years-old he moved to Mission, South Dakota, to live on a Sioux Indian reservation with his mom, according to NBC. Near the end of World War II Bob served two years in the Navy. He then went back to Missouri, where he attended Drury College and completed a degree in economics. Two straight Daily Mail links? Oh dear. Pick a better class of people. It's also probably worth pointing out that the man was a hell of a golfer: Barker died at 99 so he's worth 26 Base Points for @German Jag and @Ludo*1. @djchapsticks gets a Vice-Captain bonus for 39 points, @TxRover gets a Captain bonus for 52 points. ============= Up third this week, scientists and documentary participant Nick Hitchon: Nick Hitchon, nuclear scientist whose life’s ups and downs were charted in the groundbreaking TV series Seven Up! – obituary (telegraph.co.uk) Quote Nick Hitchon, who has died of cancer aged 65, was a Yorkshire Dales farmer’s son featured as a child in the groundbreaking Seven Up! documentary made for ITV’s hard-hitting current affairs series World in Action in 1964. He went on to become a nuclear fusion scientist and professor at the University of Wisconsin in a life followed by the director Michael Apted for stand-alone catch-up programmes broadcast periodically over the next 55 years. The shy country boy was first seen walking along a road in Littondale surrounded by fields and in the shadow of the huge overhanging limestone cliff Kilnsey Crag. Asked whether he had a girlfriend, he memorably responded: “I don’t want to answer that. I don’t answer those kind of questions.” The clip would be played back in all the follow-up documentaries. More prophetically, Hitchon ventured: “When I grow up, I’d like to find out all about the moon and all that.” I've never seen any of the Up programmes but it's an interesting concept. The Wikipedia article for the programme says this of Nick: "By 63, he had developed a cancerous mass in his throat and had recently lost his father, leading him to contemplate mortality and the future of his family after his death (he says at one point that if there is a 70 edition of the series, he will not be alive to participate in it)." I think the notion of mortality is probably the biggest thing I'd take from watching it. Several lives, a collective total of centuries of existence, all condensed to a few hours of television. Is this all there is? Hitchon died at 65 so he's worth 60 Base Points, with @chomp my root also getting a Solo Shot bonus for a total of 110 points. ============= And now, the good stuff. Noted baldy fraud Yevgeny Prigozhin: Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash, Russia’s investigative committee confirms | Russia | The Guardian Quote Russia’s investigative committee has confirmed that the Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was killed in a plane crash. The committee said on Sunday that after forensic testing, all 10 bodies recovered at the site of the crash had been identified, and their identities “conform to the manifest”. Russia’s civil aviation authority said earlier this week that Prigozhin and some of his top lieutenants were on the list of those onboard the plane that crashed on Wednesday. Well I don't know about you, but I'm convinced. There isn't really much I can do with this death right now. The relevant authorities say he's dead, so I'm treating it as such. If there's a steward's inquiry before the end of the year or some other time in the future, we can deal with that when it happens. Prigozhin died at 62 so he's worth 63 Base Points for @Michael W and @TxRover, with a Deadly Duo and Unnatural Causes bonus giving them 138 points apiece. I'm disappointed nobody picked up on my No Country For Old Men reference the other day, so you're getting it again: He was in a plane that was shot down, obviously he gets a bonus. After all of this, the standings now look like this: 1. JustOneCornetto 4052. psv_killie 376 3. Michael W 2954. Arbroathlegend36-0 288 5. chomp my root 2716. Desp 2647. LoonsYouthTeam 245 8. Karpaty Lviv 2419. The Naitch 24010. ThomCat 23911. gkneil 23412. cdhafc1874 22913. Arabdownunder 22814. buddiepaul 22615. Billy Jean King 22516. Mark Connolly, weirdcal 22418. Bert Raccoon 22219. qos_75 22120. peasy23 22021. amnarab 21922. Ned Nederlander 20923. Miguel Sanchez 19924. Bully Wee Villa 19225. Ziggy Sobotka, TxRover 190 27. Ludo*1 18828. lolls 18029. Donathan 17930. Shotgun 17031. Savage Henry 16932. D.V.T., microdave, throbber 16635. HI HAT 16236. ParsJake 16037. pub car king, The_Craig 15739. Aim Here 15540. DG.Roma 15441. The DA 15342. sophia 14843. Scorge 14544. Indale Winton 14245. Sweaty Morph 14046. alta-pete 13947. get_the_subbies_on 13848. Frosty, HK Hibee, willie adie 134 51. djchapsticks 13352. Fuctifano, thistledo 12554. kilMARKnock 11655. doulikefish, tamthebam, The Master 11158. Melanius Mullarkay 11059. Arch Stanton, mozam76 10161. Lofarl 9962. Oystercatcher, weemac 9764. atfccfc, Ray Patterson 9666. HTG 9567. Moomintroll 9368. Enigma 9069. dagane, pawpar 8771. German Jag, sparky88 8473. blackislekillie 7474. Jimmy Baker 7175. ICTJohnboy, superwell87 6977. paulathame 6878. lichtgilphead 6779. expatowner 6080. Priti priti priti Patel, superbigal 5882. Dunning1874, sleazy 5584. Empty It, The Hologram 4886. DeeTillEhDeh 4287. Oceanlineayr, Salvo Montalbano, Shipa, statts1976uk 3991. mathematics 3792. 10menwent2mow, dee_62, mizfit, parxyz, scottsdad, senorsoupe, Suspect Device 3299. choirbairn, Derry Alli, stanton 31102. BillyAnchor, Christophe, Lex, PWL 29106. Everyone else 0 The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1RxCIfczRUmrRrW79tUQ0vJ5KaHZpYENsTKmDqW4X3W4/edit?usp=sharing Edited August 27, 2023 by Miguel Sanchez 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 On 22/08/2023 at 14:54, chomp my root said: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/08/22/nick-hitchon-nuclear-scientist-seven-up-granada-television/ Thoughts, prayer, points. Was getting the fear that this was going to another pick that was too niche. Miguel, you missed this one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted August 27, 2023 Author Share Posted August 27, 2023 Whoops. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Salvo Montalbano Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 10 hours ago, peasy23 said: Why does that post look like someone has printed it out, scanned it squint then forwarded it on? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 On 26/08/2023 at 18:10, chomp my root said: Is that him first on the left ? No he's playing the piano. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suspect Device Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 Jack Sonni in Die Straits. Doing the Walk of Death. Etc. Dire Straits guitarist Jack Sonni dies age 68 as band shares touching tribute - Mirror Online 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 17 minutes ago, Suspect Device said: Jack Sonni in Die Straits. Doing the Walk of Death. Etc. Dire Straits guitarist Jack Sonni dies age 68 as band shares touching tribute - Mirror Online A session musician on one album and tour, but the article reads like he and Mark Knopfler were both main guitarists for the band. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted August 31, 2023 Share Posted August 31, 2023 7 hours ago, scottsdad said: A session musician on one album and tour, but the article reads like he and Mark Knopfler were both main guitarists for the band. Probably more brothers in arms 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 there goes my (on every) street cred but Fade to Black, he died of Industrial Disease caused by Heavy Fuel and will Ride Across the River Styx where he'll be Calling Elvis 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistledo Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 Something that surprises me recently is I've heard "Money for Nothing" with no changes to lyrics (you know the ones) being played out in public a fair few times and no one cares. Yet when Kirsty MacColl said it everyone is raging at Shane MacGowan and make a big deal out of it every year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Raccoon Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 5 hours ago, thistledo said: Something that surprises me recently is I've heard "Money for Nothing" with no changes to lyrics (you know the ones) being played out in public a fair few times and no one cares. Yet when Kirsty MacColl said it everyone is raging at Shane MacGowan and make a big deal out of it every year. Just looked up the lyrics and I must have heard the diluted version all my life (I'm 41) or just not paid attention to the lyrics 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, thistledo said: Something that surprises me recently is I've heard "Money for Nothing" with no changes to lyrics (you know the ones) being played out in public a fair few times and no one cares. Yet when Kirsty MacColl said it everyone is raging at Shane MacGowan and make a big deal out of it every year. Edited September 1, 2023 by chomp my root 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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