chomp my root Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 58 minutes ago, Bert Raccoon said: Jo Guest as as good as mine Not sure what happened to her, she's gone as quiet as a Titmuss. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 It's got me Sam Foxed anyway 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted April 28 Author Share Posted April 28 Week 17 update One death this week, Frank Field: Lord Field of Birkenhead obituary | Frank Field | The Guardian Quote Born in London, Field came from a Tory-voting, working-class home. His father, Walter, was a labourer in Battersea, south-west London, and his mother, Annie, a teaching assistant. As an adolescent he joined the Young Conservatives before switching to Labour because of its clearer opposition to apartheid in South Africa. After attending St Clement Danes grammar school, then in Hammersmith, west London, he studied economics at Hull University, graduating in 1964, and became a further education teacher in Southwark and Hammersmith. He served as a councillor in Hounslow (1964-68) and unsuccessfully contested the South Buckinghamshire seat in the 1966 general election. His breakthrough as a campaigner came in 1969 when he became director of the CPAG, building it into a high-profile pressure group. From 1974 he simultaneously headed the Low Pay Unit. This experience was later recognised with his appointment in 1987 as chair of the select committee on social services (later social security) as well as in 2010 the coalition government’s “poverty tsar”. Iain Duncan Smith, the reforming welfare minister in that government, shared many of his views, and was taken aback when Field attacked the coalition’s universal credit and bedroom tax. An interesting obituary. He seems to have been a little bit of everything. Field died at 81 so he's worth 44 Base Points for @Bully Wee Villa, @Enigma, @Indale Winton, @Lofarl, @LoonsYouthTeam, @psv_killie, @qos_75, @The Naitch and @TxRover. @blackislekillie gets a Vice-Captain bonus for 66 points. As a result, the standings look like this: 1. mozam76 402 2. Billy Jean King 380 3. Moomintroll 346 4. psv_killie 335 5. Indale Winton 328 6. lolls 316 7. Forest_Fifer 297 8. sparky88 291 9. Ned Nederlander 282 10. lichtgilphead 279 11. The_Craig 254 12. pub car king 238 13. The DA 228 14. JustOneCornetto 225 15. blackislekillie 216 16. The Naitch 213 17. Arch Stanton 207 18. parxyz 206 19. cdhafc1874 204 20. Oystercatcher 198 21. Bully Wee Villa 194 22. weirdcal 191 23. Melanius Mullarkant 176 24. amnarab 169 25. El Guapo, mathematics 164 27. Salvo Montalbano 163 28. TxRover 157 29. alta-pete 156 30. choirbairn, Desp, peasy23 150 33. tamthebam 144 34. Savage Henry 134 35. Arbroathlegend36-0 126 36. Lofarl, qos_75 119 38. Arabdownunder 117 39. buddiepaul, chomp my root, scottsdad, Trogdor 113 43. sleazy, Sweaty Morph 100 45. Craig fae the Vale 95 46. ThomCat 94 47. pawpar 90 48. invergowrie arab, Karpaty Lviv, Ray Patterson 78 51. DG.Roma, Mark Connolly, sensorsoupe, Sergeant Wilson, Shotgun 75 56. ICTChris 74 57. D Angelo Barksdale 71 58. Raidernation 60 59. Florentine_Pogen 58 60. Aim Here, Darren 51 62. BillyAnchor, doulikefish 49 64. Enigma, LoonsYouthTeam 44 66. stanton 25 67. Everyone else 0 The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1CsroU6IlQNJOesOqCc5gsI7SCw8ywBS-PUzQwLTJe4g/edit?usp=sharing 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 My Dragons Den pitch is "Famous Folk- ensure another year on earth". Premise is simple, if I put you in my 15 you won't die for another year. £100K a slot seems reasonable. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullerene Posted April 29 Share Posted April 29 6 hours ago, 19QOS19 said: My Dragons Den pitch is "Famous Folk- ensure another year on earth". Premise is simple, if I put you in my 15 you won't die for another year. £100K a slot seems reasonable. So your entire turnover comes from people who don't turn over. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Brian McCardie who was in Filth and also Tommy Hunter in Line of Duty no longer under witness protection https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24288526.time-line-duty-actor-brian-mccardie-dies-aged-59/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 4 minutes ago, Rugster said: Brian McCardie who was in Filth and also Tommy Hunter in Line of Duty no longer under witness protection https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24288526.time-line-duty-actor-brian-mccardie-dies-aged-59/ Time is up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvo Montalbano Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 18 minutes ago, Rugster said: Brian McCardie who was in Filth and also Tommy Hunter in Line of Duty now in witness protection https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24288526.time-line-duty-actor-brian-mccardie-dies-aged-59/ FTFY 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venti Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Dyin' McCardiac Arrest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 3 hours ago, Rugster said: Brian McCardie who was in Filth and also Tommy Hunter in Line of Duty no longer under witness protection https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24288526.time-line-duty-actor-brian-mccardie-dies-aged-59/ Brian McDeidie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 Brian Sympathy-Cardie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 6 hours ago, Rugster said: Brian McCardie who was in Filth and also Tommy Hunter in Line of Duty no longer under witness protection https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24288526.time-line-duty-actor-brian-mccardie-dies-aged-59/ Indirectly responsible for a memorial going up in Dalbeattie. He played the nasty Murdoch in "Titanic". The real Murdoch was born in Dalbeattie and the people of that town were so annoyed at the portrayal of one of their citizens that they had a memorial to Murdoch erected in the town. It's quite near Dalbeattie Star's football ground if memory serves. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 58 minutes ago, tamthebam said: Indirectly responsible for a memorial going up in Dalbeattie. He played the nasty Murdoch in "Titanic". The real Murdoch was born in Dalbeattie and the people of that town were so annoyed at the portrayal of one of their citizens that they had a memorial to Murdoch erected in the town. It's quite near Dalbeattie Star's football ground if memory serves. McCardie played Murdoch in the 2012 TV miniseries. However my understanding is that it was Ewan Stewart (son of Andy) who played Murdoch in the James Cameron film that got the Dalbeattie folks' backs up because he was seen shooting a passenger who tried to get into a lifeboat. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 4 minutes ago, GordonD said: he was seen shooting a passenger who tried to get into a lifeboat. Who wouldn't? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 23 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Who wouldn't? A peasant who didn't have a gun? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 4 minutes ago, Bold Rover said: A peasant who didn't have a gun? Given the chance though? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 30 Share Posted April 30 38 minutes ago, GordonD said: McCardie played Murdoch in the 2012 TV miniseries. However my understanding is that it was Ewan Stewart (son of Andy) who played Murdoch in the James Cameron film that got the Dalbeattie folks' backs up because he was seen shooting a passenger who tried to get into a lifeboat. That's me telt... You know it was also an iceberg that sank Liz Truss 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 11 hours ago, tamthebam said: You know it was also an iceberg that sank Liz Truss You mean it was the cos of her defeat? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Writer Paul Auster at 77. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn3de800ykko 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 12 hours ago, tamthebam said: That's me telt... You know it was also an iceberg that sank Liz Truss She desperate to be making a comeback so it romaines to be seen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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