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Unsurprisingly, Ebony Banks is also the name of a porn star, so be glad you didn't make the mistake of researching her as a potential pick during your work lunch hour.

Do you have a reminder set to post this every so often?

Dead: http://www.dw.com/en/first-german-golden-globe-winner-christine-kaufmann-has-died/a-38137826

So, a whole lot of these fell on my town last night... ...and then it looked like this... ...and there was one of these a little north. Fun night. At the moment it's clear, blue skies, fluffy white clouds....deception on the hoof. More is coming.

Curry and Chips marathon probably off the agenda though.

Vienna? Sounds good, I'd give it a whirl.

Aye, in which case arise Sir Douglas...or summat!

In which case put your money on Anne (oldest) to outlive the younger siblings. The Bee Gees - literally - died in reverse order. Baby Andy went first and was (apparently) unaware he would have been offered full Bee Gee membership if he cleaned up. Maurice was 35 minutes younger than Robin all of whom were younger than Barry

Thirty years since Patrick Troughton became a relative dimension in time and space.

Earl Scruggs died on this day 5 years ago, aged 88.

How's it going? See it has made landfall? Wall to wall coverage?

Today's dispatch: "The South and East China Seas have become a prime destination for military ships and U.S. diplomatic tensions are at a level of intensity not felt since the coldest days of the Cold War. It would be foolish, therefore, to dismiss warnings or fears of World War 3 in the next few years. Any major conflict that breaks out now could escalate to a World War 3 scenario. These are hardly the musings of a few conspiracy theorists or eccentrics. The present geopolitical and economic background is weak, there’s a tremendous potential for unforeseen events (black swans) to trigger a calamity as WW3." Full article (seems to be a fairly respected investment news site, not a fringe site as far as I can tell): https://www.lombardiletter.com/global-tensions-could-trigger-world-war-3-in-2018-or-even-2017/9330/ UPDATE: Some better news (if anyone actually acts on it): http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-28/why-scientists-signed-an-open-letter-on-banning-nuclear-weapons/8393330

There's a really interesting book called All Out War by Tim Shipman which actually suggests Carswell defected to UKIP in order to attempt to give the party a more moderate edge in the run up and throughout the EU referendum - so that he could be quoted in newspapers as a UKIP representative rather than constantly having Farage spouting off on one. Not entirely sure that worked out as planned though. Although Carswell was still in touch with Gove and co. and it was probably extremely useful to have a mole in the UKIP camp.

The Nolan's are going to be like the bee gees soon.

Re Hamilton-Byrne - I need her and A N Other to make the thoughtfully assembled team a going concern as the days grow longer. Fair play to Spade so far his riskier picks have totalled my crumbing (any day now) wrecks. As of this post Bessie Camm, Alice Ducat, Emma Morano continue to breathe

What a cutie:

Some people don't let me have any stalking fun.

Is that Iggy Pop?

Early post of the year contender right there! I would like my epitaph to read: "Life is a form of mental illness. Now I'm alright"

Early post of the year contender right there!

Life is a form of mental illness. It's always sexually based.

neither was your birth but we still have to put up with it. Not much of an insult but it's the thought that counts. Agreed, glad to see MorbidKid put thought into a post, let's hope it's a trend. SC