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She’s that bad even Saint Ed Sheeran ran in the total opposite a couple of years ago. Theres another one. Ed Sheeran. So fucking desperate for the UK Christmas number one he released the same song 3 different ways last month. Prick.

And of course, one of my favourite covers from back in the day.... Sister Sledge Lol.

The 17 most likely to die and break the record: 1)Leah Bracknell:16 months into a stage 4 lung diagnosis and reliant on shamanism.Enough said. 2)Tessa Jowell:Glioblastoma diagnosed 8 months ago.No conventional treatment options left.Can no longer speak fluently clearly thinner and frailer also. 3)John McCain:Glioblastoma 6 onths in.Not been seen in congress for awhile.Reports of second tumor. 4)Billy Graham:Parkinsons persistent infections on Oxygen since 2011 and bedridden.Eyesight and hearing also failing. 5)Herman Wouk:Nearly 103 and wheelchair and oxygen cylinder bound.Sold his house. 6)Clive James:Has had emphysema leaukemia and kidney failure since January 2010.Has been in and out of hospital has brought a wheelchair and has near enough stopped working. 7)Jill Gascoine:Has been in a nursing home for several years in the late stages of dementia.By all accounts is not aware of anything.Also had kidney cancer in 1997. 8)George H.w Bush:Parkinsonism and persistent respiratory infections. 9)Barbara Bush:Several previous infections and reliant on a nasal canula. 10)Leslie Philips:Had a stroke several years ago as well as a non malignant growth on his nose.Had a seizure and suffered a cardiac arrest in 2015.Pictured in a wheelchair looking extremely frail in 2016. 11)Kirk Douglas:Had major stroke in 1996 affecting speech.Was ina wheelchair at recentgolden globes ceremony.Also incrediblly ancient. 12)Bob Dole:Recent hospitalisation and looks very gaunt and frail.Has problems with eyes and arthritis. 13)Javier Perez de Cuellar:98 wheelchair bound and reportedly has memory problems. 14)Neil Simon:Reportedly mute from dementia as of August 2017.Had a kidney transplant in 2004. 15)Stirling Moss:Spent 134 days in Hospital last year.Retired from public life after a lack of recovery.Seems similar to Bruce Forsyth. 16)Prunella Scales:Has had dementia for nearly two decades.Hints of deterioration at the last series of Great Canal Journey`s. 17)Valerie Harper:Metastatic lung cancer now in the meninges.Hints last year that treatment was no longer working or at least losing effectiveness.

No. Zager and Evans wasn't it?

Lol. For the cash it was a steal, but black ice, gritters out and single track road for 30+ miles populated by stags = 'no'. Barely got above 70 on occasions in the dark. You'll spend more on a tyre for your beloveds than I spent on this

Ah, so that's what Stevie Wonder was talking about.

The anonymous carbon rod who starred on The Simpsons

Chariot died on Sunday so been off all week trying to get a new one. Was due to go to scrappy on Monday, but the mouse that has lived in it the past few months finally chewed enough wires to kill it, 36 hours afore the wee cunt would've been crushed. Anyhoo, picked up a new one today from a bloke on Gumtree. Asked for the address and it was Invercharron. Fate , had to buy it.

Lol wasn't a bad guess then

Can’t fucking ABIDE Goulding, she looks like a cross between Shergar and Shaggy off Scooby Doo, distinctively average voice. Only famous because she’s on/off poking someone out of McFly.

I have been watching a lot of anime recently so that would quite appeal to me. I did watch that with no sound though. It is a big shame about Valerian though because a good non Marvel Disney franchise would be quite welcome.

I went with whoever the fuck Tessa Jowell is to go along with whoever the fuck Mark E. Smith is.

I’ll admit that when a deathbed person gets an obit over someone who made an actual bonafide achievement, it is disappointing...

Now THATS a wig!

Scores on page 2 have again been updated for Patrick Cryne and Mark E. Smith. I have to say - - you guys are good!!

I would agree that there aren't as many very strong picks as last year (last year there was Joost, Noakes, Christie, Campbell, Forsyth, Booth, Downie, and Michael). A lot of the hits had to come in the form of a bit of a punt pick, ie, not as strong as a pick. But there were enough of them to help them break the record last year. Here, there aren't as many potential 50/50 picks or strong picks as last year that would look like it would turn into a successful year. But if all the cards fall correctly, it might (just might) break the record. But there's always a few decent picks that survive into the next year, so that's very unlikely imo...

Here's the active member stats, which I found surprisingly high, but I suppose there is a hardcore of about 20-30 of us who contribute the vast majority of posts. 1 Sep 2003 1 1 Oct 2003 8 1 Nov 2003 6 1 Dec 2003 9 1 Jan 2004 13 1 Feb 2004 11 1 Mar 2004 14 1 Apr 2004 18 1 May 2004 23 1 Jun 2004 32 1 Jul 2004 29 1 Aug 2004 30 1 Sep 2004 29 1 Oct 2004 37 1 Nov 2004 48 1 Dec 2004 45 1 Jan 2005 65 1 Feb 2005 84 1 Mar 2005 71 1 Apr 2005 83 1 May 2005 60 1 Jun 2005 76 1 Jul 2005 84 1 Aug 2005 84 1 Sep 2005 91 1 Oct 2005 111 1 Nov 2005 102 1 Dec 2005 107 1 Jan 2006 144 1 Feb 2006 114 1 Mar 2006 108 1 Apr 2006 88 1 May 2006 96 1 Jun 2006 87 1 Jul 2006 86 1 Aug 2006 90 1 Sep 2006 94 1 Oct 2006 111 1 Nov 2006 114 1 Dec 2006 137 1 Jan 2007 140 1 Feb 2007 115 1 Mar 2007 98 1 Apr 2007 85 1 May 2007 83 1 Jun 2007 91 1 Jul 2007 98 1 Aug 2007 101 1 Sep 2007 100 1 Oct 2007 84 1 Nov 2007 82 1 Dec 2007 82 1 Jan 2008 114 1 Feb 2008 88 1 Mar 2008 93 1 Apr 2008 87 1 May 2008 69 1 Jun 2008 82 1 Jul 2008 77 1 Aug 2008 85 1 Sep 2008 79 1 Oct 2008 73 1 Nov 2008 75 1 Dec 2008 99 1 Jan 2009 121 1 Feb 2009 90 1 Mar 2009 118 1 Apr 2009 87 1 May 2009 79 1 Jun 2009 113 1 Jul 2009 119 1 Aug 2009 100 1 Sep 2009 98 1 Oct 2009 85 1 Nov 2009 96 1 Dec 2009 105 1 Jan 2010 110 1 Feb 2010 86 1 Mar 2010 97 1 Apr 2010 77 1 May 2010 82 1 Jun 2010 76 1 Jul 2010 68 1 Aug 2010 76 1 Sep 2010 71 1 Oct 2010 90 1 Nov 2010 77 1 Dec 2010 90 1 Jan 2011 121 1 Feb 2011 69 1 Mar 2011 88 1 Apr 2011 74 1 May 2011 90 1 Jun 2011 64 1 Jul 2011 82 1 Aug 2011 78 1 Sep 2011 71 1 Oct 2011 68 1 Nov 2011 70 1 Dec 2011 79 1 Jan 2012 92 1 Feb 2012 76 1 Mar 2012 67 1 Apr 2012 69 1 May 2012 75 1 Jun 2012 87 1 Jul 2012 77 1 Aug 2012 78 1 Sep 2012 71 1 Oct 2012 70 1 Nov 2012 106 1 Dec 2012 127 1 Jan 2013 129 1 Feb 2013 101 1 Mar 2013 92 1 Apr 2013 110 1 May 2013 87 1 Jun 2013 105 1 Jul 2013 106 1 Aug 2013 74 1 Sep 2013 71 1 Oct 2013 81 1 Nov 2013 72 1 Dec 2013 137 1 Jan 2014 121 1 Feb 2014 93 1 Mar 2014 89 1 Apr 2014 84 1 May 2014 75 1 Jun 2014 90 1 Jul 2014 71 1 Aug 2014 85 1 Sep 2014 84 1 Oct 2014 86 1 Nov 2014 78 1 Dec 2014 92 1 Jan 2015 114 1 Feb 2015 94 1 Mar 2015 97 1 Apr 2015 83 1 May 2015 92 1 Jun 2015 95 1 Jul 2015 94 1 Aug 2015 113 1 Sep 2015 87 1 Oct 2015 109 1 Nov 2015 108 1 Dec 2015 127 1 Jan 2016 144 1 Feb 2016 133 1 Mar 2016 122 1 Apr 2016 120 1 May 2016 113 1 Jun 2016 116 1 Jul 2016 95 1 Aug 2016 103 1 Sep 2016 94 1 Oct 2016 107 1 Nov 2016 111 1 Dec 2016 165 1 Jan 2017 195 1 Feb 2017 147 1 Mar 2017 139 1 Apr 2017 111 1 May 2017 138 1 Jun 2017 157 1 Jul 2017 133 1 Aug 2017 151 1 Sep 2017 165 1 Oct 2017 167 1 Nov 2017 168 1 Dec 2017 205 1 Jan 2018 268

Famous author and scientist Desmond Morris is 90 today.

I think MPFC has crossed wires? Deadline for submitting teams is end of the month! However, he's got lucky here, as Charon has his faithful XI in too, so his opponent wont get an unfair advantage.

Anyways, most of the teams steered clear of Cryne, who most thought wouldn't have even seen 2018, and two teams are spared the embarrassment of getting the first points of the season by his going before the deadline. Hardly confident endorsements of his survival, mind, as the two teams who had him each included him in the final two spots. @theoldlady's updated team has been noted. @Sir Creep was the only other to nominate Cryne and now sees Doris Day in the #25 spot. If you want to change Day's position and/or nominate a new sub, Sir Creep, let me know.

A sketchy list of elderly Opera stars: Inge Borkh 1921 Lucine Amara 1925 Christa Ludwig 1928 Rosalind Elias 1929 Antonietta Stella 1929 Gabriella Tucci 1929 Renate Holm 1931 Mady Mesple 1931 Janet Baker 1933 Montserrat Caballe 1933 (wheelchair-bound, on my 2018 shadow list) Marilyn Horne 1934 Raina Kabaivanska 1934 Renata Scotto 1934 Teresa Berganza 1935 Fiorenza Cossotto 1935 Mirella Freni 1935 Martina Arroyo 1936 Gwyneth Jones 1936 Ingeborg Hallstein 1936 Grace Bumbry 1937 Gundula Janowitz 1937 Yvonne Minton 1938 Huguette Tourangeot 1938 Teresa Stratas 1938 Edda Moser 1938 Rachel Yakar 1938 Maria Chiara 1939 Ileana Cotrubas 1939 Helga Dernesch 1939 Brigitte Fassbaender 1939 Mirjana Irosch 1939 Helen Donath 1940 Anja Silja 1940 Julia Varady 1941 Anna Tomowa-Sintow 1941 Judith Blegen 1943 Eva Marton 1943 (Overweight) Kiri Te Kanawa 1944 Agnes Baltsa 1944 Frederica von Stade 1945 Jessye Norman 1945 Edita Gruberova 1946 Katia Ricciarelli 1946 Barbara Hendricks 1948 Catherine Malfitano 1948 Kathleen Battle 1948 Julia Migenes 1949 Mara Zampieri 1951 Cheryl Studer 1955 (Overweight) Rolando Panerai 1924 Luigi Alva 1927 Vasile Moldoveanu 1935 Sherrill Milnes 1935 Peter Schreier 1935 Ugo Benelli 1935 Renato Bruson 1936 Rene Kollo 1937 Kenneth Riegel 1938 Simon Estes 1938 Samuel Ramey 1940 Jose Van Dam 1940 Placido Domingo 1941 Ruggero Raimondi 1941 Leo Nucci 1942 Salvatore Fisichella 1943 Jose Carreras 1946 (On my 2018 shadowlist) James Morris 1947 Neil Shicoff 1949 Ferruccio Furlanetto 1949

Just a sketchy list to help me keep track of famous actresses: Olivia de Havilland 1916 Marge Champion 1919 Nanette Fabray (1920 - 2018) Carol Channing 1921 Betty White 1922 Doris Day 1922 Micheline Presle 1922 Janis Paige 1922 Valentina Cortese 1923 Glynis Johns 1923 Rhonda Fleming 1923 (The best-looking ninety-years old I have ever seen) Eva Marie Saint 1924 Zizi Jeanmaire 1924 Lee Grant 1925? Katherine McGregor 1925 (Little house on the Prairie) Angela Lansbury 1925 Arlene Dahl 1925 Irene Papas 1926 Gina Lollobrigida 1927 Barbara Rush 1927 Genevieve Page 1927 Jane Powell 1929 Vera Miles 1929 Joanne Woodward 1930 (Alzheimer's) Tippi Hedren 1930 (Survived Hitchcock & 110+ lions, but looks frail now) Carmen Sevilla 1930 (Alzheimer's) Leslie Caron 1931 Monica Vitti 1931 (Alzheimer) Petula Clark 1932 Elaine May 1932 Felicia Farr 1932 Stephane Audran 1932 Phyllida Law 1932 Ellen Burstyn 1932 Kim Novak 1933 (Breast Cancer) May Britt 1933 Carol Burnett 1933 Sian Phillips 1933 Barbara Feldon 1933 (Get Smart) Joan Collins 1933 Judy Dench 1934 Louise Fletcher 1934 Maggie Smith 1934 Shirley MacLaine 1934 Eileen Atkins 1934 Florence Henderson 1934 Shirley Jones 1934 Brigitte Bardot 1934 Sophia Loren 1934 May Britt 1934 Julie Andrews 1935 Samantha Eggar 1935 Barbara Harris 1935 Diahann Carroll 1935 Diane Ladd 1935 Bibi Andersson 1935 Mylene Demongeot 1935 Glenda Jackson 1936 Shirley Knight 1936 Ursula Andress 1936 Shirley Eaton 1937 (Goldfinger) Sally Kellerman 1937 Vanessa Redgrave 1937 Susan Hampshire 1937 Dyan Cannon 1937 Jane Fonda 1937 Margaret O'Brien 1937 (Famous child star) Diana Rigg 1938 Claudia Cardinale 1938 Diana Muldaur 1938 Paula Prentiss 1938 Anne Stallybrass 1938 (Onedin Line) Stella Stevens 1938 Connie Stevens 1938 (Stroke in 2016) Lily Tomlin 1939 Ali McGraw 1939 Jane Alexander 1939 Michael Learned 1939 (The Waltons) Jill St. John 1940 Raquel Welch 1940 Julie Christie 1940 Jacqueline Sassard 1940 Katharine Ross 1940 Anna Karina 1940 Juliet Mills 1941 Ann-Margret 1941 Sarah Miles 1941 Rita Tushingham 1942 Britt Ekland 1942 Barbra Streisand 1942 Genevieve Bujold 1942 Linda Evans 1942 (She looks horrible lately) Gayle Hunnicut 1943 Cheryl Miller 1943 (Daktari) Susan Clark 1943 Tuesday Weld 1943 Catherine Deneuve 1943 Jacqueline Bisset 1944 Teri Garr 1944 Priscilla Presley 1945 Helen Mirren 1945 Mia Farrow 1945 Goldie Hawn 1945 Bette Midler 1945 Sue Lyon 1946 (Lolita, now unrecognizable) Jane Birkin 1946 (Autoimmune illness, overweight) Stefania Sandrelli 1946 Candice Bergen 1946 (Unrecognizable) Liza Minnelli 1946 Charlotte Rampling 1946 Sally Field 1946 Geraldine Chaplin 1946 Diane Keaton 1946 Glenn Close 1947 Kathy Bates 1948 Meryl Streep 1949 Sigourney Weaver 1949 Shelley Duvall 1949 (Star of Altman & Kubrik films. Seriously ill) Kathleen Turner 1954 (Rheumatoid arthritis, alcohol problems) Rosie O'Donnell 1962 (Heart attack, volatile temper)

Mark E. Smith looked so ill in the most recent photo I've punted on him in the poll. I'm currently his only support there.