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Mmmmm......Did'nt Fred West say something like that Q-Tips?.....By the way you are supposed to bury the body bag, not hide it behind the flower pots

Been hanging on to my Samsung S2 forever. But it's now as slow as a dachshund in 6 inches of snow. Whilst it is not on a contract so no provider garbage on it, Samsung have still seen fit to load it with a pile of bloatware which has used all the memory. I suppose I could root it, but it's 8 years old anyway. Since I hate bloatware more than Boris Johnson (and that's a high hurdle) I'm going to wait on your appraisal Charon. Had considered that new essential phone but still don't want to pay that for a bloody phone and the idea that anyone would pay a grand for an Iphone X is a mystery to me.

List of the Lost finally up, plus 100 new bios. Edit: and the List of the Missed! And some pictures as well! Someone's trying to put off their spring cleaning here...

Haven't had one since 2007...

Makes me happy I've never paid for a TV in my adult life tbh.

His one-time missus Brix Smith has an interesting CV - having joined the band in 1983 (she met Mark in April, they were married in July) and subsequently divorced him and recorded with other bands, she later married a 'fashion entrepreneur' and did the fashion commentary on Royal Ascot in 2013. As much of a leap for a post-punk icon as John Lydon advertising butter. Wiki says that she and Mark met at a Chicago concert - I assume that means that the Fall were playing in Chicago (bizarre enough in itself) but it would be nice to think that they bonded over 'If You leave Me Now' or 'Hard to Say I'm Sorry.'

Yeah, but we can't ban Prophet so what can you do?

He was probably getting dizzy.

What, you mean they have to wait till the Pope dies?

If he does turn out to be a fraud, can we refer to him as Roey Roey?

Knock it off.

No, wasn't my gist lardy. More about the advances in tech in certain areas. A basic washing machine hasn't really changed in price/spec/reliability for example in the last 25 years, but brown goods have advanced greatly. Televisions/computers/phones have really been innovated, and the cost remains the same, if not slashed.

We've been watching the same show! I preferred the Maggie Bell bit of that tune though (the BA Robertson one, not Toyah...). Fecking hell, just Googled her and she's 73 now!!!

I barely register big names. So I'll have a guess at BA Robertson....

Belatedly just noticed this. I played against this chap many times when he was in his 50s and he was a really nice bloke who retained a great passion for cricket even though his body was a bit knackered by this time. He achieved many fine feats during his earlier years ( I was there watching when he dismissed Boycott) , but still retained a sense of great modesty.

Many happy returns to the legend then. Just balancing things out.

The other day I was talking to a colleague on Skype about one of their projects and they said "Of course, X is unlikely to get involved now." "Wants more money?" I asked. "No, they're dying." I presumed this was private information, but anyhow, I kept this in my mind for future reference, and had a gander at Google later on. True enough, X's health is Google-able, they're not off the radar as I'd thought, and it was referenced in a newspaper this month. Now, X is a fairly big name, and I've come to this news a bit after the fact. News story was dated from around the 2nd. And I'm 100% sure I'm not the first Deathlister to spot this, even if I only stumbled across it via third party. Which tells me one of two things. Either people out there think the person will be alive in 2019 and are all keeping it secret already. OR People are keeping it secret for the Deathlist Cup, and there's going to be a whole lot of groaning when the first person breaks cover early. And wanting to discover which of those two is right is the only reason I haven't named them yet!

Moved from the Rayya Elias thread in case someone thinks she's risen from the dead: One of the Pointless answers this week was Gina fucking Lollobrigida, perennial "Crowdsourced list pick I had to google who is on 5-10 teams". Ok, which one of you is setting the quiz questions on the BBC, and can you sort out a proper Ian Toothill DDP obit? Ta.

The Daily Mail explores Hillary Clinton's mystery cough: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5373775/Mystery-cough-plagued-Hillary-Clintons-campaign-returned.html

He would have been fuming at anything else.

Because I Klan.....

FTFY

He's been doing The Last Farewell since 1971.

Note for @Handrejka ...another one from Series 3 of Pointless Celebrities. That has taken quite a tanking after Wogan, Chegwin, Nolan, Harris, etc....