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Sorry to hear he was short with you.

Thoughts and prayers are going to drol’s mental health...

Eh?

I Think Your Abuse of Capital Letters Is Fatal.

One of those staple Deathlist Forum names you could count on to be mentioned at least around 20 times a year.

The inventor of the cassette tape, Lou Ottens, is still alive and 91 years old.

Jerry Maren's death takes me to 6 hits here. YW - 6; DL - 5

Jerry Maren reportedly dead at 98.

Topic subheader not "stiffs"?

(until the admins ban me) **looks at wristwatch** looks back at screen (until the admins ban me) **looks at wristwatch** looks back at screen .....

Sad news. Mentioned by users time and time again in the Ideas thread yet omitted from the list despite the fact we knew he was very ill. A poor decision not to include him, particularly given that all of the immediate obituaries for him are British.

RIP, not really surprising. my 5th hit for this year.

Thank you, Biblio!

https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/jerry-maren-dead-wizard-oz-12654230 Congrats to Book on Jerry Maren

It’s the lack of footfall in high streets which is real killer. Let’s face it, most people have had a pay squeeze here for nearly 9 years. I finally got a 4% payrise this year after 1% in each of the last 8. Plus us as an example- Howick shirt in House of Fraser £40. Exact same shirt on Amazon £5. Polo shirt for holiday from Burtons £12. Exactly the same from a warehouse on eBay £1.99. All that’s missing is the Burtons label.

Ronald Reagan won the Cold War. Then he lost his mind... and his battle with Alzheimer's on this day 14 years ago, aged 93.

Before I open this link, I believe I’m experiencing a culture clash. I don’t claim to be versed on all ‘57 varieties’ but I’ve not heard of ‘salad cream’ so changing it’s name is of little effect. I know there is salad spread which is their bullshit ‘mayo’. There’s also a creamed concoction with horseradish that may be called sandwich spread. But I’m pretty sure American grocery shelves are immune to anything called salad cream. And now I shall open the link... SC Edit: OK I’ve never seen that in my life. Doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist here, but companies do market for regional desires. Thus all the Cajun crap on the shelves where I’m at and not 100 miles later in any direction

Very trivial but worth mentioning. As of today, Elizabeth II has been reigning for 24,226 days, exactly 1000 more than Victoria did.

GVT gets his due from Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/06/05/georg-von-tiesenhausen-rocket-scientist-obituary/

Once you've been here a while you'll learn to ignore Sir Creep's lack of courtesy. Post where you want and don't be a slave to search.

Obituary for Glynn Edwards, probably best known for playing the barman down the Winchester Club in Minder and for being married to the late great Yootha Joyce: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/06/05/glynn-edwards-played-dave-barman-minder-obituary/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0250022/

I noticed more empty shops in my street, too. They can't all be filled with barbers and kebab shops. I wonder if there is a retail industry crash coming - well... I guess it has been happening for years, with the internet and all, but there must be a similar collapse of rental and housing prices.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/money/6445497/house-of-fraser-store-closures/ https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/707242/House-of-Fraser-closures-which-stores-are-retail-news-Oxford-Street-London Plans for store closures, including its flagship oxford street store. I think they're f**ked

I haven't made one of these in ages. Before: After:

With a few hours to go before the deadline, I think I feel comfortable posting this. Sorry Spade...