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Renewed her contract, but on a month-by-month basis in case she needs a break: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tv/eastenders-star-june-brown-not-20667046

There is simply not enough information publicly available to draw any firm conclusion yet. We have no idea if the driver is simply a pawn sent to collect a can from point A: and deliver it to point B: or if he was more involved that that. If it is true that the tractor was driven all the way from Ireland via Holyhead with zero cargo to move a can a few miles in Essex that's certainly bloody suspicious because it's hardly economically sensible. I'd be asking some questions if I were the driver. On the flip side, you do what you're told if you're at the bottom of any chain really. Also just because the trailer had a refrigeration unit on it, doesn't mean it was switched on. In fact some trailers where the unit packs up are simply used for non-refrigerated goods if it's not viable to fix it. Why when you have a lot of money invested in its human contents, would you turn it on? Don't get it. He'll be answering some questions in the time honoured fashion, scared of multiple murder charges and probably even more scared of whoever sent him in the first place. Not enough information yet IMO.

Leeds United have just celebrated their 100th birthday and as a result have found their oldest player - Royden Wood, who is NOT in the above list, having just turned 89. - https://www.thesquareball.net/leeds-united/leeds-united-1-0-birmingham-city-100-chances/ I'd say this is quite accurate because they've clearly gone to lengths to make sure they could find their oldest. So of those on the list that actually played for Leeds it appears to remove * (Yes, I know there's nothing certain but there's a difference between a blog post that says "believed" even if it is linked to the site and the club inviting its oldest player to a gala dinner), Frank Taylor (1923) Jock Finlay (1925) Ralph Harrison (1926) George Miller (1927) However I think John Scott (1928) is still alive. He played 111 times for Leeds and is listed as a past president here (it is the same man if you Google - https://www.cumbria-golf-union.org.uk/executives). So was it that Scott couldn't attend and actually Wood was the oldest who could? Because that changes the whole situation. FWIW, I think Taylor is likely dead, so I'll mark him as red. Miller emigrated back to South Africa so we may not know for a while if he's still alive. The other two didn't really have long careers there so could quite easily also be gone so they're all marked as red. If it wasnt for Scott, I'd be more inclined to go for certainty with the above report. Ernie Whittam, Brian Woodward and Jimmy Forrest never played a league game for Leeds but were on their books.

Bigot.

Jimmy Carter is someone who is going to be in good spirits even on his deathbed.

I don’t understand why they don’t just give points out already. We know which month she died, if we can’t determine the exact day that’s tough shit. Points can always be added for daily doubles if it ever comes out.

Doubtless she'll be on Joni's case re positive thinking and generally being sassy but - tbh - I'm not sure I'd take dietary advice from Chaka. Just sayin', like.

Dunno, forgot.

When will the new season start? I'd say a summer of fags and pints will take care of that.

I know of Putnam's existence, I even read a few snippets of his work,. but I have the feeling I should have known more of it. Well, I don't, so I quess celebrity and philosopher don't go well together.

Let's not mention July, shall we? August's episode of TSAN, 'Monster Star' sees Sir Patrick and the prodigal son grilling Dr Richard Parker on the nature of supermassive stars such as the charmingly-named R136a, a resident of the Tarantula nebula recently discovered by PaintShopPro users astronomers in the UK. Some of the statistics they churn out are delicious. Sir Patrick looks in fine form, keen as mustard and razor-sharp. Lawrence and his needless sidekick Abel sup lustily once more from the well of my patience, defiling my sensibilities as they gush over one of my personal favourites, the Perseid meteor shower (my favourite because it's never visible due to cloudy conditions here, so it remains intriguing and beguiling). The only good thing about this segment was the inclusion of a photo taken by one Dr Brian May, friend of the show, more famous as the guitarist in Queen, whose stunning performance in I Want It All, I'd turned off in order to watch the show. Coincidink! The cat finally solves Fermat's annoying little problem, and then has a nap. Next month, more discussion of Jupiter. More? Yes, more. Importantly, everyone lives happily ever after. For now... 998

June 2010, how time flies! 'Star Birth', the title of this month's TSAN... The many star-forming areas of our galaxy are obscured by interstellar dust but Herschel, a new space telescope, can see these areas in infrared light. Which is satisfactory. Sir Patrick Moore is joined by Professor Derek Ward-Thompson and Dr Chris North to examine the latest stunning images from Herschel. Sir Patrick's cat, Ptolemy, steals the show with a display of things Star Crossed doesn't have the vocabulary to describe, having stolen most of this synopsis from the BBC site (edited, as it transpires, by a regular contributor to this forum) prior to having watched the show, as he has to be up early in the morning to feed the chipboard monkey saboteur squad. Pete Lawrence shows what is on offer in the June sky, including clouds, sunshine and the occasional contrail, and comet C/2009 R1 McNaught, and Paul Abel searches for a comet - but will he find it? Am I bovvered? Face? Bovvered? If the US military could send a helicopter crew to gleefully strafe Sir Patrick's beloved 15" reflector whilst they were in there, it'd be worth the loss. And I'd forgive them shooting all those iraqi civilians in cold blood that wikileaked time. Chris Lintott gives a report from NASA's Goddard Space Center, where he has been training for the first manned mission to Mars, speculated SC, not having seen the Chosen One on the show for some time. Anyone seen Lintott? Call 1-800-CHOSEN1 997

[Monoclinic]Invisibility or mind-reading?[/Monoclinic] Mind-reading. Power. Casebook. Lose the data on your hard-drive, or the contacts in your mobile phone?

May 2010's episode, "Ring World" on BBC iPlayer. Sir Patrick looks in great shape this month; he could be 10 years younger! Sharply dressed in dark suit, white shirt and, if I'm not mistaken, his Bomber Command tie, Sir Patrick keeps the British end up superbly, sticking it to the Hun* in a variety of bold, cunning and amusing ways. He is entertained by astronomy's answer to Geddy Lee, Prof Michele Dougherty as she and Prof Carl Murray elucidate upon Saturn's ring system, its moons etc. etc. Now, you know my views on telescope wizard Pete Lawrence and his apprentice warlock of the wailing wall, Paul Abel. Suffice to say they turn out the usual performance, tainting Sir Patrick's 15" reflector with their nocturnal love-in. Where's Lintott? *if the Hun in question were, in fact, someone uninitiated in the basics of Saturn.

The Louisiana Brown Pelican basting pelicans

April's episode was all about the Sun. In other words, there's not much going on in astronomy at the moment. For some reason, Scotland has her own Astronomer Royal, Prof. John Brown. He was in the study talking about the Sun, as were other boffins, discussing the armada of spacecraft currently watching the Sun from various vantage points. The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed a continuity blip when, during the interview, Sir Patrick's socks changed colour; most perplexing... Lintott The Annointed One was nowhere to be seen, Pete Lawrence was in the garden showing off his hydrogen-specific refractor lens, with his annoying sidekick Moshe Abel obsequiously fawning beside him. Speech a little slurred at times, but that's nothing new, partly a feature of his famously rapid speech pattern which has remained constant for 50 years; complexion as pink as it's been for a while, spirit untarnished and wit sharp, Sir Patrick looks in rude health. I shouldn't be surprised to see him chewing on an echidna's penis after parachuting into the Aussie jungle anytime soon.

A trippy intro to March 2010's episode, 'Life'... a stone, a lemon, Sir Patrick's cat! Even if you only watch one minute of this tiresome episode, make it the first minute, I implore you. This ep deals with the biggest, oldest chestnuts of human thought... what is life? why is it? are we alone? First up, Dr. Lewis Dartnell, an "Exobiologist"; scientific shorthand for "Lucky Funding Sponge". He's into "extremophiles", and describes his job as "hunting for aliens". Good for you, Lewis. Next! Pete Lawrence and his young friend Paul Abel are now in the garden describing, with the help of some wacky special effects, how fast light goes, and what this means for astronomy. A total waste of 5 minutes of the show. Next! Oh, Christ on a bike! Fucking SETI . This is the first time I've been tempted to switch off TSAN. It's not that I don't like SETI, it's just that I'm so bored of hearing about it. I once had a SETI screensaver but it drained CPU-time so had to go. I'm so sick of SETI. The only good thing about this segment is footage from 1965 of Dr. Frank Drake, initiator of the SETI programme, talking to Sir Patrick on TSAN. Lucky Lintott gets to talk face-to-face with Frank, still giving the same interview after 45 years. He explains the Drake Equation. Next, a few classic snippets from episodes of yesteryear, followed by a clusterhump of sycophancy courtesy of Pete 'n' Paul coming in from the cold to discuss flying saucer design and close encounters of the banal kind. Wtf? Next! Cosmologist Prof. Paul Davies, giving us the "the probability is not zero, but it may be infinitessimally small" routine, before detailing more mindblowing scenarios along the lines of Panspermia. Finally, someone talking sense. Thanks Paul, but what of my hopes of being abducted by sexy female aliens? No? Ok. Next! Sir Patrick: "One is all we want" Chris Lintott: "Just one." One other planet with life on it, that is, to let us know the answer to that burning question; are we alone in the universe?

Immortal scoff-law of entropy, titan of television Sir Patrick Moore bestows upon us the February 2010 episode. A genuine tear-jerker for fans of all things space exploration. Will 'Spirit', the known universe's pluckiest little rover, survive for yet more adventures on Mars? Find out by watching The Spirit Of Mars on BBC iplayer. Stunning images from Mars, interesting geology and real boffinthusiasm, but it's worth a watch if only for the curious prominence of a photo of Sir Patrick's cat on his desk; once I started noticing it, it became a real distraction. The photo shows the cat looking quite murderous, with startling green eyes. Quote of the episode goes to Chris Lintott; "The rovers are, essentially, robot geologists". So, just geologists, then.

Another glorious winter, another vibrant year of stargazing for our hero, the vigour of his endeavours propelling him to escape velocity from the gravitational yoke of the Deathlist! January 2010's episode, "Twinkle, Twinkle...", saw John Mason and a group of amateurnomers gathering in Sir Patrick's garden to check out the cosmos with their respective equipment. Nick Howes handled Sir Patrick's 15-incher with some finesse to observe the finer details of M-45, the Pleiades. Which was nice. Sir Patrick looked very well indeed, sans hat in the cool Selsey air (remarkable, bearing in mind the sub-zero cold snap currently embracing the UK). His ennuie was evident, however, as was mine, as his guest banged on about variable stars. In conclusion, Sir Patrick wished you all a very happy, if belated, New Year. As a footnote, after watching this episode I went out for a walk and did some stargazing of my own. It's -5C here tonight and with 10" of lovely crisp snow on the ground the place looks like heaven under the waning moon. Enjoy these small, free pleasures in life, my fellow DLers.

December's episode of TSAN is upon us. 'The Winter Sky'. Praise be! The show kicked off with a brief tour of the solar system, through the lens of sundry current telescope/rover missions. Most entertaining! Good repartee between Sir P and Prof. Chris 'the anointed one' Lintott, including an ironic dig from Sir P about the quantity of water on the Moon. Double jab, left hook. Cracking show! Initially, I thought Sir Patrick looked a little peaky, but I was heartened to be wrong. Lacking a little colour in the face, Sir Patrick? I prescribe a double ration of Pusser's. Or Mount Gay, whichever tickles your fancy Tonight was the first time I've been able to watch Pete Lawrence's bit without being irritated by him. On the contrary, he gave a solid and insightful 5-minute presentation about what we can look for in the winter sky (northern hemisphere only, sorry honez), including the Geminids, which should be very visible on the night of 13th/14th December. Enjoy! Prof. Bob Nichol talked about his SLOAN III project, basically a big digital camera (140 megapixels), which takes pictures of things, Nebulae etc. To be honest, I lost a little focus during this bit. The cheeky blighter even had the temerity to reply when asked about the future of his project "... we've got funding until 2014, so you'll just have to keep asking me back to talk about it as developments unfold ... ". Don't call us, Bob, we'll call you. p.s. If you followed the link about the Geminids, please vote in their "Next Mega Disaster" poll, to be found on the right-hand side of the page. I wonder if they have a forum?

November's episode, 'Lunar Impact' took an in-depth look at the work of LCROSS, NASA's lunar probe. Classic schoolboy science; smash something into something else and watch what happens. Essentially, they are looking for evidence of water ice at the lunar poles, in this case the south pole. Chris Lintott clocked up more air miles on another California junket, whilst Sir Patrick knotted a hanky, rocked the Hawaaiian shirt and headed for the beach at Selsey with his chum Pete Lawrence and the doodle idiot from that annoying episode earlier in the year, whose name I forget. I thought Sir Patrick looked in rude health. His pieces to camera, albeit brief as usual these days, showed him looking as vital as he's looked all year; speech clear as a bell except for one comment on the beach which eluded even my sensitive ears (I suspect he was talking about me). The real beauty of this episode is the unbridled disappointment expressed by all as the lunar impact created... no discernable plume of dust/ice particles. "A technological success, but an unexpected scientific result" in Lintott's words. Even NASA couldn't detect a visible plume, just a small signature in the infra-red denoting the heat of the impact. The dénouement is that NASA did, apparently, get some good data; watch the news for a statement from NASA in the next few weeks!

Oddly enough, I did pray for you whilst I was there. It was quite an experience, and I'm sure you would have adored the silence; it exhibited significant congruence with the astrological theme of this thread. I look forward to hearing more from you. Or, more accurately, I anticipate hearing more from you.

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