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Valery Giscard d'Estaing turns 94 today

Living to 150 would be a disaster. I don’t have children so clearly I’ve shown a total disregard for the environment simply because I don’t give a fuck about your kids or grandkids. If I lived to 150 I’d have to live in whatever ecological disaster I’d helped to create and I didn’t sign up for that!

The ANZAC List belatedly makes a return. Thanks to all those that contributed to the list. I put this together on Friday,, but have been out and only got round to posting today. In the meantime, Mike Moore died this morning so that's theoretically a first hit. If anyone is concerned about the fact I haven't posted the list before he's scuttled off this mortal coil, then I'll bring in a sub, but he was a returner from last year and I've picked him for DDP teams for a number of years. 25 people return from last year (last year's position in Brackets) and 25 newbies on the list. David Gulpilil takes the #1 slot, but the majority of the list was pretty volatile. 1. David Gulpilil (b. 1 Jul 1953, Arnhem Land) Australian 2. Elizabeth Chong (b. 27 May 1931, Canton) Australian 3. Levi Holley (b. ~1975) New Zealander 4. (18) Neale Daniher (b. 15 Feb 1961, West Wyalong) Australian 5. (47) Alan Davidson (b. 14 Jun 1929, Lisarow) Australian 6. Fred Nile (15 Sep 1934, Kings Cross) 7. (13) Graham Richardson (b. 27 Sep 1949, Sydney) Australian 8. (32) Margaret Guilfoyle (b. 15 May 1926, Belfast UK) Australian 9. (10) Barry du Bois (b. 4 Aug 1960, Sydney) Australian 10. Judith Durham (b. 3 Jul 1943, Essendon) Australian 11. (22) Neil Harvey (b. 8 Oct 1928, Fitzroy) Australian 12. (34) Mary Ward (b. 6 Mar 1915, Fremantle) Australian 13. Gavin Robertson (b. 28 May 1966, St Leonards) Australian 14. Bruce Reid (Aussie Rules bloke) (b. 4 Apr 1946, Melbourne) Australian 15. (30) Neale Fraser (b. 3 Oct 1933, Melbourne) Australian 16. Deane Sutherland (b. mid-late 1960s, ) New Zealander 17. (49) Loongkoonan (b. 1910, Kimberley) Australian 18. Bruce Beresford (b. 16 Aug 1940, Sydney) Australian 19. (24) Ken Shadie (b. 8 Dec 1935, Bondi) Australian 20. (11) Butch Miller (b. 21 Oct 1944, Auckland) New Zealander 21. (50) 'Superstar' Mick Dundee (b. 24 October 1943, Scotland) Australian 22. (25) John R Reid (b. 3 Jun 1928, Auckland) New Zealander 23. Jean Hurring (b. 23 Dec 1930, Dunedin) New Zealander 24. (1) Jeanne Little (b. 11 May 1938, Sydney) Australian 25. Neal Blewett (b. 3 Dec 1933) Australian 26. Dame Miriam Dell (b. 14 Jun 1924) New Zealander 27. Ray Lawler (b 23 May 1921, Footscray) Australian 28. (37) Sir Richard Hadlee (b. 3 Jul 1951, Christchurch) New Zealander 29. (4) Ken Rosewall (b. 2 Nov 1934, Sydney) Australian 30. Sir Murray Halberg (b. 7 Jul 1933, Eketahuna) New Zealander 31. (17) Roy Emerson (b. 3 Nov 1936, Blackbutt) Australian 32. (33) Clive Revill (b. 18 April 1930, Wellington) New Zealander 33. (27) Tony Garea (b. 20 Sep 1946, Auckland) New Zealander 34. (39) Fred Stolle (b. 8 Oct 1938, Hornsby) Australian 35. Marie Bashir (1 Dec 1930) Australian 36. Luciana Arrighi (b. 1940, Rio de Janeiro) Australian 37. (3) Olivia Newton-John (b. 26 Sep 1948, Cambridge UK) Australian 38. (14) Pauline Parker (b. 26 May 1938, Christchurch) New Zealander 39. Sir Roger Douglas (b. 5 Dec 1937, Auckland) New Zealander 40. Ken Archer (b. 17 Jan 1928, Yeerongpilly) Australian 41. (43) Mike Moore (b. 28 Jan 1949, Whakatane) New Zealander LINK 42. Molly Meldrum (b. 29 Jan 1943, Orbost) Australian 43. [DUPLICATE] 44. (21) Frank Sedgman (b. 29 Oct 1927, Mont Albert) Australian 45. Sir Michael Hardie Boys (b. 6 Oct 1931, Wellington) New Zealander 46. Peta Murphy (b. 1 Nov 1973, Goulburn) Australian 47. (6) Rod Laver (b. 9 Aug 1938, Rockhampton) Australian 48. Cliff Green (b. 6 Dec 1934, Melbourne) Australian 49. Donald McAlpine (b.13 Apr 1934, Quandialla) Australian 50. Howard Sattler (b. 1945, Cootamundra) Australian

Not even close Full score sheet Bibliogryphon* bg 1/0/1/1/1 Fixed Business fb 1/0/2/0/0 Captain Chorizo cc 0/0/0/1/1 Time* ti 2/0/2/1/1 Toast ti 2/0/2/0/0 YoungWillz yw 2/0/0/0/1 msc mc 0/0/2/1/1 Yorkshire Banker** yb 0/1/1/1/0 Sir Creep (Do I Need A Joker?)* sc 0/0/3/2/1 GCReptile* gr 1/0/2/0/0 Death Impends** di 0/0/3/2/0 Spade Cooley** sp 0/1/1/3/1 Rover & Out ro 2/0/3/0/1 Grim Up North gn 0/0/3/2/1 FujimoriNoMorey fm 1/0/1/2/0

Bruce Reid that they were talking about wasn’t the cricketer but rather this guy

Source for Maurice Sanford Fox: http://news.mit.edu/2020/maurice-fox-professor-emeritus-biology-dies-0131

Right now (and being succinct) the evidence is basically: humans can live to their 80s with good health and good luck, to their 90s with incredibly good health and good luck, and some make it past their 100s with incredibly good health AND incredibly good luck! That Calment remains such an outlier sort of suggests 125 isn't forseeable, let alone 150... Not that I'm not rooting for Kane Tanaka to break all the records.

A handful of fringe scientists say this NOT scientists in general. Most scientists in the area of medical research do not go along with these bold claims which are frankly unscientific. Ie bullshit.

This is an unsubstantiated claim,basically hype.It also ignores the concept of a natural plateau. One does not need to be a luddite to be sceptical of such grand scientific claims.Infact I think most scientists even in the medical research field would be the most sceptical and critical of these kind of claims about huge future longevity.

I'm 22, and I've known who Python and Terry Jones are since at least my adolesence. I am pretty sure the vast majority of under 30s in the UK could tell you who they are.

Indeed they did!I remember really looking forward to her 2002 return and enjoying her verbal spats with ex friend Rita and then it just all fell apart she couldn't handle the increased workload.

4 living people over 115.

American Pianist Peter Serkin dead at 72 years: https://www.inquirer.com/news/peter-serkin-curtis-institute-marlboro-rudolf-serkin-tashi-20200201.html He won a 1966 Grammy Award when he was 19 for Best New Classical Artist/Most Promising New Classical Recording Artist and would go on to be nominated several more times throughout his career.

UK oldsters may remember a name from the past, Mavis Nicholson. She was pretty well known back in the late 70s/80s as an interviewer of the stars and, IIRC, she had her own TV show. Well she is still going and is 89. One to watch.

You can't really. You can prove that a person was not famous to, say, America, but that does not mean that they were not famous elsewhere. Kim il Sum a Luvin, the star of ' Let our Glorious Leader Conquer the World' may well be famous in North Korea but, outside of Asia, we would not have a clue who they were, if you get my drift. This whole thread is a bit bullshit really. It's all subjective twaddle. PS: If this makes no fucking sense it is because I am on the Bacardi.

I’m driving home 820 miles - presently having been awake 26 hours and 300 miles to go (ugh) I promise will do on the morrow thanks for reminder! Edit: lol I’m not that slow a driver. I worked 16 hours, packed my stuff in 90 minutes and been driving since

Another Terry Jones reset: Ron Obvious

I find that incredible. At 30 I had heard of Flanagan and Allen, Tommy Trinder, Jimmy Hanley, Harry Lauder, Marie Lloyd and a shit ton of other famous British entertainers, many long dead before I entered the world. That doesn't make me super clever, just more aware. Do 30 year olds really live in a fucking bubble? God help us.

There are now 50 people verified to have reached the age of 115 with Shigeyo Nakachi's birthday today. EDIT: Only 3 of which were male, if you were curious.

Well that’s a first. I actually share a duet with Allen Kirshner.

Well done Biblio! 1920 - Michael Shaw, Baron Shaw of Northstead/Clarissa Eden 1921 - George "Jonny" Johnson/Nexhmije Hoxha 1922 - Norman Lear/Lucia Hiriart Pinochet 1923 - Bob Barker/Baroness Jill Knight 1924 - Robert Solow/Cicely Tyson 1925 - Sydney Samuelson/Angela Lansbury 1926 - Johnny Beattie/Doreen Mantle 1927 - Pope Benedict XVI/Margaret Stuart Barry 1928 - Richard M Sherman/Sally Oppenheim-Barnes 1929 - Bob Newhart/Thelma Barlow Hits: Harry Leslie Smith Stanley Donen 

Mary Higgins-Clark is a hit for Biblio!! Congrats!! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/31/books/mary-higgins-clark-dead.html 1920: Javier Perez de Cuellar + Eileen Bennett 1921: Hugh Downs + Jackie Stallone 1922: Pierre Cardin + Janis Paige 1923: Larry Storch + Pearl Carr 1924: Daniel arap Moi + Eva Marie Saint 1925: Michel Piccoli + Arlene Dahl 1926: Mel Brooks + Alison Lurie 1927: Jerry Stiller + Cleo Laine 1928: Bernard Cribbins + Ethel Kennedy 1929: Ed Asner + Imelda Marcos

Official Cup Masterlist Round 1: George Alagiah - LizLemon Juan Alderete - HDS, Old Crem, Jiroemon, Sir Creep, Fear Beag Daniel Arap Moi - Unknown Man, Etush, Yorkshire*, Djemba, DeathByArsenic, HDS, LizLemon, Annami, Great Uncle, Wormfarmer, Old Crem, grobler, FixedBusiness*, Skinny, Sir Creep, Fear Beag* Amanullah - Fear Beag Eileen Ash - Yorkshire Ed Asner - markb4 Amitabh Bachchan - Annami Frankie Banali - Unknown Man, Etush, Sean, Annami*, Great Uncle, Wormfarmer, FixedBusiness PK Banerjee - Old Crem Bob Barker - markb4, grobler Margaret Stuart Barry - Yorkshire Susan Bayh - Joemoney, LizLemon*, Annami, Wormfarmer, FixedBusiness Benon Biraaro - Skinny Stan Bowles - Sean Bobby Brown (Yankee) - Yorkshire Anne Buydens - Old Crem Laura Cardoso - DeathByArsenic Carman - Jiroemon Jimmy Carter - markb4 Bernadette Chirac - DeathByArsenic Christian Chukwu - Djemba Bernard Cribbins - Great Uncle Donivin Darius - HDS Golam Dastagir Gazi - Fear Beag Suzy Delair - DeathByArsenic Bob Dole - markb4, FixedBusiness Kirk Douglas - Etush, markb4, FixedBusiness Ric Flair - Great Uncle Bill Freehan - Wormfarmer Datta Gaekwad - Joemoney Bob Gibson - Wormfarmer Manolis Glezos - grobler, Sir Creep, Fear Beag Henry Gray - Yorkshire, Djemba, HDS, Wormfarmer*, grobler, Skinny, Fear Beag Juliette Greco - DeathByArsenic David Gulpilil - Unknown Man, Sean, Yorkshire, Djemba, Annami, Great Uncle, Skinny, Jiroemon David Hagen - Sean, Great Uncle Terry Hands - HDS Nicole Hart - Sir Creep Stanley Ho - Joemoney Ian Holm - DeathByArsenic Lee Kerslake - Unknown Man, Etush, Wormfarmer, FixedBusiness Henry Kissinger - markb4 Robert Kuok - Joemoney Metropolitan Kyrillos of Imbros - Fear Beag John Lewis - Etush, Sean, Djemba, Wormfarmer Karen Lewis - Skinny Norman Lloyd - Annami Michael Lonsdale - DeathByArsenic Nadia Lutfi - Skinny Vera Lynn - Yorkshire, Old Crem Lata Mangeshkar - Joemoney John Manners - grobler Imelda Marcos - LizLemon Terrence Matthews - Fear Beag Arthur Maud - HDS Roberta McCain - markb4, LizLemon Michael McKevitt - grobler Stirling Moss - Great Uncle Giorgio Napolitano - Unknown Man Jorge Neto - Jiroemon Rip Oliver - HDS* Hau Pei-Tsun - Joemoney Javier Pérez de Cuellar - Unknown Man, markb4 Nehemiah Persoff - DeathByArsenic Prince Philip - Unknown Man, Joemoney*, markb4, Old Crem, grobler Genesis P-Orridge - Unknown Man, Etush, Sean*, Joemoney, Djemba, DeathByArsenic, HDS, LizLemon, Annami, Jiroemon Mian Qayoom - Fear Beag Sumner Redstone - FixedBusiness Line Renaud - DeathByArsenic Claudia Rodrigues - Sir Creep Yoo Sang-chul - FixedBusiness, Jiroemon Vic Seixas - Djemba ATM Shamzzusaman - DeathByArsenic* Nawaz Sharif - Old Crem Jagan Shakti - Old Crem, Skinny Robert Sirko - Sir Creep Laura Smith - Skinny*, Sir Creep, Fear Beag Neddy Smith- Djemba, Skinny Tom Smith - Etush*, Sean, HDS, LizLemon, Annami, Great Uncle*, Wormfarmer, Old Crem*, grobler, FixedBusiness, Skinny, Jiroemon* Pat Smullen - Great Uncle, Unknown Man Stephen Sondheim - Old Crem Leon Spinks - Sean Nobby Stiles - Unknown Man, Sean, LizLemon, FixedBusiness Julie Strain - Djemba, Wormfarmer Jacinto Suarez - Jiromeon Deane Sutherland - Yorkshire, Sir Creep Belinda Sykes - Jiroemon Miiko Taka - Joemoney Bernard Tapie - Ethush Lee Teng-hui - Wormfarmer Ruthie Thompson - marb4*, Annami Peter Tobin - Sean, Yorkshire, Djemba*, HDS, Annami, Great Uncle, grobler*, Skinny, Sir Creep, Fear Beag Alex Trebek - Unknown Man*, Etush, Sean, Djemba, markb4, HDS, grobler Jean Louis-Trintignant- Great Uncle Gudrun Ure - Yorkshire Eddie Van Halen - Annami, Old Crem Tabare Vazquez - Etush Jorge Velado - Jiroemon Jhon Jairo Velazquez - Jiroemon, Sir Creep Gianluca Vialli - Etush, FixedBusiness Mario Vigil - Sir Creep* Barbara Walters - LizLemon Mary Ward - Yorkshire Everton Weekes - Joemoney Bob Weighton - grobler Lester Wolff - LizLemon Joanne Woodward - LizLemon Julie Ye Feng - Joemoney

That is not nearly widely accepted. Her age is verified by the GWR and the GRG. There is only a russian conspiracy theory without any piece of evidence.

John Andretti's death sees three teams crash early in the race, but plenty of time remains for a trip to the pit stop... =1. An Fear Bag 0 =1. Annami 0 =1. Bibliogryphon 0 =1. CaptainChorizo 0 =1. Clorox Bleachman 0 =1. Death Impends 0 =1. drol 0 =1. gcreptile 0 =1. Grim Up North 0 =1. Joey Russ 0 =1. LizLemon 0 =1. Mercarte 0 =1. Newjack 0 =1. Pedro67 0 =1. Spade_Cooley 0 =1. The Dead Cow 0 =1. The Old Crem 0 =1. The Quim Reaper 0 =1. The Unknown Man 0 =1. Torva Messor 0 =1. YoungWillz 0 22. machotrouts 6 23. deadsox 7 24. Toast 8 25. Philip 9 =26. Book 10 =26. paddyfool 10 28. BuffaloPhil 12 29. Sir Creep 13 =30. Skinny kiltrunner 16 =30. theoldlady 16 32. Great Uncle Bulgaria 17 33. grobler 18 =34. Etushispushingupdaisies 21 =34. msc 21 36. Neobrakeon 31