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Not as catchy as Take On Me

This here is (/claims to be) 103 year-old Olivia out for a ride on her trike!

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Stanley Ho dead at 98. Soong-jong, Singh and now Ho. I hope you’ve got an alibi drol?

https://www.gov.uk/driving-eyesight-rules From which: "You must be able to read (with glasses or contact lenses, if necessary) a car number plate made after 1 September 2001 from 20 metres." So Dom, find a car number plate (oh look there's one on your car) and a tape measure (or pace it out). Save a 30 mile trip, for which "You could be prosecuted if you drive without meeting the standards of vision for driving." So "Let me see if I'm safe to drive 260 miles by driving 30 as a test with possibly defective vision" is actually illegal. And if you're not safe, a 30 mile version of Deathrace 2000 as a test does not cut it even if there was no fucking corona virus you utter cunt. Fuck me, much as I hate little richardjohn: you couldn't make it up.

Glyn Pardoe, a Manchester City legend and coach, has died. He was 73. https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/glyn-pardoe-dead-manchester-city-legend-a4450366.html

There's absolutely nothing wrong with posting 'Happy Birthday' messages in a relevant thread (be it a named thread or a general thread such as this), however there seems no justifiable reason to post huge copy/pastes from instagram. It's either laziness or done with the intention of pissing people off. If you want to post a picture, fair enough, but post one of a reasonable size (huge pictures found on't interwebs can be reduced in size pretty easily)

Death Notice for former Tory MP for Bournemouth West, John Eden, aged 94: http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/242040/eden Another 90+ aged former MP not picked this year for the DDP. I'd guess he's a List of The Missed possibly. Edit: Yep picked as long ago as 2008, who knows if earlier: http://www.derbydeadpool.co.uk/deadpool2008/celebs_E.html#edenjo

I quite enjoy the Shardlake novels by CJ Sansom, Henry VIII period. I've read four so far, but I need a long break in between them because they are far too long, padded out to the point where the story could be told in half the page count. Good stories though, and the period detail is fascinating.

We have had 2 deaths every month excluding this month. The reaper has a week to give us another one to even it out. I like symmetry.

John Benedict; Lord Eden of Winton (Sir John Eden, 9th Baronet of West Auckland, 7th Baronet of Maryland), has died. He was 94. (As reported elsewhere on the Deathlist) http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/242040/eden

Former Manchester City player and coach Glyn Pardoe passed away at 73 years: https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/glyn-pardoe-dead-manchester-city-legend-a4450366.html

Another bedblocker, Macau casino mogul Stanley Ho, dead at 98: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/obituaries/stanley-ho-dead.html

Stanley Ho is a hit for DI. Congratulations! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/obituaries/stanley-ho-dead.html 1920: George P. Shultz + Eileen Bennett 1921: Prince Philip + Jackie Stallone 1922: Pierre Cardin + Janis Paige 1923: Larry Storch + Baroness Pamela Sharples 1924: Budge Patty + Eva Marie Saint 1925: Everton Weekes + Arlene Dahl 1926: Mel Brooks + Alison Lurie 1927: Peter Mark Richman + Cleo Laine 1928: Bernard Cribbins + Ethel Kennedy 1929: Ed Asner + Imelda Marcos

Oh I didn't realise?Was it a second volume post death that she was talking about?One with more juicy secrets in than her first......?

Look, I'm not the only one who gets pissed off with this. When there's a new post in a thread we expect there to be some relevant news, maybe even a death. Then we find it's just more of your massive copy/paste jobs from Twitter. Start a separate catch-all Happy Birthday thread, then you can stick them all in there without setting off all these false alarms.

Please stop this.

Sorry for your loss such a tragic loss of life, mental health is such a massive problem, always hard no matter what the age when someone takes there own life but always seems worse somehow when it is someone who should have there whole life in front of them and should be at the happiest time of there life. RIP you and your friend are in my thoughts.

Certainly my favourite Bernard Cribbins song.

True story, I nearly found that out a few weeks ago. When this Covid lark started, I thought I'd better see if I still had a thermometer. To my surprise I found two. I popped one into my mouth to check that it still worked, turned the other one over and written on it in marker pen was the word DOG.

Looks like the grim reaper is pretty busy in Florida !

Should Have Been Eurovision. Instead It Is Eurovirus And Death. Round Up #9 Hutton Gibson: Awaiting Obit. Ronald J Shurer: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-8321825/Medal-Honor-winner-dies-41-saved-lives-Afghanistan.html Monique Mercure: Awaiting Obit. Ashley Cooper: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-tennis-australia-cooper/tennis-australian-great-cooper-dies-at-83-idUKKBN22Y0ZX Luigi Simoni: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-8348305/Former-Inter-Milan-coach-Luigi-Simoni-dies-81.html Oliver E Williamson: Awaiting Obit. Heather Chasen: https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/24/eastenders-star-heather-chasen-dies-aged-92-12749742/ Albert Memmi: Awaiting Obit. Balbir Singh, Sr: https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-hockey-india/hockey-indian-olympic-great-balbir-singh-dies-aged-95-idUKKBN2310S2 Hyun Soong Jong: Awaiting Obit. Stanley Ho: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/may/26/stanley-ho-the-billionaire-macao-casino-tycoon-dies-aged-98 Larry Kramer: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/27/larry-kramer-death-playwright-author-hiv-aids-activist

To put this in perspective, someone born on the day that this topic was created can now possess a driver's license and work a job part-time. Shouldn't have too long to wait indeed.