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Report of the death of Andy Remic, author of thrillers and science fiction such as Spiral and A Song For No Man's Land: Wrote text adventures for the ZX Spectrum as a child, so I'm guessing he was mid-50s, maybe slightly older? Twitter indicates he had been very ill. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6146368/

Original. No. And much, much fewer members invested in what would become a very boring game. No. It was started in the UK. By all means start your own American one if you resent the UK-centricity that much. Which many of our American friends (and friends from many other nations) on here really don’t mind (I won’t say all; we all know what a ballbag SC is). And crucially, it’s not “only” make the UK news; it can make the news in as many nations as you could possibly wish, just so long as it’s newsworthy in the UK. The official DL is the official DL. Like it or lump it. Anyway, thanks for dropping by.

Don’t get The Old Crem started.

Fuck off you massive twat.

You really are a stupid cunt of the highest order

LizLemon 0 v. Masterffull 0 Wormfarmer 0 v. grobler 0 GuyFromFuture 0 v. Captain Hemlock 0 If both teams from any of these ties like this post, I will publicly post the results of the coin toss for their match.

The originator of this thread seems to have gone quiet.

Magomed Tushayev, Chechen warlord president Ramzan Kadyrov's general reportedly killed in Ukraine. Sadly not Kadyrov himself. He sent around 10,000 soldiers to Ukraine.

The event has been cancelled by the Foreign Office. That should tell you all you need to know. It's not difficult to figure out why this might not be a good moment for such an event. Agreed.

This really is the cherry on top of the shite. You think that, because we have problems, we can’t empathise with others, who have, let’s face it, much more immediate and severe ones? Cunt of the highest order. Piss off to DeathersList, Engineer.

Suzie Dent's preserve I believe.

Seems that one of his friends has posted that Sonny Ramadhin has died: Awaiting the usual.

Babbling side thought of mine: Maybe we'll know when Pleitgen is getting worse when his son, CNN correspondent Frederik Pleitgen, leaves the war zone? As I am seeing him right now, I just wondered what's more important, his father or the war coverage?

As I am (very) nearly finished totting up the 2020 Jokers scores, I thought I would stop in on this pool to see where we are up to. I have noted the following hits: 03/02/22 - Christos Sartzetakis 06/02/22 - Lata Mangeshkar 17/02/22 - Jim Hagedorn 19/02/22 - Gary Brooker 19/02/22 - Nightbirde 22/02/22 - Anna Karen Have I missed anyone?

He sends his thanks.

Another quiet few weeks of the Death front. These are the hits that I am aware of since the last update on 3rd February. Let me know if I have missed anyone - scoreboard to follow. January 21st - Leonor Oyarzun February 3rd - Christos Sartzetakis February 6th - Lata Mangeshkar February 11th - Isabel Torres February 12th - Beryl Vertue February 16th - Gail Halvorsen February 16th - Jack Smethurst February 19th - Jane Marczewski

Fascinating.

Joanne Woodward is 92 today

Some people would like to post here and look at this topic to keep semi up to date about things. Not read arguments. There is a thread for that elsewhere.

There were reports before the invasion that the Russian top brass had doubts about the invasion, perhaps because they have a passing acquaintance with reality and understood that Ukraine is vast and the population not exactly enthusiastic about being bombed and turned into refugees. Interesting how there's been no big breakout from the Donbass. The Crimean breakout has gone okay but nothing astounding. Kyiv and Kharkiv have proven tougher nuts to crack.

Economist Sir Christopher Foster, who once accused Tony Blair as the worst PM since Lord North (obviously prior to David Cameron and the current clown), dead dead dead: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sir-christopher-foster-obituary-pq0lggbnn

This is a PM with balls of steel.

I highly doubt this. Not sure why that take is getting so popular. There are plenty of other power hungry people in Russia, taking out Putin only creates a power vacuum within a nuclear power... The man is also getting up in age, I don't see him keeping an iron grip longer than another decade (likely less). Part of his power comes from his appearance and behavior. It is more likely he hand-picks a successor, while still making decisions behind closed doors.

Four sausage roll-themed Christmas number 1s in a row, done by a grifting cunt who’s about as funny as feeding your nipples into a lawnmower blade.