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My 1000th post and it strikes me - in the great community spirit we have here - as worth celebrating. I think a suitable party would involve me taking on all the surviving WW1 veterans in a massive fist-fight. If they could make their way to the car park of The Miners Arms in the windswept hamlet of Prospect for 9-00 tonight we'll get the ruck going, put a few bruises on each other, link arms and decide we were best mates all along. It should be fair. I've got age on my side but it's little old fiesty me against a mob and Harry Patch for sure has killed before. Something I've never done. What other fitting celebrations are there for DL stayin' power?

Since he turned 89 few days ago i checked if he's got a thread, no, i didn't see one, so here i don't see him past 91 and i'll add him next year on my list

I’m just taking part in a conversation that’s going to happen regardless. I’m holding up a mirror to what has been happening in the opposite direction, and I enjoy doing so. That’s what I’m doing. So now I’ve cleared that up, I’ll ask again (I’ll let you off the virtue signalling question from yesterday): can you not see the laughable hypocrisy of the press here?

Yes, the news has turned quite positive and he looks like he is on the road to recovery. So great to hear.

The account of the alleged fight with William sounds incredibly one sided. He says he called a therapist after the fight but said in the Oprah interview he felt too ashamed to get his wife help when she said she was suicidal. I don't find that believable. People whether they are pro or anti monarchy can see the inconsistencies and details that don't make sense. There is a perfectly rational case for not believing in monarchy without attaching yourself supportively to Meghan and Harry's tales of woe. Harry and Meghan fully believe in monarchy.

They want to be treated the same.

I have just been reading about Andy Williams and thought I'd see if we had any info on him. He doesn't seem to have a thread yet but I noticed Windsor had him as one of his picks in his footer so I suppose his health issues are already well-known. According to his Wiki page, which cites Fox News, "On Friday, November 4, 2011, it was reported in the press that Williams has been diagnosed with bladder cancer. He is undergoing chemotherapy treatments in Houston and will then move with his wife to a rented home in Malibu, California to be closer to cancer specialists in the Los Angeles area." Any news since then? What is the survival rate for bladder cancer?

Hollywood Reporter obit.

Harold Pinter has cancer of the oesophagus He's written a new play, aptly named "Voices"

Don Williams, brother of Andy and the last surviving member of The Williams Brothers quartet (wiki), died on New Year's Eve, aged 100. No published obit yet but Facebook tributes from former co-stars: Jana King Evans The Lennon Sisters Deana Martin (daughter of Dean)

"My dog does magic tricks." "Really? What breed is he?" "He's a labracadabrador."

Lise Nørgaard QO: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/danish-screenwriter-lise-n-rgaard-111415256.html

How is this guy still alive? This video is from 2014: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yfj6Ja86lCs After the 10 minute mark, you can see Belafonte and Sidney Poitier together, and the now late Poitier easily looked in healthier form.

I don’t agree with him. Sadly it hasn’t made my willy any bigger.

She was extremely ill. Her dying of *natural causes* is a stretch.

I'm not saying it isn't news, but simply typing "hospitalised" isn't exactly clear what the story is about. If you say someone has been "hospitalised", ppl generally associate that phrase with a medical emergency of some kind... Glad I could be of some help.

He also has the record for most 1st team matches for a Danish side with 817 where he won several Titles for Odense Boldklub, the only team he played for from 1977 til 2000. And who can forget when he and his club OB beat Real Madrid back in 1994.

He sounds really ill

Happy Birthday Kirk. wish you another 10 years

I see what you did there.

Scarface & Rocky III actor Mario Machado http://www.contactmusic.com/news/actor-newsman-mario-machado-dead_3643225

I just simply cannot picture him in a sports car. The image of Mr Bean in his clapped-out Mini is engraved far too deeply in my mind.

I don't know? Should I? Is this something that I can pick up in a day or am I going to make a total arse of self? I've never even held a gun. But I have been told that my left eye is my dominant eye. This is important apparently. Is there any shooting etiquette I should be aware of? Don't shoot your fellow clay pigeoners.

Two Islamic extremists are out shopping and go into Millets (camping store)... one tries on a backpack and says to the other... “Does my bomb look big in this?”