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Well no-one has ever accused me of having a fascinating story before. If you want a fascinating story I'll tell you about my trip to Rotorua in 2004 (just make sure the kiddies are in bed first). In truth, my team should have been called "Let's Not Re-Invent the Wheel" because mostly I looked through the top half a dozen teams from last year to see who was worth recycling and then added a few of my own. Those few of my own are doing remarkably well for the most part-with only Falkholt and Goodwin having scored apart from the obvious John McCain. I would never have heard of the likes of Cryne, Nevin, Miller etc but for their previous involvement in the other's teams. I guess there was some luck or skill involved in making the scoring selections, but no great originality. In terms of my chances of winning, I think it depends almost solely on Ricketts (assuming Vervoort survives). Anne Hamilton-Byrne is obviously a show (may not QO though) as she could drop off any time with no surprise. I think we would have heard more bad news about Lima should he be checking out. Willesee is a wild card. I had given up on him after seeing some positive news. The was a recent report that he had to be air-lifted out from Torres Strait after a fall (August 8), but I thought that the fact he was prepared to go to Torres Strait was an indication that he was ok. However, as others have pointed out, the lack of an appearance in the wake of Quentin Kenihan's death could be a sign that he has deteriorated. With 2.5 months left in the year it is hard to see a winner outside of the top 3 because of the number of shared picks. Bucket of Blood is 4th, but 11 points behind the lead and while it is a mathematical possibility that they win it seems most unlikely. Grim Up North in 5th/6th is 17 behind and has more or less conceded in this forum that they are very little hope of figuring in the finish. If the win does come from outside the current top 3 it would be a win for the ages.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/15/hello-death-coca-cola-mixes-english-and-maori-on-vending-machine

The problem with the MeToo movement is it commands respect yet it shows little respect for others, particularly if you're a male and you're accused of something. It assumes guilty until otherwise proven innocent, and that in my eyes is just not acceptable in a 21st century democracy where everyone is supposed to be considered equal before the eyes of the law - it's an injustice to have your name smeared and your reputation destroyed. If a single shred of evidence existed other than just the usual he said, she said gossip then somebody would have pursued a conviction against Douglas and got it to court before now.

Seeing that Hawking had some voice in his late 30s, and Ricksen looks like a corpse barely heated in a microwave now, doesn't need an expert, does it, ya surly bastard, ya.

Death comes to everyone #metoo

Yes I can see the posters now.... ”MeToo, proudly supported by Deathlist.net”

Fuckwit Lucky you weren't around last year when Ian Brady was on the list!

Not that I know Obviously, he's deaf so we're waiting for a sign

Mostly suggested, for age.

Indeed, Mirror obit. For Peter Brackley, commentator. That bits just for the Search. I do read moans.

She's not showing that much, and could dress to minimise it. You don't upstage the bride on her wedding day with a major announcement like that. It's extremely bad manners.

Oh really?? You some sort of fucking expert now?

Gustav Gerneth turns 113 today! http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&sl=de&tl=en&u=https://www.welt.de/regionales/sachsen-anhalt/article182125006/Deutschlands-wohl-aeltester-Mann-113-Jahre-alt-geworden.html?zanpid=11459_1539610685_9ce390846c4e9a882e660e70f26cbf67

Those who should be added to the list : Harry Belafonte Franco Zeffirelli Jacques Chirac Bernard tapie Norman lloyd Janis Paige carol channing pierre soulages renee Simonot (is she famous enough ?) Beverly Cleary (idem..)

Rugby with a smashed testicle anyone?

Half way there. They both looked miserable as sin at that wedding.

I thought the Irish preferred Irish WHISKEY?

Well, I thought I would at least lure Sir Creep into this thread. I didn't expect... this.

Almost back to normal. Breedon highland league update Fort William FC 0 v Deveronvale FC 8

Some people who are pissing me off sooo much at the moment: 1)Dilip Kumar (1922): They continue to keep him alive as a vegetable and gets two hospitalizations per month. FFS, just let him go! 2)ND Tiwari (1925): Is he immortal or what? His condition has been deteriorating from July and still he clings on! 3)Balbir Singh (1924): Why government would spend about 6000 $ of public money to get treatment for a gravely ill 94 year old man? And he is even improving! 4)Shivakumara Swami (1907): His organs don't deteriorate, it seems. I fear he will live to 150, the fucker. 5)Li Rui (1917): How the hell he has managed to spend 8 months with acute multiple organ failure and being still very much alive? You organized your funerals three months ago, time to apply. 6)Le Duc Anh (1920): Has been gravely ill since February and permanently in hospital since June, reportedly critical. What he's waiting for? 7)Violeta Chamorro (1929): When you have suffered for 8 years from a brain tumor and you get a serious stroke, you should wish to go peacefully, not to cling on in vegetative state for weeks.

My german girlfriend always rate me from 1-10 by how good the sex was, last night we tried anal and she yelled all the time 9 to me

Favourite Blur song. And I'm a huge fan of Blur.

John:- Boss I am not coming into work to day coz i am sick. Boss:- How sick are you? John:- Well I am in bed with my sister

Interesting article on our boys on 'that's liquid .com' website. In the north west of Scotland, some 110 miles from Celtic Park, in the breathtakingly picturesque surroundings of the Highlands and nestled in the shadow of Ben Nevis, eleven footballers clad in gold and black are being willed on by a loyal crowd of supporters at their home ground. Despite encouragement from the sidelines, the team are unable to stop their opponents clinching the win in stoppage time. The club officials transmit the result via social media to the fans unable to attend: Fort William 0-10 Turriff United. Though formed as recently as 1974, Fort William have managed to pack a fair bit in during their 44 years as a football club. After a decade of competing in local cup competitions, The Fort finally joined the North Caledonian League in 1983, winning the title in their second and final year before becoming the first and only team from the western highlands to join the Highland League. After a perfect start with a win against local rivals Clachnacuddin, Fort William finished their debut season in 12th – a position they’d only better once in the next 35 years. The 85/86 season would also see the club set their all-time attendance record for a cup match against Stirling Albion, with 1,500 fans descending on Claggan Park to watch The Fort hold their Football League opponents to a goalless draw. Those halcyon days, though, are long gone. If you thought West Ham, QPR, or Cheltenham Town had suffered a difficult start to the season, then spare a thought for the followers of ‘The Fort’. After five games of the 2018/19 season they sat bottom of the table on zero points, with a goal difference of minus 46. Being dead last isn’t an unfamiliar feeling for these fans and players – last season’s meagre total of just five points – all from draws – saw them finish bottom of the Breedon Highland League for the sixteenth time in their short history. They kicked off this season with back-to-back 11-1 defeats, away at Rothes FC and at home to Buckie Thistle, before a battling display at Huntly saw Kris Anderson’s side narrowly beaten 6-0. The two 10-0 defeats that followed at least suggest consistency, but it looks as though a hard slog of a season lies ahead in the club’s bid to avoid another 18th place finish, particularly given the news this week that, having been found guilty of fielding an ineligible player three times this season, Fort William now face £150 fine and a nine point deduction, leaving the club on…-9 points. Not so much a case of being kicked when you’re down, more hung, drawn and quartered. If that all sounds pretty grim, then its worth noting that the club feel fortunate to still be in the Highland League at all. At the end of last season, all six directors on the club’s board stepped down, citing the financial needs and time consuming nature of the day-to-day running of the club a major factor in their decision. The directors had agreed that the “next generation” would be required to step in to continue their work, but from the moment the announcement was made in January, fears over the viability of the club remaining in the Highland League rose to the surface. Without financial backing hosting games at Claggan Park, already heavily reliant on the kindness of volunteers, wouldn’t be possible, and without a ground that meets the standards of the league, Fort William would be forced to drop into the non-leagues. Thankfully, after several meetings between players, directors, committee members and volunteers, the Lochaber club elected to remain in the Highland League for the 2018/19 campaign. Three new directors were announced shortly after that decision and, in the short-term at least, the future looks secure. Things might have been different had a reality TV proposition back in 2008 ever come to fruition. Paul MacDonald, American media executive and alledged Fort William fan, approched the club with an idea for a documentary to be aired on his internet channel PMAC Tonight. The pitch included an interactive element to the show, which gave viewers the opportunity to ‘decide the fate’ of the club, with the squad replaced by an entirely American team. Imagine a co-op game of Football Manager, but someone’s been dicking about in the game editor beforehand and also Sports Interactive has been taken over by a man that is obviously clinically insane. Shockingly this idea never came to fruition, and MacDonald had to make do with sponsoring the club’s shirts for a season. There are plenty of explanations for Fort William’s dismal performances in the past thirty years, though perhaps the main one is that football isn’t the primary sport in the town. Shinty, in layman’s terms a roughhouse version of field hockey, has enjoyed enduring popularity for the last couple of centuries, ever since the game was adopted from Irish hurling. For many of the budding sportsman in Fort William, picking up a caman is preferable to slipping on a pair of football boots. With the club run on a modest budget, the outreach for talent spotting stretches to the Moray Firth at best, and even then there are rival clubs ready to snaffle up any promising players. On the rare occasion the Fort have unearthed a diamond, it hasn’t taken long for more established teams to swoop in and spirit them away. The most notable graduate of Claggan Park remains John McGinlay, who made his debut aged just 14 and, after 61 goals in 92 appearances, was snapped up by Nairn County at 18. He would go on to represent Scotland 13 times, scoring the goal that earned their place at the 1998 World Cup, and lead the line for Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League. McGinlay can even claim a part in affecting the modern history of Arsenal as, when his former boss Bruce Rioch took over at Highbury and advised Ian Wright to study the Scotsman’s forward play, a player revolt saw Rioch ousted at the end of the season, ultimately replaced by Arsene Wenger. But if life is so dismal at the foot of the Highland League, why would a player want to play for the so-called ‘Worst Team in the World’? We spoke to a member of the Fort’s record breaking team from last season and they admitted that, whilst 5pm on a Saturday would become the most difficult time of the week, the Fort’s fanbase stayed loyal. “The mood in the dressing room after games was low, as you can imagine. We tried to help each other out and keep each other going on and off the pitch, but it was hard. We used to get a lot of fans coming to games at Claggan Park, and they were very supportive when we were having a tough time. They’d always stay right to the end and clap us off the pitch whatever the result.” The Highland Football League itself is a huge champion of youth development, launching a dedicated initiative in 2000 to stage matched for Under 14s and 16s, and a competitive league for under 18s. At Fort William, it’s this championing of youth football that keeps the club alive, with most of the first team squad yet to reach their twenties. Fort William are no different, with the youth programme at Claggan Park was a demonstration of the way the club interacted with and embraced the local community. “Fort have youth teams all the way from under 11s, and they try to get as many youngsters to training as possible – that’s how they keep the teams running”. Along with its group of loyal matchday volunteers, Fort William remains, like all good football clubs, the heartbeat of the town. For as long as their players continue to turn up on a Saturday afternoon ready to fight for a result, Fort William’s fans will continue to cheer them on, as they have for the past four decades. Sometimes trophies, medals, and even three points are a secondary factor when it comes to a football club. But reaching a double figures points tally would be nice, and that just got a whole lot more difficult…

The final act for Roddy McDowall on this day 20 years ago, aged 70.