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It would seem that I survived, the surgery was more extensive than first thought then add in a couple of complication and keyhole surgery rapidly turned into sledgehammer surgery. Home now and mending slowly. Thanks for all of your kind wishes.

Queue at the door is getting shorter as is entry time. With a little over 12 hours to go the confirmed entrants are as follows: 1. YoungWillz 2. Bibliogryphon 3. msc 4. theoldlady 5. JiroemonKimura 6. Great Uncle Bulgaria 7. Torva Messor 8. Yorkshire Banker 9. Gooseberry Crumble 10. DeathByArsenic 11. Fixed Business 12. Toast 13. RadGuy 14. Grim Up North 15. The Old Crem 16. gcreptile 17. Joey Russ 18. Death Impends 19. Skinny Kiltrunner 20. Clorox Bleachman 21. Banana 22. Sir Creep 23. Sean 24. Captain Chorizo @Banana has to come back to me on certain queries on that team. (Edit - team now validated!) If your name does not appear above, you have not submitted and had validated a team. No late entries! Come one, come all, before I pay off the performing juggler and the unicyclist at the door. Closer to the deadline I will begin to make assumptions about your picks if you have not clearly indicated who the people are - do not assume the game runner knows who you are talking about! It might be you who stops Death Impends gaining a third title - a complimentary feather and cap are on standby in my office for the player who can do just that! Otherwise, if DI does win, he will gain the mop and bucket from the janitor's cupboard for again wiping the floor with the competition!

A is for August. Sir Creep seems to be the only person around here what doesn’t run a DP, and he has plenty of time ta do! So if’n you want I can oversee this for a year, but no sense in pinching teams last second. Just start 1 August 2019. Same rules etc. I’m not re-inventing the wheel, just getting it upright and rolling. If that works for everyone.... SirC

Good afternoon, ABC poolers! I know I have left you hanging on the possibility of a 3rd year for this pool. I do like running it and I think it is a good format. However, I have a big vacation coming up and I will be out for most of July. My plan was to have it run for 11 months, from Aug 1,2019 until June 30, 2020, thus giving people the whole month of July to submit teams. Now I see that recently Sir Creep has proposed just that exact thing, and he has also volunteered to take over running it. I think I would like that, just being able to play this year. I have a couple of other pools going, so I am starting to find it hard to juggle them all in a timely manner. So if Sir Creep is willing to do it I will hand over the reigns for ABC DP III. I will definitely be submitting a team via PM. My first year team was quite good, but I sure slipped in year 2. Today is the last day for new hits in the current pool. The master standings list for this year is still up to date as far as I know, but there are a lot of names involved so please check your own list and inform me of any mistakes/misses by July 5th for proper credit. I will post final standings after that. Good luck to Sir Creep, who can PM me if you have any questions!!

Ershad's condition has deteriorated. See you in hell, fucker.

Spade's recent mention of Lina Wertmüller's lifetime achievement award inspired me to look who else got such an award recently. Quite a lot actually: Esoteric guru Deepak Chopra: https://www.mindbodygreen.com/articles/dr-deepak-chopra-receives-mindbodygreen-lifetime-achievement-award BBC's India veteran journalist Mark Tully: https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/mark-tully-gets-lifetime-achievement-award-for-role-in-uk-india-ties-119062900497_1.html (mentioned by me last year after a spell of ill health) CBS journalist Erin Moriarty: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/erin-moriarty-honored-with-lifetime-achievement-award-from-the-alliance-for-women-in-media-foundation/ ("I am not done yet!") Gay Byrne, who could not attend the ceremony "due to a broken wrist and chest infection": https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0628/1059121-gay-byrne-honoured-with-lifetime-achievement-award/ Motorcycle memorialist Sammy Miller MBE: https://www.motorcyclenews.com/news/2019/june/sammy-miller-mbe-lifetime-achievement-award/ Cancer survivor Lily Tomlin: https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/lily-tomlin-to-receive-traverse-city-film-festival-lifetime-achievement-award Bill Murray: https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2019/06/25/bill-murray-to-get-lifetime-achievement-award-at-rome-fest.html Yiddish showman Joel Grey: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Joel-Grey-To-Receive-Lifetime-Achievement-Award-From-National-Yiddish-Theatre-Folksbiene-20190627

Yes, please! @Skinny kiltrunner Okay, I read your names. It's still wrong though, because it's supposed to happen on July 1st. And yes, the names to be replaced are missing.

Little update on the location. The Hague withdrew because they couldn't find a suitable location to held it. So there is now a shortlist of Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, Arnhem, Maastricht, Breda and Den Bosch. They have to send in a plan and in August the city is selected. Edit: Breda is now out to, because the costs for the city where to high.

What is the worst enemy of the Matterhorn? Antimatterhorn

Take a deep breath as I prepare to check.

Two priests are driving down the road when they are stopped by two police officers. "We're looking for two child molesters," the officers tell them. The priests look at each other before they speak. "We'll do it."

DONE! I promise you'll smile at my one goofy name, esp if you look him up. A real person/celeb. lol. Easily the best name ever on DL.

Oh god. Go ahead, hit me with your best shot, plenty of room in the inbox.

Ivan Milat is not on death row - he's serving life. DeWayne would not qualify - he came to public knowledge because of his cancer. Come on, with all those celebrities out there, surely there's a team without borderline picks or even definite no-nos. 8 hours to think about it tops, I'd say.

Good to hear. Hope you're not too uncomfortable while you heal, and that it's done the trick.

If a third version, I'll try and join in.

It could be re-started at any time, could it not, if someone was willing to run it?

Yeah, it's cup time early and casino time later. I kinda canvassed a 12 month run, then thought, acht, complements the Cup, why not?

Parade's end for Ford Madox Ford on this day 80 years ago, aged 65.

And 10 years ago he stole the limelight from Farrah!

Mic(h)a(e)l Jackson, 50, on t(h)is day 10 y(e)ars ago.

After Eli Wallach's death at the age of 98 five years ago, it was just The Good.

All the best, torbrex, hope it goes well.

Do what has to be done well and don't worry about anything as that does not help

Gary Duncan. Seizure. https://heavy.com/entertainment/2019/06/gary-duncan-dead/