Sir Creep

Cornelius Vanderbilt - 145 years Harry Helmsley, the original Donald Trump and husband to Leona - 20 years

Did you seriously just say WHO to Gina Lollobridgida but give a pass to Danielle Darrieux?

Macy's closing 68 stores. No parades today :-( SC http://6abc.com/shopping/macys-to-close-68-stores-4-in-philadelphia-area/1686507/

Jesus Christ how much IS the Drop 40 bonus??

I'm guessing that's what his wife reminded him of day after day after day after day after.....

He was early last year when I looked at oldest living hockey players. Hadn't seen the name since. SC

But the obits are NOT guaranteed, and as I've discovered neither are their deaths (I'm looking at YOU Aimee Willett). And it's almost impossible to get an update (which leads to possible lack of obit). I wish the Shameless teams well but this year I opted for as low a hanging fruit I could of folks who were at least slightly 'someone'. I'll grant you McGiffin but again she's a sister of someone at least. And my point about her being a joker in early November I think was cuz I saw info on her a good week before anyone around here (apologies if it was Spade) mentioned her. Oh I knew it would happen but I was dreaming my dreamy little dreams. SC

His last shot was a hole-in-one!

Meh - hijack this thread make it topical. Norman Rosenberg, a man known to a generation of San Francisco Baby Boomers as "King Norman" died last month at age 98. Rosenberg's TV show 'The King Norman Show' ran on KGO-TV in the 1950's, and was a Saturday morning staple for many kids all around the Bay Area. He also owned a successful chain of toy stores called Norman's Kingdom of Toys. SC http://abc7news.com/entertainment/childrens-tv-show-host-king-norman-dies/1685002/

A respected judge and family man known for his fairness and his keen wit, Judge Terry Adelman died Monday (Jan. 2, 2017) at St. Louis University Hospital of complications from pneumonia. He was 71 and lived in St. Louis. He was a magistrate with the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri for 23 years, SC http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/obituaries/retired-u-s-magistrate-judge-terry-adelman-dies-at-age/article_a066cf71-b2d1-5407-b11c-5ad355486680.html

Sir Creep saying this is the wrong thread in 3, 2, 1... No way. It's cute and amusing. However 105 was the high end of the estimated 90-105 suspected age range so there is a fair chance the orca is mathematically in the wrong thread. At least it was human years so I'll give Granny a pass. Just don't go posting a 20-year old dog and tell me it's 140. Anyway RIP Granny SC

Former University of Montana President George Dennison has died due to complications from non-Hodgkins lymphoma. The university said he died Tuesday morning surrounded by family. He was 81. SC http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/jan/03/former-university-of-montana-president-george-denn/

I enjoyed RadGuy's self analysis, so here goes: Sir Creep - Cancel My Appointments Patrick Bowlen - late stage Alzheimer's etc, 79 I think, couldn't be in attendance when his Denver Broncos won the Suoer Bowl last year, his wife referred to him in the past tense when accepting the trophy. Alzheimer's are always a tough call but his wife knows: 60% Colin Butts - obit risky, death not so much. 80% Rico Constantino - maybe I shoulda went with Rico as my joker -- is he the dirty little secret I had hoped Rayya would be? I've read nothing about him elsewhere. His social media suggests he's in a lot of trouble. 80% Errol Christie - ive been riding another young black man's ass (that didn't come out right) with Stage 4 lung cancer in Wesley Pipes, who seems to have overcome. I've never seen Pipes and Christie at the same place at the same time, just sayin. Hmmm. 95% Rayya Elias (Joker) - A fellow Detroiter! Dyke fringe of the famous (yeah I said it) oddly a guaranteed obit. But will she die? 89% Scott Hamilton - My ex wife's grandmother is the only person I've heard of that fought off cancer three times, but she was in her 70s/80s, not her 50's! Can an ex athlete fend off C3 for 400 days? I'm guessing no. 90% Mo Haque - don't know anything about him other than crowdfunding cancer treatment. Sounds experimental but we shall see. I figured very few would have Mo so I might cash in Mo Money. Obit a lock. 50% Sasha Lokovic - 100% and will be leaving a fair number of folks pleading for an obit I doubt will come. Then again Andrew Smith got an easy obit and not sure how a college basketball player is obit worthy to UK publications and an NHLer wouldn't be. Tracy McGiffin - 100/100% easy points you should be embarrassed if she's not on your team. This was my secret Joker until Joey-come-blow-your-horn-Russ became the town cryer. Sir Colin Meads - I only know what y'all have posted. Seems a sure death. 85% Vincent Mullins - I've been told he is dead so my sub PM Patrick John steps in and he's been hospitalized for heart conditions and diabetes, amputating a leg last year. But he may skate through. 35% Richard Overton - fucker lived last year. Now at 110 his points are useless but I chose him out of spite and to teach him a lesson. No crime in a couple low hanging fruit. 97% Nabeel Qureshi - ahh what the hell. Let's see how better he gets. Figured people would pass on him and he's a young'in. Worth a punt. Simon Ricketts - Give me my points please. Peter Skellern - Give me my points please Mario Soares - Give me my points please Valeri Spiridinov - everyone makes it sound like if he doesn't chop his head off he's good to go. He's chopping his head off cuz his body is useless. He could die from natural causes before the surgery. That said I don't think any of it will happen but he's like 30 so you have to cross your fingers. 25% risk 1000% reward John Wetton - unlike everyone else I'm not so sure he's a 2017 casualty. 65% Mike IX Williams - another guy I shoulda made my Joker. He may meet his gofundme goal for treatment of cancer etc. And he's young. I had to take a chance. Paul Van Zandvliet - 90% Sub: PM Patrick John -'see above SirC

Y'all keep alluding to each other's picks, in particular Spade's. Where the hell are they posted? Spade never posted his so you must be clairvoyant. SC

DiMasi at 90% !!???!??? Forget the questionable obit--I'll bet you a one year total DL banishment (and throw in a can of coffee) that he's alive for New Years 2019. He has less than a zero percent chance of dying. Well ok 1%. SC

I really can't say that I would be upset to see him cash out- it's been a long time coming He just got married a year ago.

That's a very interesting stat. I'm very proud of us now!

Go marlin fishing. SC http://bbc.in/2hQfabq

I've been told Mullins died a couple months ago. I haven't confirmed but I'll presume it's true. Out with Mullins IN with Kevin Carey. SC

http://www.itv.com/news/2017-01-03/pop-star-janet-jackson-gives-birth-to-baby-boy/Just given birth. A womb malfunction.

I'm forced to accept 32nd place having done the most with the least (8 hits and 1 Lost). The next closest team with only 8 hits was in 41st place. Incredibly I never had a hit after August or so. Thus despite being 2nd place first week of March, I casually slid and slid down the charts lol, dropping outta the top 10 around September, and top 20 a month later. All in all a good rookie effort and learning experience. Spade and I shared ONE thing on common: Hassan Asif as Joker; that's where our similarities began and ended. Haha. Probably didn't even win Rookie of the Year :-( Hoping for top 20 in 2017. Keeping my expectations real. SirC

I saw an article from a couple months ago aboht Qureshi apparently being miraculously cured.I dunno much bout the prognosis of stage 4 colon cancer, but Berkowitz might have been cured with it going unreported. Just the opposite. Last Fall they organized a benefit concert for him and he couldn't attend whereas In the Spring he was actually performing etc. So I put 2+2 together and I think this is the year for Daisy. Maybe I read too much into his absence.SC

75 is elderlyYou're elderly. I"m middle-aged This is Sir Creep giving a pile of fucks about the OED definition of middle-aged. Prolly says 'pert near elderly'.

75 is elderly You're elderly.

My mother wasn't fucking "elderly" at 75 when she still owned a house and mowed the yard. She was elderly at 84 when I walked in to visit her at the old folks home and she was asleep in a wheelchair the whole time. This isn't even debatable. SC