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Nobby is a cert for next year. Undroppable.

Only remaining bedblockers are Kirk, Olivia, Vera Lynn and Billy Graham. I think only Billy will die next year.

I have no uniques for sure. To everyone's surprise I did not pick Cecchi Gori as he is said to be recovering and Olivia Newton-John is not on my main theme because I don't think she'll really die; anyway she has secured a place on b-team, as she is too big to miss. Same for Stefan Karl. Only two/three picks in both teams are not so common and I think one will be picked by very few people, but we'll see.

BTW, Here is my Theme Team. No chances of winning, just did it for fun. Theme Team: Complications from a fall Dictators and former dictators, more or less: 1)Morgan Tsvangirai (J) 2)Robert Mugabe 3)Muhammadu Buhari 4)Daniel Arap Moi 5)Kenneth Kaunda 6)Hosni Mubarak 7)Abdelaziz Bouteflika 8)Nuon Chea 9)Khieu Sampan 10)Girma Wolde-Giorgis 11)Jiang Zemin 12)Mahatir Mohamad 13)Zine Ben Ali 14)Yasuhiro Nakasone 15)George H. W. Bush 16)Lê Đức Anh 17)Dawda Jawara 18)Mwai Kibaki 19)Ali Hassan Mwinyi 20)Li Peng There is great potential.... for the List of the Lost!

Just sent two teams and a theme team. Do you receive an email in response after your teams are received?

Me.

OK, sent again.

Yes, Maryport, it is in our PM called Deathrace 2017, that of last year. I will re send it if you can't see it.

Yes, very much alive by the look of it. It's an IP on Wiki but he seems to be sure and serious.

Ok, let's post it: 1)Patrick Cryne 2)Greg Gilbert 3)Leah Bracknell 4)Marieke Vervoort 5)John McCain 6)Denis Goldberg 7)Philomena Lynott 8)Charlotte Rae 9)Nobby Stiles 10)Lindy Remigino Subs: Jim Leavelle Ami Brown

Team sent. Luck needed.

Cecchi Gori is on the mend and will be discharged from hospital in ten days.

I'll send him tomorrow. See what happens with two/three potential picks.

Dehmelt and Bloembergen are the main reason why the New York Times should become a source of QOs.

Place on Sir Creep's DDP team assured.

Do I have to replace Fritz Hellwig too?

Well, I'm happy about DDP 6th place and more than likely Inverse DP victory. I stand a chance in Windy City DP and was an early contender in Hartlepool (then I fell out of grace, rules are quite complex). The rest went quite bad.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH, WHY DID YOU MENTION HIM?

Italian greatest living chef Gualtiero Marchesi has died of cancer aged 87.

Sobral out of intensive care and expected to recover soon.

Nah, this way someone should get the right person.

Salvador Sobral is intensive care following acute kidney failure. The doctor said there's nothing to worry about, he's gonna be just fine. He is his number one fan.

Oh God it is clear they have been dead for a long time...

Hardegen was just a good U-boot commander and a great soldier. He was always kind ad respectful to crews he captured, saved survivors from the ships he sank and brought them to neutral countries if possible. In fact he was a good man and a reluctant Nazi, who criticized Hitler directly while having dinner with him and was punished for that by Jodl. Towards the end of the war he was in hospital due to illness and did not fight against English in France. Overall he never took part in any atrocity of WWII and he was prisoned by British because they mistaked him for another official. The only fault of Hardegen was being on the losing side of the war. he would be celebrated as a hero if he was British or American. I'm glad he is still alive at 104 and may God bless him .