WednesdayAddams

Sky News reporting Lord Snowdon has died

Really sorry is the above came across as a rant, generally I am not a ranty person, but I do get tired when people say "Oh, f**k we've elected a Fascist!" and then you look at the stats and see the turnout was 32%.

People don't like what they are getting, vote it out. Vote for something different. Trouble is, voter engagement is at an all time low. The majority of people do not vote now, going by recent stats, which leaves just 3 blokes with attitude in your road deciding everything to do with public policy. This explains why libraries are closing. The block who consistently turns out in high numbers are old farts like me. Memories are fresh with tales of fathers and grandfathers, who endured a living hell avoiding being eaten by rats in bomb craters, just so the likes of little old me could put my little X in a box. It would take an army the size of China to stop me getting to a voting booth. Therefore... younger generations can expect to be royally shafted in terms of student loans, house prices, jobs etc. The olds will keep their bus passes and free prescriptions because they will consistently vote in large numbers for whoever promises to not take them away. Get out and vote for something different and drag everyone you can lay a finger on to do the same and then things might change. Don't hold your breath though.

True, I had forgotten about the shillings that became the 5p coin. Memories focus more on the fruit salads and black jacks. lol

Guitarist Tommy Allsup, who dodged the Buddy Holly crash, dies aged 85 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38594764

Currency and stamps will still be valid but all new issues will feature Charlie. I remember as a kid still using coinage with George VI when I went to buy my fruit salad sweeties after school, and that was right up til 1971 when, of course, all coinage had to be replaced when the UK decimalised.

2nd April

Putting this here because the Trump thread isn't appropriate but it's all linked... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38603294?ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking&ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central Now we're off to the races! I'll bet this isn't the only investigation bubbling away or about to launch in the final Obama days. Some of them we won't hear about until it's all over.

Here's a link that works because the above one was taken down I think. http://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/martin-mcguinness-receiving-treatment-for-amyloidosis-1.2933722#.WHfH48Qa0NI.twitter Well, well, well.... never heard of it. Either way, I think he's got an extreme case and still confident he won't last long like that.

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy they first send a parcel via Yodel.

Okay, here goes. Hopefully I have got these right but please let me know if not. G.I. Generation (1901-1924) 1. Gloria Vanderbilt 2. Prince Phillip 3. Wayne Thiebaud 4. Michael Anderson (film director) 5. Peter Sallis 6. Carl Reiner 7. Pierre Cardin 8. Bob Barker 9. Henry Kissenger 10. Chuck Yeager 11. George Bush Snr. 12. Jimmy Carter 13 Doris Day 14. Robert Mugabe 15. Kirk Douglas 16. Franco Zeffirelli 17. Bob Dole 18. Charles Aznavour 19. Eva Marie Saint 20. Carol Channing. Silent Generation (1925-1942) 1. Christine Keeler 2. Peter Firmin 3. Katie Boyle 4. Peter Wyngarde * 5. Jim Dale 6. Pope Emeritus Benedict 7. Sidney Poitier 8. Harry Belefonte 9. Gina Lollobrigida 10. Ken Dodd 11. Robert Guillaume 12. Bruce Forsyth 13. Adam West 14. James Lovell 15. Brian Walden 16. David Prowse 17. Roger Bannister 18. Michael Aspel 19. June Brown 20. Frank Bough Baby Boomers (1942-1960) 1. Morgan Tsvangirai 2. Steve Hewlett (journalist) 3. Martin McGuinness 4. Iggy Pop 5. Stephen Fry 6. Grace Jones 7. Rita Wilson (actress) 8. Alice Cooper 9. Gary Glitter 10. Peter Mayhew (Chewbacca) 11. Erno Rubik 12. Michael Douglas 13. Tim Curry 14. Rodrigo Duterte 15. Freddie Starr 16. Colin Baker 17. James Belushi 18. Kelsey Grammer 19. Andrew Marr 20. John Wetton * Peter Wyngarde is a bit coy about his year of birth but biographies place him born not earlier than 1926. I hope this is acceptable? Compiling all that was more work than I had bargained for. lol

Thank you for taking the time, msc. Much obliged.

Someone help a newbie please? OP states Obit rules are the same as the DDP. Can someone point me to where these are as the current DDP thread does appear to state the rules? Ta muchly. xx

Why not enter The Generation Game Pool? Can start a team at any time. Ooh... yes I remember something mentioned about that. I will look into it tomorrow. Thanks!

Raring to go as this will be my first pool on this forum having missed the window on another one. Sure I'm going to stuff it up though.

I don't think I have ever seen such a shower of twits as this present mob in my life! There's none of them I would trust to make a cup of tea properly. I agree, no one really wants it at the moment and who can blame them? I wouldn't sort out that bloody mess either.

I prefer the term 'Yeasty Codpiece'.

Normal rules don't apply to him because he's not normal. Doesn't give one hoot about what anyone thinks. He'll bluff it and bluster it right up until they cart him off to the funny farm.

All things are possible but I still say this is the GOP doing it. They want one of their own in there and Trump isn't a Republican. Remember, Bernstein has his prints on that Buzzfeeds article. That man doesn't f**k about with looney tunes gossip he can't back up. There's more to come I have no doubt. The timing of this was all about kicking the Senate into setting up enquiries before Trump takes office. That and maybe chucking a spanner into the confirmation hearings. And also... the Feds don't let you know they are coming! They whisk you out of your cot at 4am and you're in a cell before your eyes open. This is going to roll and roll... lol

Oh yes, a Narcissist in action is a sight to behold! He's only getting warmed up as well. Did you catch the way he signed off? Like he was ending an episode of the Apprentice? Incredible stuff. lol

Sandy Gall can easily be compared to Walter Cronkite. An absolute giant. The last of a small pool of legendary news anchors still kicking in fact. Deffo deserves a slot on the list.

Well... I've got matchsticks propping my eyes up this morning. Twitter is doing what Twitter does and it is glorious to behold. This man is going to get ripped apart in full technicolour, one way or another and he's not even if office yet. Senate hearings will be gripping. lol

Ah, I've seen a journo at NBC I think it was, say a dossier has been touted around to them since last Summer and this appears to be it. Maybe the feds have found there's some substance to it then. We shall see!

Where'd you read that?? Or is it just a guess? But I've read that Carl Bernstein piece about him tonight if that's what you mean. It's building up nicely...