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  2. Posted

    Player looks absolutely fantastic.  He's so into fitness that it's not much of a surprise.  He looks and moves considerably better than Nicklaus.  It looks to me like Jack has noticeably slipped in the last year or two.  He's more overweight and he walks and moves a little less steadily.  RoverAndOut is right, he walks to the tee partially on the arm of his wife, Barbara.  I don't like the vibes I'm getting with him.  

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  3. Posted

    On 10/04/2024 at 06:33, dimreaper said:

    Honestly, he looks to be in the same state of health as Clint Eastwood.

    Nah, Clint doesn't look gaunt like this.  

  4. Posted

    On 09/02/2024 at 14:57, MrWonderful said:

    So he has advanced/metastatic prostate cancer, since he's undergoing chemo.  Having said that, he's probably not going to die anytime soon, at least not of prostate cancer.  I suppose if you were going to have a form of metastatic cancer, this isn't one of the worst ones to have.  According to statistics, he has an excellent chance to live for at least 5 years and, in fact, 10 years.  But he's now closer to 80 than 70, so perhaps it won't quite be that long.  Still, he's probably out of the danger zone for the time being.  

    I guess I was fucking wrong, wasn't I?  On the bright side, his ex-wife's killer is now dead.  

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    First time I've thought this:  he has to go on my list next year if he makes it.  He's looking VERY gaunt now.  In those pics of him coming out of the convenience store, look at his right arm below the elbow.  It's like skeletal.  And the discoloration not only on his hands/wrists/arms but his face too.  I suppose it's good that he can still stand on his own, albeit with the cane and his wife's assistance coming down those steps at the restaurant, but he does not look like a healthy person here, not even at his age.  But I know, he's 94.  He's alive and that's better than the alternative, I suppose, as long as he's not suffering.  

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    30 minutes ago, Comped said:

    I'm assuming this must have been one of his good days, because this is definitely much more respondent and verbal than even his close friends and family have said in the past few months.

    I'm very happy to see this, as he doesn't look like a man in his final days here.  Plus he looks, dare I say, lucid and happy.  Good on his family for being so supportive, including his ex-wife.  I'd be quite glad to not get him as a hit this year.  

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    17 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:


    She really doesn't look haggard at all. Let's see what you look like at 91.

     

    Truly, I don't get any negative comments about her appearance.  She still looks excellent for her age, and she doesn't look too fat nor too thin/gaunt, either.  She also doesn't look like one of those old celebrities who have had so much plastic surgery that they appear to be rubber-faced lizard people.  May she live another decade, at least!  

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  9. Posted

    Phillips officially dropped out and endorsed Biden, just for the record. 

     

    Getting to my main point, discussion about Biden dropping dead amuses me...when it's Trump who is his opponent!  Some of y'all act like Trump is this picture of youthful vigor.  He's almost 80 himself, is clearly in cognitive decline himself (the speech gaffes are piling up), and he's also an obese tub of shit.  Perhaps Biden will die first, sure, but Trump's odds have to be right there with him.  

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    22 hours ago, Sir Creep said:

    Big miss by most of us.  He was semi popular pick a couple years back, as if his stage 4 cancer ‘got better’. Ugh.  I simply forgot about him.  I’ll assume that’s everyone’s excuse.  Will be interesting to see if he QO’s, I give it 70% chance.  

    Yeah, just a total miss on my part.  Even knew he had stepped aside after the draft last year to "focus on his health", and I should have made the connection that this was 7 years after his stage 4 diagnosis.  I should have made a notation that he was 2024 material.  Especially as much as I watch football coverage. 

     

    He was a pioneer in the business and from every account I've seen, just a wonderful human being.  Cancer sucks.  

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    On 20/02/2024 at 04:49, justonecornetto said:

    Richard Lewis made his first appearance on the new season of Curb Your Enthusiasm last night and I thought he was looking pretty good. Interesting self awareness though as a lot of his lines with Larry were around his impending death and that he was going to leave everything to Larry in his will.

    And now he's gone.  A very, very funny man.  But decades of demons, plus Parkinson's.  Rest well, Mr. Lewis.  

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    Well, damn.  That certainly explains, well, basically everything.  So we're in Bruce Willis territory here.  She's clearly exhibited the symptoms for years, as did Willis.  She'll be an auto-add to my lists next year if she's still with us.  

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    10 hours ago, Sod's Law said:

    In a wheelchair as he came on but good to see he's still able to travel, despite all the injuries he's suffered recently. 

    I'd be surprised if he sees 70, but hopefully he has a few years left, at least.  Doesn't seem to be in imminent danger.  

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  17. Posted

    5 hours ago, MortalCaso said:

    @RoverAndOut I agree with you.

     

    I am a fan of Friends and Matthew Perry. An actor/actress should be honored from a POV of notable works/fame. If they have a place in Theater + Film + Television, that's a lot of remembrance. Matthew Perry didn't make any notable films and his television resume extends to other shows such as West Wing + The Odd Couple.

     

    People are just sensitive because the death is still raw.

    I guess it depends on how one wants to look at things.  Of course, Perry was best known for Friends.  And while I wouldn't call him a prolific film actor, he still appeared in 15 different movies from 1988-2015.  He did star in 3 notable films, I'd say, with the two of them being pretty obvious:  the aforementioned The Whole Nine Yards, plus its sequel.  The other was a rom-com with Salma Hayek called Fools Rush In, released in 1997.  Perry was famous enough that he had top billing here, too.  Anyway, I guess if the same organization is going to have two separate ceremonies, as BAFTA apparently does, I don't view it as a big deal that he was omitted from the film awards show, though I probably would have included him because, hey, he was a film actor that starred in at least a few movies that people clearly know about.  Of course, I'm quite certain that the Oscars telecast will include him on its In Memoriam segment, since it only honors film.  

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    So he has advanced/metastatic prostate cancer, since he's undergoing chemo.  Having said that, he's probably not going to die anytime soon, at least not of prostate cancer.  I suppose if you were going to have a form of metastatic cancer, this isn't one of the worst ones to have.  According to statistics, he has an excellent chance to live for at least 5 years and, in fact, 10 years.  But he's now closer to 80 than 70, so perhaps it won't quite be that long.  Still, he's probably out of the danger zone for the time being.  

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    1 hour ago, gcreptile said:

    I was kind of thinking that maybe these words made it into the report -unredacted- so that Biden can refute them in a forceful press conference. And Team Biden moved quickly there.

    The AP headlines seem to deliver what they were hoping for.

    At the same time, Biden himself cant quite refute the "appearance" of being old. If it was their strategy, the problem is that Biden IS actually old, and slow. He knows he has to speak fast in this media environment but obviously cant. That's why the misspeaking happens.

    A president probably has to make fewer do-or-die decisions than movies suggest, but his opponents will probably not let him get comfortable in a "wise old man" role. His team will have be very careful in choosing future appearances. The campaign will force him to.

    I actually wonder now how german chancellor Adenauer did, being in office in his 80s.

    I'm a moderate Democrat, and I will vote for Biden without hesitation (not that it matters, because I live in California) because Trump is not just a truly disgraceful, vile human being, but also a dangerous one.  And yes, Biden is old and obviously past his prime.  But Trump is the best possible opponent for him, because for the few hundred thousand voters over the few swing states that will decide the election, they essentially will go into the voting booth knowing that Biden's biggest perceived weakness (he's old, senile, etc.) is also something that Trump shares.  Trump is barely younger and has also clearly exhibited that he's in obvious cognitive decline.  And that's when the fact that Trump is much more hated than Biden is by these particular voters could play in Biden's favor.  This has been my theory the whole time.  I'm not talking about Trump supporters and most Republicans (and that goes hand in hand now, really); they obviously hate Biden, that's just the way it is.  But the difference is that not only do Biden supporters and Democrats hate Trump, but so do independents/swing voters.  He has baggage -- more baggage than he did even when he left office -- and these people do not like him.  In the early primary contests, it's a poor sign for Trump that he's losing independents badly.  Say what you want about Biden, but these particular voters don't hate the guy.  The vast majority of them wish that a better alternative were available to them, sure, but they don't hate the man.  So yeah, that's my theory.  I agree with Nikki Haley that she would defeat Biden easily, and so would any "normal" Republican in this cycle.  Haley would draw such an obvious contrast in terms of age for these voters, plus she's not hated by these voters.  One worry I do have for Biden, despite my beliefs above, is that perhaps enough on the far left will stay home and not vote for Biden (or vote for Kennedy or something, a la Jill Stein ruining Hillary's chances in 2016), to give Trump just enough to eke out enough all-important swing states.  These idiots are pissed at Biden for his handling of the Israel-Hamas conflict...like, what the hell do they think Trump would do, by comparison?  It's idiocy of the highest order.  

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  22. Posted

    6 hours ago, Toast said:

     

    I don't know what that means.

    But I see no shame in disliking someone who has been vicious, cruel, treacherous, dishonest, and an all-round cunt.

    As for the narcissist he married, I'm not even going to start or I'll be typing all night.

    I can't vouch for what happened when Harry visited his father, but I agree with you on everything you said above.  He and his wife are both vile people.  

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  23. Posted

    On 04/02/2024 at 14:02, CaptainChorizo said:

    Ayanna Mackins

     

    Diagnosed with Mesmatized Breast Cancer Last October.   She was a contestant on the now defunct series Road Rules back in 99,then later appeared on a few seasons of the now MTV Staple spinoff Seires "The Challenge" in the early 00's. Came back 2 decades later for a Paramount Streaming All Star Version of the Challenge in 2022 which featured a bunch of OG's now in their late 30's and 40's.

     

    Mackins has written that it spread to "several lymph nodes", but doesn't mention anything further.  If that's all it's metastasized to, she has a shot at a recovery.  If it's metastasized to further parts of the body, unfortunately it's just a matter of time, even if it may take a few years.  Particularly in pools that would give more points for a younger person's death, she's certainly one to watch for sure.  

  24. Posted

    1 minute ago, drol said:

    He's not even number one. Low rank cadre Shi Ping turns 112 in November.

     

    Zhang Lixiong would get Xinhua and few other obits. I guess he won't QO, still. If he goes on a bit he will as one of the oldest living men and founding major general of PLA.

     

    Song Ping is a sure QO.

    Yes, I figured Song Ping would.  Thanks for the info, and that's a good point about Zhang's status as a supercentenarian.  According to Wikipedia, the 50th-oldest person in the world as of today's date is 112 years and 141 days old.  And get this:  of the 50 names listed, 49 out of the 50 are women!  Maybe Zhang would QO after all, especially if he just makes it another year or certainly two.  

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