GrumpyRabbit

The real secret ingredient in the noodle soup?

Definitely - he was a star of the BAFTA-winning Colditz series, made when the BBC used to produce decent stuff.

As John Bishop once said, they’re showing remarkable faith in their mother’s laundry abilities.

Melvyn Hayes is on the BBC’s Christmas edition of Would I Lie to You?. https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/bbc-christmas-whats-on-tv-iplayer-2023/. Another chance to see how he’s holding up.

10 out of 12 British trains running on time is scarily unsettling though…

I watched the first episode last night and thought it looked very promising. The book it’s based on is very good too “Wicked Beyond Belief”. Looking forward to the rest of it.

Pat Roach (1937-2004) Mechanic Indy fights under the plane (ROTLA), chief Thuggee guard (TOD), Gestapo officer (TLC)

Just to be clear, she hasn’t got mesothelioma she has lung cancer. Mesothelioma is in the lining around organs, particularly the lungs, and its only known cause is asbestos exposure. Lung cancer can be caused by a number of things including just bad luck. Mesothelioma is very aggressive and expected lifespan after onset of symptoms is usually about a year. My uncle died of it this week, about 10 months after being diagnosed, and I’ve learnt more about it in that time than I ever want to.

Omega pay him to promote their watches - didn’t think it was on a per watch basis though…

It’s mainly extracts from her “My A-Z of Surviving Almost Anything” book, and how she was diagnosed. It does say it’s stage 4, not smoking-related lung cancer of a type that usually affects young Asian women. It can be treated and held back, but not cured.

BBC reporting the death of D-Day veteran Edward ‘Eddie’ Gaines aged 98. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-65562428

He’s definitely thinner, though I wouldn’t say extremely so. What did strike me is how much like his grandfather, George VI, he looks now. Since George didn’t make it much past his 56th birthday, that’s possibly not a comparison he’d welcome!

Liz Truss hasn’t been visiting, has she?

And for those us ancient enough to remember, one of the Double Deckers in the early 1970s.