Master Obit

Accurate representation of what it feels like to look through the King Charles and Jimmy Carter threads. 0:22 onwards is what I think whenever I see that the Jimmy Carter thread has had a new reply.

My sister is a PhD level cancer scientist and yeah, pretty much this. How functional you are is (from my understanding of the technical stuff she conveys) dependent on the type of cancer you have. Certain cancers such as pancreatic cancer are especially difficult because you can be very advanced and not even know you have it, and the treatments that are available to a patient depend on exactly what their cancer is and how likely they would be to withstand the intensity. Responding to treatment doesn't mean that his prognosis is good, it just means that the type of therapy being used is not causing any detrimental effects, and is keeping him comfortable. It absolutely doesn't mean he's necessarily getting better, or even improving.

King Charles coins aren't that small in number, it's just that all these clickbait news articles have caused them (and any other commemoratves) to be hoarded away by the people who have the most exposure (bank workers, post office workers). I really don't understand why anyone wants to hoard them that badly with the belief that they'll be worth a fortune in the future, when they're crappy base metal coins and the pool of coin collectors is nowhere near large enough that the entire lot can't reasonably acquire one at face value. This never used to be a problem before the media got obsessed with "collectible coins in your change". I put together an entire set of commemoratives, including a few complete sets of the Olympic series and the Kew Gardens, entirely from pocket change and a couple of eagle-eyed people helping me - the only non-conventional source I had was a local post office, when I got down to the last couple of Olympics and was getting a bit desperate. The point is, they were out there and I'm confident I could still have completed the set even without their assistance. It's like all this invented hype about AA series banknotes, or AK47 code banknotes - the serious collectors amongst us recognise they're not special but the ignorant public don't because The Sun has told them that they're worth a fortune.

I'm not suggesting anyone's anonymity should be waived. It's not a breach of anonymity if somebody who already knows his identity checks on the GRO index (it's fairly easy to explain how to do this if they don't know) and gives a yes/no. It's entirely possible nobody knows his identity, but I'd wager that somebody does and I think it's much better to simply put this discussion to bed than it is to idly speculate.

Surely one of the site admins (or someone in the know) could check his name on the death index? It's morbid but we've done similar for members on a different site I'm on.

I'm not really sure how you've not muted him yet. I did so ages ago. If a majority muted him, there'd be a sort of herd immunity against seeing his content either directly or in quotes. He's been told time and time again just how much of an idiot he is, and to get out more and gain perspective, but ignores it every single time. The only reasonable conclusion at this point is that he is a troll.

Diego's reputation activity. In a little over 1.5 years, he's dished out over 30,000 reactions, or over 50 a day.

@Octopus of Odstock Reg Tapley's death was registered in October. Final residence of Cheshire East.

When do you last know these people to be alive? There's a big difference between checking just 2023 and checking several years so I need some indication.

@Ulitzer95 Alfred Hoffman died 18/05/2023 @Gisooo Vivienne Martin, or Vivienne Ann Martin, died 22/01/2023. Bizarrely, she is listed as born on 28/12/1930, not 28/12/1936. Possible she understated her age deliberately. They've done some maintenance so I can now access things registered in October, so if either of you has any names you want checking then tell me who they are and I'll get to it after tennis later. I've had a nice sports massage from a young muscular footballer today, so I'm feeling extremely relaxed and unburdened.

@Ulitzer95The Alfred Hoffman who died in 2021 seems to have been born in 1923 so I don't think it's the same one. I'm lay in bed presently so unable to use my laptop, but will confirm anything needed by you and @Gisooo tomorrow.

It would still be pretty subjective because cancers vary wildly. What type of cancer you have and what your general health was before it will all have an impact. Celebrities also have access to any cosmetics they want and especially in the case of the monarch, there will be a lot of time going in to making them look better. I'm inclined to trust Ulitzer's source here on Charles, which is a nuisance because that means even more people will be hoarding the Charles coins and I'm even less likely to find any of the nice ones they released with wildlife on.

I wouldn't either, but I'd be willing to give it a go. Preferably in to a cage of hungry lions.

That's why I always insist on taking the measurements personally tbh.

Goodness me. Can someone please just lock this fucking thread? If he carks it then reopen it, but this is just needless drivel and it's incredibly low-grade content.