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John Savident is still going? I say, is John Savident still going?

Could just as easily have featured in the Journalists or Activists thread. A remarkable and courageous person. I can only imagine the abuse, ridicule and outright hostility directed at someone undergoing gender reassignment in the early 1970s.

Captain Tom - straight in at Number One, pop pickers.

Virginia was named after her, wasn't it? So it would appear she was the de facto ruler of some of the earliest colonies, towards the end of her reign in the late 16th century. And I thought Americans usually refer to her as 'Queen Elizabeth?' As I believe they also do in Ireland.

Not sure if he passes the fame threshold, but watching 'Randall and Hopkirk Deceased' I note that Kenneth Cope will be 90 next year. Ironic that he played the ghost when his co-star Mike Pratt succumbed to cancer as long ago as 1976.

A true legend of the game, Kapil Dev has just been under the knife. India isn't a great place to get sick right now, so the cricket world will be wishing for a swift recovery. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-54660858

Though I would never rule out the start of the zombie apocalypse.

Well yes, with some manipulation of figures that seems to be the case in some places, but that wasn't really what I meant. I was/am a few drinks down though.

We're up to 997,000 now with a few Latin American countries still to declare so I'm sure by the time I wake tomorrow we'll be past the million mark. A grim milestone but at least worldwide deaths seem to be levelling off and even falling a little.

The death rate in the US is starting to drop, but I'd expect it to hit 300,000 before this is over - regardless of the Big Orange's words about the vaccine. He wanted one ready by the end of May, you may recall.

On a more sober note, 300 dead in France in the last four days. Second lockdown on the cards?

"Do you remember Dick and Dom? I wonder what they're up to now, I'll just google them." "No Mum, I beg you not to do that."

I was only watching her yesterday in the 1979 remake of 'The Lady Vanishes' - funny that she was getting 'old lady' parts more than 40 years ago, though she was almost 20 years younger than May Whitty was when she played Miss Froy in the original, and only 13 years older than male lead Elliott Gould. Incidentally, I guess everyone has gone from the '38 film, now? There were no children in it as I recall.

Yeah, the infection rate has been going up for a while but we've been told it's mostly young people, as long as they don't infect older family members it should be OK. Well we're starting to see the second spike bite in western Europe now. 32 dead in Britain, 78 in Spain and 38 in France. Only Germany, as ever, seems immune.

Try reading the first line of my last post again ... that's exactly what I said I wouldn't be doing. Still think she'll be voted off early doors though.