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  1. He was something of a hero to British fight fans for a few years. 'Lack of personality,' wasn't a noted shortcoming. Lack of humility was more the problem. He was once carried into the ring on a throne! For the bulk of his career he walked the walk too, kinda like a pint sized Mike Tyson, whupping on the poor sods who had the temerity to get in the ring with him. It ended in defeat, of course, but his record as a pro still looks good; won 36 of 37 fights including 31 KOs. His behaviour on the road, making a suicidal over-taking move to impress his passenger, is an indication of the 'personality' he showed everywhere from chat shows to the boxing ring.


  2. Dasyatids generally do not attack aggressively, or even actively defend themselves, except when cornered by Steve Irwin. When threatened their primary reaction is to swim away.

     

    From the Wikipedia right now, I'm guessing these words will soon be stung in the heart by an editor.


  3. When the discovery was made, Beaumont Hospital tracked down the family of the owner of the extra organs and returned them to be buried.

     

    This quote from the link in the above post. I can't wait for a newspaper to track down the same family, that'll be....erm, interesting.


  4. Even the article says: 'He's quite a character who's got a million stories.' Not to mention the 17 children he claims from only one wife. Get's the name of Pimlico Plumbers in there mind, just like that Irish engineering firm who perfected a perpetual motion machine last week and got their name splashed across the planet.


  5. That'll save you a few quid BHB, if the nipper kicks up about being denied the proximity to wildlife you could compromise and take him to a seal sanctuary or summat, meaning you'd be able to stop at the motorway services and have a smoke en route.

     

    Shame about Steve Irwin mind.


  6. A world away from Lemmy, I've just read that Teddy Johnson is 86 today. Part of a duo with his wife Pearl Carr, they represented the UK in Eurovision one year and were beaten out of sight. Anyone have a clue what state of health he's in? So far as I know the pair of them are still alive. Meaning, like Jim Callaghan and his mrs, they may go together someday, netting a points bonanza for any dead pool smart enough to call that shot.


  7. Octi, with your insiders knowledge and that, have you heart any follow up of Mika Salo's announcement after surgery that he had carbon dust in his lungs. It' s no so much him that I was wondering about but he speculated that since Schumi and others had done many more Grands Prix than him, breathing in carbon dust off brake pads, their long term health might be in danger.


  8. F**k sake!

     

    Let's sort a few things out here.

     

    First off, the 'fleas' sh*t refers to an age old avator picture of a fox smoking a cigarette, long gong. Hence the 2005 start date on this thread.

     

    I'm guessing the post swaps of Windsor and BS up above is them having a little fun at being outsted from their posting positions since I've done a bit more dropping in here whilst signed off work.

     

    No I don't have fleas, I also don't have any particular interest in running up posting numbers or podium positions for their own sake. So - calm down boys - I'll slow down when back at work and if you want to dispute second to the matchless Tempus, you can.

     

    Oh aye, and the wide signature bar; not my doing, one of the mods thoughtfully lifted a picture from the official Maryport web site. I once asked for it to be made narrower. Since a fair few posts on this thread are from mods; can you make my signature bar narrower please? It'd go down well all round I think.


  9. Aye, apologies. And he's right about the blisteringly awful Mike Reid too, that bastard'll get an obit.

     

    A post on the Krankies thread suggests Ken Goodwin dusted off the old ukelele banjo for a gig in October last year. Bet his old bones are creaking a bit now.


  10. Disagree Tempus, given the interest in Charlie Williams I'd say Lennie Bennett, Stan Boardman, Duggie Brown (who'd done some straight acting as well), Russ Abbot, Bernard Manning, Tom O'Connor and Roy Walker should all get 'proper' obits.

     

    Granted, some of the others have fallen so far off the radar they'll probably just get spotted by us.


  11. The Comedians was massive once over but it's strange that IMBD - normally a mecca for anorak who know their facts - doesn't post a birthdate for half the performers. Has anyone around the UK noticed the likes of Charlie Daze playing a local club? How many of this lot are still alive? Some of them will be well into their seventies now, late nights, loadsa fags and drink, stressful job. We could have us some future winners here.

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  12. Charlie Williams' death has been posted on the near misses thread. We did discuss whether Ken Goodwin is still alive on this thread. Charlie's end shows that some household names can slip well off the radar, before making a final splash in the papers when they check out.

     

    So, does anyone know, is Ken Goodwin still alive?

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