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Thu 11 Jan 53 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 48 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset +1 48 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown +3 40 The Troggs — Wild Thing 39 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 33 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 30 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 26 Donovan — Sunshine Superman 23 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 22 The Hollies - Stop Stop Stop 20 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 16 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 16 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go -6

It also means that the thread will show up when people click on Unread Content, which is what I normally do. That brings up a list of threads that have new posts since I last visited.

Predictive text has a lot to answer for too.

Agree, although it's not my favourite Donovan song and I'd put Spencer Davis there instead. And I do have a soft spot for Traffic's psychedelic Hole In My Shoe. They must have been really off their faces when they came up with that.

It wasn't really taught in my day as far as I remember. I always read a lot so I absorbed how words were spelt (and still don't know if it should be spelt or spelled!) What's worse today is that errors are circulated throughout social media so people don't have good examples to follow.

I don't think grammar is taught any more. Certainly people these days don't seem to know how to form plurals. In most cases you only need to add an -s. No apostrophe, even when the word ends in a vowel, eg cinema > cinemas, not cinema's For words ending in s, x or z, you add -es. Bus > buses, fox > foxes. Not many end in z, but quiz > quizzes. Extra z in that one. If the word ends in y and has more than one syllable, you change the y to -ies, eg baby > babies, not babys. But toy > toys. The only words that need an apostrophe are single letter words, eg Dot the i's and cross the t's. Mind your p's and q's. HTH.

Wed 10 Jan 43 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown +1 42 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset +3 42 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 40 The Troggs — Wild Thing 37 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 33 Donovan — Sunshine Superman 29 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 27 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 27 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 26 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 23 Manfred Mann — Semi Detached Suburban Mr James 22 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go 22 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop 19 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 15 Cat Stevens — Matthew And Son 07 The Seekers — Morningtown Ride 06 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — Bend It -6

How shallow. We're better than that.

Yes, obviously. But there's no rush, is there? If there's more to be disclosed, they'll get an extra story out of it. And I was referring to the coroner's announcement. Look at all the obituaries that don't mention the cause of death. Discretion is a thing sometimes. And you don't need an apostrophe when forming a plural. Ever. Except for single-letter words. Why did you put one in certificates but not in births, weddings, or deaths?

By whom?

Possibly they are just being discreet. There may be something more specific on the death certificate.

I know. I read the article.

I think it's pretty clear from the article that it's Roy. [Kate] "left his bedside to present an award at the glamorous showbiz ceremony in Beverly Hills before skipping the parties afterwards to head back to him and her family at the hospital."

Fancy choosing to call yourself "Gurney" when you have a splendidly normal first name like Joseph.

Tue 9 Jan 39 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown 38 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows 37 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset 37 The Troggs — Wild Thing 31 The Spencer Davis Group — Gimme Some Loving 30 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 29 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe +4 28 Donovan — Sunshine Superman 26 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop  25 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 25 Manfred Mann — Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James 24 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 24 Cat Stevens — Matthew And Son 22 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go 21 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 18 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — Bend It -6 15 The Mindbenders — A Groovy Kind Of Love 11 The Move — Night Of Fear  10 The Seekers — Morningtown Ride  04 The Mamas And The Papas — Dedicated To The One I Love

Awkward.

I had Beckenbauer. George Lazenby moves up into the team. Theo Burrell as new #3 sub please.

Nobody missed it. We all saw it at the time.

I'll go Stanley Baxter for the three times a charm.

Mon 8 Jan 35 The Kinks — Waterloo Sunset +2 34 The Beach Boys — God Only Knows +1 34 The Rolling Stones — Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown +1 33 The Troggs — Wild Thing 29 Donovan — Sunshine Superman 29 Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich — Bend It 28 Cat Stevens — Matthew And Son 27 Los Bravos — Black Is Black 27 The Monkees — Alternate Title (Randy Scouse Git) 27 Manfred Mann — Semi-Detached Suburban Mr. James 25 The Hollies — Stop Stop Stop 25 Traffic — Hole In My Shoe 25 The Lovin’ Spoonful — Daydream 24 The Mindbenders — A Groovy Kind Of Love 23 Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Loving 22 The Move — Flowers In The Rain 22 The Hollies — I Can’t Let Go 20 The Move — Night Of Fear 18 The Beatles — Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever -6 13 The Seekers — Morningtown Ride 07 Keith West — Excerpt From A Teenage Opera 07 The Mamas And The Papas — Dedicated To The One I Love

I like that there's no room for ambulance chasing in this pool. Subs must be used in order, so you have to wait for three more deaths before your newest sub goes into play.

It's something to be corrected in the obit when they die, if necessary.

Why? BTW I've always been puzzled by the American use of the word "roommate". We would say housemate or flatmate. In UK English "roommate" means someone you share a bedroom with (not a sexual partner).

Interesting tale! But no resemblance to the story of Romeo and Juliet whatsoever.