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  1. 32 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said:

    There has been a Twitter update from Barry Langford he says Juliette is still in the 'hospice' but sends a huge thank you to all her well wishers.

     

    Are the quote marks around the word hospice his or yours?


  2. I've been there.

     

    Me:  I went to the Royal Opera House last night.

    Posh Lady In The Village:  Oh, how lovely!  What did you hear?

    Me:  The Pet Shop Boys.

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  3. 1 hour ago, MrWonderful said:

      The article also mentions that his friends apparently thought it "might be it" six months prior. 

    https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-ryan-oneal-boxing-20190614-story.html

     

     

    Physically frail? Yeah, insists the former box-office beast, after battling various health issues: diabetes, leukemia (remission), a bad heart, a bum shoulder, sepsis.

    Six months ago, friends called his famed costar Ali MacGraw to warn her: This might be it.

    It wasn’t it.

     

    My guess is the sepsis, because that can be very sudden and very serious. 

    I know two people who have been struck down by sepsis.  One is a very fit indomitable chap in his 80s who bounced back.  Quick admission to hospital (he passed out in the doctor's surgery) and immediate treatment seems to be the key.

    The other guy is much younger and has not been so lucky, he's recovered but been debilitated for months. 


  4. This was my doomed effort.

     

    1. Marieke Vervoort

    2. Charlotte Rae

    3. Trevor Peacock

    4. Jean-Louis Trintignant

    5. Little Richard

    6. Barbara Bush

    7. George H.W. Bush

    8. Freddie Starr

    9. Jet Black

    10. Ginger Baker

    subs

    Princess Elisabeth of Denmark

    June Brown

     

    (I think in future I should make more effort to pick people who might actually die.)

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  5. 2 hours ago, Deathray said:

     

    Betting shop? Been bookies since I can remember. Don't think I've ever head anyone say they're going to a betting shop.

     

    1 hour ago, msc said:

     

     It's always been bookies to me so no chance with anyone too young to mind John Major as PM.

     

    It might be a regional thing. 

    Although years ago I worked for Ladbrokes and the branches were always referred to as shops.


  6. 1 hour ago, Banana said:

     

    Please tell us more about how much you don’t care

    What did you expect from this thread

     

    I was responding to "everyone needs to know what a evil cunt she is".

    As for checking out the thread, any thread on here may harbour a hilarious or intriguing story.


  7. 1 hour ago, Sir Creep said:

    All that said, the thread is about wherever one resides.... and I think and ‘confusion’ is specious.  RadGuy meant your house, apartment, condo, trailer, cabin, timeshare, cottage, or townhouse—and the property upon which it sits.  

    Now....if the shoe fits (no pun intended) and one DOES reside in a barn.....,well....... clearly their answer to what critters roam around will be different. 

     

    No confusion.  I knew what he meant.  I just took the opportunity to enquire about a word usage that has long puzzled me.


  8. 21 minutes ago, time said:

    My back yard is particularly small (about 4 metres by 2 metres and entirely enclosed with high walls.

     

    So, it's an actual back yard, and not a garden which is what us Brits are talking about?

    While we're here, can any Americans please enlighten me - what is a garden in the US?  Because what we refer to as our garden is what you call your yard.

    We use 'yard' for mainly industrial spaces.

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