The Miser

Back to the grindstone eh, DDT? Hope you have the same touch. I have Merlin on some lists. Wasn't sure of UK obit.

2nded

Can I point out that the mods have no say in this, we are here to moderate, which we do, deleting spam and sorting out everyday posts and putting them in the right thread. Who goes on the list is not part of our criteria, that's for the committee, most of whom are not regular contributors to this site. Okay. Sorry. I didn't know that.

OMFG. Smell that? It's sarcasm. Ruby Muhammad's pick was almost universally made fun of. My point was that this year's list was reverting back to that form.

As do I. Another bad pick.

If that's the case, there's very little point in me doing anything until the new year and to confirm when she actually carks it... still nothing, if she is still alive and she can hold on for another couple of hours that would suit me Stay away from the light Zelda!!!

Why? Based on what? He is old so you have that. Pretty exciting pick here.

Great author. Why this year as opposed to last?

I like this pick a little. He looks rough. A series of strokes never works out well.

He is an actor and he's on the list because he's got terminal bowel cancer. A good pick on a bad list.

Of course it's self centered. It's their damn list. Not yours. Not mine. If you don't like their picks you are, of course, free to say so, but to accuse people of being self centered about their own list is ludicrous. I just think that its a sad with the accumulated knowledge on this page, that this list is the best they come up with. It's like government...you have great minds sharing research..hand it over to the people with power and you end up with Yuck.

This was a bad pick. Eli will make it to 100.

cancer advanced intestinal cancer

Why not just pick people over 100? And the picks under 85 aren't even that interesting. Finally, why do the mods insist on including Eli Wallach...he will die someday I guess and they don't want to miss it. Overall, not a very interesting list. Why not bring back Ruby Mohammid?

Doesn't look good. regards, Hein He should be executed right.....about.....now! If you mess with the bulll...you get the horns....RIP...I'm sure that he would have cured cancer otherwise

You really want to talk American politics with this group?

I don't think even the worst possible government would actually force you to enjoy the benefits of free universal healthcare if you were to insist on paying your way. Assuming you could. As stated in my previous post, nap, we won't have a choice once government run healthcare is established. Free you say? What in life is free? Won't we be paying for this through our taxes? I'd rather continue to pay as I have been than put something as important as our health in the government's control and pay fro that. Assuming I could pay? I have been paying for my healthcare since becoming an adult. It may sound like a strange concept but people can and do pay for things like healthcare, food and housing. People? All people can pay for healthcare? That's interesting news. Or do you just mean people worth mentioning, i.e: those of a certain socio-economic rank and/or ethnic background? Anyway, I'd be surprised if you didn't have a choice. Here in Germany nobody is under the illusion that healthcare is free for anyone but the very poorest in society. Anyone who can afford to can also choose to opt out of the state system (a monthly payment clearly distinct from your income tax) and pay much more for a faster and better private service from the same doctors and hospitals much to the detriment of those in the public system. I reckon you could do that in the USA too. If your conscience allows it. Replace the word government with 'big corporations with their own dodgy agendas'. Reading these posts , I suddenly wondered : Has health insurance always been attached to jobs, and if not, what prompted this connection? I discovered that this is a uniquely American concept and this article gives a brief history if anyone is interested. The marriage of jobs to health care has always struck me as a bit odd but I just chalked it up to the fact that medical costs had risen so high that no one could ever afford it without insurance, and that offering benefits was a way to attract employess and promote loyalty among the workers. My wife works purely for health insurance. It will be interesting to see if jobs that don't pay well but have great benefits will lose people. For example: Government workers and school teachers may have a harder time attracting people.

The prognosis doesn't look very good for Allen Schellenberger. I so nearly picked him for my DDP team, but changed my mind at the last minute because I wasn't conviced he'd get the right obituary. I think I replaced him with Alex Higgins. He is dead. http://consequenceofsound.net/2009/08/14/l...ger-dead-at-39/ Wonder if he will get the obit? I might have a Christmas present for you Misers. Is this enough of a mention to get those who picked Allen Shellenberger DDP points? It's the BBC and it says he's dead, I think that is all that is asked for. DDP: You are the man.

I'd wildcard Byrd. I'd go Carter before Bush (old). Bush is still jumping out of planes...Carter is apologizing to Isreal. Advantage Bush SR.

That is the 2nd most informative Mulled wine of the season.

I'd take a coin flip when I'm 106.

I have to pay homage to DDT.

By the way...this was not a man of God. He was a man of hate that was about profit. He is a discrace and a fraud. F him

Joker is double points

No doubt...strong genes or a pact with Satan... "You never had a rope around your neck. Well, I'm going to tell you something. When that rope starts to pull tight, you can feel the Devil bite your as$." as is this great line.