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  2. Posted

    5 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    Unusual East Coast earthquake - 4.8 off New York.

     

    Is it me, or are earthquakes getting really common these days?


    An earthquake has to be 7+ to be considered major. There are only on average 15 of those per year on the entire planet.

    There are variations from year to year. It goes up and down, but there's no evidence to suggest they're becoming more or less frequent in general.

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  3. Posted

    On 04/04/2024 at 12:51, Ulitzer95 said:


    His death means that 249 out of the 666 hereditaries removed in 1999 are still living. New and improved list can be found here. Funny to think that King Charles was one of the hereditaries removed in '99!


    Make that 248.

    Death notice for Hans Hamilton, 4th Baron HolmPatrick (wiki), aged 69. Sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative peer from 1991 to 1999.

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    Oh and btw, a lot of the hereditaries are absolutely skint. Some live in squalor – flats or houses falling apart in disrepair, leaking pipes, damp and rot everywhere. Just because their great grandfather had money and land does not guarantee they do. There's a lot of modern day ignorance about the hereditaries.

    The only group of people our population is more ignorant about is the military, what they do and how they operate. Yet, just like the hereditaries, everyone is quick out the door to give you their strong opinion about them.

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  7. Posted

    Just now, YoungWillz said:

    Weeeelllll.

     

    I think it's easy to be nice when you inherit huge landholdings from which you derive a merry income, knowing you'll pass it on to your kids relatively tax free because it is held in trust or by a nominated company. Meanwhile, Mrs Pensioner who got that house when her husband died gets her family smashed with a 40 per cent inheritance tax bill.

     

    No doubt this chap did a lot of good in his area though. Just a pity they have all the privileges with little of the responsibility we all have in our lives. :lol:


    So you're saying peoples' mood and behaviour is driven by their social status or income? That's very classist/snobby of you (see how I turned that against you, motor mouth ;)).

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  8. Posted

    23 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    Absolutely love these nobs' names.

     

    So it is with a sense of responsibility that I refer to the report of Gerard Neville Mark Fane-Trefusis, 22nd Baron Clinton, aged 89: https://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/24231080.lord-clinton-gerard-nevile-mark-fane-died-aged-89/

     

    Heir apparent is his son Charles Patrick Rolle Fane-Trefusis (b. 1962).


    That's a bit unfair. Silly name does not = nob. On the contrary, I've always found the hereditary peers are far better people – nicer and wiser – than the crony life peers the HoL is now stuffed with.

    His death means that 249 out of the 666 hereditaries removed in 1999 are still living. New and improved list can be found here. Funny to think that King Charles was one of the hereditaries removed in '99!

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  9. Posted

    7 minutes ago, drol said:

    There's controversy on that. According to most sources he was born on 01/11/11, but Shanghai census always gave 01/11/12 as a date. I don't doubt about his age.


    We ultimately settled for 1912 on Wiki. The reason being that 1911 could have been spawned as a confusion over his age according to East Asia age reckoning.

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  10. Posted

    43 minutes ago, time said:

    Hella Pick, former Guardian UN correspondent (and sometime obit writer) reportedly dead aged 94 (via Xwitter)

    Not selected in any deadpools as far as I can see...pity.


    A pity. She would have been a hella good pick.

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    Markoff or the Taiwanese guy don’t count. I think the List of Centenarians page on Wiki uses a fair definition ie known for reasons other than their longevity so oldest veteran, oldest marathon runner, oldest beekeeper blah blah blah don’t count. I’d also exclude masters athletes unless they had a professional or amateur athletic career of note before longevity brought them further attention.

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  17. Posted

    So Zhang Lixiong's death means there are now no notable persons born in 1913.

    If Shi Ping dies that will wipe out 1912.
    If Marita Camacho Quirós dies that will wipe out 1911 (not counting Fraudster Singh, who "turned 113" yesterday... **groan**)
    If James Clayton Flowers dies that will wipe out 1915.

    1914 still has 9 bloody names. Could be a couple of years yet before we see that one off.

  18. Posted

    34 minutes ago, drol said:

    Who's the oldest living former member of a Parliament now that Zhang Lixiong supuestamente morto?


    According to my list it's France's Jean Turco (b. 19 December 1917), though oldest politician is surely China's Song Ping (b. 30 April 1917).

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  19. Posted

    On 26/02/2022 at 03:41, Ulitzer95 said:

    A list I feel is long overdue for this thread...

    Those with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame turning 90+ this year.
     

    Marsha Hunt b. 17 Oct 1917
    Ray Anthony b. 20 Jan 1922
    Ruth Ashton Taylor b. 20 Apr 1922
    Norman Lear b. 27 Jul 1922
    Janis Paige b. 16 Sep 1922
    Bob Barker b. 12 Dec 1923
    Billy Watson b. 25 Dec 1923 (as part of The Watson Family)
    Jane Morgan b. 3 May 1924
    Eva Marie Saint b. 4 Jul 1924
    June Lockhart b. 24 Jun 1925
    Art Laboe b. 7 Aug 1925
    Dame Angela Lansbury b. 16 Oct 1925
    Dick Van Dyke b. 13 Dec 1925
    Roger Corman b. 5 Apr 1926
    Mel Brooks b. 28 Jun 1926
    Norman Jewison b. 21 Jul 1926
    Tony Bennett b. 3 Aug 1926
    Arthur Cohn b. 4 Feb 1927
    Harry Belafonte b. 1 Mar 1927
    Gina Lollobrigida b. 4 Jul 1927
    Vin Scully b. 29 Nov 1927
    Jeannie Carson b. 23 May 1928
    Richard M. Sherman b. 12 Jun 1928 (as part of Richard & Robert Sherman)
    Ann Blyth b. 16 Aug 1928
    Earl Holliman b. 11 Sep 1928
    Garry Watson b. 27 Sep 1928 (as part of The Watson Family)
    Marion Ross b. 25 Oct 1928
    Terry Moore b. 7 Jan 1929
    James Hong b. 22 Feb 1929
    Sid Krofft b. 30 Jul 1929 (as part of Sid & Marty Krofft)
    Don Murray b. 31 Jul 1929
    Vera Miles b. 23 Aug 1929
    Bob Newhart b. 5 Sep 1929
    Barbara Walters b. 25 Sep 1929
    Berry Gordy b. 28 Nov 1929
    Tippi Hedren b. 19 Jan 1930
    Buzz Aldrin b. 20 Jan 1930
    Robert Wagner b. 10 Feb 1930
    Peggy King b. 16 Feb 1930
    Joanne Woodward b. 27 Feb 1930
    Joni James b. 22 Sep 1930
    Robert Duvall b. 5 Jan 1931
    Mamie Van Doren b. 6 Feb 1931
    Clarence Avant b. 25 Feb 1931
    William Shatner b. 22 Mar 1931
    Milt Larsen b. 9 Apr 1931
    Carroll Baker b. 28 May 1931
    Irwin Winkler b. 28 May 1931
    Marla Gibbs b. 14 Jun 1931
    Leslie Caron b. 1 Jul 1931
    Barbara Eden b. 23 Aug 1931
    Mitzi Gaynor b. 4 Sep 1931
    Barbara Bain b. 13 Sep 1931
    Angie Dickinson b. 30 Sep 1931
    Rita Moreno b. 11 Dec 1931
    Dabney Coleman b. 3 Jan 1932
    Clive Davis b. 4 Apr 1932
    Joel Grey b. 11 Apr 1932
    Loretta Lynn b. 14 Apr 1932
    Lalo Schifrin b. 21 Jun 1932
    Carol Lawrence b. 5 Sep 1932
    Abbe Lane b. 14 Dec 1932
    Nichelle Nichols b. 28 Dec 1932
    George Schlatter b. 31 Dec 1932
    Kim Novak b. 13 Feb 1933
    Quincy Jones b. 14 Mar 1933
    Carol Burnett b. 26 Apr 1933
    Joan Collins b. 23 May 1933
    Robert Fuller b. 29 Jul 1933
    Wink Martindale b. 4 Dec 1933
    Lou Adler b. 13 Dec 1933
    Richard Chamberlain b. 31 Mar 1934
    Shirley Jones b. 31 Mar 1934
    Shirley MacLaine b. 24 Apr 1934
    Pat Boone b. 1 Jun 1934
    Jamie Farr b. 1 Jul 1934
    Sophia Loren b. 20 Sep 1934


    Updated the list of people with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to include all living 1933 and 1934 births, as well as James Hong (b. 1929), who received a star several months after I made the original list.

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  20. Posted

    32 minutes ago, Tango854 said:

    It should have given you the black death. And no, it didn't.


    Aye ok. Foxtrot Oscar and go play your failed gag on Cash.

  22. Posted

    On 28/03/2024 at 11:16, Commtech Sio Bibble said:

    Dalek Operator Cy Town has died aged 93.


    Had expected an obit by now in the form of a Mirror or Metro style article. I don't think he's the type to get a full Guardian or Telegraph style obit, so looking like he could end up as a List of the Lost name in the DDP.

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  23. Posted

    45 minutes ago, whoismakoto said:

    Olympedia missed big time with Igor Rudakov whose Russian wiki has a date of death with reference


    The reference looks like it could be credible but is a "take my word for it" style reference that cites an article without linking to anything. Probable that Olympedia looked into it and couldn't find anything to back it up.

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