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  3. Posted

    On 25/05/2019 at 11:13, gcreptile said:

    Thomas Silverstein, apparently holding the record for the longest solitary confinement (35 years!), has died at 67 in Colorado:

    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/solitary-confinement-thomas-silverstein-inmate-supermax-prison-held-35-years-has-died-cause-of-death-not-revealed/

     

    Obviously missed this news last month but read today that terrible Tom had passed.  His torment is now over.

     

    A real bad-ass no doubt but he really did have an example made of him for what he did in USP Marion back in the 80's.

     

    Also read today that Barry 'The Baron' Mills died inside Super-max Colorado (ADMAX)  last summer.  He, like Silverstein was a major shot caller for the Aryan Brotherhood in prison.

     

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/20/obituaries/barry-mills-brutal-leader-of-racist-prison-gang-dies-at-70.html

     

    In the context of prison gangs these two were seriously MAJOR players.  Proper dangerous men in their day.  It actually doesn't surprise me they both died of natural causes (allegedly)

     

    With the passing of Mills I suppose Tyler 'TD' Bingham takes over the number 1 spot as incarcerated AB shot caller.

  4. Posted

    15 hours ago, Skinny kiltrunner said:

    Yup, I hear you. If it hadn't been for the obits in the Ottawa Citizen, Global News, McLean's, CTV, Globe and mail, CBC, Hilltimes, MSN.com, IPolitics and the Toronto Star, we might never even had heard he died.

     

     

    OK OK OK, Point taken :)

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  7. Posted

    14 hours ago, Dr_T said:

    Here is my team to defend he title for Pity Da Foolz.

     

    5 Australians if Clive James still counts. Martin Plaza is my attempt at a unique-but very possible that an Australian theme team might pick him.  

     

     

    Doc, I'm really surprised you haven't gone for Michael Murphy

     

    The murder of Anita Cobby was a massive thing over there and got plenty of coverage over here

     

    Murphy is now receiving palliative care in prison (reported by the Mail in Sept).  A shoe in for this year IMO and I'm sure the Daily Fail will oblige with an QO.

  8. Posted

    21 hours ago, Dr_T said:

    Thanks for the kind messages.  There was certainly a good deal of luck involved primarily with avoiding Marieke Vervoort.  If I had seen one particular story I would've selected her as my joker with all the others. Being Australian was no disadvantage, the Jessica Falkholt tragedy was front page news in the lead-up to new year's and Vanessa Goodwin was a tap in.

     

    Of course it was the selection of SKS as joker which gave me the advantage. At some times during the year I thought this was a master stroke at others a mistake, but come about April it looked like bad news for him. I was saddened by his death, he seemed like he had a lot of good in him. I was also surprised and saddened by the death of Simon Ricketts, his Twitter feed showed that his good humour lasted till the end. 

     

    I never thought I was much of a chance of winning until Spade posted that he considered Pity Da Foolz favourite assuming Vervoort decided to live (and so it proved). Mrs T is busy bragging to her friends about her husband's achievement and only 95% of it is tongue in cheek. I have entered PDF again for 2019 but while I expect to be vaguely competitive I have included a couple of somewhat left field local picks which will give me a bit of difference to the other contenders. 

     

    Thanks to Spade for all his hard work during the year (especially the very frequent updates). My mind boggles at how long it must take to keep it all running.  Perhaps I should also thank him for not entering DQSP which obviously makes it that much easier to win. 

     

    Good luck to all for DDP2019.

     

    Cheers Dr T

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Well done Mate

     

    A nice winning post too.

     

    Good on ye :)

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  9. Posted

    25 minutes ago, Spade_Cooley said:

     

    Yep, a subs' bench swap will take place here.

     

    Cheers :)

     

    Here's team Going Underground which is pretty much a mixture of what many others have got.  Forgot about Fernando Ricksen though.

     

    Andrew Fairlie  (joker)
    Gerard Basset 
    Dewayne Johnson
    Fatima Ali
    Leah Bracknall
    Kathleen Blanco
    Amy Price
    Barry Du Bois 
    Linda Nolan
    Julian Fiano
    Marieke Vervoort
    Lee Kerslake
    Steffan Lewis
    Paul Dewar
    Michael Murphy 
    Bill Heine
    Nobby Stiles
    Fred Rister
    Bill Turnbull
    Manohar Parrikar

  11. Posted

    I see Aussie murderer Michael Murphy has been picked.  Bugger, he was my hope of a unique.  

     

    I think my only unique pick hope now is another (ex) jail bird, Alan Aspin.  Obit chances might be slim though.

  14. Posted

    35 minutes ago, YoungWillz said:

    Wheelchair bound and hospitalised earlier this year.

     

    Really a complete wildcard pick!

     

    Shit!! One of the first albums i ever bought was 'Killers'.  Fucking brilliant

     

    Ousted out for the commercial plane flying nonce that is Bruce Dickenson

     

    Stay strong Paul

     

     

  15. Posted

    'Going Underground' in for season 14

     

    Only just cracked the top 40 (so far) this year.  Rubbish.

     

    Looking at my team this year I reckon a top 20 is a possibility but who knows eh.

     

    BBC local obits back in 2019 so no repeat of the Toothill debacle. :)

     

    Cheers in advance Spade. Sterling work my man,

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  17. Posted

    On 13/10/2018 at 20:18, Joey Russ said:

    I was chatting with msc, and he told me that each of the top three teams have a fascinating story though. One is the best player of the decade who never won a title before, one is a young breakout star, and one is an unheralded team who most people wouldn’t have said they had a shot of winning until this year. 

    Personally, I’m content with my overall performance and will be happy with wherever I place, as two years ago I never would’ve thought I even had a shot at the title. But here I am now, watching the last two and a half months to see which of the three of us will eventually win the title...

     

    On 11/10/2018 at 22:11, Deathray said:

     

    Fuck off cunt.

     

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  19. Posted

    On 25/05/2018 at 21:58, Joey Russ said:

    Just realized that if Vervoort dies by euthanasia and she's the next hit on my team (although I don't think that's likely to happen), then I would've beaten my point record from last year by one point. I agree with gcreptile, I think generally the overall quality of all the teams have improved from last year, and I think it's going to be quite hard to call a winner at this stage of the game. Reckon we won't know the most likely winner till around November/December, when the year comes to a close...

     

    As long as its not you I'm cool

  20. Posted

    I jointly held the top spot for the first day in 2009 thanks to Claiborne Pell.  

     

    The oldest women in the world at the time then went and died on 2nd January and someone who had her as a Joker knocked me off :) 

  25. Posted

    10 minutes ago, Joey Russ said:

    Eric Sun also has been dead before New Years day, and I mentioned that fact beforehand...

     

    Yes, i think I was the only mug who picked him.  

     

    Spade. Do i get my sub pick of Matt Cappoleti instead?  I did ask this a few weeks back but your obviously snowed under with DDP18 admin and every day life.

     

    cheers

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