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My second hit of the year (so already better than last year). Persistence paid off; he'd been in my team since he was a mere 94.

My second hit of the year (so already better than last year). Persistence paid off; he'd been in my team since he was a mere 94.

"heavenly transition"?

Scottish referee George Smith has died aged 75. Refereed the 1980 Celtic - Rangers SFA Cup Final that ended in riots, and also at the 1990 World Cup.

Can I have some David McNee points please?

Use the UK English spellchecker. Works fine then.

He also designed Namibia's flag! and numerous other coats-of-arms and regional flags & badges. Wrote a fair bit too and was SA assistant attache in London for a while. There's a brief Wikipedia write-up here

Vexillographer Fred Brownell has died on 10th May, aged 79.

I watched The Two Ronnies on Netflix a while ago, and as YoungWillz said, sexism and racism pervaded the shows in a way that wouldn't be allowed today. I wondered how I didn't realise it originally (partly I suspect was that I were but a lad when it began). Anyway, back on-topic, I won a few quid backing Minnehoma in the 94 Grand National.

Talksport by the end of the month.

Former colleague went out with this one about a year ago. I assumed he did it as a piss-take.

Former French captain Michel Crauste has died aged 84. He was the first French player to score three tries in a test, but is perhaps better remembered for being set upon by a lady in a fur coat (Hilda Madsen, who was escorted back to her seat) after she deemed his play a little too violent, during a tour match versus South Canterbury (which finished 17-14 to the local side).

David Gordon Wilson, proponent of the recumbent bicycle and designer of the centrifugal pump used in the world's first artificial heart, amongst many other things - could also be an 'arrogant academic' having been a MIT professor - died yesterday aged 91. Profile.

Former West Indies batsman Seymour Nurse died yesterday aged 85. A former Wisden cricketer of the year, he stills holds the record for the highest score in a final test innings (258 v New Zealand).

Fort's season has not escaped the attention of The Guardian's The Knowledge readership, prompting the following question: Second paragraph of the "Can you help?" section, towards the end.