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He might be one for the List of the Lost!

Jack Alabaster, New Zealand leggie who played 21 tests, has died aged 93.

Dennis Robinson, the Life President of Robinson's brewery, Stockport (of Old Tom fame), and the last of the fifth generation of the Robinson family to work for the brewery, has died.

Guardian Other Lives Obit for Robert Stredder, street theatre performer, and founder of the annual London-to-Brighton bike ride.

Half the 'news' reports in our local paper are by-lined Jane Doe AI-assisted Reporter. Its hard to tell where the actual reportage stops and the AI-assistance comes in.

Does this count as Spam? I guess it does as I never requested it, but Hive heating have just sent me a quote Note the following

Does anyone call (association) football "soccer" these days?

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.

Is 88 OK?

William Gaunt, the last Champion, is 87 today.

Even more recently turned 87 (as in today).

DDP pick John Barth reported dead aged 93.

Who tf is putting plates in a dishwasher without scraping the leftovers into a bin? Reminds me of the time when I was working behind a bar and a colleague used the glasswasher to wash a couple of bowls that had been used for cheesy chips. Melted cheese everywhere.

Presumably, it was also Cross operating the effects pedals. Maybe one of our resident musicians can confirm that playing bass plus effects is a more difficult skill to master than just playing bass alone.

Three children injured. The suspect was arrested pretty quickly, revealed to be 12 years old, as are the injured.

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Actress Gabrielle Drake is 80 today. After a series of one-off appeances in popular TV shows of the day she came to prominence as Lt. Gay Ellis, Moonbase commander in the early 70s science fiction show UFO before leaving to pursue other opportunities, which turned out to be a mix of roles in 'sex' films such as Suburban Wives & Au Pair Girls and more TV guest appearances before landing a part in drama series The Brothers, as Jill, girlfriend then wife of david, one of the aforementioned brothers, before being killed off (followed by more guest appearances and a few recurring roles). She is also the sister of the late songwriter Nick Drake (1948-1974).

Just a suggestion but "the press" could actually do some checking before printing a story as 'fact'.

Dave Allen? His (second) wife gave birth to his son three months after Allen's death in 2005, and was reportedly 42 then.

I wouldn't argue with any figure Sharkey states - he's far more knowledgeable on the subject than me. Privatisation of water supply was the most egregious of all the privatisations of the Thatcher era. Purely ideological reasoning.

I don't know the answer to mpfc's question, but I do know it's not Cassie, the widow of Mike Winters, as she died in April 2022.

Regarding recent discussions on what (or who) exactly is a 'nonce', according to someone on Xwitter it stands for "Not on normal courtyard exercise". Which is as convoluted (and inaccurate) a backronym as "chav" standing for "council house and violent/ce"

Sadly, this is not just confined to the privatised English water companies. https://news.stv.tv/scotland/sewage-dumped-in-scotlands-rivers-and-lochs-more-than-600-hours-a-day-in-2023 (Who's going to tell the PA journos that there are only 24 hours in a day?). I'm fully in agreement with your comments re Gove. That Colombian marching powder has affected his memory or summat.

Nottingham Forest (sorry - had an acquaintance who would always correct anyone saying Notts Forest. Some things you never forget!)

I'm not sure why I still use it sometimes!