Grim Up North

Yeah I listened to him on the radio the other day - still able to tie his shoelaces and he had no problems talking - I took him off my list of possibles for next year and marked as 'Look for Updates October 2019'. But 'a year left if I'm lucky' puts him back on the possibles.

I'm in Kraków waiting to fly back to Manchester. (Or is it only Biblio that posts his travel?) Where do you go in Poland Biblio? i come about every 2 months to Katowice and Gliwice (flying in and out of Kraków).

Could be identification issues? Other than that unless there is an issue finding next of kin can't understand why no announcement. Wonder if he'll come back as a fox?

Haha - foiled by an updated filter menu.

Anyone who has read The Paymaster by Tom Bowers will find it hard to believe that he is still an elected MP. A politician of the lowest scruples.

So I'm a little confused at this point. If there is no death then all the lists roll over unaltered to next month. Okay and MH and TUM? Do they get eliminated for a whole month passing without them entering a team or does their non submission roll over to next month? And presumably we all need to submit a team for next month anyhow just in case someone should die in last day of this month but that team will not come into play whatsoever if no-one dies or will it then automatically be the team that comes into play following the month in which someone dies from all the original October teams? And the rules about people you can pick for the next month - if the October team is simply rolling over what happens to the ineligible picks - do September picks simply stay on the 'you can only pick 5 of them' status until there is a death from the October lists?

Pretty certain Spade knows that as its in his first sentence. Sure what he means is what type of leukaemia? (oh just noticed this is another word Americans can't spell)

Think you're missing a 'com' in that sentence Sir. Although if you are standing just off screen on your avatar photo perhaps not.

Funny how many comments about the Second World War totally exclude Soviet Union. Germany had already lost the war by time of the D Day landings, was just a matter of time but Europe had to meet Soviets in Berlin or they might just have kept going. 30 - 40% of all casualties in WW2 were from Soviet Union (depending on whether you are talking military or all casualties - some 20 million Soviets out of a pre war population of 189 million - over 10% of their population) way more than any other country including the 'losers' Germany. That compares with 450,000 people from UK or about 1% of pre war population - hardly a scratch on the surface in comparison. The Eastern Front was brutal.

I presume this is a list of survivors. Whilst I realise this is a snapshot in time and they may all live to a ripe old age I'm struck by how young the list is - oldest surviving winner only 86 which is nothing based on life expectancy rates today. Who would have thought sitting on your arse all day typing (and possibly smoking?? - I imagine all authors smoking) wasn't good for your health.

Probably all 3.

Rugby with a smashed testicle anyone?

Fuckwit Lucky you weren't around last year when Ian Brady was on the list!

What goes around comes around. Sears files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection

I think these comments overlook Pan Breed is highest ranked team with Leah Bracknell as a joker. If Leah goes (and whilst it looks unlikely now nobody would be surprised if she went downhill quickly) he will be only 7 points behind TJS which is much more doable. Yes if Leah and/or Vervoort die I drop like a stone despite having them both in my team. Presuming they both live (and none of the people I don't have in my team but others do die) a Simon Ricketts death would lift me above Bucket but then it gets much harder. Ricketts and Stiles would get me past D in the D but not PdF or TJS Ricketts and Frates would get me past TJS and D in the D but not PdF (and same with Ricketts, Stiles and Frates). Even if Steffan Lewis dies I'm still 3 points behind PdF. My only other differentials with PdF are:- Vervoort - but then I lose so much ground on TJS and DintheD that it really doesn't help; and a whole bunch of people who are not going to die this year - Tiffany Youngs, Greg Gilbert, DJ Casper and either Gabe Grunewald or Ami Brown. Looking at the other teams around me I'd settle for no-one else dying at all and keeping my 5th place!

Hmmm but only the top 4 would currently be over 100 points without Drop 40 bonuses (so although I agree that research is better (and possibly easier now) you can't ignore the extra points that the Drop 40 bonuses deliver.

Remigino should have got a QO and still might - year end sporting deaths in year? Littlefeather will in my opinion because her story remains current and interesting and relevant and linked to the entertainment industry that seems to find QOs easy to come by - but we will see - as far as my Windy City team is concerned hopefully before April 30th 2019.

Let me help Sir

Thanks - I've been a member since 31st March 2011 so I can probably wait

Okay after many happy years on this forum avatar free I have decided it is time to add an appropriate image. However I keep getting this message 'There was a problem processing the uploaded file. -200' The image is about 40KB so I don't think it is a size problem - any ideas?

Performing a song for mid term elections See last section of article and video.

Fuck I must be losing it, that made me well up.

To be fair they were heard to be shouting to him to mooooove.