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    By-Election Bingo

    "Handmade" weapon, eh. If only every American with an assault rifle were reduced to those means Just imagine. The reason this is so shocking is it's so rare. Absolute tragedy for her young family, so senseless. Think I'm pretty glad nobody's getting points for this one in all honesty. Just read her husband's statement and it has moved me to tears. This is so wrong.
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    DL Status Updates: Statements, Obsevations & Verbal Tennis

    Last week I went to Poland to Chair a meeting and today i have been in Hamburg giving a presentation to a customer. I tell CoF my flight no's and he does the rest. Mrs B is not happy that I keep nipping off.
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    The EU Referendum Hokey Cokey

    That might be a bit embaressing for Boris if he is PM. Gut feeling: Boris will never be PM. Heseltine's law?
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    Bruce Forsyth

    There is no such thing as death fatigue. Media love a celeb death easy copy for a day or two and the six months later "The secret name surname you never knew.
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    The EU Referendum Hokey Cokey

    That might be a bit embaressing for Boris if he is PM.
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    The EU Referendum Hokey Cokey

    I am currently in Germany. This news makes me very depressed. Who are the vote leave people going to blame, in future, if they cannot blame the EU?
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    Deathlist On The Net

    If someone started a weekly Deathlist Vlog to try and sell the concept of what the TV series would look like. Do you think a suitable theme tune would be Waiting For A Star to Fall?
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    Scavenger Hunt Bingo Deadpool

    Rodney Leach, Baron Leach of Fairford was not a Lords pick. Shame that because he is dead.
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    Ask A Deathlister

    You are a human. Cats hate humans. She was simply thinking 'get out of my vicinity you loathsome article, and go and fill up my biscuit bowl'. This is way dogs are better than cats. Some of us, though I think I'm the only cat person here, prefer cats because they are aloof and not sycophantic. I like dogs too but I prefer cats. I am a cat person (well Mrs Biblio is) we have four of the delightful creatures. However at no time did we say today we are going to get a cat. They just sort of happened.
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    Euros 2016

    I'd be worried if I was you, he looks like some lesbian. Maybe it was the haircut he had. I have been looking, but as I say, nobody has really energised my fantasies. Hoping for better as the tourney progresses. In the NI v Poland game it looked like one of the players tried to grab the genitals of the bloke standing next to him.
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    DL Status Updates: Statements, Obsevations & Verbal Tennis

    Now on a train from airport to the city.
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    The Deathlist Howto

    I think the upgrade may be behind my access problems when I am at work. Bit nervous about discussing it with the IT manager.
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    Silvio Berlusconi

    And you are built of the same stuff CA....
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    Silvio Berlusconi

    Pay per view? It's what he'd want. I keep thinking of the Italian version of Brucie surrounded by glamourpuss nurses; "Imma such a lucky Jack, Ever since my heart attack, And now inna uniforms so revealing, Ok dollies, do your healing!" Hang on I used a version that in the Brucie thread the other day. I presume you are recycling because it didn't get the appropriate level of appreciation the first time.
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    The dead of 2016

    See MMDP - apparently it's an internet hoax I saw this on Wiki this morning and took it as a done deal considering how long they kept Nicholas Fisk in limbo because he was only dead on Twitter.
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    Maryport's Midsummer Dead Pool

    Indeed you can though I've not gone looking for a qualifying obit to seal it yet. Having claimed second place you can't claim anything approaching a prize, mind The kudos is enough. After everyone else had made their picks I thought they all seemed to be so much likelier than mine especially as I had her age down as two years younger than is being quoted in her obits. I picked her because I had rejected her for my Windy City team and still wanted to use the pick.
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    Maryport's Midsummer Dead Pool

    Can I claim second place for Janet waldo?
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    Scavenger Hunt Bingo Deadpool

    SWITCH sw 0/0/0/0/0 YOUNGWILLZ yw 0/0/0/0/0 RADGUY rg 0/0/0/0/0 TIME ti 0/0/0/0/0 IMNOTHADES ih 0/0/0/0/0 MSC mc 0/0/0/0/0 DEATHRAY dr 0/0/0/0/0 HANDREJKA hj 0/0/0/0/0 ROCKHOPPERPENGUIN rp 0/0/0/0/0 DEATH IMPENDS di 0/0/0/0/0 CAPTAINCHORIZO cc 0/0/0/0/0 GCREEPTILE gr 0/0/0/0/0 ROTTON ALI ra 0/0/0/1/0 ROVER & OUT ro 0/0/0/0/0 TOAST to 0/0/0/0/0 Can RA go for the three uniques?
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    Harry Potter

    Now with the addition of Peter Schaffer maybe it is the curse of Daniel Radcliffe.......
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    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    Does that mean Kit becomes heir or does he have an older brother? I suppose the clue was in the name if he were less posh he would have been Chris Harrington. Having a tite doesn't stop you being and actor Christopher Guest is a baron and Lalla Ward is a Lady. Heir presumptive I think - I believe Kit's dad gets the prize for now. Yeah but isn't the son of a Baron entitled to a title? Marquis?
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    Derby Dead Pool 2016

    I am hoping that when the theme team league is updated my two unique hits will get me into the top 20 hopefully knocking on the door of the top 10. The Obit for Nicholas Fisk came just too late for the last update.
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    Curse Of The Eurovision

    The Norwegian conductor Terje Fjaern has died aged 73, He conducted the orchestra for Bobbysocks first ever Norwegian win with Let It Swing in 1985. Link is in Norwegian.
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    Rail Privatisation: Yay Or Nay?

    The service in the UK is more reliable (at least on the main lines) and there has been an investment in rolling stock and stations. However it is prohibitively expensive. I turned down a job in London because once I had paid for a season ticket I would have less money than my current job. Some commutes complain of over crowding and rural services get a rough deal. Some of the companies are pulling out or have had their franchise taken away. The infeastructure company had to be renationalsed under the last labour goverment after the whole thing went pear shaped.
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    One Last Thing To Do Before The End...........

    BIB - Yes. Whilst some episodes in the 60s were wiped, sensible people abroad didn't wipe the international copies and thus all the gaps have been filled, as far as I'm aware Granada/ITV hold the originals for the 60s episodes. Episodes from the early mid 1970s (circa 1973 or something) the originals are held at the British Film Institute, although I'm not sure when that collection ends - more modern ones than that are definitely available. My understanding is ITV is digitising their archives anyway, so the issues lies more in centralisation and copyright bureaucracy than the existence of the episodes. I think certain periods, like the current Blackburn era would test the patience of saints and might need fast-forwarded or watched with long breaks betwen episodes for recuperation though. When ITV released their April Fools entire box-set DVD trailer they said it would take around 6 months of non-stop viewing, assuming a rational amount is consumed a day you'd be looking at 3-4 years if you wanted to keep your job. Sounds do-able, if they release it within a few decades for me. The other issues is whether ITV deem such a project commercial viable which at the moment they clearly don't. Regarding the other bit, ditto but gender is less of an issue to me. But no desperation on that. EDIT: http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/fan-review-coronation-street-archives.html A fuller run-down on available corrie episodes my dates are out a bit, the 1969-1976 episodes are at the BFI, 1976-1992 were repeated on Granada+ back in the day, so definitely exist, and episodes beyond that certainly exist. ITV hold the 1960-1969 episodes. The BFI charge £10 per or roughly £5 an episode, which seems a little on the steep side to me. If you extrapolated that to all 9010 episodes of coronation street you'd be looking at around £36,040 for all the episodes, assuming an average of 24 minutes an episode. Assuming a flat fee of £5 an episode you'd be looking at £45,050 for the entire collection. Now, I can't speak for every fan, but that's about £45,050 out of my price range at the moment, and not really a figure I could realistically save towards for that purpose. For comparison EastEnders goes for £1.89 on the BBC Store, if they were to extend that to cover all the episodes which it currently doesn't (only goes back to 2014) - it would be £10,009.44 - if Corrie was the same price you'd be looking at £17028.90 - while these prices are still absolutely ludicrous they could appeal to people with more money than sense. For me 40p an episode, or a total of £3604 for the collection would be the most I'd be willing to pay, and even that'd have to be pay per episode as I'd never have that amount of ready cash - not for a long while anyway) - these ridiculous cost issues are probably a factor in the series not being released before you even consider logistics. Repeated emails to ITV have resulted in being told that there is no plans to release these episodes in the near future, but a pay-per-view service may be in the works at some point for ITV in general. Basically written along the lines of "Don't be so fucking daft but never say never." To me, they're the ones being daft given the cash cow this would inevitably be. The only downside would be the likely hit that current Corrie would take in the ratings battles. EDIT2: I've just realised how incredibly sad this post looks, and my knowledge of this particular subject actually is . Although then again some of you are trainspotters... I am glad they managed to get the international copies back. If only the same were true for Doctor Who. BBC have released every episode of DW they have. All were available onn VHS and they are working through re-release on DVD although they must be close to the end as the mosr recent release was the incomplete story. The Underwater Menace. However, the numbers are more manageable there were just over 600 episodes of the classic series and around 130 of the new series.
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    The Fringes Of Fame/family Of The Famous

    Does that mean Kit becomes heir or does he have an older brother? I suppose the clue was in the name if he were less posh he would have been Chris Harrington. Having a tite doesn't stop you being and actor Christopher Guest is a baron and Lalla Ward is a Lady.
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