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    Death Anniversary Thread

    A name that is frequently referenced in Science Fiction works when referring to machines that are capable of self-replication which are often called Von Neumann machines
  2. I quite like it and it is one of the few I recognize on this list but I did need to hear it to confirm which one it was but on my listening of ones I didn't know I found most of them to be inoffensive but there is one remaining song that needs to be put into the furnace as soon as possible but it does seem to have its supporters
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    Political Discussions And Ranting Thread

    This is the sort of nuance that is getting lost in the current level of political discourse The By-election victory last year convinced Sunak that people don't like Green policies and has doubled down on support for fossil fuels. Labour have always identified the Green Economy as something that could be an opportunity for UK businesses to lead in but they are wary of the red wall voters who may be turned off by specific green incentives that could push up costs in the short term (The Tata steel decision has also highlighted the danger on this). However the environment is important to a key sector of the Labour core vote and those votes could go to the Lib Dems or Green party which may cost Labour marginal seats I still trust Labour more than the Conservatives on the environment but am constantly disappointed by his messaging For example during the business meeting last week instead of blankly stating that Labour are the party of business he should have said that Labour will always support responsible buisnesses to thrive. Businesses have broken trust with the British people and need to rebuild it so that voters can see the benefit to Britain of British businesses succeeding in jobs, quality, tax revenue and fair pay. I hope the election is in May
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    King Charles III

    and he was The burial at Leicester Cathedral was more recent than that of George VI
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    Magicians And Hypnotists

    Penn & Teller are on TV before the Superbowl but despite his recent health issues I think Teller looks better than Penn
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    King Charles III

    I take it you are not based in the UK Within the last 15 years an amateur historian called Phillipa Langley came up with a theory that Richard III was buried in an old friary within the walls of the City of Leicester and not thrown into the River Soar as legend had suggested but the location of the site was now covered by a council car park. She raised funds for an excavation and they did indeed find a body who was identified by DNA evidence to probably be King Richard III. The site is now a visitor centre and a tomb was created for the King in Leicester Cathedral and a burial service was held which was attended by Her Majesty the Queen.
  7. 08.02.2024 42 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 39 Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag 31 Daft Punk — One More Time 28 The Supermen Lovers & Mani Hoffman — Starlight 26 Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue — Kids +2 25 Blink-182 — All The Small Things +1 25 S Club 7 — Reach 25 Outkast — Ms. Jackson 24 Sonique — Sky 24 Moloko — The Time Is Now 24 Sweet Female Attitude — Flowers +1 22 Samantha Mumba — Gotta Tell You 22 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson — Movin’ Too Fast 22 Gordon Haskell — How Wonderful You Are -6 21 Kylie Minogue — On A Night Like This 21 Destiny’s Child — Bootylicious 20 Mis-Teeq — All I Want 20 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Take Me Home 19 iiO — Rapture 18 Zombie Nation — Kernkraft 400 17 Sash! — Adelante 17 U2 — Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of 02 Steps — Chain Reaction / One For Sorrow 02 Baha Men — Who Let The Dogs Out
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    King Charles III

    Surely the brevity of the Harry visit is actual good news. He has shown up to offer support and condolence to his father (as is fit) has been reassured as to the nature of the illness and current prognosis and buggered off home because there is nothing else for him to do. If they were talking weeks or months then I think he would have stayed longer because there would have been more to discuss
  9. 07.02.2024 40 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 34 Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag +1 33 Daft Punk — One More Time 27 The Supermen Lovers & Mani Hoffman — Starlight 26 S Club 7 — Reach 26 Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue — Kids +1 24 Sonique — Sky 24 Moloko — The Time Is Now 24 Blink-182 — All The Small Things +1 23 Sweet Female Attitude — Flowers +1 23 Zombie Nation — Kernkraft 400 23 iiO — Rapture 22 Samantha Mumba — Gotta Tell You 22 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson — Movin’ Too Fast 22 Gordon Haskell — How Wonderful You Are -6 21 Destiny’s Child — Bootylicious 20 Kylie Minogue — On A Night Like This 20 Sash! — Adelante 20 Mis-Teeq — All I Want 20 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Take Me Home 19 Donell Jones — U Know What’s Up 18 Steps — Chain Reaction / One For Sorrow 18 Outkast — Ms. Jackson 17 U2 — Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of 14 Baha Men — Who Let The Dogs Out
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    Political Discussions And Ranting Thread

    ...was the first to cry Hell is empty and all the devils are here
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    Political Discussions And Ranting Thread

    The Tempest Act 1, Scene 2 Line 252
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    King Charles III

    In terms of length of Reign. He has surpassed Lady Jane Gray, Edward V and Edward VIII and Richard III is next I was referring to England, the country (one of them) he is king of and where a significant number of poster here reside
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    King Charles III

    If they choose North London it might finally give Spurs a chance
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    Presenters

    Joan Bakewell was on The World at One this lunchtime discussing King Charles cancer diagnosis from the prospective of her own colon cancer diagnosis in 2022 Considering all the interest in Esther Rantzen I am surprised Joan (who sounded a little weak) has not gathered more traction here
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    Ideas and possibilities for 2025

    Not on my longlist as he was a unique pick on the Scavenger Hunt pool and I only added the most popular picks in each category
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    Ideas and possibilities for 2025

    Under Souza where I had him under de Souza Thanks will update my list
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    Ideas and possibilities for 2025

    I do this every year a list of the names on my 1000 name longlist that are not captured in DDP picks 1. Gloria Whelan (b.1923) – Writer 2. Paul Goldsmith (b.1925) – Racing Driver 3. Hermano da silva Ramos (b.1925) – Racing Driver 4. John Rhodes (b.1927) – Racing Driver 5. Jane Gardam (b.1928) – Writer 6. Pamela Hicks (b.1929) - Aristocrat 7. Caroline Graham (b.1931) – Writer 8. Maurice Gee (b.1931) – Writer 9. Alex Soler-Roig (b.1932) – Racing Driver 10. Katherine Paterson (b.1932) – Writer 11. Jeremy Isaacs (b.1932) – Media Executive 12. Alf Dubs (b.1932) – Politician 13. Johnathan Gash (b.1933) – Writer 14. Sylvia Engdahl (b.1933) – Writer 15. Lance Gibbs (b.1934) – Cricketer 16. Giorgio Armani (b.1934) – Fashion Designer 17. Erich von Daniken (b.1935) – Writer 18. Susan Cooper (b.1935) – Writer 19. Norman Foster (b.1935) - Architect 20. Nuria Espert (b.1935) - Theatre Director You will note that there are a lot of Writers (for my theme team) and Racing Drivers - the later is because I included all the most popular picks from the Scavenger Hunt in my long list and the Racing Drivers were older and more obscure Now it is possible that I have missed some of these due to how they are recorded on the DDP page as opposed to my list so if any are wrong do let me know (there are quite a few 1935 names and I had to arrange them by birthday to know which ones to include). I already found that I had forgot to remove John Nettleton from my Long list
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    King Charles III

    This is going to be a tricky one to call I suspect that there are going to be a lot of teams in 2025 which will feature King Charles at the expense of lower profile possible sicker people. I think I will wait till the later part of the year and she how he looks after the treatments He needs to go to November to beat Richard III who was the last King to be buried in this country.....
  19. 06.02.24 38 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor 29 Daft Punk — One More Time 28 Gordon Haskell — How Wonderful You Are 27 Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag +2 25 Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue — Kids +1 25 The Supermen Lovers & Mani Hoffman — Starlight 25 Blink 182 — All The Small Things 24 Kylie Minogue — On A Night Like This 24 S Club 7 — Reach 24 Sonique — Sky 24 Moloko — The Time Is Now 22 Sweet Female Attitude — Flowers +1 22 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson — Movin’ Too Fast 22 Zombie Nation — Kernkraft 400 21 Steps — Chain Reaction / One For Sorrow 21 iiO — Rapture 21 Destiny’s Child — Bootylicious 20 Donell Jones — U Know What’s Up 20 Sash! — Adelante 20 Samantha Mumba — Gotta Tell You 20 Mis-Teeq — All I Want 20 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Take Me Home 19 Outkast — Ms. Jackson 19 Baha Men — Who Let The Dogs Out 18 U2 — Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of 15 Usher — Pop Ya Collar -3 11 S Club 7 — Two In A Million / You’re My Number One -3 06 Michael Jackson — You Rock My World 06 Bomfunk MC's — Freestyler
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    British Character Actors

    His name never made it on to ze list.
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    Scavenger Hunt Bingo Deadpool V

    The new out list is up to 44 names - which one of these is going to deliver the killer blow or is there still time for a surprise? 1. Marc Almond (da) 2. Adam Ant (ms) 3. Thelma Barlow (bp) 4. Shirley Bassey (ms) (ro) 5. Victoria Beckham (da) 6. Melanie Chisholm (da) 7. Vince Clarke (gr) 8. Phil Collins (gr) (sc, ms, af, ro) 9. Kenneth Cope (lf) 10. Beverly Craven (af) 11. Randy Crawford (gr) 12. Anne Cunningham (bp) 13. Eileen Derbyshire (lf) 14. Kenneth Farrington (bp) 15. Brenda Fricker (da) 16. Geri Halliwell (da) 17. Michelle Heaton (da) 18. Ayatollah Khomenei (th) 19. Sally Kirkland (da) 20. Barbara Knox (lf) 21. John Leckie (gr) 22. Sophia Loren (th) 23. Philip Lowrie (bp) (lf) 24. Shirley MacLaine (th) 25. Jochen Mass (da) 26. Zubin Metha (ms) (af, ro) 27. DJ Minutemix (sc) 28. Micheal Moore (da) 29. Kirk Pengilly (af) 30. Patricia Routledge (lf) 31. Kevin Rowland (th) 32. William Russell (bp) 33. Penny Ryder (da) 34. Prunella Scales (th) 35. Mahbouba Seraj (da) 36. Vern Shuppen (da) 37. Lula da Silva (da) 38. David Sterne (da) 39. Andy Taylor (gr) (sc, af, ro) 40. Pete Waterman (ms) 41. Kayne West (da) 42. John Williams (ro) 43. Terry Williams (sc) 44. Bobby Z (sc) @Commtech Sio Bibble @arghton & @Captain Hemlock still waiting on that first hit
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    Time Added

    Unnamed Premier League player booked into Rehab for addiction to Nitrous Oxide canisters Not likely to kill him but will be useful to note for future players of these games as to who will not last well into old age due to lifestyle choices
  23. 05.02.2024 34 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Murder On The Dancefloor +1 28 Kylie Minogue — On A Night Like This 26 Daft Punk — One More Time 24 Blink 182 — All The Small Things 24 Baha Men — Who Let The Dogs Out +1 23 The Supermen Lovers & Mani Hoffman — Starlight 23 Robbie Williams & Kylie Minogue — Kids +1 23 Wheatus — Teenage Dirtbag +1 23 Outkast — Ms. Jackson 22 Gordon Haskell — How Wonderful You Are 22 U2 — Stuck In A Moment You Can’t Get Out Of 22 Artful Dodger & Romina Johnson — Movin’ Too Fast 21 Steps — Chain Reaction / One For Sorrow 21 Sonique — Sky 21 iiO — Rapture 21 Zombie Nation — Kernkraft 400 21 Sweet Female Attitude — Flowers 20 S Club 7 — Two In A Million / You’re My Number One 20 Donell Jones — U Know What’s Up 20 Sash! — Adelante 20 Moloko — The Time Is Now 20 S Club 7 — Reach 20 Samantha Mumba — Gotta Tell You 20 Usher — Pop Ya Collar 20 Mis-Teeq — All I Want 20 Sophie Ellis-Bextor — Take Me Home 20 Michael Jackson — You Rock My World 20 Bomfunk MC’s — Freestyler 15 Destiny’s Child — Bootylicious 11 Steps — The Way You Make Me Feel 11 True Steppers, Dane Bowers & Victoria Beckham — Out Of Your Mind 06 D12 — Purple Pills -6 02 Ronan Keating — Lovin’ Each Day -6
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    Football Manager Sacking Bingo 3

    But at the moment relegation is not a prospect as the bottom two look pretty set (sorry Yorkshire) and there is a lot of competition for that final space especially with QPR and Huddersfield getting wins teams like Stoke and Birmingham are being drawn in
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    Football Manager Sacking Bingo 3

    Fan speculation on Twitter about Poch continuing in the Managers role at Chelsea after losing 4-2 to Wolves
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