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  2. Posted

    Thanks for everybody's thanks. And thanks to a few tweaks in the actual format of recording teams and their picks, this has been by far the smoothest nomination period yet. And partly that is due to teams actually been sent in properly, so I'm thanking all you guys for making my task a little easier!

     

    Thanks MIB for thanking everyone for their thanks. In fact....

  4. Posted · Edited by Magere Hein
    Topic split from WW I veterans.

    Nice post n'all, but this is like putting underpants in the knicker drawer. I'm sure I started a thread yonks ago designed to mop up survivors from various wars, campaigns etc. The SCW is probably not worth its own thread now if it hasn't yet got one but you can't just tag one war on to another like this. It's a taxonomic travesty.

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    I did like this pic of the guy with the squashed tarantula on his head. I wonder if that ten bob note was, you know, an original? I bet that didn't hang around for long. Looking at that chain round his neck I expect he was the mayor.

     

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    How utterly sick everyone connected with this website is. And not very talented. Just think of someone who is quite old and put them on your list. Big deal. All you do is create a lot of heartache among the people featured and their families. Why don't you do something useful with your lives?

     

    My impression seems to be that about 70% of the userbase here are British (or other European) civil servants or civil-servant types. If they're not they do a damn good job of seeming like them. Ok I may be totally wrong there. But if I am correct, I can only agree with your last line wholeheartedly - they really need to get on with doing something useful!

     

    Apart from that, fuck off you tedious ponce.

     

    How on earth did you draw that rather ridiculous conclusion? And what's a 'civil-servant type'?

     

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    Deathlist convention 2013.

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  7. Posted

    Shopping in Fraserburgh's new ASDA today when I noticed a one-legged employee sitting in a wheelchair. I had seem him a few times in the past, and he never seems to be doing anything.

    So I ask mother: "What does he actually do"?

     

    Turns out he is the security guard.

     

    I'm all for equal opportunities (hence why I use disabled toilets (they're always cleaner)), but is that not taking it too far?

     

    You wouldn't say that about a Dalek - no legs, limited mobility, yet some time masters of the universe.

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  8. Posted

    Sadly in 2013 we lost not only Ron, but also Bruce Reynolds and John Daly. From the 16 who were at the track only Gordon Goody from Bruce's gang, and Thomas Wisbey and Bob Welch, both part of Roger Cordrey's South Coast Raiders, are alive. Of the three at the track who got away, I believe only one to be alive. Most of the key back room people are also dead.

     

    BBC drama was exactly that. Drama, and not the facts. Bruce and Ron, along with the help of Nick Reynolds and myself have put all the facts about the robbery, or as much as we could!!!, in "The Great Train Robbery 50th Anniversary: 1963-2103". The bookazine actually covers from the birth of Billy Boal (who was not one of the robbers) in 1913, to the anniversary on 8 August 2013.

     

    Would you happen to know the name of the Ulsterman or anything about the health of the three surviving gang members? Did the survivor of the ones who got away manage to live well on his cut? Maybe that's beyond your ken but it'd be interesting to know how they're fairing.

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    Ron just checking on what he is meant to say "sorry" for. Not going to apologise for stuff the press invented about him.

     

    And please, don't take Mrs Biggs to be factual. In episode one they could not even get the date and time of the Great Train Robbery right. Ron has no involvement with the series, but offered to check the facts, which was turned down by ITV. Like some members of Deathlist they think they know the facts of his life better than he does.

     

    Ron has been enjoying the Paralympics and thinks in his wheelchair he could give wheelchair rugby a go in Rio in 2016. Stay tuned.

     

    Are you Biggs son, close relative or a fraud ?

     

    Critical Divide is the real deal representing Ron.

     

    No one (except Ron and any other surviving members of the gang) knows who actually beat up Jack Mills and David Whitby. I'm sure CriticalDivide can confirm that.

     

    Whatever happened to the other gang members anyway they dead or some still alive ? Very sad what happened to jack mills his life was ruined.

     

    Out of the 17 people who got a share from the Great Train Robbery, 4 are dead, 3 were never caught, and the rest are believed to be alive (They might've faded into obscurity and died without anyone noticing.)

     

    In Order of Importance:

     

    Bruce Reynolds - Leader - Alive

    Douglas "Gordon" Goody - Deputy - Alive

    Charles F. Wilson - Treasurer - Died 1990

    Ronald C. Edwards - Organizer - Died 1994

    Brian A. Field - Informant and purchaser of gang's hideout - Died 1979

    "Ulsterman" - Informant and organizer - Unknown

    Roy James - Getaway Driver - Died 1997

    John Daly - Train stopper - Alive

    Bill Jennings - Carriage uncoupler - Alive

    James E. White - Quartermaster and carriage uncoupler - Alive

    "Alf Thomas" - Muscle - Unknown

    Roger J. Cordrey - Train stopper and electronics expert - Alive

    Bob Welch - Organizer and muscle - Alive

    Thomas Whisbey - Muscle - Alive

    James Hussey - Muscle - Alive

    "Frank Munroe" - Muscle - Unknown

    Ronnie Biggs - Found someone who could drive the train after the robbery - Alive (Barely)

    It might be worth revisiting this list for DDP purposes. Douglas Goody will get a newspaper mention when he dies. He's been saying he will name the Ulsterman. That could be interesting. That article says John Daly died in May.

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    i think one day he will just literally drop dead lets hope it isn't a tommy cooper type of drop dead.

     

    Spoilsport.

     

    I suppose it would be entertaining :D . But i think brucie is one of the good guys ( saying that and he gets arrested by yewtree detectives next week) and I can think of a few above bruce that deserve it more.

     

    Then again with bruce refusing to retire maybe its probably how he would like to die.

     

    Bruce Forsyth is one of those people who splits the opinions of the nation but I must admit that he is the King of Light Entertainment, you may not like the product but he is one of the best proponents of the form. Ask yourself the question who would you rather watch Bruce, Jim Davidson, Michael Barrymore, Jonathon Ross or Lionel Blair. I rest my case.

     

    I'd watch Sooty in preference to any of that lot and read a book in preference to watching Sooty. We have a choice!

    Here, here! None of that lot, including Bruce Forsyth, is fit to lace Sooty's boots. If I had a hand in it, I'd give Sooty the show. He'd make a good fist of it.

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    Yipppeeeee................There's a storm coming.............Batten down the hatches!..........Stock up on provisions!.........

     

    Oh and by the way...............Most train services will be suspended until 9.00am!

     

    Storm in a tea cup.....me thinks!

    South Wales & Southern parts of England gonna get it rough overnight. If you venture out into the storm tonight, be mindful of debris. There is nothing worse than being hit in the face by a flying cow or sheep.

     

    Or an alpaca.

     

     

    "A moderately windy night. The really great storm was......the great storm."

  18. Posted

    Like father, like son...

     

    Just now, my lad of eight years has said he wants to enter a team for next year. Without pront he has picked the Queen's husband, the oldest most famous person still alive to suffer a heart attack, Nelson Mandela, Count Duku (Christopher Lee), the oldest Dr Who, the old James Bond and the oldest world racing champion.

     

    Not bad for starters. He is working on what to call his team. No doubt it will be something on a different level.

     

    Let me tell you RA it happens to a lot of us at that age .

  19. Posted

    Seamus Heaney's last text, Noli Timere, I thought was quite classy.

     

    The BBC website had a little quiz this morning. I missed two.

     

    It got me thinking to what extent people prepare their last words and, if so, what fellow deathlisters might choose? Rather than start a new thread this one would seem appropriate even though they may not (yet) be famous ones. You'll have to wait for my last words (yes, that would do just fine).

     

    So what would you be happy to have as your last words?

  21. Posted

    Who had the bright idea of giving Marcus Brigstock a TV show?

     

    Fixed

     

    Absolutely. Marcus Brigstocke is about as funny as having both your grandparents suffer strokes at the Christmas dinner table, in front of the kids.

     

    He's not that funny. Shouldn't this and other recent posts be in the shit comedians thread? Oh, there isn't one. Is there a thread for Radio Four? That has more than its fair share of unfunny comedy shows these days while I'm sorry I haven't a Clue stands head, shoulders and knees above the rest. Miranda Hart isn't a munchkin either, so she'll have to wait her turn too.

  22. Posted

    I DID NOT KNOW THIS ABOUT LAS VEGAS

     

    Do Las Vegas Churches accept gambling chips?

     

    THIS MAY COME AS A SURPRISE TO THOSE OF YOU NOT LIVING IN LAS VEGAS,

    BUT THERE ARE MORE CATHOLIC CHURCHES THAN CASINOS.

     

    NOT SURPRISINGLY, SOME WORSHIPERS AT SUNDAY SERVICES WILL GIVE CASINO CHIPS RATHER THAN CASH WHEN THE BASKET IS PASSED.

     

    SINCE THEY GET CHIPS FROM MANY DIFFERENT CASINOS, THE CHURCHES HAVE DEVISED A METHOD TO COLLECT THE OFFERINGS.

     

    THE CHURCHES SEND ALL THEIR COLLECTED CHIPS TO A NEARBY FRANCISCAN MONASTERY FOR SORTING AND THEN THE CHIPS ARE TAKEN TO THE CASINOS OF ORIGIN AND CASHED IN.

     

     

     

    THIS IS DONE BY THE CHIP MONKS. :D

     

     

     

     

    Oh yeah, I've heard of them, I believe they use the same monastery as the Fish Friars.

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  24. Posted

    Why is it, even though I didnt get massively wankered on booze last night, does it still take me a whole fucking day to recover?

    My hangover is very slight ( Tablets and shit loads of water BEFORE i go to bed helps) and im functioning without pain BUT Im still fuggin lethargic and cant be arsed.

    I know that, at my age ( get in before you do Lardy :) ) my body is not what it was and i hardly ever drink but im 6ft1 and broad which should mean im able to soak up the booze better than Wee Jimmy Krankie, right?

    Fuck it.

     

    Because you're a lightweight :D

     

    My brother and his lovely wife came round last night. I drank three bottles of wine, and the other three drank 12 cans of Blackthorn, a litre of vodka and a litre of Jager between them. Me and my good fellow were both fine this morning.

     

    By fine, what I actually mean is our heads were banging like a Scouse hooker down Merseyside docks, we'd forgotten our own names and all of our internal organs had melted. I'm still in my pyjamas eating Hula Hoops and wondering why my liver is crying.

     

    Go easy on the Hula Hoops. They aren't good for you.

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  25. Posted

    I guess I can throw my BBC TV Centre pass in the bin. A few enjoyable times in the bar, never got lost in the supposedly unnavigable doughnut, a weird visit to a TOTP recording in my late 30s... and I don't think I ever saw a real celebrity worth the name. Not even Jimmy Savile.

    Just seen this Harry. I too had a weird visit to TOTP in my late 30s. Don't tell me that you too were mates with the producer. It was a tiny set, smoke and mirrors, with camera booms flattening the kids brought in to dance.
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