Magere Hein

Tomato, selfevidently. regards, Hein

Splendidly spotted, surely. regards, Hein

You've read the contract? regards, Hein

My hopes of getting this one right are rising. regards, Hein

He seems to like his drink...To be fair, he probably would struggle to fit in most airplane lavatories BBC News has a slightly different reading1 of the incident: From which we learn that he's usually drunk, confirming my first statenment. 1I apoligise for linking to an article with such a horrible pun in its headline. regards, Hein

I do. Wasn't that when posting was in black & white only? Happy birthday, Josco. One year more ancient. :-) regards, Hein

Bloody hell!!!!! Bruges? No wonder I couldn't find you, I thought it was in London.Yeah. We kinda, like, wanted to be alone, y'know.So the secret is out. Do we now have to tell them about all the other intimate DLCon meetings we've held? I hope not, it could take a while... Rather not. We want something to gossip about at the next. regards, Hein

I'd put a few women ahead of Madonna, including our own Queen Liz. Aung San Suu Kyi, Oprah Winfrey and Germaine Greer come to mind although it's a thin list when you try to think of women who have really made a difference enough to be remembered in the history books web pages. I wrote my list with a firm personal touch, because I intentionally chose living people who made a difference in my life. When I wrote it, I tried to figure out which well-know women should be on it. It turned out that most who came to my mind were dead: Golda Meir, Rear Admiral Hopper, Indira Ghandi, Dian Fossey. I didn't want Mrs. T. on my list, although perhaps, in a negative sense of a real difference, she should be. Still, I think it's remarkable: few women on the lists. I'm sure that has some deep meaning, but better explanations than tribal traditions on male and female roles in society escape me. regards, Hein

I don't remember Churchill's death, but that Real Weather happened in my first winter, one that's the stuff of . Ford Prefect is, for me, a character in THGttG. Me dad drove a white Ford Taunus 12-M. We didn't have TV till 1969, when a set was bought to watch the Apollo 11 mission. The first film I remember watching in the cinema was Jungle Book. My first real hero was Floris. regards, Hein

That question answers itself. regards, Hein

Italian race driver and car manufacturer Enzo Ferrari died today in 1988, aged 90. regards, Hein

German football player Fritz Korbach, best known as a manager in the Netherlands, died today from laryngeal cancer, aged 66. regards, Hein

My guess'd be Peter Falk. regards, Hein

I agree with four of your picks: Neil Armstrong Mikhail Gorbachev James D Watson Nelson Mandela I'd choose some others: Robert M. Pirsig Douglas Hofstadter Gabriel García Márquez Boris Spassky Atje Keulen-Deelstra (who?) Drs. P (who? Oh, he.) regards, Hein

Fidel. 85, quite a feat. I wouldn't mind if it were his last, though. regards, Hein

Piet Hein Donner Piet Pieterszoon Heyn AKA Piet Hein Piet Hein Too easy, it seems. Your turn, Hein

Ok. Here are the portraits of three old geezers: Name them. regards, Hein

Leonard Nimoy. regards, Hein

Aha: Edit to add: this one's much cleverer: regards, Hein

regards, Hein

One that cannot fail? regards, Hein

Yeah, sure. regards, Hein

I have reason to believe these riots are run by the FA, so England won't have to play their fixture against the Netherlands tomorrow. regards, Hein

Today in 1957 American film comic Oliver Hardy died, aged 65. regards. Hein

Poor bear. Executed without trial, just for doing its job. This sad story ought to end tourism to Spitsbergen1, but I don't think that'll happen. 1I'll have none of that Svalbard nonsense, Norwegian as the place is. regards, Hein