Magere Hein

As themaninblack reminded us correctly: of men and women the same fraction die, i.e all. That said, women live longer than men and consequentely there are more women then men alive. One would expect that women have a better chance to get celeb status, but that is obviously not the case. I suppose that the difference is a result of past and current sexism. The past bit we can't change and only time will remedy it. The current bit we can. In the West we're working on it, although in politics, business and the military we're far from there yet. As far as politics is concerned I'll do my bit next Wednesday by voting for a woman in the Dutch general elections. I haven't decided which one, though. regards, Hein

If you're in a hurry: go gas huffing. regards, Hein

Welcome to DeathList, bobtoole. I moved your post to a more appropriate topic. There's been disgustingly little news on his health. This time of year last year he looked set to go, but apparently he lost his nerve. That's one good DDP joker wasted. regards, Hein

Tee-hee, does that come under unwritten rule 05.13a? If you had actually read the Unwritten Rules, you'd know that this is covered in 05.27c. regards, Hein

Fewer threads. Notapotato, you forgot to make a spelling error in your language flame. This is a violation of Unwritten Rule 05.13a. regards, Hein

A football legend dies. He had already retired when I started watching the game, but commentators used words like "Puskas-like" as highest praise for what other footballers did on the field. Also, five DDP points is nothing to sneeze at. Pneumonia once more proves to be the Old Man's Friend. Ferenc Puskas Was the best of his age class Although his own memory went rotten His football will not be forgotten respectfully, Hein

fingers crossed he can hold on till the end of the year as he's top of my list for next year in the sweepstakes I disagree. regards, Hein

I apologise for my scepticism. Woohoo, graduate number 10! regards, Hein

This Milton Friedman, you mean? That's not ours. I failed to find any other report on the web. regards, Hein

"I did not have sexual relations with that turkey."

Last night's Netherlands v England friendly was a somewhat entertaining match. Much more entertaining was to see how commentators on Dutch and English TV both claimed their side was better. They were, of course, both disappointlingly mediocre. The result reflected that. regards, Hein

Will he be our Number 10? regars, Hein (who doesn't think so)

:lol: regards, Hein

I'm a SciFi fan and I've read several of his works. Might as well be a Near Miss. Another author makes it to a ripe old age. What do I keep telling ya? To post is to grasp at eternity, or summat. There's a Dutch saying: "Wie schrijft, die blijft", which translates to "Who writes remains." Normally it's used either in the context of "Verba volant, scripta manent", or about the person who keeps the scores in a card game, but it seems that we can take it literally as well. regards, Hein

I'm a SciFi fan and I've read several of his works. Might as well be a Near Miss. regards, Hein

Welcome to DeathList, fumikocat, where we rarely miss a death. regards, Hein

They got a suspended sentence then But Saddam has opted for shot treatment I don't think he got any choice. Anyway, they won't hang around for long. regards, Hein

Can our antipodian friends keep her this time? Please? regards, Hein

I suppose it takes a certain mindset to fall for all that. I've seen quite a few things that I didn't understand at the time. For most of them I eventually found a perfectly natural or technical explanantions, for some I didn't. That doesn't mean that there isn't. One of my favourite examples is a thing I've witnessed several times at my local train station. On a clear winter's morning shortly before sunrise there's a small, bright light visible, stationary just above the Eastern horizon. Some people notice and wonder what it is. Is it a plane? Is it a UFO? Few find the answer themselves: the planet Venus. regards, Hein

Hello, o'sulllivan, welcome to DeathList. Tessa Wyatt's a hamster and her friends smell of elderberries. By all means try to kick the living sh*t out of me. I didn't know Eton College let foul-mouthed yobs as you anywhere near their computers. You're one of the cleaners there, aren't you? regards, Hein

[snip]The trouble with deleting threads containing personal attacks is there'd be a lot less threads if it were to be carried out as site policy. The contentious thread and the posts therein, admittedly I last saw it with only two replies, say more about those with complaints about Harry than they do about the man himself. I don't see how deleting it because "in it he was accused of things he had nothing to do with" differs from IYG's reason. I had hoped Typhoid Harry would enter this discussion, but apparently he doesn't feel like it. That's unfortunate, since I cannot talk for him. Anyway, I think it's time to respond to your comments. The first two sentences of my above message are statements of fact. There's little room for debate there. The last sentence is my view on the matter. As long as other management staff don't comment you can take it as official. The banning of IYG was a decision made by Grim Reaper, about which he made no public statement. I will not discuss those decisions, because [1] I cannot speak for GR and [2] I had no part in them. What matters here is that they were based on IYG deleting a long and at least reasonably amusing topic. Members may remember it: it was Banshees Scream's 'problums' topic, whatever its title was. At that time deleting a topic meant irrecoverably lost, so I can't judge the content of that topic with respect to our subject, but as far as I can remember the Mod in question did his deed to get revenge on another member rather than for anything that was said in the topic. In the 'Enraged' topic, on the other hand, TH was accused of several acts of abuse of Moderator power. Some of them concerned the "Live Chat". I happened to be present in Chat when that happened and the accusations were more or less accurate, but I assure you that it was an unintended consequence of "playing with the buttons" rather than abuse. TH worked his arse off to remedy those consequences. I also want to stress that the Chat is at best DL Light, what happens there mainly stays below the horizon of Moderator and Admin scrutiny. The second accusation was about abuse of the forum itself and was unsubstantiated. The post also called for demotion of TH. I've tried hard to find evidence of any abuse and failed. That doesn't mean that it didn't happen, but it also means that those accusations were not established as facts. It's a case of one member's word against another's. Considering the seriousness of the accusations I understand why TH deleted the topic. Would I have been the target of such accusations I would have done something similar, although I probably wouldn't have deleted the complete topic. I don't think the two cases are comparable and I still support TH's decision. My decision to ban Iain is a different matter. If you want to I'm willing to discuss that too, but I won't do that in this post. PS: I would have thought the 'Howto' thread the best place for a discussion like this. It's the closest thing we have to guidelines and/or a rule book. In no way, shape or form is it to be construed as 'Howto' delete a thread. PPS: The 'Too Many Moderators?' thread isn't the best place for this discussion either, as it doesn't concern the number of moderators, only the behaviour of one. I agree that this isn't the best place either, but it was the closest I could find in which DL's moderation policy (which does not exist) is discussed. I intend to keep the Howto topic for technical matters. Perhaps we need a separate topic for discussion of DL's moderation policy (wdne). I hope this posts explains my position. regards, Hein

As you do. I've been trying to imagine a Bay Area Rapid Transit station. I also wonder why BART names a station after a day of the week. regards, Hein

Imagine; if Bruno Brimley were born in Nottingham and drank nothing other than suicidally strong lager.... What, you mean to say that message is written in English? I think it's in Grunt, a language everyone speaks, but nobody understands. regards, Hein

Installing Winamp is one way. regards, Hein

He never failes to show what a wonderful person he is at every opportunity. regards, Hein