Magere Hein

Allow me to repost the link: http://www.nytimes.c...-pneumonia.html It's to a NYT article about King Abdullah, a person whose health I keenly monitor. BTW, his brothers, half brothers and cousins form a rich vein of picks for the near future. regards, Hein

Three or four Dutch who were in West Africa were isolated in hospitals in the Netherlands as suspected Ebola cases. None turned out to be infected. One Nigerian ebola aid worker who was infected in Liberia was flown to the Netherlands and treated in a special isolated ward in Utrecht. After two weeks he was declared cured, released and returned to Liberia. regards. Hein

Yes, well done, Spade. regards, Hein

I can imagine the shock of that experience at such an age. I well remember the first church service I attented, I was about 8 at the time. My grandmother asked me if I'd like to accompany her, and I was curious enough to agree. Nothing shocking happened, rather the opposite, I was bored silly. Before the service she handed me a 10 cent coin, that I was supposed to hand in later. During the service she gave me a few peppermints. A man handed me a bag, I dropped one of the mints in it and handed the bag to Oma. The Sunday morning wasn't all misspent. From later conversations with my siblings I learned that Oma had done the same with them, presumably in an attempt to save our souls from eternal damnation. She failed. Later in life I've attented a few evangelical meetings of the more exciting sort you describe. I won't bore you with the details, but I assure you they were just as profitable. regards, Hein

Am I the only one in thinking that this early success may have been a case of shooting an arrow and painting a target where it lands? regards, Hein

It looks like I found the problem: BBCode parsing wasn't enabled. A quick look shows pictures etcetera now. My apologies for the inconvenience. regards, Hein

There's something wrong with our freshly made subforum "2015 Names". Stuff like links and images are not displayed correctly, bur rather raw BBCode is displayed. The problem with topic display in the same subforum may or may not be connected to this. I am working to find out what the cause of this is and how to solve it. This may involve some experimentation and possibly I'll have to close posting to the subforum temporarily. I'll keep you updated on progress. regards, Hein

Certainly a record for me . I posted a few dozen dummy messages (with content "bump") in the topics I moved to the new 2015 forum. For unfathomable reasons they wouldn't show in the topic list if the last post was older than the new forum. regards, Hein

Former Prime Minister Omar Karami of Lebanon dies, aged 80. regards, Hein

First mr Cabbage, then mr Smiith. regards, Hein

I'm not sure about that reasoning, but I agree with the result. regards, Hein

bump

Fritz Almaleek has herpes. regards, Hein

MET has joined 2015, so: happy new year everyone. For those of you who participate in deadpools: good luck! regards, Hein

Names that I rejected: Mu'ath Safi Yousef al-Kaseasbeh. Small chances of seeing 2016, but chopped by the ISIS ruling Hans Breukhoven. Pancreatic cancer. Small chance of obit Viktor Korchnoi. Still playing in 2014 Valentina Tereshkova. Silence... regards, Hein

My teams performed lousy in 2014. Main and theme teams both two hits. Because my theme team's joker shuffled her mortal coil it did best at =201. Both were, I admit, rush jobs. This time I did some research (or rather: leaned heavily on some researchers) and hope to do better. My theme team has some new blood, but obitable picks are hard to find. regards, Hein

Ok, here go Magere Hein's Couch Potatoes 2015: 01 - Caroline Aherne 02 - Martin Crowe 03 - Sam Simon 04 - Joost van der Westhuizen 05 - Rev. Billy Graham 06 - Mary Tyler Moore 07 - Jimmy Hill 08 - Clive James 09 - Leonard Nimoy 10 - Jules Bianchi Sub: John Glenn regards, Hein

Teams The Grey Horde and Minions Of Xuleneb PMed. regards, Hein

While doing some forum maintenance I bumped into the cause of the problem. Your account "Sir-Creep" is still validating, which means that you haven't completed registration. You should have got an email about that with instructions. If you can't find it, I can help. regards, Hein

That's very sad, my sympathy. regards, Hein

Aha, double figure hit count. regards, Hein

This moniker, you mean? Reload the login screeen, user name "Sir Creep", check password, if that fails, use the "forgot password" utility of the login screen. regards, Hein

With four days of 2014 left I suppose Misao Okawa will live to see the next year. If she does, she'll be the first Oldest to survive in my DDP teams. Do we have another Jeanne Calment on our hands? regards, Hein

Unfortunately, a player who wants to win can hardly afford to leave him out. regards, Hein

Next week: glaciation. regards, Hein