msc 18,555 Posted January 7, 2021 2 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/13682441/marion-ramsey-dead-73-police-academy-star/ Thank you! Just found another obituary too. It doesn't matter at all but can you recall if my pick of Marion Ramsey was unique? I'm not asking you to go to the trouble of looking it up or anything but just wondering if you can recall if it was a unique pick? If you can't remember I will just have to wait like everyone else no problem. I don't know yet. I know she was a new pick in 2021 though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,370 Posted January 7, 2021 Just now, msc said: I don't know yet. I know she was a new pick in 2021 though. Many Thanks Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,370 Posted January 7, 2021 16 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said: I'm more curious to know... why did you pick her? Just a hunch or did you know something? I ask because the reporting on her death just says cause unknown though "ill for a few days". I had a longlist and when going into the process of whittling it down to a shortlist something drew me to her name and I didn't feel I could strike her off. So a sort of niggle or intuition that she was a good pick combined with my expectation that she would likely be a unique pick , my search of her work history showing she hadn't worked in a while or been reported on in the media or press , my love of the Police Academy films and finally the fact that covid is rampant in California and she is in two at risk groups being older and from an ethnic minority. So the choice was driven by a range of factors that were underpinned by a vibe or intuition. Something made me feel it would be a poor move to cross her off my list. I had a similar vibe a few years ago about Dale Winton in one of the deadpools. Something made me feel striking him off my list would be a mistake and I just had a sense from his non appearance at his close friend Cilla Blacks funeral, to showbiz pals saying they hadn't heard of him for a while as well as some erratic behaviour made me feel something was amiss and he was destined not to make it to pensionable age. Hope I have sort of answered your question! 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,555 Posted January 7, 2021 Gooseberry has form for hunches - he got a unique hit with Eastenders actress Sandy Ratcliff in 2019 too. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Predictor 1,032 Posted January 8, 2021 15 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: from an ethnic minority. I thought that was for socio-political reasons, not biological? Regardless of race, she was a celebrity, which comes with a few advantages in terms of living standards...In any case, it worked out for you, so congrats on your 11 points. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,237 Posted January 8, 2021 11 minutes ago, Predictor said: 15 hours ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: from an ethnic minority. I thought that was for socio-political reasons, not biological? Regardless of race, she was a celebrity, which comes with a few advantages in terms of living standards...In any case, it worked out for you, so congrats on your 11 points. If "ethnic minority" is a mealy-mouthed way of saying she was black, then it opens the possibility of Vitamin D deficiency, which can worsen the effects of Covid-19. The darker the skin, the less efficient it is at processing sunlight into Vitamin D, which is presumably why people who migrated further from the equator evolved lighter skin. So yes, there is a biological factor, but it doesn't apply to all "ethnic minorities". Like it or not, this really is about how dark your skin is. We're all deficient in Vit D in the winter anyway if we depend on exposure to sunlight. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,370 Posted January 8, 2021 53 minutes ago, Predictor said: I thought that was for socio-political reasons, not biological? Regardless of race, she was a celebrity, which comes with a few advantages in terms of living standards...In any case, it worked out for you, so congrats on your 11 points. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/whyhaveblackandsouthasianpeoplebeenhithardestbycovid19/2020-12-14 My understanding is that researchers are still trying to unravel the nuances and complexities of this but that they believe the increased vulnerability goes beyond economic and social factors. Anyway thank you for your congratulations. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 11,083 Posted January 8, 2021 Gooseberry Crumble obviously has a connection to the powers behind the veil. He can communicate with the powers beyond our understanding. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,370 Posted January 8, 2021 1 minute ago, gcreptile said: Gooseberry Crumble obviously has a connection to the powers behind the veil. He can communicate with the powers beyond our understanding. You are so right and one of the few who truly understands! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,555 Posted January 9, 2021 On 07/01/2021 at 21:07, Gooseberry Crumble said: It doesn't matter at all but can you recall if my pick of Marion Ramsey was unique? I'm not asking you to go to the trouble of looking it up or anything but just wondering if you can recall if it was a unique pick? Looks like she was, yes. Into the second stage of DDP creation now, pretty much... Zoe Davison appears to be unique for Spade too. (And Ally McLaws for me but he ain't dead...yet) 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,370 Posted January 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, msc said: Looks like she was, yes. Into the second stage of DDP creation now, pretty much... Zoe Davison appears to be unique for Spade too. (And Ally McLaws for me but he ain't dead...yet) Thanks very much Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,555 Posted January 9, 2021 10 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: Thanks very much I'll tell you something, as a teaser for the reveal. Looks like there might be one or two genuinely surprise Drop 40 debuts. As in, they've surprised me... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,267 Posted January 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, msc said: I'll tell you something, as a teaser for the reveal. Looks like there might be one or two genuinely surprise Drop 40 debuts. As in, they've surprised me... Oh, did Frank Ifield make the drop 40 this time? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,370 Posted January 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, msc said: I'll tell you something, as a teaser for the reveal. Looks like there might be one or two genuinely surprise Drop 40 debuts. As in, they've surprised me... I'm now intrigued and the cogs in my brain are now working overtime... Surely not Vera Miles or Julie Goodyear.....?! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,555 Posted January 9, 2021 11 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said: I'm now intrigued and the cogs in my brain are now working overtime... Surely not Vera Miles or Julie Goodyear.....?! No, I don't think they even made it on 10 teams *combined*! There are some names that most of us assumed were Drop 40 locks who haven't made it. Some huge upswing in popularities too. And I have made at least one terrible error of judgment in making my own team! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted January 9, 2021 Steve Carver, director of Lone Wolf McQuade and Big Bad Mama, has died. He was 75. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steve-carver-director-of-lone-wolf-mcquade-and-big-bad-mama-dies-at-75 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,637 Posted January 9, 2021 2 hours ago, msc said: I'll tell you something, as a teaser for the reveal. Looks like there might be one or two genuinely surprise Drop 40 debuts. As in, they've surprised me... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,555 Posted January 9, 2021 Just now, Spade_Cooley said: Damn, there goes *that* surprise... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Charles De Gaulle 487 Posted January 9, 2021 2 hours ago, msc said: I'll tell you something, as a teaser for the reveal. Looks like there might be one or two genuinely surprise Drop 40 debuts. As in, they've surprised me... Eugenia Cooney? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,386 Posted January 11, 2021 Neil Mahoney, a director, editor and writer who worked on shows like Key & Peele, Portlandia and Drunk History, has died. He was 43. Mahoney died in his sleep of unspecified causes. https://www.brooklynvegan.com/comedy-directoreditor-neil-mahoney-key-peele-drunk-history-has-died/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwiftlyVague 79 Posted January 11, 2021 Rod Perry (IMDb), known for his role as Sgt. David "Deacon" Kay in the 1970's TV series S.W.A.T., dead at 86. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,267 Posted January 12, 2021 On 19/11/2020 at 11:34, gcreptile said: Stacy Title “can no longer walk, talk, swallow, or breathe without a machine,”; https://heavy.com/entertainment/survivor/jonathan-penner-wife-stacy-als-gala/ Seems like Stacy Title has died: Unpicked in the ddp by the looks of it 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,267 Posted January 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Joey Russ said: Seems like Stacy Title has died: Unpicked in the ddp by the looks of it Here’s a QO for other pools Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomTomTelekom 3,731 Posted January 13, 2021 Actor Bruce Willis was kicked out of a pharmacy for refusing to wear a mask. Very disappointed to read somethinig like that, cause I appreciate his work. If he should notoriously continue to refuse, it is only a matter of time until he becomes infected. At 65 years he belongs to the risk group. Lets see..... https://screenrant.com/die-hard-bruce-willis-mask-jokes/ 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thatcher 2,490 Posted January 13, 2021 Jessica Campbell (IMDb), American actress who appeared in Election and Freaks and Geeks, died aged 38 in December. Obituaries: The Independent, Daily Express, Daily Mail, The Sun 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
