Canadian Paul 97 Posted March 23, 2008 Still, third in the world and oldest nowhere but Texas. I'd be surprised if she got national coverage in the United States, never mind the UK. Well call me a monkey's retarded uncle. I'm not sure if this counts though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,187 Posted March 23, 2008 Well call me a monkey's retarded uncle. I'm not sure if this counts though. Despite spelling her name wrong through the whole article - a total of six times, and despite being a feed from America, rather than a bona fide obit, yep - it does, under the rules, count. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted March 24, 2008 I was reading through some old Scottish documents on Friday when I read some surprising ages of death. The publication was The Scots Magazine from between 1739-1790. I was looking through the obiturary sections looking for some of my own ancestors. On passing glances, there appeared to be an awful lot of 100+ deaths. I was surprised to see a number who were said to be over 110. There was one man who was said to be 130 when he died. Obviously they are probably bullshitters (whether knowling so or not). This is just one of the many things that distracts me from doing real work... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tuber Mirum 125 Posted March 24, 2008 Real work? You mean like down a mine or something? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Windsor 2,233 Posted March 24, 2008 Real work? You mean like down a mine or something? No. I meant real work as in course work which might actually count for something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted April 2, 2008 The UK's oldest person turns 112 and is the only one who stands in the way of Henry Allingham being crowned the UK's oldest person. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom 2,533 Posted April 5, 2008 Tsuneyo Toyonaga, Japan's oldest person has died at the age of 113 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted April 5, 2008 Tsuneyo Toyonaga, Japan's oldest person has died at the age of 113 Only a month late with that one eh? Her successor, Kaku Yamanaka, died today, however, which is probably what you were referring to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted April 15, 2008 101-year-old rocker, agony aunt, ale drinker, chav-foiler and show-off Buster Martin is running the London Marathon. He came, he saw, he conquered, but did he dissemble? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted April 15, 2008 101-year-old rocker, agony aunt, ale drinker, chav-foiler and show-off Buster Martin is running the London Marathon. He came, he saw, he conquered, but did he dissemble? 'He has got British citizenship from the Home Office that says how old he is Charlie Mullins, managing director, Pimlico Plumbers' That made me chuckle - as if somehow it makes the claim that much more convincing, being vouched for by a plumber called Charlie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Grendel 139 Posted April 17, 2008 Scotland's oldest woman dies at 110, seems the whisky kept her going so long. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,963 Posted April 18, 2008 Edna Parker is very close to turning 115, and it's already being celebrated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted May 4, 2008 American Chrissie Martenstein, has died at the age of 110. She was of the last survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Another oldster - Russian painter Moisey Aleksandrovich Feigin, who was in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's oldest working artist, has died aged 104. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted May 15, 2008 Astrid Zachrison, Sweden's oldest ever and the world's 7th oldest person, has died hours short of her 113th birthday. Hey, more cake for everyone else. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Octopus of Odstock 2,187 Posted May 26, 2008 Well, Zachrison doesn't look likely to get a UK obit, so I wonder if this lady - Clementine Solignac will. She was, until her death yesterday, France's oldest person & has also been picked on the DDP. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted May 26, 2008 Edna Parker is very close to turning 115, and it's already being celebrated. Not by me it isn't. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest OOO Posted July 3, 2008 DDP pick & Germany's oldest lady (I think) - Frieda Borchert is verstorben No UK obit - the fourth (again, I think - I am at work) hit All Nails has missed out on as a result. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,963 Posted July 3, 2008 DDP pick & Germany's oldest lady (I think) - Frieda Borchert is verstorben No UK obit - the fourth (again, I think - I am at work) hit All Nails has missed out on as a result. I checked, and she's the third miss. Zachrison, Solignac, and now Borchert. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted July 7, 2008 DDP pick & Germany's oldest lady (I think) - Frieda Borchert is verstorben No UK obit - the fourth (again, I think - I am at work) hit All Nails has missed out on as a result. I checked, and she's the third miss. Zachrison, Solignac, and now Borchert. It's four if you count Botterill who died in 2004 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,963 Posted July 7, 2008 DDP pick & Germany's oldest lady (I think) - Frieda Borchert is verstorben No UK obit - the fourth (again, I think - I am at work) hit All Nails has missed out on as a result. I checked, and she's the third miss. Zachrison, Solignac, and now Borchert. It's four if you count Botterill who died in 2004 Oh. Silly me, I was only using List of the Lost as a reference. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Handrejka 1,903 Posted July 7, 2008 DDP pick & Germany's oldest lady (I think) - Frieda Borchert is verstorben No UK obit - the fourth (again, I think - I am at work) hit All Nails has missed out on as a result. I checked, and she's the third miss. Zachrison, Solignac, and now Borchert. It's four if you count Botterill who died in 2004 Oh. Silly me, I was only using List of the Lost as a reference. It's not silly. I only noticed Botterill because I was looking to see who of those remaining would get obits (Parker, Baldwin, Tanabe and Allingham are definites, Francis a possibilty I reckon) and needed reminding who Botterill was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,645 Posted July 7, 2008 For all the 'soft' target blather on this thread there's a stubborn persistence in the behaviour of Allingham, Patch Tanabe and - frankly - the most obit-worthy of the extreme oldsters. I might have done well with a CP theme team averaging 104 years old but I'm packing some very elderly and unobliging cases in the current HPDP, and they're doing me no good at all at present. Fellow deadpoolers be warned, or summat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canadian Paul 97 Posted July 8, 2008 For all the 'soft' target blather on this thread there's a stubborn persistence in the behaviour of Allingham, Patch Tanabe and - frankly - the most obit-worthy of the extreme oldsters. I might have done well with a CP theme team averaging 104 years old but I'm packing some very elderly and unobliging cases in the current HPDP, and they're doing me no good at all at present. Fellow deadpoolers be warned, or summat. From what I hear, Patch won't be around too much longer, sadly. Surviving to the end of this year, maybe. Surviving to the end of next year, highly unlikely. Tanabe is likely to go the distance, and Allingham has a 50/50 shot either way really. Neither of the two WWI veterans have any reasonable chance of being the last anyhow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevonDeathTrip 2,358 Posted July 13, 2008 Olive Riley, the word's oldest blogger, has died aged 108. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TAFKAG 70 Posted August 20, 2008 138-year-old Indian man dies. On his alleged 138th birthday... Miyan said, "Kisi raees ki mehfil ka jikra kya hai amir, khuda ke ghar bhi na jayenge bin bulawe ke" Translation: I like to tell whopping porkies. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
