millwall32 114 Posted January 30, 2013 hi Windsor no....I haven't heard anything about him (other than whats already been posted here) . I was purely interested in what he was up to . I presume he is still at Brinsworth ? Since I was last a regular here , my work situation has taken a slight turn for the worst (so no SKY now...economies had to be made) . Therefore I cant watch him on GOLD like I used to...... Man About The House is currently being repeated on ITV3... To be replaced by Man about the Hearse? LOL. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millwall32 114 Posted January 30, 2013 As far as I can tell there's been no solid news since that photo story in the Daily Mail in 2009.(And I do remember how that story set this forum all aflutter). Chances are that he'll be around for years to come. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 31, 2013 I'm guessing a few of us regularly Google the man and trawl nowt. Nice to see our common room/favourite thread, bouncing back, mind! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lard Bazaar 3,799 Posted January 31, 2013 Now if ANYONE has to be the successor to Dunn, surely Dick O must be it? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millwall32 114 Posted January 31, 2013 Now if ANYONE has to be the successor to Dunn, surely Dick O must be it? On the one hand Dickie O does seem to interest a lot of Deathlisters the way Clive Dunn did. On the other hand, like Clive Dunn, his retirement does seem to be very quiet and it doesn't generate a lot of news. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted January 31, 2013 Now if ANYONE has to be the successor to Dunn, surely Dick O must be it? On the one hand Dickie O does seem to interest a lot of Deathlisters the way Clive Dunn did. On the other hand, like Clive Dunn, his retirement does seem to be very quiet and it doesn't generate a lot of news. Aye, the long game AKA dead pooling for the discerning fan! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
millwall32 114 Posted February 3, 2013 Now if ANYONE has to be the successor to Dunn, surely Dick O must be it? On the one hand Dickie O does seem to interest a lot of Deathlisters the way Clive Dunn did. On the other hand, like Clive Dunn, his retirement does seem to be very quiet and it doesn't generate a lot of news. Aye, the long game AKA dead pooling for the discerning fan! I agree, Dickie O is one for the old-school Deathlister. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted May 14, 2013 What were we thinking? He had a birthday (68) a week ago and we ignored it. Doubtless there was cholesterol rich cake consumed in Brinsworth House; go well Dickie! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harvester Of Souls 40 Posted May 14, 2013 Now if ANYONE has to be the successor to Dunn, surely Dick O must be it? On the one hand Dickie O does seem to interest a lot of Deathlisters the way Clive Dunn did. On the other hand, like Clive Dunn, his retirement does seem to be very quiet and it doesn't generate a lot of news. Aye, the long game AKA dead pooling for the discerning fan! I agree, Dickie O is one for the old-school Deathlister. This is actually the reason I decided to pop back in... Nice what they've done with the place... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted November 2, 2013 HOT NEWS!!!! Just over six months ago someone posted the end of a lacklustre interview with Terry Wogan, first screened in 1989. It's Dickie O comeback time, or summat: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted November 2, 2013 Oh aye, and this thread will be ten years old in December! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted June 22, 2014 I've been reading this thread and....... No-one seems to have noticed or pointed out that Robin Tripp (name of his character in "Man About the House" and "Robin's Nest") could very easily be mis-spoken (especially if drunk) as Ribin Tropp....... See, there's a Nazi connection in everything if you look hard enough. In fact Dick was born almost exactly a year (minus a week) before a very much more famous Nazi committed suicide. Sigh, if only it he had been born a year later I could have even speculated about him being the reincarnation..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted June 22, 2014 I've been reading this thread and....... No-one seems to have noticed or pointed out that Robin Tripp (name of his character in "Man About the House" and "Robin's Nest") could very easily be mis-spoken (especially if drunk) as Ribin Tropp....... See, there's a Nazi connection in everything if you look hard enough. In fact Dick was born almost exactly a year (minus a week) before a very much more famous Nazi committed suicide. Sigh, if only it he had been born a year later I could have even speculated about him being the reincarnation..... You make BS seem like Stephen Hawking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,136 Posted June 23, 2014 I've been reading this thread and....... No-one seems to have noticed or pointed out that Robin Tripp (name of his character in "Man About the House" and "Robin's Nest") could very easily be mis-spoken (especially if drunk) as Ribin Tropp....... See, there's a Nazi connection in everything if you look hard enough. In fact Dick was born almost exactly a year (minus a week) before a very much more famous Nazi committed suicide. Sigh, if only it he had been born a year later I could have even speculated about him being the reincarnation..... You make BS seem like Stephen Hawking. Please leave Bruce Springsteen out of this. Fanx. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,218 Posted June 23, 2014 I've been reading this thread and....... No-one seems to have noticed or pointed out that Robin Tripp (name of his character in "Man About the House" and "Robin's Nest") could very easily be mis-spoken (especially if drunk) as Ribin Tropp....... See, there's a Nazi connection in everything if you look hard enough. In fact Dick was born almost exactly a year (minus a week) before a very much more famous Nazi committed suicide. Sigh, if only it he had been born a year later I could have even speculated about him being the reincarnation..... You make BS seem like Stephen Hawking. Please leave Bruce Springsteen out of this. Fanx. Never crossed my mind, Toastie. It appears that I killed two birds with one stone, that could refer to Banshees or even bullshit. Depending on yer mood. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Pooka 26 Posted February 6, 2015 I've been reading this thread and.......No-one seems to have noticed or pointed out that Robin Tripp (name of his character in "Man About the House" and "Robin's Nest") could very easily be mis-spoken (especially if drunk) as Ribin Tropp.......See, there's a Nazi connection in everything if you look hard enough.In fact Dick was born almost exactly a year (minus a week) before a very much more famous Nazi committed suicide. Sigh, if only it he had been born a year later I could have even speculated about him being the reincarnation.....You make BS seem like Stephen Hawking.Please leave Bruce Springsteen out of this. Fanx.Never crossed my mind, Toastie.It appears that I killed two birds with one stone, that could refer to Banshees or even bullshit.Depending on yer mood. So where are we with Dickie? This thread has gone rather quiet, I must say. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rotten Ali 600 Posted February 6, 2015 I'm guessing he is the sort of guy who has good days and bad days. None of which changes in any way the obvious trajectory that he still has many years to live. We just need word about major health issues to be certain to think about listing him for a real reason. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted February 6, 2015 I think the problem is no-one was ever as good as getting info about him as BHB, and since the master-baiter left it's all gone a bit quiet. I'm guessing he is the sort of guy who has good days and bad days. None of which changes in any way the obvious trajectory that he still has many years to live. We just need word about major health issues to be certain to think about listing him for a real reason. Not necessarily. Here's another "early stroke sufferer": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tavener Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted February 24, 2015 I think the problem is no-one was ever as good as getting info about him as BHB, and since the master-baiter left it's all gone a bit quiet. I'm guessing he is the sort of guy who has good days and bad days. None of which changes in any way the obvious trajectory that he still has many years to live. We just need word about major health issues to be certain to think about listing him for a real reason. Not necessarily. Here's another "early stroke sufferer": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tavener Dickie O's stroke was serious to the point of leaving him in need of sheltered accomodation several years ago, though. There hasn't been much evidence of improvement. He can walk, talk etc. but everything is in slow motion. So, he's clearly coming from much further back than Taverner was. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Zorders 1,271 Posted February 24, 2015 I think the problem is no-one was ever as good as getting info about him as BHB, and since the master-baiter left it's all gone a bit quiet. I'm guessing he is the sort of guy who has good days and bad days. None of which changes in any way the obvious trajectory that he still has many years to live. We just need word about major health issues to be certain to think about listing him for a real reason. Not necessarily. Here's another "early stroke sufferer": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tavener Dickie O's stroke was serious to the point of leaving him in need of sheltered accomodation several years ago, though. There hasn't been much evidence of improvement. He can walk, talk etc. but everything is in slow motion. So, he's clearly coming from much further back than Taverner was. I think you probably misread. I wasn't saying "he'll be fine"... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pulphack 6 Posted February 27, 2015 Make no apologies for returning to this thread as, after something jogged the memory on a.n.other forum, decided to revisit. Speed read it in a couple of sittings,and looked at the ridiculous thread set up when someone closed this. I have only one thing to say (well a lot, actually, but I'll stick to one thing): the Potato man, Harvester of Souls and Windsor - if they are all still here, I do hope they've got a sense of proportion at last, come out of their intellectual ivory towers, and have realised that this is an internet forum, and as such is inherently pointless and stupid. As, sadly, were they. As are we all. There were some ridiculously self-important proclamations of the supposed intellectual ambitions they held for this forum (and, by extension, themselves) in there. I think the likes of MPFC, Pooka and Godot knew this, and I exclude them from my pity. As for the rest of the forum? Otherwise, still rather good on the whole.Nice to see it still here. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted February 27, 2015 Make no apologies for returning to this thread as, after something jogged the memory on a.n.other forum, decided to revisit. Speed read it in a couple of sittings,and looked at the ridiculous thread set up when someone closed this. I have only one thing to say (well a lot, actually, but I'll stick to one thing): the Potato man, Harvester of Souls and Windsor - if they are all still here, I do hope they've got a sense of proportion at last, come out of their intellectual ivory towers, and have realised that this is an internet forum, and as such is inherently pointless and stupid. As, sadly, were they. As are we all. There were some ridiculously self-important proclamations of the supposed intellectual ambitions they held for this forum (and, by extension, themselves) in there. I think the likes of MPFC, Pooka and Godot knew this, and I exclude them from my pity. As for the rest of the forum? Otherwise, still rather good on the whole.Nice to see it still here. Aye, cheers for the vote of confidence, or summat. Back in the day the copious posting on this thread was regarded as extreme by some, whilst others saw the thread as akin to our common room. Looking at the tonnage of posts on a few other threads these days, this one doesn't seem so outlandish now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted May 17, 2015 Just a thought: if someone started a thread about an individual and 12 years later you're still talking about his impending doom, it was a stupid fucking thread to begin with started by a damned fool who jumped the gun. Reminds me of the totally needless Angelina Jolie thread. You should be chastising the person daily, not having actual discussion giving credence to the fool who posted the thread. Damn glorymongers, just want to start threads for no reason. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,598 Posted May 17, 2015 Make no apologies for returning to this thread as, after something jogged the memory on a.n.other forum, decided to revisit. Speed read it in a couple of sittings,and looked at the ridiculous thread set up when someone closed this. I have only one thing to say (well a lot, actually, but I'll stick to one thing): the Potato man, Harvester of Souls and Windsor - if they are all still here, I do hope they've got a sense of proportion at last, come out of their intellectual ivory towers, and have realised that this is an internet forum, and as such is inherently pointless and stupid. As, sadly, were they. As are we all. There were some ridiculously self-important proclamations of the supposed intellectual ambitions they held for this forum (and, by extension, themselves) in there. I think the likes of MPFC, Pooka and Godot knew this, and I exclude them from my pity. As for the rest of the forum? Otherwise, still rather good on the whole.Nice to see it still here. There still are 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,646 Posted May 17, 2015 I think the likes of MPFC, Pooka and Godot knew this, and I exclude them from my pity. Cheers Time, much appreciated, as is the cheesy shot of Katy Manning and the Dalek (didn't that cost her the job, or summat?) Nice to visit the old common room - Dickie O' thread - once in a while. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites