Hooroo, Mate.

[YoungWillz 21,754]

7 minutes ago, Gooseberry Crumble said:

Oh my God not again ! I don't believe it- but now you are calling me a perennial offender @YoungWillz  Should I be worried that your anger will evolve into punishment? Am I now due to have my sexy ass smacked hard??!! Don't assume I would regard that as a punishment 

You are always ahead of the curve GC, that's all.

 

If you stuck with some of your picks, who knows? If you get that right, you could win that damn DDP game. 

[Gooseberry Crumble 5,496]

7 hours ago, YoungWillz said:

You are always ahead of the curve GC, that's all.

 

If you stuck with some of your picks, who knows? If you get that right, you could win that damn DDP game. 

Thank you. What an intriguing thought and possibility.  Lots of careful thinking and consideration required when I put together next years teams.

I did notice though that you didn't deny you were going to smack my ass hard as punishment....

[alt obits guy 3,456]

Michael 'Gibbo' Gibson, a popular Aussie children's TV presenter and entertainer, has died. He was 69. Gibson had been diagnosed with dementia 18 months ago.

 

https://metro.co.uk/2024/06/14/childrens-tv-presenter-michael-gibbo-gibson-dies-aged-69-21032217/

[Bentrovato 1,155]

Malcolm George Baker  Murderer who killed six people and two unborn children dies in jail (msn.com) 

[Gisooo 3,806]

Kevan Gosper (Wiki), Australian former athlete who mainly competed in the 400 metre and formerly a Vice President of the International Olympic Committee and combined Chairman and CEO of Shell Australia, dead at 90

[Obitwatcher 26]

Sir Rod Carnegie, mining magnate and climate change denialist 1932-2024

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick_Carnegie

[Ulitzer95 13,250]

Aussie actor Ray Lawler (wiki) died in Melbourne on Wednesday, aged 103, according to a lot of tributes flooding in on Facebook.

Obit guaranteed. Maybe even a QO. At least @Bibliogryphon hopes so as he’s a unique pick of theirs on the DDP!

 

[gcreptile 11,426]

4 minutes ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Aussie actor Ray Lawler (wiki) died in Melbourne on Wednesday, aged 103, according to a lot of tributes flooding in on Facebook.

Obit guaranteed. Maybe even a QO. At least @Bibliogryphon hopes so as he’s a unique pick of theirs on the DDP!

 

Timely! Someone else just asked if he died off the radar.

[Ulitzer95 13,250]

Just now, gcreptile said:

Timely! Someone else just asked if he died off the radar.

That was @Bibliogryphon I think! Asked on the Wed… the day he actually died! Spooky.

[Bibliogryphon 9,777]

11 hours ago, Ulitzer95 said:

Aussie actor Ray Lawler (wiki) died in Melbourne on Wednesday, aged 103, according to a lot of tributes flooding in on Facebook.

Obit guaranteed. Maybe even a QO. At least @Bibliogryphon hopes so as he’s a unique pick of theirs on the DDP!

 

 

Does the count from an Australian news source

[Sir Creep 7,095]

On 26/07/2024 at 17:22, Bibliogryphon said:

 

Does the count from an Australian news source

 

[alt obits guy 3,456]

Fiona MacDonald. a former Australian presenter, notably for her work on the children's show "Wombat", as well as the game show "It's a Knockout", has died. She was 67. MacDonald had been battling motor neuron disease.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-03/fiona-macdonald-dies-aged-67-queensland/104428604

 

[Gisooo 3,806]

Australian character actor Peter Cummins (Wiki) reported dead at 93 

 

[lobius 30]

Happy Birthday to Ken Weeks, oldest Aussie lad right now, and 3rd oldest in the world. 111 today.

 

https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarian/ken-weeks/

 

[TylerTheCreator 41]

John Laws (89) has announced his retirement after 71 years on the airwaves. Doesn't seem like the sort of thing he'd do absent of fairly significant health/ageing related factors.

 

John Farnham's (74) voice has been heard publicly for the first time in 2+ years, following his cancer surgery. Doesn't sound too bad considering the circumstances: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/hear-john-farnhams-voice-post-cancer-surgery/video/fcd16f484c1715c7cdbfeb8727ba32cc 

 

[TylerTheCreator 41]

George Negus dead at 82 following Alzheimer's battle.

 

First host of Foreign Correspondent and 60 Minutes. Remember seeing him a lot on TV as a kid, especially on current affairs/news panel shows etc.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-15/george-negus-founding-host-of-foreign-correspondent-dies-aged-82/104475208 

[Gisooo 3,806]

Another Australian actor Kevin Miles (Wiki) known his role as Godfrey Carson in the Australian legal drama Carson's Law dead at 95

 

Also appeared in Delta, Dynasty and The Power, The Passion.

 

[gcreptile 11,426]

"Australia's Rush Limbaugh" Alan Jones arrested for preying on young men in his positions of power:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx27v4v1l5wo

 

Occasionally mentioned here for his many illnesses.

[TylerTheCreator 41]

3 hours ago, gcreptile said:

"Australia's Rush Limbaugh" Alan Jones arrested for preying on young men in his positions of power:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx27v4v1l5wo

 

Occasionally mentioned here for his many illnesses.

 

The general consensus here in Oz is shock - shock that he might actually be held accountable while still alive. 

 

Shall we do a sweeps on what diagnoses he's going to get over the next weeks/months that'll disrupt the trial? Dementia's got to be coming in fast. 

PS one of my claims to infamy is I bumped into him at a restaurant and got a photo with him, which I then posted as a wind-up only to be censored by Meta several months later.

[gcreptile 11,426]

33 minutes ago, TylerTheCreator said:

 

The general consensus here in Oz is shock - shock that he might actually be held accountable while still alive. 

 

Shall we do a sweeps on what diagnoses he's going to get over the next weeks/months that'll disrupt the trial? Dementia's got to be coming in fast. 

PS one of my claims to infamy is I bumped into him at a restaurant and got a photo with him, which I then posted as a wind-up only to be censored by Meta several months later.

Supposedly, he has cancer. I don't even believe it's true - or at least exaggerated. But I still believe that he'll escape most of the punishment "naturally". And he's 83 years old. Australia just had a similar case with swimming coach Dick Caine.

Now, Dick Caine was already too sick for trial 2023, but only died in 2024. Still, Alan Jones in 2025, is kind of likely, in my opinion.

[Ulitzer95 13,250]

The old bloke off of Neighbours has terminal cancer or summat.

 

4th time posted in main. Just felt left out is all. 

[Gisooo 3,806]

On 30/12/2012 at 12:00, WhoamI said:

 And for the Aussies:

 

Mark “Chopper” Read, Gough Whitlam, Rod Laver, Hazel Hawke, Darrell Eastlake, Mandawuy Yunupingu, Alan Davidson, Helen Garner, Wilson Tuckey, Maggie Tabberer,

Betty Cuthbert, Ugly Dave Gray, Lou Richards, Chrissy Amphlett, Marcia Hines, Arthur Morris, Ken Done, Nick D’Arcy, Noel Kelly, Father Geoffrey Schneider (world's oldest teacher)

 

Australian television icon Maggie Tabberer (Wiki) dead at 87, a few days shy of her 88th birthday

 

[TylerTheCreator 41]

Derryn Hinch (80) hospitalised for procedure to treat atrial fibrillation; also undergoing 5x radiation per week for skin cancer 

 

Dawn Fraser (87) undergoes emergency hip replacement following fall

[YoungWillz 21,754]

Australian Liberal Miinister in various capacities, Kevin Andrews reportedly dead: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-14191801/Former-Liberal-minister-Kevin-Andrews-dead-69.html

[gcreptile 11,426]

Down Under model, and occasional actress, Virginia Hey has had non-Hodgkin's lymphoma spread everywhere, and for a while she seemed on the way out. But after she started to receive immunotherapy, the cancer has reduced in size:

 

https://www.newidea.com.au/celebrity/virginia-hey-cancer/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Hey