Sean 6,340 Posted July 8, 2017 I will start the ball rolling by adding Liu Xiaobo as my 21st baby boomer. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,232 Posted July 8, 2017 The only way you're going to get me to gamble on a name is if they are considered ill and too big to miss on my end. Interesting twist though. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted July 9, 2017 My first gamble, just one to test the water, has been made with 80 names added to the GI Generation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,340 Posted July 9, 2017 9 hours ago, Deathray said: My first gamble, just one to test the water, has been made with 80 names added to the GI Generation. If they dont obit you have to replace them with 2 new names. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted July 9, 2017 1 hour ago, Shaun of the Dead said: If they dont obit you have to replace them with 2 new names. That's going to be fun.... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 8,008 Posted July 9, 2017 3 hours ago, Deathray said: That's going to be fun.... Well, at least William Frankland will obit... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted July 9, 2017 1 minute ago, Death Impends said: Well, at least William Frankland will obit... So should Renee Simonot, Geoffrey Alexander Rowley Conway, Mary Carlisles and Connie Sawyer... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,489 Posted July 9, 2017 Goodness, that's some list. Even got some folk I'd never heard of before. Also, most of them will piss obits. Papers love the really really old but also quasi actually famous. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathray 2,941 Posted July 9, 2017 41 minutes ago, msc said: Goodness, that's some list. Even got some folk I'd never heard of before. Also, most of them will piss obits. Papers love the really really old but also quasi actually famous. Before anyone actually gives me any credit for the list it's the top eighty on the living centenarians wiki page, plus the original 20. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,489 Posted July 9, 2017 And there was me thinking you had meticulously put together the list of new names in order of dates of birth. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,593 Posted July 10, 2017 On 09/07/2017 at 00:43, Shaun of the Dead said: Exactly we are all adults. Except Joey Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,232 Posted July 10, 2017 5 hours ago, Bibliogryphon said: Except Joey I'll be an adult in less than two years... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,593 Posted July 10, 2017 12 minutes ago, Joey Russ said: I'll be an adult in less than two years... In just over two years I will be L Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted July 26, 2017 G.I. Generation: 1) Norman Lloyd 2) Connie Sawyer 3) Jerry Maren 4) Kirk Douglas5) George H.W Bush6) Michael Anderson7) Billy Graham 8) Herman Wouk9) King Michael Of Romania 10)Robert Mugabe11) Diana Athill 12) Anton Coppola 13) Jean of Luxembourg 14) I. M Pei15) Jake Lamotta 16) Bob Dole17) Stan Lee18) Mary Wilson (Baroness Wilson) 19) Sheila Mercier20) Peter Carrington Silent Generation: 1) Charlotte Rae 2) Thomas S. Monson 3) Rosalynn Carter4) Barbara Bush5) Jerry Lewis 6) June Brown 7)Sidney Poitier8) Bruce Forsyth 9) Cloris Leachman 10) Dick Van Dyke 11)Nobby Stiles 12) Valerie Harper13) Colin Meads 14) Clive James 15) Jimmy Greaves 16) Richard McKenzie (All In The Family)17) Joe Jackson18) Glen Campbell19) Gordon Banks 20) Ian St John Baby Boom Generation: 1) Keith Richards 2) Christy Dignam 3) Shane MacGowan4) Malcolm Young 5) Cher 6) Linda Nolan 7) Phil Collins 8) Freddie Starr9) Charles Bradley 10)Tony Iommi 11) Ian Lavender 12) Graham Richardson (Australian Politician) 13) Kareem Adbul-Jabbar 14) Kenny Sansom15) Eberhard van der Laan16) Johnny Hallyday 17) Sharon (Percy) Rockefeller 18) Martin Peters 19)Rick Davies (of Supertramp)20) Bobby Heenan jesus, Baby Boomers was harder than I thought.... Let me know if I messed up on something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted July 27, 2017 June Foray is dead for anybody that picked her. Cba to post link on mobile but it's posted a couple of topics. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,232 Posted July 27, 2017 Just looking through the teams, did Jacque Fresco obit? A couple of people have him... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted July 27, 2017 3 hours ago, Joey Russ said: Just looking through the teams, did Jacque Fresco obit? A couple of people have him... Doesn't look like it. I can only find a blog and his website that posted it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,340 Posted July 27, 2017 If no QO by 18th August he will need to be replaced by those who picked him with two picks from his generation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 12,002 Posted July 27, 2017 41 minutes ago, FixedBusiness said: Doesn't look like it. I can only find a blog and his website that posted it. It may not represent a QO, but New York Times is not a blog. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FixedBusiness 407 Posted July 27, 2017 26 minutes ago, drol said: It may not represent a QO, but New York Times is not a blog. oh, I completely missed that, stupid me... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,232 Posted July 27, 2017 1 minute ago, FixedBusiness said: oh, I completely missed that, stupid me... It's okay, we all have those moments... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bibliogryphon 9,593 Posted August 3, 2017 Hywel Bennett is the second hit on my Baby Boomer team. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,078 Posted August 3, 2017 41 minutes ago, Bibliogryphon said: Hywel Bennett is the second hit on my Baby Boomer team. Is there a QO yet? I guess when this started the Indy was a qualifier? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,078 Posted August 3, 2017 48 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Is there a QO yet? I guess when this started the Indy was a qualifier? He's got a BBC one now: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-40814843 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sean 6,340 Posted August 3, 2017 Anyone have Robert Hardy? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
