drol 11,946 Posted January 28, 2017 Patience has its limits, it seems. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted January 28, 2017 About time you vented TMIB! We should be rallying round to help and re-reading the rules before we come on here. I have nothing but the utmost admiration for someone who can handle a job like this. 10 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted January 28, 2017 Aye, I'd have probs snapped long ago running a pool of this magnitude. It's commendable that TMIB's kept his cool for as long as he has. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caisson 37 Posted January 28, 2017 Patience has its limits, it seems. Yeah. Also, I heard it's "not best advised" to use hydrogen in an airship... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted January 28, 2017 So the Daily Record doesn't count, but a live thread mention in the bbc's football section (which covers virtually every professional match) does? What a fucking joke. I'll be padding my team out with no name footballer players next year. It does look like a good source of qualifying obits. Eastleigh goalkeeper Ryan Clarke's dad died last year http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/37731905 Tommy Bryceland died last year too. Despite getting a mention in the Daily Record, The Herald and the Scotsman he wouldn't have counted (if anyone had picked him) until he got THIS mention in a live page "After a minute's applause at Carrow Road for former Norwich player Tommy Bryceland, who has died aged 76, we get under way." http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/35207755 Dai Williams, the kit man for the Welsh Football team passed away unnoticed - apart from a comment here[/size] http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/31963750 I notice that these pages invite comments from the public, some of which are published so it might be possible to sneak in a wee mention of the death of a woman who danced with a man who danced with a girl who danced with the prince of Wales.[/size] AND I LIKE PAUL LAMBERT ! ! ![/size] HE SCORED A CRACKER FOR CELTIC AGAINST RANGERS:-)[/size] £30 , 7/1 for 2-0 'tic. I 'leaked' a little in the pub when it went in. Only time I was in that pub in Granton Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
charon 4,943 Posted January 28, 2017 Ftr , the Hun nailed obits in 2 countries so far....more than most Newcastle players ever would. Make that 3 countries... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 29, 2017 I just looked and nowhere do I see my GRIS GRIS theme team?! I posted the lineup here on this thread. Same as my other theme team MADE IN DETROIT which we had a lively discussion about Mike Ilitch here on this thread. What gives? I'll chalk it up to oversight. Sir C. Edit: See posts 67 and 105 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Going Underground 74 Posted January 29, 2017 I'm hoping the big boys will pick up on fellow journo Paul Mcgill who died the other day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted January 29, 2017 I just looked and nowhere do I see my GRIS GRIS theme team?! I posted the lineup here on this thread. Same as my other theme team MADE IN DETROIT which we had a lively discussion about Mike Ilitch here on this thread. What gives? I'll chalk it up to oversight. Sir C. Edit: See posts 67 and 105 You did email them to the DDP address, linked in Post 1? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted January 29, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/brunhilde-pomsel-secretary-to-nazi-propaganda-minister-joseph-goebbels-dies-at-106/2017/01/29/ab645200-dcf6-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html Brunhilde De Pomsel has died aged 106.Press Secretary of Chief Nazi propagandist Goebbels. Will be a second hit for my Gooseberry Crumble Team if there's a qualifying obituary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted January 29, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/brunhilde-pomsel-secretary-to-nazi-propaganda-minister-joseph-goebbels-dies-at-106/2017/01/29/ab645200-dcf6-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html Brunhilde Pomsel has died aged 106.Press Secretary of Chief Nazi propagandist Goebbels. Will be a second hit for my Gooseberry Crumble Team if there's a qualifying obituary FTFY. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted January 29, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/brunhilde-pomsel-secretary-to-nazi-propaganda-minister-joseph-goebbels-dies-at-106/2017/01/29/ab645200-dcf6-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html Brunhilde De Pomsel has died aged 106.Press Secretary of Chief Nazi propagandist Goebbels. Will be a second hit for my Gooseberry Crumble Team if there's a qualifying obituary There's yer QO 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted January 29, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/brunhilde-pomsel-secretary-to-nazi-propaganda-minister-joseph-goebbels-dies-at-106/2017/01/29/ab645200-dcf6-11e6-ad42-f3375f271c9c_story.html Brunhilde De Pomsel has died aged 106.Press Secretary of Chief Nazi propagandist Goebbels. Will be a second hit for my Gooseberry Crumble Team if there's a qualifying obituary There's yer QO Cheers thanks very much! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 30, 2017 I just looked and nowhere do I see my GRIS GRIS theme team?! I posted the lineup here on this thread. Same as my other theme team MADE IN DETROIT which we had a lively discussion about Mike Ilitch here on this thread. What gives? I'll chalk it up to oversight. Sir C. Edit: See posts 67 and 105 Did you PM me the teams? Did you send an email? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drunkasaskunk 194 Posted January 30, 2017 I just looked and nowhere do I see my GRIS GRIS theme team?! I posted the lineup here on this thread. Same as my other theme team MADE IN DETROIT which we had a lively discussion about Mike Ilitch here on this thread. What gives? I'll chalk it up to oversight. Sir C. Edit: See posts 67 and 105 Did you PM me the teams? Did you send an email? Doesn't telepathy work for fuck's sake !!!! ?? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted January 30, 2017 I just looked and nowhere do I see my GRIS GRIS theme team?! I posted the lineup here on this thread. Same as my other theme team MADE IN DETROIT which we had a lively discussion about Mike Ilitch here on this thread. What gives? I'll chalk it up to oversight. Sir C. Edit: See posts 67 and 105 Did you PM me the teams? Did you send an email? Doesn't telepathy work for fuck's sake !!!! ?? Oy vey. NO TMIB. Seriously, I presumed posting was equivalent to the formalities. Only reason I emailed my main team was for secrecy, not formalities. I guess you'd have shut me out totally had I not done so. 'Lucky' me. SMH lesson learned. SC Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
msc 18,465 Posted January 30, 2017 Sir Creep, with the due respect, you really ought to start reading the rules for deadpools you enter. Or, if you can't see them, ask a friendly Deathlister for their whereabouts. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,946 Posted January 30, 2017 Patience has its limits, it seems. Yeah. Also, I heard it's "not best advised" to use hydrogen in an airship... Oh, the Hindenburg tragedy. Good times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,044 Posted January 31, 2017 Brought Forward: Good work TMIB!!! And we are off and running again with Round Up #3: Billy Simpson: https://forums.death...-2017/?p=295230 (Carried Over) BBC "Obit": http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/football/38781740 Barbara Hale: https://forums.death...ivors/?p=295318 (Carried Over) Daily Mail Obit: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/ap/article-4166084/Perry-Mason-actress-Barbara-Hale-dies-94.html John Hurt: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/9034-the-dead-of-2017/?p=295334 (Mirror Obit In Link) Emmanuelle Riva: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/7873-foreign-personalities-from-stage-screen-politics-and-life/?p=295400 (Guardian Obit In Link) Paul McGill: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/7817-journalists/?p=295646 Awaiting Obit. Brunhilde Pomsel: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/607-nazi-of-ss/?p=295667 BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-38793048 Hannah Lyson: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8709-only-famous-for-being-ill-and-dying/?p=295685 (Sun Obit In Link) John Wetton: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8598-close-to-the-end/?p=295875 Daily Mirror Obit: http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/king-crimsons-john-wetton-dead-9727850 Ken Morrison: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/9034-the-dead-of-2017/?p=296080 BBC: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38827688 Desmond Carrington: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/9034-the-dead-of-2017/?p=296154 BBC Obit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-38835961 Katherine Fryer: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/6496-art-for-deaths-sake/?p=296219 (Telegraph Death Notice In Link) Gordon Aikman: https://forums.deathlist.net/topic/8709-only-famous-for-being-ill-and-dying/?p=296389 (Mirror Obit In Link) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
themaninblack 2,112 Posted January 31, 2017 Don't they know there are other months in the year to die? 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,342 Posted January 31, 2017 So the Daily Record doesn't count, but a live thread mention in the bbc's football section (which covers virtually every professional match) does? What a fucking joke. I'll be padding my team out with no name footballer players next year. Do your own dead pool then. I'm sick of this fucking moan, moan fucking moan. I've worked by balls off for EIGHT FUCKING YEARS and all I get it "Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi!" If you don't like the rules, don't fucking enter. Simple as fucking that. That's it. 2017 is MY LAST YEAR. PERIOD. Someone else can fucking do it. I'm sick of my time being wasted like this. Someone else can take up the fucking cudgel and spend hour after hour, entering teams, making updates etc etc and having to put up with moaning minnies every fucking year. I've taken it as far as i can go. No more. and Paul Lambert can fuck off an' all... Please try not to let some people's moaning and negativity to dishearten you. Please don't make any hasty final decisions just yet. I think your doing a brilliant and fantastic job. I have no problem with the rules you set out. I'm half Scottish and have spent much of my recent years in Scotland and don't think there's anything anti Scottish at all in your system. The other half of me is scouse which is also another motivation for me to feel I should rush to your defence. Some People need to take a step back and think about what their saying. I am very grateful to you for all your hardwork. It's impossible to please everyone so don't get stressed even trying. Take care mate ☺ 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joey Russ 7,227 Posted January 31, 2017 Something I noticed, for some reason, the links from the drop 40 page doesn't seem to work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted January 31, 2017 So the Daily Record doesn't count, but a live thread mention in the bbc's football section (which covers virtually every professional match) does? What a fucking joke. I'll be padding my team out with no name footballer players next year. Do your own dead pool then. I'm sick of this fucking moan, moan fucking moan. I've worked by balls off for EIGHT FUCKING YEARS and all I get it "Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi!" If you don't like the rules, don't fucking enter. Simple as fucking that. That's it. 2017 is MY LAST YEAR. PERIOD. Someone else can fucking do it. I'm sick of my time being wasted like this. Someone else can take up the fucking cudgel and spend hour after hour, entering teams, making updates etc etc and having to put up with moaning minnies every fucking year. I've taken it as far as i can go. No more. and Paul Lambert can fuck off an' all... Please try not to let some people's moaning and negativity to dishearten you. Please don't make any hasty final decisions just yet. I think your doing a brilliant and fantastic job. I have no problem with the rules you set out. I'm half Scottish and have spent much of my recent years in Scotland and don't think there's anything anti Scottish at all in your system. The other half of me is scouse which is also another motivation for me to feel I should rush to your defence. Some People need to take a step back and think about what their saying. I am very grateful to you for all your hardwork. It's impossible to please everyone so don't get stressed even trying. Take care mate ☺ I will add my thanks and appreciation for your work Blackie. The rules are very straightforward and if people want to moan about it, let them. I, like many others have failed to get a "hit" for picks in the DDP that fail to get the required obit but keep a good attitude about it. The great majority of the players are the same. If you decide to stop running the DDP it will be understandable but I hope you continue. Once again, thanks for all your hard work these last several years. 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deadsox 894 Posted January 31, 2017 I just looked and nowhere do I see my GRIS GRIS theme team?! I posted the lineup here on this thread. Same as my other theme team MADE IN DETROIT which we had a lively discussion about Mike Ilitch here on this thread. What gives? I'll chalk it up to oversight. Sir C. Edit: See posts 67 and 105 Hey Sir C, you say there was a lively discussion about Michael Ilitch in this thread. I'm not seeing it but am interested since our Death League draft is coming up in late February. Is he finally going to go? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Death Impends 7,975 Posted January 31, 2017 Re Ilitch - the convo about him wasn't in this thread, but the Salvage Lot one. He was on my DDP shortlist as there were rumors he was in a very bad way, but I decided not to pick him since Jeff Moss, the main source of these rumors, has been banging the "Ilitch is dying!" drum for a few years now - on top of Sir Creep's theme leading me to assume he wouldn't be unique. Only he would've been after all, for the theme team wasn't properly entered! Mind, I think shooting for uniques from 80+ names is a weak DDP strategy in this day and age anyway, between the improved research game among many of us and the Drop 40 bonus. He probably is unwell, but pretty much a "is he really at death's door or just old"? gamble. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites