Amazon exiles discussion
The Gone But Not Forgotten RIP Thread
Tech XXIII wrote: "peggy lipton - may 11 - she was (amongst other things) the put upon owner of the 'double r' diner, norma jennings, in the town of twin peaks."But more well-known as Mrs Quincy Jones.
Or even from "Mod Squad".
I really thought Doris would make the 100. A beautiful singer.
Val wrote: "I really thought Doris would make the 100."Que sera sera...
My Mum used to adore Doris Day. She dared to take a day off Work once, calling in as being sick, just so that she could spend an afternoon at a matinee performance of a Doris Day Film. She bumped into her Boss just as she was leaving! - both of them smiled at each other and when she went back to Work the next day nothing was ever said about it ;o>
I had a message today from a friend I’ve known since we were at primary school, saying she remembered my album of Doris Day photos. Had to tell her I’ve still got it. Back then I wanted to be Calamity Jane - still do.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MnUr....
nocheese wrote: "I had a message today from a friend I’ve known since we were at primary school, saying she remembered my album of Doris Day photos. Had to tell her I’ve still got it. Back then I wanted to be Calamity Jane - still do":-)
We need to have a Forum collection to buy nocheese a Calamity Jane outfit ;o>
suzysunshine7 wrote: "We need to have a Forum collection to buy nocheese a Calamity Jane outfit ;o>"She's already got one :-D
♫ ... "Whip-crack-away, whip-crack-away, whip-crack-away!" ... ♫;o>
SussexWelsh wrote: "suzysunshine7 wrote: "We need to have a Forum collection to buy nocheese a Calamity Jane outfit ;o>"She's already got one :-D"
Took the words out of my mouth, SW.
Aw no, say it isn't true....Grumpy cat has pulled her last scowl! Only 7 years old..died from complications re an urinary infection.Real name was Tarder Sauce (!), she was born with dwarfism, she had a under bite that gave her that distinctive scowling look.....but apparently she was a sweetie in real life.
RIP Grumpy Cat.
Farewell Robert James Lee (Bob) Hawke, Australia's longest serving Labor Prime Minister (1983-1991). Trade unionist, Rhodes scholar, a larrikin and knockabout, but always a man of the people and blessed with the gift of gaining consensus from both sides of politics. He was once named in the Guinness Book of Records for skolling a yard glass of ale in then record time (11 seconds) during his Oxford days but became a tee-totaller when elected to Parliament. Anecdotes about Hawkey abound. We all saw him on TV the day Australia won the America's Cup (1983) and he said "Any boss who sacks anyone for not turning up today is a bum!". He was sports mad. He was a cricket tragic. He swore. He was never afraid to party. But he never lost the common touch and would talk to anyone. As one tribute said: "He never thought he was superior to the people; he was just in a superior job." I loved the story of when his horse won the Golden Slipper in 2001, he shouted drinks for the whole crowd (some 30,000) - free drinks for all for the next hour! But there was a serious side - his Government created Medicare, brokered the Prices and Incomes Accord, floated the Australian dollar, deregulated the financial sector, introduced the Family Assistance Scheme, brought in superannuation pension schemes for all workers and fought tirelessly against apartheid in South Africa. I doubt we'll see his like again any time soon.
niki lauda. eh? lauda........ok, LAUDA!jamie 'smug bastid deserves it, the sugar thievin' f***er' oliver's restaurant business. rest in puke, y'bastid!
(i am however, heart sorry for those that work for him, except those who like him, which will be none anyway - ha ha! jamie nae pals!)
You had me convinced that Jamie Oliver had died for a minute or two there!
we can dream!disclaimer; i'm well aware that wasn't nice, was not big or clever, and i should go sit on the naughty step and think about what i've done, before sending myself to bed with no supper!
I think it's a fair enough comment once you take all of the Rab C Nesbitt out of it - LOL!!! - but then I would say that because I don't like him either ;o>Thanks to him the next generation will grow up on a 'healthy' Diet that is going to be chock-full of Artificial Sweeteners instead of Sugar - which I personally believe will sadly put them at an even higher risk of developing life-threatening medical conditions and also of creating genetic flaws in their own children ;o<
Val wrote: "Farewell Robert James Lee (Bob) Hawke, Australia's longest serving Labor Prime Minister (1983-1991). Trade unionist, Rhodes scholar, a larrikin and knockabout, but always a man of the people and bl..."Quite a week for Aussie politics. I don't really understand much of what goes on, especially at the minute, but I do recall Bob Hawke as a huge personality and it sounds like he was a good guy as well. It was funny to read on another thread when you wrote about avoiding the crowds on election day - the result of compulsory voting and never a problem here. What's your take on it Val?
Tech XXIII wrote: "niki lauda. eh? lauda........ok, LAUDA!jamie 'smug bastid deserves it, the sugar thievin' f***er' oliver's restaurant business. rest in puke, y'bastid!
(i am however, heart sorry for those that ..."
Not all of his restuarts are affected Techy..his Fifteen Cornwall, which operates under a different franchise, and his international restuarants, trading as Jamie's Italian, Jamie's Pizzeria and Jamie's Deli, are uneffected.
I never realised that he had so many..i thought he only had that Fifteen one!
But yeah...hard luck to the 1000 employees losing their living with the other places.
nocheese wrote: "Quite a week for Aussie politics. I don't really understand much of what goes on, especially at the minute, but I do recall Bob Hawke as a huge personality and it sounds like he was a good guy as well. It was funny to read on another thread when you wrote about avoiding the crowds on election day - the result of compulsory voting and never a problem here. What's your take on it Val?..."I think the result reflects what a big country Australia is and local issues were front and centre. I wasn't surprised that the Coalition (Liberal/National) won, but, equally, I wouldn't have been surprised if Labor had won. The polls had Labor ahead but the leader, Bill Shorten, is a bit on the nose with the electorate (I don't mind him; he has now stood down and I'm not too sure of the two leading contenders). Climate change should have been the major issue. Shorten was equivocal on the proposed Adani coal mine. If he was thought to be against it, it would have cost him votes in Queensland. If he was thought to support it, it would have cost him votes from conservationists/renewable energy supporters. It will bring many jobs to Queensland but it will also have major pollution concerns for the Great Barrier Reef, besides being outdated technology.
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Queensland was Labor's undoing. If there is a right-wing, conservative, Christian stronghold in Australia, call it Queensland. I think they're a bit like Texans - don't like to be told what to do, think they're still an independent nation. Another factor may have been young voters. I overheard this theory on the train yesterday. When we had the "voluntary postal survey" on same-sex marriage last year, many young people felt strongly about the issue and rushed to enroll to vote. Did they feel the same interest when it came to the national election? Our voting (preferential) is quite complicated. In my seat, there were 6 candidates for the House of Representatives - you have to vote 1 to 6 in the order of your preference. In the Upper House, there were 82 candidates for the state of Victoria. (if I lived in new South Wales, I'd have been faced with 104!). The ballot paper is about the size of an unwound toilet roll. You can fill in every box if you want to, but the easier option is to place 6 votes above the line (for the party rather than the individuals) or a minimum of 12 below the line (all 82 nominations). I got to 16 and then gave up because there's more chance of making a mistake. But you can see how it would be very intimidating for a first time voter and very easy to err. I know one young friend who always puts in a donkey vote because he feels he doesn't know the issues.
But if I were to summarise, I'd say, just like many countries in the world, the electorate chose self-interest over the good of the many. "I don't want to pay more taxes and the sick, the poor, the unemployed, the old, etc. just need to pick themselves up!"
"trading as Jamie's Italian, Jamie's Pizzeria and Jamie's Deli"you forgot Jamie's F***ed!
Val wrote: "nocheese wrote: "Quite a week for Aussie politics. I don't really understand much of what goes on, especially at the minute, but I do recall Bob Hawke as a huge personality and it sounds like he wa..."Thanks for that thorough and well thought out reply Val. I'm a bit clearer now (I think!). The voting system sounds like a nightmare - I can't imagine the response of the average Brit voter faced with such a ballot paper.
WoW?!! - I think I'd suffer a Nervous Breakdown every time I was presented with a Ballot Paper like that! It sounds terrible! - and I wonder how many folk mess up on filling it in and how many mistakes end up in unintentionally voting in and out some Candidates ?!! ;oO
RIP Theresa May, died June 7th. We'll miss your evasiveness to answering any question and constant self harm.. Run free through your field of corn knowing a place as worst PM since David Cameron is secure in posterity,
maybe if she ran free in a yard full of rusty razor wire............
Sera69 wrote: "RIP Theresa May, died June 7th. We'll miss your evasiveness to answering any question and constant self harm.. Run free through your field of corn knowing a place as worst PM since David Cameron is..."It's only fate preventing Corbyn from seizing that title in perpetuity! 😉
Why is Boris the only MP, whom is referred to by his middle name, when all the others are referred to by their surnames?Boris' full name is Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson. Personally..i'd prefer De Pfeffel...cos then i could call him de piffle Pfeffel! :)
you can call him what you like, duke, i'll stick to wanker!
TheFoe wrote: "Boris, Corbyn, Farage...shudder!"Bet y'all miss Maggie now, eh! She lost her way a bit at the end, but we've not had a decent PM since she was forced out.
i despised Thatcher!!!we've not had a great PM since i've been alive!
"She lost her way a bit at the end"yeah, when she couldn't obtain the funding for her death camps for the poor and the aged! the woman was a f***ing monster!
theDuke wrote: "Why is Boris the only MP, whom is referred to by his middle name, when all the others are referred to by their surnames?"The middle name thing isn't unusual: James Harold Wilson, Leonard James Callaghan and James Gordon Brown all used their middle names. Others have routinely been referred to in the press by their forenames: Maggie, Jim (Callaghan), Ted (Heath), etc.
Ding Dong! The Witch is dead!Anybody else find May's tearful exit just a shade too well timed to perfection to be convincing? Her parting shot was unbelievable "....I do so with no ill will...." and not any form of apology, sincere or otherwise for presiding over the worst term of office since God knows when. Certainly not in my lifetime.
And next......
🎶"Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right....🎶
I'm guessing Boris would be one of the clowns then?! :)
Tim wrote: "TheFoe wrote: "Boris, Corbyn, Farage...shudder!"Bet y'all miss Maggie now, eh! She lost her way a bit at the end, but we've not had a decent PM since she was forced out."
Certainly no Prime Minister with her backbone, which is what's been lacking during the Brexit negotiations/capitulation.
What a horrible litany of barstools there's been since.
John Major, the grey fool, who got back to basics with Edwina.
Used car salesman and all round snake oil salesman, Blair.
The dour fat Scot with his calculator Gordon.
Call Me Dave, left his kid in a car park and ran for the hills at his own referendum result.
And best of all Cruella, a woman who's achieved nothing except wasting an inordinate amount of time.........doing erm....well....feck all.
What next? Mr Bean or Bo Jo, or possibly leftie loon perpetual student meeting beard soiled Corbyn.........
LMAO..........and then some....
Serial wrote: "Tim wrote: "TheFoe wrote: "Boris, Corbyn, Farage...shudder!"Bet y'all miss Maggie now, eh! She lost her way a bit at the end, but we've not had a decent PM since she was forced out."
Certainly n..."
you forgot to add dodgy televangelist to B. Liar's litany of crimes
Mr. Bean.... Ha! Like it.Michael Gove on announcing his bid for leadership said that he will unite the Tory Party, take us out of the EU and be ready to lead the country. I was half expecting him to whip out a fez and add "Just like that!" with a Tommy Cooper impression. What else Mikey? Walking on water whilst curing the lepers and feeding the multitude with two tins of beans and a Pot Noodle from the local foodbank?
Very sad at the passing of Jake Black aka The Very Reverend D Wayne Love from Alabama 3 at 59. Easily one of the best live acts I've ever seen. His input into some of their classics created a truly wonderful and unique band.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W3A3...
Singer-Songwriter, Leon Redbone, has died at the age of 69. He was best known for Vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley Music during his career and released 16 full-length Albums.
An idiosyncratic artist who ploughed his own furrow and definitely an acquired taste which maybe contributed to his lack of commercial success and wider recognition in the more mainstream media. Still considerd a force majeure and much respected by his peers, well worth a listen.
Irene Sutcliffe who played Maggie Clegg in the early episodes of the Street dies aged 88, very much a nostalgic memory of my youth.
Roky Erickson — lead vocalist and principal songwriter for the psychedelic band the 13th Floor Elevators and one of the leading lights of Texas rock — died Friday in Austin. He was 71.https://variety.com/2019/music/news/r...
"He was 71"i think time is measured differently on his home planet!
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