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Post by karma on Dec 1, 2023 21:04:54 GMT
surely the more notable death this week was Dean Sullivan who played Jimmy Corkhill in Brookside? Ok perhaps not, but can i raise you with Henry Kissinger instead? Well does Brigit Forsyth trump Henry Kissinger SLR? She was in the Likely Lads ( and Whatever Hapened to the Likely Lads?) as Bob Ferris's girlfriend and then wife. She.was 83. Loved that programme and the whole cast.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Dec 4, 2023 14:42:51 GMT
and then does Glenys Kinnock trump her?
Yes Likely Lads still funny now, the memorable episode being the one they tried to avoid the England score in a football match when they saw part of a newspaper headline saying "England F......"
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Post by karma on Dec 4, 2023 16:13:08 GMT
Yes brilliant , just brilliant .The Likely lads - I like the one where they have the bike race, each cheat and pass each other in turn on the lorry. Maybe we should celebrate people's birthdays first and then celebrate their lives, well... hopefully a lot later. We could celebrate the lives of people who sadly have already departed such as Dermot Morgan who played Father Ted.
My favourite scene where he's having a heart to with Dougal. Ted says " Do you know Dougal when I was shaving this morning and looked in the mirror, there was the face of an old man looking back?"
" Oh, who was that Ted?"
But yes Glennis Kinnock tops Brigit Forsyth - not being political, she was a good politician in her own right. I suppose we could describe Neil Kinnock as husband of Glennis.
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Post by davemorton on Dec 4, 2023 16:55:46 GMT
I enjoyed Neil Kinnock's discomfiture when the Party (of which he was leader) disapproved of relations with South Africa, but Wales were playing them at Cardiff. "I might have glanced at it a couple of times."
It was a bit like me driving to Scarborough in just over an hour and a half, and saying I only exceeded the speed limit once - for about 100 miles - but only once.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Dec 5, 2023 9:11:23 GMT
if you can exceed the speed limit on the A64 to Scarborough you are doing well - clearly a day free of tractors, caravans and seaside trippers
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Post by Hit Wicket on Dec 5, 2023 9:57:52 GMT
Rugby, football, cricket, tennis, running. I did it all. Never had any knee trouble.
But on day two of being a puppy parent I fell over Dougie the Dog and have damaged ligaments in both knees.
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Post by newby on Dec 5, 2023 11:36:16 GMT
Never mind the A64 to Scarborough, you should try living with the A64 to get away from the place.
Don't get me started on tractors, there's at least a dozen slow moving tractors a day pulling trailers full of carrots from the farms around Malton to some processing plant near York.
If it's not illegal to drive a tractor that sort of distance on an A road, then it ought to be.
(Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells)
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Post by karma on Dec 5, 2023 12:05:44 GMT
When our daughter was a tiny tot we used to play games in the car to make it more interesting and as an aid to building up her adding skill. We played spot the tractor , first to see it got 10 points, 3 points for a red telephone box , 1 point for someone walking a dog and so on. If you do this and play the game it will be less of a chore and 'turning a lemon into lemonade'.
I agree about the A64 , staying away from politics it was decades ago promised to be turned into dual carriageway, the same has been made time and time again. I won't get to drive on it fully dual carriage-wayed .I tend to use what I call the Pickering Road out of Scarborough , you won't get there any faster but it's better views most of the way. From Pickering you can cut through to Malton or as we do head for Sutton Bank (pray that a lorry hasn't jack-knifed) and onto west Yorkshire
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Post by slowleftarmer on Dec 6, 2023 7:26:31 GMT
anyway, back to those who have passed away, I am just listening to Radio 2 play Mull of Kintyre, well it is festive season, but apparently Wings band member, Denny Laine has passed away, perhaps more famous for being lead singer in the Moody Blues as opposed to the 3rd one in Wings you cannot recall after Mr & Mrs Mccartney
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Post by karma on Dec 6, 2023 7:44:58 GMT
Oh, Denny Lane , sorry to hear that, liked him in the Moody Blues, sad he had to Go Now.
I do recall Wings very well , Band on the Run , and all . I actually do seem to recall there was some discussion about a dog with wings .
I saw the Moody Blues in the 1960's with the now Mrs. karma at the Lyons concert Hall within the University of York Heslington Campus
In the 1950's I used to play on what became the site of The Lyons Concert Hall, Heslington, York.
I think I'd like my ashes scattered upon the lake at the side of the Lyons Concert Hall, but not for a long time yet.
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Post by newby on Dec 6, 2023 10:27:25 GMT
'Go Now' You just can't stop yourself can you!
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Post by newby on Dec 6, 2023 10:42:25 GMT
Mushfiqur Rahim given out with a rare 'obstructing the field' today in the Test match against New Zealand. 15 wickets for about 220 odd runs so it looks like the wicket from hell.
He actually handled the ball but it seems that now comes under the 'obstructing the field' laws.
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Post by slowleftarmer on Dec 6, 2023 11:23:21 GMT
What goes around comes around doesn't it. Wasn't it Bangladesh who had the controversial timed out decision against Mathews work in their favour? Although here, I dont think there was any controversy or unsporting appeal. It was pretty clear cut!
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Post by karma on Dec 6, 2023 16:20:10 GMT
Today is the 46th birthday of Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff. Fortunately we're not discussing his obituary and no amount of money can compensate for what he's been through in the last couple of years.
He obviously will be remembered for his cricketing prowess, including for England and also for his Top Gear escapades. He is currently abroad (I think with the Lions) and recently announced as the new 2024 Coach for the Northern Superchargers, though as a Yorkshireman and as much as I like Lancastrian Freddie that won't persuade me to attend a Hundred game again.
I do actually recall Freddie taking part in a different sport and at one time even considering turning professional in it.
1) What was the sport?
2) What does he have tattooed on his left shoulder?
3) How did he get the name "Freddie"?
PS I'm notoriously inaccurate with facts, spelling and punctuation but all three correct answers are required.
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Post by davemorton on Dec 6, 2023 17:03:28 GMT
When I was a boy, a friend of mine got work back from the teacher marked "Careless spelling and punction." Sir was not amused to have his mistake pointed out.
At Burton GS, one lad's geography essay came back with something illegible scribbled at the bottom. He went up and asked what it said, and was given a clout for his trouble. Later we puzzled it out between us. "Write more legibly." The teacher was called Illingworth, and played cricket for the town club, but in our opinion the world would have been a better place without him.
And I have no idea what Flintoff has tattooed on his shoulder, but I do know the other two answers.
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