RIP 2022
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@catogrande said in RIP 2022:
Tom Smith. Sad news. A genuine world class player.
Sad. Far too young. Bloody cancer.
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@catogrande Only 50. Cancer sucks.
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@antipodean said in RIP 2022:
@catogrande Only 50. Cancer sucks.
His teammate Doddie Weir was looking really unwell recently too ( Moto neurons disease )
It is horrible how the body packs up sometimes.
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@machpants said in RIP 2022:
Shit - I never knew Jack Higgins was a pseudonym. As a kid, I'd scour the library shelves every visit on the off-chance of a new Jack Higgins, or a new Alastair MacLean.
And, as it so happens, just in the last month - decided to go on a bit of a nostalgia trip, and downloaded the Jack Higgins bibliography in epub format.
Also - recently re-watched The Eagle Has Landed recently... it stands up remarkably well. Watching it really highlighted how much modern movies spell every little thing out, whereas some of those older movies assumed the audience had some intelligence.Anyway, I'm sure Harry/Jack is now wearing a long duffel coat, in the dark spot directly under a street lamp on a cold rainy night in heaven, and getting ready to pick a fight with some sort of bully (or group of bullies), before picking up some too-young hottie and charming her with a classic Irish-rogue accent.
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@machpants said in RIP 2022:
Shit - I never knew Jack Higgins was a pseudonym. As a kid, I'd scour the library shelves every visit on the off-chance of a new Jack Higgins, or a new Alastair MacLean.
And, as it so happens, just in the last month - decided to go on a bit of a nostalgia trip, and downloaded the Jack Higgins bibliography in epub format.
Also - recently re-watched The Eagle Has Landed recently... it stands up remarkably well. Watching it really highlighted how much modern movies spell every little thing out, whereas some of those older movies assumed the audience had some intelligence.Anyway, I'm sure Harry/Jack is now wearing a long duffel coat, in the dark spot directly under a street lamp on a cold rainy night in heaven, and getting ready to pick a fight with some sort of bully (or group of bullies), before picking up some too-young hottie and charming her with a classic Irish-rogue accent.
I'm going to have to go all retro in my choice of books after that post.
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Gilbert Gottfried, iconic comedian, dies at 67 after long illness
Gottfried died at 2:35 p.m. ET Tuesday from recurrent ventricular tachycardia due to myotonic dystrophy type II.
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They make some epoic beer, I love their APA
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@Machpants said in RIP 2022:
They make some epoic beer, I love their APA
Their double Milk Stout is the one I remember best from lockdown, what a delicious drop that is.
RIP.
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Former Otago prop dies suddenly in Japan
Tributes are flowing after the death of a Otago prop turned respected coach.
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Like it was yesterday, I remember the first ice hockey ever broadcast on NZ tv was a mid-70s Stanley Cup between Le Canadiens and the Bruins. This guy was the undisputed superstar, a flashy goal-scoring machine. His team won four straight Cups. I remember stories about Lafleur chain-smoking in the locker room between periods. No helmets either. Old school. R.I.P.
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Oh, man. Been a lousy year for superstar groupies. Last year we saw the passing of Sweet Sweet Connie. Now it’s Cynthia Plaster Caster. RIP girls, you lived the lifestyle.
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Fuck.
Teen fleeing police causes car wreck that kills rugby legend, cops say
Wannenburg, 41, was traveling through Houston with his wife, Evette, their ten-year-old daughter and son Francois, 8, on Friday at 6pm when they were hit by the other car.
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This is a bit sad, something always comforting about hearing him on ZB talking about “in my day”. I’ll miss him not being there on long drives.
RIP and thanks for some quite funny talkback over the years !
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@Kid-Chocolate said in RIP 2022:
Oh, man. Been a lousy year for superstar groupies. Last year we saw the passing of Sweet Sweet Connie. Now it’s Cynthia Plaster Caster. RIP girls, you lived the lifestyle.
"Behold the famous groupies, they are alike as two peas
And where the other goes, the other goes
But though the famous groupies are only paid in rupees
Nobody knows what the famous groupies know
And nobody goes where the famous groupies go"Paul McCartney
