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« Reply #690 on: May 09, 2020, 04:37:48 PM » |
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booder
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« Reply #693 on: June 17, 2020, 11:03:05 AM » |
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R.I.P Willie.
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Quote from: action man im not speculating, either, but id have been pretty peeved if i missed the thread and i ended up getting clipped, kindly accepting a lift home.
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. Martin Luther King Jr
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« Reply #694 on: June 17, 2020, 11:09:52 AM » |
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The older I get, the better I was.
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Marky147
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« Reply #695 on: June 17, 2020, 11:38:17 AM » |
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RIP. Lovely bloke, and even gave me a hiding at snooker when I was about 10 years old. Remember when he did an exhibition at the old man's, he parked up outside the ladbrokes in the high street, and got all his bets on before coming up to the club to see the place before the evening
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« Reply #696 on: June 18, 2020, 10:10:14 AM » |
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Quite fitting that his death was announced as Breaking News.
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Sheriff Fatman
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« Reply #697 on: June 18, 2020, 10:12:04 AM » |
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By any standard, this one is a true icon.
Dame Vera Lynn passes away, aged 103.
In the middle of Coronavirus, "We'll Meet Again" has been a well-used phrase, most notably by the Queen.
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"...And If You Flash Him A Smile He'll Take Your Teeth As Deposit..." "Sheriff Fatman" - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
2006 Blonde Caption Comp Ultimate Champion (to be replaced by actual poker achievements when I have any)
GUKPT Online Main Event Winner 2008 (yay, a poker achievement!)
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« Reply #698 on: June 18, 2020, 11:19:06 AM » |
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By any standard, this one is a true icon.
Dame Vera Lynn passes away, aged 103.
In the middle of Coronavirus, "We'll Meet Again" has been a well-used phrase, most notably by the Queen.
Vera Lynn and the Queen would have been the last two people who would have been well known by British people during WW2 that were still alive.
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« Reply #699 on: June 18, 2020, 11:35:00 AM » |
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Saddened to hear about Willie Thorne - 66 is really no age.
We never will be able to play that decider now - we played two games in 1974.
RIP
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"Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. It satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time maddening and rewarding and it is without a doubt the greatest game that mankind has ever invented." - Arnold Palmer aka The King.
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« Reply #700 on: June 18, 2020, 11:38:42 AM » |
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Saddened to hear about Willie Thorne - 66 is really no age.
We never will be able to play that decider now - we played two games in 1974.
RIP
I did wonder Ralph if you had ever shared a frame with the great man being East Midlands based.
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« Reply #701 on: June 18, 2020, 12:21:57 PM » |
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Saddened to hear about Willie Thorne - 66 is really no age.
We never will be able to play that decider now - we played two games in 1974.
RIP
I did wonder Ralph if you had ever shared a frame with the great man being East Midlands based. I was living in Toronto at that time and he came over for the inaugural CNE Canadian Open in 1974. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Canadian_OpenI believe he had just recently turned pro. Cliff Thorburn(who I was pretty friendly with at the time) suggested that Willie give me 40-start and we played a couple of games for $50 a frame. He made a century in the first and won it easily, he was around 20-points ahead in the second when he laft me a half-ball cut on the yellow into the green pocket which I made and then cleaned up the rest of the colours from their spots to win on the black. Willie must have thought Cliff had put him in a trap as he packed in after that - thankfully.
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"Golf is deceptively simple and endlessly complicated. It satisfies the soul and frustrates the intellect. It is at the same time maddening and rewarding and it is without a doubt the greatest game that mankind has ever invented." - Arnold Palmer aka The King.
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« Reply #702 on: June 19, 2020, 12:42:08 AM » |
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« Reply #703 on: June 19, 2020, 04:32:10 PM » |
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Sad to see news of Ian Holm's death today. For many, he'll be remembered for his role in the Lord of the Rings films, but I think his performance as the sinister android, Ash, in the original Alien film is his most memorable one.
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"...And If You Flash Him A Smile He'll Take Your Teeth As Deposit..." "Sheriff Fatman" - Carter the Unstoppable Sex Machine
2006 Blonde Caption Comp Ultimate Champion (to be replaced by actual poker achievements when I have any)
GUKPT Online Main Event Winner 2008 (yay, a poker achievement!)
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« Reply #704 on: June 29, 2020, 10:36:15 PM » |
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I've just been told by my friend who told me about Carlos Ruiz Zafón, the author of the Shadow of the Wind, that he had passed away.
He passed on the 19th June of colrectal cancer aged just 55 years old.
The best series of books I have ever read.
RIP Carlos, thank you so very much.
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And I need you more than want you. And I want you for all time.
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