Quote from: downredblack on April 05, 2007, 03:42:50 PM
Class thread , f**king laughed out loud . I'm off tomorrow will someone put Jesus in ?
Quote from: Armagh4SamAgain on April 05, 2007, 03:25:33 PM
Use this thread to pay respects to people you no who have died. They could be former players or just neighbours or people from TV.
QuoteQuote from: downredblack on Today at 03:42:50 PM
Class thread , f**king laughed out loud . I'm off tomorrow will someone put Jesus in ?
But he'd need to be taken out again on Sunday.
Quote from: maddog on April 05, 2007, 04:01:54 PMEmu is dead !!!!! I never knew
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Quote from: 5iveTimes on April 05, 2007, 06:59:47 PMQuote from: Bensars on April 05, 2007, 03:50:41 PMQuote from: Armagh4SamAgain on April 05, 2007, 03:25:33 PM(http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:2X0H9esk2jLsnM:http://www.mickeyelvis.com/images/elvis-presley-2.jpg)
Use this thread to pay respects to people you no who have died. They could be former players or just neighbours or people from TV.
You actually believe that Elvis is dead ???
Quote from: passedit on April 06, 2007, 04:11:39 PMIt's the ones that turn up/on the radio for the deat notices that get me!
You know you've entered a new stage in your life when the first page you turn to in the Irish News is the death notices.
I'd swear there's oul wans check it every day to make sure they're not in it themselves.
Quote from: The Gs Man on April 05, 2007, 08:49:52 PM
After recent events and handshakes....
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Quote from: The Gs Man on April 07, 2007, 03:27:22 PM
They're rivers ye eejit. I have an A'Level in geography.
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on April 07, 2007, 03:30:03 PMQuote from: The Gs Man on April 07, 2007, 03:27:22 PM
They're rivers ye eejit. I have an A'Level in geography.
Black rivers? An A level in Geography? Makes you sound like Rodney Trotter.
Quote from: The Gs Man on April 08, 2007, 10:01:59 PM
Jaysus.. There ye go now. I always thought Master McGrath was buried in Lurgan Park or Brownlow House or something like that. Didn't know he was buried in Solitude.
Quote from: ONeill on April 26, 2007, 02:24:20 PMprove it
Shergar
Quote from: Mac hinery on April 26, 2007, 11:39:04 PM
Some say the divil is dead
Quote from: ardal on April 26, 2007, 11:41:29 PM
the devil, the devil is dead
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on April 26, 2007, 11:44:38 PMQuote from: Mac hinery on April 26, 2007, 11:39:04 PM
Some say the divil is deadQuote from: ardal on April 26, 2007, 11:41:29 PM
the devil, the devil is dead
Any truth in the rumour that he's buried in Killarney?
QuoteWouldn't know about that, but I'm reliably informed he's joined the british army
Quote from: Evil Genius on April 26, 2007, 03:56:34 PM
The mutt belonging to the father of famous Scouse comedian, Ken Dodd, has passed away:
(http://www.freefoto.com//images/01/07/01_07_2_thumb.jpg?id=01-07-2&k=Let+Sleeping+Dogs+Lie)
Yup, Ken Dodd's dad's dog's dead... ;)
Quote from: 5iveTimes on July 08, 2007, 09:53:19 PM
The death has just been announced of Armagh senior football. Although it had been in the doldrums for over 100 years, it showed some signs of life in 2002, but this reader has the pleasure that that team is well and truly dead and buried.
Quote from: maddog on July 09, 2007, 12:01:33 PMQuote from: 5iveTimes on July 08, 2007, 09:53:19 PM
The death has just been announced of Armagh senior football. Although it had been in the doldrums for over 100 years, it showed some signs of life in 2002, but this reader has the pleasure that that team is well and truly dead and buried.
When is Down football going to be exhumed. Would there be anything there at all?
QuoteJesus knows how many we will have by then .:D
Quote from: downredblack on July 09, 2007, 12:46:39 PMQuote from: maddog on July 09, 2007, 12:01:33 PMQuote from: 5iveTimes on July 08, 2007, 09:53:19 PM
The death has just been announced of Armagh senior football. Although it had been in the doldrums for over 100 years, it showed some signs of life in 2002, but this reader has the pleasure that that team is well and truly dead and buried.
When is Down football going to be exhumed. Would there be anything there at all?
I know this is pointless but Fcuk it .
All we have is Tradition , Something you orangies would know very little about , 1 in a row doesn't cut it .We also have a ground that matches our proud history . If you lot would stay out of La Manga and stopped believing your own hype you might have a ground that you could play a championship game in . Although once the bandwagon has finally ground to a halt , Cross will be big enough for ya's .
Dont mean to dance on anyone's grave but the amount of crap we have had to listen to about ancient history and so on I just hope you boys aren't dusting off the DVD in 20 years time wondering whether you will ever do it again . Jesus knows how many we will have by then .
All the best from your good friends and neighbours . ;D
QuoteAll we have is Tradition
Quote from: maddog on July 09, 2007, 01:01:21 PMQuoteAll we have is Tradition
Like Cavan then.
Quote from: downredblack on July 09, 2007, 01:41:05 PMQuote from: maddog on July 09, 2007, 01:01:21 PMQuoteAll we have is Tradition
Like Cavan then.
You say that like its a bad thing , Jaysus if you boys had half of what Cavan has won you wouldn't be sitting on 1 AI for a start . But sure look we all have to start with 1 . ;D
QuoteIndeed, and the way things are for you you will have a sore neck looking over your shoulder
Quote from: maddog on July 09, 2007, 02:30:35 PMQuote from: downredblack on July 09, 2007, 01:41:05 PMQuote from: maddog on July 09, 2007, 01:01:21 PMQuoteAll we have is Tradition
Like Cavan then.
You say that like its a bad thing , Jaysus if you boys had half of what Cavan has won you wouldn't be sitting on 1 AI for a start . But sure look we all have to start with 1 . ;D
Indeed, and the way things are for you you will have a sore neck looking over your shoulder for the next 20 years.
Quote from: downredblack on July 09, 2007, 02:34:43 PMQuote from: maddog on July 09, 2007, 02:30:35 PMQuote from: downredblack on July 09, 2007, 01:41:05 PMQuote from: maddog on July 09, 2007, 01:01:21 PMQuoteAll we have is Tradition
Like Cavan then.
You say that like its a bad thing , Jaysus if you boys had half of what Cavan has won you wouldn't be sitting on 1 AI for a start . But sure look we all have to start with 1 . ;D
Indeed, and the way things are for you you will have a sore neck looking over your shoulder for the next 20 years.
Looking over my shoulder at what ? Sure we are well used to having Armagh behind us ;) Cant see anything changing there , Can you ?
Quote from: maddog on July 09, 2007, 02:40:27 PMQuote from: downredblack on July 09, 2007, 02:34:43 PMQuote from: maddog on July 09, 2007, 02:30:35 PMQuote from: downredblack on July 09, 2007, 01:41:05 PMQuote from: maddog on July 09, 2007, 01:01:21 PMQuoteAll we have is Tradition
Like Cavan then.
You say that like its a bad thing , Jaysus if you boys had half of what Cavan has won you wouldn't be sitting on 1 AI for a start . But sure look we all have to start with 1 . ;D
Indeed, and the way things are for you you will have a sore neck looking over your shoulder for the next 20 years.
Looking over my shoulder at what ? Sure we are well used to having Armagh behind us ;) Cant see anything changing there , Can you ?
yep, man in black (rather chillingly) could be right. It's heartening though that with the state of Down football all the down lads can do is take a swipe at Armagh. We take it as a compliment you know. ;)
QuoteRemember we showed ya's the way down to Dublin before
Quote from: hardstation on September 04, 2007, 03:32:25 AM
Sure you're not even a real full back.
Quote from: Armagh4SamAgain on September 06, 2007, 07:27:39 AM
hes most well noan for riting the theme song for italia 90 in 1990 when Ireland was there.
Quote from: Armagh4SamAgain on September 06, 2007, 07:27:39 AM:D :D :D Laughed my bollocks off!! This young fellas a star. RIP Pavarotti. In some ways it's hardly surprising that younger ones in Ireland think he only emerged during Italia 90. That's the only time you ever heard opera on RTE.
Pavarotti the italian singer has died after a long illness. hes most well noan for riting the theme song for italia 90 in 1990 when Ireland was there. The song made him famus all over the world. He was a very big man and a very good singer but he coud have been a footballer when he was young. RIP
Quote from: Armagh4SamAgain on September 23, 2007, 10:31:27 AM
The famus French mime man Marcel Marso has died last nite. He was 84 and it was on the wireless. I didnt no him but other people did. may he rest in peace.
Quote from: Blacksheep on September 23, 2007, 11:12:48 AMQuote from: Armagh4SamAgain on September 23, 2007, 10:31:27 AM
The famus French mime man Marcel Marso has died last nite. He was 84 and it was on the wireless. I didnt no him but other people did. may he rest in peace.
A mime artist on the wireless :-\. I've heard it all now! What station was he on Armagh4Sam?
Quote from: Armagh4SamAgain on September 23, 2007, 10:31:27 AM
The famus French mime man Marcel Marso has died last nite. He was 84 and it was on the wireless. I didnt no him but other people did. may he rest in peace.
Quote from: Lecale2 on September 23, 2007, 11:54:14 AMQuote from: Armagh4SamAgain on September 23, 2007, 10:31:27 AM
The famus French mime man Marcel Marso has died last nite. He was 84 and it was on the wireless. I didnt no him but other people did. may he rest in peace.
Apparently he was strangled live on stage during a show, by the Invisible Man, while the audience stood and cheered.
Quote from: Puckoon on September 24, 2007, 05:17:21 PMI don't think so. It's not as if anyone would set out to kill somebody famous just to win £50. On the other hand :-\ maybe we should bother.
Thats a bit on the morbid side.
Quote from: Silky on September 24, 2007, 10:00:13 PMGet off your high horse silky, you were laughing a few pages back.
Disgusting. tr**p! Are you for real or are you just looking for a reaction from the genuine GAA posters that register here?
Quote from: Hardy on September 24, 2007, 11:03:34 PM
Just want to point out that I deleted what I'd posted not because of the pious promptings of anyone here. I think people are getting mixed up between genuine grief and sensitivity about individual deaths on one hand and the general subject of death on the other, to which a humorous and irreverent attitude is healthy, as far as I'm concerned. It's coming to all of us, you know.
Anyway, I had posted the names of some people who might merit a handicap on the basis that they're more likely than others to attract homicide and then the thought occurred that it wouldn't be nice if god forbid one of them actually did ...
QuoteI hear that France is going to have a minute of noise for him on Tuesday.
Quote from: 5 Sams on September 28, 2007, 02:36:06 PMQuoteI hear that France is going to have a minute of noise for him on Tuesday.
Ziggy...if that was an original line of your own you'll be glad to hear that Joe Brolly used it in his clolumn in Gaelic Life to day.
Quote from: Armagh4SamAgain on December 01, 2007, 01:47:28 PM
Was he a catholic?
Quote from: THE MIGHTY QUINN on February 10, 2008, 01:14:57 PM
Kathleen Traynor, Silverbridge. A true Gael in every sense of the word. Together with her husband Pat she gave a lifetime to Silverbridge in all aspects of the Club including the Scor. A Pioneer for 55 years and a member of the Altar Society in the local Church she will be sorely missed.
RIP
Quote from: Take Your Points on February 18, 2008, 06:23:53 PM
Missing millionaire Steve Fossett declared dead
Steve Fossett, the multimillionaire adventurer, has been declared legally dead five months after his disappearance while flying over the Nevada desert.
His wife, Peggy, had filed her petition in a court in Chicago to allow the process of executing Mr Fossett's will to begin.
"It was very sad," said Michael LoVallo, Mrs Fossett's attorney. "At first she hoped and sort of envisioned him walking down the road the next day with another story to tell.
"But as the days went on, she realized it wasn't going to happen as it had on other occasions when he'd had close calls."
After hearing testimony from Mrs Fossett, a family friend and a search-and-rescue expert, Judge Jeffrey Malak of the Cook County circuit court yesterday found there were "more than sufficient" evidence that Mr Fosset was dead.
Court records stated that Mr Fossett's estate was "vast" and worth millions of pounds.
There has been no trace of the 63-year-old adventurer since he had taken off in a single-engine plane from an airstrip near Yerington, Nevada, on Sept 3 last year.
QuoteMissing millionaire Steve Fossett declared dead
Steve Fossett, the multimillionaire adventurer, has been declared legally dead five months after his disappearance while flying over the Nevada desert.
His wife, Peggy, had filed her petition in a court in Chicago to allow the process of executing Mr Fossett's will to begin.
"It was very sad," said Michael LoVallo, Mrs Fossett's attorney. "At first she hoped and sort of envisioned him walking down the road the next day with another story to tell.
"But as the days went on, she realized it wasn't going to happen as it had on other occasions when he'd had close calls."
After hearing testimony from Mrs Fossett, a family friend and a search-and-rescue expert, Judge Jeffrey Malak of the Cook County circuit court yesterday found there were "more than sufficient" evidence that Mr Fosset was dead.
Court records stated that Mr Fossett's estate was "vast" and worth millions of pounds.
There has been no trace of the 63-year-old adventurer since he had taken off in a single-engine plane from an airstrip near Yerington, Nevada, on Sept 3 last year.
Nothing fishy about this? How can you just disappear?
Quote from: balladmaker on February 18, 2008, 11:22:07 PMQuoteMissing millionaire Steve Fossett declared dead
Steve Fossett, the multimillionaire adventurer, has been declared legally dead five months after his disappearance while flying over the Nevada desert.
His wife, Peggy, had filed her petition in a court in Chicago to allow the process of executing Mr Fossett's will to begin.
"It was very sad," said Michael LoVallo, Mrs Fossett's attorney. "At first she hoped and sort of envisioned him walking down the road the next day with another story to tell.
"But as the days went on, she realized it wasn't going to happen as it had on other occasions when he'd had close calls."
After hearing testimony from Mrs Fossett, a family friend and a search-and-rescue expert, Judge Jeffrey Malak of the Cook County circuit court yesterday found there were "more than sufficient" evidence that Mr Fosset was dead.
Court records stated that Mr Fossett's estate was "vast" and worth millions of pounds.
There has been no trace of the 63-year-old adventurer since he had taken off in a single-engine plane from an airstrip near Yerington, Nevada, on Sept 3 last year.
Nothing fishy about this? How can you just disappear?
Strange one indeed. With today's technology available, and the fact that he went missing in a country that has every known technology available to it, how can he not be found? No wreckage, nothing. I'm sure Nevada is a massive area but surely with planes and search teams, something should have been found.
Quote from: aontroim on May 14, 2008, 01:36:47 PM
Great article on the Antrim County site by Curly McIlwaine on Danny McAllister;
http://antrim.gaa.ie/news/details/?id=1023
R.I.P.
Quote from: Bacon on May 14, 2008, 02:04:58 PMQuote from: aontroim on May 14, 2008, 01:36:47 PM
Great article on the Antrim County site by Curly McIlwaine on Danny McAllister;
http://antrim.gaa.ie/news/details/?id=1023
R.I.P.
Good article alrite. Men were men in those days. RIP. Did his kids play any hurling if they were brought up in Whitehead?
Quote from: Guillem2 on May 13, 2008, 01:29:27 PM
Danny McAllister who played full-forward on the Antrim team that reached the All Ireland Senior Hurling final for the first time in 1943. RIP. Danny scored 4 goals in the Q/F win over Galway.
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Quote from: hardstation on May 16, 2008, 09:45:53 PM
I thought the Bests that are related to Geordie were St. John's men. Unless they had a black sheep.
Although, most Rossa men have Johnnies cousins/brothers etc. The Armstrongs, McCaffreys etc.
Quote from: Minder on July 22, 2008, 10:26:02 PM
Old Sophia from the Golden Girls
Quote from: Down Gael on August 09, 2008, 04:13:59 PM
The death has occurred of Armagh Football (née Orchard) 1999-2008.
Peacefully at Croke Park, Dublin. Removal Saturday evening at 5pm for mass at 7pm in Crossmaglen Chapel. Interment afterwards in adjoining cemetery.
Donations in lieu of flowers to Morgan Fuels, Dublin Rd. Newry. Co Down.
Quote from: Down Gael on August 09, 2008, 04:19:53 PMI was waiting for the final.
Not at the game pints? how many games have you been to ths year? :D
Carlsberg dont do football fans, if they did it certainly wouldnt be you.
Quote from: Puckoon on August 09, 2008, 04:30:00 PMDid you mean DG or does DH stand for dickhead?
Was he sick DH? Young fella.
Quote from: pintsofguinness on August 09, 2008, 04:31:24 PMQuote from: Puckoon on August 09, 2008, 04:30:00 PMDid you mean DG or does DH stand for d**khead?
Was he sick DH? Young fella.
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on August 09, 2008, 04:35:01 PMQuote from: pintsofguinness on August 09, 2008, 04:31:24 PMQuote from: Puckoon on August 09, 2008, 04:30:00 PMDid you mean DG or does DH stand for d**khead?
Was he sick DH? Young fella.
Pints,I would hazard a guess DH means Drinking Harp
Quote from: pintsofguinness on August 09, 2008, 04:36:51 PMQuote from: The Real Laoislad on August 09, 2008, 04:35:01 PMQuote from: pintsofguinness on August 09, 2008, 04:31:24 PMQuote from: Puckoon on August 09, 2008, 04:30:00 PMDid you mean DG or does DH stand for d**khead?
Was he sick DH? Young fella.
Pints,I would hazard a guess DH means Drinking Harp
Ah right, I missed drinkingharp's post there - I thought Puck was on about armagh footfall.
Quote from: pintsofguinness on August 09, 2008, 08:15:29 PM
It's nice the Down Lads want to attend the Armagh wake to show their respect - it makes me almost wish we didnt dance around on your grave in 99.
Quote from: In the Onion Bag on August 09, 2008, 08:54:52 PM
Bacon & POG.
I suppose 1099 was when gaelic was invented - Johnny come latelys. Still will you make it to the funeral and maybe buy give me lift?
Quote from: Down Gael on August 09, 2008, 04:13:59 PM
The death has occurred of Armagh Football (née Orchard) 1999-2008.
Peacefully at Croke Park, Dublin. Removal Saturday evening at 5pm for mass at 7pm in Crossmaglen Chapel. Interment afterwards in adjoining cemetery.
Donations in lieu of flowers to Morgan Fuels, Dublin Rd. Newry. Co Down.
Quote from: An Fear Rua on September 10, 2008, 11:58:35 AM
RIP ROSE
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6619983.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6619983.stm)
Quote from: heganboy on April 06, 2007, 12:35:31 PM
Jesus Christ, 33, of Nazareth, died Friday on Mount Calvary, also known as Golgotha, the place of the skull. Betrayed by the apostle, Judas, Jesus was crucified by the Romans, by order of the Ruler Pontius Pilate.
The causes of death were crucifixion, extreme exhaustion, severe torture and loss of blood.
Jesus Christ, a descendent of Abraham, was a member of the house of David. He was the Son of the late Joseph, a carpenter of Nazareth, and Mary, His devoted Mother. Jesus was born in a stable in the city of Bethlehem, Judea. He is survived by His mother, Mary, His faithful Apostles, numerous disciples and many other followers.
Jesus was self-educated and spent most of his adult life working as a Teacher. Jesus also occasionally worked as a Medical Doctor and it is reported that he healed many patients. Up until the time of His death, Jesus was teaching and sharing the Good News, healing the sick, touching the lonely, feeding the hungry and helping the poor.
Jesus was most noted for telling parables about His Father's Kingdom and performing miracles, such as feeding over 5,000 people with only five loaves of bread and two fish, and healing a man who was born blind. On the day before His death, He held a Last Supper celebrating the Passover Feast, at which He foretold His death.
The body was quickly buried in a stone grave, which was donated by Joseph of Arimathea, a loyal friend of the family. By order of Pontius Pilate, a boulder was rolled in front of the tomb. Roman soldiers were put on guard.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that everyone try to live as Jesus did. Donations may be sent to anyone in need.
Quote from: maggie on September 13, 2008, 11:49:32 AM
my tyrone car flag
Quote from: maggie on September 13, 2008, 09:31:28 PM
well downgirl-turns out you didnt have much need for it anyways ;D ;D
Quote from: Down Gael on September 13, 2008, 09:33:46 PMQuote from: maggie on September 13, 2008, 09:31:28 PM
well downgirl-turns out you didnt have much need for it anyways ;D ;D
about as much need as you had for a Tyrone flag after the replay in Newry :D
Most Tyrone fans wont have a clue what went on in Newry as they think the championship started after they beat Dublin ;)
Quote from: Down Gael on September 13, 2008, 09:33:46 PMQuote from: maggie on September 13, 2008, 09:31:28 PM
well downgirl-turns out you didnt have much need for it anyways ;D ;D
about as much need as you had for a Tyrone flag after the replay in Newry :D
Most Tyrone fans wont have a clue what went on in Newry as they think the championship started after they beat Dublin ;)
Quote from: ziggysego on September 15, 2008, 08:05:36 PMA sad loss. Some of the Pink Floyd stuff he was part of was amazing.
Richard Wright - Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member.
Quote from: Puckoon on September 15, 2008, 10:02:07 PM
I was just waiting on that. :D ;)
I think if you got engaged in Egypt - we should also lay to rest your sex life.
Quote from: Puckoon on September 15, 2008, 10:03:16 PM
Ah - she wasnt sure, said she needed time? :o
Quote from: ziggysego on September 15, 2008, 10:18:42 PMQuote from: Puckoon on September 15, 2008, 10:03:16 PM
Ah - she wasnt sure, said she needed time? :o
No, she said No. Far too quickly. RLL convinced her to think about a little. To be honest, I don't think she's thinking.
Quote from: Lecale2 on September 21, 2008, 11:13:13 AM
Tyrone goalkeeper John Devine's father died suddently last night. May he rest in peace.
Quote from: Lecale2 on September 21, 2008, 11:20:44 AM
Sorry. I just read it on Hoganstand.
Quote from: The Watcher Pat on September 21, 2008, 11:15:34 AMQuote from: Lecale2 on September 21, 2008, 11:13:13 AM
Tyrone goalkeeper John Devine's father died suddently last night. May he rest in peace.
Dont think he died suddenly...He was ill for a while (according to the papers)...doesnt really matter though....RIP
Quote from: Yes I Would on September 27, 2008, 06:56:01 PM
Cool Hand Luke. RIP
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on February 18, 2008, 11:24:48 PMITN - 29 mins agoSearch teams looking for the remains of adventurer Steve Fossett claim to have spotted wreckage.Quote from: balladmaker on February 18, 2008, 11:22:07 PMQuoteMissing millionaire Steve Fossett declared dead
Steve Fossett, the multimillionaire adventurer, has been declared legally dead five months after his disappearance while flying over the Nevada desert.
His wife, Peggy, had filed her petition in a court in Chicago to allow the process of executing Mr Fossett's will to begin.
"It was very sad," said Michael LoVallo, Mrs Fossett's attorney. "At first she hoped and sort of envisioned him walking down the road the next day with another story to tell.
"But as the days went on, she realized it wasn't going to happen as it had on other occasions when he'd had close calls."
After hearing testimony from Mrs Fossett, a family friend and a search-and-rescue expert, Judge Jeffrey Malak of the Cook County circuit court yesterday found there were "more than sufficient" evidence that Mr Fosset was dead.
Court records stated that Mr Fossett's estate was "vast" and worth millions of pounds.
There has been no trace of the 63-year-old adventurer since he had taken off in a single-engine plane from an airstrip near Yerington, Nevada, on Sept 3 last year.
Nothing fishy about this? How can you just disappear?
Strange one indeed. With today's technology available, and the fact that he went missing in a country that has every known technology available to it, how can he not be found? No wreckage, nothing. I'm sure Nevada is a massive area but surely with planes and search teams, something should have been found.
Sounds like a Bermuda Triangle type story....
Quote from: the Deel Rover on October 02, 2008, 10:54:13 AMQuote from: The Real Laoislad on February 18, 2008, 11:24:48 PMITN - 29 mins agoSearch teams looking for the remains of adventurer Steve Fossett claim to have spotted wreckage.Quote from: balladmaker on February 18, 2008, 11:22:07 PMQuoteMissing millionaire Steve Fossett declared dead
Steve Fossett, the multimillionaire adventurer, has been declared legally dead five months after his disappearance while flying over the Nevada desert.
His wife, Peggy, had filed her petition in a court in Chicago to allow the process of executing Mr Fossett's will to begin.
"It was very sad," said Michael LoVallo, Mrs Fossett's attorney. "At first she hoped and sort of envisioned him walking down the road the next day with another story to tell.
"But as the days went on, she realized it wasn't going to happen as it had on other occasions when he'd had close calls."
After hearing testimony from Mrs Fossett, a family friend and a search-and-rescue expert, Judge Jeffrey Malak of the Cook County circuit court yesterday found there were "more than sufficient" evidence that Mr Fosset was dead.
Court records stated that Mr Fossett's estate was "vast" and worth millions of pounds.
There has been no trace of the 63-year-old adventurer since he had taken off in a single-engine plane from an airstrip near Yerington, Nevada, on Sept 3 last year.
Nothing fishy about this? How can you just disappear?
Strange one indeed. With today's technology available, and the fact that he went missing in a country that has every known technology available to it, how can he not be found? No wreckage, nothing. I'm sure Nevada is a massive area but surely with planes and search teams, something should have been found.
Sounds like a Bermuda Triangle type story....
Mr Fossett has not been seen since he took off from an airstrip at an isolated ranch in the Nevada desert on September 3 last year.
Search teams in California said they had spotted what is thought to be wreckage but Madera County sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart would not reveal the exact location of the reported aerial sighting or provide any more information.
The news comes after a hiker said he found three identification cards bearing Mr Fossett's name in a bush just west of the town of Mammoth Lakes, in eastern California, on Monday.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is trying to determine whether the ID cards found by hiker Preston Morrow are authentic.
Mr Morrow said he found an FAA identity card, a pilot's licence, a third ID and $558 in cash but saw no sign of a plane or of any human remains.
Mammoth Lakes is around 90 miles south of hotel magnate Barron Hilton's Flying M Ranch which Mr Fossett left in a single-engine plane before he went missing.
Search teams had already flown over Mammoth Lakes but it had not been considered a likely place to find the plane.
Mr Fossett's widow Peggy said in a statement: "I am hopeful that this search will locate the crash site and my husband's remains.
"I am grateful to all of those involved in this effort."
Quote from: drici on November 07, 2008, 10:31:14 AM
Writing out one side of John Stalker's family tree on a flattened out cigarette packet.
Quote from: drici on November 07, 2008, 10:31:14 AM
Writing out one side of John Stalker's family tree on a flattened out cigarette packet.
QuoteSirJohn Hermon
Quote from: Donagh on November 07, 2008, 03:10:19 PM
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6960045658900285089 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6960045658900285089)
Quote from: Minder on November 07, 2008, 10:42:12 AMkicking and screaming I hope !
Sir John Hermon - Former Chief Inspector for the RUC
Quotesum awful famis people die
Quote from: Armagh4SamAgain on December 21, 2008, 11:38:45 AM
sum awful famis people die
Quote from: 5 Sams on December 23, 2008, 08:43:09 PMQuote from: Armagh4SamAgain on December 21, 2008, 11:38:45 AM
sum awful famis people die
I have to say that this post proves that A4SA is a WUM....nobody could be that stupid....
Quote from: 5 Sams on December 23, 2008, 11:02:18 PM
Wind Up Merchant
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on January 03, 2009, 12:20:23 PM
Jett Travolta (16) who is John Travolta's son
Quote from: Puckoon on January 15, 2009, 05:38:29 PM
One of my favourite Dylan songs - although I prefer Christys version to Dylans.
William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll
With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger
At a Baltimore hotel society gath'rin'
And the cops were called in and his weapon took from him
As they rode him in custody down to the station
And booked William Zanzinger for first-degree murder
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears
Take the rag away from your face
Now ain't the time for your tears.
William Zanzinger who at twenty-four years
Owns a tobacco farm of six hundred acres
With rich wealthy parents who provide and protect him
And high office relations in the politics of Maryland
Reacted to his deed with a shrug of his shoulders
And swear words and sneering and his tongue it was snarling
In a matter of minutes on bail was out walking
But you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears
Take the rag away from your face
Now ain't the time for your tears.
Hattie Carroll was a maid in the kitchen
She was fifty-one years old and gave birth to ten children
Who carried the dishes and took out the garbage
And never sat once at the head of the table
And didn't even talk to the people at the table
Who just cleaned up all the food from the table
And emptied the ashtrays on a whole other level
Got killed by a blow, lay slain by a cane
That sailed through the air and came down through the room
Doomed and determined to destroy all the gentle
And she never done nothing to William Zanzinger
And you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fears
Take the rag away from your face
Now ain't the time for your tears.
In the courtroom of honor, the judge pounded his gavel
To show that all's equal and that the courts are on the level
And that the strings in the books ain't pulled and persuaded
And that even the nobles get properly handled
Once that the cops have chased after and caught 'em
And that ladder of law has no top and no bottom
Stared at the person who killed for no reason
Who just happened to be feelin' that way witout warnin'
And he spoke through his cloak, most deep and distinguished
And handed out strongly, for penalty and repentance
William Zanzinger with a six-month sentence
Oh, but you who philosophize disgrace and criticize all fearsv
Bury the rag deep in your face
For now's the time for your tears.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRYxuUgFsAM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRYxuUgFsAM) Dylan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7eAW3WNIFw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7eAW3WNIFw) Christy
QuoteSid - thirty years ago today.
Quote from: Fear ón Srath Bán on February 02, 2009, 01:42:47 PMOne decent man . An antidote to the many collar wearing bigots in that Church.May he rest in peace.
North's peacemaker minister Magee dies
Quote from: Minder on February 25, 2009, 11:09:30 AM
David Camerons 6 year old son Ivan.
Quote from: give her dixie on March 19, 2009, 12:04:51 AM
Natasha Richardson, wife of Liam Neeson. RIP.
Quote from: ziggysego on April 26, 2009, 09:52:59 PM
Bea Arthur, who starred in the US television sitcom The Golden Girls.
Quote from: Onion Bag on June 04, 2009, 07:59:30 PMA rope around his neck and genitals?
My Dog Died this evening, Had him for 14 years, totally gutted :'(
Quote from: milltown row on June 04, 2009, 10:55:35 PMI'm tempted to say it's only a dog. So I won't ;)
tony???? not good form
Quote from: milltown row on June 04, 2009, 11:33:56 PMYou know a few pets? How close have you gotten to them?
i'm not a owner of a pet but know a few, 14 years is a serious amount of time with 'someone' majority of marriages don't last 4/5 years!!!!
Quote from: orangeman on June 04, 2009, 03:32:03 PM
Kung f* star Carradine found dead
Carradine was best known recently for starring in Kill Bill
Kill Bill and Kung f* star David Carradine has been found dead in a Bangkok hotel room.
Thai police told the BBC the 72-year-old was found by a hotel maid sitting in a wardrobe with a rope around his neck and genitals on Thursday morning.
The US star was in Thailand filming his latest film Stretch, according to his personal manager Chuck Binder.
Mr Binder said the news was "shocking", adding: "He was full of life, always wanting to work... a great person."
Carradine was part of an acting dynasty which included his father, John Carradine, and brothers Bruce, Keith and Robert.
The star was best known for his role as Kwai Chang Caine in the 1970s TV series Kung f*, which spawned sequels in the '80s and '90s.
After a career which included more than 100 movies with directors such as Martin Scorsese and Ingmar Bergman, he recently found fame again thanks to his role in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film Kill Bill.
He is survived by his wife, Annie Bierman, and four children.
QuoteIs hardly in the public interest either... very distasteful.
Quote from: Minder on June 25, 2009, 06:10:54 PM
:P
(http://www.mary-kateandashley.com/upload_images/cms/farrahfawcett.jpg)
Quote from: Trevor Hill on June 26, 2009, 12:33:46 AM
Bad day for Celebs. Jeff Goldblum reported dead now as well.
Quote from: Minder on June 25, 2009, 06:10:54 PM
:P
(http://www.mary-kateandashley.com/upload_images/cms/farrahfawcett.jpg)
Quote from: Lecale2 on June 26, 2009, 10:46:31 AM
Michael Jackson died today.
Quote from: full back on June 26, 2009, 10:47:50 AMWe're talking Kilclief here ;) ::)Quote from: Lecale2 on June 26, 2009, 10:46:31 AM
Michael Jackson died today.
Think it was yesterday
Quote from: Capt Pat on June 26, 2009, 03:05:49 AMQuote from: Minder on June 25, 2009, 06:10:54 PM
:P
(http://www.mary-kateandashley.com/upload_images/cms/farrahfawcett.jpg)
Was she supposed to be gorgeous in the 70s I have to say I think things have improved.....and oh yeah RIP
Quote from: Minder on July 10, 2009, 10:24:19 PMAye Mowbrays.
I thought Hendrys wife died a few years ago, maybe it was Mowbrays wife
Quote from: Norf Tyrone on July 10, 2009, 11:01:47 PMI remember hearing that Duncan Ferguson (when he was at Rangers) said the only thing Celtic players would be lifting this year was Mowbrays wife............Quote from: Minder on July 10, 2009, 10:24:19 PMAye Mowbrays.
I thought Hendrys wife died a few years ago, maybe it was Mowbrays wife
Quote from: Square Ball on July 18, 2009, 10:07:40 AM
look at the massive changes this man has seen in the world from his birth in 1896
Quote from: full back on July 31, 2009, 10:21:52 AM
Heard a rumour about Bobby Robson
Anyone confirm this?
Will delete if not true
Quote from: red hander on August 13, 2009, 05:38:35 PM
Guitar legend Les Paul
Quote from: A Quinn Martin Production on August 13, 2009, 06:12:55 PMQuote from: red hander on August 13, 2009, 05:38:35 PM
Guitar legend Les Paul
Ah the Gibson Les Paul...the aspiration of many's a teenage raocker in the 70's. RIP (he was 94!)
Quote from: Declan on August 14, 2009, 11:42:43 AM
Stuart Mangan, the 26 year old from Fermoy in Co. Cork, who suffered a severe spinal injury while playing rugby in London in April 2008, has sadly passed away.
He was taken to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London on Thursday as a result of respiratory problems and passed away peacefully on Friday 7th August in the presence of his parents Brian and Una and his three brothers Keith, John and Barry.
I'm sure a lot of lads had heard about this guy sadly passed away
Quote from: Declan on August 14, 2009, 11:42:43 AM
Stuart Mangan, the 26 year old from Fermoy in Co. Cork, who suffered a severe spinal injury while playing rugby in London in April 2008, has sadly passed away.
He was taken to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London on Thursday as a result of respiratory problems and passed away peacefully on Friday 7th August in the presence of his parents Brian and Una and his three brothers Keith, John and Barry.
I'm sure a lot of lads had heard about this guy sadly passed away
Quote from: Declan on August 14, 2009, 11:42:43 AM
Stuart Mangan, the 26 year old from Fermoy in Co. Cork, who suffered a severe spinal injury while playing rugby in London in April 2008, has sadly passed away.
He was taken to St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, London on Thursday as a result of respiratory problems and passed away peacefully on Friday 7th August in the presence of his parents Brian and Una and his three brothers Keith, John and Barry.
I'm sure a lot of lads had heard about this guy sadly passed away
Quote from: Doogie Browser on September 15, 2009, 09:10:48 AM
Keith Floyd RIP - I just watched the excellent show with Keith Allen on him last night too.
Quote from: full back on September 15, 2009, 09:16:09 AMYesterday, heart attack. Last nights show was telly gold.Quote from: Doogie Browser on September 15, 2009, 09:10:48 AM
Keith Floyd RIP - I just watched the excellent show with Keith Allen on him last night too.
When did this happen?
Quote from: Doogie Browser on September 15, 2009, 09:10:48 AM
Keith Floyd RIP - I just watched the excellent show with Keith Allen on him last night too.
Quote from: muppet on September 15, 2009, 07:52:02 PMQuote from: Doogie Browser on September 15, 2009, 09:10:48 AM
Keith Floyd RIP - I just watched the excellent show with Keith Allen on him last night too.
Even when I thought cookery was highly uncool, I enjoyed watching Floyd.
RIP.
Quote from: maggie on September 29, 2009, 06:30:37 PM
Claire Devine. (Tyrone Goalie's mum who passed away yesterday)
R.I.P
Quote from: tyrone86 on October 16, 2009, 12:35:02 AMa.k.a. Frank Sinatra
Al Martino a.k.a. Johnny Fontaine from the Godfather
Quote from: ONeill on October 16, 2009, 10:49:45 AM
A-Ha
A-Ha go their own ways after 25 years
Enduring chart act A-Ha are to split following a farewell tour next year, it was announced today.
The Norwegian trio, who were pin-ups for many years, will split after marking a quarter of a century since their debut release Hunting High And Low.
They will play their final shows in Oslo in December next year, rounding off a string of goodbye dates.
The band, who have also released a string of solo albums, achieved more than 35 million global album sales, with 15 Top 10 UK singles.
Announcing their split today, the band's Morten Harket, Magne Furuholmen and Paul Waaktaar-Savoy said bowing out would give them a chance to pursue "other meaningful aspects of life".
In a statement they said: "We've literally lived the ultimate boy's adventure tale, through a longer, more rewarding career than anyone could hope for.
"Doing this now will give us a chance to get more involved in other meaningful aspects of life, be it humanitarian work, politics, or whatever else - and of course through new constellations in the field of art and music.
"We are retiring as a band, not as individuals. Change is always difficult and it is easy to get set in one's ways. Now it is time to move on."
The band have released nine studio albums, their most recent, Foot Of The Mountain, making the UK top five.
They also had the distinction of recording a James Bond theme, The Living Daylights.
Coldplay have often talked about how the band were an inspiration.
A-Ha's debut single Take On Me reached number two in the UK in 1985 - accompanied by its groundreaking animated video - and the band followed it up with The Sun Always Shines On TV, which went to number one.
Details of tour dates will be announced nearer the time.
Quote from: Sandino on October 19, 2009, 05:22:40 PM
Werner Heubeck the former Manager of Ulsterbus has died aged 89. he used to carry bombs of hijacked buses in Belfast during the troubles.
Source; BBC
Quote from: Doogie Browser on October 19, 2009, 03:51:04 PM
Ludovic Kennedy has died at the age of 89. RIP.
A great human rights advocate, he was prominent in the Birmingham 6 campaign.
Quote from: Donagh on October 19, 2009, 05:39:01 PMQuote from: Sandino on October 19, 2009, 05:22:40 PM
Werner Heubeck the former Manager of Ulsterbus has died aged 89. he used to carry bombs of hijacked buses in Belfast during the troubles.
Source; BBC
An unrepentant Nazi by all accounts.
Quote from: Donagh on October 19, 2009, 05:39:01 PMQuote from: Sandino on October 19, 2009, 05:22:40 PM
Werner Heubeck the former Manager of Ulsterbus has died aged 89. he used to carry bombs of hijacked buses in Belfast during the troubles.
Source; BBC
An unrepentant Nazi by all accounts.
Quote from: ONeill on November 10, 2009, 09:30:08 PM
Bundesliga - Germany keeper Enke 'commits suicide'
Germany and Hanover goalkeeper Robert Enke has died at a level crossing after apparently driving into the path of an oncoming train.
"Robert Enke died today in an accident," a media officer for the Niedersachsen Police told Reuters. "First indications point to suicide."
He was 32 years of age.
Hanover president Martin Kind was returning from a meeting with the German FA on Tuesday when he was telephoned with the news.
"You expect many things, but not something like that," he told German news agency DPA. "I do not know how and why it happened, but I do not think that it had anything to do with football."
Enke's two-year-old daughter Lara died two years ago from a heart defect.
The German FA stated: "The German team has learned of the death of Robert Enke with great shock. National team coach Joachim Loew and manager Oliver Bierhoff said 'we are all shocked, we are speechless'."
Enke became Germany's number one goalkeeper when Jens Lehmann retired after Euro 2008 but had just returned from a bacterial bowel infection which ruled him out of his country's last four games.
He played in Hanover's 2-2 draw with Hamburg at the weekend but was not selected for the upcoming friendlies against Chile and Ivory Coast.
Loew said he was still his first choice for the World Cup in South Africa next year, and that the decision was based on his recent return to fitness. He had eight caps.
Quote from: ONeill on November 10, 2009, 09:30:08 PM
Bundesliga - Germany keeper Enke 'commits suicide'
Germany and Hanover goalkeeper Robert Enke has died at a level crossing after apparently driving into the path of an oncoming train.
"Robert Enke died today in an accident," a media officer for the Niedersachsen Police told Reuters. "First indications point to suicide."
He was 32 years of age.
Hanover president Martin Kind was returning from a meeting with the German FA on Tuesday when he was telephoned with the news.
"You expect many things, but not something like that," he told German news agency DPA. "I do not know how and why it happened, but I do not think that it had anything to do with football."
Enke's two-year-old daughter Lara died two years ago from a heart defect.
The German FA stated: "The German team has learned of the death of Robert Enke with great shock. National team coach Joachim Loew and manager Oliver Bierhoff said 'we are all shocked, we are speechless'."
Enke became Germany's number one goalkeeper when Jens Lehmann retired after Euro 2008 but had just returned from a bacterial bowel infection which ruled him out of his country's last four games.
He played in Hanover's 2-2 draw with Hamburg at the weekend but was not selected for the upcoming friendlies against Chile and Ivory Coast.
Loew said he was still his first choice for the World Cup in South Africa next year, and that the decision was based on his recent return to fitness. He had eight caps.
Quote from: WhoAreYaWhoAreYa! on November 10, 2009, 10:56:55 PM
Im just after getting him on a free transfer in football manager 2010!!!
Quote from: randomtask on November 10, 2009, 11:00:54 PMQuote from: WhoAreYaWhoAreYa! on November 10, 2009, 10:56:55 PM
Im just after getting him on a free transfer in football manager 2010!!!
is it worth buying? better than the last one?
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Would this no have been better on the dedicated Gaming/Game thread?
http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=10036.0
Quote from: ziggysego on November 16, 2009, 12:34:48 PM
Sad news indeed. As Canalman says, to me he'll be The Equalizer. RIP.
Quote from: Minder on November 16, 2009, 05:11:46 PMI thought that was gonna be Alonso's penalty in Istanbul.
Not as good as this Equaliser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI1KuKKY7JU&feature=youtube_gdata
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 16, 2009, 05:16:29 PMQuote from: Minder on November 16, 2009, 05:11:46 PMI thought that was gonna be Alonso's penalty in Istanbul.
Not as good as this Equaliser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI1KuKKY7JU&feature=youtube_gdata
Quote from: Silky on November 25, 2009, 08:54:53 AM
Pat Quinn founder of Quinnsworth has died. Aged of 74.
RIP
Quote from: ziggysego on December 02, 2009, 04:44:20 PMBest soap character in years. RIP.
Maggie Jones, Coronation Street's Blanche, has died in hospital at the age of 75.
Quote from: Doogie Browser on December 02, 2009, 04:47:38 PMQuote from: ziggysego on December 02, 2009, 04:44:20 PMBest soap character in years. RIP.
Maggie Jones, Coronation Street's Blanche, has died in hospital at the age of 75.
Quote from: Doogie Browser on December 02, 2009, 04:47:38 PMThe wife thinks so too. Will have to break the bad news to her.Quote from: ziggysego on December 02, 2009, 04:44:20 PMBest soap character in years. RIP.
Maggie Jones, Coronation Street's Blanche, has died in hospital at the age of 75.
Quote from: ziggysego on December 02, 2009, 04:44:20 PMAh, I liked her
Maggie Jones, Coronation Street's Blanche, has died in hospital at the age of 75.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 04, 2009, 06:26:11 PM
Liam Clancy RIP
Quote from: delboy on December 04, 2009, 03:08:00 PM
Richard Todd (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8394977.stm) of dambuster fame, born in Dublin.
Quote from: omagh_gael on January 07, 2010, 07:28:45 PM
Three young men killed in a car accident outside omagh this afternoon
Terrible tragedy.
Quote from: omagh_gael on January 07, 2010, 07:28:45 PM
Three young men killed in a car accident outside omagh
QuoteTerrible tragedy RIP, are you not a little early posting their names if it only happened this afternoon with the possibility of friends or family of the three young men reading this?
Quote from: omagh_gael on January 07, 2010, 08:08:46 PM
I alologise if i have caused offence, it's just that I know the three fellas indirectly and wouldn't post up names unless I was sure of their identity.
Quote from: muppet on January 07, 2010, 08:27:43 PMQuote from: omagh_gael on January 07, 2010, 08:08:46 PM
I alologise if i have caused offence, it's just that I know the three fellas indirectly and wouldn't post up names unless I was sure of their identity.
Mournerambler needs to edit also.
Omagh Gael it's not offensive to us just that if a cousin or friend or whatever hadn't heard this baord is not where they would want to find out.
Sorry for the delay in editing my post.
Deepest sympathy to the families.
RIP
Quote from: orangeman on January 13, 2010, 07:36:11 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8457101.stm
Allan Mc Clay of Galen died yesteray - a great man who has donated millions upon millions of his wealth to good causes, most notably QUB research facilities.
I watched a programme on him a couple of years ago and was very impressed by his attitude to life
.
Quote from: takeyourownpath on January 13, 2010, 07:49:28 PM
i just heard neil buchanan from art attack died! any truth?
Quote from: Minder on January 13, 2010, 08:27:09 PMQuote from: takeyourownpath on January 13, 2010, 07:49:28 PM
i just heard neil buchanan from art attack died! any truth?
Did he have an art attack?
I read he had colon cancer last year.
Quote from: Minder on January 13, 2010, 08:20:21 PMWas in work every day up until his sickness before Christmas. He gave millions to charities but he also bought the company back a few years ago when the whole plant was about 3 months from closure with the loss of about a thousand jobs. Never showed an interest in selling to the highest bidder so there are a couple of thousand people were reasonably secure in their jobs.Quote from: orangeman on January 13, 2010, 07:36:11 PM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/8457101.stm
Allan Mc Clay of Galen died yesteray - a great man who has donated millions upon millions of his wealth to good causes, most notably QUB research facilities.
I watched a programme on him a couple of years ago and was very impressed by his attitude to life
.
A couple of board members are employees so will have the black armbands on at work today. Gave over £20m to Queens for research over the years so fair play to him.
Quote from: Ulick on January 13, 2010, 11:22:11 PM
Given McClay's net worth every penny of those millions he 'gave' away was tax deductable, except by giving it to Queen's he gets his research and development done for him - handy way of getting something for nothing.
Shrewd businessman. Undoubtedly.
Great philanthropist? Pull the other one...
Quote from: Bacon on January 19, 2010, 02:59:00 PM
Scottish rugby commentator Bill McLarron died today aged 86. He was the voice of rugby on the BBC for a generation.
Great old fashioned commentator. I always laughed when he used to say "and there's a wee bit of argie- bargie going on!" as half a dozen 20 stone rugby player knocked 7 bells out of each other.
Quote from: Denn Forever on January 19, 2010, 03:36:47 PMQuote from: Bacon on January 19, 2010, 02:59:00 PM
Scottish rugby commentator Bill McLarron died today aged 86. He was the voice of rugby on the BBC for a generation.
Great old fashioned commentator. I always laughed when he used to say "and there's a wee bit of argie- bargie going on!" as half a dozen 20 stone rugby player knocked 7 bells out of each other.
The voice of Saturday afternoon when the only live sport apart from horse racing was most likely Rugby with Bill.
Quote from: Bacon on January 19, 2010, 02:59:00 PM
Scottish rugby commentator Bill McLarron died today aged 86. He was the voice of rugby on the BBC for a generation.
Great old fashioned commentator. I always laughed when he used to say "and there's a wee bit of argie- bargie going on!" as half a dozen 20 stone rugby player knocked 7 bells out of each other.
Quote from: ross4life on January 19, 2010, 03:46:31 PMQuote from: Bacon on January 19, 2010, 02:59:00 PM
Scottish rugby commentator Bill McLarron died today aged 86. He was the voice of rugby on the BBC for a generation.
Great old fashioned commentator. I always laughed when he used to say "and there's a wee bit of argie- bargie going on!" as half a dozen 20 stone rugby player knocked 7 bells out of each other.
wow didn't know he was the old?
IMO the best Commentator of the lot a true legend of the game RIP
Quote from: ross4life on January 19, 2010, 04:48:26 PM
great piece on bill here
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/south_of_scotland/8468319.stm
QuoteIn a statement, a company spokeswoman said: "Casper touched many people's lives and clearly had a very exciting life - travelling around Plymouth and who knows where else.
"I suspect he's now exploring heaven and is telling all the other cats up there about the many adventures he had."
Quote from: Silky on January 19, 2010, 06:16:23 PMI remember back in the 80s when RTE's coverage used to drop out mid match, it was always a treat when they had to switch over to the BBC feed and we'd have Bill commentating instead.
He'll always be the voice of rugby for me. RIP Bill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qgytaTDGeg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qgytaTDGeg)
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on January 23, 2010, 01:53:37 PM
yep that was him. It made sense, unlike the commentator, upon Raith ROvers beating Celtic in the League Cup Final, saying that they will be dancing in the streets of Raith tonight. Ofcourse there is no such place
Quote from: Sandino on January 23, 2010, 12:15:16 PM
As an older poster here I was sadden to read this item on the BBC website.
British film actress Jean Simmons, who played Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet and sang with Marlon Brando in Guys and Dolls, has died aged 80.
She was stunningly beautiful in the Origional Spartacus and she also appeared in the Thornbirds.
Many she Rest In Peace.
Quote from: Declan on January 28, 2010, 06:55:58 PM
Howard Zinn, Historian who Challenged Status Quo, Dies at 87
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling, his family said. He was 87.
Quote from: longrunsthefox on January 28, 2010, 07:26:21 PMQuote from: Declan on January 28, 2010, 06:55:58 PM
Howard Zinn, Historian who Challenged Status Quo, Dies at 87
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling, his family said. He was 87.
Who will say it first? ::)
Quote from: Declan on January 28, 2010, 06:55:58 PM
Howard Zinn, Historian who Challenged Status Quo, Dies at 87
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling, his family said. He was 87.
Quote from: muppet on January 28, 2010, 07:27:33 PMQuote from: longrunsthefox on January 28, 2010, 07:26:21 PMQuote from: Declan on January 28, 2010, 06:55:58 PM
Howard Zinn, Historian who Challenged Status Quo, Dies at 87
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling, his family said. He was 87.
Who will say it first? ::)
Who won?
Quote from: longrunsthefox on January 28, 2010, 07:26:21 PMDid he Roll Over Lay Down and now he's going Down Down?Quote from: Declan on January 28, 2010, 06:55:58 PM
Howard Zinn, Historian who Challenged Status Quo, Dies at 87
Howard Zinn, the Boston University historian and political activist who was an early opponent of US involvement in Vietnam, died of a heart attack today in Santa Monica, Calif, where he was traveling, his family said. He was 87.
Who will say it first? ::)
Quote from: red hander on January 28, 2010, 06:31:05 PM
JD Salinger, author of Catcher In The Rye
Quote from: A Quinn Martin Production on January 28, 2010, 09:01:08 PMQuote from: red hander on January 28, 2010, 06:31:05 PM
JD Salinger, author of Catcher In The Rye
Great book. RIP.
Quote from: The Gs Man on January 28, 2010, 11:24:51 PM
JD Salinger RIP
The Catcher in the Rye changed my life.
(not really, but did that make me sound cool?)
Quote from: The Gs Man on January 28, 2010, 11:24:51 PM
JD Salinger RIP
The Catcher in the Rye changed my life.
(not really, but did that make me sound cool?)
Quote from: A Quinn Martin Production on January 28, 2010, 09:01:08 PMQuote from: red hander on January 28, 2010, 06:31:05 PM
JD Salinger, author of Catcher In The Rye
Great book. RIP.
Quote from: Minder on February 05, 2010, 09:37:09 PM
Apollo Creed.
Quote from: hardstation on February 05, 2010, 09:39:04 PMQuote from: Minder on February 05, 2010, 09:37:09 PMBravo.
Apollo Creed.
Quote from: AZOffaly on February 05, 2010, 09:46:49 PM
Did he die, or are ye watching one of the Rocky movies? The one with Tommy Walsh in it?
Quote from: hardstation on February 05, 2010, 10:31:15 PMThe big goon couldn't bate Sexton in the first fight when he presented his chin on a silver platter for him. What chance would he have against Ivan Drago or The Italian Stallion?!
Rogie would bate the pick of them.
Quote from: Minder on February 10, 2010, 10:35:51 AM
Capain Phil Harris from Deadliest Catch.
Quote from: Declan on February 12, 2010, 11:46:29 AM
Frisbee inventor Morrison, 90, dies
Friday February 12 2010
Walter Fredrick Morrison, the man credited with inventing the Frisbee, has died aged 90.
Utah House Representative Kay McIff, an attorney who represented Mr Morrison in a royalties case, said he died at his home in Monroe, Utah, on Tuesday.
Mr McIff is from Richfield, Morrison's original home town.
"That simple little toy has permeated every continent in every country, as many homes have Frisbees as any other device ever invented," Mr McIff said. "How would you get through your youth without learning to throw a Frisbee?"
Mr Morrison's son, Walt, said "old age caught up" with his father and that he also had cancer.
"He was a nice guy. He helped a lot of people," Walt Morrison said. "He was an entrepreneur. He was always looking for something to do."
Mr Morrison sold the production and manufacturing rights to his Pluto Platter in 1957.
The plastic flying disc was later renamed the Frisbee, with sales surpassing 200 million discs. It is now a staple at beaches across the world and spawned sports such as Frisbee golf and the team sport Ultimate.
An official disc golf course at Creekside Park in the Salt Lake City suburb of Holladay is named after Mr Morrison.
Quote from: longrunsthefox on March 01, 2010, 11:18:41 PM
I know a woman who recieved a letter from a dead woman as she died hours after posting it. Must have been a bit freaky.
Quote from: muppet on March 01, 2010, 11:25:15 PMQuote from: longrunsthefox on March 01, 2010, 11:18:41 PM
I know a woman who recieved a letter from a dead woman as she died hours after posting it. Must have been a bit freaky.
Apparently the iphone 5Gs will have afterlife email capability. Could be interesting in, for example, murder cases.
Quote from: longrunsthefox on March 01, 2010, 11:27:18 PMQuote from: muppet on March 01, 2010, 11:25:15 PMQuote from: longrunsthefox on March 01, 2010, 11:18:41 PM
I know a woman who recieved a letter from a dead woman as she died hours after posting it. Must have been a bit freaky.
Apparently the iphone 5Gs will have afterlife email capability. Could be interesting in, for example, murder cases.
That's it!! I'm an old man... I've no idea wat the f** a iphone 5G is :'(
Quote from: Jen Cui on March 02, 2010, 02:04:10 AM
(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohio/seneca/st_bonifas/dk/wank_frank.jpg)
Poor oul Frank died... :(
Quote from: muppet on March 01, 2010, 11:06:27 PM
Any shred of integrity that Tyrone's Own & Stew might have had.
Quote from: Tyrones own on March 02, 2010, 04:05:33 AMQuote from: muppet on March 01, 2010, 11:06:27 PM
Any shred of integrity that Tyrone's Own & Stew might have had.
Seriously hi, if any of ye know where Muppets Mum lives, run over there quick FFS and check on him
..he's gone delirious on us here :o
Quote from: ziggysego on March 02, 2010, 02:43:03 PM
Former British MP, Winston Churchill died today.
Quote from: longrunsthefox on March 02, 2010, 03:03:00 PMQuote from: ziggysego on March 02, 2010, 02:43:03 PM
Former British MP, Winston Churchill died today.
WhatyoutalkingaboutZig? ???
Quote from: Minder on March 01, 2010, 10:54:27 PMWhat's the deal with this fellas death? Seen him plenty on various poxy
(http://www.propertyweek.com/Pictures/316xAny/i/o/j/KRISTAN_DIGBY_IMG_0398CMYK.jpg)
TV presenter Kristian Digby has been found dead in his home in what police have described as "unexplained circumstances".
Mr Digby, 32, was a presenter on several BBC shows, including Double Agents, Living in the Sun, House Swap and Buy It, Sell It, Bank It.
He also appeared on GMTV.
He was pronounced dead at the scene when ambulance services arrived at his flat in Newham, east London, this morning.
Police said they were called to the address by another person at the property.
A spokesman said: "Police were called to reports of a body of a man in his 30s found at an address in Richford Road, E15.
"Ambulance services attended and life was pronounced extinct. Next of kin were informed and we await formal identification.
"There will be a post-mortem at 12 noon at East Ham mortuary."
Newham CID are investigating the circumstances of the death.
A BBC statement said: "Kristian was a much-loved and talented presenter for BBC Daytime. He brought a real sense of energy and warmth to all the shows he presented for us and will be sorely missed. Our thoughts are with his family at this very difficult time."
Kristian's agent and friend Jo Wander said: "I am devastated by the loss. He was a lovely guy and a very talented presenter and director. I will miss him hugely and my thoughts at this time are with his family and his many friends. He will be sorely missed."
Hundreds of people tweeted and wrote Facebook condolences after Sky broke the news of Mr Digby's death.
"Shocked by news of Kristian Digby's death. We shook hands last Monday at event in Worcester. He seemed lovely and was great keynote speaker," one tweet said.
"So sad to hear of his death, he's certainly gone too soon - seemed so nice I'll miss seeing him on my TV," wrote another.
"Daytime TV won't be the same," wrote a fan on Facebook.
As well as being a presenter, Mr Digby also directed films and television programmes.
He won a junior Bafta in 1997 for his short film Words Of Deception and directed programmes such as Home Front, Fantasy Rooms, She's Gotta Have It, Girls On Top and The Ozone.
Quote from: ziggysego on March 02, 2010, 10:53:29 PMDied as a result of auto-erotic asphyxiation allegedly. A strange practice strangling yourself whilst getting your oats.
He came across as a nice enough fella to me Tony. Unlike a few other dour ones on the telly at that time of the day.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 02, 2010, 11:08:17 PMQuote from: ziggysego on March 02, 2010, 10:53:29 PMDied as a result of auto-erotic asphyxiation allegedly. A strange practice strangling yourself whilst getting your oats.
He came across as a nice enough fella to me Tony. Unlike a few other dour ones on the telly at that time of the day.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 02, 2010, 09:09:39 PM
What's the deal with this fellas death? Seen him plenty on various poxy
daytime programmes. Seemed an alright, if annoying, fella.
Quote from: ziggysego on March 02, 2010, 11:09:48 PMJesus that's harsh ziggy. What did he do on you?Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 02, 2010, 11:08:17 PMQuote from: ziggysego on March 02, 2010, 10:53:29 PMDied as a result of auto-erotic asphyxiation allegedly. A strange practice strangling yourself whilst getting your oats.
He came across as a nice enough fella to me Tony. Unlike a few other dour ones on the telly at that time of the day.
Doesn't mean he wasn't a nice fella and deserved to meet his maker though.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 02, 2010, 11:31:42 PMQuote from: ziggysego on March 02, 2010, 11:09:48 PMJesus that's harsh ziggy. What did he do on you?Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 02, 2010, 11:08:17 PMQuote from: ziggysego on March 02, 2010, 10:53:29 PMDied as a result of auto-erotic asphyxiation allegedly. A strange practice strangling yourself whilst getting your oats.
He came across as a nice enough fella to me Tony. Unlike a few other dour ones on the telly at that time of the day.
Doesn't mean he wasn't a nice fella and deserved to meet his maker though.
Quote from: ziggysego on March 02, 2010, 11:36:07 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on March 02, 2010, 11:31:42 PMQuote from: ziggysego on March 02, 2010, 11:09:48 PMJesus that's harsh ziggy. What did he do on you?Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 02, 2010, 11:08:17 PMYou said although he seemed a nice fella he still deserved to meet his maker. Are you homoerotic?Quote from: ziggysego on March 02, 2010, 10:53:29 PMDied as a result of auto-erotic asphyxiation allegedly. A strange practice strangling yourself whilst getting your oats.
He came across as a nice enough fella to me Tony. Unlike a few other dour ones on the telly at that time of the day.
Doesn't mean he wasn't a nice fella and deserved to meet his maker though.
Me? Huh?
Quote from: longrunsthefox on March 03, 2010, 01:29:44 PM
He looked like Wursel Gummidge and seemed just as eccentric. I thought he died years ago.
Quote from: Minder on March 10, 2010, 02:17:12 PM
Corey Haim of 80's and Lost Boys fame
Quote from: leenie on March 10, 2010, 03:14:20 PM
your thinking of Corey Feldman
Quote from: Premier Emperor on March 11, 2010, 08:54:01 AM
Whatever happened The Thrills?
Quote from: ziggysego on March 15, 2010, 09:14:08 AM
Peter Graves - star of the classic TV series Mission: Impossible and disaster spoof movie Airplane! - has died in the US city of Los Angeles. He was 83.
I guess he has gone to the great Turkish Prison in the sky. RIP Peter.
Quote from: longrunsthefox on March 15, 2010, 09:47:21 PM
I saw him on TV... wee small boy about thon height with the biggest man in the world. Now Zig, if you'd shown me how to post, we'd get to see Ping-Ping :-\
Quote from: ziggysego on March 15, 2010, 09:51:57 PMQuote from: longrunsthefox on March 15, 2010, 09:47:21 PM
I saw him on TV... wee small boy about thon height with the biggest man in the world. Now Zig, if you'd shown me how to post, we'd get to see Ping-Ping :-\
(http://triy.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/foto-kiri.jpg)
Seen him in a couple of interviews in recent years. A chain smoker.
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on April 04, 2010, 12:42:28 AM
Your a great man for the deaths Minder.... Thanks
Quote from: longrunsthefox on April 07, 2010, 10:34:12 AM
A red indian returned to his father in pain.... 6 letters ::)
Quote from: Hardy on April 07, 2010, 12:50:39 PM
This poster is a silent one upset about the priest. 6 letters.
Quote from: Square Ball on April 07, 2010, 01:00:13 PM
hijklmno
5 letters
Quote from: Minder on April 07, 2010, 12:56:12 PMQuote from: Hardy on April 07, 2010, 12:50:39 PM
This poster is a silent one upset about the priest. 6 letters.
Iceman?
Quote from: longrunsthefox on April 07, 2010, 01:08:44 PM
Postman loses his mail bag... (someone humour me :'()
Quote from: Hardy on April 07, 2010, 12:50:39 PM
This poster is a silent one upset about the priest. 6 letters.
Quote from: Orior on April 07, 2010, 01:44:19 PMQuote from: Hardy on April 07, 2010, 12:50:39 PM
This poster is a silent one upset about the priest. 6 letters.
Maddog
Mad = upset
priest = dog collar
s
Quote from: A Quinn Martin Production on April 07, 2010, 01:25:08 PMQuote from: longrunsthefox on April 07, 2010, 01:08:44 PM
Postman loses his mail bag... (someone humour me :'()
Happy to oblige...how many letters?
Quote from: longrunsthefox on April 07, 2010, 02:05:02 PMQuote from: A Quinn Martin Production on April 07, 2010, 01:25:08 PMQuote from: longrunsthefox on April 07, 2010, 01:08:44 PM
Postman loses his mail bag... (someone humour me :'()
Happy to oblige...how many letters?
About 150 :P (thanks)
Quote from: Hardy on April 07, 2010, 01:49:53 PMQuote from: Orior on April 07, 2010, 01:44:19 PMQuote from: Hardy on April 07, 2010, 12:50:39 PM
This poster is a silent one upset about the priest. 6 letters.
Maddog
Mad = upset
priest = dog collar
s
It's good, but it's not the one!
Quote from: ziggysego on April 07, 2010, 01:47:14 PM
Insurance for a house bird's film.
Quote from: muppet on April 07, 2010, 04:33:42 PMQuote from: ziggysego on April 07, 2010, 01:47:14 PM
Insurance for a house bird's film.
AQMP
Quote from: muppet on April 07, 2010, 04:33:42 PMQuote from: ziggysego on April 07, 2010, 01:47:14 PM
Insurance for a house bird's film.
AQMP
Quote from: small white mayoman on April 07, 2010, 04:39:53 PMQuote from: muppet on April 07, 2010, 04:33:42 PMQuote from: ziggysego on April 07, 2010, 01:47:14 PM
Insurance for a house bird's film.
AQMP
ihyspct muppet
Quote from: muppet on April 07, 2010, 04:48:57 PMQuote from: small white mayoman on April 07, 2010, 04:39:53 PMQuote from: muppet on April 07, 2010, 04:33:42 PMQuote from: ziggysego on April 07, 2010, 01:47:14 PM
Insurance for a house bird's film.
AQMP
ihyspct muppet
Mayo 1-15 to 0-13 Tyrone
Trevor to score the goal and lift Sam. Book the week after off.
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on April 08, 2010, 07:59:44 PM
Minder do you have a death alert app on your iPhone?
Quote from: Doogie Browser on April 21, 2010, 01:44:45 PM
Minder just texted me to say could I post up that former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch as died.
Quote from: Doogie Browser on April 21, 2010, 01:44:45 PM:D :D :D
Minder just texted me to say could I post up that former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch as died.
Quote from: Doogie Browser on April 21, 2010, 01:44:45 PM
Minder just texted me to say could I post up that former IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch as died.
Quote from: ziggysego on May 16, 2010, 10:32:29 PM
American heavy rock singer Ronnie James Dio, who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, has died at the age of 67.
Quote from: ziggysego on May 16, 2010, 10:32:29 PMHas Minder been informed?
American heavy rock singer Ronnie James Dio, who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, has died at the age of 67.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 16, 2010, 11:33:59 PMQuote from: ziggysego on May 16, 2010, 10:32:29 PMHas Minder been informed?
American heavy rock singer Ronnie James Dio, who replaced Ozzy Osbourne in Black Sabbath, has died at the age of 67.
Quote from: ross4life on May 16, 2010, 11:36:53 PM
I think this was confirmed as FALSE?
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140115
Quote from: hardstation on May 17, 2010, 12:36:19 AMQuote from: ziggysego on May 17, 2010, 12:35:00 AMDid died.Quote from: ross4life on May 16, 2010, 11:36:53 PM
I think this was confirmed as FALSE?
http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=140115
His wife then confirmed he did died.
:D
Quote from: thejuice on May 17, 2010, 12:31:25 AM
It was announced this morning, and then a report came out saying it was false. But his wife later confirmed it as true and its all over the news websites. Have been giving the albums a spin tonight.
Rainbow Rising is a classic.
Quote from: Minder on May 24, 2010, 10:39:56 AMJees, was it suicide? Poor bastard.
Recently deceased actress Brittany Murphys husband Simon Monjack dead.
Quote from: give her dixie on May 29, 2010, 07:07:41 PM
Denis Hopper RIP
QuoteAmhrán na bhFiann, murdered in Ballybofey. 30/05/10
Quote from: give her dixie on May 29, 2010, 07:07:41 PM
Denis Hopper RIP
Quote from: ziggysego on June 02, 2010, 04:13:17 PM
Last of the Summer Wine
Quote from: muppet on June 02, 2010, 04:14:06 PMQuote from: ziggysego on June 02, 2010, 04:13:17 PM
Last of the Summer Wine
It's the 2nd of June. You drank it already?
Quote from: ziggysego on June 02, 2010, 04:13:17 PM
Last of the Summer Wine
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on June 02, 2010, 08:14:22 PM
The cat that ran under my wheel on the way home.....RIP
Quote from: pintsofguinness on June 02, 2010, 08:11:37 PMNo further questions...
I use to like last of the summer wine.
Quote from: ziggysego on June 03, 2010, 04:45:30 PM
Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76.
Quote from: johnneycool on June 03, 2010, 05:02:02 PMQuote from: ziggysego on June 03, 2010, 04:45:30 PM
Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76.
Was that the big Dikey one?
My Ma used to love that show.
Quote from: Minder on June 03, 2010, 05:03:57 PMQuote from: johnneycool on June 03, 2010, 05:02:02 PMQuote from: ziggysego on June 03, 2010, 04:45:30 PM
Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76.
Was that the big Dikey one?
My Ma used to love that show.
No the slutty one.
Quote from: ziggysego on June 03, 2010, 05:35:04 PMQuote from: Minder on June 03, 2010, 05:03:57 PMQuote from: johnneycool on June 03, 2010, 05:02:02 PMQuote from: ziggysego on June 03, 2010, 04:45:30 PM
Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76.
Was that the big Dikey one?
My Ma used to love that show.
No the slutty one.
Yeah. The big dikey was (as you put it) died a couple of years ago.
Quote from: ONeill on June 03, 2010, 06:08:14 PM
Username Stew
Gaaboard
2002-2010
Quote from: Minder on June 03, 2010, 05:03:57 PMQuote from: johnneycool on June 03, 2010, 05:02:02 PMQuote from: ziggysego on June 03, 2010, 04:45:30 PM
Golden Girls Star Rue McClanahan Dies at 76.
Was that the big Dikey one?
My Ma used to love that show.
No the slutty one.
Quote from: Puckoon on June 03, 2010, 06:18:52 PMQuote from: ONeill on June 03, 2010, 06:08:14 PM
Username Stew
Gaaboard
2002-2010
What happened Stew?
Quote from: ONeill on June 03, 2010, 06:41:02 PM
He has been sent a seriously threatening email from someone on the board over that spat.
Quote from: longrunsthefox on June 03, 2010, 10:04:01 PM
... over a soccer Premiership team ::) Could kind of understand if it was something important like church abuse or politics here ... People need to take wise up pills
Quote from: muppet on June 03, 2010, 10:13:06 PMQuote from: longrunsthefox on June 03, 2010, 10:04:01 PM
... over a soccer Premiership team ::) Could kind of understand if it was something important like church abuse or politics here ... People need to take wise up pills
Is that what Head Shops sell?
Quote from: Niall Quinn on June 04, 2010, 02:59:09 AM
Yeah but stew got an emailed notice of death.
I've deleted my account 8 times and not one of you b**tards have said a word.
Quote from: Niall Quinn on June 04, 2010, 02:59:09 AM
Yeah but stew got an emailed notice of death.
I've deleted my account 8 times and not one of you b**tards have said a word.
Quote from: ziggysego on June 07, 2010, 11:04:15 AMwas just about to post that.
Former Stereophonics drummer Stuart Cable has died at the age of 40.
Quote from: Ulick on June 07, 2010, 04:18:55 PM
Gaelic football in Armagh died yesterday aged 12. RIP
Quote from: ziggysego on June 07, 2010, 06:06:42 PMUse a calculator. It all started in 98Quote from: Ulick on June 07, 2010, 04:18:55 PM
Gaelic football in Armagh died yesterday aged 12. RIP
Was there no before 2002?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 07, 2010, 06:09:46 PMQuote from: ziggysego on June 07, 2010, 06:06:42 PMUse a calculator. It all started in 98Quote from: Ulick on June 07, 2010, 04:18:55 PM
Gaelic football in Armagh died yesterday aged 12. RIP
Was there no before 2002?
Quote from: ziggysego on June 09, 2010, 12:55:41 PM
Gizmo the dog :(
Anyone from the Omagh area should know who Gizmo is.
Quote from: Nally Stand on June 09, 2010, 01:27:51 PMQuote from: ziggysego on June 09, 2010, 12:55:41 PM
Gizmo the dog :(
Anyone from the Omagh area should know who Gizmo is.
No way? When did you hear this?
Quote from: Nally Stand on June 09, 2010, 02:12:38 PM
(http://www.petsafetyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/259010-medium.jpg)
Quote from: muppet on June 09, 2010, 04:50:32 PMQuote from: Nally Stand on June 09, 2010, 02:12:38 PM
(http://www.petsafetyblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/259010-medium.jpg)
Mickey Harte casts an eye over his new blanket formation.
Quote from: Declan on June 18, 2010, 09:45:16 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8746884.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/8746884.stm)
Andy Ripley - One of the good ones
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on June 21, 2010, 05:30:44 PM
Frank Sidebottom - freaked the crap put of me when I was a young 'un
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1257872_frank_sidebottom_dies_after_collapsing_at_home
Quote from: Sandino on August 31, 2010, 02:02:49 PM
Laurent Fignon the former Tour De France winner has died aged 50.
Quote from: seafoid on August 31, 2010, 02:29:51 PMSee one of the Laudrups has cancer too. He is expected to beat seeing Minder for a good few years yet.
Laurent Fignon dead is shocking. They say it was cancer but you would wonder. Can we expect Kelly and Roche to make it to 80?
Quote from: ziggysego on September 08, 2010, 08:38:58 PM
Glenn Shadix, Otho from Beetlejuice. Fell out of his wheelchair and banged his head.
Quote from: Bacon on September 08, 2010, 09:12:01 PMQuote from: ziggysego on September 08, 2010, 08:38:58 PM
Glenn Shadix, Otho from Beetlejuice. Fell out of his wheelchair and banged his head.
??? Who? Is this a joke?
Quote from: Bacon on September 08, 2010, 09:12:01 PMQuote from: ziggysego on September 08, 2010, 08:38:58 PM
Glenn Shadix, Otho from Beetlejuice. Fell out of his wheelchair and banged his head.
??? Who? Is this a joke?
Quote from: Minder on September 10, 2010, 01:34:35 PM
Roy Keanes dog, Triggs
Quote from: nrico2006 on September 15, 2010, 08:53:17 AM
I don't think Keanes dog died.
Quote from: nrico2006 on September 15, 2010, 08:53:17 AM
I don't think Keanes dog died.
Quote from: Denn Forever on September 30, 2010, 11:44:06 AM
No, I am Spartacus.
Quote from: Sandino on September 30, 2010, 11:37:06 AMDid the small animal on his head die too?
Tony Curtis american film star and painter has died aged 85.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 30, 2010, 08:19:57 PMQuote from: Sandino on September 30, 2010, 11:37:06 AMDid the small animal on his head die too?
Tony Curtis american film star and painter has died aged 85.
:D :D :D
Quote from: seafoid on September 30, 2010, 08:48:49 PM
the private sector bank AIB died today
Quote from: ziggysego on October 01, 2010, 09:07:15 PM
Stephen J. Cannell.
Quote from: Sandino on October 04, 2010, 11:01:13 PM
Norman Wisdom has died aged 95. Mr Grimsdale!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: Billys Boots on October 05, 2010, 11:38:26 AM
Just saw there that Moss Keane has died:
From RTE.ie:
The death has taken place of the former Irish rugby international Moss Keane at the age of 62.
The Kerry native was capped 51 times for Ireland, making his debut in Paris in 1974.
He toured New Zealand in 1977 with the British and Irish Lions and was also a part of the famous Munster side of 1978 that defeated New Zealand in Thomond Park.
Keane also played Gaelic football and represented his native county in the U-21 grade and won Sigerson Cup honours with UCC.
Moss Keane is survived by his wife Anne and his two daughters Sarah and Anne Marie.
Quote from: Billys Boots on October 05, 2010, 11:38:26 AM
Just saw there that Moss Keane has died:
From RTE.ie:
The death has taken place of the former Irish rugby international Moss Keane at the age of 62.
The Kerry native was capped 51 times for Ireland, making his debut in Paris in 1974.
He toured New Zealand in 1977 with the British and Irish Lions and was also a part of the famous Munster side of 1978 that defeated New Zealand in Thomond Park.
Keane also played Gaelic football and represented his native county in the U-21 grade and won Sigerson Cup honours with UCC.
Moss Keane is survived by his wife Anne and his two daughters Sarah and Anne Marie.
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 05, 2010, 12:02:06 PMQuote from: Billys Boots on October 05, 2010, 11:38:26 AM
Just saw there that Moss Keane has died:
From RTE.ie:
The death has taken place of the former Irish rugby international Moss Keane at the age of 62.
The Kerry native was capped 51 times for Ireland, making his debut in Paris in 1974.
He toured New Zealand in 1977 with the British and Irish Lions and was also a part of the famous Munster side of 1978 that defeated New Zealand in Thomond Park.
Keane also played Gaelic football and represented his native county in the U-21 grade and won Sigerson Cup honours with UCC.
Moss Keane is survived by his wife Anne and his two daughters Sarah and Anne Marie.
Thats a bit of shock about Moss Keane...was he sick or was it sudden? His book is great read....seemed like mighty crack....RIP
Quote from: Billys Boots on October 05, 2010, 11:38:26 AM
Just saw there that Moss Keane has died:
From RTE.ie:
The death has taken place of the former Irish rugby international Moss Keane at the age of 62.
The Kerry native was capped 51 times for Ireland, making his debut in Paris in 1974.
He toured New Zealand in 1977 with the British and Irish Lions and was also a part of the famous Munster side of 1978 that defeated New Zealand in Thomond Park.
Keane also played Gaelic football and represented his native county in the U-21 grade and won Sigerson Cup honours with UCC.
Moss Keane is survived by his wife Anne and his two daughters Sarah and Anne Marie.
Quote from: Minder on October 12, 2010, 09:09:03 AM
Agony aunt Claire Rayner, 79. We now have the GaaBoard so it shouldn't be too big a void.
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 19, 2010, 08:22:07 PM
Sorry to hear about Tom Bosley...I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Malcolm Allison...passed away last week.....Man City football manager with the fur coat, cigars and champers from the 70s.
Quote from: ross4life on October 19, 2010, 08:28:41 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on October 19, 2010, 08:22:07 PM
Sorry to hear about Tom Bosley...I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Malcolm Allison...passed away last week.....Man City football manager with the fur coat, cigars and champers from the 70s.
I mentioned it over on the Man City thread but the main City fan here couldn't care less
Quote from: Denn Forever on October 20, 2010, 05:46:05 PM
Or Charley's Angels. He was Bosley in that as well?
Quote from: Sandino on November 26, 2010, 11:59:04 AM
Bernard Mathews, Turkey Farmer and business man has died aged 80.
Quote from: 5 Sams on November 26, 2010, 11:17:14 PMQuote from: Sandino on November 26, 2010, 11:59:04 AM
Bernard Mathews, Turkey Farmer and business man has died aged 80.
He has produced his last twizzler....Bernard Matthews has died today aged 80, his funeral will be held next week at Norfolk Crematorium, 11am, gas mark 6 for three hours.
Quote from: ziggysego on November 29, 2010, 02:11:00 AM
Leslie Nielsen (Police Squad, Airplane, Naked Gun)
Quote from: ziggysego on November 29, 2010, 02:11:00 AMSurely not? RIP.
Leslie Nielsen (Police Squad, Airplane, Naked Gun)
Quote from: Wee Roddy on November 29, 2010, 10:38:34 AM
I see a local councillor on the front page of the Tyrone Herald paying tribute to a former counciller............................hes not dead at all!
Quote from: Doogie Browser on November 29, 2010, 09:53:38 AMQuote from: ziggysego on November 29, 2010, 02:11:00 AMSurely not? RIP.
Leslie Nielsen (Police Squad, Airplane, Naked Gun)
Quote from: Archie Mitchell on December 02, 2010, 10:18:48 PM
RIP Barry Elliot aka Barry Chuckle
Great entertainer
Quote from: Hardy on December 03, 2010, 10:12:22 AM
He doesn't look great, though.
(http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu206/Hardyarse/chuckle.png)
Quote from: Archie Mitchell on December 03, 2010, 12:09:52 PM
That's Paul not Barry. I'm sure he's hurting today though!
Quote from: muppet on December 05, 2010, 03:28:07 PMThat Cnut should be shot on sight...the law couldn't be stiff enough for this type of thing, that could be anyone of us anytime we get on the bike >:(
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-12-05-italy-cyclists-killed_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip (http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2010-12-05-italy-cyclists-killed_N.htm?loc=interstitialskip)
Car plows into group of cyclists in Italy, 8 dead
ROME (AP) — A speeding car plowed head-on into a group of cyclists in southern Italy on Sunday morning, killing eight of them, officials said. The driver had been smoking marijuana, police said.
Bent, mangled bikes were strewn about the scene, and the sheet-draped corpses dotted the two-lane road near Lamezia Terme, in the Calabrian "toe" of boot-shaped Italy where the accident occurred.
In addition to the eight cyclists killed, four people were injured, said Gianluca Gioia, a spokesman for ANAS, the agency that runs Italy's state roads and highways. Police confirmed the toll.
The ANSA news agency said the driver, who was slightly injured, was placed under arrest. A police spokesman who declined to give his name said the man, a Moroccan national, had tested positive for marijuana.
A preliminary investigation showed the speeding car ran headfirst into the group of cyclists who were riding in the opposite direction on state road 18, according to the highway authority.
ANSA said the driver was trying to pass another car when he hit the group. Visibility and driving conditions were good at the time, reports said.
The road was closed by authorities.
It is common in Italy to see groups of amateur cyclists taking to small state roads on weekends. ANSA said the group hit Sunday was affiliated with a local Lamezia Terme gym.
Quote from: Puckoon on December 07, 2010, 11:00:29 PMRIP, poor woman...after what thon cnut put her through >:(
Elizabeth Edwards just passed at 61 from Cancer.
Quote from: Sandino on December 16, 2010, 10:12:51 PM
Blake Edwards the husband of Julie Andrews and the director of the Pink Panther has died.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 16, 2010, 10:52:21 PMLegendary babe...Quote from: Sandino on December 16, 2010, 10:12:51 PM
Blake Edwards the husband of Julie Andrews and the director of the Pink Panther has died.
Who brought us (well the older ones on here)
(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-O7iwa6z6hWr3tMMuDUDfLESOQfjvHIU4YYSiRBV0j8SOqWfH)
Quote from: Take Your Points on December 17, 2010, 06:20:05 PM
Stephen J Cannell was one of American television's most successful writers and producers. He claimed that his greatest successes, shows like The Rockford Files or The A-Team, came about "by mistake". Having created, or co-created, 43 different series, and produced something like 1,500 episodes, he said he was bound to get the elements right occasionally and tap into something the audience liked.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/stephen-j-cannel-writer-and-producer-who-created-the-rockford-files-and-the-ateam-2162602.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/stephen-j-cannel-writer-and-producer-who-created-the-rockford-files-and-the-ateam-2162602.html)
Quote from: ziggysego on December 17, 2010, 06:22:15 PMQuote from: Take Your Points on December 17, 2010, 06:20:05 PM
Stephen J Cannell was one of American television's most successful writers and producers. He claimed that his greatest successes, shows like The Rockford Files or The A-Team, came about "by mistake". Having created, or co-created, 43 different series, and produced something like 1,500 episodes, he said he was bound to get the elements right occasionally and tap into something the audience liked.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/stephen-j-cannel-writer-and-producer-who-created-the-rockford-files-and-the-ateam-2162602.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/stephen-j-cannel-writer-and-producer-who-created-the-rockford-files-and-the-ateam-2162602.html)
Stephen died 2/3 months ago.
Quote from: ziggysego on December 30, 2010, 12:46:47 PM
Bobby Farrell, lead singer of the 1970s disco group Boney M, has died at the age of 61, his agent has announced.
Quote from: Olly on December 30, 2010, 05:32:52 PMQuote from: ziggysego on December 30, 2010, 12:46:47 PM
Bobby Farrell, lead singer of the 1970s disco group Boney M, has died at the age of 61, his agent has announced.
Unbelieveable. Even in death agents are hogging the limelight.
Brown girl in the ring? I think that was one of their songs?
Quote from: ross4life on January 03, 2011, 05:50:59 PM
Once described by Steven Spielberg as "probably the best actor in the world"
RIP Pete
QuotePlayed me in his second greatest role, a great actor.
RIP Pete.
Quote from: ziggysego on January 05, 2011, 02:58:10 PM
Strabane's 'Fast Talker' George Cunningham. RIP.
Quote from: Minder on January 05, 2011, 06:53:53 PM
[Is there footage of that "famous" interview. I remember looking for it a few months ago and couldn't find anything on YouTube.
Quote from: pintsofguinness on January 10, 2011, 12:26:13 AMReally Pints???
Dick Winters - from band of brothers :(
Quote from: ross matt on January 10, 2011, 12:31:27 AMDoesnt seem to have hit the news yet - I seen it on football365, it's been put on his website that he died earlier in the week. Yeah, he was a great man.Quote from: pintsofguinness on January 10, 2011, 12:26:13 AMReally Pints???
Dick Winters - from band of brothers :(
Had'nt heard. Read the book and saw the series. Winters was an exceptional man. RIP.
Quote from: pintsofguinness on January 10, 2011, 12:35:28 AMYeah thanks Pints. Just googled it in last few minutes and its come up on alot of history sites. Sad.Quote from: ross matt on January 10, 2011, 12:31:27 AMDoesnt seem to have hit the news yet - I seen it on football365, it's been put on his website that he died earlier in the week. Yeah, he was a great man.Quote from: pintsofguinness on January 10, 2011, 12:26:13 AMReally Pints???
Dick Winters - from band of brothers :(
Had'nt heard. Read the book and saw the series. Winters was an exceptional man. RIP.
Quote from: Carmen Stateside on January 10, 2011, 04:16:43 PM
Any word from Tyrone people of a death. Just got a call telling me of a death which came as a massive shock. Just checked here first to see if true.
Quote from: Norf Tyrone on January 10, 2011, 04:17:46 PMQuote from: Carmen Stateside on January 10, 2011, 04:16:43 PM
Any word from Tyrone people of a death. Just got a call telling me of a death which came as a massive shock. Just checked here first to see if true.
Heard nothing. PM me if you want to help me check it.
Quote from: screenexile on January 10, 2011, 05:01:03 PM
News has travelled to our office here as well. . . hope it's not true!!!
Quote from: JUst retired on January 11, 2011, 01:21:11 PMTerrible, I would fear for the police over there though. They will be keen to get someone charged asap in order to reassure tourists that the place is safe.
The news gets worse, police are saying it was a robbery and the poor girl must have disturbed them,and they murdered her.
Quote from: Doogie Browser on January 11, 2011, 01:31:29 PMQuote from: JUst retired on January 11, 2011, 01:21:11 PMTerrible, I would fear for the police over there though. They will be keen to get someone charged asap in order to reassure tourists that the place is safe.
The news gets worse, police are saying it was a robbery and the poor girl must have disturbed them,and they murdered her.
Quote from: nrico2006 on January 11, 2011, 02:07:01 PMQuote from: Doogie Browser on January 11, 2011, 01:31:29 PMQuote from: JUst retired on January 11, 2011, 01:21:11 PMTerrible, I would fear for the police over there though. They will be keen to get someone charged asap in order to reassure tourists that the place is safe.
The news gets worse, police are saying it was a robbery and the poor girl must have disturbed them,and they murdered her.
Exactly, there will be an arrest pretty quickly whether or not they have the right man/woman. The attacker might not be identified by the use of the keycard, probably a stolen, master or copied one.
Quote from: Ulick on January 11, 2011, 04:22:44 PM
Was reading a story from the Mauritian tabloid l'Express. Seems to be their version of the guttersnipe Sunday World. Broadly using John's request for a priest as some sort of incriminatory indication of his involvement in the death.
Quote from: Ulick on January 12, 2011, 12:16:12 PM
One of the accused is claiming he was beaten by the police. Could see that one coming down the track like a train, especially since I heard a Mauritian journalist on the radio last night say that most (90%?) of criminal convictions there come through confessions. Maybe the Irish government should offer to send some scientists over from Forensic Science Laboratory to assist with the investigation? Last thing needed here is a miscarriage of justice.
Quote from: clarshack on January 12, 2011, 12:20:58 PMQuote from: Ulick on January 12, 2011, 12:16:12 PM
One of the accused is claiming he was beaten by the police. Could see that one coming down the track like a train, especially since I heard a Mauritian journalist on the radio last night say that most (90%?) of criminal convictions there come through confessions. Maybe the Irish government should offer to send some scientists over from Forensic Science Laboratory to assist with the investigation? Last thing needed here is a miscarriage of justice.
would agree.
if there was a struggle i would assume there would be plenty of dna evidence.
Quote from: Sandino on February 14, 2011, 08:43:16 PM
Corey Haim has died aged 38.
Quote from: The Real Laoislad on February 14, 2011, 08:47:46 PMQuote from: Sandino on February 14, 2011, 08:43:16 PM
Corey Haim has died aged 38.
I thought he died a few years ago.
Quote from: Sandino on February 14, 2011, 08:43:16 PM
Corey Haim has died aged 38.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on February 26, 2011, 01:29:23 PM
Dean Richards, former footballer, aged 36. I think i remember this guy, coloured chap, played centre half. Played for Spurs among others.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/t/tottenham_hotspur/9408254.stm
Quote from: EagleLord on March 16, 2011, 08:27:16 PMThe next stop is the east sideeeee moteeeeeel
Nate Dogg.
R.I.P. Homie.
Regulators...mount up!
Quote from: fitzroyalty on March 16, 2011, 10:09:04 PMSome tune!Quote from: EagleLord on March 16, 2011, 08:27:16 PMThe next stop is the east sideeeee moteeeeeel
Nate Dogg.
R.I.P. Homie.
Regulators...mount up!
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on March 19, 2011, 07:51:52 PM
flip sake I thought that it was that other Knut that plays for Liverpool!!
Quote from: Minder on March 19, 2011, 08:56:46 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on March 19, 2011, 07:51:52 PM
flip sake I thought that it was that other Knut that plays for Liverpool!!
You are the biggest Knut of them all !
Quote from: Minder on March 23, 2011, 04:41:20 PMNot bad at all.
Saw a few photos of her when she was in her early thirties and she was absolutely stunning.
Quote from: Minder on March 28, 2011, 09:03:22 AM
Harry Coover Jr, age 94, inventor of Super Glue. He came to a sticky end.
Quote from: Minder on March 28, 2011, 09:03:22 AM
Harry Coover Jr, age 94, inventor of Super Glue. He came to a sticky end.
Quote from: Minder on March 28, 2011, 09:03:22 AM
Harry Coover Jr, age 94, inventor of Super Glue. He came to a sticky end.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 28, 2011, 05:35:21 PM
Not funny lads. This could happen to uhu.
Quote from: ziggysego on March 28, 2011, 06:04:52 PMI'm holding out for a cure to death.Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 28, 2011, 05:35:21 PM
Not funny lads. This could happen to uhu.
Could? Death comes to us all Tony.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 28, 2011, 06:13:02 PMQuote from: ziggysego on March 28, 2011, 06:04:52 PMI'm holding out for a cure to death.Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 28, 2011, 05:35:21 PM
Not funny lads. This could happen to uhu.
Could? Death comes to us all Tony.
Quote from: Minder on March 28, 2011, 09:03:22 AM
Harry Coover Jr, age 94, inventor of Super Glue. He came to a sticky end.
Quote from: Orior on March 30, 2011, 10:29:47 PMQuote from: Minder on March 28, 2011, 09:03:22 AM
Harry Coover Jr, age 94, inventor of Super Glue. He came to a sticky end.
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9F9_RUESS2E/TGxEpaSxitI/AAAAAAAADf0/aGeoMB7mQ9k/s800/pod0018-)
Quote from: pintsofguinness on March 30, 2011, 11:25:50 PM
Quote from: Orior on March 30, 2011, 10:29:47 PMQuote from: Minder on March 28, 2011, 09:03:22 AM
Harry Coover Jr, age 94, inventor of Super Glue. He came to a sticky end.
(http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9F9_RUESS2E/TGxEpaSxitI/AAAAAAAADf0/aGeoMB7mQ9k/s800/pod0018-)
:D
Quote from: Sandino on March 31, 2011, 03:56:00 PM
Haulage magnate Edward Stobart, who built up the Eddie Stobart lorry empire and ran it for more than 30 years, has died at the age of 56.
BBC.
Quote from: Sandino on March 31, 2011, 03:56:00 PM
Haulage magnate Edward Stobart, who built up the Eddie Stobart lorry empire and ran it for more than 30 years, has died at the age of 56.
BBC.
Quote from: Orior on March 31, 2011, 09:57:06 PM
Just wondering - is there a good age to die?
Quote from: ONeill on April 02, 2011, 09:00:07 AMQuote from: Orior on March 31, 2011, 09:57:06 PM
Just wondering - is there a good age to die?
Early stone age.
Quote from: muppet on April 02, 2011, 01:54:57 PMQuote from: ONeill on April 02, 2011, 09:00:07 AMQuote from: Orior on March 31, 2011, 09:57:06 PM
Just wondering - is there a good age to die?
Early stone age.
Bondage?
Quote from: Sandino on March 31, 2011, 03:56:00 PM
Haulage magnate Edward Stobart, who built up the Eddie Stobart lorry empire and ran it for more than 30 years, has died at the age of 56.
Quote from: Agent Orange on April 03, 2011, 08:13:30 PMQuote from: Sandino on March 31, 2011, 03:56:00 PM
Haulage magnate Edward Stobart, who built up the Eddie Stobart lorry empire and ran it for more than 30 years, has died at the age of 56.
He was HGV positive.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on April 05, 2011, 11:43:47 PM
TIRable puns here!
QuoteElisabeth Sladen - Doctor Who's Sarah-Jane Smith
Quote from: ziggysego on April 23, 2011, 01:23:16 PM
Only Fools and Horses writer John Sullivan has died. RIP
Quote from: ziggysego on April 23, 2011, 01:23:16 PMSorry to hear that. I wonder what sort of recognition/awards he got for writing those series
Only Fools and Horses writer John Sullivan has died. RIP
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on May 01, 2011, 09:01:22 PM
Henry Cooper aged 76.
Quote from: 5 Sams on May 01, 2011, 09:09:30 PMQuote from: Harold Disgracey on May 01, 2011, 09:01:22 PM
Henry Cooper aged 76.
Poor Henry...one of the few men to put Cassius Clay on his hole....RIP
Quote from: gallsman on May 01, 2011, 09:14:42 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on May 01, 2011, 09:09:30 PMQuote from: Harold Disgracey on May 01, 2011, 09:01:22 PM
Henry Cooper aged 76.
Poor Henry...one of the few men to put Cassius Clay on his hole....RIP
I Muhammad Ali heard you call him that I'd still fancy him to knock you out!
Quote from: 5 Sams on May 01, 2011, 09:17:05 PMQuote from: gallsman on May 01, 2011, 09:14:42 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on May 01, 2011, 09:09:30 PMQuote from: Harold Disgracey on May 01, 2011, 09:01:22 PM
Henry Cooper aged 76.
Poor Henry...one of the few men to put Cassius Clay on his hole....RIP
I Muhammad Ali heard you call him that I'd still fancy him to knock you out!
Give me that in English???
Quote from: hardstation on May 01, 2011, 09:19:38 PM
Was he not Cassius Clay when he was put on his hole though?
Quote from: hardstation on May 01, 2011, 09:19:38 PM
Was he not Cassius Clay when he was put on his hole though?
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on May 01, 2011, 09:01:22 PM
Henry Cooper aged 76.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 02, 2011, 11:42:19 AM
not trying to be funny/smart in any way..but wasnt that perfect timing that Ted Lowe died on the morning of a World final;
90? not a bad break i reckon.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 06, 2011, 08:14:17 PM
Accord to Twitter Seve has passed away. RIP if it is true. An absolute legend.
Quote from: ziggysego on May 05, 2011, 08:41:11 AMwhat about Shep. Is he still on the go? Him and Noaksey were some team back in the day
Mabel the Blue Peter dog.
Quote from: norabeag on May 07, 2011, 01:08:56 AMQuote from: ziggysego on May 05, 2011, 08:41:11 AMwhat about Shep. Is he still on the go? Him and Noaksey were some team back in the day
Mabel the Blue Peter dog.
Quote from: Fear ón Srath Bán on May 09, 2011, 11:48:18 AM
Howth faithful bemused at bin Laden memorial services (from the Irish Times)
CONOR POPE
CHURCHGOING RESIDENTS of Howth, Co Dublin, were bewildered to see Osama bin Laden listed for two memorial services in their parish newsletter yesterday morning.
The Catholic Church in the seaside town had named the terrorist – shot dead by US navy seals in a heavily-fortified compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, last Sunday – among those to whom it planned to devote a Mass.
In addition to carrying information about upcoming communions and confirmations, the Church of the Assumption newsletter also contained a brief announcement which read: "Osama Bin Laden (recently deceased)", adding that the man who had topped America's most wanted list for more than a decade was scheduled to have two Masses said in his honour next Thursday at 8am and 10am.
The information was also carried, without any further explanation or clarification, on the church's website.
A number of parishioners were shocked at the appearance of the late al-Qaeda leader on the shortlist of people who were due to be remembered by the parish this week, but assumed the information was correct.
One said he did not really know what to make of the scheduled Masses and added that he would need to reflect on it for some time before deciding if it was an appropriate step for the church to take.
In a reflection of the growing influence of social media in Ireland, news of the proposed bin Laden service spread quickly via Twitter, with some users speculating that the decision was a genuinely Christian act of forgiveness and others marvelling at the insensitivity of the move.
However, a spokeswoman for the Dublin archdiocese expressed surprise that such a Mass would be scheduled. She subsequently confirmed that it was a hoax.
She said someone had telephoned the church last week asking that two services to be dedicated to the infamous al-Qaeda leader's memory.
His name had been taken without question by a church official and included on the list for upcoming prayers without the sanction of parish priest Msgr Brendan Houlihan.Msgr Houlihan was said to be very upset at bin Laden's inclusion on the Mass list and insisted that under no circumstances would a memorial service be held in the church for the deceased terrorist.
"A lot of hurt has been caused by this hoax," the archdiocese spokeswoman said, shortly before this week's newsletter was taken down from the church's website.
:D
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 09, 2011, 12:22:59 PM
The bit in bold is brilliant.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on April 20, 2011, 12:24:33 AMQuoteElisabeth Sladen - Doctor Who's Sarah-Jane Smith
One of my first boyhood crushes aged prob 10.
She knew how to keep K9 in place. Great to see her return to a later Dr. Who. I am sad to hear she is dead.
(http://www.sliverofice.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/sarah-jane-smith-and-k9.jpg)
QuoteWhat, if anything at all, was going though the church official's mind when s/he transcribed "Osama Bin Laden (recently deceased)"!
Quote from: Billys Boots on May 18, 2011, 12:45:20 PM
And why is that only us Atheists notice these things?
Quote from: Ulick on May 19, 2011, 08:21:16 AM
First person to say "he made a great contribution to peace" gets a boot in the balls.
Quote from: Nally Stand on May 19, 2011, 08:41:17 AMQuote from: Ulick on May 19, 2011, 08:21:16 AM
First person to say "he made a great contribution to peace" gets a boot in the balls.
:D
Quote from: mayogodhelpus@gmail.com on May 19, 2011, 09:13:57 AMQuote from: Nally Stand on May 19, 2011, 08:41:17 AMQuote from: Ulick on May 19, 2011, 08:21:16 AM
First person to say "he made a great contribution to peace" gets a boot in the balls.
:D
Mayo is right Ulick, a better term is boot in the ballbag.
Ballbags.
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 19, 2011, 08:58:43 AM
RIP Indeed. Definitely not the stereotypical politician, sometimes a little aloof. There is an anecdote about how he was on a constituency visit down to Cork in the mid 80s, and saw all the red and white flags on poles as Cork went towards another hurling All Ireland Final. Apparently he was astonished at the depth of support for Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Polish Party in Cork :)
RIP Garrett, you did well.
Quote from: Ulick on May 19, 2011, 09:48:22 AMQuote from: AZOffaly on May 19, 2011, 08:58:43 AM
RIP Indeed. Definitely not the stereotypical politician, sometimes a little aloof. There is an anecdote about how he was on a constituency visit down to Cork in the mid 80s, and saw all the red and white flags on poles as Cork went towards another hurling All Ireland Final. Apparently he was astonished at the depth of support for Lech Walesa and the Solidarity Polish Party in Cork :)
RIP Garrett, you did well.
Hmm... sounds suspiciously like the story about John McGuffin and Jerry Rubin:
One day in the late 1960s, when we thought we'd heard
the chimes of freedom flashing, I drove to Dublin with
McGuffin and the American anarchist Jerry Rubin. A
mile or so out of Newry, McGuffin explained to the
fabled member of the Chicago Seven that the town we
were approaching was in the grip of revolution. The
risen people had turned en masse to anarchism. We'd
better barrel on through. If we stopped for a moment
the fevered proletariat would surely engulf us...
Down were in the All-Ireland final that weekend. Every
house, lamppost and telegraph pole was festooned with
red-and-black flags. Rubin was agog, at risk of
levitation when we passed under banners strung across
the streets, reading, "Up Down!"
"These people really got the revolutionary ethic",
enthused the ecstatic Rubin.
"As much as yourself, comrade", allowed the gracious
McGuffin.
Quote from: Nally Stand on May 19, 2011, 09:30:23 AMQuote from: mayogodhelpus@gmail.com on May 19, 2011, 09:13:57 AMQuote from: Nally Stand on May 19, 2011, 08:41:17 AMQuote from: Ulick on May 19, 2011, 08:21:16 AM
First person to say "he made a great contribution to peace" gets a boot in the balls.
:D
Mayo is right Ulick, a better term is boot in the ballbag.
Ballbags.
Quote from: ross4life on May 20, 2011, 06:06:50 PM
Wrestler Randy Savage Killed In Car Accident today RIP
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 21, 2011, 11:35:07 PMWoops, Ray McCreesh's pic up twice. Apologies MR2, corrected.
You have the wrong photo up Nally, also I'd suggest you make a new thread, an anniversary thread maybe
Quote from: Nally Stand on May 21, 2011, 11:40:13 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on May 21, 2011, 11:35:07 PMWoops, Ray McCreesh's pic up twice. Apologies MR2, corrected.
You have the wrong photo up Nally, also I'd suggest you make a new thread, an anniversary thread maybe
Didn't really want to put up a new thread for anniversaries, may as well keep it to this one thread, just wanted to put up a quick post to mark the anniversary.
Quote from: thebigfella on May 21, 2011, 11:54:51 PMDidn't really want to put up a new thread for anniversariesQuote from: Nally Stand on May 21, 2011, 11:40:13 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on May 21, 2011, 11:35:07 PMWoops, Ray McCreesh's pic up twice. Apologies MR2, corrected.
You have the wrong photo up Nally, also I'd suggest you make a new thread, an anniversary thread maybe
Didn't really want to put up a new thread for anniversaries, may as well keep it to this one thread, just wanted to put up a quick post to mark the anniversary.
Why not put up a hunger strikers anniversaries thread?
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 21, 2011, 11:49:29 PM:D
I remember the days like they were yesterday!! Crazy times, the riots were mad and heading to school the next day with all the roads all covered with burnt out buses, lorries, trucks. Is it any wonder I was shite at school
Quote from: Capt Pat on June 10, 2011, 10:51:09 AMwaiting for the official statement to be released at 11.00am
RTE are dragging their heals. Sad for his family but the sooner the family dynasties are gone out of Irish politics better.
Quote from: AQMP on June 10, 2011, 10:50:55 AM
Amazingly it's on his Wikipedia page. Only 52, sad for his family and friends. RIP
Quote from: The Subbie on June 10, 2011, 10:55:29 AM
RTE can't cope with the fact that Dublin is now a FF TD free zone.
RIP Brian Lenihan, very young to die.
QuoteRTE can't cope with the fact that Dublin is now a FF TD free zone.
Quote from: Bingo on June 20, 2011, 03:49:39 PM
Ryan Dunn of Jackass fame killed in a car crash night according to reports.
Quote from: Bingo on June 20, 2011, 03:49:39 PM
Ryan Dunn of Jackass fame killed in a car crash night according to reports.
Quote from: gawa316 on June 21, 2011, 02:07:34 PMQuote from: Bingo on June 20, 2011, 03:49:39 PM
Ryan Dunn of Jackass fame killed in a car crash night according to reports.
Is he or isn't he?
Rumours doing the rounds it was all a hoax
Quote from: ziggysego on June 24, 2011, 06:41:29 PM
RIP Peter Falk AKA Columbo
Quote from: Minder on June 24, 2011, 06:43:22 PMwhat sort of car did columbo drive in the filmsQuote from: ziggysego on June 24, 2011, 06:41:29 PM
RIP Peter Falk AKA Columbo
Just one more thing.....
Quote from: lawnseed on June 24, 2011, 08:31:20 PMPeugeot 403 convertibleQuote from: Minder on June 24, 2011, 06:43:22 PMwhat sort of car did columbo drive in the filmsQuote from: ziggysego on June 24, 2011, 06:41:29 PM
RIP Peter Falk AKA Columbo
Just one more thing.....
Quote from: Minder on June 30, 2011, 09:33:26 PMMinder gets another one. Always liked Dunseith.
David Dunseith
Quote from: Minder on June 30, 2011, 10:08:00 PMhttp://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=19234.0 (http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=19234.0)
Thought there was a bit of ill will towards him on here a few months back.
Quote from: Minder on June 30, 2011, 10:08:00 PM
Thought there was a bit of ill will towards him on here a few months back.
Quote from: ziggysego on June 30, 2011, 10:41:00 PMThese aren't real people.
I used to enjoy listening to him on talkback. He spent a crazy weekend in Greencastle, back in 1980, playing golf with Nick Faldo, drinking with Vera Duckworth, Mike Baldwin & half the cast of Corrie and singing with Johnny Logan.
RIP David.
Quote from: muppet on July 07, 2011, 06:18:56 PM
George Kimball
http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/articles-frontpage/12903-george-kimball-1943-2011 (http://www.thesweetscience.com/news/articles-frontpage/12903-george-kimball-1943-2011)
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 11, 2011, 09:02:03 PM
Alex Hay. Very sad, always liked listening to him and could always be heard laughing in the background when Alliss went off on a ramble.
Quote from: AZOffaly on July 12, 2011, 04:12:32 PM"A long battle with cancer".
What happened him?
Quote from: BarryBreensBandage on July 23, 2011, 08:04:50 PM
Another genius to die at the age of 27 (as did Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Brian Jones)
RIP
Quote from: laoislad on July 24, 2011, 12:13:03 AMEasy on, you'll have boojangles reaching for the Kleenex again. Have some respect for the passing of another celebrity (no doubt at her own scrawny hand).
Amazing what passes for a genius nowadays ::)
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 24, 2011, 12:16:08 AMQuote from: laoislad on July 24, 2011, 12:13:03 AMEasy on, you'll have boojangles reaching for the Kleenex again. Have some respect for the passing of another celebrity (no doubt at her own scrawny hand).
Amazing what passes for a genius nowadays ::)
Quote from: muppet on July 24, 2011, 12:23:40 AMI had assumed she got her shit together as she was rarely in the news of late but then a few weeks ago there was footage of her in Belgrade or somewhere where it was obvious she was on the junk. So it's a pity how things worked out for her but the same happens every weekend in Ireland.
What's wrong with saying RIP for Amy Winehouse? Wasn't she on the RIP most of the time anyway?
Quote from: ziggysego on July 27, 2011, 01:10:49 AM
US Olympic skier Jeret Peterson commits suicide in Utah
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/us_olympic_skier_jeret_peterson_etV3h9C4HbVHsBdOBAXujM#ixzz1TGAZR0Ut
Quote from: AQMP on July 28, 2011, 12:14:21 PM
Dan Peek of early 70s band America famous for the 1972 No 1 song "A Horse With No Name"
Quote from: Minder on August 11, 2011, 01:50:27 PM
James Kelly, ex-Irish News journalist.
Quote from: Minder on August 11, 2011, 01:50:27 PM
James Kelly, ex-Irish News journalist.
QuoteHad a lot of time for him. Amazing the amount of times you hear of a death soon after that person retires. 100 years young.
Quote from: Blowitupref on September 05, 2011, 09:48:01 PMOne of the absolute greats through the years, the best vocalist hands down imo!
65th Birthday today, RIP http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pC4ZOxpu2rs
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on September 10, 2011, 01:40:09 PM
Brendan Rodgers' father Malachy, from Carnlough i think, might be known to some of our North Antrim posters.
Quote from: Forever Green on September 12, 2011, 04:12:29 PMQuote from: Hoof Hearted on September 10, 2011, 01:40:09 PM
Brendan Rodgers' father Malachy, from Carnlough i think, might be known to some of our North Antrim posters.
Funeral was today in Carnlough. Lost his battle with cancer on Friday night.
Condolences to the Rodgers family. RIP and God Bless
Quote from: glens abu on September 12, 2011, 04:30:03 PMQuote from: Forever Green on September 12, 2011, 04:12:29 PMQuote from: Hoof Hearted on September 10, 2011, 01:40:09 PM
Brendan Rodgers' father Malachy, from Carnlough i think, might be known to some of our North Antrim posters.
Funeral was today in Carnlough. Lost his battle with cancer on Friday night.
Condolences to the Rodgers family. RIP and God Bless
Do you know them Green,their Mother was called Christina do you know if her maidan name was McAllister?
Quote from: Forever Green on September 12, 2011, 04:42:10 PMQuote from: glens abu on September 12, 2011, 04:30:03 PMQuote from: Forever Green on September 12, 2011, 04:12:29 PMQuote from: Hoof Hearted on September 10, 2011, 01:40:09 PM
Brendan Rodgers' father Malachy, from Carnlough i think, might be known to some of our North Antrim posters.
Funeral was today in Carnlough. Lost his battle with cancer on Friday night.
Condolences to the Rodgers family. RIP and God Bless
Do you know them Green,their Mother was called Christina do you know if her maidan name was McAllister?
Not 100% on this glens, but I think it might have been McCloy. Couldn't be positive on that though
Quote from: 5 Sams on September 12, 2011, 09:34:03 PMgreat show thoroughly enjoyed andy he didnt even look 39yrs.
Andy Whitfield.....Spartacus Blood and Sand...watched this show a few times and enjoyed it....39 years of age... :o
http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-andy-whitfield-lymphoma-20110912,0,7280299.story
Quote from: AZOffaly on September 19, 2011, 10:45:48 AM
No way. Ah that's sad. He was a good age I'd say?
Quote from: Denn Forever on September 19, 2011, 09:59:35 AM
Ginger McCain - Trainer of Red Rum
http://www.rte.ie/sport/2011/0919/mccaing.html
Quote from: Puckoon on September 21, 2011, 06:51:47 PM
Bad day
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 21, 2011, 06:29:59 PM
REM. RIP.
Quote from: Ludraman on September 21, 2011, 07:39:09 PMSay what boy?
when i first met de mot she told be she luved rem. so i ran around the room pretending to be on me motorbike sayin rem rem rem rem rem rem rem. we got engaged de day after. cool no?
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on September 22, 2011, 09:44:41 AM
Troy Davis.
Quote from: Radda bout yeee on September 26, 2011, 12:45:23 PM
Heard very sad news today that the former Armagh stalwart and former player and manager of my own club Kieran McGurk died suddenly! The General was a legend! Sympathy to all his family!!!
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 25, 2011, 10:37:38 PM
Yes while a vile man when carrying out those murders and commanding the UVF. He did change his views and like others from a different political view tried to make progress.
The other side would be saying the same if someone from the Shinners died
Quote from: BennyCake on September 26, 2011, 01:24:12 PMYes its true, hard to believe he is only 50 at most.Quote from: Radda bout yeee on September 26, 2011, 12:45:23 PM
Heard very sad news today that the former Armagh stalwart and former player and manager of my own club Kieran McGurk died suddenly! The General was a legend! Sympathy to all his family!!!
Seriously??
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on September 26, 2011, 02:04:39 PM
Just heard about Kieran McGurk's passing. Very sad Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Quote from: stew on September 26, 2011, 04:06:40 PMGerard's father?
Joe Houlahan passed away this morning, former Harps, Og's and county keeper Joe loved the Ogs and Armagh football, he traveled the Country watching Armagh play when he retired.
May God Bless you Joe and Keep you in the palm of his hand.
Quote from: stew on September 26, 2011, 02:54:30 PM+1Quote from: Harold Disgracey on September 26, 2011, 02:04:39 PM
Just heard about Kieran McGurk's passing. Very sad Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
We lost another great gael. I loved to watch McGurk play football for Armagh. RIP ,Kieran
Quote from: pintsofguinness on September 26, 2011, 07:05:15 PMQuote from: stew on September 26, 2011, 04:06:40 PMGerard's father?
Joe Houlahan passed away this morning, former Harps, Og's and county keeper Joe loved the Ogs and Armagh football, he traveled the Country watching Armagh play when he retired.
May God Bless you Joe and Keep you in the palm of his hand.
Sorry to hear that too, RIP.
Quote from: AQMP on October 05, 2011, 01:52:27 PM
England cricketer Graham Dilley aged 52
He of the famous Lillee c. Willey b. Dilley scorecard
Quote from: passedit on October 05, 2011, 01:55:16 PM;DQuote from: AQMP on October 05, 2011, 01:52:27 PM
England cricketer Graham Dilley aged 52
He of the famous Lillee c. Willey b. Dilley scorecard
But not 'The Batsman's Holding the Bowler's Willey'
Quote from: ziggysego on October 06, 2011, 12:44:28 AM
Just heard. Shocked.
Steve Jobs RIP
http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
Quote from: ziggysego on October 06, 2011, 12:44:28 AMHaving seen his last pictures it's not much of a shock TBH
Just heard. Shocked.
Steve Jobs RIP
http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
Quote from: ross4life on October 06, 2011, 01:11:41 AMQuote from: ziggysego on October 06, 2011, 12:44:28 AMHaving seen his last pictures it's not much of a shock TBH
Just heard. Shocked.
Steve Jobs RIP
http://www.apple.com/stevejobs/
RIP no doubt his legacy will live on.
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 11, 2011, 04:55:58 PM
Peter McDermott. "The man in the cap". RIP
(http://www.anfearrua.com/images/upload/manincap.jpg)
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 11, 2011, 04:55:58 PM
Peter McDermott. "The man in the cap". RIP
(http://www.anfearrua.com/images/upload/manincap.jpg)
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 16, 2011, 11:31:52 PM
British motorsport driver Dan Wheldon died in a huge accident at an Indycar Race in Las Vegas in the last hour or so
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/15330202.stm
Quote from: laoislad on October 17, 2011, 11:11:26 PMAye just seen it on the news earlier. Carnage. Crazy that so many cars are allowed to race wheel to wheel at 220mph.Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 16, 2011, 11:31:52 PM
British motorsport driver Dan Wheldon died in a huge accident at an Indycar Race in Las Vegas in the last hour or so
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/15330202.stm
Just seen the crash,feckin hell I dunno how more weren't killed
Quote from: All of a Sludden on October 29, 2011, 03:20:56 PMThat Louis Theroux interview with Jimmy was weird.Quote from: Hoof Hearted on October 29, 2011, 03:12:28 PM
Jim'll Fix It
How's about that then!
Quote from: Hardy on October 15, 2011, 11:46:33 AMQuote from: 5 Sams on October 11, 2011, 04:55:58 PM
Peter McDermott. "The man in the cap". RIP
(http://www.anfearrua.com/images/upload/manincap.jpg)
The word "legend" is overused but it's too small a word to describe Peter's status. He was one of the architects of the modern GAA and nobody has ever contributed more to Meath football.
Quote from: Agent Orange on November 08, 2011, 06:36:29 AMGreat photo.
Smokin Joe Frazier (67), the first man to beat Ali has died a month after being diagnosed with liver cancer.
(http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/images/2011/1108/283298_1.jpg?ts=1320734009)
Quote from: Orior on November 18, 2011, 01:50:42 PMAnd mine as well please
Harold - pass on my condolences too.
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on November 18, 2011, 10:01:22 PM
Sorry to hear the news Tony.
My condolences to you and your family.
Quote from: Up The Middle on November 19, 2011, 01:20:39 AM
My thoughts and prayers are with you tony. RIP.
Quote from: ONeill on December 04, 2011, 09:54:20 AMThink he died of septicaemia after getting an infection. Has had a lot of illness over the past few years due to alcoholism. Was a great player.
Sad to hear that. I remember reading recently that alcohol abuse had caught up on him. Remember him togging out for Gosforth Town a few years ago on a one-off? Silky midfielder of the early 80s.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 04, 2011, 09:26:06 AMwhat a player he was. RIP.
Socrates - Brazillian legend. Aged 57. RIP
(http://u.goal.com/106900/106930hp2.jpg)
Quote from: seafoid on December 13, 2011, 01:21:41 PM
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/1213/breaking2.html
Quote from: AQMP on December 16, 2011, 11:41:00 AM
Any of us here old enough to remember the 1975 classic ??? "Blanket On The Ground" will mourn the passing of Billie Jo Spears aged 74
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpA0oPR_EOQ
Quote from: muppet on December 18, 2011, 12:37:08 PMA very big loss. True statesman and there are very few of those around.
Vaclav Havel.
My kind of revolutionary. RIP.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13845327 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13845327)
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 19, 2011, 09:08:24 AM
North Korea's rose.
Lest in Peace
Quote from: Agent Orange on December 19, 2011, 03:32:08 AM
Kim Jong Il or should that be very Ill
Died on Saturday but just announced, his son is expected to succeed him.
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on December 19, 2011, 01:05:35 PM
It's mental seeing all the old Korean weemen ag caoineadh on the news. Obviously State sponsored ag caoineadh.
Quote from: AZOffaly on December 19, 2011, 01:45:30 PM
Jaysus, if he didn't shite, no wonder he got a heart attack.
Quote from: EC Unique on December 19, 2011, 04:10:44 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on December 19, 2011, 01:45:30 PM
Jaysus, if he didn't shite, no wonder he got a heart attack.
Did not shite and guzzled loads of Brandy. He was a walking bomb!! :o
Quote from: Sandino on December 19, 2011, 02:00:27 PMhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/dec/19/black-panther-donald-neilson-dies
Denis Neilson the serial killer has died aged 75. I remember his crimes when I was a young lad, an evil person indeed.
Quote from: All of a Sludden on December 20, 2011, 04:19:10 PMWhat a tragic story this is turning into.
Shane Rogers who murdered James Hughes has committed suicide in prison.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 20, 2011, 04:38:10 PMDiscussed this very case with a friend on Sunday and we both said he was bound to be a suicide risk, seems strange he had the means to do this. Probably not the time to speculate though. Very sad case.
How in the name of God did he commit suicide?
He was a high risk candidate and should have been under 24-7.
Quote from: Sandy Hill on December 20, 2011, 05:21:51 PM
No word of it so far on BBC or RTE websites. Very sad story all round! R.I.P.
Quote from: muppet on December 20, 2011, 04:28:34 PMTrue it's pointless i wonder what the girl in question makes of the whole episode?
It was pretty tragic as it was (I know you didn't mean it that way).
The whole episode is so pointless. Two young men dead, for what?
Quote from: SHEEDY on January 02, 2012, 11:47:47 AMTop player gone to soon RIP
gary ablett, the only player to win the fa cup with both everton and liverpool has died aged 46.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on January 02, 2012, 08:16:12 PMMany's the good shift he put in for the Blues of Birmingham as well. RIP Gary Ablett.Quote from: SHEEDY on January 02, 2012, 11:47:47 AMTop player gone to soon RIP
gary ablett, the only player to win the fa cup with both everton and liverpool has died aged 46.
Quote from: Declan on January 06, 2012, 08:26:19 AM
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gaa-star-dies-of-suspected-sudden-adult-death-syndrome-2981513.html (http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gaa-star-dies-of-suspected-sudden-adult-death-syndrome-2981513.html)
John Morley brother of Tony Morley from Ballyhaunis - RIP
Quote from: Declan on January 06, 2012, 08:26:19 AM
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gaa-star-dies-of-suspected-sudden-adult-death-syndrome-2981513.html (http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gaa-star-dies-of-suspected-sudden-adult-death-syndrome-2981513.html)
John Morley brother of Tony Morley from Ballyhaunis - RIP
Quote from: sammymaguire on January 06, 2012, 08:29:27 AMQuote from: Declan on January 06, 2012, 08:26:19 AM
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gaa-star-dies-of-suspected-sudden-adult-death-syndrome-2981513.html (http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gaa-star-dies-of-suspected-sudden-adult-death-syndrome-2981513.html)
John Morley brother of Tony Morley from Ballyhaunis - RIP
These sudden adult deaths are becoming worryingly more common. RIP John
Quote from: Doogie Browser on January 06, 2012, 01:53:30 PM
Blockbusters Question for Gold Run:'RIP' - a term often used after someone passes away?
Answer: 'Rest In Peace' Bob Holness. 80's Telly legend :(
Quote from: ross4life on January 06, 2012, 06:30:28 PMQuote from: Doogie Browser on January 06, 2012, 01:53:30 PM
Blockbusters Question for Gold Run:'RIP' - a term often used after someone passes away?
Answer: 'Rest In Peace' Bob Holness. 80's Telly legend :(
(http://p.twimg.com/Aie1acFCMAEcyNI.jpg:large)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/ed-miliband/8997795/Ed-Miliband-red-faced-after-Bob-Holness-Blackbuster-Twitter-gaffe.html
Quote from: ziggysego on January 06, 2012, 10:22:33 PM
Ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Bob Weston found dead at his London home.
nme.com
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 12, 2012, 01:06:47 AM
Whitney Houston
Dead tonight aged 48.
Quote from: bridgegael on February 12, 2012, 08:48:12 AM
was in the new that she reportedly had blown her £80 million fortune. was at top of her game late 80s and well into the 90s. didnt she almost have it all. RIP
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 12, 2012, 01:45:56 AM
A lot of people have said that meeting Bobby Brown was the beginning of the end.
Quote from: Puckoon on February 12, 2012, 03:45:16 PM
There's something seriously wrong with you seafoid....Amy winehouse???
Quote from: seafoid on February 12, 2012, 04:42:30 PM
I bet you themortalityrate of famous people in
the US is higher.
Quote from: seafoid on February 12, 2012, 03:11:39 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on February 12, 2012, 01:45:56 AM
A lot of people have said that meeting Bobby Brown was the beginning of the end.
Becoming famous in the US is very dangerous. It's way more dangerous than being anonymous.
Poor Whitney Houston. All those friends twittering but when she needed people where were they?
Quote from: ross4life on February 12, 2012, 09:04:01 PM
David Kelly fine actor RIP http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0212/kellyd.html
Quote from: ross4life on February 12, 2012, 09:04:01 PM
David Kelly fine actor RIP http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0212/kellyd.html
Quote from: Mike Sheehy on February 12, 2012, 08:13:14 PMQuote from: seafoid on February 12, 2012, 03:11:39 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on February 12, 2012, 01:45:56 AM
A lot of people have said that meeting Bobby Brown was the beginning of the end.
Becoming famous in the US is very dangerous. It's way more dangerous than being anonymous.
Poor Whitney Houston. All those friends twittering but when she needed people where were they?
Someone dead at 48 and all you want to do is use it to have a go at the US.
Well at least she wasn't Jewish...you'd probably be dancing on her grave ::)
Quote from: The Subbie on February 12, 2012, 09:45:10 PM
David Kelly, Brilliant actor, Waking ned was a classic feel good film, he has some back catalogue of work left behind him. RIP
Quote from: AZOffaly on February 12, 2012, 09:07:38 PMQuote from: ross4life on February 12, 2012, 09:04:01 PM
David Kelly fine actor RIP http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0212/kellyd.html
Aw, sad to hear that.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 13, 2012, 03:27:22 PM
Glasgow Rangers RIP
Quote from: Oraisteach on February 13, 2012, 04:34:28 AMDoesn't make any difference whether you watched or not, they still died.
Dammit. I should never watch the Grammys. Just learned that two of my favourities died last year--Bill Morrissey and Phoebe Snow
Quote from: Evil Genius on February 13, 2012, 06:06:57 PMQuote from: Oraisteach on February 13, 2012, 04:34:28 AMDoesn't make any difference whether you watched or not, they still died.
Dammit. I should never watch the Grammys. Just learned that two of my favourities died last year--Bill Morrissey and Phoebe Snow
Quote from: thebandit on February 14, 2012, 09:11:54 PM
Kieran 'Jap' Finlay, former Monaghan GAA star and Father of current Monaghan player Paul died today after an illness.
He was a stylish forward in same mould as his son. In 1979 the Monaghan team won the Ulster championship for the first time in 41 years with a defeat of Donegal. In the final Kieran Finlay scored 1-09, which was a record in an Ulster final for 20 years.
Paul's man of the match performance on Sunday was one any father would be proud of. RIP Jap.
Quote from: thebandit on February 14, 2012, 09:11:54 PM+1
Kieran 'Jap' Finlay, former Monaghan GAA star and Father of current Monaghan player Paul died today after an illness.
He was a stylish forward in same mould as his son. In 1979 the Monaghan team won the Ulster championship for the first time in 41 years with a defeat of Donegal. In the final Kieran Finlay scored 1-09, which was a record in an Ulster final for 20 years.
Paul's man of the match performance on Sunday was one any father would be proud of. RIP Jap.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 22, 2012, 11:37:42 AM
Marie Colvin of The Sunday Times in what appears to be a targetted attack by Assad's forces in Homs, Syria.
Quote from: ziggysego on February 22, 2012, 08:50:14 PM
Frank Carson RIP
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on February 29, 2012, 06:28:33 PM
Davy Jones of the Monkees Aged 65 RIP Died in his sleep at his home in Florida. His publicist, Deborah Robicheau, said he had a massive heart attack.
Quote from: ziggysego on February 22, 2012, 08:50:14 PMFrank "it's daway I tellim" carson?
Frank Carson RIP
Quote from: Sandino on February 29, 2012, 09:36:50 PMHe can change her back now.
Thus causing another Jones to change his name to Bowie.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 29, 2012, 10:03:24 PM
The Missus just informed me that Davy Jones from the Monkees had died today. I didnt believe her...But then I saw her face....
Quote from: Agent Orange on March 01, 2012, 12:05:47 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 29, 2012, 10:03:24 PM
The Missus just informed me that Davy Jones from the Monkees had died today. I didnt believe her...But then I saw her face....
... Now I'm a bereaver.
Quote from: ziggysego on March 04, 2012, 02:45:22 PM
Lawrence Rush, husband of Omagh Bomb victim Libby Rush. RIP
Quote from: ziggysego on March 06, 2012, 12:48:41 PM
R.I.P Robert Sherman. The songwriter - known for classic Disney songs, including Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
Quote from: ziggysego on March 15, 2012, 08:10:53 PM
The world's ugliest dog.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17380971 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17380971)
Quote from: BennyCake on March 20, 2012, 07:59:06 PMdepends where you die. its a big deal in north korea.
Technically, what does a state funeral involve?
Quote from: Take Your Points on March 25, 2012, 09:47:54 AM
Jocky Wilson
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/darts/17503460 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/darts/17503460)
Quote from: balladmaker on April 05, 2012, 02:06:05 PM
RIP Barney ... a true gent ... he was the last surviving member of the original Dubliners.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePoDTM7aiGI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePoDTM7aiGI)
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on April 09, 2012, 05:39:37 PM
My loyal companion for 12 years ziggy went to the doggy heaven today :'(
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on April 05, 2012, 02:09:17 PM
Was it Barney who said when introduced to Ted Kennedy "sorry about the brothers".
Quote from: ziggysego on April 09, 2012, 05:41:18 PMQuote from: brokencrossbar1 on April 09, 2012, 05:39:37 PM
My loyal companion for 12 years ziggy went to the doggy heaven today :'(
Sorry to hear mate, my dog of 14 years went the same way last month.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on April 05, 2012, 02:39:22 PMThe Father of Loud
Guitar amp pioneer Jim Marshall aged 88.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17625335
Quote from: J70 on April 19, 2012, 08:37:41 PM
The great Levon Helm. :(
Quote from: ONeill on April 19, 2012, 11:27:41 PM
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREUrbGGrgM&feature=fvst)
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on April 22, 2012, 09:56:12 PM
I hope the coma doesn't have the same impact as it had on this guy:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3922203/Stroke-turns-rugby-man-GAY.html
Otherwise we'll be telling from the way he uses his walk that he's a man's man, rather than a woman's man, with no time to talk.
Quote from: 5 Sams on May 09, 2012, 07:56:29 PM
A few people tweeting that Maggie Thatcher has kicked the bucket....if it's confirmed it'll probably deserve a thread of its own...here's hoping they're right.
Quote from: Minder on May 09, 2012, 08:38:08 PM
Vidal Sassoon
Quote from: ziggy90 on May 10, 2012, 11:34:26 AMQuote from: Minder on May 09, 2012, 08:38:08 PM
Vidal Sassoon
To be given an all ticket, Months Mind Mass, in The Church of Our Lady Queen of Good Counsel, Loughglynn, Co Roscommon.
Quote from: Agent Orange on May 17, 2012, 05:22:06 PM
Donna Summer, the Queen of disco, died this morning aged 63 after a battle with cancer.
Quote from: Agent Orange on May 17, 2012, 05:22:06 PM
Donna Summer, the Queen of disco, died this morning aged 63 after a battle with cancer.
QuoteDonna Summer, the Queen of disco, died this morning aged 63 after a battle with cancer.
Quote from: Take Your Points on May 20, 2012, 02:09:11 PM
The man who designed Raleigh's iconic Chopper bicycle has died after a battle with cancer. Alan Oakley, 85 and from Nottingham, home of the bike manufacturer, died on Friday.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-18136787 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-18136787)
Quote from: Orior on May 20, 2012, 08:16:54 PMQuote from: Take Your Points on May 20, 2012, 02:09:11 PM
The man who designed Raleigh's iconic Chopper bicycle has died after a battle with cancer. Alan Oakley, 85 and from Nottingham, home of the bike manufacturer, died on Friday.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-18136787 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-18136787)
Did you have one? The early models kept cow-ping backwards.
Quote from: stephenite on May 20, 2012, 11:57:46 PMFor whom the bell tolls. A Tragedy.
Robin Gibbs not staying alive - RIP
Quote from: Declan on June 06, 2012, 05:18:47 PM
Sci-Fi author Ray Bradbury dies
Celebrated author Ray Bradbury has died, aged 91 (AP)
Quote from: Hardy on June 12, 2012, 02:09:20 PM
Arguably, you could even leave "amateur" out of that sentence.
Quote from: Hardy on June 12, 2012, 02:09:20 PM
Arguably, you could even leave "amateur" out of that sentence.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on June 14, 2012, 03:45:44 PM
Henry Hill - former mobster and inspiration behind the film Goodfellas
Quote from: Canalman on June 14, 2012, 04:24:27 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on June 14, 2012, 03:45:44 PM
Henry Hill - former mobster and inspiration behind the film Goodfellas
Indeed. Wonder if Paulie Vario and Jimmy Burke will be at the gates of Hell waiting for him.
Rightly or wrongly he has left some legacy behind him thanks to Scorsese and the masterpiece that is Goodfellas.
Quote from: AZOffaly on June 18, 2012, 03:25:22 PM
Is that who Roddy Collins manages? He's a plague.
Quote from: Agent Orange on June 23, 2012, 03:09:54 PMShow a bit of respect you p***k
Was he below par?
Quote from: Minder on June 23, 2012, 11:15:57 PM
He didn't look after himself too well, allegedly.
Quote from: ziggysego on June 27, 2012, 01:00:04 AMSleepless in Seattle and You've got mail are amazing films? Since when?
Nora Ephron has died. She wrote and directed so many amazing films like Sleepless in Seattle, Julie and Julia and You've Got Mail.
Quote from: Gazzler on June 27, 2012, 01:07:30 AMQuote from: ziggysego on June 27, 2012, 01:00:04 AMSleepless in Seattle and You've got mail are amazing films? Since when?
Nora Ephron has died. She wrote and directed so many amazing films like Sleepless in Seattle, Julie and Julia and You've Got Mail.
I've never even heard of the Juila one.
Quote from: ziggysego on June 27, 2012, 01:00:04 AM
Nora Ephron has died. She wrote and directed so many amazing films like Sleepless in Seattle, Julie and Julia and You've Got Mail.
Quote from: BennyCake on July 03, 2012, 07:22:30 PMI have to step in here in support of Ziggy. I'm a fan of When Harry Met Sally. There I've said it...Quote from: ziggysego on June 27, 2012, 01:00:04 AM
Nora Ephron has died. She wrote and directed so many amazing films like Sleepless in Seattle, Julie and Julia and You've Got Mail.
Dude, you're a dude! I think you need help, or a kicking. Or both.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 03, 2012, 07:34:13 PMQuote from: BennyCake on July 03, 2012, 07:22:30 PMI have to step in here in support of Ziggy. I'm a fan of When Harry Met Sally. There I've said it...Quote from: ziggysego on June 27, 2012, 01:00:04 AM
Nora Ephron has died. She wrote and directed so many amazing films like Sleepless in Seattle, Julie and Julia and You've Got Mail.
Dude, you're a dude! I think you need help, or a kicking. Or both.
Quote from: Hardy on July 04, 2012, 09:45:32 AMWow you have a bucket just for your vomit and it's within reach all of the time!
Whenever I hear the phrase "Romantic Comedy", I reach for my sick bucket.
Quote from: Hardy on July 04, 2012, 10:31:37 AMInteresting.
Go jump in a lake.
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Quote from: AQMP on July 04, 2012, 11:15:54 AM
Comedian and actor Eric Sykes aged 89.
QuoteGAA: Paddy "Boiler" White R.I.P.
The death has taken place of former Kildare football great, Sarsfields Paddy 'Boiler' White.
He won a Leinster title with Kildare in 1956 and was named at centre-forward on Kildare's Team of the Millennium.
He was also part of the Sarsfields team, that won a famous county championship three-in-a-row from 1950-52.
He is grandfather of current county player Gary White.
Paddy White is reposing at his family home from 4pm this afternoon, with prayers at 8pm. Removal on Sunday evening at 4.45 to arrive at St. Conleth's Parish Church at 5.30.
Burial after 1 O' Clock requiem Mass on Monday in St. Conleth's Cemetery, Newbridge.
http://www.kfmradio.com/kfm-radio/sports-news/gaa-paddy-boiler-white-r-i-p.html (http://www.kfmradio.com/kfm-radio/sports-news/gaa-paddy-boiler-white-r-i-p.html)
Quote from: 5 Sams on July 28, 2012, 10:39:47 PM
"I'll eat any oul shite Barbara"
Twiggy's gone...great character :(
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 30, 2012, 11:53:16 PM
Maeve Binchy.
Quote from: theticklemister on July 30, 2012, 11:59:41 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on July 30, 2012, 11:53:16 PM
Maeve Binchy.
i thought she was well dead!!!!!!
f**k im a librarian....................I shoulda knew that!
Quote from: theticklemister on July 30, 2012, 11:59:41 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on July 30, 2012, 11:53:16 PM
Maeve Binchy.
i thought she was well dead!!!!!!
f**k im a librarian....................I shoulda knew that!
Quote from: Orior on July 31, 2012, 10:12:58 AMQuote from: theticklemister on July 30, 2012, 11:59:41 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on July 30, 2012, 11:53:16 PM
Maeve Binchy.
i thought she was well dead!!!!!!
f**k im a librarian....................I shoulda knew that!
I'm a Capricorn.
Anyway, she was a fine novellist characterised by an absence of seeex in her books.
Quote from: theticklemister on July 31, 2012, 10:32:29 AM
It took me two weeks to realise what the book was about, I seen it flying about in our deliveries but didn't have a clue what it was about. To be fair it don't look dirty!
Quote from: Nally Stand on July 31, 2012, 10:59:06 AMQuote from: theticklemister on July 31, 2012, 10:32:29 AM
It took me two weeks to realise what the book was about, I seen it flying about in our deliveries but didn't have a clue what it was about. To be fair it don't look dirty!
It's a bit much for me, Ticklemister. "Feck this" and "Feck that". "You big b**tard." Oh, Dreadful Language. "You big hairy arse." "You big Fecker." Fierce Stuff! And of course the F-word ticklemister, the bad F-word. Worse then Feck. You know the one I mean.... "F you".... "F your effing wife"... I don't know why they have to use language like that. "I'll stick this effing pitch up your hole" - that was another one. "b**tard this" and "b**tard that". You can't move for the b**tards in those novels. It's wall-to-wall b**tards. "You b**tard", "You Fecker", "You bollocks! Get your ballocks out of my face." Ride me sideways was another one.
Quote from: theticklemister on July 31, 2012, 11:04:03 AMQuote from: Nally Stand on July 31, 2012, 10:59:06 AMQuote from: theticklemister on July 31, 2012, 10:32:29 AM
It took me two weeks to realise what the book was about, I seen it flying about in our deliveries but didn't have a clue what it was about. To be fair it don't look dirty!
It's a bit much for me, Ticklemister. "Feck this" and "Feck that". "You big b**tard." Oh, Dreadful Language. "You big hairy arse." "You big Fecker." Fierce Stuff! And of course the F-word ticklemister, the bad F-word. Worse then Feck. You know the one I mean.... "F you".... "F your effing wife"... I don't know why they have to use language like that. "I'll stick this effing pitch up your hole" - that was another one. "b**tard this" and "b**tard that". You can't move for the b**tards in those novels. It's wall-to-wall b**tards. "You b**tard", "You Fecker", "You bollocks! Get your ballocks out of my face." Ride me sideways was another one.
Nally Stand ye either have a great memory or your good at the oul copy and paste!
Quote from: Leonardo on August 06, 2012, 03:01:40 PM
One of the board members died suddenly in Chicago yesterday - redandblack4ever. Anyone that played for the Wolfetones will know who I'm talking about. RIP Maureen
Quote from: Leonardo on August 06, 2012, 03:01:40 PM
One of the board members died suddenly in Chicago yesterday - redandblack4ever. Anyone that played for the Wolfetones will know who I'm talking about. RIP Maureen
Quote from: Leonardo on August 06, 2012, 03:01:40 PM
One of the board members died suddenly in Chicago yesterday - redandblack4ever. Anyone that played for the Wolfetones will know who I'm talking about. RIP Maureen
Quote from: Leonardo on August 06, 2012, 03:01:40 PM
One of the board members died suddenly in Chicago yesterday - redandblack4ever. Anyone that played for the Wolfetones will know who I'm talking about. RIP Maureen
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on August 10, 2012, 08:58:03 PM
Terrible news of crash in Offaly
http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0810/rta-offaly.html
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on August 12, 2012, 12:03:11 PM
Sid Waddell - the voice of Darts
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on August 12, 2012, 12:03:11 PM"When Alexander of Macedonia was 33, he cried salt tears because there were no more worlds to conquer... Bristow's only 27." :)
Sid Waddell - the voice of Darts
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on August 12, 2012, 01:02:34 PM
This lad has more checkouts than Tesco's.
RIP
PS Mind you what is the difference between the late Sid's quotes and Mark Sidebottom's?
Quote from: AZOffaly on August 12, 2012, 01:45:56 PM
Poor auld Sid, was he sick? He didn't seem to be that old.
Quote from: saffron sam2 on August 12, 2012, 02:16:05 PM
Anyone else remember Jossy's Giants.
RIP Sid.
Quote from: saffron sam2 on August 12, 2012, 02:16:05 PM
Anyone else remember Jossy's Giants.
RIP Sid.
QuoteFrom today's Indo: "........Sid Waddell, the Cambridge-educated voice of the sport has died aged 72 (treble 16, double 12)."
Quote from: rrhf on August 14, 2012, 07:35:19 AM
Is he not bust there
Quote from: Armaghtothebone on August 14, 2012, 08:55:56 PM
Reading on another site that Sky news are reporting the death of Thatcher.
Quote from: AQMP on August 16, 2012, 05:25:12 PM
The Dandy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-19284222
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 16, 2012, 05:35:09 PM
What comic has Hot Shot Hamish in it?
Quote from: ONeill on August 16, 2012, 05:32:37 PM
Your hole it was. As a member of the Desperate Dan Fan Club and having requested a cow-pie with tail several times from the old man, I can categorically state he'd destroy Dennis and his dog.
Quote from: ONeill on August 16, 2012, 05:37:37 PM
He was in something well before Roy.
Quote from: theticklemister on August 16, 2012, 07:26:04 PM
i was a roger the dodger fan and a bash street kids' man myself in the beano. I agree that the Beano was much better.
The Dandy had only a few ones i like such as banana man, korky the cat and desperate dan
Quote from: Minder on August 16, 2012, 07:54:16 PM
I remember one I loved, "Goalkeeper", what comic was it in ? Roy of the Rovers?
Quote from: Minder on August 16, 2012, 07:54:16 PM
I remember one I loved, "Goalkeeper", what comic was it in ? Roy of the Rovers?
Quote from: AZOffaly on August 16, 2012, 07:35:33 PMQuote from: ONeill on August 16, 2012, 05:37:37 PM
He was in something well before Roy.
I think Hot Shot Hamish was in Tiger before he transferred to Melchester Rovers.
Quote from: AZOffaly on August 16, 2012, 09:51:58 PMWell that what you should have said!
I meant that he transferred to the Roy of the Rovers magazine.
Quote from: Square Ball on August 16, 2012, 10:34:26 PM
was the "safest hands in soccer" in ROTR
Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 16, 2012, 10:43:23 PM
10 Best Comic Soccer Players.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1093419,00.html (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1093419,00.html)
Quote from: saffron sam2 on August 16, 2012, 11:00:05 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on August 16, 2012, 10:43:23 PM
10 Best Comic Soccer Players.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1093419,00.html (http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,1093419,00.html)
Billy The Fish was magnificent.
Quote from: laoislad on August 16, 2012, 08:39:00 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on August 16, 2012, 07:35:33 PMQuote from: ONeill on August 16, 2012, 05:37:37 PM
He was in something well before Roy.
I think Hot Shot Hamish was in Tiger before he transferred to Melchester Rovers.
Pretty sure Hamish didn't play for Melchester Rovers though, he played for Princes Park and I think himself and Mighty Mouse then went to another team called Glenlow Rangers or something like that.
Quote from: laoislad on August 25, 2012, 08:14:03 PM
First man on the moon Neil Armstrong aged 82 has died.
Quote from: ziggysego on August 25, 2012, 08:14:14 PMAny news about him other than he was the first man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong - First man on the moon.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 25, 2012, 08:41:47 PMQuote from: ziggysego on August 25, 2012, 08:14:14 PMAny news about him other than he was the first man on the moon?
Neil Armstrong - First man on the moon.
Found his lack of forthcoming on the Apollo 11 mission exceptionally frustrating. But RIP anyway.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 28, 2012, 12:04:14 PM
Leon Uris, author of Trinity amongst others.
Quote from: dec on August 28, 2012, 07:08:44 PM;D f**k knows what I was reading?Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 28, 2012, 12:04:14 PM
Leon Uris, author of Trinity amongst others.
on June 21, 2003
Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 28, 2012, 07:52:40 PMQuote from: dec on August 28, 2012, 07:08:44 PM;D f**k knows what I was reading?Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 28, 2012, 12:04:14 PM
Leon Uris, author of Trinity amongst others.
on June 21, 2003
Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 28, 2012, 07:52:40 PMQuote from: dec on August 28, 2012, 07:08:44 PM;D f**k knows what I was reading?Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 28, 2012, 12:04:14 PM
Leon Uris, author of Trinity amongst others.
on June 21, 2003
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on September 01, 2012, 02:40:03 PMRemember him from Family Fortunes but little else.
Veteran entertainer Max Bygraves the 89-year-old comedian, actor, and singer, whose catchphrase was "I wanna tell you a story", has died in Hope Island, Queensland.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 01, 2012, 09:02:20 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on September 01, 2012, 02:40:03 PMRemember him from Family Fortunes but little else.
Veteran entertainer Max Bygraves the 89-year-old comedian, actor, and singer, whose catchphrase was "I wanna tell you a story", has died in Hope Island, Queensland.
Quote from: Gaffer on September 01, 2012, 09:49:44 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on September 01, 2012, 09:02:20 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on September 01, 2012, 02:40:03 PMRemember him from Family Fortunes but little else.
Veteran entertainer Max Bygraves the 89-year-old comedian, actor, and singer, whose catchphrase was "I wanna tell you a story", has died in Hope Island, Queensland.
He made a balls of Family Fortunes
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on September 01, 2012, 11:35:04 PM
US songwriter Hal David, who wrote dozens of hits with collaborator Burt Bacharach, has died at the age of 91. Won two Oscars for his work on the soundtrack for the 1969 film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - one for best music, and the other for the song Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head.
Quote from: Minder on September 03, 2012, 10:35:44 PMBig lad. Assume heart relsted (and anyone who says his heart stopped can fcuk off!).
Michael Clarke Duncan, Green Mile actor, aged 54
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 03, 2012, 11:19:48 PMQuote from: Minder on September 03, 2012, 10:35:44 PMBig lad. Assume heart relsted (and anyone who says his heart stopped can fcuk off!).
Michael Clarke Duncan, Green Mile actor, aged 54
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 24, 2012, 11:33:52 PM
Maureen Toal aka Teasy in Glenroe dies in Dublin aged 82
Quote from: Hardy on September 05, 2012, 10:33:02 PMSame, Sad news.
Condolences to Mike.
Quote from: saffron sam2 on September 05, 2012, 10:12:50 PM
Kerry Mike's father John.
RIP
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 07, 2012, 05:36:19 PM
Terry Nutkins. Will be known by those of a certain vintage.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 07, 2012, 05:36:19 PM
Terry Nutkins. Will be known by those of a certain vintage.
Quote from: ziggysego on September 07, 2012, 07:58:12 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on September 07, 2012, 05:36:19 PM
Terry Nutkins. Will be known by those of a certain vintage.
Saddened to hear this, this morning. I met Terry in Birmingham, once back in 1995. A genuinely nice man, who took time out to chat to me for a long time. Talked about all the animals he saw and about them. Showed me his finger, of which half was missing. Told me all about that too.
RIP Terry.
Quote from: orangeman on September 07, 2012, 01:50:34 PMSincerest condolences Kerry Mike.Quote from: saffron sam2 on September 05, 2012, 10:12:50 PM
Kerry Mike's father John.
RIP
Very sorry to hear that.
RIP
Quote from: Minder on September 07, 2012, 08:16:45 PMQuote from: ziggysego on September 07, 2012, 07:58:12 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on September 07, 2012, 05:36:19 PM
Terry Nutkins. Will be known by those of a certain vintage.
Saddened to hear this, this morning. I met Terry in Birmingham, once back in 1995. A genuinely nice man, who took time out to chat to me for a long time. Talked about all the animals he saw and about them. Showed me his finger, of which half was missing. Told me all about that too.
RIP Terry.
Did you tell him about all the animals in Tyrone Ziggy?
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 08, 2012, 10:43:11 AM
Morgan Freeman?
Quote from: ziggysego on September 08, 2012, 11:01:31 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on September 08, 2012, 10:43:11 AM
Morgan Freeman?
That was just a twitter rumour during the week.
Quote from: Croí na hÉireann on September 12, 2012, 02:51:23 PM
Condolences to Kerry Mike and redandblack4ever on their losses. Haven't had time to check this thread in a while, sorry to hear about both.
QuoteCondolences to Kerry Mike and redandblack4ever on their losses. Haven't had time to check this thread in a while, sorry to hear about both
Quote from: ziggysego on September 15, 2012, 10:22:41 PMAye sister was the 4th but luckily survived. Devastating for that family.
I hear that Ulster Rugby player, Nevin Spence, his brother and father were the three that died in the slurry accident in Co. Down this afternoon. Terrible news. RIP
Quote from: ziggysego on September 15, 2012, 10:22:41 PM
I hear that Ulster Rugby player, Nevin Spence, his brother and father were the three that died in the slurry accident in Co. Down this afternoon. Terrible news. RIP
Quote from: trileacman on September 15, 2012, 10:40:06 PMQuote from: ziggysego on September 15, 2012, 10:22:41 PM
I hear that Ulster Rugby player, Nevin Spence, his brother and father were the three that died in the slurry accident in Co. Down this afternoon. Terrible news. RIP
Becoming widely reported. My head is spinning at this news, a tragedy. A sister was rescue from the tank I believe. Between this and Brian Og Maguire's accident I just don't know what to say.
Quote from: trileacman on September 15, 2012, 10:40:06 PMReminiscent of Cormac McAnallen and John McCall in 2004. The HSE are unfortunately being kept busy.Quote from: ziggysego on September 15, 2012, 10:22:41 PM
I hear that Ulster Rugby player, Nevin Spence, his brother and father were the three that died in the slurry accident in Co. Down this afternoon. Terrible news. RIP
Becoming widely reported. My head is spinning at this news, a tragedy. A sister was rescue from the tank I believe. Between this and Brian Og Maguire's accident I just don't know what to say.
Quote from: AZOffaly on September 18, 2012, 12:55:36 PM
I thought he was a young enough man. What happened him?
Quote from: AZOffaly on September 18, 2012, 12:55:36 PM
I thought he was a young enough man. What happened him?
QuoteAndy Williams dies aged 84
Quote from: Kerry Mike on September 26, 2012, 09:44:02 PMVery sorry to hear about your father's passing.
Thanks everyone for the kind comments on the passing of my Dad recently, really appreciate them all. May he RIP
Mick O'Dwyer who is a family friend drove the hearse on the day of the funeral to Derrynane before the burial on Abbey Island.
This was taken by Kerry's Eye..
(http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/304572_10151004478035806_982607413_n.jpg)
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 26, 2012, 09:47:30 PMQuote from: Kerry Mike on September 26, 2012, 09:44:02 PMVery sorry to hear about your father's passing.
Thanks everyone for the kind comments on the passing of my Dad recently, really appreciate them all. May he RIP
Mick O'Dwyer who is a family friend drove the hearse on the day of the funeral to Derrynane before the burial on Abbey Island.
This was taken by Kerry's Eye..
(http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/304572_10151004478035806_982607413_n.jpg)
Nice photo (given the circumstances).
Quote from: T Fearon on September 26, 2012, 10:32:55 PM
By a cruel irony,Mary Carmel O'Dwyer,wife of Micko.RIP
Quote from: Donnellys Hollow on September 26, 2012, 10:41:12 PMQuote from: T Fearon on September 26, 2012, 10:32:55 PM
By a cruel irony,Mary Carmel O'Dwyer,wife of Micko.RIP
Mary Carmel had been ill for quite a while. A lovely woman. Condolences to Mick, Karl, John and Robbie.
Also my condolences to Kerry Mike on your father's passing.
QuoteGlad to see you back Mike, condolences of course to you and yours, hope you got my message. That is a lovely, poignant picture above.
RIP to Mary Carmel O'Dwyer as well, another stalwart of Waterville. Sympathies to Micko and the lads.
Quote from: Sandino on September 27, 2012, 01:21:22 PM
Actor Herbert Lom, best known for playing Charles Dreyfus in the Pink Panther films, has died aged 95.
Quote from: ONeill on September 29, 2012, 10:02:22 AMsome great comments
Larry - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZKACCy7OK8
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 29, 2012, 10:52:29 AM
Ah - that's sad.
A daycent man to whom we owe plenty. He was like a God in the 60s to many as he played to the displaced Irish in all the far flung places of the world.
RIP Larry and I would have hoped someone, somewhere once explained where 'The Larries' nickname that younger GAA journalists use came from. I could see him chuckling at that one.
I assume Laureleye will be 'Our man at the scene' at the Finneral as Larry played for Laurel's club in the 50s before the bright lights beckoned.
Quote from: AQMP on October 01, 2012, 03:52:16 PM
Missed this one but Sven Hassel died last weekend aged 95.
Essential reading for teenagers of a certain vintage.
Quote from: Sandino on September 29, 2012, 03:03:06 AM
Showband legend Larry Cunningham has died.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 29, 2012, 10:52:29 AM
Ah - that's sad.
A daycent man to whom we owe plenty. He was like a God in the 60s to many as he played to the displaced Irish in all the far flung places of the world.
RIP Larry and I would have hoped someone, somewhere once explained where 'The Larries' nickname that younger GAA journalists use came from. I could see him chuckling at that one.
I assume Laureleye will be 'Our man at the scene' at the Finneral as Larry played for Laurel's club in the 50s before the bright lights beckoned.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on October 05, 2012, 09:24:11 PM
Television antiques expert David Barby, from Antiques Road Trip and Bargain Hunt, aged 69
Quote from: theskull1 on October 05, 2012, 10:08:48 PM
He died 2 months ago
Quote from: AQMP on October 12, 2012, 03:01:38 PM
Helmut Haller, scorer of West Germany's first goal in the 1966 World Cup final, aged 73
Quote from: deiseach on October 12, 2012, 03:03:59 PMQuote from: AQMP on October 12, 2012, 03:01:38 PM
Helmut Haller, scorer of West Germany's first goal in the 1966 World Cup final, aged 73
Best remembered for being kicked up the arse by Tommy Gemmell. Literally (http://www.metacafe.com/watch/367248/bad_tackle_hellmut_v_gemmell/).
Quote from: Minder on October 11, 2012, 04:47:29 PM
Alex Karras, AKA Mongo from Blazing Saddles.
Quote from: AZOffaly on October 11, 2012, 05:31:09 PM
People who like college football, or listen to ESPN's College Football Podcast, will be familiar with Beano Cook. He died in his sleep aged 81. Loved listening to him talk, he was a real doyen of College Football and was great for the history and tradition.
Quote from: Kerry Mike on September 26, 2012, 09:44:02 PM
Thanks everyone for the kind comments on the passing of my Dad recently, really appreciate them all. May he RIP
Mick O'Dwyer who is a family friend drove the hearse on the day of the funeral to Derrynane before the burial on Abbey Island.
This was taken by Kerry's Eye..
(http://sphotos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/304572_10151004478035806_982607413_n.jpg)
Quote from: AQMP on October 18, 2012, 12:21:59 PM
Sylvia Kristel, "star" of, what I am sure by today's standards is a very tame film, Emmanuelle, aged 60
Quote from: AZOffaly on October 23, 2012, 11:23:49 AM
That's actually a sad, nostalgic moment. My first exposure to this mad world of Ceefax was back when I was about 10 or 11 I'd say, and I went to London for the first time with my Granny to visit my Uncle, Aunt and Cousins in Burnt Oak. One evening we went to a friend of his, and the sons had a TV in their bedroom, which was a shock initally. Then to see this mad thing of news that you could read at any time, and could decide what to look at. There were even sports stories!! I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.
Then when multi channel finally made it to Ferbane about 1986 or so, I can't even remember how many games I 'watched' through Ceefax. Hoping for the Page to Refresh, and to update with Liverpool 1 - Chelsea 0, Rush 87.
The tension was savage :) Anyway, a great service in its time and while the genre has moved on hugely in the UK with its red button type services on Sky and BBC, not to mention t'internet and iPhones, I will always remember sitting in that room in Edgeware, reading the previews of the soccer matches the next day while all my cousins were asleep, and the ghostly flicker of blue, green and white characters reflecting on my face in the dark.
Thanks Ceefax.
Quote from: AZOffaly on October 23, 2012, 11:23:49 AM
That's actually a sad, nostalgic moment. My first exposure to this mad world of Ceefax was back when I was about 10 or 11 I'd say, and I went to London for the first time with my Granny to visit my Uncle, Aunt and Cousins in Burnt Oak. One evening we went to a friend of his, and the sons had a TV in their bedroom, which was a shock initally. Then to see this mad thing of news that you could read at any time, and could decide what to look at. There were even sports stories!! I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.
Then when multi channel finally made it to Ferbane about 1986 or so, I can't even remember how many games I 'watched' through Ceefax. Hoping for the Page to Refresh, and to update with Liverpool 1 - Chelsea 0, Rush 87.
The tension was savage :) Anyway, a great service in its time and while the genre has moved on hugely in the UK with its red button type services on Sky and BBC, not to mention t'internet and iPhones, I will always remember sitting in that room in Edgeware, reading the previews of the soccer matches the next day while all my cousins were asleep, and the ghostly flicker of blue, green and white characters reflecting on my face in the dark.
Thanks Ceefax.
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on October 23, 2012, 11:30:23 AMQuote from: AZOffaly on October 23, 2012, 11:23:49 AM
That's actually a sad, nostalgic moment. My first exposure to this mad world of Ceefax was back when I was about 10 or 11 I'd say, and I went to London for the first time with my Granny to visit my Uncle, Aunt and Cousins in Burnt Oak. One evening we went to a friend of his, and the sons had a TV in their bedroom, which was a shock initally. Then to see this mad thing of news that you could read at any time, and could decide what to look at. There were even sports stories!! I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.
Then when multi channel finally made it to Ferbane about 1986 or so, I can't even remember how many games I 'watched' through Ceefax. Hoping for the Page to Refresh, and to update with Liverpool 1 - Chelsea 0, Rush 87.
The tension was savage :) Anyway, a great service in its time and while the genre has moved on hugely in the UK with its red button type services on Sky and BBC, not to mention t'internet and iPhones, I will always remember sitting in that room in Edgeware, reading the previews of the soccer matches the next day while all my cousins were asleep, and the ghostly flicker of blue, green and white characters reflecting on my face in the dark.
Thanks Ceefax.
Are you sure that wasn't 'Dalglish 87'? RIP Ceefax
Quote from: AZOffaly on October 23, 2012, 11:56:28 AMQuote from: brokencrossbar1 on October 23, 2012, 11:30:23 AMQuote from: AZOffaly on October 23, 2012, 11:23:49 AM
That's actually a sad, nostalgic moment. My first exposure to this mad world of Ceefax was back when I was about 10 or 11 I'd say, and I went to London for the first time with my Granny to visit my Uncle, Aunt and Cousins in Burnt Oak. One evening we went to a friend of his, and the sons had a TV in their bedroom, which was a shock initally. Then to see this mad thing of news that you could read at any time, and could decide what to look at. There were even sports stories!! I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.
Then when multi channel finally made it to Ferbane about 1986 or so, I can't even remember how many games I 'watched' through Ceefax. Hoping for the Page to Refresh, and to update with Liverpool 1 - Chelsea 0, Rush 87.
The tension was savage :) Anyway, a great service in its time and while the genre has moved on hugely in the UK with its red button type services on Sky and BBC, not to mention t'internet and iPhones, I will always remember sitting in that room in Edgeware, reading the previews of the soccer matches the next day while all my cousins were asleep, and the ghostly flicker of blue, green and white characters reflecting on my face in the dark.
Thanks Ceefax.
Are you sure that wasn't 'Dalglish 87'? RIP Ceefax
Sorry, I just picked a scoreline at random :) I forgot about KK's double winning strike, but I actually saw that game on RTE so it wasn't a Ceefax Moment.
Quote from: AZOffaly on October 23, 2012, 11:56:28 AM
Sorry, I just picked a scoreline at random :) I forgot about KK's double winning strike, but I actually saw that game on RTE so it wasn't a Ceefax Moment.
Quote from: AZOffaly on October 23, 2012, 12:21:31 PM
That was part of the suspense deiseach.
Quote from: theticklemister on October 23, 2012, 12:34:25 PM
do they still do the updates for club matches on aertel??
As a wain i thought it was fantastic as ye use to have to wait until the local paper to come out 5 days later to get the scores!!!
derry - 589
Quote from: theticklemister on October 23, 2012, 12:34:25 PM+1
do they still do the updates for club matches on aertel??
As a wain i thought it was fantastic as ye use to have to wait until the local paper to come out 5 days later to get the scores!!!
derry - 589
Quote from: AZOffaly on October 23, 2012, 11:23:49 AM
That's actually a sad, nostalgic moment. My first exposure to this mad world of Ceefax was back when I was about 10 or 11 I'd say, and I went to London for the first time with my Granny to visit my Uncle, Aunt and Cousins in Burnt Oak. One evening we went to a friend of his, and the sons had a TV in their bedroom, which was a shock initally. Then to see this mad thing of news that you could read at any time, and could decide what to look at. There were even sports stories!! I thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.
Then when multi channel finally made it to Ferbane about 1986 or so, I can't even remember how many games I 'watched' through Ceefax. Hoping for the Page to Refresh, and to update with Liverpool 1 - Chelsea 0, Rush 87.
The tension was savage :) Anyway, a great service in its time and while the genre has moved on hugely in the UK with its red button type services on Sky and BBC, not to mention t'internet and iPhones, I will always remember sitting in that room in Edgeware, reading the previews of the soccer matches the next day while all my cousins were asleep, and the ghostly flicker of blue, green and white characters reflecting on my face in the dark.
Thanks Ceefax.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 23, 2012, 12:30:41 PM
Was there anything worse than Aertel on a Sun evening waiting to see if Longford beat Carlow in Div 3Z on the National League.
Bastarding page would be stuck on the first page for ages and then when it did roll to page 2 it would still show Carlow 0-03 Longford 0-02.
Quote from: AQMP on October 23, 2012, 01:35:16 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on October 23, 2012, 12:30:41 PM
Was there anything worse than Aertel on a Sun evening waiting to see if Longford beat Carlow in Div 3Z on the National League.
Bastarding page would be stuck on the first page for ages and then when it did roll to page 2 it would still show Carlow 0-03 Longford 0-02.
The details are a wee bit hazy, but I remember one evening, must have been late 90s, waiting on the result of an Antrim NHL game. About an hour an a half after the game was over Aertel was still showing something like Antrim 0-12 Cork 1-14. Not too bad a result, thinks I. Imagine my surprise when the paper the next morning was reporting on Antrim 0-14 Cork 3-24!
Quote from: Billys Boots on October 23, 2012, 02:01:28 PMQuote from: AQMP on October 23, 2012, 01:35:16 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on October 23, 2012, 12:30:41 PM
Was there anything worse than Aertel on a Sun evening waiting to see if Longford beat Carlow in Div 3Z on the National League.
Bastarding page would be stuck on the first page for ages and then when it did roll to page 2 it would still show Carlow 0-03 Longford 0-02.
The details are a wee bit hazy, but I remember one evening, must have been late 90s, waiting on the result of an Antrim NHL game. About an hour an a half after the game was over Aertel was still showing something like Antrim 0-12 Cork 1-14. Not too bad a result, thinks I. Imagine my surprise when the paper the next morning was reporting on Antrim 0-14 Cork 3-24!
I know the fellah who used to be in charge of updating the Gaelic and Hurling results on the teletext on a Sunday - let's just say that I never took any result as read; for his own amusement he used to post incorrect scores, especially if he had a mate in a county who was particularly anxious about a result. Also used to write previews on inter-county matches for the teletext - has to be seen to be believed, I reckon he was using it as a personal 'Facebook' before his time. Space cadet; now moved up to bigger and better things in the national broadcasting company.
Quote from: Billys Boots on October 23, 2012, 12:27:19 PM
I remember bringing a business client (from the UK) into a pub in Swords for a pint one night - when we came into the bar, all the lads at the bar were glued to the telly, watching the match on Teletext. Not a word, pure tension - very, very surreal. Yer man never came back again!
Quote from: No Soloing on October 23, 2012, 04:11:04 PM
Im glad to see that 'watching' games on teletext seems to have been normal. Entering the last few minutes of the matches on a Saturday afternoon led to great tension waiting for the page to change.
I remember watching on a Saturday around Easter 1996. A guy for Crewe scored a last minute goal to bring up an accumulator for me. It was £40something quid. I was on the dole in Belfast at the time. I used the winnings wisely to buy a bus ticket to Manchester to see a girl I had been out with a few times. We are married ten years now.
Quote from: AZOffaly on October 23, 2012, 04:20:08 PMQuote from: No Soloing on October 23, 2012, 04:11:04 PM
Im glad to see that 'watching' games on teletext seems to have been normal. Entering the last few minutes of the matches on a Saturday afternoon led to great tension waiting for the page to change.
I remember watching on a Saturday around Easter 1996. A guy for Crewe scored a last minute goal to bring up an accumulator for me. It was £40something quid. I was on the dole in Belfast at the time. I used the winnings wisely to buy a bus ticket to Manchester to see a girl I had been out with a few times. We are married ten years now.
That's a great first post :) Ceefax, bringing people together for 16 years :D
Quote from: 5 Sams on October 23, 2012, 04:35:03 PM
Only on the GAABOARD can a thread notifying people of deaths of famous people turn into a full scale conversation about Ceefax ???
QuoteBut marrying a Manc! Aren't there laws against that kind of thing?
Quote from: Square Ball on October 23, 2012, 06:48:33 PMAye with Bamber Boozler. Think it was on Channel 4 teletext.
Used to go into the local bar which had its own bookie and similar to the football ones used to watch the page from the start of the race to the result came up, a bit monotonous in races over a mile.
loved one of the quiz pages, was it bamboozle or something like that
Quote from: Feckitt on October 25, 2012, 06:13:15 PM
Rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated!
I turned on the telly this morning and not only was Aertel alive and well but had been updated with all latest news and sport!
Quote from: Feckitt on October 25, 2012, 06:13:15 PM
I turned on the telly this morning and not only was Aertel alive and well but had been updated with all latest news and sport!
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on November 07, 2012, 12:35:36 PM
Henry McCullough RIP
Henry, who was from Portstewart in Derry, was an excellent guitarist and is/was famous for:
(i) only Irishman to play Woodstock as he was in Joe Cocker's back up band
(ii) played with Wings (guitar solo on My Love) for a while until he got the hump with McCartney
(iii) can be heard on 'Dark Side of the Moon' "I don't know, I was drunk at the time"
RIP Henry
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on November 07, 2012, 01:36:13 PM
Confusion reigns - typical McCullough. Contrary to the last. Hope he pulls through. His 'death' is being reported on radio and the blogs but if his sister says he's alive then that's good enough for me.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on November 07, 2012, 04:51:59 PM
Clive Dunn, cpl Jones from Dad's Army.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20239694
Actor Clive Dunn, best known for his role as Lance-Corporal Jones in Dad's Army, has died aged 92.
He was in Portugal and died from complications following an operation earlier this week.
Dunn - also known for My Old Man and Grandad - became a recording star in 1971 when his record, Grandad, reached number one in the charts.
He is survived by his wife Priscilla Morgan and two daughters, Jessica and Polly.
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on November 24, 2012, 04:56:51 AM
Larry Hagman Of Dallas and I Dream of Jeannie Fame
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/larry-hagman-dead-81-portrayed-notorious-tv-villain-044041015.html
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on November 24, 2012, 04:30:58 PMJR wasn't a baddie!
In terms of corrupt baddies who was worse J R or Boss Hogg
Quote from: AQMP on December 05, 2012, 05:17:52 PMTake 5-cud listen to that haunting tune all day
Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck has died a day before his 92nd birthday.
Quote from: give her dixie on December 09, 2012, 01:07:29 PM
Patrick Moore has gone to the sky at night. RIP Patrick
Quote from: ziggysego on December 09, 2012, 02:52:22 PM
RIP Patrick Moore.
Met him once in Disneyland Paris. Ran into him accidentally with my w'chair. I apologised, but he gave an earful. Annoyed me slightly, but I didn't want him dead.
Quote from: ziggysego on December 09, 2012, 02:52:22 PM
RIP Patrick Moore.
Met him once in Disneyland Paris. Ran into him accidentally with my w'chair. I apologised, but he gave an earful. Annoyed me slightly, but I didn't want him dead.
QuoteWonder was he a Harps or an Ogs man?
Quote from: armaghniac on December 09, 2012, 08:16:29 PMQuoteWonder was he a Harps or an Ogs man?
Well he obviously acquired a dislike of Tyrone people, so managed to fit in to some extent.
Quote from: Gaffer on December 09, 2012, 08:18:45 PMQuote from: armaghniac on December 09, 2012, 08:16:29 PMQuoteWonder was he a Harps or an Ogs man?
Well he obviously acquired a dislike of Tyrone people, so managed to fit in to some extent.
Well, if he was living in Armagh around September 2003 and August 2005 he would have good reason to ;D
Quote from: theticklemister on December 09, 2012, 08:20:23 PMQuote from: Gaffer on December 09, 2012, 08:18:45 PMQuote from: armaghniac on December 09, 2012, 08:16:29 PMQuoteWonder was he a Harps or an Ogs man?
Well he obviously acquired a dislike of Tyrone people, so managed to fit in to some extent.
Well, if he was living in Armagh around September 2003 and August 2005 he would have good reason to ;D
My hatred of Tyronies go up there with those 20 union protesters on the footbridge in Derry today >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Quote from: Gaffer on December 09, 2012, 08:30:19 PMQuote from: theticklemister on December 09, 2012, 08:20:23 PMQuote from: Gaffer on December 09, 2012, 08:18:45 PMQuote from: armaghniac on December 09, 2012, 08:16:29 PMQuoteWonder was he a Harps or an Ogs man?
Well he obviously acquired a dislike of Tyrone people, so managed to fit in to some extent.
Well, if he was living in Armagh around September 2003 and August 2005 he would have good reason to ;D
My hatred of Tyronies go up there with those 20 union protesters on the footbridge in Derry today >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
And it probably keeps you awake at night ;D
Quote from: theticklemister on December 09, 2012, 08:38:10 PMQuote from: Gaffer on December 09, 2012, 08:30:19 PMQuote from: theticklemister on December 09, 2012, 08:20:23 PMQuote from: Gaffer on December 09, 2012, 08:18:45 PMQuote from: armaghniac on December 09, 2012, 08:16:29 PMQuoteWonder was he a Harps or an Ogs man?
Well he obviously acquired a dislike of Tyrone people, so managed to fit in to some extent.
Well, if he was living in Armagh around September 2003 and August 2005 he would have good reason to ;D
My hatred of Tyronies go up there with those 20 union protesters on the footbridge in Derry today >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
And it probably keeps you awake at night ;D
My hatred started in the mid/late 90s when were the better team than ye in our games in the ulster championship but ye still managed to win the tight games. Canavan just rose to the occasions on them days. He started the diving, then Dooher and co continued it ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Quote from: ziggysego on December 09, 2012, 02:52:22 PM
RIP Patrick Moore.
Met him once in Disneyland Paris. Ran into him accidentally with my w'chair. I apologised, but he gave an earful. Annoyed me slightly, but I didn't want him dead.
Quote from: All of a Sludden on December 09, 2012, 09:04:18 PMQuote from: ziggysego on December 09, 2012, 02:52:22 PM
RIP Patrick Moore.
Met him once in Disneyland Paris. Ran into him accidentally with my w'chair. I apologised, but he gave an earful. Annoyed me slightly, but I didn't want him dead.
Ziggy, when Mr Moore said "I want to see Uranus", you may have misunderstood his intentions.
Quote from: DoYerJob Linesman on December 16, 2012, 05:31:09 PM
No. His brother was killed in the crash but Peter was left in a serious condition. Latest reports suggest that he is no longer critical.
Quote from: laoislad on December 16, 2012, 05:38:24 PMTwitter being notoriously accurate in these cases... ;)Quote from: DoYerJob Linesman on December 16, 2012, 05:31:09 PM
No. His brother was killed in the crash but Peter was left in a serious condition. Latest reports suggest that he is no longer critical.
A reporter had tweeted that he had died but I just read he hasn't.
I'll remove the post.
Quote from: Mac Eoghain on December 16, 2012, 06:06:57 PM
Peter who?
Quote from: Sandino on December 12, 2012, 08:10:35 AM
Sitar player Ravi Shankar, who popularised Indian music around the world, dies hospital in the United States at the age of 92.
Quote from: laoislad on December 16, 2012, 05:38:24 PM
A reporter had tweeted that he had died but I just read he hasn't.
I'll remove the post.
Quote from: Hardy on December 21, 2012, 02:06:07 PM
Very sad news. Shane was from a great GAA family and was brother of Gerry.
Quote from: All of a Sludden on December 23, 2012, 02:10:52 PM
The former Taoiseach and Meath TD John Bruton has said those who tweet messages to radio or TV shows should not have their views aired unless their names and addresses are given.
His comment comes as colleagues of the late Fine Gael TD and Minister Shane McEntee say he was upset in the weeks leading up to his death because of abuse he received on social media websites.
The 56-year-old took his own life at his home in Nobber in Co Meath on Friday.
His removal will take place this evening while his funeral Mass will be held tomorrow morning at St John the Baptist Church in Nobber.
John Bruton said the trend of submitting comments to discussion programmes over social media was worrying, "particularly thanks to the anonymity that people enjoy in tweeting in comments which are then broadcast and given status in radio programmes as if they were coming from somebody who was prepared to stand over what they were saying.
"In fact they are being delivered under the cowardly cloak of anonymity."
He added: "If there is a lesson to be learned, it would be that only comments that come from people who give their name and address should be broadcast, because otherwise you're just licensing people to lower the tone of the discussion."
Quote from: mouview on December 24, 2012, 11:49:36 PM
Last of the 12 Angry Men.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 29, 2012, 10:29:33 AM
Ah well,I suppose he had a good innings.Several of them,in fact!
Quote from: laoislad on December 31, 2012, 06:28:43 PM
Ireland's oldest person Laois woman Mary Kate Byrne has died aged 108.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 29, 2012, 10:29:33 AM
Ah well,I suppose he had a good innings.Several of them,in fact!
Quote from: laoislad on December 31, 2012, 06:28:43 PMThe women obviously
Ireland's oldest person Laois woman Mary Kate Byrne has died aged 108.
They make them tough in Laois.
Quote from: Hardy on January 11, 2013, 04:29:33 PM
I remember his "Ireland - A History" (was it?) series was amazing at the time for seeing an Englishman presenting Britain's record in Ireland in an unflattering light.
Quote from: AQMP on January 11, 2013, 04:47:37 PMQuote from: Hardy on January 11, 2013, 04:29:33 PM
I remember his "Ireland - A History" (was it?) series was amazing at the time for seeing an Englishman presenting Britain's record in Ireland in an unflattering light.
Yes, a great series at the time. Believe it or not, Hardy it was 1980!! I seem to remember some fascinating interviews with surviving "combatants" of the War of Independence and the Civil War.
Also a great read was/is his "Green Flag" Trilogy "A History of Irish Nationalism" from the mid 70s. I remember reading those as a teenager in the mid 70s at the height of the Troubles.
Quote from: Hardy on January 11, 2013, 04:29:33 PM
I remember his "Ireland - A History" (was it?) series was amazing at the time for seeing an Englishman presenting Britain's record in Ireland in an unflattering light.
Quote from: ziggy90 on January 19, 2013, 01:55:39 PM
Sorry to hear this news, RIP. I'd say the Wire had plenty of similar characters (little acting experience). The second best tv series of all time and Prop Joe was an integral part of it.
Quote from: ziggy90 on January 19, 2013, 01:55:39 PM
Sorry to hear this news, RIP. I'd say the Wire had plenty of similar characters (little acting experience). The second best tv series of all time and Prop Joe was an integral part of it.
Quote from: ziggysego on January 21, 2013, 02:45:43 PM
Film director Michael Winner has died. RIP
QuoteInez McCormack,trade unionist and civil rights activist.RIPHad the pleasure of meeting her a few times - Very committed lady. RIP
Quote from: Declan on January 22, 2013, 11:26:07 AMQuoteInez McCormack,trade unionist and civil rights activist.RIPHad the pleasure of meeting her a few times - Very committed lady. RIP
Quote from: Orior on January 22, 2013, 12:24:48 PMQuote from: Declan on January 22, 2013, 11:26:07 AMQuoteInez McCormack,trade unionist and civil rights activist.RIPHad the pleasure of meeting her a few times - Very committed lady. RIP
How come I have lived through the troubles and never heard of this lady?
Quote from: Declan on January 22, 2013, 11:26:07 AMQuoteInez McCormack,trade unionist and civil rights activist.RIPHad the pleasure of meeting her a few times - Very committed lady. RIP
Quote from: Orior on January 22, 2013, 12:24:48 PMQuote from: Declan on January 22, 2013, 11:26:07 AMQuoteInez McCormack,trade unionist and civil rights activist.RIPHad the pleasure of meeting her a few times - Very committed lady. RIP
How come I have lived through the troubles and never heard of this lady?
Quote from: Aristo 60 on January 21, 2013, 02:57:05 PMQuote from: ziggy90 on January 19, 2013, 01:55:39 PM
Sorry to hear this news, RIP. I'd say the Wire had plenty of similar characters (little acting experience). The second best tv series of all time and Prop Joe was an integral part of it.
The second best?
Quote from: Orior on January 22, 2013, 12:24:48 PMQuote from: Declan on January 22, 2013, 11:26:07 AMQuoteInez McCormack,trade unionist and civil rights activist.RIPHad the pleasure of meeting her a few times - Very committed lady. RIP
How come I have lived through the troubles and never heard of this lady?
Quote from: AQMP on January 28, 2013, 11:43:01 AM
Film-maker and wildlife conservationist Éamon de Buitléar (83).
Quote from: T Fearon on February 04, 2013, 11:33:08 PM
Do you know,for sure?
Quote from: muppet on February 05, 2013, 01:10:40 PMcouldn't feel it in his fingers,or his toesQuote from: T Fearon on February 04, 2013, 11:33:08 PM
Do you know,for sure?
You move me
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 18, 2013, 01:21:52 PM
Richard Briers
The Good Life
Roobarb and Custard
Monarch of the Glen
Mr. Bean
etc
Quote from: BennyCake on February 18, 2013, 05:59:00 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on February 18, 2013, 01:21:52 PM
Richard Briers
The Good Life
Roobarb and Custard
Monarch of the Glen
Mr. Bean
etc
Richard Briers was in Mr Bean?
Quote from: Denn Forever on February 18, 2013, 02:18:18 PM
Aww.
The Good Life is a great memory from the 70s.
And Felecity Kendall was always good to lust after.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 18, 2013, 01:21:52 PM
Richard Briers
The Good Life
Roobarb and Custard
Monarch of the Glen
Mr. Bean
etc
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on March 05, 2013, 09:59:02 PM
Hugo Chavez.
Quote from: theticklemister on March 05, 2013, 10:00:21 PMQuote from: Harold Disgracey on March 05, 2013, 09:59:02 PM
Hugo Chavez.
that just break?
Quote from: give her dixie on March 05, 2013, 10:10:16 PM
Tragic news. Hugo Chavez you were one of a kind . Rest in peace
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on March 18, 2013, 06:07:08 PM
Frank Thornton aka Captain Peacock from Are you being served
Quote from: Onion Bag on March 19, 2013, 10:24:43 AM
Had to make the dreaded decision at the vets yesterday to put my Golden Retriver to sleep, he had severe arthritis in his joints and wasnt going to make a recovery. Totally Devastated
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on March 21, 2013, 10:00:05 AMWould have read most of his books as well , RIP
The horror writer James Herbert, aged 69. Have to say I think I must have read every one of his books.
Quote from: Declan on March 22, 2013, 07:47:33 AM
Former Olympic 200m champion Pietro Mennea dies, aged 60
The sprinter won 200m gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, beating Britain's 100m champion Alan Wells into second place.
Mennea also won bronze in the 4x400 relay at the same Olympics, to add to a 200m bronze from the 1972 Munich Games.
He broke the 200m world record in 1979 with a time of 19.72 seconds, a record that stood for 17 years until Michael Johnson ran 19.66 in 1996.
American Johnson's record was bettered by Jamaica's Usain Bolt at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and now stands at 19.19 - but Mennea's time remains the European record.
Later a Member of the European Parliament following his retirement from athletics, Mennea also collected three European Championship golds at 100m and 200m during his career.
Italian National Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malago said Mennea's body would lie in state at Olympic committee headquarters. No cause of death has been announced.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 23, 2013, 08:23:16 PM
Boris Berezhovsky. "Apparent suicide". Nothing suspicious there ???
Quote from: lawnseed on March 23, 2013, 08:29:27 PMApparently the "Hazard" police are there with NBC gear.Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 23, 2013, 08:23:16 PM
Boris Berezhovsky. "Apparent suicide". Nothing suspicious there ???
He might had a run in with an umberella
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on April 03, 2013, 10:03:30 AM.....and if he was alive,I imagined him to be
Milo O'Shea dead aged 86.
Now I thought he was dead years ago.
Quote from: RealSpiritof98 on April 03, 2013, 05:55:19 PM
Or name 10 famous people you think will die in the next 12 months and get points for a winner.
Quote from: Denn Forever on April 03, 2013, 02:54:12 PM
Not quite yet but soon.
Iain Banks - Author
In true Iain Banks' style, he asked his partner to marry him by asking, "Will you be my widow?"
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/author-iain-banks-has-just-months-to-live-1.1347505
Quote from: Tubberman on April 03, 2013, 06:07:45 PMBig Ian must be gettin near some set of gatesQuote from: RealSpiritof98 on April 03, 2013, 05:55:19 PM
Or name 10 famous people you think will die in the next 12 months and get points for a winner.
1. Pope emeritus (Benny)
2. Maggie Thatcher
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Liam Cosgrave
5. George H W Bushf
6. Prince Philip
7. Muhammad Ali
8. Jimmy Hill
9. Nidge from Love/Hate
10. Sunita for Corrie
Quote from: sans pessimism on April 03, 2013, 06:43:12 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 03, 2013, 06:07:45 PMBig Ian must be gettin near some set of gatesQuote from: RealSpiritof98 on April 03, 2013, 05:55:19 PM
Or name 10 famous people you think will die in the next 12 months and get points for a winner.
1. Pope emeritus (Benny)
2. Maggie Thatcher
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Liam Cosgrave
5. George H W Bushf
6. Prince Philip
7. Muhammad Ali
8. Jimmy Hill
9. Nidge from Love/Hate
10. Sunita for Corrie
Quote from: Tubberman on April 03, 2013, 06:07:45 PMQuote from: RealSpiritof98 on April 03, 2013, 05:55:19 PM
Or name 10 famous people you think will die in the next 12 months and get points for a winner.
1. Pope emeritus (Benny)
2. Maggie Thatcher
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Liam Cosgrave
5. George H W Bush
6. Prince Philip
7. Muhammad Ali
8. Jimmy Hill
9. Nidge from Love/Hate
10. Sunita for Corrie
Quote from: Tubberman on April 08, 2013, 01:05:42 PMQuote from: Tubberman on April 03, 2013, 06:07:45 PMQuote from: RealSpiritof98 on April 03, 2013, 05:55:19 PM
Or name 10 famous people you think will die in the next 12 months and get points for a winner.
1. Pope emeritus (Benny)
2. Maggie Thatcher
3. Nelson Mandela
4. Liam Cosgrave
5. George H W Bush
6. Prince Philip
7. Muhammad Ali
8. Jimmy Hill
9. Nidge from Love/Hate
10. Sunita for Corrie
I had her at number 2!
Quote from: RealSpiritof98 on April 03, 2013, 05:55:19 PM
Or name 10 famous people you think will die in the next 12 months and get points for a winner.
Quote from: All of a Sludden on April 23, 2013, 12:28:47 PM
Tony Grealish, who played more than 40 times for Ireland, has died after battle with cancer aged just 56.
QuoteAh I remember him well, bombing down the wing with his socks round his ankles. RIP.
Quote from: Billys Boots on April 23, 2013, 12:31:15 PMQuote from: All of a Sludden on April 23, 2013, 12:28:47 PM
Tony Grealish, who played more than 40 times for Ireland, has died after battle with cancer aged just 56.
Ah I remember him well, bombing down the wing with his socks round his ankles. RIP.
Quote from: AZOffaly on April 23, 2013, 02:35:26 PM
Not sure about combative. I thought he was more of a midfield passing lad. I remember the beard. RIP.
Quote from: Sandino on April 26, 2013, 05:29:05 PMas P Flynn wud say -class act
Country music legend George Jones has died aged 81. What a singer!
R
Quote from: mouview on April 19, 2013, 12:05:50 PM
A list of famous (showbiz) people still alive, and now, very aged;
Kirk Douglas
Eli Wallach
Olivia De Havilland (last surviving star of Gone With The Wind)
Joan Fontaine (estranged sister of the above)
Luise Rainer (Austrian-born double-Oscar winner from the 30s)
Deanna Durbin
Vera Lynn (forces sweetheart from WWII)
Shirley Temple
Doris Day
Practically all above in their 90s and Rainer over 100. Relics from a bygone age.
Any others?
Quote from: thejuice on May 03, 2013, 09:41:01 AMKilled by a spider.
RIP Jeff Hanneman
Reign in Blood was a ground breaking album largely down the power of the guitar playing.
Quote from: theskull1 on May 03, 2013, 12:16:48 PMBeen in it a few times during their concerts, great preparation for games!
Would love to have been in the mosh pit during raining blood
RIP
Quote from: Sandino on May 07, 2013, 06:34:58 PM
Visual effects master Ray Harryhausen, whose stop-motion wizardry graced such films as Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans, has died aged 92.
Quote from: Minder on May 12, 2013, 10:41:38 PM
I see the young 16 year old fella Donal Walsh, @Donal_Walsh_ from Kerry passed away earlier today after a long battle with cancer.
RIP
Quote from: T Fearon on May 13, 2013, 02:42:40 PM
Coincidentally there is an excellent article in the current edition of Alive (read by all good Irish catholics but very few on this Board I'd say) featuring this young man's courage and faith (obviously written before he died), and contrasting his belief in God with that of the late Nuala O'Faolain who died without any belief in an afterlife.
Quote from: ziggysego on May 16, 2013, 09:25:56 PMhe's gettin worse
FFS Tony
Quote from: sans pessimism on May 16, 2013, 09:48:47 PMQuote from: ziggysego on May 16, 2013, 09:25:56 PMhe's gettin worse
FFS Tony
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on May 20, 2013, 11:31:52 PM
Ray Manzarek - keyboards with The Doors dead aged 74.
I spose he has broken on through to the other side!
Quote from: seafoid on May 21, 2013, 11:15:32 AM
Amazing keyboard player.
Quote from: Sandino on May 22, 2013, 04:09:20 PM
Wrestling great, Mick McManus has died aged 93. Many a Saturday afternoon I sat screaming at a TV set as I sat eating grub much to the annoyance of my mother! RIP Mick, That's all grapple fans!
Quote from: Orior on May 22, 2013, 04:44:23 PMQuote from: Sandino on May 22, 2013, 04:09:20 PM
Wrestling great, Mick McManus has died aged 93. Many a Saturday afternoon I sat screaming at a TV set as I sat eating grub much to the annoyance of my mother! RIP Mick, That's all grapple fans!
I remember him too, on the black & white television set.
European food hadn't arrived at our house then, so the Saturday dinner would have been things like:
- Bacon, cabbage and spuds
- Sausage, turnip and spuds
- Irish stew (with mutton, carrots and spuds)
- Liver, peas and spuds
Quote from: T Fearon on May 23, 2013, 10:12:00 AM
Spuds,bacon and cabbage is not a european delicacy? First I heard of it.
Mick was the goodie, Jackie Pallo was the baddie, and I remember the excitement as a child that Mick's entrance to the ring engendered every Saturday, all those preceding him were like the warm up acts at a gig, Mick was the main man we all wanted to see!
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Given he's kept a career-long vow of silence, it was probably too much to expect Kendo Nagasaki to comment on the passing of fellow wrestling legend Mick McManus. But an e-mail from his office illuminated my inbox this morning. It's not exactly ideal for the PA wire, but it seemed a shame to waste it, so I've posted it in its entirety here:
Dear Mark;
As you know, Kendo does not speak, but here at the Kendo Nagasaki Retreat, in line with Kendo's teachings, we do not view passing as final – it is merely a change of state – the soul of Mick McManus continues on.
Kendo also says that people can have a karmic duty to fulfil a certain role, to portray a certain image, and, as a heel in the ring, Mick McManus challenged conceptions of right and wrong.
McManus also wielded influence behind-the-scenes as well – an excellent networker, he infiltrated the organisation of wrestling, to the extent of being able to influence the arrangement of matches, and even prevent his rivals from getting top-billing matches, booking himself instead. He eventually wielded very great influence in wrestling promotions in general.
Therefore, to both the public and to his contemporaries in wrestling, McManus was dangerous – intelligent, a subversive renegade – a karmic role he fulfilled very well.
Kendo would therefore say that there is more to Mick McManus than how he has been perceived, and this should be reflected upon; the actions of McManus have provided many and varied lessons for us all, but his soul is clearly that of a conscientious warrior, who has worked hard and successfully towards the enlightenment of people through his relationships. His lifetime has enriched the world for a great many, in ways they may not even realise.
Kendo Nagasaki's position is that, in accord with the foregoing, the life of Mick McManus is to be celebrated, respected, reflected upon, and appreciated on many levels.
I hope this is helpful to you.
Yours sincerely
Atlantis.
Atlantis Chronos Goth
for Kendo Nagasaki.
Quote from: Ulick on June 05, 2013, 03:35:16 PM
Ruairí Ó Bradaigh. Arguably lost his way but can't fault his sincerity, dedication and sacrifice. Ar dheis de go raibh a anam.
Quote from: Ulick on June 05, 2013, 03:35:16 PM
Ruairí Ó Bradaigh. Arguably lost his way but can't fault his sincerity, dedication and sacrifice. Ar dheis de go raibh a anam.
Quote from: dec on June 06, 2013, 02:13:21 PM
My favourite were his first two, Riotous Assembly and Indecent Exposure, set in apartheid South Africa.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on June 08, 2013, 01:00:17 AM
Fr Matt Wallace, 20 minute masses. Always sold out ;) a decent priest who worked the hard areas in West Belfast
Quote from: mouview on June 20, 2013, 12:49:39 AM
Almost incredibly, James Gandolfini.
Farewell, Tony Soprano.
Quote from: Syferus on June 20, 2013, 12:52:32 AMQuote from: mouview on June 20, 2013, 12:49:39 AM
Almost incredibly, James Gandolfini.
Farewell, Tony Soprano.
I had an episode of The Sopranos spun up and ready to play when I saw this. Eery. He was only 51, too.
Quote from: Ulick on June 20, 2013, 07:30:51 AM
Sad news but not very surprising, he's looked like a walking heart attack since the last few seasons of The Sopranos. Loved his Virgil in True Romance as well - the part that must have got him Tony Soprano.
Quote from: mouview on June 20, 2013, 12:49:39 AM
Almost incredibly, James Gandolfini.
Farewell, Tony Soprano.
Quote from: Billys Boots on June 20, 2013, 04:57:47 PM
He played an American Army General in the film version of 'The Thick of It' - the movie name escapes me; he was most un-Tony-like. He'll always be Tony for me - the best TV programme ever. RIP.
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on June 20, 2013, 10:04:22 AM
Addio Antonio. I shall raise a glass to him and the Greatest TV show ever.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 20, 2013, 06:10:14 PM
(http://bradwarthen.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/paulie-walnuts-1024.jpg)
RIP T.
Quote from: muppet on June 21, 2013, 11:26:30 PM
Twitter: Jim Reilly, Dunboyne, AI winner with Meath in 1954 and father of Brendan.
RIP
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on July 06, 2013, 09:39:36 AM
The Nolans made a record with Motorhead once. Oul Lemmy is not too well I see. Watch this space.
Ar dheis de go raibh a anam. Go ndéana Dia a mhaith air. Solas na bhFlaitheas ar a anam uasal. Ceol na bhflaitheas go gcloisfidh se Croist leis ar an bhealach. Much appreciated | Was right in his soul. May God be like him. Light of Heaven's noble soul Music of heaven to hear it Christ by the way. Thanks awfully |
Quote from: Oraisteach on July 10, 2013, 03:49:28 PM
A friend of mine's father died this morning. Can anyone give me a translation of the following Irish sentiments:
Ar dheis de go raibh a anam.
Go ndéana Dia a mhaith air.
Solas na bhFlaitheas ar a anam uasal
Ceol na bhflaitheas go gcloisfidh se
Croist leis ar an bhealach.
Much appreciated
Quote from: Oraisteach on July 10, 2013, 03:49:28 PM
A friend of mine's father died this morning. Can anyone give me a translation of the following Irish sentiments:
Ar dheis de go raibh a anam. May his soul be at the right (hand) of God
Go ndéana Dia a mhaith air. May God be good to him
Solas na bhFlaitheas ar a anam uasal May the light of heaven be on his nobel soul
Ceol na bhflaitheas go gcloisfidh se He will hear heaven's music
Croist leis ar an bhealach. Christ be with him on his journey/way
Much appreciated
Quote from: mb80b60 on July 10, 2013, 04:35:40 PMQuote from: Oraisteach on July 10, 2013, 03:49:28 PM
A friend of mine's father died this morning. Can anyone give me a translation of the following Irish sentiments:
Ar dheis de go raibh a anam. May his soul be at the right (hand) of God
Go ndéana Dia a mhaith air. May God be good to him
Solas na bhFlaitheas ar a anam uasal May the light of heaven be on his nobel soul
Ceol na bhflaitheas go gcloisfidh se He will hear heaven's music
Croist leis ar an bhealach. Christ be with him on his journey/way
Much appreciated
Quote from: 5 Sams on July 10, 2013, 06:46:08 PMQuote from: mb80b60 on July 10, 2013, 04:35:40 PMQuote from: Oraisteach on July 10, 2013, 03:49:28 PM
A friend of mine's father died this morning. Can anyone give me a translation of the following Irish sentiments:
Ar dheis de go raibh a anam. May his soul be at the right (hand) of God
Go ndéana Dia a mhaith air. May God be good to him
Solas na bhFlaitheas ar a anam uasal May the light of heaven be on his nobel soul
Ceol na bhflaitheas go gcloisfidh se He will hear heaven's music
Croist leis ar an bhealach. Christ be with him on his journey/way
Much appreciated
MB has it nailed...the Google translation is as far away as your last shite.
Quote from: seafoid on July 10, 2013, 07:43:53 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on July 10, 2013, 06:46:08 PMQuote from: mb80b60 on July 10, 2013, 04:35:40 PMQuote from: Oraisteach on July 10, 2013, 03:49:28 PM
A friend of mine's father died this morning. Can anyone give me a translation of the following Irish sentiments:
Ar dheis de go raibh a anam. May his soul be at the right (hand) of God
Go ndéana Dia a mhaith air. May God be good to him
Solas na bhFlaitheas ar a anam uasal May the light of heaven be on his nobel soul
Ceol na bhflaitheas go gcloisfidh se He will hear heaven's music
Croist leis ar an bhealach. Christ be with him on his journey/way
Much appreciated
MB has it nailed...the Google translation is as far away as your last shite.
"May he hear the music of heaven" would be closer to the meaning of "Ceol na bhflaitheas go gcloisfidh se"
The Google translate is very poor ar fad
QuoteI swear three out of every four of these announcements are for people I thought were long gone already.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 13, 2013, 12:58:12 AM
In what has been a pretty awful couple of weeks, my grandmother and mother.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 13, 2013, 10:32:10 PM
My granny was 103 and the oldest person in the parish. She was living on her own until my mum went into hospital about 13 weeks ago, my mum would have been her main carer, after which she moved into a nursing home and went downhill. My mum was diagnosed with non Hodgkin's Lymphoma, after which she suffered setback after setback including breaking her neck in a fall down the stairs, pneumonia & MRSA. A second bout of pneumonia eventually did for her. She was given 24/48 hours the day before my granny's funeral, she fought on much to the amazement of the doctors for almost 2 more weeks. Her funeral was last Saturday & I miss her every day.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 13, 2013, 10:32:10 PM
My granny was 103 and the oldest person in the parish. She was living on her own until my mum went into hospital about 13 weeks ago, my mum would have been her main carer, after which she moved into a nursing home and went downhill. My mum was diagnosed with non Hodgkin's Lymphoma, after which she suffered setback after setback including breaking her neck in a fall down the stairs, pneumonia & MRSA. A second bout of pneumonia eventually did for her. She was given 24/48 hours the day before my granny's funeral, she fought on much to the amazement of the doctors for almost 2 more weeks. Her funeral was last Saturday & I miss her every day.
Quote from: ziggy90 on July 20, 2013, 03:39:54 PM
Coley Folan, Sean McDermott's and Warwickshire stalwart. Tragically young at 44. RIP.
Quote from: Minder on July 22, 2013, 07:05:23 PM
Denis Farina, actor, aged 69
Quote from: red hander on July 22, 2013, 08:03:04 PMQuote from: Minder on July 22, 2013, 07:05:23 PM
Denis Farina, actor, aged 69
Sorry to hear that. Excellent as the mob boss in the underrated Midnight Run
Quotetake the time to tell the people in your lives, family/friends, how much they mean to you a couple times a year
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 25, 2013, 08:38:32 AM
Well said DrinkingHarp, sorry for your loss. I've been through it recently an know how hard it is, my thoughts are with you and your family.
Thanks everyone for your good wishes, I'm back at work & have the head sorted.
Quote from: T Fearon on July 30, 2013, 11:29:09 PM
Sarah Reavey, Whitecross,Armagh, who lost three sons in an appalling sectarian murder in January 1976.Her trauma was made worse just a few years ago when Paisley (feted by the likes of Ahern and other freestaters, big buddies with Mc Guinness) used Brit parliamentary privilege to falsely accuse another son of IRA membership,a lie which the old b**tard refuses to retract or apologise for, up to this day.ftp://
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on August 21, 2013, 01:57:28 PM
Furniture designer Charles Pollock, who designed the ubiquitous 20th Century office chair, has died in a fire at his home in New York.
The Pollock Executive Chair, which he designed for Knoll in 1963, is one of the best-selling office chairs in history.
Quote from: T Fearon on August 24, 2013, 12:10:15 AM
The father of Rufus T R.I.P Mr Mc G.
Quote from: T Fearon on August 24, 2013, 01:14:02 AM
His father
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on August 24, 2013, 01:32:32 PMI think that particular ship has sailed at this point.
Folks some of you are sailing very close to the wind as regards Rule 3
Quote from: spuds on August 24, 2013, 01:07:14 PMDon't know any of the lads apart from Rufus, a pure gentleman who I met in HQ a few years ago. Sincere condolences.
Sorry to hear of Harold, Drinking Harp and Rufus' losses.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh siad
Quote from: stew on August 24, 2013, 06:54:43 PM
Very saddened to hear of the death of the great Phil McGinn, apart from raising a great family he was a storied educator, an author and was one of the best Gaels I ever had the pleasure of meeting.
My thoughts and prayers are with his family, especially his son whom I had the pleasure of playing football with for years.
RIP Mr McGinn.
Quote from: Billys Boots on August 26, 2013, 09:52:08 AM
Sorry to hear of your loss Rufus.
Quote from: AQMP on August 29, 2013, 09:37:28 AM
Former Wales rugby international and BBC commentator Cliff Morgan aged 83.
Quote from: Hardy on August 29, 2013, 11:02:37 AM
He was 83? I'm amazed.
Quote from: armaghniac on August 30, 2013, 11:14:28 AM
Seamas Heaney, Nobel prize winner.
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on August 30, 2013, 04:11:54 PM
Just a note to thank all my good friends on here for your kind words and expressions of sympathy at a very difficult time. Dad was worshipped in our family but it was still wonderful to hear so many kind words from so many people whose lives had been touched by Dad. I would also add that many of these messages came from GAA sources far and wide and were a great source of comfort to our family when most needed.
Thank you all.
Art
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Dad (right) with his great friend Jack Bratton RIP in the Croke Park Hotel on the morning of our All Ireland Minor triumph in 2009.
Quote from: All of a Sludden on August 13, 2013, 12:46:36 PMthis is the first time I read or heard anything about this. Stunned. I loved the charlatans back in my "Madchester" phase.
Jon Brookes drummer with The Charlatans has died aged 44.
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on August 30, 2013, 04:11:54 PM
Just a note to thank all my good friends on here for your kind words and expressions of sympathy at a very difficult time. Dad was worshipped in our family but it was still wonderful to hear so many kind words from so many people whose lives had been touched by Dad. I would also add that many of these messages came from GAA sources far and wide and were a great source of comfort to our family when most needed.
Thank you all.
Art
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Dad (right) with his great friend Jack Bratton RIP in the Croke Park Hotel on the morning of our All Ireland Minor triumph in 2009.
Quote from: Rois on August 30, 2013, 11:25:45 AM
Aw sad to hear that.
Mid Term Break will stay with me forever.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 01, 2013, 11:29:16 AM
David Frost. Well known broadcaster dead from a heart attack!
Quote from: Minder on September 02, 2013, 04:43:53 PMWas reading earlier that he never admitted or accepted having HIV. Something caught up with him!
Tommy Morrison who played Tommy the machine Gunn from Rocky 5 dead aged 44
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 02, 2013, 10:28:20 PMQuote from: Minder on September 02, 2013, 04:43:53 PMWas reading earlier that he never admitted or accepted having HIV. Something caught up with him!
Tommy Morrison who played Tommy the machine Gunn from Rocky 5 dead aged 44
Quote from: Minder on September 02, 2013, 10:39:39 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on September 02, 2013, 10:28:20 PMQuote from: Minder on September 02, 2013, 04:43:53 PMWas reading earlier that he never admitted or accepted having HIV. Something caught up with him!
Tommy Morrison who played Tommy the machine Gunn from Rocky 5 dead aged 44
"Full blown AIDS"
Sad story
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/9588582/tommy-morrison-latest-big-fight
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on September 04, 2013, 09:51:25 AM
Ariel Castro, who kept women captive at his home in Cleveland, Ohio, has died after being found hanging in his cell.
Prison officials said he died in hospital late on Tuesday, after prison medical staff failed to revive him.
Castro, 53, held three women against their will for about a decade until May this year. He kept his victims chained up and raped them.
Quote from: All of a Sludden on September 25, 2013, 11:12:24 AM
RIP Paddy.
I was looking forward to reading his book, which was due to be launched in Newry tonight, that launch has been cancelled.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on September 27, 2013, 09:49:08 PM
Why does the BBC keep referring to the late Paddy McFlynn as 'the GAA's president at the time of the hunger strikes'.
Quote from: Sandino on October 02, 2013, 03:47:45 PM
The Author Tom Clancy has died.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24372224
Quote from: Canalman on October 11, 2013, 09:54:25 AM
General Vo Nguyen Giap died last week I just heard. Thought he was dead years ago tbh. Vietnamese general with a fairly impressive cv.
Quote from: T Fearon on October 25, 2013, 07:47:13 PM
Tommy Mc Conville Dundalk FC and Clan Na Gael.Watched him at Oriel Park many times in the late 70s early 80s,against PSV Eindhoven(Van der Kherkov twins) Spurs (Hoddle Ardliles etc), Celtic (Bobby Lennox) in European competition,and none of those three sides won there.Played until the age of 42.
Quote from: ballinaman on October 30, 2013, 04:51:23 PM
The man who collapsed at the finish line of the Dublin Marathon on Monday passed away today.
RIP
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dublin-marathon-runner-dies-following-collapse-on-monday-29712049.html
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 27, 2013, 02:43:46 PM
Kadir Nurman. One of the men credited with inventing the doner kebab has died in Germany at the age of 80.
:-\
Quote from: AZOffaly on October 30, 2013, 08:12:45 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on October 27, 2013, 02:43:46 PM
Kadir Nurman. One of the men credited with inventing the doner kebab has died in Germany at the age of 80.
:-\
Was he an organ doner?
Sorry
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on October 30, 2013, 08:27:17 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on October 30, 2013, 08:12:45 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on October 27, 2013, 02:43:46 PM
Kadir Nurman. One of the men credited with inventing the doner kebab has died in Germany at the age of 80.
:-\
Was he an organ doner?
Sorry
Ah c'mon AZ, that leaves an awful bad taste in the mouth.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on November 11, 2013, 06:21:03 PMRIP
Eddie McGrady former SDLP MP for South Down
Quote from: AQMP on November 08, 2013, 11:24:59 AM85? Didnt think he was that old. He never really hit the limelight until steve wright began to feature him in his sketches.
Former BBC political correspondent (and Belfast man) John Cole aged 85.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on December 01, 2013, 03:27:35 AM
Paul Walker - star of the Fast and Furious movies has died tonight in a car crash
Quote from: Tubberman on December 05, 2013, 09:56:30 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkXxi5OgNzo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkXxi5OgNzo)
Quote from: hardstation on December 05, 2013, 09:53:20 PMUseless cnut.
RIP
We were talking about something related in work today (somebody was explaining their dislike for Foster & Allen since the played in South Africa) and I mentioned that we haven't heard much about Mandela in a while and suggested that he might have improved.
Put the quare scud on him there.
Quote from: orangeman on December 15, 2013, 06:26:36 PM
Actor Peter O'Toole, who starred in Sir David Lean's 1962 film classic Lawrence of Arabia, has died aged 81, his agent has said.
The Irish-born star began on the stage in Bristol and London aged 17, but his big break was when Sir David cast him as British adventurer T E Lawrence.
It earned him the first of eight Oscar nominations, with others coming for such films as Becket, The Lion in Winter and Goodbye, Mr Chips.
He received an honorary Oscar in 2003.
He had initially refused to accept the award.
In a letter he asked the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to delay the award until he was 80, saying he was "still in the game and might win the bugger outright".
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on December 18, 2013, 07:41:08 AM
Ronnie Biggs the train robber and Sex Pistols Guest Vocalist on No-one is Innocent.
Quote from: john mcgill on December 18, 2013, 06:49:30 PMThe rumours of your death are greatly exaggerated
I never knew!
Quote from: john mcgill on December 19, 2013, 07:02:03 AM
I waited until this morning just in case your prediction was correct.
Quote from: Olly on December 18, 2013, 07:01:51 PM
Sorry, James McGill.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McGill
I hope I caused you no distress
Quote from: orangeman on December 20, 2013, 12:21:24 PMTom Curran is very impressive. Criost le Marie ar a bhealach.
This woman fought hard to die.
Marie Fleming, who lost a landmark Supreme Court right-to-die challenge earlier this year, has died.
Her partner Tom Curran said Ms Fleming died in the early hours of this morning.
The 59-year-old had been in the final stages of multiple sclerosis.
Mr Curran told RTÉ news that his partner's condition had worsened in the past two weeks and she had the "peaceful death in her own home", that she had fought for.
He said, however, he would continue to take part in a campaign to have the ban on assisted suicide lifted.
Quote from: lawnseed on December 21, 2013, 04:12:17 PM
The greatest sports commenter ever.. According to the brits david coleman is dead. Not sure if he was the best ever
Quote from: hardstation on December 21, 2013, 04:16:39 PMYeah you could read it a couple of ways.. In his 80s good ageQuote from: lawnseed on December 21, 2013, 04:12:17 PMStrange way of writing what you were trying to say there.
The greatest sports commenter ever.. According to the brits david coleman is dead. Not sure if he was the best ever
Quote from: lawnseed on December 21, 2013, 04:12:17 PM
The greatest sports commenter ever.. According to the brits david coleman is dead. Not sure if he was the best ever
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2013, 11:30:39 AMdicky more of a presenter than a commentator though.. great hairQuote from: lawnseed on December 21, 2013, 04:12:17 PM
The greatest sports commenter ever.. According to the brits david coleman is dead. Not sure if he was the best ever
Certainly one of the best British sports commentators over the years, athletics was his best I thought, didn't realise he was that old. Did the Brazil game where Pele laid the ball of for Jairzinho in the game against England, pure class
Dicky Davis was my fav on a Sat afternoon
Quote from: hardstation on December 24, 2013, 12:16:00 AMSo ,so sad, RIP
Won't mean anything to anyone here I imagine but a boy I work with died of a heart attack today.
32 years old and 3 young kids.
Grim.
Quote from: SHEEDY on December 23, 2013, 04:37:32 PM
Mikhail Kalashnikov inventor of the assault rifle has died aged 94.
Quote from: hardstation on December 24, 2013, 12:16:00 AM
Won't mean anything to anyone here I imagine but a boy I work with died of a heart attack today.
32 years old and 3 young kids.
Grim.
Quote from: orangeman on December 24, 2013, 11:13:40 AM
Very sad stories.
32 years of age, 3 kids and a wife. Too young. Far too young.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 02, 2014, 12:15:45 PM
Will there be a volley of shots fired over Kalashnikov's coffin at the funeral?
Quote from: Jonah on January 02, 2014, 12:11:41 AM
James Avery aka Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
Quote from: BennyCake on January 02, 2014, 12:46:31 PMQuote from: Jonah on January 02, 2014, 12:11:41 AM
James Avery aka Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
That's a shame about 'Uncle Phil'. Complications after heart surgery, it seems. He was great in The Fresh Prince.
Quote from: Dinny Breen on January 02, 2014, 01:22:04 PMQuote from: BennyCake on January 02, 2014, 12:46:31 PMQuote from: Jonah on January 02, 2014, 12:11:41 AM
James Avery aka Uncle Phil from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air.
That's a shame about 'Uncle Phil'. Complications after heart surgery, it seems. He was great in The Fresh Prince.
Voiced Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles too.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 05, 2014, 08:48:33 AM
One of the all time greats of football's golden era in 69s, with Johnstone,Best,Charlton Law etc.Lost the 1966 World Cup semi final and 1968 European Cup Final at Wembley,unluckily on both occasions,and applauded Stepney's crucial save from him at the end of normal time in 68 European Cup Final(otherwise Man Ure would have had to wait until 1999), showing true sportsmanship.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 05, 2014, 06:31:18 PMIn all honesty, Tony, what age were you when Celtic got to Lisbon final to be coming out with a statement like that?
Watch Jinky destroying all and sundry in Celtic's run to Lisbon and particularly against Leeds in the 1970 semi final.Also watch Eusebio against Man Ure,1968, against a United defence of Dunne,Foulkes and Brennan.Nobby Stiles effectively marked Eusebio out of the 1966 WC semi final,and 1968 European Cup Final,neither he nor any other player in the World could have stopped Jinky.Deserves comparison with Eusebio
Quote from: T Fearon on January 05, 2014, 09:56:07 PM
Old enough to have seen it happen.Jinky and Eusebio were two different types of great players,but Jinky unlike Eusebio,delivered more often when it really mattered.His goal against Rangers at Ibrox to clinch a point and the 1967 Scottish league title was the true mark of a genius.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on January 06, 2014, 05:01:16 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 05, 2014, 09:56:07 PM
Old enough to have seen it happen.Jinky and Eusebio were two different types of great players,but Jinky unlike Eusebio,delivered more often when it really mattered.His goal against Rangers at Ibrox to clinch a point and the 1967 Scottish league title was the true mark of a genius.
Yeah i always wondered how Eusebio would have fared in the Scottish league.
Quote from: laoislad on January 06, 2014, 05:41:26 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on January 06, 2014, 05:01:16 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 05, 2014, 09:56:07 PM
Old enough to have seen it happen.Jinky and Eusebio were two different types of great players,but Jinky unlike Eusebio,delivered more often when it really mattered.His goal against Rangers at Ibrox to clinch a point and the 1967 Scottish league title was the true mark of a genius.
Yeah i always wondered how Eusebio would have fared in the Scottish league.
Lol.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 06, 2014, 08:53:07 PM
Yes the Scottish League which in 1967 produced the European Cup winners,European Cup Winners Cup runners up,and the bulk of the Scottish team that defeated England's World Cup winning side at Wembley? I reckon Eusebio would have held his own.
Quote from: Hardy on January 06, 2014, 09:17:54 PM
Not often I'd agree with Tony, but he's not far wrong on this one. Certainly it's not as outrageous as some here seem to think to suggest Johnstone can be compared with the best of his era. He was a genius on the ball, but he also had pace, vision, stamina, guts and imagination and would be a shoo-in on any international team of the era.
I used to like soccer one time.
Quote from: Hardy on January 06, 2014, 09:17:54 PM
Not often I'd agree with Tony, but he's not far wrong on this one. Certainly it's not as outrageous as some here seem to think to suggest Johnstone can be compared with the best of his era. He was a genius on the ball, but he also had pace, vision, stamina, guts and imagination and would be a shoo-in on any international team of the era.
I used to like soccer one time.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on January 06, 2014, 09:43:07 PMso did Real madrid and put their money where their mouth was
Its like comparing Gareth Bale with Messi or Ronaldo which Tony did last season.
Quote from: ziggy90 on January 07, 2014, 06:10:18 AMQuote from: Hardy on January 06, 2014, 09:58:47 PM
How far?
A bridge.
Quote from: Hardy on January 07, 2014, 12:01:36 PMQuote from: ziggy90 on January 07, 2014, 06:10:18 AMQuote from: Hardy on January 06, 2014, 09:58:47 PM
How far?
A bridge.
That's too far.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on January 16, 2014, 12:07:55 PM
RIP Trigger.
@BBCBreaking: British actor Roger Lloyd-Pack, best known as Trigger in Only Fools and Horses, has died age 69, agent says http://t.co/Vzn2DgpUQk
Quote from: 5 Sams on January 16, 2014, 12:10:03 PMQuote from: Harold Disgracey on January 16, 2014, 12:07:55 PM
RIP Trigger.
@BBCBreaking: British actor Roger Lloyd-Pack, best known as Trigger in Only Fools and Horses, has died age 69, agent says http://t.co/Vzn2DgpUQk
Sad news. One of my favourite characters...Dave will be devastated :(
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on January 16, 2014, 01:49:41 PMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63rcdLeXiU8
A brilliant character in OFAH. His famous scene where Del Boy falls through the bar counter happened by accident. He was taking part in some other BBC production in the studio and asked to be included in the scene as he had a few hours to spare.
I still laugh when I see this scene.
And don't get me started on his brush.......
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on January 16, 2014, 12:07:55 PM
RIP Trigger.
@BBCBreaking: British actor Roger Lloyd-Pack, best known as Trigger in Only Fools and Horses, has died age 69, agent says http://t.co/Vzn2DgpUQk
Quote from: TabClear on January 18, 2014, 01:54:11 PMQuote from: Harold Disgracey on January 16, 2014, 12:07:55 PM
RIP Trigger.
@BBCBreaking: British actor Roger Lloyd-Pack, best known as Trigger in Only Fools and Horses, has died age 69, agent says http://t.co/Vzn2DgpUQk
A legend. OF&H is still one of the best shows on tv, even though I know every word. When people talk about how brilliantly written and acted it is the focus is obviously on DEl and Rodney but the likes of Trigger, Boicey and Mike were fantastic in their own right.
One of the funniest lines ever was Trigger defending how he hit is head on a "Mind Your Head" sign. His response "of course I saw it, but in those days I could nt read!"
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on January 18, 2014, 02:56:59 PM
Registrar: To Cassandra and Rodney
All: Cassandra and Rodney..Dave
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 27, 2014, 03:25:26 PM
Referee Shane Hourigan (44) was killed this morning in a car crash in Limerick.
Refereed yesterdays all Ireland intermediate club semi final in Navan RIP
Quote from: Hereiam on January 27, 2014, 05:25:32 PM
Just read in the Irish News the most heart breaking death notice ever. I think the name was Bennet.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 27, 2014, 03:25:26 PM
Referee Shane Hourigan (44) was killed this morning in a car crash in Limerick.
Refereed yesterdays all Ireland intermediate club semi final in Navan RIP
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 02, 2014, 06:37:41 PM
Phillip Seymour Hoffman.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 11, 2014, 10:51:36 AM
Shirley Temple - aged 85.
All together..............."On the good ship, lollipop"
Quote from: BennyCake on February 11, 2014, 12:23:40 PMshe did some great work.. she got that other wee pale girl out of her wheel chair and brought the white bread home to the grandad
I thought Shirley Temple died about 60 years ago!
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 11, 2014, 12:03:18 PM
Initially I thought it was this lad:
(http://cdn1.independent.ie/migration_catalog/article25164403.ece/ALTERNATES/h342/temple_i)
Quote from: BennyCake on February 12, 2014, 10:59:52 AMthis country is the European capital of bollixes ;) what about that gig dancing leprechaun priest ::)Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 11, 2014, 12:03:18 PM
Initially I thought it was this lad:
(http://cdn1.independent.ie/migration_catalog/article25164403.ece/ALTERNATES/h342/temple_i)
Where the hell did RTE get thon fruitcake from anyway? The creepy bollix. You wouldn't see that on Eurotrash.
Quote from: 5 Sams on February 13, 2014, 05:57:49 PM
Paul Lambert. First cousin of Kevy Bell who was tragically killed last year in New York in similar circumstances. God help that poor family.
http://destinationnewry.com/newry-man-paul-lambert-killed-in-san-francisco-accident/
Quote from: Gaffer on February 14, 2014, 09:57:50 AM
Good night John!
Quote from: AQMP on February 14, 2014, 11:43:50 AM
American comedian Sid Caesar aged 91.
Quote from: Minder on February 14, 2014, 09:34:17 PMThe Preston Plumber
Tom Finney
Quote from: laoislad on February 14, 2014, 09:49:11 PMhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBuKh-5xvt0Quote from: Minder on February 14, 2014, 09:34:17 PMThe Preston Plumber
Tom Finney
"Tom Finney would have been great in any team, in any match and in any age ... even if he had been wearing an overcoat."
Bill Shankly
Quote from: AQMP on February 19, 2014, 09:23:29 AM
Bob Casale, guitarist with Devo, aged 61
Quote from: seafoid on February 21, 2014, 08:39:11 AM
http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/hurling/2014/0218/505159-former-antrim-star-james-mcnaughton-passes-away/
Quote from: armaghniac on February 23, 2014, 09:15:36 PMYeah but "the hills are alive.."
Maria von Trapp, aged 99.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 24, 2014, 07:07:14 PMVery good :D
He also directed Groundhog Day.
sorry
Quote from: AZOffaly on February 24, 2014, 08:29:48 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on February 24, 2014, 07:07:14 PMVery good :D
He also directed Groundhog Day.
sorry
Quote from: Billys Boots on February 25, 2014, 10:00:51 AMQuote from: AZOffaly on February 24, 2014, 08:29:48 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on February 24, 2014, 07:07:14 PMVery good :D
He also directed Groundhog Day.
sorry
Getting witty in his old age.
Quote from: stew on February 25, 2014, 05:40:52 PM
Caddyshack was his directorial debut and he thought they would throw him out of Hollywood because it was so bad, they didn't and it is probably the most quoted movie of all time.
Quote from: heganboy on March 07, 2014, 02:51:56 AM
Sean Potts, founding member of the chieftains
Quote from: T Fearon on March 07, 2014, 07:39:16 AM
This is becoming a month's mind thread
Quote from: Gaffer on March 08, 2014, 06:52:48 PM
Jimmy Ellis RIP
Quote from: Sandino on March 11, 2014, 10:39:49 AMRIP. London will miss him
General secretary of the Rail Maritime and Transport union Bob Crow has died aged 52.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on March 11, 2014, 12:05:15 PM
Christine Buckley
Former resident of Golden Bridge Orphanage and one of the first to highlight the hidden shame of State and Church run institutions.
A true hero - unlike some that a few deluded here carry a torch for!
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on March 11, 2014, 12:05:15 PM
Christine Buckley
Former resident of Golden Bridge Orphanage and one of the first to highlight the hidden shame of State and Church run institutions.
A true hero - unlike some that a few deluded here carry a torch for!
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on March 11, 2014, 12:05:15 PM
Christine Buckley
Former resident of Golden Bridge Orphanage and one of the first to highlight the hidden shame of State and Church run institutions.
A true hero - unlike some that a few deluded here carry a torch for!
Quote from: seafoid on March 11, 2014, 11:10:07 AMReally?Quote from: Sandino on March 11, 2014, 10:39:49 AMRIP. London will miss him
General secretary of the Rail Maritime and Transport union Bob Crow has died aged 52.
Quote from: ludermor on March 11, 2014, 05:04:55 PMQuote from: seafoid on March 11, 2014, 11:10:07 AMReally?Quote from: Sandino on March 11, 2014, 10:39:49 AMRIP. London will miss him
General secretary of the Rail Maritime and Transport union Bob Crow has died aged 52.
Quote from: THE MIGHTY QUINN on March 13, 2014, 10:00:44 PM
Lord Ballyedmond, owner of Norbrook. Helicopter crash
Quote from: All of a Sludden on March 13, 2014, 10:45:51 PMRumour until confirmed. He will f**k some person up if he finds out who started the rumour.
Destination Newry are the only local "source" with the story, though they probably got it from here.
Quote from: THE MIGHTY QUINN on March 13, 2014, 10:00:44 PM
Lord Ballyedmond, owner of Norbrook. Helicopter crash
QuoteA spokeswoman for Norfolk Police said: "It's a civilian helicopter, and there were four occupants on board who are all thought to have died in the crash." The East of England Ambulance Service said: "Sadly, it is believed that four people in the helicopter are believed to have died in the crash. Ambulance resources have now been stood down from the scene. Our thoughts are with the family and friends of those who have lost their lives tonight."
Quote from: T Fearon on March 14, 2014, 06:49:38 AM
News confirmed.
Quote from: T Fearon on March 14, 2014, 07:11:53 AM
Tony Benn
Quote from: glens abu on March 14, 2014, 09:24:22 AM
RIP Tony Benn a very principled socialist,just loved watching and listening to him over the years. :'(
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on March 14, 2014, 10:29:53 AM
RIP to both Tony Benn and Eddie Haughey. It is quite ironic that both these die at the same time with both being the antithesis of each other...like AQMP Benn would be a hero of mine and he was a real proper old-style socialist, Haughey a real capitalist, Thatcher loving, power-loving bully yet someone who at the back of it all provided significantly for the local community in terms of employment and funding. Both are big loses in their own right and both leave big legacies.
Quote from: glens abu on March 14, 2014, 10:42:38 AM+1Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on March 14, 2014, 10:29:53 AM
RIP to both Tony Benn and Eddie Haughey. It is quite ironic that both these die at the same time with both being the antithesis of each other...like AQMP Benn would be a hero of mine and he was a real proper old-style socialist, Haughey a real capitalist, Thatcher loving, power-loving bully yet someone who at the back of it all provided significantly for the local community in terms of employment and funding. Both are big loses in their own right and both leave big legacies.
+1
Quote from: T Fearon on March 14, 2014, 07:11:53 AM
Tony Benn
Quote from: lawnseed on March 14, 2014, 08:55:14 PM
To include tony benn and mr haughey in the same rip post does mr benn a great diservice..
Tony's dairy recordings are unmissable.. He cared.. A great leader
Quote from: Minder on March 14, 2014, 08:59:32 PMI sure someone will explain it. Best not to speak ill of the dead and all thatQuote from: lawnseed on March 14, 2014, 08:55:14 PM
To include tony benn and mr haughey in the same rip post does mr benn a great diservice..
Tony's dairy recordings are unmissable.. He cared.. A great leader
Why?
Quote from: lawnseed on March 14, 2014, 08:55:14 PMMy stomach churned when I herd he had died. He was the cream of socialist politicians and I'd have loved to have gone for a pint with him. If you decide to let his diaries pasteurise you won't regret it.
To include tony benn and mr haughey in the same rip post does mr benn a great diservice..
Tony's dairy recordings are unmissable.. He cared.. A great leader
Quote from: lawnseed on March 14, 2014, 08:55:14 PMMooooooooooooooooooooooooo
To include tony benn and mr haughey in the same rip post does mr benn a great diservice..
Tony's dairy recordings are unmissable.. He cared.. A great leader
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on March 14, 2014, 10:53:35 PM"form' is what he had alright..
Pardon the phrasing but hadn't Eddie Haughey form in forcing helicopter pilots to fly in fog with disastrous results?
Quote from: Sidney on March 14, 2014, 10:23:14 PMQuote from: lawnseed on March 14, 2014, 08:55:14 PMMy stomach churned when I herd he had died. He was the cream of socialist politicians and I'd have loved to have gone for a pint with him. If you decide to let his diaries pasteurise you won't regret it.
To include tony benn and mr haughey in the same rip post does mr benn a great diservice..
Tony's dairy recordings are unmissable.. He cared.. A great leader
I won't milk these cheesy puns any more.
A great man.
Quote from: T Fearon on March 18, 2014, 09:40:49 AMMore likely than any new music boom boom
Another Brian Jones moment for the Stones, nearly 45 years on. Expect conspiracy theories
Quote from: dec on March 20, 2014, 05:52:08 PM
Fred Phelps
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on March 20, 2014, 06:43:28 PMQuote from: dec on March 20, 2014, 05:52:08 PM
Fred Phelps
Was that the lad who Louis theroux met?
Quote from: Minder on March 20, 2014, 06:58:57 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on March 20, 2014, 06:43:28 PMQuote from: dec on March 20, 2014, 05:52:08 PM
Fred Phelps
Was that the lad who Louis theroux met?
Yeah, "God hates fags".
Quote from: balladmaker on March 23, 2014, 07:52:40 AM
Paddy McGuigan died on St. Patrick's Day, writer of Men Behind The Wire, Boys of the Old Brigade, Irish Soldier Laddie, Freedom Walk, plus many more.
Quote from: balladmaker on March 23, 2014, 07:52:40 AM
Paddy McGuigan died on St. Patrick's Day, writer of Men Behind The Wire, Boys of the Old Brigade, Irish Soldier Laddie, Freedom Walk, plus many more.
Quote from: theticklemister on March 23, 2014, 10:19:57 PMQuote from: balladmaker on March 23, 2014, 07:52:40 AM
Paddy McGuigan died on St. Patrick's Day, writer of Men Behind The Wire, Boys of the Old Brigade, Irish Soldier Laddie, Freedom Walk, plus many more.
really sorry to hear that. Barleycorn still one of my favourite bands. Great songwriter.
Freedom Walk
'Cold and dark the morning just before the dawn,
A new day is breaking our struggle has begun,
We will march together we shall be free,
In this land our home land a true democracy'
Quote from: ONeill on March 23, 2014, 10:59:50 PMQuote from: balladmaker on March 23, 2014, 07:52:40 AM
Paddy McGuigan died on St. Patrick's Day, writer of Men Behind The Wire, Boys of the Old Brigade, Irish Soldier Laddie, Freedom Walk, plus many more.
Wasn't aware of who wrote these. Any info on him?
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on March 23, 2014, 07:20:20 PM
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Actor James Rebhorn has died at the age of 65. He is perhaps best-known for his role as the Secretary of Defense in 'Independence Day,' and he recently played Carrie's father in Showtime's "Homeland."
He had a role in the film "The Game" which I watched the other night
Quote from: Tubberman on March 28, 2014, 08:58:56 AMThe Indo group loves crime. And sex. And sport
Sad loss to society...
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/criminal-shot-outside-creche-dies-in-hospital-30134280.html (http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/criminal-shot-outside-creche-dies-in-hospital-30134280.html)
Jim Cusack – Published 28 March 2014 08:43 AM
Dissident republican figure, Declan "Fat Deccy" Smith, has died in hospital after being shot in the head as he left his three-year-old daughter to a crèche last Friday morning.
Smith, 31, was the target of a number of gangs and "republicans" over his extortion activities in recent years. He was abducted, subjected to torture and shot in the leg in January last year by former Provisional IRA men intent on muscling in on his rackets, mainly extorting money from drug dealers.
A lone gunman shot him in the face with a shotgun after he left his daughter off at the Little Rainbows crèche on Holywell Avenue in Donaghmede in north Dublin. The scene afterwards was described as "pandemonium" by a witness.
It was the first time a gang-related murder has taken place outside a crèche or school though several murders have taken place in front of young children at family homes.
Staff at the crèche drew curtains to prevent the pre-school children from witnessing the murder scene.
Smith was placed in an induced coma in Beaumont Hospital but failed to revive and was pronounced dead this morning.
Smith had many enemies and gardai had recently warned him of a threat to his life. He and his associate, Alan Ryan, who was shot dead in September 2012 tortured several drug dealers in Dublin and built up a substantial extortion racket. On three occasions Smith and Ryan cut off victims' fingers with bolt cutters.
Shortly before Ryan was murdered he and Smith had been ordered by dissidents in Northern Ireland to hand over €300,000 from their rackets. They failed to do so and the dissident group they were associated with, terming itself the "Real" IRA, has since disintegrated amid internal feuding and defections.
Smith, originally from west Belfast, was suspected of being one of a gang terming itself the "Continuity" IRA in Belfast. He was named as being part of a gang that killed two men on the same evening in March 2007. Smith and the others were captured on CCTV drinking and taking drugs in clubs and pubs in the city before the murders.
They then abducted and shot dead Edward Burns, 36, at the Bog Meadows beside the M1 Motorway. They then crossed the city Ardoyne and beat Joseph Jones, 38, to death with a spade. Jones was almost decapitated in the frenzied attack.
A post mortem examination is expected to take place later today and will be carried out by the State Pathologist Professor Marie Cassidy .
The Garda investigation into the incident is ongoing.
Quote from: AQMP on March 28, 2014, 01:09:21 PMSorry to hear that. One of the better ones.
Sam McAughtry, writer, broadcaster and former member of the Senate, aged 90.
Quote from: 5 Sams on April 01, 2014, 05:43:02 PM
I'm surprised none of the Antrim lads have mentioned Tony McAtamney. Died yesterday.
Quote from: glens abu on April 01, 2014, 05:53:29 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on April 01, 2014, 05:43:02 PM
I'm surprised none of the Antrim lads have mentioned Tony McAtamney. Died yesterday.
It's on the Antrim thread and Bannside pays a nice tribute.
Quote from: ziggysego on April 07, 2014, 06:15:17 PM
The BBC have just said on Twitter that Peaches Geldof has died, aged 25.
Quote from: Tubberman on April 07, 2014, 06:25:59 PMQuote from: ziggysego on April 07, 2014, 06:15:17 PM
The BBC have just said on Twitter that Peaches Geldof has died, aged 25.
Awful waste of a young life.
Quote from: Minder on April 07, 2014, 06:37:32 PM
She has about 15k new Twitter followers in the last 10 mins, don't understand that craic when someone dies.
Not as if she is going to be tweeting anymore.
Quote from: seafoid on April 07, 2014, 07:15:53 PM
Your heart would go out to Bob Geldof.
Quote from: give her dixie on April 17, 2014, 09:28:56 PM
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died. He was 87.
Garcia Marquez's magical realist novels and short stories exposed tens of millions of readers to Latin America's passion, superstition, violence and inequality. Widely considered the most popular Spanish-language writer since Miguel de Cervantes in the 17th century, Garcia Marquez achieved literary celebrity that spawned comparisons to Mark Twain and Charles Dickens.
His flamboyant and melancholy works outsold everything published in Spanish except the Bible. The epic 1967 novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude sold more than 50 million copies in more than 25 languages.
Quote from: Billys Boots on April 18, 2014, 09:03:47 AMQuote from: give her dixie on April 17, 2014, 09:28:56 PM
Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez has died. He was 87.
Garcia Marquez's magical realist novels and short stories exposed tens of millions of readers to Latin America's passion, superstition, violence and inequality. Widely considered the most popular Spanish-language writer since Miguel de Cervantes in the 17th century, Garcia Marquez achieved literary celebrity that spawned comparisons to Mark Twain and Charles Dickens.
His flamboyant and melancholy works outsold everything published in Spanish except the Bible. The epic 1967 novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude sold more than 50 million copies in more than 25 languages.
Sad to hear that - One Hundred Years of Solitude is the best book I ever read.
Quote from: ziggysego on April 18, 2014, 11:10:44 PM
Lucy Beale
Quote from: BennyCake on April 20, 2014, 11:28:13 PMQuote from: ziggysego on April 18, 2014, 11:10:44 PM
Lucy Beale
Who?
Quote from: orangeman on April 20, 2014, 11:33:58 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 20, 2014, 11:28:13 PMQuote from: ziggysego on April 18, 2014, 11:10:44 PM
Lucy Beale
Who?
Who done it ?
Quote from: AZOffaly on April 30, 2014, 01:45:22 PM
What????? No way! It's good to talk? that Bob? Who framed Roger Rabbit? Ah shite.
Quote from: ziggysego on April 30, 2014, 01:55:45 PM
Too bad, I enjoyed him. A good honest actor. RIP Bob.
Quote from: AZOffaly on April 30, 2014, 02:09:47 PMQuote from: ziggysego on April 30, 2014, 01:55:45 PM
Too bad, I enjoyed him. A good honest actor. RIP Bob.
Is that an oxymoron?
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2014, 09:48:47 AMWas talking about this earlier in the house with others. If she overdosed on heorine after what happened to her mother then it is hard to have sympathy. At some point in her life she had the choice to say "yes" or "no" to it and made her choice based on what she knew. To have maybe done it in front of a child who could have messed around with the paraphernalia after the event is another matter. Not a massive fan of Bob but in this case he is the person I would think about the most after the children. They aren't to blame for what happened but will have to live with it for the rest of their days.
The times of London are reporting that Peaches Geldof died of a heroin overdose. Very sad. Her youngest lad was playing away beside the body when she was found. Horrific to think about, but that means she probably shot up when he was with her. That's unreal and tragic. When her mother died, apparently the 4 year old daughter was with her.
Quote from: andoireabu on May 03, 2014, 03:27:06 AMWhen you hear the history it's tragedy after tragedy. Her stepfathers suicide, her mother's death, the youngest half-sister moving in with Bob who is not a blood relation. A series of unfortunate and tragic events. I don't know the family personally but can only compare it to the common addiction in Ireland of men drinking themselves to an early grave, followed by family members after they're gone. I think of the alcoholics in the local in town and there's an inherent sadness in all of them that, despite their decision to drink their life away, you can't help but pity. And I pity Peaches Geldof, born into a normal family she may well have developed into a well-rounded and happy individual, but she wasn't, she was born into the cesspit of "fame" and hedonism.Quote from: AZOffaly on May 01, 2014, 09:48:47 AMWas talking about this earlier in the house with others. If she overdosed on heorine after what happened to her mother then it is hard to have sympathy. At some point in her life she had the choice to say "yes" or "no" to it and made her choice based on what she knew. To have maybe done it in front of a child who could have messed around with the paraphernalia after the event is another matter. Not a massive fan of Bob but in this case he is the person I would think about the most after the children. They aren't to blame for what happened but will have to live with it for the rest of their days.
The times of London are reporting that Peaches Geldof died of a heroin overdose. Very sad. Her youngest lad was playing away beside the body when she was found. Horrific to think about, but that means she probably shot up when he was with her. That's unreal and tragic. When her mother died, apparently the 4 year old daughter was with her.
Quote from: T Fearon on May 03, 2014, 11:34:35 AMNot like you to be so judgemental. :o
Dysfunctional upbringing in a dysfunctional family,a hardly surprising outcome but very sad nonetheless.Perhaps Bob should have concentrated less on feeding the world and more on providing his children with a stable upbringing
Quote from: Myles Na G. on May 03, 2014, 11:50:10 AMQuote from: T Fearon on May 03, 2014, 11:34:35 AMNot like you to be so judgemental. :o
Dysfunctional upbringing in a dysfunctional family,a hardly surprising outcome but very sad nonetheless.Perhaps Bob should have concentrated less on feeding the world and more on providing his children with a stable upbringing
QuoteDysfunctional upbringing in a dysfunctional family,a hardly surprising outcome but very sad nonetheless.Perhaps Bob should have concentrated less on feeding the world and more on providing his children with a stable upbringing
Quote from: T Fearon on May 03, 2014, 11:34:35 AM
Dysfunctional upbringing in a dysfunctional family,a hardly surprising outcome but very sad nonetheless.Perhaps Bob should have concentrated less on feeding the world and more on providing his children with a stable upbringing
Quote from: T Fearon on May 03, 2014, 11:34:35 AMTony I have stuck up for you on a number of occasions on this Board, but that post is big time out of order
Dysfunctional upbringing in a dysfunctional family,a hardly surprising outcome but very sad nonetheless.Perhaps Bob should have concentrated less on feeding the world and more on providing his children with a stable upbringing
Quote from: T Fearon on May 03, 2014, 11:34:35 AM
Dysfunctional upbringing in a dysfunctional family,a hardly surprising outcome but very sad nonetheless.Perhaps Bob should have concentrated less on feeding the world and more on providing his children with a stable upbringing
Quote from: T Fearon on May 03, 2014, 09:24:49 PMYou're not comparing like with like here Tony as well you know. Maggie T was an evil warmongering bitch and as far as I'm concerned if you live by the sword etc. The Geldof's did nobody any harm and therefore don't deserve comments like that
I was not gloating about anyone's death, I said it was sad.If you want to check out gloating about death on this Board pull up the thread about Maggie Thatcher's death last year. It really is ridiculous that you cannot express a view on this Board without being subject to a tirade of abuse >:(
Quote from: T Fearon on May 03, 2014, 09:57:56 PM
Sorry I don't gloat about anyone's death.But I do think it's ridiculous that you cannot have and express an opinion on this Board without a torrent of abuse,not that this in any way disturbs me.If some people get upset with my or indeed anyone else's opinion then that says a lot more about them than me
Quote from: T Fearon on May 03, 2014, 09:59:53 PM
Also didn't Mr Geldoff describe the land we love so dear as a "banana republic" all to get his knighthood?
Quote from: hardstation on May 03, 2014, 10:39:38 PM
I met him once and he was dead on.
People need to relax a bit. There is a lot worse posted on here - often about ordinary county footballers, never mind some celeb junkie. Nobody on here really gives two hoots about Peaches Geldof tbf.
Quote from: hardstation on May 03, 2014, 10:51:23 PMIf someone called your father a "Fat alco" on the most popular GAA discussion board on the internet what would you think?
You make it seem that he is the only person on this board to make disparaging remarks about people. Far from it but sure, it suits to pick on Fearon.
I'm sure the McGuigan lads have heard much worse in their day from people we would consider "great Gaels".
Quote from: hardstation on May 03, 2014, 11:30:08 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on May 03, 2014, 11:03:30 PMAs I said, I'm sure they have heard much worse. The other thing is, Frank and his family never try to hide his issue with alcohol so I don't think they'd get too worked up about it. Although, having met Frank a number of times, I'm not sure where the 'fat' comes from .Quote from: hardstation on May 03, 2014, 10:51:23 PMIf someone called your father a "Fat alco" on the most popular GAA discussion board on the internet what would you think?
You make it seem that he is the only person on this board to make disparaging remarks about people. Far from it but sure, it suits to pick on Fearon.
I'm sure the McGuigan lads have heard much worse in their day from people we would consider "great Gaels".
Quote from: T Fearon on May 03, 2014, 09:59:53 PMAccording to Wiki (yeah, I know) Geldof wrote that song after his band was banned from performing in Ireland after he gave an interview on Gay Byrne in which he denounced "nationalism, medieval-minded clerics and corrupt politicians". That was in 1977. I'd say he was pretty much ahead of the rest of us with those remarks.
Also didn't Mr Geldoff describe the land we love so dear as a "banana republic" all to get his knighthood?
Quote from: T Fearon on May 03, 2014, 11:54:01 PM
The remark I made about Frank Mc Guigan was at least ten years ago in the midst of Tyrone Armagh slagging which was at it's height at the time and sometimes reached puerile levels.It is a remark I deeply regret and was totally out of order.That said even that is nothing compared to the abuse I have been subjected to on this board,even today,notably by some hypocrits on this very thread.
While expressing opinions which may not chime with the majority I am very careful these days not to insult or personally abuse anyone on this board,not even my abusers,but still maintain that there should be no censorship here.
Quote from: T Fearon on May 03, 2014, 11:54:01 PM
The remark I made about Frank Mc Guigan was at least ten years ago in the midst of Tyrone Armagh slagging which was at it's height at the time and sometimes reached puerile levels.It is a remark I deeply regret and was totally out of order.That said even that is nothing compared to the abuse I have been subjected to on this board,even today,notably by some hypocrits on this very thread.
While expressing opinions which may not chime with the majority I am very careful these days not to insult or personally abuse anyone on this board,not even my abusers,but still maintain that there should be no censorship here.
Quote from: Myles Na G. on May 03, 2014, 11:45:21 PMQuote from: T Fearon on May 03, 2014, 09:59:53 PMAccording to Wiki (yeah, I know) Geldof wrote that song after his band was banned from performing in Ireland after he gave an interview on Gay Byrne in which he denounced "nationalism, medieval-minded clerics and corrupt politicians". That was in 1977. I'd say he was pretty much ahead of the rest of us with those remarks.
Also didn't Mr Geldoff describe the land we love so dear as a "banana republic" all to get his knighthood?
Quote from: T Fearon on May 03, 2014, 11:56:44 PMHe also wrote a song entitled 'I don't like Mondays' - following your logic, we should be demanding to know if he thinks Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, etc are not equally as bad. In BR, he was making a comment on the land of his birth, the land he grew up in. All of us feel entitled to pass comment on what we regard as 'our own', be that our own family, our own city, our country, whatever. Geldof's comments in the song reveal that he felt anger and contempt for what was going on in his home place. The passing years have shown that he hit the nail on the head and he deserves credit for that. I don't think we should be afraid of Irish people expressing critical views about Ireland (or demand of them that they also make critical comments about Britain at the same time) - that way lies North Korea.
Myles you mean that Distasteful nationalism and corrupt politicians are not a feature of the land Sir Robert now resides in?
Quote from: T Fearon on May 04, 2014, 11:11:01 AMYou can't have any idea of what goes on in another person's head, particularly when you've never even met the individual, so why condemn someone on that basis? Also, your comparison with Terry Wogan is inaccurate. Terry is a 'fully fledged' knight, entitled to style himself as 'Sir'. That's because he took on British citizenship. Geldof, on the other hand, is only an honorary knight who can't use Sir in front of his name. That's because he never became a British citizen, which sort of shoots down in flames your theory that he likes to curry favour with the British establishment.
Yes, but if as I suspect, he wrote those lyrics to curry favour with the British,then that detracts from his reputation.As Eamonn Mc Cann wrote at the time,his appearance at LiveAid flanked by British Royals (by and largely responsible for a lot of inequality in the world) discredited both the event and himself.The final straw was his acceptance of the knighthood.Right up there with Terry Wogan in terms of grovelling etc.
For me all the bullshit and selfishness that goes on in Irish politics pales in comparison with British politics.
Quote from: T Fearon on May 04, 2014, 11:11:01 AM
Yes, but if as I suspect, he wrote those lyrics to curry favour with the British,then that detracts from his reputation.As Eamonn Mc Cann wrote at the time,his appearance at LiveAid flanked by British Royals (by and largely responsible for a lot of inequality in the world) discredited both the event and himself.The final straw was his acceptance of the knighthood.Right up there with Terry Wogan in terms of grovelling etc.
For me all the bullshit and selfishness that goes on in Irish politics pales in comparison with British politics.
Quote from: muppet on May 05, 2014, 12:04:03 AMQuote from: T Fearon on May 04, 2014, 11:11:01 AM
Yes, but if as I suspect, he wrote those lyrics to curry favour with the British,then that detracts from his reputation.As Eamonn Mc Cann wrote at the time,his appearance at LiveAid flanked by British Royals (by and largely responsible for a lot of inequality in the world) discredited both the event and himself.The final straw was his acceptance of the knighthood.Right up there with Terry Wogan in terms of grovelling etc.
For me all the bullshit and selfishness that goes on in Irish politics pales in comparison with British politics.
Tony, he wrote the song because they banned a Boomtown Rats concert in Leopardstown, not because of your prejudices. ::)
Quote from: BennyCake on May 05, 2014, 12:20:43 AMQuote from: muppet on May 05, 2014, 12:04:03 AMQuote from: T Fearon on May 04, 2014, 11:11:01 AM
Yes, but if as I suspect, he wrote those lyrics to curry favour with the British,then that detracts from his reputation.As Eamonn Mc Cann wrote at the time,his appearance at LiveAid flanked by British Royals (by and largely responsible for a lot of inequality in the world) discredited both the event and himself.The final straw was his acceptance of the knighthood.Right up there with Terry Wogan in terms of grovelling etc.
For me all the bullshit and selfishness that goes on in Irish politics pales in comparison with British politics.
Tony, he wrote the song because they banned a Boomtown Rats concert in Leopardstown, not because of your prejudices. ::)
Are we still talking about 'I don't like Mondays' here? Because the song was about a totally different meaning.
Quote from: BennyCake on May 05, 2014, 12:20:43 AMQuote from: muppet on May 05, 2014, 12:04:03 AMQuote from: T Fearon on May 04, 2014, 11:11:01 AM
Yes, but if as I suspect, he wrote those lyrics to curry favour with the British,then that detracts from his reputation.As Eamonn Mc Cann wrote at the time,his appearance at LiveAid flanked by British Royals (by and largely responsible for a lot of inequality in the world) discredited both the event and himself.The final straw was his acceptance of the knighthood.Right up there with Terry Wogan in terms of grovelling etc.
For me all the bullshit and selfishness that goes on in Irish politics pales in comparison with British politics.
Tony, he wrote the song because they banned a Boomtown Rats concert in Leopardstown, not because of your prejudices. ::)
Are we still talking about 'I don't like Mondays' here? Because the song was about a totally different meaning.
Quote from: Minder on May 04, 2014, 11:57:46 PM
Britain tennis player Elena Baltacha, aged 30 from cancer. Very sad.
Quote from: Sandino on May 14, 2014, 12:12:08 PM
Fundraiser Stephen Sutton dies at 19,
Teenage cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton, who raised more than £3m via social media, has died aged 19
Quote from: T Fearon on May 28, 2014, 11:46:41 PM
Am hearing Charlie Sweeney passed away today.Familiar to older Armagh fans,part of the background team during Fr Hegarty and Eamonn Coleman's reigns in the 1980s
Quote from: moysider on May 29, 2014, 04:53:23 PM
Ronan Clarke. Played with Killala and used to present Ear to the Ground.
Young man with a very young family. RIP.
Quote from: moysider on May 29, 2014, 04:53:23 PM
Ronan Clarke. Played with Killala and used to present Ear to the Ground.
Young man with a very young family. RIP.
Quote from: Minder on June 09, 2014, 04:01:00 PM
Rik Mayall
Quote from: Minder on June 09, 2014, 04:01:00 PM
Rik Mayall
Quote from: Minder on June 09, 2014, 04:01:00 PM
Rik Mayall
QuoteThis house will become a shrine, and punks and skins and rastas will all gather round and hold their hands in sorrow for their fallen leader. And all the grown-ups will say, "But why are the kids crying?" And the kids will say, "Haven't you heard? Rick is dead! The People's Poet is dead!" And then one particularly sensitive and articulate teenager will say, "Other kids, do you understand nothing? How can Rick be dead when we still have his poems?
Quote from: BartSimpson on June 09, 2014, 05:08:55 PMHe had a bad accident a few years ago
Was this a sudden death or was he ill. COmedy genius
QuoteWas this a sudden death or was he ill. COmedy genius]
He had a bad accident a few years ago
Quote from: StGallsGAA on June 09, 2014, 10:57:06 PMIt might not be unrelated. His missus has reportedly said that it may have been an epileptic seizure. Assume he has had seizures since the brain injury from the quad bike accident.QuoteWas this a sudden death or was he ill. COmedy genius]
He had a bad accident a few years ago
Quad accident and made a full recovery tho so unlikely to be related you'd think? Awful news. Followed him from Young Ones right through his career. A comedy genius who making the zany, opinionated, angry, character all his own.
Would have been a brilliant Peter Robinson if the comedy show at Stormont ever became a series! :)
Quote from: EC Unique on June 09, 2014, 05:59:24 PM
Loved him in 'Bottom'.
Quote from: ONeill on June 09, 2014, 11:22:46 PMEssential viewing for fellas of our vintage. Must have been early 90s.Quote from: EC Unique on June 09, 2014, 05:59:24 PM
Loved him in 'Bottom'.
Same here. A lot of people hated that show but the madness was brilliant.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 09, 2014, 11:27:29 PMQuote from: ONeill on June 09, 2014, 11:22:46 PMEssential viewing for fellas of our vintage. Must have been early 90s.Quote from: EC Unique on June 09, 2014, 05:59:24 PM
Loved him in 'Bottom'.
Same here. A lot of people hated that show but the madness was brilliant.
Quote from: trileacman on June 09, 2014, 10:54:28 PM
No disrespect to the dead but honestly have never heard of this lad before in my life. That cameo at Blackadder's wedding was the only time I seen him on the screens.
Quote from: ONeill on June 09, 2014, 11:22:46 PMQuote from: EC Unique on June 09, 2014, 05:59:24 PM
Loved him in 'Bottom'.
Same here. A lot of people hated that show but the madness was brilliant.
Quote from: Billys Boots on June 10, 2014, 09:15:15 AM
I remember Kevin Turvey, god help us. Still liked 'The Young Ones' the best - remember that my Da really, really hated it.
Quote from: gerrykeegan on June 10, 2014, 09:39:45 AMQuote from: Billys Boots on June 10, 2014, 09:15:15 AM
I remember Kevin Turvey, god help us. Still liked 'The Young Ones' the best - remember that my Da really, really hated it.
My dad hated it also. It was one of my favourite shows. I had to argue to be allowed to watch it.
Quote from: All of a Sludden on June 14, 2014, 03:32:07 PM
John Sands, father of hunger striker Bobby Sands died yesterday.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on June 15, 2014, 01:39:26 PM
KLOP
Quote from: AZOffaly on June 16, 2014, 04:36:57 PM
Tony Gwynn. San Diego Padres former player for 19 years. Died of cancer, aged just 54. RIP.
Quote from: AQMP on June 18, 2014, 10:07:30 PM
Crappy Tappy
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 18, 2014, 11:08:27 PMQuote from: AQMP on June 18, 2014, 10:07:30 PM
Crappy Tappy
Was he in NDubz?
Quote from: AQMP on June 19, 2014, 09:37:24 AMQuote from: BennyHarp on June 18, 2014, 11:08:27 PMQuote from: AQMP on June 18, 2014, 10:07:30 PM
Crappy Tappy
Was he in NDubz?
No that was tiki-taka.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 21, 2014, 10:37:56 AM
Gerry Conlon
Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 21, 2014, 10:37:56 AM
Gerry Conlon
Quote from: BennyCake on June 21, 2014, 11:04:26 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on June 21, 2014, 10:37:56 AM
Gerry Conlon
Do you mean songwriter Gerry Goffin or Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four?
Quote from: ziggysego on June 21, 2014, 11:07:23 AMQuote from: BennyCake on June 21, 2014, 11:04:26 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on June 21, 2014, 10:37:56 AM
Gerry Conlon
Do you mean songwriter Gerry Goffin or Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four?
What he typed. Jesus, look it up before you ask!
RIP Gerry.
Quote from: seafoid on June 21, 2014, 05:39:25 PM+1.
Such sad news about Gerry Conlon. Far too young to die. Ceol na n-aingil go gcloisfidh se.
Quote from: Hardy on June 21, 2014, 03:53:18 PM
One sad part of it is that they not only took fifteen years of his life, but took the joy from the rest of his life as well. And, if the death penalty hadn't been abolished, they would have taken his life itself forty years ago.
Quote from: Hardy on June 21, 2014, 03:53:18 PM
One sad part of it is that they not only took fifteen years of his life, but took the joy from the rest of his life as well. And, if the death penalty hadn't been abolished, they would have taken his life itself forty years ago.
Quote'I remember the night before I got out, looking up at the sky through the bars at Brixton prison and crying,' says Gerry Conlon, as he sips a Diet Coke in a quiet pub in Belfast's city centre. 'Not crying with joy, but crying with anticipation of what lay ahead of me...because this had become my home.'
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on June 22, 2014, 10:39:50 AMQuote'I remember the night before I got out, looking up at the sky through the bars at Brixton prison and crying,' says Gerry Conlon, as he sips a Diet Coke in a quiet pub in Belfast's city centre. 'Not crying with joy, but crying with anticipation of what lay ahead of me...because this had become my home.'
http://thejusticegap.com/2014/06/days-wish-still-prison-days-wish-dead-2/ (http://thejusticegap.com/2014/06/days-wish-still-prison-days-wish-dead-2/)
Giuseppe is waiting for ye Gerry...another case that should never be forgotten.
RIP Gerry
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on June 22, 2014, 10:39:50 AMQuote'I remember the night before I got out, looking up at the sky through the bars at Brixton prison and crying,' says Gerry Conlon, as he sips a Diet Coke in a quiet pub in Belfast's city centre. 'Not crying with joy, but crying with anticipation of what lay ahead of me...because this had become my home.'
http://thejusticegap.com/2014/06/days-wish-still-prison-days-wish-dead-2/ (http://thejusticegap.com/2014/06/days-wish-still-prison-days-wish-dead-2/)
Giuseppe is waiting for ye Gerry...another case that should never be forgotten.
RIP Gerry
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on June 22, 2014, 03:45:52 PM
Awful sad news, hopefully this stuff will never happen here again, the Americans are still at it though with the likes of Guantanamo Bay
Did anyone hear Paul Hill on RTE radio today, I just caught it by chance, I think he said that their injustice was far greater than the ones that died in Birmingham and Guildford. My kid was sorta chatting in car so I wasn't too sure that was it, my wife looked at me at the time and she thought he said same thing.
On a side note Hill's accent is the worst I've ever heard
Quote from: Ulick on June 22, 2014, 05:10:38 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on June 22, 2014, 03:45:52 PM
Awful sad news, hopefully this stuff will never happen here again, the Americans are still at it though with the likes of Guantanamo Bay
Did anyone hear Paul Hill on RTE radio today, I just caught it by chance, I think he said that their injustice was far greater than the ones that died in Birmingham and Guildford. My kid was sorta chatting in car so I wasn't too sure that was it, my wife looked at me at the time and she thought he said same thing.
On a side note Hill's accent is the worst I've ever heard
I didn't hear him say that. I think he said something along the lines of he didn't want to diminish the injustice of those that died in Birmingham and Guildford.
His main focus was to lambaste the Irish media, government and politicians for ignoring their case for so long - especially those 'hypocrites' who are now eulogising Gerry Conlon. The presenter tried to steer him towards criticising republicans (as Seamus Mallon had done in the previous interview) - he wasn't wearing that either and acknowledged the Balcombe Street IRA members gave statements which exonerated the Guildford Four - directly contradicting what Mallon said. It'll be a long time before he's asked back, though given the obvious disdain he had for RTE he'll not lose much sleep about it.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on June 22, 2014, 05:26:16 PMIt's reported as Milltown Row picked it up:Quote from: Ulick on June 22, 2014, 05:10:38 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on June 22, 2014, 03:45:52 PM
Awful sad news, hopefully this stuff will never happen here again, the Americans are still at it though with the likes of Guantanamo Bay
Did anyone hear Paul Hill on RTE radio today, I just caught it by chance, I think he said that their injustice was far greater than the ones that died in Birmingham and Guildford. My kid was sorta chatting in car so I wasn't too sure that was it, my wife looked at me at the time and she thought he said same thing.
On a side note Hill's accent is the worst I've ever heard
I didn't hear him say that. I think he said something along the lines of he didn't want to diminish the injustice of those that died in Birmingham and Guildford.
His main focus was to lambaste the Irish media, government and politicians for ignoring their case for so long - especially those 'hypocrites' who are now eulogising Gerry Conlon. The presenter tried to steer him towards criticising republicans (as Seamus Mallon had done in the previous interview) - he wasn't wearing that either and acknowledged the Balcombe Street IRA members gave statements which exonerated the Guildford Four - directly contradicting what Mallon said. It'll be a long time before he's asked back, though given the obvious disdain he had for RTE he'll not lose much sleep about it.
Aye I thought that would have been a tad rough. He was very vocal and as you said the commentator was trying to steer him that direction.
Quote from: Maguire01 on June 22, 2014, 06:16:05 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on June 22, 2014, 05:26:16 PMIt's reported as Milltown Row picked it up:Quote from: Ulick on June 22, 2014, 05:10:38 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on June 22, 2014, 03:45:52 PM
Awful sad news, hopefully this stuff will never happen here again, the Americans are still at it though with the likes of Guantanamo Bay
Did anyone hear Paul Hill on RTE radio today, I just caught it by chance, I think he said that their injustice was far greater than the ones that died in Birmingham and Guildford. My kid was sorta chatting in car so I wasn't too sure that was it, my wife looked at me at the time and she thought he said same thing.
On a side note Hill's accent is the worst I've ever heard
I didn't hear him say that. I think he said something along the lines of he didn't want to diminish the injustice of those that died in Birmingham and Guildford.
His main focus was to lambaste the Irish media, government and politicians for ignoring their case for so long - especially those 'hypocrites' who are now eulogising Gerry Conlon. The presenter tried to steer him towards criticising republicans (as Seamus Mallon had done in the previous interview) - he wasn't wearing that either and acknowledged the Balcombe Street IRA members gave statements which exonerated the Guildford Four - directly contradicting what Mallon said. It'll be a long time before he's asked back, though given the obvious disdain he had for RTE he'll not lose much sleep about it.
Aye I thought that would have been a tad rough. He was very vocal and as you said the commentator was trying to steer him that direction.
http://www.thejournal.ie/gerry-conlon-guildford-four-1531288-Jun2014/
Quote from: Ulick on June 22, 2014, 07:37:50 PMIs it not the case that no one was every properly convicted for the bombings? Those who were imprisoned were convicted for other crimes, no?Quote from: Maguire01 on June 22, 2014, 06:16:05 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on June 22, 2014, 05:26:16 PMIt's reported as Milltown Row picked it up:Quote from: Ulick on June 22, 2014, 05:10:38 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on June 22, 2014, 03:45:52 PM
Awful sad news, hopefully this stuff will never happen here again, the Americans are still at it though with the likes of Guantanamo Bay
Did anyone hear Paul Hill on RTE radio today, I just caught it by chance, I think he said that their injustice was far greater than the ones that died in Birmingham and Guildford. My kid was sorta chatting in car so I wasn't too sure that was it, my wife looked at me at the time and she thought he said same thing.
On a side note Hill's accent is the worst I've ever heard
I didn't hear him say that. I think he said something along the lines of he didn't want to diminish the injustice of those that died in Birmingham and Guildford.
His main focus was to lambaste the Irish media, government and politicians for ignoring their case for so long - especially those 'hypocrites' who are now eulogising Gerry Conlon. The presenter tried to steer him towards criticising republicans (as Seamus Mallon had done in the previous interview) - he wasn't wearing that either and acknowledged the Balcombe Street IRA members gave statements which exonerated the Guildford Four - directly contradicting what Mallon said. It'll be a long time before he's asked back, though given the obvious disdain he had for RTE he'll not lose much sleep about it.
Aye I thought that would have been a tad rough. He was very vocal and as you said the commentator was trying to steer him that direction.
http://www.thejournal.ie/gerry-conlon-guildford-four-1531288-Jun2014/
Dunno, that's open to interpretation. In that article he says "greater miscarriage of justice than those who died" which would indicate he's talking about the legal process. In the interview he was clear that those who prepared and planted the bombs, admitted so and were imprisoned - so in a way the victims of the bombs got justice.
Quote from: Maguire01 on June 22, 2014, 07:56:17 PM
Is it not the case that no one was every properly convicted for the bombings? Those who were imprisoned were convicted for other crimes, no?
Quote from: Ulick on June 22, 2014, 09:01:26 PMI'm not sure they're comparable, but for the first example I was thinking about those who were killed, not their families. Either way, I don't want to drag this thread into a debate.Quote from: Maguire01 on June 22, 2014, 07:56:17 PM
Is it not the case that no one was every properly convicted for the bombings? Those who were imprisoned were convicted for other crimes, no?
So which is the greater miscarriage of justice:
1. The person who killed your loved one spending 24 years in gaol but for a different killing. If they had been convicted of killing your loved one they wouldn't have spent any longer in gaol.
2. Spending 15 years in gaol for something you didn't do
Quote from: Aristo 60 on June 25, 2014, 09:17:04 AM
Eli Wallach - aged 98 - aka 'Tuco'
Quote from: Aristo 60 on June 25, 2014, 09:17:04 AM
Eli Wallach - aged 98 - aka 'Tuco'
Quote from: Aristo 60 on June 25, 2014, 09:17:04 AM
Eli Wallach - aged 98 - aka 'Tuco'
Quote from: moysider on June 25, 2014, 12:35:46 PMQuote from: Aristo 60 on June 25, 2014, 09:17:04 AM
Eli Wallach - aged 98 - aka 'Tuco'
Legend!
RIP.
Quote from: AZOffaly on July 07, 2014, 04:40:01 PM
ah poor auld Di Stefano. I heard today he was stable. Reminds me of the sketch in that old slapstick movie Top Secret.
RIP
Quote from: mouview on July 07, 2014, 10:35:02 PM
Indisputably one of the very greatest and most influential of all time. Perhaps the first great all-rounder and playmaker, architect of Real's first 5 European Cups, thus largely responsible for making them into the behemoth they are today. And to think Barce' came courting first, at a time he was painting a house back in Buenos Aires.
Quote from: Sidney on July 08, 2014, 05:24:40 AM
Di Stefano is the only player ever to play international football for three different countries, as far as I know.
Quote from: moysiderleft]link=topic=2372.msg1373232#msg1373232 date=1404777681]Quote from: mouview on July 07, 2014, 10:35:02 PM
Indisputably one of the very greatest and most influential of all time. Perhaps the first great all-rounder and playmaker, architect of Real's first 5 European Cups, thus largely responsible for making them into the behemoth they are today. And to think Barce' came courting first, at a time he was painting a house back in Buenos Aires.
Brian Glanville in the Sunday Times said that DeStefano was 'arguably' the second best footballer of all time. Then he pointedly made sure to nominate Pele to be the best ::)
Of course Pele was never a threat to the English and Gordon Banks became a legend saving that header in Mexico.[/left] Brazilians dont even rate Pele as the best Brazilian of all time. Unfortunately he became an 'Uncle Tom' figure for FIFA and the British media.
Not like the 'Argies' and their Rattins, Malvinas and hand s of god and Simione gettin 'golden balls' the line. And I m sure you re all familiar with Sir Alf. stopping his players swapping jersies with the Argies in '66.
But here s the thing. Glanville 'arguably' makes a case for the 3 best footballers of all time being Argentinian if he includes Stefano in the top 2! It will be no accident that DeStefano will be presented as a Real Madrid legend and his birthplace will be a footnote at best. That s easier to take. But he was born and raised in Buenos Aires, same as Maradonna. That s where he learned to play football. Messi was born about 200 miles away. They re all Argies ;D
Quote from: moysider on July 08, 2014, 01:01:21 AMQuote from: mouview on July 07, 2014, 10:35:02 PM
Indisputably one of the very greatest and most influential of all time. Perhaps the first great all-rounder and playmaker, architect of Real's first 5 European Cups, thus largely responsible for making them into the behemoth they are today. And to think Barce' came courting first, at a time he was painting a house back in Buenos Aires.
Brian Glanville in the Sunday Times said that DeStefano was 'arguably' the second best footballer of all time. Then he pointedly made sure to nominate Pele to be the best ::)
Of course Pele was never a threat to the English and Gordon Banks became a legend saving that header in Mexico. Brazilians dont even rate Pele as the best Brazilian of all time. Unfortunately he became an 'Uncle Tom' figure for FIFA and the British media.
Not like the 'Argies' and their Rattins, Malvinas and hand s of god and Simione gettin 'golden balls' the line. And I m sure you re all familiar with Sir Alf. stopping his players swapping jersies with the Argies in '66.
But here s the thing. Glanville 'arguably' makes a case for the 3 best footballers of all time being Argentinian if he includes Stefano in the top 2! It will be no accident that DeStefano will be presented as a Real Madrid legend and his birthplace will be a footnote at best. That s easier to take. But he was born and raised in Buenos Aires, same as Maradonna. That s where he learned to play football. Messi was born about 200 miles away. They re all Argies ;D
Quote from: ziggy90 on July 08, 2014, 06:46:36 AMQuote from: moysiderleft]link=topic=2372.msg1373232#msg1373232 date=1404777681]Quote from: mouview on July 07, 2014, 10:35:02 PM
Indisputably one of the very greatest and most influential of all time. Perhaps the first great all-rounder and playmaker, architect of Real's first 5 European Cups, thus largely responsible for making them into the behemoth they are today. And to think Barce' came courting first, at a time he was painting a house back in Buenos Aires.
Brian Glanville in the Sunday Times said that DeStefano was 'arguably' the second best footballer of all time. Then he pointedly made sure to nominate Pele to be the best ::)
Of course Pele was never a threat to the English and Gordon Banks became a legend saving that header in Mexico.[/left] Brazilians dont even rate Pele as the best Brazilian of all time. Unfortunately he became an 'Uncle Tom' figure for FIFA and the British media.
Not like the 'Argies' and their Rattins, Malvinas and hand s of god and Simione gettin 'golden balls' the line. And I m sure you re all familiar with Sir Alf. stopping his players swapping jersies with the Argies in '66.
But here s the thing. Glanville 'arguably' makes a case for the 3 best footballers of all time being Argentinian if he includes Stefano in the top 2! It will be no accident that DeStefano will be presented as a Real Madrid legend and his birthplace will be a footnote at best. That s easier to take. But he was born and raised in Buenos Aires, same as Maradonna. That s where he learned to play football. Messi was born about 200 miles away. They re all Argies ;DQuote from: moysider on July 08, 2014, 01:01:21 AMQuote from: mouview on July 07, 2014, 10:35:02 PM
Indisputably one of the very greatest and most influential of all time. Perhaps the first great all-rounder and playmaker, architect of Real's first 5 European Cups, thus largely responsible for making them into the behemoth they are today. And to think Barce' came courting first, at a time he was painting a house back in Buenos Aires.
Brian Glanville in the Sunday Times said that DeStefano was 'arguably' the second best footballer of all time. Then he pointedly made sure to nominate Pele to be the best ::)
Of course Pele was never a threat to the English and Gordon Banks became a legend saving that header in Mexico. Brazilians dont even rate Pele as the best Brazilian of all time. Unfortunately he became an 'Uncle Tom' figure for FIFA and the British media.
Not like the 'Argies' and their Rattins, Malvinas and hand s of god and Simione gettin 'golden balls' the line. And I m sure you re all familiar with Sir Alf. stopping his players swapping jersies with the Argies in '66.
But here s the thing. Glanville 'arguably' makes a case for the 3 best footballers of all time being Argentinian if he includes Stefano in the top 2! It will be no accident that DeStefano will be presented as a Real Madrid legend and his birthplace will be a footnote at best. That s easier to take. But he was born and raised in Buenos Aires, same as Maradonna. That s where he learned to play football. Messi was born about 200 miles away. They re all Argies ;D
Who do Brazilians rate as the best Brazilian?
Quote from: ONeill on July 09, 2014, 12:53:12 AM
That is incorrect. Pele, from what I can gather, is seen as their best ever all-round player. Garrincha was their best dribbler perhaps.
Quote from: moysider on July 09, 2014, 01:32:33 AMQuote from: ONeill on July 09, 2014, 12:53:12 AM
That is incorrect. Pele, from what I can gather, is seen as their best ever all-round player. Garrincha was their best dribbler perhaps.
Brazil never lost a game while Pele and Garrincha played together. But that was mostly down to Garrincha. In 62 Garrincha drove on Brazil after Pele was injured in second group game. Pele never carried Brazil. Garrincha did.
Garrincha was an 'Indio', illiterate and a chronic alcoholic. Not very media friendly that. Not the type of lad to promote viagra or anything else.
But even if it comes down to a number 10 from Brazil I would have Zico as the best.
Quote from: ziggy90 on July 09, 2014, 06:43:22 AM
Are you Brazilian?
Quote from: Denn Forever on July 12, 2014, 10:30:06 AM
Tommy Ramone
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/12/tommy-ramone-dies-aged-65
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on July 12, 2014, 10:52:42 AMQuote from: Denn Forever on July 12, 2014, 10:30:06 AM
Tommy Ramone
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/12/tommy-ramone-dies-aged-65
That's all 1,2,3,4 of The Ramones gone.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on July 12, 2014, 10:52:42 AMQuote from: Denn Forever on July 12, 2014, 10:30:06 AM
Tommy Ramone
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jul/12/tommy-ramone-dies-aged-65
That's all 1,2,3,4 of The Ramones gone.
Quote from: armaghniac on July 20, 2014, 12:31:53 PM
James Garner of the Rockford Files
(http://cdn1.independent.ie/incoming/article30445089.ece/99174/ALTERNATES/w140square/JG1.jpg)
Quote from: blewuporstuffed on August 12, 2014, 08:12:44 AM
His performance in Good Will Hunting is what sticks out for me.
Very sad for his family
RIP
Quote from: Hereiam on August 12, 2014, 09:13:40 AM
Just happened to watch the family guy episode last nite where everyone Peter touched turned into Robin Williams.
I great loss to the world of comedy. RIP Robin Williams
QuoteTalkSPORT presenter Alan Brazil has drawn huge criticism from fans following his comments on the death of Robin Williams, who was found dead at his California home following a suspected suicide on Tuesday morning.
Speaking on his breakfast show, Alan stated he has "no sympathy" for the 'Mrs Doubtfire' star, adding that he considers the situation that suicide leaves behind as "diabolical".
Alan began the segment by recalling the moment he found out Robin had died, stating that at first, he thought his wife had said singer Robbie Williams was dead.
"And then when she said 'Robin', I thought, 'oh, okay'," he explained. "It didn't hit me hard like it would if it had been Robbie, thank God it wasn't."
While his co-presenter immediately sensed that the conversation was perhaps inappropriate, responding with "suicide is never an easy matter", Alan persisted and continued to state his controversial views.
"I believe he's got a daughter as well, what's she feeling like this morning?" Alan stated. "Now she's got to sort the arrangements out. I think it's shocking, I really do.
"I don't have a lot of sympathy, I'm sorry."
When his views were questioned, Alan replied: "It might be [harsh] but that's the way I feel.
"What you leave behind is diabolical, I'm really annoyed about that."
Since his comments, a number of fans have taken to Twitter, calling for TalkSPORT to axe the presenter, who has been involved in a number of controversies during his 13 years as one of the radio station's presenter.
In May, Alan was accused of using sexist comments after making a number of disparaging remarks about female football reporters.
Robin was found dead at his California home on Monday, from what is currently believed to have been suicide. An investigation into the circumstances of the actor's death is currently underway, including forensic and toxicology tests.
A statement released by the Marin County Sheriff's Office following the announcement of his death said: "At this time, the Sheriff's Office Coroner Division suspects the death to be a suicide due to asphyxia, but a comprehensive investigation must be completed before a final determination is made."
Celebrities including David Walliams, Lady Gaga, Simon Cowell and Ben Stiller have all shared their condolences on Twitter, and his daughter Zelda has shared also an emotional tribute.
"You - you alone will have the stars as no one else has them... In one of the stars I shall be living. In one of them I shall be laughing," it reads. "And so it will be as if all the stars were laughing, when you look at the sky at night... You - only you - will have the stars that can laugh."
Quote from: Sidney on August 13, 2014, 04:57:47 PM
I agree with Rush Limbaugh to the extent that:
i) There tends to be a correlation between having a high level of intelligence and unhappiness.
ii) There certainly tends to be a correlation between having a high level of intelligence and being a left-wing liberal.
So perhaps Rush Limbaugh's belief that there is a correlation between unhappiness and being politically left-wing is indeed accurate, albeit not for the reasons he thinks, and I use the word "think" very loosely in his case.
Once could also infer from Rush Limbaugh's comments that they are a clear inference that there is a correlation between being right-wing and being thick, and I certainly wouldn't disagree with him there.
I don't think Rush is thick, by the way. He knows his audience. He's merely an utter c u nt.
Quote from: Boycey on August 19, 2014, 09:57:16 AM
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28844131
James Alexander Gordon - One the most recognisable voices of my youth, and I'm sure many others of my generation... He was the football results before Sky and saturation coverage came along. If you were waiting the away teams score you knew whether they'd won or not by the change in tone of his voice :)
Quote from: Sidney on August 13, 2014, 04:57:47 PM
I agree with Rush Limbaugh to the extent that:
i) There tends to be a correlation between having a high level of intelligence and unhappiness.
ii) There certainly tends to be a correlation between having a high level of intelligence and being a left-wing liberal.
So perhaps Rush Limbaugh's belief that there is a correlation between unhappiness and being politically left-wing is indeed accurate, albeit not for the reasons he thinks, and I use the word "think" very loosely in his case.
Once could also infer from Rush Limbaugh's comments that they are a clear inference that there is a correlation between being right-wing and being thick, and I certainly wouldn't disagree with him there.
I don't think Rush is thick, by the way. He knows his audience. He's merely an utter c u nt.
Quote from: Bingo on August 19, 2014, 10:03:18 AMQuote from: Boycey on August 19, 2014, 09:57:16 AM
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28844131
James Alexander Gordon - One the most recognisable voices of my youth, and I'm sure many others of my generation... He was the football results before Sky and saturation coverage came along. If you were waiting the away teams score you knew whether they'd won or not by the change in tone of his voice :)
Forfar 5 - East Fife 4
Quote from: Bingo on August 19, 2014, 10:03:18 AMQuote from: Boycey on August 19, 2014, 09:57:16 AM
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28844131
James Alexander Gordon - One the most recognisable voices of my youth, and I'm sure many others of my generation... He was the football results before Sky and saturation coverage came along. If you were waiting the away teams score you knew whether they'd won or not by the change in tone of his voice :)
Forfar 5 - East Fife 4
Quote from: muppet on August 19, 2014, 12:41:03 PM
I think this is as close as it got: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZncDTThiUS0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZncDTThiUS0)
Quote from: AZOffaly on August 19, 2014, 10:26:36 AMNo tin bath in the living room?
He was great. RIP. I remember as a young lad sitting in the bath of a Saturday evening with the telly in the sitting room turned up loud for the results.
Quote from: Boycey on August 19, 2014, 09:57:16 AM
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/28844131
James Alexander Gordon - One the most recognisable voices of my youth, and I'm sure many others of my generation... He was the football results before Sky and saturation coverage came along. If you were waiting the away teams score you knew whether they'd won or not by the change in tone of his voice :)
Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 19, 2014, 01:16:23 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on August 19, 2014, 10:26:36 AMNo tin bath in the living room?
He was great. RIP. I remember as a young lad sitting in the bath of a Saturday evening with the telly in the sitting room turned up loud for the results.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 19, 2014, 01:16:23 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on August 19, 2014, 10:26:36 AMNo tin bath in the living room?
He was great. RIP. I remember as a young lad sitting in the bath of a Saturday evening with the telly in the sitting room turned up loud for the results.
Quote from: Orior on August 19, 2014, 01:35:27 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on August 19, 2014, 01:16:23 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on August 19, 2014, 10:26:36 AMNo tin bath in the living room?
He was great. RIP. I remember as a young lad sitting in the bath of a Saturday evening with the telly in the sitting room turned up loud for the results.
Our tin bath was used in the scullery - and even it didnt have a lock on the door.
Quote from: Orior on August 19, 2014, 01:35:27 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on August 19, 2014, 01:16:23 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on August 19, 2014, 10:26:36 AMNo tin bath in the living room?
He was great. RIP. I remember as a young lad sitting in the bath of a Saturday evening with the telly in the sitting room turned up loud for the results.
Our tin bath was used in the scullery - and even it didnt have a lock on the door.
Quote from: Orior on August 19, 2014, 01:35:27 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on August 19, 2014, 01:16:23 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on August 19, 2014, 10:26:36 AMNo tin bath in the living room?
He was great. RIP. I remember as a young lad sitting in the bath of a Saturday evening with the telly in the sitting room turned up loud for the results.
Our tin bath was used in the scullery - and even it didnt have a lock on the door.
Quote from: johnneycool on August 19, 2014, 03:03:11 PMQuote from: Orior on August 19, 2014, 01:35:27 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on August 19, 2014, 01:16:23 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on August 19, 2014, 10:26:36 AMNo tin bath in the living room?
He was great. RIP. I remember as a young lad sitting in the bath of a Saturday evening with the telly in the sitting room turned up loud for the results.
Our tin bath was used in the scullery - and even it didnt have a lock on the door.
Fantastic word that, reminds me of my grannies house.
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on August 21, 2014, 07:18:24 AM
RIP Albert Reynolds. Most underrated Taoiseach ever IMHO.
Quote from: Sandino on August 21, 2014, 08:03:35 AM
Gerry Anderson, BBC broadcaster, RIP
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on August 21, 2014, 07:18:24 AMAgreed, RIP.
RIP Albert Reynolds. Most underrated Taoiseach ever IMHO.
Quote from: Sandino on August 21, 2014, 08:03:35 AM
Gerry Anderson, BBC broadcaster, RIP
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on August 21, 2014, 07:18:24 AM
RIP Albert Reynolds. Most underrated Taoiseach ever IMHO.
Quote from: stephenite on August 21, 2014, 08:42:47 AMQuote from: Eamonnca1 on August 21, 2014, 07:18:24 AM
RIP Albert Reynolds. Most underrated Taoiseach ever IMHO.
Sorry to hear that. Hazy memories of him having to negotiate with some lunatic who was holed up in an Aer Lingus plane in Paris, list of demands made to Albert.....
He wanted to know the 3rd secret of Fatima.
Quote from: orangeman on August 21, 2014, 09:16:53 AMRIP Gerry, a truly unique character!Quote from: Sandino on August 21, 2014, 08:03:35 AM
Gerry Anderson, BBC broadcaster, RIP
I really enjoyed Gerry's humour. Coyle and him were great craic. Not having returned after so long off, we should have known something was up.
RIP
Quote from: Hardy on August 21, 2014, 11:33:44 AMQuote from: stephenite on August 21, 2014, 08:42:47 AMQuote from: Eamonnca1 on August 21, 2014, 07:18:24 AM
RIP Albert Reynolds. Most underrated Taoiseach ever IMHO.
Sorry to hear that. Hazy memories of him having to negotiate with some lunatic who was holed up in an Aer Lingus plane in Paris, list of demands made to Albert.....
He wanted to know the 3rd secret of Fatima.
Wasn't there similar scenario with Boris Yeltsin in Shannon Airport?
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on August 24, 2014, 10:35:50 PM
"Sir Richard Attenborough has died aged 90.
The award-winning actor was best know for his roles in The Great Escape, Miracle on 34th Street and Jurassic Park."
He was a strong one. That's living a full life. I remember him in Flight of the Phoenix. Great show and a great actor.
Quote from: Nigel White on September 04, 2014, 08:03:04 PMGiven her rant a few weeks ago about the situation in Gaza I won't be sheding too many tears.
Joan Rivers aged 81
Quote from: Nigel White on September 04, 2014, 09:49:58 PM
Never liked her. The only person that put her in her box was Bernard Manning
Quote from: Captain Obvious on September 03, 2014, 03:15:09 AMNothing like Eye of the Tiger coming on the iPod going into the last mile of a tough run :D
Jimi Jamison lead singer of Survivor. Hits such as eye of the tiger,burning heart, he also wrote and sang the Baywatch theme song I'm always here. RIP.
Quote from: Nigel White on September 04, 2014, 09:49:58 PM
Never liked her. The only person that put her in her box was Bernard Manning
Quote from: BennyCake on September 11, 2014, 12:27:30 PM
Sad to hear that. Jaws used to scare the crap out of me. Still does in a way.
Kiel also was the original Hulk in the TV series. They filmed some scenes with him but then Lou Ferrigno stepped in. But some scenes with Kiel were still retained for the series.
Quote from: nrico2006 on September 11, 2014, 01:07:42 PMQuote from: BennyCake on September 11, 2014, 12:27:30 PM
Sad to hear that. Jaws used to scare the crap out of me. Still does in a way.
Kiel also was the original Hulk in the TV series. They filmed some scenes with him but then Lou Ferrigno stepped in. But some scenes with Kiel were still retained for the series.
I only found the Incredible Hulk fact out on Monday this week, was on Kiels wikipedia page as started watching the hulk series from scratch on Sky 318 or 319.
Quote from: 5 Sams on September 11, 2014, 07:52:14 PMOne of the greatest albums of all time, one of my favourite bands of all time.
Robert "Throb" Young. One of the geniuses behind Screamadelica.
Quote from: Sidney on September 11, 2014, 08:16:27 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on September 11, 2014, 07:52:14 PMOne of the greatest albums of all time, one of my favourite bands of all time.
Robert "Throb" Young. One of the geniuses behind Screamadelica.
Not perhaps generally known that he was the vocalist on "Slip Inside This House".
Quote from: 5 Sams on September 11, 2014, 09:52:03 PMVery sad news. One of the best albums as well.Quote from: Sidney on September 11, 2014, 08:16:27 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on September 11, 2014, 07:52:14 PMOne of the greatest albums of all time, one of my favourite bands of all time.
Robert "Throb" Young. One of the geniuses behind Screamadelica.
Not perhaps generally known that he was the vocalist on "Slip Inside This House".
Absolute masterpiece Sidney.
Quote from: deiseach on September 12, 2014, 12:37:42 PM
Big Ian.
Quote from: AQMP on September 12, 2014, 01:01:18 PMQuote from: deiseach on September 12, 2014, 12:37:42 PM
Big Ian.
Time for nationalists/republicans to take a deep breath and remember what your mother told you about not speaking ill of the dead etc.
Quote from: Applesisapples on September 12, 2014, 02:15:34 PMIt would be gas if JP2 was sitting at the right hand of God as Ian goes through on the travelator with John Knox screaming "I tried to warn ye"
Loomed large throughout the greater part of my life and not always for the right reasons. Though he eventually supped with the devil a lot of grief and bloodshed could have been avoided had he used his considerable talents in a more conciliatory fashion. That said I hope God judges him kindly.
Quote from: seafoid on September 12, 2014, 02:53:23 PMQuote from: Applesisapples on September 12, 2014, 02:15:34 PMIt would be gas if JP2 was sitting at the right hand of God as Ian goes through on the travelator with John Knox screaming "I tried to warn ye"
Loomed large throughout the greater part of my life and not always for the right reasons. Though he eventually supped with the devil a lot of grief and bloodshed could have been avoided had he used his considerable talents in a more conciliatory fashion. That said I hope God judges him kindly.
Quote from: AZOffaly on September 30, 2014, 04:26:40 PM
Billie Barry, the founder of the famous stage school in Dublin. Apparently endless source of kids for the LLS toy show.
Quote from: 5 Sams on November 02, 2014, 08:39:08 PMCancer is a cnut.
Sad story..http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/other-soccer/former-premier-league-footballer-and-swedish-international-dies-of-cancer-aged-46-30701860.html
46!
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on November 08, 2014, 09:15:32 PM
Home alone?? Culkin
Quote from: mouview on November 25, 2014, 02:21:52 PM
Marion Barry, former mayor of Chicago - got busted for doing crack among other things in his time.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on November 27, 2014, 06:38:57 AM
Aussie cricketer Phil Hughes, aged 25, has died two days after being struck in the head with a ball. Tragic.
Quote from: deiseach on November 25, 2014, 02:39:37 PMQuote from: mouview on November 25, 2014, 02:21:52 PM
Marion Barry, former mayor of Chicago - got busted for doing crack among other things in his time.
He was mayor of DC. Only fine upstanding sons of the Déise (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_J._Daley) are good enough to be mayor of the Windy City!
Quote from: ziggysego on November 28, 2014, 11:39:37 AM
Jack Kyle has died aged 88. Helped Ireland to it's first rugby 5 Nations Grand Slam in 1948. RIP
Quote from: muppet on November 28, 2014, 11:46:37 AMOne of the all time greatsQuote from: ziggysego on November 28, 2014, 11:39:37 AM
Jack Kyle has died aged 88. Helped Ireland to it's first rugby 5 Nations Grand Slam in 1948. RIP
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/30244021 (http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/rugby-union/30244021)
At least he lived to see another Grand Slam.
RIP.
Quote from: AZOffaly on December 05, 2014, 02:57:57 PM
Jackie Healy-Rae has died in Tralee, aged 83.
http://www.thejournal.ie/jackie-healy-rae-dead-1817595-Dec2014/?utm_source=shortlink (http://www.thejournal.ie/jackie-healy-rae-dead-1817595-Dec2014/?utm_source=shortlink)
Quote from: macdanger2 on December 05, 2014, 06:35:34 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on December 05, 2014, 02:57:57 PM
Jackie Healy-Rae has died in Tralee, aged 83.
http://www.thejournal.ie/jackie-healy-rae-dead-1817595-Dec2014/?utm_source=shortlink (http://www.thejournal.ie/jackie-healy-rae-dead-1817595-Dec2014/?utm_source=shortlink)
RIP
Represented everything that is wrong with irish politics though
Quote from: macdanger2 on December 05, 2014, 06:35:34 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on December 05, 2014, 02:57:57 PM
Jackie Healy-Rae has died in Tralee, aged 83.
http://www.thejournal.ie/jackie-healy-rae-dead-1817595-Dec2014/?utm_source=shortlink (http://www.thejournal.ie/jackie-healy-rae-dead-1817595-Dec2014/?utm_source=shortlink)
RIP
Represented everything that is wrong with irish politics though
Quote from: macdanger2 on December 05, 2014, 06:35:34 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on December 05, 2014, 02:57:57 PM
Jackie Healy-Rae has died in Tralee, aged 83.
http://www.thejournal.ie/jackie-healy-rae-dead-1817595-Dec2014/?utm_source=shortlink (http://www.thejournal.ie/jackie-healy-rae-dead-1817595-Dec2014/?utm_source=shortlink)
RIP
Represented everything that is wrong with irish politics though
Quote from: stephenite on December 05, 2014, 11:57:06 PMQuote from: macdanger2 on December 05, 2014, 06:35:34 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on December 05, 2014, 02:57:57 PM
Jackie Healy-Rae has died in Tralee, aged 83.
http://www.thejournal.ie/jackie-healy-rae-dead-1817595-Dec2014/?utm_source=shortlink (http://www.thejournal.ie/jackie-healy-rae-dead-1817595-Dec2014/?utm_source=shortlink)
RIP
Represented everything that is wrong with irish politics though
Did he screw the system to get a better deal for his constituents when it was in his gift to do so? Absolutely, and fair play to him. Your wan Fox from Wicklow was every bit as bad at the same time.
Quote from: trileacman on December 06, 2014, 02:09:43 AM
G'way ta fcuk would yis. The cheek of a Kerryman to extort a few bob for the people of the West, when it's Denis O'Brien or Tony O'Reilly milking the people dry sure they're f**king great men altogether. Fair f**ks to Healy-Rae and his kind, spited by your West Brit media for being a bog-standard Mick ruffling a few feathers up in the Pale, he was a great man for the people that voted for him.
You hear this shite about "parish pump politics" as a derogatory comment, what's the f**king problem with local politicians looking after local people. Who the fcuk else is gonna give a fcuk about the people of rural Ireland, Angela Merkel? Ruari Quinn? Joan Burton? the D4 squadron in RTE? Dya think the Pat Kenny, Tubridy or the Irish Independent is gonna start looking after them? The non-Pale region of this country could be starving in the ditches and the Indo would still be writing about BOD's latest photo and the car park extension for Dundrum shopping centre.
Here's to Jackie, a man who stood up to the toffs and the bigwigs, was proud of his homeplace and his heritage and was slandered by the shites in Dublin because he bettered every last one of them. Fair fcuks ta ya Jackie.
Quote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 01:24:48 AMClientelism is about local bigwigs delivering citizens what is theirs anyway.
I don't necessarily disagree with the sentiment, point is that democracy by it's very nature rewards such behaviour.
Local representatives that deliver for their voters will get voted back in. Out of interest, how would you have expected him to behave?
There's a tendency on here to view this is as a particularly Irish trait, when it actually happens in all democracies. Calling out Healy-Rae as representative of ills of Irish politics is wrong in my view. Correct me if I'm wrong but he wasn't guilty of mass corruption like some of those others you've rightly mentioned.
Quote from: seafoid on December 06, 2014, 07:02:48 AMQuote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 01:24:48 AMClientelism is about local bigwigs delivering citizens what is theirs anyway.
I don't necessarily disagree with the sentiment, point is that democracy by it's very nature rewards such behaviour.
Local representatives that deliver for their voters will get voted back in. Out of interest, how would you have expected him to behave?
There's a tendency on here to view this is as a particularly Irish trait, when it actually happens in all democracies. Calling out Healy-Rae as representative of ills of Irish politics is wrong in my view. Correct me if I'm wrong but he wasn't guilty of mass corruption like some of those others you've rightly mentioned.
And taking a cut elsewhere. I always noticed the roads driving into Kilgarvan.
Quote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 09:41:44 AMQuote from: seafoid on December 06, 2014, 07:02:48 AMQuote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 01:24:48 AMClientelism is about local bigwigs delivering citizens what is theirs anyway.
I don't necessarily disagree with the sentiment, point is that democracy by it's very nature rewards such behaviour.
Local representatives that deliver for their voters will get voted back in. Out of interest, how would you have expected him to behave?
There's a tendency on here to view this is as a particularly Irish trait, when it actually happens in all democracies. Calling out Healy-Rae as representative of ills of Irish politics is wrong in my view. Correct me if I'm wrong but he wasn't guilty of mass corruption like some of those others you've rightly mentioned.
And taking a cut elsewhere. I always noticed the roads driving into Kilgarvan.
And you'll see the same thing the world over. Politics (at it's base level) works on patronage.
Quote from: seafoid on December 06, 2014, 11:03:16 AMQuote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 09:41:44 AMQuote from: seafoid on December 06, 2014, 07:02:48 AMQuote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 01:24:48 AMClientelism is about local bigwigs delivering citizens what is theirs anyway.
I don't necessarily disagree with the sentiment, point is that democracy by it's very nature rewards such behaviour.
Local representatives that deliver for their voters will get voted back in. Out of interest, how would you have expected him to behave?
There's a tendency on here to view this is as a particularly Irish trait, when it actually happens in all democracies. Calling out Healy-Rae as representative of ills of Irish politics is wrong in my view. Correct me if I'm wrong but he wasn't guilty of mass corruption like some of those others you've rightly mentioned.
And taking a cut elsewhere. I always noticed the roads driving into Kilgarvan.
And you'll see the same thing the world over. Politics (at it's base level) works on patronage.
Very few other OECD countries are as clientelist as Ireland
It was one of the factors that meant the country was fucked in 2008.
It is very expensive in Minsky moments.
Quote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 09:41:44 AMQuote from: seafoid on December 06, 2014, 07:02:48 AMQuote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 01:24:48 AMClientelism is about local bigwigs delivering citizens what is theirs anyway.
I don't necessarily disagree with the sentiment, point is that democracy by it's very nature rewards such behaviour.
Local representatives that deliver for their voters will get voted back in. Out of interest, how would you have expected him to behave?
There's a tendency on here to view this is as a particularly Irish trait, when it actually happens in all democracies. Calling out Healy-Rae as representative of ills of Irish politics is wrong in my view. Correct me if I'm wrong but he wasn't guilty of mass corruption like some of those others you've rightly mentioned.
And taking a cut elsewhere. I always noticed the roads driving into Kilgarvan.
And you'll see the same thing the world over. Politics (at it's base level) works on patronage.
Quote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 11:19:29 AMIreland has ultra centralised government with virtually no power locally. The separation of powers doesn't function. A small clique in government makes all decisions.Quote from: seafoid on December 06, 2014, 11:03:16 AMQuote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 09:41:44 AMQuote from: seafoid on December 06, 2014, 07:02:48 AMQuote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 01:24:48 AMClientelism is about local bigwigs delivering citizens what is theirs anyway.
I don't necessarily disagree with the sentiment, point is that democracy by it's very nature rewards such behaviour.
Local representatives that deliver for their voters will get voted back in. Out of interest, how would you have expected him to behave?
There's a tendency on here to view this is as a particularly Irish trait, when it actually happens in all democracies. Calling out Healy-Rae as representative of ills of Irish politics is wrong in my view. Correct me if I'm wrong but he wasn't guilty of mass corruption like some of those others you've rightly mentioned.
And taking a cut elsewhere. I always noticed the roads driving into Kilgarvan.
And you'll see the same thing the world over. Politics (at it's base level) works on patronage.
Very few other OECD countries are as clientelist as Ireland
It was one of the factors that meant the country was fucked in 2008.
It is very expensive in Minsky moments.
I disagree that very few other OECD countries have less of this type of behaviour.
Australia, Canada, Belgium, Mexico, France, Italy, Greece, NZ, Portugal off the top of my head are hardly shining examples of pure driven democratic virtue.
Tammany Hall, Pork-Barrelling, Shoneeism, call it whatever but it exists where people who gain power do so with the promise of favours, promotion etc. and this happens in every democratic or vote inducing scenario.
To suggest Ireland or the Irish are any worse (or better) than elsewhere is ludicrous.
Quote from: muppet on December 06, 2014, 01:05:46 PMQuote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 09:41:44 AMQuote from: seafoid on December 06, 2014, 07:02:48 AMQuote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 01:24:48 AMClientelism is about local bigwigs delivering citizens what is theirs anyway.
I don't necessarily disagree with the sentiment, point is that democracy by it's very nature rewards such behaviour.
Local representatives that deliver for their voters will get voted back in. Out of interest, how would you have expected him to behave?
There's a tendency on here to view this is as a particularly Irish trait, when it actually happens in all democracies. Calling out Healy-Rae as representative of ills of Irish politics is wrong in my view. Correct me if I'm wrong but he wasn't guilty of mass corruption like some of those others you've rightly mentioned.
And taking a cut elsewhere. I always noticed the roads driving into Kilgarvan.
And you'll see the same thing the world over. Politics (at it's base level) works on patronage.
Pee Flynn didn't actually build the roads. Unlike.......
QuoteThough often frowned upon by those 'above in Dublin'
Quote from: muppet on December 06, 2014, 01:05:46 PMQuote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 09:41:44 AMQuote from: seafoid on December 06, 2014, 07:02:48 AMQuote from: stephenite on December 06, 2014, 01:24:48 AMClientelism is about local bigwigs delivering citizens what is theirs anyway.
I don't necessarily disagree with the sentiment, point is that democracy by it's very nature rewards such behaviour.
Local representatives that deliver for their voters will get voted back in. Out of interest, how would you have expected him to behave?
There's a tendency on here to view this is as a particularly Irish trait, when it actually happens in all democracies. Calling out Healy-Rae as representative of ills of Irish politics is wrong in my view. Correct me if I'm wrong but he wasn't guilty of mass corruption like some of those others you've rightly mentioned.
And taking a cut elsewhere. I always noticed the roads driving into Kilgarvan.
And you'll see the same thing the world over. Politics (at it's base level) works on patronage.
Pee Flynn didn't actually build the roads. Unlike.......
Quote from: supersub on January 02, 2015, 09:25:39 PM
Barry Andrews - popular local referee in Down. RIP
Quote from: T Fearon on January 19, 2015, 09:30:27 PM
Anne Kirkbride aka Deirdre Barlow
Quote from: T Fearon on January 19, 2015, 09:30:27 PM
Anne Kirkbride aka Deirdre Barlow
Quote from: AZOffaly on January 19, 2015, 09:43:30 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 19, 2015, 09:30:27 PM
Anne Kirkbride aka Deirdre Barlow
Only 60. It'd have pegged her for a lot older. RIP
Quote from: AZOffaly on January 19, 2015, 09:43:30 PMSmoker. Very sad.Quote from: T Fearon on January 19, 2015, 09:30:27 PM
Anne Kirkbride aka Deirdre Barlow
Only 60. It'd have pegged her for a lot older. RIP
Quote from: AZOffaly on January 19, 2015, 09:43:30 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 19, 2015, 09:30:27 PM
Anne Kirkbride aka Deirdre Barlow
Only 60. It'd have pegged her for a lot older. RIP
Quote from: T Fearon on January 19, 2015, 09:30:27 PM
Anne Kirkbride aka Deirdre Barlow
Quote from: 5 Sams on January 19, 2015, 10:20:18 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on January 19, 2015, 09:43:30 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 19, 2015, 09:30:27 PM
Anne Kirkbride aka Deirdre Barlow
Only 60. It'd have pegged her for a lot older. RIP
Glad you typed the last 5 words.
Quote from: 5 Sams on January 22, 2015, 03:07:36 PM
Maggie's Home Secretary Leon Brittan...looking at other discussion boards it looks like there will be a lot of stuff revealed about his "private" life now that he's dead... :o
Quote from: 5 Sams on January 22, 2015, 03:07:36 PM
Maggie's Home Secretary Leon Brittan...looking at other discussion boards it looks like there will be a lot of stuff revealed about his "private" life now that he's dead... :o
Quote from: seafoid on January 23, 2015, 07:13:47 AMWhat did he do
King Abdullah of Saudi. A real b**tard.
Quote from: seafoid on January 23, 2015, 07:13:47 AM
King Abdullah of Saudi. A real b**tard.
Quote from: Agent Orange on January 26, 2015, 03:48:23 PM
Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died in hospital in Athens. He was 68.
Quote from: Agent Orange on January 26, 2015, 03:48:23 PM
Greek singer Demis Roussos, who sold more than 60 million albums worldwide, has died in hospital in Athens. He was 68.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 26, 2015, 04:16:43 PM
Thought he'd be lot older
Quote from: orangeman on January 28, 2015, 12:23:41 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on January 26, 2015, 04:16:43 PM
Thought he'd be lot older
I thought he'd be at least 80 ?
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 22, 2015, 03:57:13 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on January 22, 2015, 03:07:36 PM
Maggie's Home Secretary Leon Brittan...looking at other discussion boards it looks like there will be a lot of stuff revealed about his "private" life now that he's dead... :o
Good riddance, dirty rotten kiddie fiddler and also the one who was key to ensuring the ring of them went unexposed for years. Rot in hell with your Fixit friend you b**tard.
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on February 17, 2015, 10:24:56 AMmuppet's aithnionn nut nutella was one of the best
Michele Ferrero of the Nutella, Kinder eggs and of course (https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRXeamHkfTEZfHTovSlAwyjsXPDp5fZlTgR7Ydo4hapXhrYRSX_)
Quote from: dec on February 27, 2015, 05:31:21 PM
Leonard Nimoy
Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 27, 2015, 06:44:29 PM
His last tweet. Rip.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B-3kd0CWkAAw-8L.png)
Quote from: armaghniac on March 05, 2015, 12:11:22 PM
Jim McCann balladeer.
Quote from: armaghniac on March 05, 2015, 12:11:22 PM
Jim McCann balladeer.
Quote from: theskull1 on March 09, 2015, 10:48:33 AM
Jim Nelson, Manager of the Antrim 89 team
Quote from: stephenite on March 09, 2015, 10:39:59 AMalways struck me as being a cold, gruff 'Ulster says no to everything' type of man.As many times his face appeared on the screen,I never once saw him smile.I always imagined that he modeled himself on his predecessor,s Carson &Craig.
Former Ulster Unionist leader Jim Molyneaux dies aged 94
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 12, 2015, 12:35:24 PM
Tony Fenton :(
http://www.joe.ie/news/irish-radio-legend-tony-fenton-has-died/488125
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 12, 2015, 12:35:24 PMVery sad news. He was only 53.
Tony Fenton :(
http://www.joe.ie/news/irish-radio-legend-tony-fenton-has-died/488125
Quote from: Santino on March 12, 2015, 07:12:43 PMHard call. I loved the 'Vimes' books beginning with 'Guards, Guards!' The pick of them is Night Watch but I wouldn't read it without having read the others. Everyone seems to have their own favourites.
If I should only read one Pratchett book what should it be?
Quote from: deiseach on March 12, 2015, 09:52:02 PMI think I have asked before but are the Discworld books suitable for an 11 year old?
Mort is the first truly good Discworld book. If you only read one, it should be Guards! Guards! There are better ones after that - I love Feet of Clay - but they require reading the earlier books to get the full value out of them.
Quote from: armaghniac on March 23, 2015, 07:11:46 PM
Lee Kuan Yew, founder of Singapore dies.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32012346
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on April 02, 2015, 09:20:41 PM
George Byrne - Irish journalist, Shamrock Rovers fan, punk rocker, general curmudgeon
Dead from a stroke. RIP
QuoteGrumpy oul bollocks - my hero. Made it his business to ensure that 'Stars of Heaven' had a chance in the world. Rest in peace George.
Quote from: Agent Orange on April 07, 2015, 07:23:46 PM
James Best, the actor best known for his portrayal of bumbling yet endearing Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on TV's "The Dukes of Hazzard," died at 9:28 p.m. ET Monday after a brief illness and complications of pneumonia. He was 88.
Never did manage to catch dem Duke boys...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f3CFzahrRs
Quote from: Owenmoresider on April 10, 2015, 12:17:21 AM
Richie Benaud, former Australian cricket captain and one of the finest sports commentators there has ever been. RIP.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/32182999 (http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/32182999)
Quote from: Declan on April 15, 2015, 09:32:33 AM
Dave Billings that's a shock. RIP
Tomás Quinn @mossyquinn · 3m3 minutes ago
Davy Billings spent his last evening watching St. Vincents v Ballyboden in Hurling in UCD. Something very right about that. A great man RIP
Quote from: T Fearon on April 11, 2015, 11:15:26 AMRay Treacy RIP.Sounds like he suffered a lot at the end.
Ray was playing the day I first saw Ireland play live,at Lansdowne,in March 1977 in World Cup qualifier against France.Some great players on the pitch that day,Giles,Heighway,Brady (who scored the winning goal) while France had Janvion,Rocheteau and Platini.
Wasn't it during a trip to Brazil on international duty that Ray became close friends with great train robber Ronnie Biggs?
Quote from: Declan on April 15, 2015, 12:01:04 PM
Early 60s I think Billy
Quote from: Croí na hÉireann on April 15, 2015, 02:30:15 PMQuote from: Declan on April 15, 2015, 12:01:04 PM
Early 60s I think Billy
63 apparently. That's young nowadays but I'd say he packed a fair lifetime into them years. Rough couple of months in Dublin GAA circles, RIP.
Quote from: Declan on April 21, 2015, 09:19:25 AM
Fergus O'Rourke older brother of Colm and a great raconteur on all things GAA. He had a wonderful recollection of games gone by from his time in UCC and also with Leitrim
Quote from: RealSpiritof98 on April 25, 2015, 04:20:53 PM
Fermanagh Senior Hurler Shane Mulholland
RIP
http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-games/hurling/tributes-pour-in-after-intercounty-hurling-star-27-dies-in-crash-31170636.html
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on April 28, 2015, 02:26:19 PM
Who is going to be Orville's best friend now :-[
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on April 28, 2015, 11:26:48 AM
Keith Harris, aged 67. He is survived by Orvil the Duck and cuddles the Monkey.
Quote from: AZOffaly on April 28, 2015, 02:54:23 PMQuote from: Jeepers Creepers on April 28, 2015, 11:26:48 AM
Keith Harris, aged 67. He is survived by Orvil the Duck and cuddles the Monkey.
RIP. To be honest I'm surprised he was only 67.
Quote from: T Fearon on April 28, 2015, 03:44:13 PM
What ever happened to Rod Hull's emu?
Quote from: ziggysego on April 28, 2015, 03:31:09 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on April 28, 2015, 02:54:23 PMQuote from: Jeepers Creepers on April 28, 2015, 11:26:48 AM
Keith Harris, aged 67. He is survived by Orvil the Duck and cuddles the Monkey.
RIP. To be honest I'm surprised he was only 67.
It was cancer in the end.
Quote from: winghalfun on April 29, 2015, 11:13:27 AM
I remember watching an interview with Ricky Gervais and he mentioned that Keith Harris was one of the few (if not the only person) who turned him down for a part in his television show 'Extras'.
Either foolhardy (think Robert De Niro, Kate Winslett, Ben Stiller, Samuel L Jackson) or showed great integrity.
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on April 29, 2015, 12:21:58 PMQuote from: winghalfun on April 29, 2015, 11:13:27 AM
I remember watching an interview with Ricky Gervais and he mentioned that Keith Harris was one of the few (if not the only person) who turned him down for a part in his television show 'Extras'.
Either foolhardy (think Robert De Niro, Kate Winslett, Ben Stiller, Samuel L Jackson) or showed great integrity.
An interesting read below on his rags to riches then back again story, kinda heartbreaking when you think of all these entertainers from the 80s who probably share the same story. We explained to some younger members of our office who had never heard of him that this was entertainment as we knew it back in the day. They had a look of total bewilderment. Very funny. The article also explains his reason not to appear in extras. If you ever get the chance to watch the Louis Theurox interview/visit to Keith Harris house. Head behind hands stuff but worth a watch.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32498955
Quote from: winghalfun on April 29, 2015, 11:13:27 AM
I remember watching an interview with Ricky Gervais and he mentioned that Keith Harris was one of the few (if not the only person) who turned him down for a part in his television show 'Extras'.
Either foolhardy (think Robert De Niro, Kate Winslett, Ben Stiller, Samuel L Jackson) or showed great integrity.
QuoteThe entertainer spiralled into depression and even contemplated drowning himself, ironically, in a local duck pond.
Quote from: redcard on May 02, 2015, 11:25:06 AM
Rebecca Ellison Rio Ferdinands wife
Quote from: Orior on May 05, 2015, 11:39:40 AM
David Goldberg, one of Silicon Valley's most high-profile, well-regarded and well-liked entrepreneurs, died suddenly last night of undetermined causes.
News of his untimely death was posted on Facebook by his brother and also confirmed by people close to his family. Goldberg, 47, was the husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg — they have two young children — and the CEO of SurveyMonkey.
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 05, 2015, 11:49:44 AM
Seriously? Did he fall out a fecking window or something? Surely a fall off a treadmill wouldn't kill a 47 year old man?
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 05, 2015, 11:49:44 AM
Seriously? Did he fall out a fecking window or something? Surely a fall off a treadmill wouldn't kill a 47 year old man?
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 05, 2015, 11:49:44 AM
Seriously? Did he fall out a fecking window or something? Surely a fall off a treadmill wouldn't kill a 47 year old man?
Quote from: Agent Orange on May 13, 2015, 12:47:35 PMHe was in the Sindo 3 days ago
Former broadcaster and RTÉ TV presenter Derek Davis has died aged 67.
Mr Davis was born in Co Down and began his media career as a news journalist, working with the American network ABC and BBC Northern Ireland before moving to the newsroom in RTÉ.
He later moved into light entertainment and is fondly remembered for his work alongside Thelma Mansfield on the popular afternoon show Live at Three.
He worked on a range of other shows, won two Jacob's awards and was twice presenter of the Rose of Tralee.
His love of the marine came to the fore in the late 1990s when he presented the programme Out of the Blue.
He also worked on several radio shows including A Question of Food, and following his retirement from RTÉ he presented a radio programme on 4FM.
He suffered from health problems in later years and spoke openly about his battle with his weight.
Last year he had gastric surgery, which saw him losing over five stone.
A talented and versatile broadcaster, Mr Davis was a very popular figure with radio and television audiences alike.
He is survived by his wife and three sons.
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on May 15, 2015, 07:16:32 AM
Blues Legend B.B. King 89
http://news.yahoo.com/king-blues-blues-legend-b-b-king-dead-054620960.html
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on May 15, 2015, 07:16:32 AM
Blues Legend B.B. King 89
http://news.yahoo.com/king-blues-blues-legend-b-b-king-dead-054620960.html
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on May 15, 2015, 07:16:32 AM
Blues Legend B.B. King 89
http://news.yahoo.com/king-blues-blues-legend-b-b-king-dead-054620960.html
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 15, 2015, 09:09:50 AMQuote from: DrinkingHarp on May 15, 2015, 07:16:32 AM
Blues Legend B.B. King 89
http://news.yahoo.com/king-blues-blues-legend-b-b-king-dead-054620960.html
I saw him play in ASU in Tempe about 15 years ago. He was a brilliant guitarist, that's for sure. You had to be in the mood to listen to him, as any blues/jazz musician I suppose, but when you were in the mood, he was brilliant.
Quote from: armaghniac on May 25, 2015, 12:03:54 PM
Bill O'Herlihy RIP.
http://www.joe.ie/entertainment/irish-broadcasting-legend-bill-oherlihy-has-passed-away-aged-76/497168
Quote from: Captain Obvious on May 25, 2015, 12:52:00 PM
Not long retired didn't know he was sick? Rip Bill.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 30, 2015, 09:21:49 AM
Ex local boxer??
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 30, 2015, 09:21:49 AM
Ex local boxer??
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 30, 2015, 09:21:49 AM
Ex local boxer??
Quote from: hardstation on May 30, 2015, 10:11:09 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on May 30, 2015, 09:21:49 AM"Man in his early 20s" wouldn't be Eamonn Magee the boxer??
Ex local boxer??
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 30, 2015, 02:12:19 PMThis is just so sadQuote from: hardstation on May 30, 2015, 10:11:09 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on May 30, 2015, 09:21:49 AM"Man in his early 20s" wouldn't be Eamonn Magee the boxer??
Ex local boxer??
I didn't say he was, Eamon's young lad boxed but seems he went the uni route... such a f**king waste of life!!
Quote from: BennyHarp on June 02, 2015, 06:57:58 AM
Former leader of the Liberal Democrats Charles Kennedy found dead today aged 55. Always seemed a likable enough fella. Fond of the old gargle though! RIP.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-32970337
Quote from: ludermor on June 05, 2015, 07:45:59 AM
Jerry Colins, former All Black.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/33017982
Hard to believe he was only 34, seems to be around for years
Quote from: muppet on June 05, 2015, 01:34:23 PMQuote from: ludermor on June 05, 2015, 07:45:59 AM
Jerry Colins, former All Black.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/33017982
Hard to believe he was only 34, seems to be around for years
Sad that. He was some player.
Here he is knocking out Colin Charvis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWi9f4wVkrI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWi9f4wVkrI)
Quote from: AZOffaly on June 11, 2015, 01:09:09 PM
So Dracula, Count Dooku and Sarumon all died on the same day?
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on June 11, 2015, 01:51:19 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on June 11, 2015, 01:09:09 PM
So Dracula, Count Dooku and Sarumon all died on the same day?
And Willy Wonka's da!!
RIP Christopher Lee
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on June 11, 2015, 02:06:38 PM
and the head honcho in The Wicker Man....
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on June 11, 2015, 09:30:18 PM
THE AMERICAN DREAM is DEAD
For all you WWE Fans: Dusty Rhodes aka "The American Dream" died today at 69
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/the-turnstile/dusty-rhodes-dead-at-69--wwe-announces-183257553.html
Quote from: T Fearon on June 11, 2015, 09:57:58 PM
Yes,along with Robin Banks, and Rick O'Shea
Quote from: omaghjoe on June 11, 2015, 10:06:44 PMQuote from: T Fearon on June 11, 2015, 09:57:58 PM
Yes,along with Robin Banks, and Rick O'Shea
Top goal scorer of all time..
Quote from: T Fearon on June 11, 2015, 09:57:58 PM
Yes,along with Robin Banks, and Rick O'Shea
Quote from: Keyser soze on June 12, 2015, 09:43:03 AMQuote from: T Fearon on June 11, 2015, 09:57:58 PM
Yes,along with Robin Banks, and Rick O'Shea
And Teresa Green
Quote from: BennyCake on June 12, 2015, 04:43:53 PMQuote from: Keyser soze on June 12, 2015, 09:43:03 AMQuote from: T Fearon on June 11, 2015, 09:57:58 PM
Yes,along with Robin Banks, and Rick O'Shea
And Teresa Green
Wasn't there a Sandy Beach too?
Quote from: orangeman on June 23, 2015, 12:39:27 AM
Jimmy Doyle Tipperary, one of the all time greats.
RIP
Quote from: Line Ball on June 25, 2015, 06:57:46 PMWho can forget his cameo in this music video, a song that gets played at plenty of funerals nowadays.
Patrick Macnee died a natural death at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, at age 93, with his family at his bedside, according to his son, Rupert
Macnee was best known for playing the internationally recognized, charmingly elegant, quintessentially English, and slightly mysterious character of John Steed in the 1960s' British television series, The Avengers.
Quote from: deiseach on July 02, 2015, 10:53:22 AM
I'm anticipating a combined minute's silence in Thurles on Sunday week for Jimmy Doyle and Val Doonican. Tis only fair.
Quote from: T Fearon on June 29, 2015, 10:20:42 PMNot always the case. O'Murchu was sometimes impatient with his interviewees. On "Up for the match" for example he'd often start badgering rambling codgers to hurry up in a non-subtle manner.
Liam O'Murchu,another legendary Cork broadcaster following close on death of Bill O'Herlihy.Both represented a bygone age of decency and etiquette unlike the uncouth popular RTE contemporary broadcasters
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 02, 2015, 11:06:53 AMQuote from: T Fearon on June 29, 2015, 10:20:42 PMNot always the case. O'Murchu was sometimes impatient with his interviewees. On "Up for the match" for example he'd often start badgering rambling codgers to hurry up in a non-subtle manner.
Liam O'Murchu,another legendary Cork broadcaster following close on death of Bill O'Herlihy.Both represented a bygone age of decency and etiquette unlike the uncouth popular RTE contemporary broadcasters
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 02, 2015, 11:06:53 AMQuote from: T Fearon on June 29, 2015, 10:20:42 PMNot always the case. O'Murchu was sometimes impatient with his interviewees. On "Up for the match" for example he'd often start badgering rambling codgers to hurry up in a non-subtle manner.
Liam O'Murchu,another legendary Cork broadcaster following close on death of Bill O'Herlihy.Both represented a bygone age of decency and etiquette unlike the uncouth popular RTE contemporary broadcasters
Quote from: armaghniac on July 02, 2015, 03:28:04 PM
Sir Nicholas Winton, aged 106, who rescued over 600 Jewish children from Prague in 1938.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/01/sir-nicholas-winton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_nFuJAF5F0
Quote from: Billys Boots on July 02, 2015, 01:20:48 PMIf his car wasn't badly damaged, there's no excuse for his attitude!Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 02, 2015, 11:06:53 AMQuote from: T Fearon on June 29, 2015, 10:20:42 PMNot always the case. O'Murchu was sometimes impatient with his interviewees. On "Up for the match" for example he'd often start badgering rambling codgers to hurry up in a non-subtle manner.
Liam O'Murchu,another legendary Cork broadcaster following close on death of Bill O'Herlihy.Both represented a bygone age of decency and etiquette unlike the uncouth popular RTE contemporary broadcasters
True, my parents used to run into him now and again in Connemara and always said that he was a rude, arrogant creature.
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 02, 2015, 03:55:36 PMQuote from: Billys Boots on July 02, 2015, 01:20:48 PMIf his car wasn't badly damaged, there's no excuse for his attitude!Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 02, 2015, 11:06:53 AMQuote from: T Fearon on June 29, 2015, 10:20:42 PMNot always the case. O'Murchu was sometimes impatient with his interviewees. On "Up for the match" for example he'd often start badgering rambling codgers to hurry up in a non-subtle manner.
Liam O'Murchu,another legendary Cork broadcaster following close on death of Bill O'Herlihy.Both represented a bygone age of decency and etiquette unlike the uncouth popular RTE contemporary broadcasters
True, my parents used to run into him now and again in Connemara and always said that he was a rude, arrogant creature.
Quote from: Billys Boots on July 02, 2015, 04:55:12 PMQuote from: Bord na Mona man on July 02, 2015, 03:55:36 PMQuote from: Billys Boots on July 02, 2015, 01:20:48 PMIf his car wasn't badly damaged, there's no excuse for his attitude!Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 02, 2015, 11:06:53 AMQuote from: T Fearon on June 29, 2015, 10:20:42 PMNot always the case. O'Murchu was sometimes impatient with his interviewees. On "Up for the match" for example he'd often start badgering rambling codgers to hurry up in a non-subtle manner.
Liam O'Murchu,another legendary Cork broadcaster following close on death of Bill O'Herlihy.Both represented a bygone age of decency and etiquette unlike the uncouth popular RTE contemporary broadcasters
True, my parents used to run into him now and again in Connemara and always said that he was a rude, arrogant creature.
I agree. :D
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 02, 2015, 03:55:36 PMQuote from: Billys Boots on July 02, 2015, 01:20:48 PMIf his car wasn't badly damaged, there's no excuse for his attitude!Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 02, 2015, 11:06:53 AMQuote from: T Fearon on June 29, 2015, 10:20:42 PMNot always the case. O'Murchu was sometimes impatient with his interviewees. On "Up for the match" for example he'd often start badgering rambling codgers to hurry up in a non-subtle manner.
Liam O'Murchu,another legendary Cork broadcaster following close on death of Bill O'Herlihy.Both represented a bygone age of decency and etiquette unlike the uncouth popular RTE contemporary broadcasters
True, my parents used to run into him now and again in Connemara and always said that he was a rude, arrogant creature.
Quote from: 5 Sams on July 02, 2015, 10:47:43 AM
Val Doonican...the chair has stopped rocking.
Quote from: RealSpiritof98 on July 03, 2015, 12:51:36 AM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-33375650
Shocking
Quote from: theskull1 on July 03, 2015, 08:05:37 AM
In this era of TV revenue funded professional sport, shocking is not a word that would come to my mind.
Quote from: Agent Orange on April 07, 2015, 07:23:46 PMWas watching High Plains drifter again tonight and doing a bit of reading up on afterwards. Geoffrey Lewis who played alongside Eastwood in a lot of his films (Orville in Any which way, Stacy Bridges in High Plains Drifter) also died on 7th April this year.
James Best, the actor best known for his portrayal of bumbling yet endearing Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane on TV's "The Dukes of Hazzard," died at 9:28 p.m. ET Monday after a brief illness and complications of pneumonia. He was 88.
Never did manage to catch dem Duke boys...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f3CFzahrRs
Quote from: The Subbie on July 03, 2015, 08:13:05 AMQuote from: theskull1 on July 03, 2015, 08:05:37 AM
In this era of TV revenue funded professional sport, shocking is not a word that would come to my mind.
Exactly.
They are showing that the $$$$ is all that matters
"What need you , being come to sense, but fumble in a greasy till and add the half pence to the pence"
The AFL have gone down a lot in my estimation.
QuoteSnake oil salesman Jan de Vries
Quote from: theskull1 on July 09, 2015, 06:27:32 PM
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/homeopathy/pages/introduction.aspx
Quotehttp://www.nhs.uk/conditions/homeopathy/pages/introduction.aspxSo in that case before modern scientific medicine no one knew cures or remedies for anything?
Quote from: theskull1 on July 09, 2015, 06:27:32 PM
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/homeopathy/pages/introduction.aspx
Quote from: Over the Bar on July 10, 2015, 08:36:11 PMQuotehttp://www.nhs.uk/conditions/homeopathy/pages/introduction.aspxSo in that case before modern scientific medicine no one knew cures or remedies for anything?
Quote from: ziggysego on July 13, 2015, 01:46:53 AM
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata dies at 55
Quote from: ziggysego on July 13, 2015, 01:46:53 AMGame over.
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata dies at 55
Quote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 11:57:42 AM
Will his hearse require a pit stop change of tyres if it starts to rain?
Quote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 11:57:42 AMDear oh dear.
Will his hearse require a pit stop change of tyres if it starts to rain?
Quote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 09:36:55 PMNone, one is as horribly sick as the other.
And the difference between that and posting the Nintendo president has gone to the next level is?
Quote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 09:36:55 PMHe's French. The other lad is a Jap. Therefore it's less acceptable as French people are more important than Japanese people.
And the difference between that and posting the Nintendo president has gone to the next level is?
Quote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 09:36:55 PM
And the difference between that and posting the Nintendo president has gone to the next level is?
Quote from: Nigel White on July 19, 2015, 11:47:52 PM+1Quote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 09:36:55 PMNone, one is as horribly sick as the other.
And the difference between that and posting the Nintendo president has gone to the next level is?
Quote from: omaghjoe on July 20, 2015, 06:41:26 PMQuote from: Nigel White on July 19, 2015, 11:47:52 PM+1Quote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 09:36:55 PMNone, one is as horribly sick as the other.
And the difference between that and posting the Nintendo president has gone to the next level is?
Although most people think it must be worse because its Tony
Quote from: gallsman on July 20, 2015, 07:07:11 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 20, 2015, 06:41:26 PMQuote from: Nigel White on July 19, 2015, 11:47:52 PM+1Quote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 09:36:55 PMNone, one is as horribly sick as the other.
And the difference between that and posting the Nintendo president has gone to the next level is?
Although most people think it must be worse because its Tony
No, that's not it at all. The others are effortless and display a degree of wit, even if in bad taste. Tony's was just painfully contrived bollocks and now he's all upset that the other boys won't pay with him.
Quote from: omaghjoe on July 20, 2015, 08:45:24 PMI disagree.Quote from: gallsman on July 20, 2015, 07:07:11 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 20, 2015, 06:41:26 PMQuote from: Nigel White on July 19, 2015, 11:47:52 PM+1Quote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 09:36:55 PMNone, one is as horribly sick as the other.
And the difference between that and posting the Nintendo president has gone to the next level is?
Although most people think it must be worse because its Tony
No, that's not it at all. The others are effortless and display a degree of wit, even if in bad taste. Tony's was just painfully contrived bollocks and now he's all upset that the other boys won't pay with him.
TBF Gallsman I didn't find either funny so cant really comment on "the degree of wit" as I didn't see it in either.
So that still leaves me concluding that its the person yous are attacking more than the comment, laying the boot in again only sways my suspicions further in that direction.
Quote from: omaghjoe on July 20, 2015, 08:45:24 PMGood man you obviously don't know what sort of low life this boyo is.Quote from: gallsman on July 20, 2015, 07:07:11 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 20, 2015, 06:41:26 PMQuote from: Nigel White on July 19, 2015, 11:47:52 PM+1Quote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 09:36:55 PMNone, one is as horribly sick as the other.
And the difference between that and posting the Nintendo president has gone to the next level is?
Although most people think it must be worse because its Tony
No, that's not it at all. The others are effortless and display a degree of wit, even if in bad taste. Tony's was just painfully contrived bollocks and now he's all upset that the other boys won't pay with him.
TBF Gallsman I didn't find either funny so cant really comment on "the degree of wit" as I didn't see it in either.
So that still leaves me concluding that its the person yous are attacking more than the comment, laying the boot in again only sways my suspicions further in that direction.
Quote from: T Fearon on July 20, 2015, 09:06:09 PM
Exactly,OmaghJoe.Parity of esteem for all shite humour
Quote from: laoislad on July 20, 2015, 09:13:43 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 20, 2015, 08:45:24 PMI disagree.Quote from: gallsman on July 20, 2015, 07:07:11 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 20, 2015, 06:41:26 PMQuote from: Nigel White on July 19, 2015, 11:47:52 PM+1Quote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 09:36:55 PMNone, one is as horribly sick as the other.
And the difference between that and posting the Nintendo president has gone to the next level is?
Although most people think it must be worse because its Tony
No, that's not it at all. The others are effortless and display a degree of wit, even if in bad taste. Tony's was just painfully contrived bollocks and now he's all upset that the other boys won't pay with him.
TBF Gallsman I didn't find either funny so cant really comment on "the degree of wit" as I didn't see it in either.
So that still leaves me concluding that its the person yous are attacking more than the comment, laying the boot in again only sways my suspicions further in that direction.
My take on this ,be it right or wrong ,but the comments about the Nintendo guy were good natured ,slightly humorous and something you could envisage a family member also finding humour in.
Fearon's attempt at a joke was in bad taste and not something you would imagine anyone finding funny let alone a family member.
As I said that's just my take on it, I don't care enough about Fearon enough one way or the other to put the boot in just for the sake of it.
Quote from: laoislad on July 20, 2015, 09:13:43 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 20, 2015, 08:45:24 PMI disagree.Quote from: gallsman on July 20, 2015, 07:07:11 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 20, 2015, 06:41:26 PMQuote from: Nigel White on July 19, 2015, 11:47:52 PM+1Quote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 09:36:55 PMNone, one is as horribly sick as the other.
And the difference between that and posting the Nintendo president has gone to the next level is?
Although most people think it must be worse because its Tony
No, that's not it at all. The others are effortless and display a degree of wit, even if in bad taste. Tony's was just painfully contrived bollocks and now he's all upset that the other boys won't pay with him.
TBF Gallsman I didn't find either funny so cant really comment on "the degree of wit" as I didn't see it in either.
So that still leaves me concluding that its the person yous are attacking more than the comment, laying the boot in again only sways my suspicions further in that direction.
My take on this ,be it right or wrong ,but the comments about the Nintendo guy were good natured ,slightly humorous and something you could envisage a family member also finding humour in.
Fearon's attempt at a joke was in bad taste and not something you would imagine anyone finding funny let alone a family member.
As I said that's just my take on it, I don't care enough about Fearon one way or the other to put the boot in just for the sake of it.
Quote from: T Fearon on July 20, 2015, 07:09:03 PM
Gallsman when your opinion matters to me,I'll let you know ;D
Quote from: T Fearon on July 20, 2015, 10:07:01 PM
Yes,what anonymous people think of me,causes me to lose sleep ;D
Quote from: T Fearon on July 20, 2015, 10:59:15 PM
Don't tell me you don't love me either? :'(
Quote from: Oraisteach on July 21, 2015, 01:19:39 AM
S%#?, I found the hearse joke funny. Context is everything. Like when as a 25 year old I fell on my ass with a tray of food at school, all the students creased themselves laughing, but when the same thing happened to a 70 yr old teacher about a week later, the place was stunned in shock and fear.
Quote from: gallsman on July 20, 2015, 05:58:23 PMQuote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 09:36:55 PM
And the difference between that and posting the Nintendo president has gone to the next level is?
Yours has no wit involved whatsoever. Like most of your jokes.
Quote from: stew on July 22, 2015, 06:25:18 PMNice one Stew. He's a typican Antrim man, completely balanced with a chip on both shouldersQuote from: gallsman on July 20, 2015, 05:58:23 PMQuote from: T Fearon on July 19, 2015, 09:36:55 PM
And the difference between that and posting the Nintendo president has gone to the next level is?
Yours has no wit involved whatsoever. Like most of your jokes.
Since the next joke you get will be the first one you get, I am going to go ahead and disagree with you. I thought Tints comment merited at least a smile! )
Quote from: armaghniac on July 29, 2015, 05:42:17 PM
Peter O"Sullivan, the voice of racing.
Quote from: armaghniac on July 29, 2015, 05:42:17 PM
Peter O"Sullivan, the voice of racing.
Quote from: BluestackBoy on July 30, 2015, 12:09:07 AMQuote from: armaghniac on July 29, 2015, 05:42:17 PM
Peter O"Sullivan, the voice of racing.
I didn't know he was an Irishman, born in Kerry by all accounts.
Mind you his accent was about as far removed from a Kerry accent as it is possible to imagine & I doubt he ever said "Yerra" in his life.
Quote from: whitey on July 31, 2015, 05:43:59 PM
A team mate of my niece
http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/community-left-in-complete-shock-after-bright-and-bubbly-teen-18-killed-in-collision-31417469.html
Quote from: muppet on July 31, 2015, 07:44:23 PMQuote from: whitey on July 31, 2015, 05:43:59 PM
A team mate of my niece
http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/community-left-in-complete-shock-after-bright-and-bubbly-teen-18-killed-in-collision-31417469.html
I saw the headline but didn't know the details.
Very sad.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on July 31, 2015, 11:21:37 PM
Wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper.
Quote from: whitey on July 31, 2015, 05:43:59 PM
A team mate of my niece
http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/community-left-in-complete-shock-after-bright-and-bubbly-teen-18-killed-in-collision-31417469.html
Quote from: 5 Sams on August 02, 2015, 12:35:47 PM
Cilla Black
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/11778819/Cilla-Black-dies-aged-72.html
Quote from: From the Bunker on July 31, 2015, 08:55:50 PMQuote from: muppet on July 31, 2015, 07:44:23 PMQuote from: whitey on July 31, 2015, 05:43:59 PM
A team mate of my niece
http://m.independent.ie/irish-news/community-left-in-complete-shock-after-bright-and-bubbly-teen-18-killed-in-collision-31417469.html
I saw the headline but didn't know the details.
Very sad.
Have to feel for all the families involved. One of the saddest things I've ever been at is a Coroners inquest in to something like this.
Quote from: mouview on August 06, 2015, 02:06:43 PMMinder was a great programme.
Great character. Why was Minder so popular? Inter-play between the two stars? Was it because they were soldiers of fortune, freewheeling about London, whereas everyone else seemed to have a staid 9-5 job? Really clicked with the public anyway...
Quote from: Hardy on August 06, 2015, 02:32:17 PM
For me, it's the writing and the acting/perfect casting of Cole. Apparently the series was intended as a vehicle for Waterman, following the success of The Sweeney. And they wanted Denholm Elliott to play Arfur. Waterman can't have been too pleased that Cole became the star instead of him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01dXHywMMyE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01dXHywMMyE)
Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 06, 2015, 10:48:05 PM
Great programme. Another of those roles you can't imagine ever being played by another actor.
Quote from: Canalman on August 06, 2015, 05:56:22 PMQuote from: Hardy on August 06, 2015, 02:32:17 PM
For me, it's the writing and the acting/perfect casting of Cole. Apparently the series was intended as a vehicle for Waterman, following the success of The Sweeney. And they wanted Denholm Elliott to play Arfur. Waterman can't have been too pleased that Cole became the star instead of him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01dXHywMMyE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01dXHywMMyE)
Also read a while back that the barman character played by Glyn Edwards was originally meant to be a nothing character but the actor himself and gentle nature of character charmed viewers into making sure he got a bigger part in the series.
For some reason I keep remembering the episode where Dave went missing only to surface some days later having been arrested at a Chelsea away game in Europe.
Quote from: Gaffer on August 07, 2015, 12:04:08 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on August 06, 2015, 10:48:05 PM
Great programme. Another of those roles you can't imagine ever being played by another actor.
Brilliant series indeed.
Tel was cast as being the hardest of the hardest in the whole of London.
You had to pay Arfur big money to hire him.
FFS. In reality Terry was no Mike Tyson but you were convinced that no one could take him in a scrap!!!!
Quote from: Hardy on August 06, 2015, 02:32:17 PM
For me, it's the writing and the acting/perfect casting of Cole. Apparently the series was intended as a vehicle for Waterman, following the success of The Sweeney. And they wanted Denholm Elliott to play Arfur. Waterman can't have been too pleased that Cole became the star instead of him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01dXHywMMyE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01dXHywMMyE)
Quote from: Gaffer on August 07, 2015, 10:33:54 AM
Neville Neville
Father of Gary and Phil
Quote from: nrico2006 on August 07, 2015, 10:49:33 AMQuote from: Gaffer on August 07, 2015, 10:33:54 AM
Neville Neville
Father of Gary and Phil
Thought he had just suffered a heart attack and was in a critical condition.
Quote from: Hardy on August 07, 2015, 12:05:08 PM
Always loved Bowie's song about him.
Quote from: Hardy on August 07, 2015, 12:05:08 PM😃
Always loved Bowie's song about him.
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on August 12, 2015, 01:09:22 PM
Sad dog news
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-33881893
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on August 25, 2015, 05:24:28 PM
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34051952
Please don't make the obvious joke
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on August 25, 2015, 05:24:28 PM
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-34051952
Please don't make the obvious joke
Quote from: From the Bunker on September 11, 2015, 06:52:29 PM
Cycling great Mick 'Iron Man' Murphy dies after long and colourful life
(Unbelievably I had) Never heard of this man until today. Seems to have been some character.
http://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2015/0911/727279-iron-man-mick-murphy-dies/ (http://www.rte.ie/sport/cycling/2015/0911/727279-iron-man-mick-murphy-dies/)
Quote from: deiseach on September 23, 2015, 11:17:46 AM
Mrs Berra: "Yogi, you are from St. Louis, we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?"
Yogi: "I don't know, surprise me."
Quote from: AZOffaly on September 23, 2015, 11:45:02 AMDo you know something AZ, it's 20 years ago now but I have a vague memory that BooBoo was mentioned by her alright!
Please tell me she did a BooBoo joke?
Quote from: deiseach on September 23, 2015, 11:17:46 AM
Mrs Berra: "Yogi, you are from St. Louis, we live in New Jersey, and you played ball in New York. If you go before I do, where would you like me to have you buried?"
Yogi: "I don't know, surprise me."
Quote from: BennyCake on October 02, 2015, 11:19:07 AMA genius! RIP. Love his plays. If anyone fancies a short introduction to his writing, there are 5 short stories on bbc I player radio at the moment. Just search Brian Friel. Was just listening to them last weekend. Took my wife to Dancing at Lughnasa in the Lyric on our second date! I hope you Killyclogher men honour him with a statue at McGinns!
Brian Friel, playwright, aged 86.
Quote from: BennyCake on October 02, 2015, 11:19:07 AM
Brian Friel, playwright, aged 86.
Quote from: HiMucker on October 10, 2015, 09:28:17 PM
Absolute tragedy in Dublin. My heart goes out to them. An entire family just wiped out.
Quote from: Tiocfaidh Ned on October 17, 2015, 11:38:34 AMThey will beat United for him today.
Legendary Everton manager Howard Kendall has passed away at the age of 69.
Quote from: JBM on the 21 on October 17, 2015, 02:00:16 PM
That was an incredible Everton team he managed. Sheedy, Mountfield, Rathcliffe, Southall, Heath and Sharp (and later with the addition of Lineker). Very unlucky to miss out on the treble in 1905. I think tiredness got to them in the end. Always wondered how they would have done in the European Cup the next season if not for the ban. They had the experience of winning the CWC behind them (and I think they neat Bayern in the semi i that year).
Quote from: SHEEDY on October 17, 2015, 01:52:02 PM
howard kendall, everton's greatest ever manager.
Quote from: JBM on the 21 on October 17, 2015, 02:00:16 PM
That was an incredible Everton team he managed. Sheedy, Mountfield, Rathcliffe, Southall, Heath and Sharp (and later with the addition of Lineker). Very unlucky to miss out on the treble in 1905. I think tiredness got to them in the end. Always wondered how they would have done in the European Cup the next season if not for the ban. They had the experience of winning the CWC behind them (and I think they neat Bayern in the semi i that year).
Quote from: ONeill on October 19, 2015, 10:22:03 PMQuote from: JBM on the 21 on October 17, 2015, 02:00:16 PM
That was an incredible Everton team he managed. Sheedy, Mountfield, Rathcliffe, Southall, Heath and Sharp (and later with the addition of Lineker). Very unlucky to miss out on the treble in 1905. I think tiredness got to them in the end. Always wondered how they would have done in the European Cup the next season if not for the ban. They had the experience of winning the CWC behind them (and I think they neat Bayern in the semi i that year).
Hard to believe Kendall was only 39 when he managed Everton to the title in '85. He seemed 60 to my eye back then.
Quote from: hardstation on October 24, 2015, 07:26:34 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on October 24, 2015, 07:23:49 PMR.I.P
Have to say that TV3 commentator is dire. So many errors. Matlock apparently knocked on at the end to finish the game. Great lawyer, shit rugby player.
Quote from: AZOffaly on October 24, 2015, 07:23:49 PM
Have to say that TV3 commentator is dire. So many errors. Matlock apparently knocked on at the end to finish the game. Great lawyer, shit rugby player.
Quote from: Declan on November 10, 2015, 09:33:40 AM
Breaking... Pat Eddery, the 11 times champion jockey, has died aged 63.
(via PA Sports)
Quote from: seafoid on November 10, 2015, 10:04:44 AM
the Burmese junta
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/nov/10/myanmar-election-aung-san-suu-kyi-on-track-to-take-two-thirds-of-seats
ar dheis sa gcuirt indirnaisiunta go raibh se
[/quote
Hopefully the will adress this.
http://www.pharosobservatory.com/c/asia/MYANMAR/burma-discrimination-against-the-rohingya-muslim-minority-history-and-current-events-en
Quote from: Declan on November 10, 2015, 09:33:40 AM
Breaking... Pat Eddery, the 11 times champion jockey, has died aged 63.
(via PA Sports)
Quote from: moysider on November 10, 2015, 11:25:14 PMQuote from: Declan on November 10, 2015, 09:33:40 AM
Breaking... Pat Eddery, the 11 times champion jockey, has died aged 63.
(via PA Sports)
RIP.
Not only one of the greatest jockeys but one of the very top sportsmen we have ever seen from this country.
This is one of his greatest performances where he went with his instinct and won.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006B8vgTLs0
Quote from: BennyHarp on November 10, 2015, 11:29:14 PMQuote from: moysider on November 10, 2015, 11:25:14 PMQuote from: Declan on November 10, 2015, 09:33:40 AM
Breaking... Pat Eddery, the 11 times champion jockey, has died aged 63.
(via PA Sports)
RIP.
Not only one of the greatest jockeys but one of the very top sportsmen we have ever seen from this country.
This is one of his greatest performances where he went with his instinct and won.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006B8vgTLs0
+1 A truly great jockey. I love that ride on Dancing Brave! RIP Pat!
Quote from: moysider on November 10, 2015, 11:47:48 PMQuote from: BennyHarp on November 10, 2015, 11:29:14 PMQuote from: moysider on November 10, 2015, 11:25:14 PMQuote from: Declan on November 10, 2015, 09:33:40 AM
Breaking... Pat Eddery, the 11 times champion jockey, has died aged 63.
(via PA Sports)
RIP.
Not only one of the greatest jockeys but one of the very top sportsmen we have ever seen from this country.
This is one of his greatest performances where he went with his instinct and won.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006B8vgTLs0
+1 A truly great jockey. I love that ride on Dancing Brave! RIP Pat!
The ironic thing about that performance is that Eddery delivered Dancing Brave with the same type of late run that Greville Starkey nearly pulled off at Epsom a few months earlier. Starkey (RIP) was always blamed for the defeat of one of the best colts ever yet Eddery produced the horse the same way - against the trainers wishes if I remember correctly. Just goes to show how well those great horsemen knew their game.
Quote from: BennyHarp on November 11, 2015, 12:07:25 AMQuote from: moysider on November 10, 2015, 11:47:48 PMQuote from: BennyHarp on November 10, 2015, 11:29:14 PMQuote from: moysider on November 10, 2015, 11:25:14 PMQuote from: Declan on November 10, 2015, 09:33:40 AM
Breaking... Pat Eddery, the 11 times champion jockey, has died aged 63.
(via PA Sports)
RIP.
Not only one of the greatest jockeys but one of the very top sportsmen we have ever seen from this country.
This is one of his greatest performances where he went with his instinct and won.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=006B8vgTLs0
+1 A truly great jockey. I love that ride on Dancing Brave! RIP Pat!
The ironic thing about that performance is that Eddery delivered Dancing Brave with the same type of late run that Greville Starkey nearly pulled off at Epsom a few months earlier. Starkey (RIP) was always blamed for the defeat of one of the best colts ever yet Eddery produced the horse the same way - against the trainers wishes if I remember correctly. Just goes to show how well those great horsemen knew their game.
Did Starkey lose the ride on him for the Arc then in favour of Eddery because of that mistake in The Derby? Took some balls for Eddery to produce him like that given what happened at Epsom.
Quote from: mouview on November 11, 2015, 03:04:06 PM
Sad to hear of Eddery's death, and particularly the apparent manner of his demise. For some reason he was very often forgotten about when lists of top Irish sportspeople are discussed.
Quote from: mouview on November 11, 2015, 03:04:06 PMHe was never the sort of guy to thrust himself into the limelight. I don't remember him doing many interviews or making appearances outside of racing.
Sad to hear of Eddery's death, and particularly the apparent manner of his demise. For some reason he was very often forgotten about when lists of top Irish sportspeople are discussed.
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on November 12, 2015, 03:55:46 PMQuote from: mouview on November 11, 2015, 03:04:06 PMHe was never the sort of guy to thrust himself into the limelight. I don't remember him doing many interviews or making appearances outside of racing.
Sad to hear of Eddery's death, and particularly the apparent manner of his demise. For some reason he was very often forgotten about when lists of top Irish sportspeople are discussed.
Quote from: Gaffer on November 14, 2015, 03:28:40 PM
Warren Mitchell!! Aka Alf Garnett
Quote from: ziggysego on November 18, 2015, 12:17:07 AM
All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu. RIP
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/74160034/all-blacks-legend-jonah-lomu-dies (http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/74160034/all-blacks-legend-jonah-lomu-dies)
Quote from: ziggysego on November 18, 2015, 12:17:07 AMpower pace skill one of the best ever sporting athletes I have seen. Just 40 RIP.
All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu. RIP
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/74160034/all-blacks-legend-jonah-lomu-dies (http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/74160034/all-blacks-legend-jonah-lomu-dies)
Quote from: muppet on November 18, 2015, 08:54:43 PM
He had 2 caps before the 1995 World Cup.
A few caps later and everyne knew who he was. I actually felt sorry for the England backs every time NZ threw the ball wide. I remember Simon Geoghegan was one of the few wingers able to tackle him on his own, although he simply grabbed a leg and hung on for dear life until Lomu fell over.
IIRC the SA scrumhalf Ven Der Westhuizen did something similar in the 1995 final. It is also sad to see the condition the latter is in nowadays.
RIP to one of a kind.
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on November 18, 2015, 06:49:35 PM
The man who turned rugby on its head, Rugby greatest superstar and along with McCaw and Carter in the top 3 rugby players of all time. Gone long before his time!!
You not be forgotten big man!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FkJ1Wp9iko
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on November 18, 2015, 11:21:01 PM
faster than both , better side step and hand off than both, i have him in my team in front of either, only probably weakness was his kicking game on the turn as he didnt have to do it much. It was his speed which made him great combined with raw power.
Quote from: 5 Sams on November 20, 2015, 12:24:12 AM
(http://www.irishexaminer.com/media/images/z/zzzJonahLomuTribute_large.jpg)
Loved that
Quote from: ziggysego on November 18, 2015, 12:17:07 AM
All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu. RIP
http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/74160034/all-blacks-legend-jonah-lomu-dies (http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby/all-blacks/74160034/all-blacks-legend-jonah-lomu-dies)
Quote from: leenie on December 19, 2015, 01:46:16 PM
Jimmy hill .. 87 years old
Former motd presenter and footballer
Quote from: leenie on December 19, 2015, 01:46:16 PM
Jimmy hill .. 87 years old
Former motd presenter and footballer
Quote from: BennyCake on December 19, 2015, 05:55:27 PM
Ah, I didn't mind auld Jimmy.
Anyone remember...
"What's the score? Up one-nil. Are you watching, Jimmy Hill?"
Quote from: Boycey on December 19, 2015, 07:26:19 PM
My claim to fame is that Jimmy Hill almost knocked me down one time ;D. It was the late 80s and United played QPR in a FA Cup replay in London. I was at it in my own and got lost coming out of it and as I wandered around looking to get back to the tube I stepped out in front of a car coming out of a block of building and who should it be but the bold Jimmy..
Quote from: 5 Sams on December 19, 2015, 09:03:54 PM
Two lads who enticed me into watching the foreign game on Sunday lunchtimes and Saturday nights are now gone. Brian Moore a while ago and now Jimmy Hill. :'(
Quote from: 5 Sams on December 19, 2015, 09:03:54 PM
Two lads who enticed me into watching the foreign game on Sunday lunchtimes and Saturday nights are now gone. Brian Moore a while ago and now Jimmy Hill. :'(
Quote from: Gaffer on December 19, 2015, 10:21:54 PMJohn Motson liked his sheepskin coats.Quote from: 5 Sams on December 19, 2015, 09:03:54 PM
Two lads who enticed me into watching the foreign game on Sunday lunchtimes and Saturday nights are now gone. Brian Moore a while ago and now Jimmy Hill. :'(
The aul Sheepskin Coat is still very much around though!!
Quote from: T Fearon on December 19, 2015, 11:32:43 PM
Saw the famous sheepskin coat in National Football Museum in Manchester on Thursday last
Quote from: T Fearon on December 23, 2015, 07:11:12 PMWas he involved with the great Armagh and Tyrone sides in the early noughties
Howe the high prince of negative football,inventor of Arsenal's 1-0 wins
Quote from: Captain Obvious on December 29, 2015, 01:02:41 AMGo ndeana Dia trocaire air
Lemmy Kilmister Motorhead lead singer.
Quote"Stormin'" Norman Schwarzkopf
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/27/norman-schwarzkopf-obit/1795095/
Quote from: Windmill abu on December 30, 2015, 05:15:32 PMQuote"Stormin'" Norman Schwarzkopf
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/27/norman-schwarzkopf-obit/1795095/
Has he died again. Died first time in 2012
Quote from: ziggy90 on December 30, 2015, 06:43:48 PMAssuming you are ripping Gab. Otherwise this will be a long thread if we list all the people who have died over the years.
RIP Desmond Dekker.
Sound track to my yoot!!
Quote from: Windmill abu on December 30, 2015, 05:15:32 PMQuote"Stormin'" Norman Schwarzkopf
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/12/27/norman-schwarzkopf-obit/1795095/
Has he died again. Died first time in 2012
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 30, 2015, 07:43:57 PMQuote from: ziggy90 on December 30, 2015, 06:43:48 PMAssuming you are ripping Gab. Otherwise this will be a long thread if we list all the people who have died over the years.
RIP Desmond Dekker.
Sound track to my yoot!!
Quote from: T Fearon on January 01, 2016, 03:49:15 PM
Wesley Burrowes,an Ulster prod who created The Riordans and Glenroe
Quote from: mouview on January 06, 2016, 10:34:02 AM
Heard Christy O'Connor jnr. has passed away. Has his own niche in Irish sporting lore.
Quote from: 5 Sams on January 06, 2016, 11:37:52 AMGreat to see Freddie Couples again. Ar dheis De go raibh ChristyQuote from: mouview on January 06, 2016, 10:34:02 AM
Heard Christy O'Connor jnr. has passed away. Has his own niche in Irish sporting lore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHlaZW9hXd4&feature=youtu.be
Quote from: T Fearon on January 11, 2016, 07:05:13 AM
David Bowie.
Quote from: seafoid on January 11, 2016, 07:22:08 AM
I can't believe he is dead. A cultural colossus
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 11, 2016, 09:05:53 AM
I knew he had been ill but I didn't realise he was so bad. Of them all he was my no 1. Hunky Dory is played all the time on my iPod. A little bit of magic has left the world.
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 11, 2016, 09:05:53 AM
I knew he had been ill but I didn't realise he was so bad. Of them all he was my no 1. Hunky Dory is played all the time on my iPod. A little bit of magic has left the world.
Quote from: ziggy90 on January 11, 2016, 10:31:14 AM
https://youtu.be/yEmGQYCuc6M
The song (and performance) that inspired a generation.
RIP Ziggy.
Quote from: AQMP on January 11, 2016, 10:56:51 AMQuote from: ziggy90 on January 11, 2016, 10:31:14 AM
https://youtu.be/yEmGQYCuc6M
The song (and performance) that inspired a generation.
RIP Ziggy.
Nah, it was this one from the previous year ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v342TST9tFw
Class.
Quote from: Orior on January 11, 2016, 11:38:24 AMShe is another legend. Nut bush city limits and river deep are timeless. What a woman.
And he shagged Tina Turner too. Legend.
Quote from: seafoid on January 11, 2016, 01:00:53 PMDon't forget Tony's favourite The Best!Quote from: Orior on January 11, 2016, 11:38:24 AMShe is another legend. Nut bush city limits and river deep are timeless. What a woman.
And he shagged Tina Turner too. Legend.
Quote from: BennyCake on January 11, 2016, 11:35:43 AMsame for me
Never even knew he was ill. Wasn't a massive fan but liked some of his stuff. RIP.
Quote from: bennydorano on January 11, 2016, 07:43:03 PM
The man was surely worth a thread of his own!
RIP.
Always on the periphery of my musical choices growing up, i'd say I only came to really appreciate the music of Bowie in the last decade. Man was a genius.
Quote from: seafoid on January 12, 2016, 04:31:30 PM
I presume he was a heavy smoker. So thin
Quote from: armaghniac on January 12, 2016, 06:06:45 PMSmokers always die way younger. All of the smoking parents of the kids I was in school with have passed away.Quote from: seafoid on January 12, 2016, 04:31:30 PM
I presume he was a heavy smoker. So thin
Dave Fanning was on RTÉ yesterday talking about him lighting one fag off the other in an interview.
Quote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
Quote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
Quote from: Longshanks on January 14, 2016, 02:02:01 PMit takes smokers far, far earlierQuote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
Died same age as Bowie from the same thing, cancer just takes anyone at any age
Quote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 01:15:10 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
FFS. One of my favourite actors. RIP.
Quote from: Orior on January 14, 2016, 02:39:14 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 01:15:10 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
FFS. One of my favourite actors. RIP.
Agreed. One of the best baddies as in Robin Hood, Die Hard and James Bond.
Quote from: Cunny Funt on January 14, 2016, 02:47:18 PMQuote from: Orior on January 14, 2016, 02:39:14 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 01:15:10 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
FFS. One of my favourite actors. RIP.
Agreed. One of the best baddies as in Robin Hood, Die Hard and James Bond.
His acting roles as Dev and Hans Gruber was great. RIP.
Quote from: Orior on January 14, 2016, 02:39:14 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 01:15:10 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
FFS. One of my favourite actors. RIP.
Agreed. One of the best baddies as in Robin Hood, Die Hard and James Bond.
Quote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 05:22:24 PMQuote from: Orior on January 14, 2016, 02:39:14 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 01:15:10 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
FFS. One of my favourite actors. RIP.
Agreed. One of the best baddies as in Robin Hood, Die Hard and James Bond.
Who was he in Bond?!
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a bloody awful film but he's absolutely fantastic in it.
Quote from: BennyCake on January 14, 2016, 06:15:46 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 05:22:24 PMQuote from: Orior on January 14, 2016, 02:39:14 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 01:15:10 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
FFS. One of my favourite actors. RIP.
Agreed. One of the best baddies as in Robin Hood, Die Hard and James Bond.
Who was he in Bond?!
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a bloody awful film but he's absolutely fantastic in it.
He was. Apparently a lot of his scenes were cut because he was upstaging Kevin Costner.
Quote from: Hardy on January 14, 2016, 09:50:31 PMQuote from: BennyCake on January 14, 2016, 06:15:46 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 05:22:24 PMQuote from: Orior on January 14, 2016, 02:39:14 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 01:15:10 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
FFS. One of my favourite actors. RIP.
Agreed. One of the best baddies as in Robin Hood, Die Hard and James Bond.
Who was he in Bond?!
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a bloody awful film but he's absolutely fantastic in it.
He was. Apparently a lot of his scenes were cut because he was upstaging Kevin Costner.
If that was the case, I'm surprised they didn't cut out the horses, the haystacks, the furniture ...
Quote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 05:22:24 PMQuote from: Orior on January 14, 2016, 02:39:14 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 01:15:10 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
FFS. One of my favourite actors. RIP.
Agreed. One of the best baddies as in Robin Hood, Die Hard and James Bond.
Who was he in Bond?!
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a bloody awful film but he's absolutely fantastic in it.
Quote from: AZOffaly on January 14, 2016, 09:57:01 AMSurely a Cork County Board meeting would have been more appropriate for this, given that Bowie sang "Rebel Rebel"?
Sorry, but I didn't know whether to put this in here or in the WTF thread.
Meath County Board vice-chairman Peter O'Halloran said he was "caught off guard" after rock icon David Bowie was included in the county's votes of sympathy on Monday night as a prank.
It was announced that legendary artist Bowie passed away in the early hours of Monday morning to a global outpouring of grief and tributes, which extended to the Meath County Board meeting.
O'Halloran's inclusion of "the Bowie family in London on the death of David" in the votes of sympathy was met with laughter, but the vice-chairman apologised for the incident afterwards.
"I was caught off guard and unwittingly read it out," he told hoganstand.com.
"I was caught off guard and unwittingly read it out"
"It drew a short bout of laughing from the delegates before everyone realised it was a prank and the seriousness and reverance that is normally given to this part of a county committee meeting.
"This is an item reserved for deceased Meath gaels who have given different levels of service to the GAA in Meath and is always given the respect it deserves.
"I am sure Mr Bowie is entitled to a vote of sympathy but by the correct body and the correct manner.
"I will do my best to ensure that something like this doesn't happen again and I am disappointed that a delegate took this action.
"I have to admit that in the cold light of day I can't understand why someone would do this. It shows a deep lack of respect to Meath gaels and, indeed, to Mr Bowie also."
Quote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 05:22:24 PMRobin Hood Prince of Thieves is a great film!!!Quote from: Orior on January 14, 2016, 02:39:14 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 01:15:10 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
FFS. One of my favourite actors. RIP.
Agreed. One of the best baddies as in Robin Hood, Die Hard and James Bond.
Who was he in Bond?!
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a bloody awful film but he's absolutely fantastic in it.
Quote from: laoislad on January 15, 2016, 08:45:04 AMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 05:22:24 PMRobin Hood Prince of Thieves is a great film!!!
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a bloody awful film but he's absolutely fantastic in it.
Quote from: laoislad on January 15, 2016, 08:45:04 AMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 05:22:24 PMRobin Hood Prince of Thieves is a great film!!!Quote from: Orior on January 14, 2016, 02:39:14 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 01:15:10 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
FFS. One of my favourite actors. RIP.
Agreed. One of the best baddies as in Robin Hood, Die Hard and James Bond.
Who was he in Bond?!
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a bloody awful film but he's absolutely fantastic in it.
Quote from: gallsman on January 15, 2016, 02:31:47 PM
Don't get me wrong, I love it, but it's absolutely shite.
Quote from: laoislad on January 15, 2016, 08:45:04 AMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 05:22:24 PMRobin Hood Prince of Thieves is a great film!!!Quote from: Orior on January 14, 2016, 02:39:14 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 14, 2016, 01:15:10 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 14, 2016, 12:37:38 PM
Alan Rickman, wizard and Dev , aged 69.
FFS. One of my favourite actors. RIP.
Agreed. One of the best baddies as in Robin Hood, Die Hard and James Bond.
Who was he in Bond?!
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves is a bloody awful film but he's absolutely fantastic in it.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 18, 2016, 03:50:12 PM
Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of The Sex Pistols and the man who claimed to have invented punk, has died aged 64
dropping like flies !!
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on January 18, 2016, 03:54:36 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on January 18, 2016, 03:50:12 PM
Malcolm McLaren, the former manager of The Sex Pistols and the man who claimed to have invented punk, has died aged 64
dropping like flies !!
He died again!!!
Died first time in 2010
QuoteGlen Frey (Eagles).
Quote from: Over the Bar on January 18, 2016, 11:47:36 PMQuoteGlen Frey (Eagles).
A real rock legend.
Quote from: seafoid on January 19, 2016, 10:25:58 AM
A great band.
It feels weird to see all these rock stalwarts passing on. A bit like looking at the auld lad and thinking his energy is depleted and our generation is the one in charge now.
Quote from: Oraisteach on January 26, 2016, 08:13:04 PM
Abe Vigoda 94 -- The Godfather and Barney Miller
Quote from: Orior on January 26, 2016, 08:40:19 PMQuote from: Oraisteach on January 26, 2016, 08:13:04 PM
Abe Vigoda 94 -- The Godfather and Barney Miller
Tom Hagen couldn't get him off the hook.
Quote from: Gaffer on January 31, 2016, 09:05:03 AM
Terry Wogan RIP
Quote from: seafoid on January 31, 2016, 12:20:54 PM
Terry was a legend. Way better than Gaybo as well.
Quote from: From the Bunker on January 31, 2016, 01:01:42 PMnobody else wanted him eitherQuote from: seafoid on January 31, 2016, 12:20:54 PM
Terry was a legend. Way better than Gaybo as well.
Yeah, but Gaybo is ours, we shared him with nobody!
Quote from: seafoid on January 31, 2016, 01:09:46 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on January 31, 2016, 01:01:42 PMnobody else wanted him eitherQuote from: seafoid on January 31, 2016, 12:20:54 PM
Terry was a legend. Way better than Gaybo as well.
Yeah, but Gaybo is ours, we shared him with nobody!
Quote from: From the Bunker on January 31, 2016, 10:59:34 PM
THE death has taken place of Rev. Peter Quinn, a member of the Mayo senior football squad that won the Sam Maguire Cup in 1950 and 1951.
http://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/roundup/articles/2016/01/31/4113558-death-of-member-of-mayos-1950-and-1951-allireland-winning-team/ (http://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/roundup/articles/2016/01/31/4113558-death-of-member-of-mayos-1950-and-1951-allireland-winning-team/)
Quote from: longballin on January 31, 2016, 10:54:43 PM
How does Fr Brian Darcy manage to make himself the centre of attention when a famous person dies?
Quote from: BennyCake on January 31, 2016, 11:33:02 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on January 31, 2016, 10:59:34 PM
THE death has taken place of Rev. Peter Quinn, a member of the Mayo senior football squad that won the Sam Maguire Cup in 1950 and 1951.
http://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/roundup/articles/2016/01/31/4113558-death-of-member-of-mayos-1950-and-1951-allireland-winning-team/ (http://www.con-telegraph.ie/news/roundup/articles/2016/01/31/4113558-death-of-member-of-mayos-1950-and-1951-allireland-winning-team/)
Is that the end of the curse then?
Quote from: longballin on February 01, 2016, 06:02:55 PM
I find stories of members of 1951 Mayo squad dying quite distasteful... I subtext of Mayo curse over... not sensitive to families.
Quote from: ziggysego on February 02, 2016, 12:27:44 AMQuote from: longballin on February 01, 2016, 06:02:55 PM
I find stories of members of 1951 Mayo squad dying quite distasteful... I subtext of Mayo curse over... not sensitive to families.
I agree. Totally insensitive and disrespectful.
Quote from: Never beat the deeler on February 02, 2016, 06:50:44 AMQuote from: ziggysego on February 02, 2016, 12:27:44 AMQuote from: longballin on February 01, 2016, 06:02:55 PM
I find stories of members of 1951 Mayo squad dying quite distasteful... I subtext of Mayo curse over... not sensitive to families.
I agree. Totally insensitive and disrespectful.
Agreed. But it should be pointed out that the death was posted here to mark the man's passing, as would happen with any dual All-Ireland winner. Subsequent questions about the curse are distasteful but sadly all too common
Quote from: winghalfun on February 12, 2016, 05:41:57 PM
Tyrone country music legend Gene Stewart and founder of Stewart's Music Shop in Irish Street, Dungannon.
Poor auld Hugo was in a bad way about it this afternoon (don't mean that in a snide way). Must have been very good friends.
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on February 12, 2016, 10:53:44 PMQuote from: winghalfun on February 12, 2016, 05:41:57 PM
Tyrone country music legend Gene Stewart and founder of Stewart's Music Shop in Irish Street, Dungannon.
Poor auld Hugo was in a bad way about it this afternoon (don't mean that in a snide way). Must have been very good friends.
Sorry to hear this. His shop was just yards away from my grandmother's front door at the top of Irish Street and I recall regularly nipping over, back in the seventies, and purchasing vinyl - I still have those records to this day.
May He Rest In Peace.
Quote from: ONeill on February 12, 2016, 10:56:14 PMQuote from: Rufus T Firefly on February 12, 2016, 10:53:44 PMQuote from: winghalfun on February 12, 2016, 05:41:57 PM
Tyrone country music legend Gene Stewart and founder of Stewart's Music Shop in Irish Street, Dungannon.
Poor auld Hugo was in a bad way about it this afternoon (don't mean that in a snide way). Must have been very good friends.
Sorry to hear this. His shop was just yards away from my grandmother's front door at the top of Irish Street and I recall regularly nipping over, back in the seventies, and purchasing vinyl - I still have those records to this day.
May He Rest In Peace.
Manys a wemen curted near that shop after school. Getting the bus back to the Washingbay was a hoor though.
Quote from: ONeill on February 13, 2016, 12:23:28 AM
Aye, how often did they run?
Quote from: Minder on February 13, 2016, 10:37:34 AM
Trifon Ivanov - ex Bulgarian footballer, aged 50
(http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd241/jurgenalbanian/trifon-ivanov-250-041208.jpg)
Quote from: ONeill on February 13, 2016, 09:00:26 AM
Your mind is playing tricks old man. 1 bus. Think possibly 5:30.
Quote from: Gaffer on February 13, 2016, 10:56:04 AMQuote from: ONeill on February 13, 2016, 09:00:26 AM
Your mind is playing tricks old man. 1 bus. Think possibly 5:30.
4.15. 4.55 and 5.25pm. Not that you needed any of them as you were long home doing the Bull's homework! :D
Quote from: ONeill on February 13, 2016, 12:39:23 PMQuote from: Gaffer on February 13, 2016, 10:56:04 AMQuote from: ONeill on February 13, 2016, 09:00:26 AM
Your mind is playing tricks old man. 1 bus. Think possibly 5:30.
4.15. 4.55 and 5.25pm. Not that you needed any of them as you were long home doing the Bull's homework! :D
Hmm. Dunno where you were going! Carnan?
Quote from: Oraisteach on February 13, 2016, 10:21:51 PMHe was dreadful
Wow! I don't revel in anyone's death, but am glad he's no longer on the Supreme Court.
Quote from: Oraisteach on February 14, 2016, 01:42:14 AMHe had this crazy ideology called origination which went back to the constitution and what the drafters meant. It was really useful in cases involving modern developments like the internet.
Yes, he was, seafood.
Quote from: Oraisteach on February 14, 2016, 01:42:14 AMhttp://www.nybooks.com/articles/1998/06/11/justice-for-scalia/
Yes, he was, seafood.
Quote from: No wides on February 14, 2016, 10:22:18 AM
Whole band wiped out. UK band Viola Beach 'killed in Swedish car crash.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35572838 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-35572838)
Quote from: seafoid on February 13, 2016, 09:27:38 AMBecause it is sh1te.
Throne is a hotbed of CnW. Is Philomena Begley also from up there? There is a huge swathe of rural Ireland where it's the dominant form of music. It doesn't get much respect on RTE.
Quote from: Oraisteach on February 13, 2016, 10:21:51 PM
Wow! I don't revel in anyone's death, but am glad he's no longer on the Supreme Court.
Quote from: give her dixie on February 16, 2016, 12:11:26 AM
Gene sure got a great send off yesterday.
Philomena singing in the chapel, and a musical send off at the grave.
http://www.midulstermail.co.uk/news/trending-ni/video-queen-of-country-sings-funeral-tribute-to-old-friend-gene-stuart-1-7215235
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEf8VBrdo6Q&sns=fb
Quote from: BennyCake on February 16, 2016, 12:43:45 AMQuote from: give her dixie on February 16, 2016, 12:11:26 AM
Gene sure got a great send off yesterday.
Philomena singing in the chapel, and a musical send off at the grave.
http://www.midulstermail.co.uk/news/trending-ni/video-queen-of-country-sings-funeral-tribute-to-old-friend-gene-stuart-1-7215235
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEf8VBrdo6Q&sns=fb
Is nothing private these days?
Relatives and friends grieving at a graveside, and somebody filming on their phone. Neither the time nor the place!
Quote from: give her dixie on February 16, 2016, 01:12:37 AMQuote from: BennyCake on February 16, 2016, 12:43:45 AMQuote from: give her dixie on February 16, 2016, 12:11:26 AM
Gene sure got a great send off yesterday.
Philomena singing in the chapel, and a musical send off at the grave.
http://www.midulstermail.co.uk/news/trending-ni/video-queen-of-country-sings-funeral-tribute-to-old-friend-gene-stuart-1-7215235
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEf8VBrdo6Q&sns=fb
Is nothing private these days?
Relatives and friends grieving at a graveside, and somebody filming on their phone. Neither the time nor the place!
I thought both video's were very respectful, and a fitting tribute from his closest friends and former band mates
Quote from: stew on February 15, 2016, 08:11:27 PMStew, do you believe he was murdered?Quote from: Oraisteach on February 13, 2016, 10:21:51 PM
Wow! I don't revel in anyone's death, but am glad he's no longer on the Supreme Court.
He us considered one of the greatest judges ever to hold office, funny the way liberals and conservatives remember people differently is it not?
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on February 19, 2016, 04:00:39 PM
Harper Lee aged 89.
RIP
"Shoot all the blue jays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on February 20, 2016, 10:26:16 AM
Umberto Eco, aged 84. 2016 has been a shit year for the arts so far.
Quote from: seafoid on February 14, 2016, 07:32:37 AMQuote from: Oraisteach on February 14, 2016, 01:42:14 AMHe had this crazy ideology called origination which went back to the constitution and what the drafters meant. It was really useful in cases involving modern developments like the internet.
Yes, he was, seafood.
Quote from: armaghniac on February 28, 2016, 12:43:04 PM
Frank Kelly aka Fr Jack.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on February 28, 2016, 01:11:44 PMI met my wife 12 years ago today as well.. The date is jinked!Quote from: armaghniac on February 28, 2016, 12:43:04 PM
Frank Kelly aka Fr Jack.
Today is the 18th anniversary of Dermot Morgan's death as well
Quote from: Gaffer on February 28, 2016, 01:01:05 PM
Wonder is Fr Darcy a close friend?
Quote from: Gaffer on February 28, 2016, 01:01:05 PM
Wonder is Fr Darcy a close friend?
Quote from: Mayoffs on February 29, 2016, 10:48:53 PM
George Kennedy RIP aged 91, died Sunday evening.
Brilliant actor, best remembered for me in Cool Hand Luke, his line after the famous car wash scene
'Anything so innocent and built like that just gotta be named Lucille'
Ah Lucille.......
http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&rct=j&q=cool%20hand%20luke%20car%20wash&ved=0ahUKEwj8v_qThp7LAhXKPRoKHV3bC_4QyCkIHDAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DveCZvM6-okQ&usg=AFQjCNGcf-caANbeR4V6_gpFVS6Y6634nA (http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&rct=j&q=cool%20hand%20luke%20car%20wash&ved=0ahUKEwj8v_qThp7LAhXKPRoKHV3bC_4QyCkIHDAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DveCZvM6-okQ&usg=AFQjCNGcf-caANbeR4V6_gpFVS6Y6634nA)
Quote from: orangeman on February 29, 2016, 11:01:24 PMWon Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Cool Hand Luke. I remember him in Dallas at one stage too.Quote from: Mayoffs on February 29, 2016, 10:48:53 PM
George Kennedy RIP aged 91, died Sunday evening.
Brilliant actor, best remembered for me in Cool Hand Luke, his line after the famous car wash scene
'Anything so innocent and built like that just gotta be named Lucille'
Ah Lucille.......
http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&rct=j&q=cool%20hand%20luke%20car%20wash&ved=0ahUKEwj8v_qThp7LAhXKPRoKHV3bC_4QyCkIHDAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DveCZvM6-okQ&usg=AFQjCNGcf-caANbeR4V6_gpFVS6Y6634nA (http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&rct=j&q=cool%20hand%20luke%20car%20wash&ved=0ahUKEwj8v_qThp7LAhXKPRoKHV3bC_4QyCkIHDAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DveCZvM6-okQ&usg=AFQjCNGcf-caANbeR4V6_gpFVS6Y6634nA)
For some reason I always associated him with the Airplane movie.
Quote from: orangeman on February 29, 2016, 11:01:24 PMQuote from: Mayoffs on February 29, 2016, 10:48:53 PM
George Kennedy RIP aged 91, died Sunday evening.
Brilliant actor, best remembered for me in Cool Hand Luke, his line after the famous car wash scene
'Anything so innocent and built like that just gotta be named Lucille'
Ah Lucille.......
http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&rct=j&q=cool%20hand%20luke%20car%20wash&ved=0ahUKEwj8v_qThp7LAhXKPRoKHV3bC_4QyCkIHDAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DveCZvM6-okQ&usg=AFQjCNGcf-caANbeR4V6_gpFVS6Y6634nA (http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&rct=j&q=cool%20hand%20luke%20car%20wash&ved=0ahUKEwj8v_qThp7LAhXKPRoKHV3bC_4QyCkIHDAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DveCZvM6-okQ&usg=AFQjCNGcf-caANbeR4V6_gpFVS6Y6634nA)
For some reason I always associated him with the Airplane movie.
Quote from: Never beat the deeler on March 01, 2016, 09:35:12 AMQuote from: orangeman on February 29, 2016, 11:01:24 PMQuote from: Mayoffs on February 29, 2016, 10:48:53 PM
George Kennedy RIP aged 91, died Sunday evening.
Brilliant actor, best remembered for me in Cool Hand Luke, his line after the famous car wash scene
'Anything so innocent and built like that just gotta be named Lucille'
Ah Lucille.......
http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&rct=j&q=cool%20hand%20luke%20car%20wash&ved=0ahUKEwj8v_qThp7LAhXKPRoKHV3bC_4QyCkIHDAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DveCZvM6-okQ&usg=AFQjCNGcf-caANbeR4V6_gpFVS6Y6634nA (http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&rct=j&q=cool%20hand%20luke%20car%20wash&ved=0ahUKEwj8v_qThp7LAhXKPRoKHV3bC_4QyCkIHDAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DveCZvM6-okQ&usg=AFQjCNGcf-caANbeR4V6_gpFVS6Y6634nA)
For some reason I always associated him with the Airplane movie.
I think you're thinking of the Naked Gun movies
Quote from: theskull1 on March 02, 2016, 11:36:02 AM
Tragic news about Geordie Tuft who died in a house fire . He was a great oul character
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-35703513 (http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-35703513)
Some great clips on this youtube link
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwTwudozaBDTcJgvEePUpEw (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwTwudozaBDTcJgvEePUpEw)
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on February 28, 2016, 01:11:44 PMQuote from: armaghniac on February 28, 2016, 12:43:04 PM
Frank Kelly aka Fr Jack.
Today is the 18th anniversary of Dermot Morgan's death as well
Quote from: BennyCake on March 03, 2016, 09:39:14 PMthey were borrowed from some Muslim suicide bomber's arrival party
When did those two lovely girls pass on?
QuoteThe fifth beatle. Great man.
Quote from: Minder on March 17, 2016, 08:54:32 AM
Paul Daniels aged 77
That's tragic
Quote from: theskull1 on March 20, 2016, 11:26:06 PM
Tragedy up in Buncrana
Car driven off pier - 5 dead
Quote from: orangeman on March 20, 2016, 11:55:26 PMQuote from: theskull1 on March 20, 2016, 11:26:06 PM
Tragedy up in Buncrana
Car slipped off pier - 5 dead
Heartbreaking. Only survivor a small baby.
RIP
Quote from: Walter Cronc on March 21, 2016, 10:05:18 AM
RIP to all involved. Tragic!
Apologies if deemed unnecessary topic but always wondering why piers don't have more barrier to prevent the likes of this happening?
Quote from: omagh_gael on March 21, 2016, 10:44:06 AMQuote from: Walter Cronc on March 21, 2016, 10:05:18 AM
RIP to all involved. Tragic!
Apologies if deemed unnecessary topic but always wondering why piers don't have more barrier to prevent the likes of this happening?
Eye witness reports stated that the car sliiped into the water from the boat slipway, not off the pier itself. Apparently car lost traction whilst on the slipway and the driver called out to onlookers to contact emergency services. The rest of the details are too harrowing to even contemplate. The family are believed to be from the Derry area.
RIP to that family, there are no words.
Quote from: Smokin Joe on March 21, 2016, 04:30:42 PM
Was wondering if it wasn't possible to get out of the car during the time that the conversation was happening with the onlooker?
If the driver was talking to the bystander would it not have been possible to open the door or get out the window?
I guess there was some reason why that didn't happen.
Quote from: BennyCake on March 21, 2016, 07:35:54 PMthe manual locks would still work from the inside but the weight of the water for the individual might be difficult - it also risks sinking faster -probably wanted to prolong that happening while they waited for help that wasn't coming..... we have a seatbelt knife and window hammer in every car - i also carry a piece of metal on my keyring that can smash a window - you never know.... once they went under there wasn't much chance of seeing anything in the water I would say - awful way to go RIP
That's a nightmare for that family. God rest them.
What would be the deal regarding the electrics of the car underwater? Would the windows go down or central locking work?
Quote from: The Iceman on March 21, 2016, 07:41:54 PMChild locks not helpful in this scenario either. Desperate story - what a way to go. :-[Quote from: BennyCake on March 21, 2016, 07:35:54 PMthe manual locks would still work from the inside but the weight of the water for the individual might be difficult - it also risks sinking faster -probably wanted to prolong that happening while they waited for help that wasn't coming..... we have a seatbelt knife and window hammer in every car - i also carry a piece of metal on my keyring that can smash a window - you never know.... once they went under there wasn't much chance of seeing anything in the water I would say - awful way to go RIP
That's a nightmare for that family. God rest them.
What would be the deal regarding the electrics of the car underwater? Would the windows go down or central locking work?
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 24, 2016, 12:40:42 PMSad day for football. A true great and his legend shall live on RIP.
Johan Cruyff has passed away after a battle with cancer at the age of 68
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 24, 2016, 12:40:42 PM
Johan Cruyff has passed away after a battle with cancer at the age of 68
Quote from: Minder on March 24, 2016, 08:36:11 PMLarry Sanders Show was brilliant.
Garry Shandling aged 66
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 24, 2016, 10:00:42 PMQuote from: Minder on March 24, 2016, 08:36:11 PMLarry Sanders Show was brilliant.
Garry Shandling aged 66
Quote from: longballin on March 31, 2016, 12:18:18 PM
great double act though Ronnie Barker was the main man and wrote most of it I think. The Two Ronnies.
Quote from: longballin on March 31, 2016, 12:18:18 PM
great double act though Ronnie Barker was the main man and wrote most of it I think. The Two Ronnies.
Quote from: ziggysego on March 31, 2016, 12:56:56 PMVery talented duo but had multiple script writers, amongst them Barry Cryer and the likes of John Cleese and Michsel PalinQuote from: longballin on March 31, 2016, 12:18:18 PM
great double act though Ronnie Barker was the main man and wrote most of it I think. The Two Ronnies.
I think the writing partnership was pretty equal, it's just that Ronnie B was famous for writing all the word-play sketches.
Quote from: T Fearon on March 31, 2016, 11:53:54 AM
Fair lot of BBC stars going recently.Wogan,Daniels and Corbett.
Quote from: AQMP on March 31, 2016, 04:50:50 PM
Architect Zaha Hadid
Quote from: Hardy on March 31, 2016, 12:12:10 PM
Pity the funny one died much earlier.
Quote from: ONeill on March 31, 2016, 09:27:21 PM
Boys, we're just getting oul.
These deaths mean nowt to the young'uns.
Quote from: moysider on April 01, 2016, 12:12:10 AMQuote from: ONeill on March 31, 2016, 09:27:21 PM
Boys, we're just getting oul.
These deaths mean nowt to the young'uns.
Nail on head O Neill.
I was doin a bit of training with a young wan (early 30's) a few days ago. She's a hell of an endurance athlete and was a savage footballer as well. I was telling her about local runners who did well against international lads and later about drugs in sport. She never heard of Paul Kimmage or Marcus O Sullivan e.g.
I come across young fellas who are into their football but haven t a clue who Eric Cantona or Denis Bergkamp are. In Gaelic football it's the same. Jacko, Willie Joe Padden and other 'recent' legends are blank expressions.
Quote from: 5 Sams on April 01, 2016, 12:27:31 AMQuote from: moysider on April 01, 2016, 12:12:10 AMQuote from: ONeill on March 31, 2016, 09:27:21 PM
Boys, we're just getting oul.
These deaths mean nowt to the young'uns.
Nail on head O Neill.
I was doin a bit of training with a young wan (early 30's) a few days ago. She's a hell of an endurance athlete and was a savage footballer as well. I was telling her about local runners who did well against international lads and later about drugs in sport. She never heard of Paul Kimmage or Marcus O Sullivan e.g.
I come across young fellas who are into their football but haven t a clue who Eric Cantona or Denis Bergkamp are. In Gaelic football it's the same. Jacko, Willie Joe Padden and other 'recent' legends are blank expressions.
Fcuk sake lads. The young ones in our club would take a look at you if you took Tomás Sé in for a presentation night. Gooch is a different story but it's all Brogan, Aidan O'Shea and M Murphy.
Quote from: armaghniac on March 31, 2016, 10:27:02 PMQuote from: AQMP on March 31, 2016, 04:50:50 PM
Architect Zaha Hadid
Never heard of her, was she Corb or Mies?
Quote from: AQMP on April 01, 2016, 10:07:35 AMMore on the Corbusier side, I had actually seen her Antwerp building, but hadn't associated it with here name,Quote from: armaghniac on March 31, 2016, 10:27:02 PMQuote from: AQMP on March 31, 2016, 04:50:50 PM
Architect Zaha Hadid
Never heard of her, was she Corb or Mies?
http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/mar/31/zaha-hadid-maverick-architect-designer-appreciation
Quote from: T Fearon on April 03, 2016, 11:02:09 AM
Didn't he play with Trap in the first AC Milan team to win the European Cup in the 60s
Quote from: AQMP on April 12, 2016, 05:11:19 PM
Yer man that was married to Liza Minnelli, David Gest aged 62
Quote from: The Subbie on April 18, 2016, 12:12:30 PM
Jack Leslie, known in some parts as Sir Jack Leslie, former WW2 POW, Ibiza raver and ruiner of the Paul McCartney/ Heather mills wedding surprise.
Quote from: T Fearon on April 18, 2016, 08:35:34 PM
Old Jack was a cousin of the inimitable Winston Churchill.Great people to be feted in the freestate
QuoteOld Jack was a cousin of the inimitable Winston Churchill.Great people to be feted in the free-state
Quote from: Orior on April 20, 2016, 04:30:12 PM
Shocked and saddened to hear about Victoria Wood.
However I never got her humour - she was the darling of the middle aged ladies.
Quote from: Ulick on April 21, 2016, 06:01:12 PM
Not looking good for Prince?
Quote from: gallsman on April 21, 2016, 06:15:48 PMAmazing guitarist. Ceol na n aingil go bhfeabhasoidh sé,
RIP Prince indeed. A genuine superstar. Malahide Castle gig a few years back was one of the best concerts I've ever been to.
Quote from: 5 Sams on April 21, 2016, 06:57:14 PM
Who's gonna be next this year.....my money's on my old hero Glen Campbell. Another clean shirt will do him. Man's in bad shape.
Quote from: BennyCake on April 21, 2016, 07:11:23 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on April 21, 2016, 06:57:14 PM
Who's gonna be next this year.....my money's on my old hero Glen Campbell. Another clean shirt will do him. Man's in bad shape.
Ali's been on his way out for a few years.
Oul Lizzie's not getting any younger.
Attenborough must be at least 120 as well.
Quote from: 5 Sams on April 21, 2016, 07:13:10 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 21, 2016, 07:11:23 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on April 21, 2016, 06:57:14 PM
Who's gonna be next this year.....my money's on my old hero Glen Campbell. Another clean shirt will do him. Man's in bad shape.
Ali's been on his way out for a few years.
Oul Lizzie's not getting any younger.
Attenborough must be at least 120 as well.
I think Bruce Forsyth's fcuked as well.
Quote from: 5 Sams on April 21, 2016, 06:57:14 PM
Who's gonna be next this year.....my money's on my old hero Glen Campbell. Another clean shirt will do him. Man's in bad shape.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on March 31, 2016, 08:33:41 PMQuote from: T Fearon on March 31, 2016, 11:53:54 AM
Fair lot of BBC stars going recently.Wogan,Daniels and Corbett.
Cilla black, father jack, Deirdre from corrie
Victoria wood, prince, Bowie
Quote from: BarryBreensBandage on April 21, 2016, 10:15:16 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on April 21, 2016, 06:57:14 PM
Who's gonna be next this year.....my money's on my old hero Glen Campbell. Another clean shirt will do him. Man's in bad shape.
Bowie singing, Lemmy on Bass, Prince on guitar, drummer required.......
Quote from: hardstation on April 21, 2016, 10:41:08 PMPMSL...Quote from: Hoof Hearted on April 21, 2016, 10:39:29 PMQuote from: Hoof Hearted on March 31, 2016, 08:33:41 PMQuote from: T Fearon on March 31, 2016, 11:53:54 AM
Fair lot of BBC stars going recently.Wogan,Daniels and Corbett.
Cilla black, father jack, Deirdre from corrie
Victoria wood, prince, Bowie
....we didn't start the fire...
Quote from: Aristo 60 on April 21, 2016, 09:32:52 PMThey do more coke than the average person
prince, 57.
It's definitely bad to be famous.
Quote from: BennyCake on April 21, 2016, 07:11:23 PMLiz will be around for a lot longerQuote from: 5 Sams on April 21, 2016, 06:57:14 PM
Who's gonna be next this year.....my money's on my old hero Glen Campbell. Another clean shirt will do him. Man's in bad shape.
Ali's been on his way out for a few years.
Oul Lizzie's not getting any younger.
Attenborough must be at least 120 as well.
Quote from: omaghjoe on April 22, 2016, 02:30:56 AM
Percy Sledge now too...dropping like flies
Quote from: BennyCake on April 22, 2016, 11:27:27 AMQuote from: omaghjoe on April 22, 2016, 02:30:56 AM
Percy Sledge now too...dropping like flies
He died a year ago.
Quote from: Orior on April 22, 2016, 12:19:10 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 22, 2016, 11:27:27 AMQuote from: omaghjoe on April 22, 2016, 02:30:56 AM
Percy Sledge now too...dropping like flies
He died a year ago.
Is he still dead?
Quote from: Syferus on April 22, 2016, 11:52:43 PM
Brutal year for music. Bowie and Prince in particular had so much left to give the world.
Quote from: Syferus on April 22, 2016, 11:52:43 PMWhat exactly? A cure for cancer?
Brutal year for music. Bowie and Prince in particular had so much left to give the world.
Quote from: laoislad on April 23, 2016, 12:04:57 AM+1.Quote from: Syferus on April 22, 2016, 11:52:43 PMWhat exactly? A cure for cancer?
Brutal year for music. Bowie and Prince in particular had so much left to give the world.
It's never nice to see anyone die but this outpouring of grief when a famous person dies always amuses me.
He sang songs ffs.
Quote from: Syferus on April 22, 2016, 11:52:43 PM
Brutal year for music. Bowie and Prince in particular had so much left to give the world.
Quote from: Rossfan on April 23, 2016, 12:15:15 AMMuch as it breaks my heart to agree with you I have to say that I do in this case. The world is besotted by famous people. Prince dying? So what. Now if he was a heart surgeon who had the potential to save 100 lives each year, now there's a tragedyQuote from: laoislad on April 23, 2016, 12:04:57 AM+1.Quote from: Syferus on April 22, 2016, 11:52:43 PMWhat exactly? A cure for cancer?
Brutal year for music. Bowie and Prince in particular had so much left to give the world.
It's never nice to see anyone die but this outpouring of grief when a famous person dies always amuses me.
He sang songs ffs.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on April 23, 2016, 07:26:56 AM
Had a boy on my fb thanking all those who had contacted him with messages of support....... :o
Quote from: theskull1 on April 23, 2016, 07:52:39 AMThat is how our brains work most of the time
What's truely sad is how many allow the screen in front of them to tell them how and what to think.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on April 23, 2016, 07:26:56 AM
Had a boy on my fb thanking all those who had contacted him with messages of support....... :o
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 23, 2016, 12:48:54 PMI was in London for it. Madness
Princess Diana was the greatest Hyperbole when it came to overstating a death! Jez, some people lost the run of themselves as to her importance.
Quote from: Nigel White on April 23, 2016, 12:57:39 AMQuote from: Rossfan on April 23, 2016, 12:15:15 AMMuch as it breaks my heart to agree with you I have to say that I do in this case. The world is besotted by famous people. Prince dying? So what. Now if he was a heart surgeon who had the potential to save 100 lives each year, now there's a tragedyQuote from: laoislad on April 23, 2016, 12:04:57 AM+1.Quote from: Syferus on April 22, 2016, 11:52:43 PMWhat exactly? A cure for cancer?
Brutal year for music. Bowie and Prince in particular had so much left to give the world.
It's never nice to see anyone die but this outpouring of grief when a famous person dies always amuses me.
He sang songs ffs.
Quote from: Nigel White on April 23, 2016, 12:57:39 AMCormac McAnallen dying? So what?
Much as it breaks my heart to agree with you I have to say that I do in this case. The world is besotted by famous people. Prince dying? So what. Now if he was a heart surgeon who had the potential to save 100 lives each year, now there's a tragedy
Quote from: sid waddell on April 23, 2016, 02:27:48 PMQuote from: Nigel White on April 23, 2016, 12:57:39 AMCormac McAnallen dying? So what?
Much as it breaks my heart to agree with you I have to say that I do in this case. The world is besotted by famous people. Prince dying? So what. Now if he was a heart surgeon who had the potential to save 100 lives each year, now there's a tragedy
Quote from: seafoid on April 23, 2016, 02:00:39 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on April 23, 2016, 12:48:54 PMI was in London for it. Madness
Princess Diana was the greatest Hyperbole when it came to overstating a death! Jez, some people lost the run of themselves as to her importance.
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 23, 2016, 12:48:54 PM
Princess Diana was the greatest Hyperbole when it came to overstating a death! Jez, some people lost the run of themselves as to her importance.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on April 23, 2016, 02:45:12 PM
David Beresford, journalist and author of the superb Ten Men Dead, aged 68.
Quote from: gallsman on April 23, 2016, 09:57:32 PM
Best book to do with the troubles I've read. Heartbreaking at times. I thankfully missed the worst of the troubles but there are events like Bloody Sunday and the hungerstrikes that resonate with Irish men and women of all ages and in the case of the hungerstrikes, that book is a large part of it in my opinion. A must read for all.
Quote from: Capt Pat on May 07, 2016, 12:50:29 AMFella I was hurling with dropped dead age 18 with some heart condition that hadn't been picked up
Sad to see that footballer die on youtube. His legs just gave way beneath him. Hes not the first player from that part of the world to suffer from this problem.
Quote from: Puckoon on May 17, 2016, 04:39:50 PMReal music, love Desperadoes, up there with Townes' Pancho and Lefty.
Guy Clark - Song writer extraordinaire. 74.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY5MOUO464Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY5MOUO464Q) The Randall Knife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFb1lGMvS3I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFb1lGMvS3I) Desperados Waiting for a Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHxOego2Sso (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHxOego2Sso) The Guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6bZ37nexSY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6bZ37nexSY) The Cape
Phenomenal Talent.
Quote from: Minder on May 20, 2016, 11:44:02 PM
Joe McDonagh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YjhL9qFk08
Quote from: moysider on May 20, 2016, 11:56:40 PMQuote from: Minder on May 20, 2016, 11:44:02 PM
Joe McDonagh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YjhL9qFk08
??
Quote from: Minder on May 21, 2016, 12:00:40 AMQuote from: moysider on May 20, 2016, 11:56:40 PMHe died this evening, after a short illnessQuote from: Minder on May 20, 2016, 11:44:02 PM
Joe McDonagh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YjhL9qFk08
??
Quote from: Minder on May 20, 2016, 11:44:02 PMCeol na n aingil go gcloisfidh se
Joe McDonagh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YjhL9qFk08
Quote from: seafoid on May 21, 2016, 12:12:02 AMQuote from: Minder on May 20, 2016, 11:44:02 PMCeol na n aingil go gcloisfidh se
Joe McDonagh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YjhL9qFk08
Quote from: From the Bunker on May 21, 2016, 12:24:21 AMQuote from: seafoid on May 21, 2016, 12:12:02 AMQuote from: Minder on May 20, 2016, 11:44:02 PMCeol na n aingil go gcloisfidh se
Joe McDonagh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YjhL9qFk08
Sad to hear that, the Galway team of 80 were/are hero's of mine! They made you feel that the west (was) awake!
Quote from: AQMP on May 24, 2016, 03:56:08 PM
Burt Kwouk, Cato in the Pink Panther series aged 85
Quote from: Puckoon on May 17, 2016, 04:39:50 PM
Guy Clark - Song writer extraordinaire. 74.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY5MOUO464Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY5MOUO464Q) The Randall Knife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFb1lGMvS3I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFb1lGMvS3I) Desperados Waiting for a Train
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHxOego2Sso (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHxOego2Sso) The Guitar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6bZ37nexSY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6bZ37nexSY) The Cape
Phenomenal Talent.
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on June 04, 2016, 05:27:39 AM
Muhammad Ali/Cassius Clay
Age 74
Quote from: T Fearon on June 04, 2016, 08:26:32 AM
Unlike Mayo he knew how to win in Croke Park on the big occasions
Quote from: From the Bunker on June 04, 2016, 09:31:26 AMQuote from: T Fearon on June 04, 2016, 08:26:32 AM
Unlike Mayo he knew how to win in Croke Park on the big occasions
Funny that! Records say we won there on 3 big occasions! ;)
And 7 Minor occasions! :)
Quote from: From the Bunker on June 04, 2016, 05:23:44 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on June 04, 2016, 09:31:26 AMQuote from: T Fearon on June 04, 2016, 08:26:32 AM
Unlike Mayo he knew how to win in Croke Park on the big occasions
Funny that! Records say we won there on 3 big occasions! ;)
And 7 Minor occasions! :)
Mayo did ok today as well. Although they beat a team not used to winning in Crocker on the big occasion. 😂
Quote from: 5 Sams on June 11, 2016, 10:45:35 PM
John Horgan....sad news.
http://www.the42.ie/john-horgan-cork-2818153-Jun2016/
Quote from: The Gs Man on June 14, 2016, 01:48:19 PM
Henry McCullough dead.
Only Irishman to play at Woodstock.
Also played with Wings for a time.
Quote from: grounded on June 18, 2016, 02:08:33 PM
Sad news on the passing of Emlyn Bratton. Played on the Armagh minor team that reached the all ireland final in 1992. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Quote from: No wides on June 19, 2016, 09:07:40 AMQuote from: grounded on June 18, 2016, 02:08:33 PM
Sad news on the passing of Emlyn Bratton. Played on the Armagh minor team that reached the all ireland final in 1992. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
RIP Emlyn, one of lifes true gentelmen, had the privilege of playing on the same football field as him, an amazing life cut short far too soon, thoughts with his wife and family.
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I never knew Emlyn but he comes from a great family, desperately sad situation, far too young, RIP Emlyn.
Quote from: clarshack on June 19, 2016, 07:36:52 PMFreak accident it seems. Somehow got himself pinned between his own car and the security gate of his house.
Anton Yelchin only 27. Played Kyle Reese in Terminator Salvation and Chekhov in the recent Star Trek movies.
Quote from: T Fearon on June 26, 2016, 03:06:20 PM
Once shared an Easyjet flight to Luton with Mayhew.Even toffs aren't averse to a bargain!
Quote from: The Down Way on June 26, 2016, 12:54:30 PM
Former Conservative Cabinet minister Lord Mayhew, who served as NI secretary and attorney general, has died, aged 86.
Patrick Mayhew was MP for Tunbridge Wells from 1974 until he stood down at the 1997 general election.
He was the longest-serving secretary of state for Northern Ireland, holding the post from 1992-1997.
Quote from: 5 Sams on June 26, 2016, 10:15:14 PM
Cant believe we haven't mentioned Gerry Conlon//
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-27955555
Quote from: Minder on June 26, 2016, 10:28:08 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on June 26, 2016, 10:15:14 PM
Cant believe we haven't mentioned Gerry Conlon//
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-27955555
2014
Quote from: 5 Sams on June 26, 2016, 10:31:11 PM
Whoops..senior moment
Quote from: hardstation on June 26, 2016, 10:34:23 PM
Why have we not mentioned George Best?
Quote from: armaghniac on June 26, 2016, 11:23:45 PMQuote from: muppet on June 26, 2016, 10:39:47 PM
Or Archimedes.
RIP.
He has been displaced.
Quote from: muppet on June 26, 2016, 11:26:06 PMQuote from: armaghniac on June 26, 2016, 11:23:45 PMQuote from: muppet on June 26, 2016, 10:39:47 PM
Or Archimedes.
RIP.
He has been displaced.
Meh, watery comeback.
Quote from: red hander on June 26, 2016, 09:21:05 PMQuote from: The Down Way on June 26, 2016, 12:54:30 PM
Former Conservative Cabinet minister Lord Mayhew, who served as NI secretary and attorney general, has died, aged 86.
Patrick Mayhew was MP for Tunbridge Wells from 1974 until he stood down at the 1997 general election.
He was the longest-serving secretary of state for Northern Ireland, holding the post from 1992-1997.
Remember him being absolutely disgusted by the behaviour of Orangemen (and one oul Orange bitch) after they danced past Sean Graham's bookies on the Ormeau Road waving five fingers in the air. He described them as "nothing better than cannibals". Wonder if they recall that up in the Twaddell 'civil rights' camp?
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on June 27, 2016, 10:34:18 PM
Loved the Trinity films. A professional swimmer i see! Who wouldve thunk it
Quote from: heganboy on July 02, 2016, 04:05:34 PM
Is it too early to say Armagh football?
Quote from: Dire Ear on July 02, 2016, 03:51:24 PM
Comedian and TV writer Caroline Aherne has died aged 52, having had cancer, publicist says
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on July 02, 2016, 04:25:25 PMIs that the daughter from the Royal family?Quote from: Dire Ear on July 02, 2016, 03:51:24 PM
Comedian and TV writer Caroline Aherne has died aged 52, having had cancer, publicist says
Very funny woman. Sad news. RIP.
Quote from: laoislad on July 02, 2016, 04:26:24 PMQuote from: Jeepers Creepers on July 02, 2016, 04:25:25 PMIs that the daughter from the Royal family?Quote from: Dire Ear on July 02, 2016, 03:51:24 PM
Comedian and TV writer Caroline Aherne has died aged 52, having had cancer, publicist says
Very funny woman. Sad news. RIP.
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on July 02, 2016, 04:29:56 PMWouldn't have watched them other shows but I loved the Royal Family.Quote from: laoislad on July 02, 2016, 04:26:24 PMQuote from: Jeepers Creepers on July 02, 2016, 04:25:25 PMIs that the daughter from the Royal family?Quote from: Dire Ear on July 02, 2016, 03:51:24 PM
Comedian and TV writer Caroline Aherne has died aged 52, having had cancer, publicist says
Very funny woman. Sad news. RIP.
Yip 'Our Denise'. Also Mrs Merton and The Fast show and early voice on Goggle box.
Quote from: ned on July 02, 2016, 05:03:07 PM
Love the Royle family. Brilliant to watch again and again as I always see something new or pick up a quip missed last time round. Brilliantly observed.
Quote from: Windmill abu on July 02, 2016, 11:36:04 PM
One of the best comedy writers of the last 20 years. Every time Jim Royle said he was going for "an Eartha", I felt he was speaking for me.
Quote from: dec on July 03, 2016, 02:12:06 AMA tireless fighter for human rights, as long as they didn't apply to Palestinians
Elie Wiesel
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on July 09, 2016, 07:30:30 PMNaw.
David Attenborough??
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on July 09, 2016, 07:30:30 PM
David Attenborough??
Quote from: muppet on July 09, 2016, 08:27:04 PMSerena' s nipples proved goo much.Quote from: Milltown Row2 on July 09, 2016, 07:30:30 PM
David Attenborough??
Was it while he was at Wimbledon today?
Quote from: Aristo 60 on July 29, 2016, 02:41:49 PM
Postman Pat.
Quote from: hardstation on August 04, 2016, 03:55:51 PM
Legendary Kilkenny handballer, Michael 'Ducksy' Walsh.
RIP
Quote from: hardstation on August 04, 2016, 03:55:51 PMJaysis, he couldn't have been that old?
Legendary Kilkenny handballer, Michael 'Ducksy' Walsh.
RIP
Quote from: laoislad on August 04, 2016, 03:58:28 PMQuote from: hardstation on August 04, 2016, 03:55:51 PMJaysis, he couldn't have been that old?
Legendary Kilkenny handballer, Michael 'Ducksy' Walsh.
RIP
Quote from: Dire Ear on August 04, 2016, 04:28:23 PM
Geoffrey Hughes dies aged 68---Onslow
Quote from: gallsman on August 04, 2016, 03:57:29 PMJust read there that he suffered a stroke over the weekend and never recovered.Quote from: hardstation on August 04, 2016, 03:55:51 PM
Legendary Kilkenny handballer, Michael 'Ducksy' Walsh.
RIP
Was he sick? Hadn't heard anything about it. Couldn't have been too old. RIP.
Quote from: Dire Ear on August 04, 2016, 04:28:23 PM
Geoffrey Hughes dies aged 68---Onslow
Quote from: BennyCake on August 04, 2016, 05:28:38 PMQuote from: Dire Ear on August 04, 2016, 04:28:23 PM
Geoffrey Hughes dies aged 68---Onslow
Wouldn't he have been better known as Twiggy?
Quote from: Applesisapples on August 08, 2016, 10:52:19 AMSadly one of iconic images of Ireland in the 20th century. I remember as a kid being shocked and enthralled by it at the same time.
RIP lasting image of him on Bloody Sunday with the blood stained hankie.
Quote from: Orior on August 08, 2016, 10:56:13 AMOne imagines that, unless they meet at the door, that they will be occupying different quarters.
Could be an interesting dynamic when Bishop Edward Daly meets John Boreland in the afterlife.
Quote from: dec on August 10, 2016, 03:40:23 AM
Gerry Grosvenor from Omagh.
Quote from: Aaron Boone on August 10, 2016, 03:13:46 PMAt least he lived to see Canavan with SamQuote from: dec on August 10, 2016, 03:40:23 AM
Gerry Grosvenor from Omagh.
I never knew the Duke of Westminster was born in Omagh.
Maybe he was the money-man behind Club Tyrone.
Quote from: dec on August 10, 2016, 03:40:23 AM
Gerry Grosvenor from Omagh.
Quote from: dec on August 10, 2016, 08:23:47 PMKnighted for services to the prostitution industry
From Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Grosvenor,_6th_Duke_of_Westminster
"After leaving Harrow with two O-levels, in History and English"
Quote from: Windmill abu on August 13, 2016, 11:33:33 PM
R2-D2 actor Kenny Baker
I was lucky enough (through friends) to enjoy a night out with Kenny a few years ago when there was a Star Wars Exihibition on at C5 in the Odessey Complex.
He enjoyed a good drink if I recall correctly. It all got a bit blurry after awhile.
Quote from: seafoid on August 14, 2016, 07:28:29 AM
Liam Tuohy
Quote from: From the Bunker on August 14, 2016, 10:36:20 AMHe used to be one of the RTE analysts in the 80sQuote from: seafoid on August 14, 2016, 07:28:29 AM
Liam Tuohy
He was the first man to coach an Ireland team at a World Cup having led the Ireland side to the World Youth Cup tournament in the USSR in 1985.
Quote from: Walter Cronc on August 15, 2016, 11:28:33 AM
Mad story here!!
http://www.rte.ie/news/2016/0815/809328-england-police-taser/
Always remember his class goal for Villa v Wimbledon!
Quote from: BennyCake on August 15, 2016, 10:34:15 PM
Reports of police giving him a kicking.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 29, 2016, 08:31:28 PM
Gene Wilder.
Quote from: Puckoon on August 29, 2016, 08:41:31 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on August 29, 2016, 08:31:28 PM
Gene Wilder.
Ah no, that's too bad. What a great actor he was.
Quote from: leenie on August 29, 2016, 08:56:04 PMQuote from: Puckoon on August 29, 2016, 08:41:31 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on August 29, 2016, 08:31:28 PM
Gene Wilder.
Ah no, that's too bad. What a great actor he was.
He was 83
Always be willy wonka
Quote from: Puckoon on August 29, 2016, 09:02:15 PM
Loved Roald Dahl, but didn't care for either movie version. Hear no Evil, and Blazing Saddles were quality. His facial expressions were priceless.
Quote from: AZOffaly on August 29, 2016, 11:47:13 PM
RIP Jim, a.k.a. The Waco Kid
Quote from: moysider on August 30, 2016, 12:12:33 AMQuote from: AZOffaly on August 29, 2016, 11:47:13 PM
RIP Jim, a.k.a. The Waco Kid
The Waco Kid is my favourite as well. RIP.
Quote from: johnneycool on August 30, 2016, 11:17:10 AMQuote from: moysider on August 30, 2016, 12:12:33 AMQuote from: AZOffaly on August 29, 2016, 11:47:13 PM
RIP Jim, a.k.a. The Waco Kid
The Waco Kid is my favourite as well. RIP.
Very good in Blazing Saddles and also I loved Young Frankenstein with him in it and Marty Feldman as Igor/Egor.
Classic comedies
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on September 09, 2016, 10:48:03 AM
Prince Buster.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/sep/08/prince-buster-obituary-ska-musica-jamiaca
Quote from: seafoid on September 09, 2016, 05:18:02 PM
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/limerick-rower-ailish-sheehan-23-dies-in-poznan-1.2785683
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 09, 2016, 06:05:07 PMQuote from: seafoid on September 09, 2016, 05:18:02 PM
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/limerick-rower-ailish-sheehan-23-dies-in-poznan-1.2785683
Tragic
Quote from: Capt Pat on September 09, 2016, 11:57:47 PM
Very sad news. Does anyone know exactly how she died?
Quote from: Nigel White on September 11, 2016, 05:56:21 PM
Jonathan 'Mad Pup' Adair son of the notorious Johnny 'Mad 'Dog' Adair
Quote from: Nigel White on September 11, 2016, 06:47:04 PMJust Johnny's version of the naughty step.
Probably. There was a story one time that the pup had got out of control and needed sorting out. Allegedly Mad Dog, who was running the Shankill at the time, ordered a punishment shooting for him. However he told the operatives not to kneecap him but rather to shoot him below the knee where it was less painful and wouldn't do any permanent damage. I think the story demonstrates that the old Dog had a caring side and yet some folk had the cheek to suggest he was an unfit parent.
Quote from: Nigel White on September 11, 2016, 07:44:44 PM
I assume the word 'just' in the above is being used as an adjective
Quote from: Orior on September 11, 2016, 08:17:11 PMQuote from: Nigel White on September 11, 2016, 07:44:44 PM
I assume the word 'just' in the above is being used as an adjective
My favourite story about Mad Dog may not be true, but he used to walk into any pub in the Shankhill, look around, then pick a couple of girls and take them to his home, even if the girls were there with husband or boyfriend.
Mad Dog's wife was a hard looking woman. I believe she left him, but then went back?
Quote from: sans pessimism on September 15, 2016, 08:39:19 PMMuch too young indeed. Had a good auld craic with him before one of the Mayo finals in the mid noughties, sound fella.
former Mayo great Greg Maher RIP.AIL minor winner in 1985 & senior finalist in 1989.Too young.Ar dheis dé go roimh a h-anam dílis.
Quote from: sans pessimism on September 15, 2016, 08:39:19 PM
former Mayo great Greg Maher RIP.AIL minor winner in 1985 & senior finalist in 1989.Too young.Ar dheis dé go roimh a h-anam dílis.
Quote from: muppet on September 16, 2016, 01:58:48 PMQuote from: sans pessimism on September 15, 2016, 08:39:19 PM
former Mayo great Greg Maher RIP.AIL minor winner in 1985 & senior finalist in 1989.Too young.Ar dheis dé go roimh a h-anam dílis.
I had heard he was ill alright. Met him playing golf years ago in Dublin. He walked onto the tee, looked all wrong, funny grip and a mad practice swing. Everyone watching had that 'knowing smile' waiting for the inevitable. Those smiles disappeared when he absolutely lamped the ball, miles down the fairway, in a way that made everyone feel sorry for the ball.
RIP to a very nice guy.
Quote from: dec on September 28, 2016, 03:29:45 PMare u going to the funeral seafoid
Shimon Peres
Quote from: Gmac on September 28, 2016, 03:39:11 PMQuote from: dec on September 28, 2016, 03:29:45 PMare u going to the funeral seafoid
Shimon Peres
Quote from: Gmac on September 28, 2016, 03:39:11 PMNo more bullshit about Israel wanting peaceQuote from: dec on September 28, 2016, 03:29:45 PMare u going to the funeral seafoid
Shimon Peres
Quote from: No wides on September 28, 2016, 03:47:24 PMI'm working for Muppet's hedge fundQuote from: Gmac on September 28, 2016, 03:39:11 PMQuote from: dec on September 28, 2016, 03:29:45 PMare u going to the funeral seafoid
Shimon Peres
He is training the Brexit negotiators - hasn't time.
Quote from: seafoid on September 28, 2016, 03:56:15 PMQuote from: No wides on September 28, 2016, 03:47:24 PMI'm working for Muppet's hedge fundQuote from: Gmac on September 28, 2016, 03:39:11 PMQuote from: dec on September 28, 2016, 03:29:45 PMare u going to the funeral seafoid
Shimon Peres
He is training the Brexit negotiators - hasn't time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNqDvr87GTA
Quote from: armaghniac on October 13, 2016, 01:00:19 PMI was in Thailand once and there were pictures of him everywhere with his belt sticking out of his zip and I never found out why
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej has died aged 88
Quote from: imtommygunn on October 13, 2016, 01:29:51 PM
A runner from acorns ac(cooks town) called feral mulgrew died I think yesterday while out running :( I think he was in his 30s. RIP. I see it all over social media.
Quote from: armaghniac on October 15, 2016, 12:27:04 AM
RIP Dame Jean Alexander, aka Hilda Ogden.
Quote from: Thy Kingdom Come on October 15, 2016, 12:30:28 AMQuote from: armaghniac on October 15, 2016, 12:27:04 AM
RIP Dame Jean Alexander, aka Hilda Ogden.
Gone from Corrie 29 years! There is a generation + who would not know her! RIP
Quote from: ziggysego on October 15, 2016, 12:32:45 AMQuote from: Thy Kingdom Come on October 15, 2016, 12:30:28 AMQuote from: armaghniac on October 15, 2016, 12:27:04 AM
RIP Dame Jean Alexander, aka Hilda Ogden.
Gone from Corrie 29 years! There is a generation + who would not know her! RIP
Has it really been that long? Miss her ducks.
Quote from: armaghniac on October 15, 2016, 12:27:04 AMI thought she was called Hilda Rogden
RIP Dame Jean Alexander, aka Hilda Ogden.
Quote from: ziggysego on October 15, 2016, 12:32:45 AMQuote from: Thy Kingdom Come on October 15, 2016, 12:30:28 AMQuote from: armaghniac on October 15, 2016, 12:27:04 AM
RIP Dame Jean Alexander, aka Hilda Ogden.
Gone from Corrie 29 years! There is a generation + who would not know her! RIP
Has it really been that long? Miss her ducks.
Quote from: armaghniac on October 16, 2016, 02:03:47 PM
Anthony Foley, Munster rugby coach, aged 42.
Quote from: armaghniac on October 16, 2016, 02:03:47 PMcouldn't believe it when I heard that today. RIP.
Anthony Foley, Munster rugby coach, aged 42.
Quote from: Declan on October 25, 2016, 04:17:13 PMwhat a cracker
Carlos Alberto captain of the glorious 1970 Brazil WC winners and scorer of one of the greatest team goals in WC history
Quote from: seafoid on October 25, 2016, 04:30:32 PMQuote from: Declan on October 25, 2016, 04:17:13 PMwhat a cracker
Carlos Alberto captain of the glorious 1970 Brazil WC winners and scorer of one of the greatest team goals in WC history
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5HbmeNKino
Quote from: T Fearon on October 24, 2016, 07:09:25 PM
Surely the Alive part of the band name is superfluous
Quote from: BarryBreensBandage on November 01, 2016, 10:53:11 PMhttp://www.independent.ie/irish-news/irish-singer-bap-kennedy-passes-away-from-cancer-aged-54-35181074.html
Bap Kennedy
Quote from: armaghniac on November 11, 2016, 01:59:00 AM
Leonard Cohen, singer.
Quote from: stew on November 11, 2016, 02:33:52 AMQuote from: armaghniac on November 11, 2016, 01:59:00 AM
Leonard Cohen, singer.
More poet than singer but was a Bhuddist monk among other things.
Ironically hallejuh made him millions, wordsmith and decent human being, he will be missed.
Quote from: Declan on November 11, 2016, 09:11:06 AM
Another light goes out. 2016 has been a rough one
Quote from: Declan on November 11, 2016, 09:11:06 AMA dreadful year
Another light goes out. 2016 has been a rough one
Quote from: Hardy on November 11, 2016, 10:49:42 AMI was thinking the same thing, Hardy. Because he represented a different way of life.
It's said he died last Monday. A mercy that he was spared what happened on Tuesday night.
Quote from: Hardy on November 11, 2016, 10:49:42 AM
It's said he died last Monday. A mercy that he was spared what happened on Tuesday night.
Quote from: ciaraa on November 11, 2016, 11:20:16 AMQuote from: Hardy on November 11, 2016, 10:49:42 AM
It's said he died last Monday. A mercy that he was spared what happened on Tuesday night.
generation snowflake
Quote from: Hardy on November 11, 2016, 11:26:19 AMQuote from: ciaraa on November 11, 2016, 11:20:16 AMQuote from: Hardy on November 11, 2016, 10:49:42 AM
It's said he died last Monday. A mercy that he was spared what happened on Tuesday night.
generation snowflake
You're pretty sharp.
Quote from: ciaraa on November 11, 2016, 11:32:45 AM19 postsQuote from: Hardy on November 11, 2016, 11:26:19 AMQuote from: ciaraa on November 11, 2016, 11:20:16 AMQuote from: Hardy on November 11, 2016, 10:49:42 AM
It's said he died last Monday. A mercy that he was spared what happened on Tuesday night.
generation snowflake
You're pretty sharp.
better than a hysterical idiot
"A mercy that he was spared what happened on Tuesday night."
FFS grow up.
Quote from: Main Street on November 11, 2016, 12:27:15 PM
Aged 82, you can say the great bard died on his own time.
He first played in Ireland in march1972 as part of a tour around europe and a version of Kevin Barry was a part of the repertoire.
https://soundcloud.com/delaneyamach/kevinbarry (https://soundcloud.com/delaneyamach/kevinbarry)
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on November 11, 2016, 01:03:58 PMThe You Tube one was recorded on a basic portable cassette somewhere in europe on that1972 tour, that's where he says in the intro "there's no reason at all why the troubles in Ireland should concern you"Quote from: Main Street on November 11, 2016, 12:27:15 PM
Aged 82, you can say the great bard died on his own time.
He first played in Ireland in march1972 as part of a tour around europe and a version of Kevin Barry was a part of the repertoire.
https://soundcloud.com/delaneyamach/kevinbarry (https://soundcloud.com/delaneyamach/kevinbarry)
Beat me to it, I came on to post this link
https://youtu.be/jG6D7-PAIKI
Quote from: foxcommander on November 23, 2016, 02:43:09 PM
Craig Gill - Inspiral Carpets drummer. 44 Years old.
Quote from: 5 Sams on November 23, 2016, 11:40:14 PM
Joe Lennon. 3 time All Ireland winner with Down and Captain in 68. RIP
Quote from: Orior on November 23, 2016, 11:41:35 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on November 23, 2016, 11:40:14 PM
Joe Lennon. 3 time All Ireland winner with Down and Captain in 68. RIP
RIP. But was he from county Armagh?
Quote from: BennyCake on November 24, 2016, 10:51:28 AM
Was Joe Lennon not a pundit on Sports Stadium on RTE on Saturdays in late 80s/early 90s?
Quote from: thebar on November 24, 2016, 12:59:11 PMHe was indeed. He wrote a book too about coaching I think?Quote from: BennyCake on November 24, 2016, 10:51:28 AM
Was Joe Lennon not a pundit on Sports Stadium on RTE on Saturdays in late 80s/early 90s?
I think you are correct I remember him on this.
Sad day not only for his family & friends but for Down GAA saying goodbye to an All Ireland Captain. RIP Joe Lennon.
Quote from: AZOffaly on November 24, 2016, 02:49:05 PM"Coaching Gaelic Football For Champions"Quote from: thebar on November 24, 2016, 12:59:11 PMHe was indeed. He wrote a book too about coaching I think?Quote from: BennyCake on November 24, 2016, 10:51:28 AM
Was Joe Lennon not a pundit on Sports Stadium on RTE on Saturdays in late 80s/early 90s?
I think you are correct I remember him on this.
Sad day not only for his family & friends but for Down GAA saying goodbye to an All Ireland Captain. RIP Joe Lennon.
RIP , and sympathies to his family and Down GAA.
Quote from: Oraisteach on November 24, 2016, 03:45:27 PM
My dad was from Down, so Joe Lennon was an icon in our household. RIP
Quote from: ziggy90 on November 26, 2016, 06:01:00 AMuntil the next wave
RIP.
The last of the great revolutionaries?
Quote from: seafoid on November 26, 2016, 06:29:43 AMQuote from: ziggy90 on November 26, 2016, 06:01:00 AMuntil the next wave
RIP.
The last of the great revolutionaries?
Quote from: muppet on November 26, 2016, 08:29:12 AMTrump is not a revolution. Its psy ops. Same crap as before. . You cannot execute a revolution without the political support to finish it off. That was the lesson from Egypt. All the lefties got emotional about the brave Egyptian people and now the army runs the show same as before. Trump wil drain the swamp by cutting estate tax. I see.Quote from: seafoid on November 26, 2016, 06:29:43 AMQuote from: ziggy90 on November 26, 2016, 06:01:00 AMuntil the next wave
RIP.
The last of the great revolutionaries?
You have been right about the revolution coming, but wrong about which side of the political axis it came from. Once again the fear of the far-left has caused the rise of the far-right.
As for Castro, wealthy farmer turned revolutionary, turned dictator for 50 years is some riches, to rags, to riches again story.
Quote from: Minder on November 26, 2016, 02:46:14 PMWould you ever gtf with your teenage bedroom revolutionaries ::)
Don't think Castro was much of a legend Seafoid, unless maybe to the teenage bedroom revolutionaries
Quote from: seafoid on November 26, 2016, 02:04:30 PM
Castro was a survivor . Many of the legends were murdered. JFK, Martin Luther King, RFK, Che Guevara, Malcolm X.
Quote from: Minder on November 26, 2016, 02:46:14 PMIn Latin America he was. It took FARC 50 years to get a peace deal in Colombia. Cuba is way ahead of countries like Haiti and Jamaica. IT has the best health system in the Western hemisphere. It has no death squads like El Salvador or Honduras. There is no land war like Guatemala or Colombia. No 70s fascism like Chile or Argentina . No falling life expectancy like blue collar USA. Incarceration rates are far higher in the US.
Don't think Castro was much of a legend Seafoid, unless maybe to the teenage bedroom revolutionaries
Quote from: From the Bunker on November 26, 2016, 03:55:19 PMThey were murdered cos they were legends as well. Malcolm X talked à lot of sense considering what followed.Quote from: seafoid on November 26, 2016, 02:04:30 PM
Castro was a survivor . Many of the legends were murdered. JFK, Martin Luther King, RFK, Che Guevara, Malcolm X.
They became legends because they were murdered!
Quote from: seafoid on November 26, 2016, 05:15:59 PMQuote from: Minder on November 26, 2016, 02:46:14 PMIn Latin America he was. It took FARC 50 years to get a peace deal in Colombia. Cuba is way ahead of countries like Haiti and Jamaica. IT has the best health system in the Western hemisphere. It has no death squads like El Salvador or Honduras. There is no land war like Guatemala or Colombia. No 70s fascism like Chile or Argentina . No falling life expectancy like blue collar USA. Incarceration rates are far higher in the US.
Don't think Castro was much of a legend Seafoid, unless maybe to the teenage bedroom revolutionaries
Quote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2016, 05:31:12 PM
Castro was infinitely preferable to pretty much every leader on the American continent over the last 60 years.
How rude of Cuba to make a success of itself and not turn out like countries the US constantly intervened in like Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Quote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2016, 05:31:12 PM
Castro was infinitely preferable to pretty much every leader on the American continent over the last 60 years.
How rude of Cuba to make a success of itself and not turn out like countries the US constantly intervened in like Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Quote from: muppet on November 26, 2016, 06:43:05 PMName a better one.Quote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2016, 05:31:12 PM
Castro was infinitely preferable to pretty much every leader on the American continent over the last 60 years.
How rude of Cuba to make a success of itself and not turn out like countries the US constantly intervened in like Haiti, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, Colombia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Stick to the satire Sid. :D
Unless of course that is satire.
Quote from: Main Street on November 26, 2016, 07:55:48 PM
Any eejit can find this and that to show Castro wasn't perfect, what's the point of that? Maybe in a way there's a similarity to Tito.
He's a legend for the overall struggle that ousted the worm infested thoroughly corrupt regime of Batista, rescuing a guerrilla campaign from the disaster of the granma expedition to mounting a successful classic guerrilla campaign against all odds.
Without that revolution, Cuba would have had prostitution as about the only alternate career choice for peasant females to cater for the riff raff Americans that came for the casinos.
Quote from: muppet on November 26, 2016, 08:19:02 PMQuote from: Main Street on November 26, 2016, 07:55:48 PM
Any eejit can find this and that to show Castro wasn't perfect, what's the point of that? Maybe in a way there's a similarity to Tito.
He's a legend for the overall struggle that ousted the worm infested thoroughly corrupt regime of Batista, rescuing a guerrilla campaign from the disaster of the granma expedition to mounting a successful classic guerrilla campaign against all odds.
Without that revolution, Cuba would have had prostitution as about the only alternate career choice for peasant females to cater for the riff raff Americans that came for the casinos.
The first line in Sid's post: 'Name a better one'.
Quote from: muppet on November 26, 2016, 07:25:31 PM
I decided to start by Googling 'Belize civil rights abuses'. Any of their leaders are miles ahead. That is the only country I checked, but I bet if I Google Bahamas and many more, Castro's conveniently overlooked civil rights abuses won't look good. Killing your opponents without even a trial has been beyond US Presidents, unless Trump changes that.
Then there is his seizing of all the assets of the 'middle classes'. Easy to have a good health service when you go all Mugabe and swipe everything to pay for it.
Quote from: Minder on November 26, 2016, 08:43:07 PM
I would have thought crime levels would be low under most dictatorships, can't imagine community service would be offered up as a sentence & it would be pretty difficult to do a getaway from a robbery in a cart pulled by a donkey.
Quote from: muppet on November 26, 2016, 08:40:55 PM
Can you people read.
I was asked to name a better one. I named a country, Belize, with a whole history of them. Take your pick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Belize (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Belize)
I realise Castro is the poster child for the far-left, but it takes a lot of blind eye turning to ignore his faults.
Quote from: trileacman on November 26, 2016, 08:53:43 PMQuote from: muppet on November 26, 2016, 08:40:55 PM
Can you people read.
I was asked to name a better one. I named a country, Belize, with a whole history of them. Take your pick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Belize (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Belize)
I realise Castro is the poster child for the far-left, but it takes a lot of blind eye turning to ignore his faults.
Sid specifically referred to American leaders, you didn't name one, you still havent named one. He could have said name a country with a higher literacy rate and saying "Europe" wouldn't have been the correct answer.
You always get so personal and ratty when you're contradicted muppet. It marks particularly poor debating skills. No need to question if we're literate. We are, it's yourself who cannot seem to grasp the question that sid posted.
Quote from: seafoid on November 26, 2016, 10:24:12 PM
a lovely tribute to Joe Lennon
http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/1124/834083-joe-lennon/
Peter McCawille · 14 hours ago
Joe's sudden death robs us of another member (Brian Morgan, Jarlath Carey, Pat Rice and Patsy O'Hagan have already left us) of that history-making team of 1960, first team from the Six Counties to win a final. What magical moments the memories of that side still evoke nearly 60 years later, more memorable in that they overcame the mighty Kingdom in the final. Joe played a pivotal role in ensuring that after 1960 there were no more mysteries of the Kingdom as far as the Down team was concerned. I still have an autographed copy of his coaching manual. May he rest in perfect peace. Amen. Peter McCawille SMA
Quote from: No1 on November 26, 2016, 11:06:15 PM
Won an All Ireland and on a plane that night to continue his studies at Loughborough. No more needs to be said. Legend. RIP.
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on November 27, 2016, 07:10:25 AMYou can't judge Castro without the Miami Cubans.
Good healthcare given the circumstances and high literacy (though this is exaggerated too). Castro made sure no one got too far ahead of their peers in acquiring wealth, so that removed a lot of the associated problems.
However if the revolutionaries were that confident in themselves, then why weren't people allowed to freely leave the country, or show any disatisfaction with their rulers? The same goes for the restricting the internet and the press for example. I'd say the locals got sick of reading their one newspaper which did little beyond harping on about the greatness of the revolution. 50 something years later.
The man was well intentioned but his flaw was that he didn't trust his own people enough to decide their own.destiny for themselves.
Quote from: deiseach on November 27, 2016, 08:59:34 AMWelcome back!Quote from: No1 on November 26, 2016, 11:06:15 PM
Won an All Ireland and on a plane that night to continue his studies at Loughborough. No more needs to be said. Legend. RIP.
Didn't he say on that BBC documentary about the team that he didn't think there would be much of a fuss and it was only as he was getting near the plane that he was told about the sceitimíní áthas that was unfolding back home? He made sure he was about for the celebrations the following year! Ah, the sweet naivety made me want to weep with joy. Truly among the very best of humanity. RIP.
Quote from: Main Street on November 26, 2016, 01:45:19 PM
Farewell to Fidel. It's a long way from the jungles of the Sierra Maestre.
Maybe not the wisest of men but a man nonetheless and one who made his mark
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Quote from: 5 Sams on November 27, 2016, 03:40:21 AMQuote from: seafoid on November 26, 2016, 10:24:12 PM
a lovely tribute to Joe Lennon
http://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2016/1124/834083-joe-lennon/
Peter McCawille · 14 hours ago
Joe's sudden death robs us of another member (Brian Morgan, Jarlath Carey, Pat Rice and Patsy O'Hagan have already left us) of that history-making team of 1960, first team from the Six Counties to win a final. What magical moments the memories of that side still evoke nearly 60 years later, more memorable in that they overcame the mighty Kingdom in the final. Joe played a pivotal role in ensuring that after 1960 there were no more mysteries of the Kingdom as far as the Down team was concerned. I still have an autographed copy of his coaching manual. May he rest in perfect peace. Amen. Peter McCawille SMA
In the early 70s before the Golden Years team won their first AI in 75 Mickey Ned took Micko up to Gormanstown to speak with Joe..
Quote from: T Fearon on November 27, 2016, 12:05:55 PM
It isn't all that funny.As Spillane says often if Down had run into Kerry during the Golden years (1975 to 1986) there would only have been one winner
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on November 27, 2016, 12:35:58 PMMichael Collins could have been a Castro
Our equivalent of Castro might be something like Eamon De Valera permanently installing himself as leader for half a century and maintaining an economic war with Britain all that time.
And why wouldn't his people not want to enjoy a rural peasant existence without ever having to read the Sindo.
Quote from: No1 on November 26, 2016, 11:06:15 PMWould even the Dub player of today be gifted such lavish mode of transport :D
Won an All Ireland and on a plane that night to continue his studies at Loughborough. No more needs to be said. Legend. RIP.
Quote from: deiseach on November 27, 2016, 09:49:56 AMWelcome back.
The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 02, 2016, 06:27:41 AM
Alas he will be remembered as the man whose granddaughter was shagged by Russell Brand
Quote from: T Fearon on December 02, 2016, 06:27:41 AM
Alas he will be remembered as the man whose granddaughter was shagged by Russell Brand
Quote from: longballin on December 02, 2016, 08:26:15 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 02, 2016, 06:27:41 AM
Alas he will be remembered as the man whose granddaughter was shagged by Russell Brand
shows where your sick mind is at Tony.
Quote from: Dire Ear on December 02, 2016, 10:01:05 AMQuote from: longballin on December 02, 2016, 08:26:15 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 02, 2016, 06:27:41 AM
Alas he will be remembered as the man whose granddaughter was shagged by Russell Brand
shows where your sick mind is at Tony.
Agreed
Quote from: mouview on December 02, 2016, 11:21:47 AM
It's unlikely Fawlty Towers will ever be surpassed as the highwater mark of TV comedy; they'll be laughing at it in 50 years time.
Quote from: mouview on December 02, 2016, 11:21:47 AMCowboys Ted. Cowboys.
It's unlikely Fawlty Towers will ever be surpassed as the highwater mark of TV comedy; they'll be laughing at it in 50 years time.
Quote from: mouview on December 02, 2016, 12:45:51 PMObviously, Fawlty's humour hasn't rubbed off on you.
Comparing Fawlty Towers to Fr. Ted is like comparing Barcelona to Doncaster Rovers.
Quote from: mouview on December 02, 2016, 12:45:51 PMtime has not been kind to either ,
Comparing Fawlty Towers to Fr. Ted is like comparing Barcelona to Doncaster Rovers.
Quote from: rosnarun on December 02, 2016, 04:09:42 PMQuote from: mouview on December 02, 2016, 12:45:51 PMtime has not been kind to either ,
Comparing Fawlty Towers to Fr. Ted is like comparing Barcelona to Doncaster Rovers.
Quote from: JoG2 on December 02, 2016, 04:25:48 PMQuote from: rosnarun on December 02, 2016, 04:09:42 PMQuote from: mouview on December 02, 2016, 12:45:51 PMtime has not been kind to either ,
Comparing Fawlty Towers to Fr. Ted is like comparing Barcelona to Doncaster Rovers.
neither a patch on Only Fool & Horses imo
Quote from: JoG2 on December 02, 2016, 04:25:48 PMAgreed.Quote from: rosnarun on December 02, 2016, 04:09:42 PMQuote from: mouview on December 02, 2016, 12:45:51 PMtime has not been kind to either ,
Comparing Fawlty Towers to Fr. Ted is like comparing Barcelona to Doncaster Rovers.
neither a patch on Only Fool & Horses imo
Quote from: laoislad on December 02, 2016, 05:25:41 PMQuote from: JoG2 on December 02, 2016, 04:25:48 PMAgreed.Quote from: rosnarun on December 02, 2016, 04:09:42 PMQuote from: mouview on December 02, 2016, 12:45:51 PMtime has not been kind to either ,
Comparing Fawlty Towers to Fr. Ted is like comparing Barcelona to Doncaster Rovers.
neither a patch on Only Fool & Horses imo
Quote from: JoG2 on December 02, 2016, 04:25:48 PMQuote from: rosnarun on December 02, 2016, 04:09:42 PMQuote from: mouview on December 02, 2016, 12:45:51 PMtime has not been kind to either ,
Comparing Fawlty Towers to Fr. Ted is like comparing Barcelona to Doncaster Rovers.
neither a patch on Only Fool & Horses imo
Quote from: laoislad on December 02, 2016, 05:25:41 PMQuote from: JoG2 on December 02, 2016, 04:25:48 PMAgreed.Quote from: rosnarun on December 02, 2016, 04:09:42 PMQuote from: mouview on December 02, 2016, 12:45:51 PMtime has not been kind to either ,
Comparing Fawlty Towers to Fr. Ted is like comparing Barcelona to Doncaster Rovers.
neither a patch on Only Fool & Horses imo
Quote from: rosnarun on December 02, 2016, 04:09:42 PMI started watching Fawlty with the kids a few years ago. I think it is still top notch.Quote from: mouview on December 02, 2016, 12:45:51 PMtime has not been kind to either ,
Comparing Fawlty Towers to Fr. Ted is like comparing Barcelona to Doncaster Rovers.
Quote from: Cunny Funt on December 03, 2016, 09:47:59 AM
Was never a big fan of Monty Python only liked a few bits while all of the Faulty Towers episode was classics IMO a really pity they only ran the show for two series. RIP Manuel.
Quote from: BennyCake on December 03, 2016, 11:05:56 AMEven if Dermot Morgan hadn't died tragically there wouldn't have been any more Fr Ted.Quote from: Cunny Funt on December 03, 2016, 09:47:59 AM
Was never a big fan of Monty Python only liked a few bits while all of the Faulty Towers episode was classics IMO a really pity they only ran the show for two series. RIP Manuel.
Part of the genius was knowing when to knock it on the head. Not to rip the arse out of it and ruin it's own legacy. Fawlty Towers knew when to leave it. Only Fools and Ted didn't
Quote from: seafoid on December 03, 2016, 11:42:43 AMQuote from: BennyCake on December 03, 2016, 11:05:56 AMEven if Dermot Morgan hadn't died tragically there wouldn't have been any more Fr Ted.Quote from: Cunny Funt on December 03, 2016, 09:47:59 AM
Was never a big fan of Monty Python only liked a few bits while all of the Faulty Towers episode was classics IMO a really pity they only ran the show for two series. RIP Manuel.
Part of the genius was knowing when to knock it on the head. Not to rip the arse out of it and ruin it's own legacy. Fawlty Towers knew when to leave it. Only Fools and Ted didn't
Quote from: No wides on December 03, 2016, 07:43:58 AM
Faulty Towers is one of these shows people think they have to like, Monty Python was another.
Quote from: No wides on December 03, 2016, 07:43:58 AM
Faulty Towers is one of these shows people think they have to like, Monty Python was another.
Quote from: under the bar on December 03, 2016, 11:23:16 PMThere was definitely a fault in his argument.Quote from: No wides on December 03, 2016, 07:43:58 AM
Faulty Towers is one of these shows people think they have to like, Monty Python was another.
I see what you did there! Indigenous comedy genius 😐
Quote from: hardstation on December 04, 2016, 01:05:40 AMQuote from: theskull1 on December 04, 2016, 12:59:23 AMAre you serious? On the eve of a championship final. You really are a hateful bastid.
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Quote from: hardstation on December 04, 2016, 04:46:10 PM
So's yer gates.
Quote from: hardstation on December 04, 2016, 04:46:10 PM;D. Very good.
So's yer gates.
Quote from: Declan on December 04, 2016, 05:02:12 PMSorry to hear that. RIP.
Charlie Redmond's wife Grainne passed away in St Francis Hospice. RIP
Quote from: Armamike on December 06, 2016, 02:21:33 PM
And for the older generation he was the prison godfather in Porridge and the father in law in Citizen Smith!
Quote from: Armamike on December 06, 2016, 02:21:33 PM
And for the older generation he was the prison godfather in Porridge and the father in law in Citizen Smith!
Quote from: Armamike on December 06, 2016, 02:21:33 PM
And for the older generation he was the prison godfather in Porridge and the father in law in Citizen Smith!
Quote from: ziggysego on December 06, 2016, 05:14:54 PMQuote from: Armamike on December 06, 2016, 02:21:33 PM
And for the older generation he was the prison godfather in Porridge and the father in law in Citizen Smith!
I saw someone cursing 2016. Had to remind him he was in his 90s.
RIP.
Quote from: Aristo 60 on December 07, 2016, 11:52:54 AMJust what I was thinking.
Flip me. May he rest in peace. Thoughts and prayers to family.
His hard work over the years deserved a long retirement.
Quote from: AQMP on December 08, 2016, 01:09:07 PMGreat hurler by all accounts. Won a man of the match in 1968 All Ireland final while being on the losing team. Won 3 all Irelands with Tipp and 2 county titles with Carrick Davins, the only titles ever won by that club.
Tipp hurler Mick Roche aged 73 and,
Greg Lake of King Crimson and Emerson, Lake & Palmer aged 69 - had a famous Christmas hit too.
Quote from: mrdeeds on December 08, 2016, 08:34:36 PM
Saw Mick Jagger trending earlier and thought not another legend. It's ok he became a father again at 73. The mother is 17 years younger than his oldest child.
Quote from: mrdeeds on December 08, 2016, 08:34:36 PM
Saw Mick Jagger trending earlier and thought not another legend. It's ok he became a father again at 73. The mother is 17 years younger than his oldest child.
Quote from: Never beat the deeler on December 08, 2016, 10:25:42 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on December 08, 2016, 08:34:36 PM
Saw Mick Jagger trending earlier and thought not another legend. It's ok he became a father again at 73. The mother is 17 years younger than his oldest child.
and 5 years older than his eldest grandchild! :o
Quote from: longballin on December 08, 2016, 10:30:21 PMThink he may of done a bitteen more than shift her.
well done him on shifting someone of 29 though the child wont have his dad for long which isnt a good thing i dont think...
Quote from: longballin on December 08, 2016, 10:30:21 PM
well done him on shifting someone of 29 though the child wont have his dad for long which isnt a good thing i dont think...
Quote from: thewobbler on December 10, 2016, 03:31:31 PM
AA Gill. the only reason I bought the Sunday Times for years.
Quote from: Billys Boots on December 10, 2016, 05:58:48 PMQuote from: thewobbler on December 10, 2016, 03:31:31 PM
AA Gill. the only reason I bought the Sunday Times for years.
He couldn't have been old, could he?
Quote from: Captain Obvious on December 10, 2016, 08:50:38 PM
Kirk Douglas turned 100 years young yesterday.
Quote from: illdecide on December 10, 2016, 09:52:30 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on December 10, 2016, 08:50:38 PM
Kirk Douglas turned 100 years young yesterday.
Is he dead
Quote from: longballin on December 08, 2016, 10:30:21 PM
well done him on shifting someone of 29 though the child wont have his dad for long which isnt a good thing i dont think...
Quote from: seafoid on December 11, 2016, 11:16:01 PMHad stopped smoking 15 years ago and boozing 30 years ago. To the outsider I'm sure he appeared as fit as any 62 year could possibly be. Not everyone's cupan tae but a fantastic writer and journalist.
AA Gill basically died of lung cancer. If he hadn't been a smoker he could have lived another 23 years. Terrible waste of a life.
Quote from: seafoid on December 11, 2016, 11:16:01 PM
AA Gill basically died of lung cancer. If he hadn't been a smoker he could have lived another 23 years. Terrible waste of a life.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 12, 2016, 12:23:00 AMI had a doctor a while ago who did tests on stuff like susceptibility to toxins. She told me that if I started smoking it would kill me cos I don't have any capacity to process toxins. Other people do and can live long lives even if they smoke. But fot those who can't smoking is a death sentence. Gill leaves behind a readership but also 4 kidsQuote from: seafoid on December 11, 2016, 11:16:01 PMHad stopped smoking 15 years ago and boozing 30 years ago. To the outsider I'm sure he appeared as fit as any 62 year could possibly be. Not everyone's cupan tae but a fantastic writer and journalist.
AA Gill basically died of lung cancer. If he hadn't been a smoker he could have lived another 23 years. Terrible waste of a life.
Quote from: heganboy on December 12, 2016, 06:29:21 PM
weatherman Ian McCaskill died today
john Kettley Michael Fish and he were faces of my youth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD3eo63spaA
Quote from: mouview on December 12, 2016, 09:55:23 PMQuote from: heganboy on December 12, 2016, 06:29:21 PM
weatherman Ian McCaskill died today
john Kettley Michael Fish and he were faces of my youth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD3eo63spaA
Rory Bremner used do a good lampoon of him on the sketch shows.
Was Walter Swinburn ill? Beeb sport says he died peacefully at home.
Quote from: moysider on December 13, 2016, 12:05:48 AMIn the report on sportinglife, in between all the glowing tributes about what a fantastic jockey and person he was, it mentioned he has suffered weight problems, financial problems, was a troubled soul and a very sensitive person.Quote from: mouview on December 12, 2016, 09:55:23 PMQuote from: heganboy on December 12, 2016, 06:29:21 PM
weatherman Ian McCaskill died today
john Kettley Michael Fish and he were faces of my youth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MD3eo63spaA
Rory Bremner used do a good lampoon of him on the sketch shows.
Was Walter Swinburn ill? Beeb sport says he died peacefully at home.
Appears to be unexpected?
I remember he had a horrible fall once that resulted in huge injuries to head and chest. It's a tough job. That's him and Pat Eddery gone in a short space of time. Two of the best ever.
Quote from: Hound on December 13, 2016, 08:12:29 AM
Extraordinary that he was only 19 when he won the Derby on Shergar. And won so many other big races too.
Did the full story ever emerge about what happened Shergar, who took him, did they demand a ransom, did the purposely kill him ???
Quote from: Oraisteach on December 15, 2016, 09:02:31 PMSome collection of colourful suits he had. The Big C is a ****.
Craig Sager, TNT's colourful basketball commentator
Quote from: bennydorano on December 12, 2016, 06:47:35 PMhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/nov/01/horseracing.donaldmcrae
Walter Swinburn RIP, 55.
Quote from: BennyCake on December 18, 2016, 12:08:44 AM
Dr Henry Heimlich, famous for his manoeuvre, 96.
Quote from: An Astrail on December 22, 2016, 10:13:12 PM
Frank Murray, manager of The Pogues and Thin Lizzy
http://www.hotpress.com/news/19408124.html
Quote from: longballin on December 23, 2016, 08:09:54 PM
'Yifter the Shifter' by God he could run. I think he was Etheopian, great Olympic middle distance runner.
Quote from: gallsman on December 23, 2016, 08:51:06 PMQuote from: longballin on December 23, 2016, 08:09:54 PM
'Yifter the Shifter' by God he could run. I think he was Etheopian, great Olympic middle distance runner.
He was Ethiopian, aye. Long distance running, not middle distance.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 24, 2016, 03:13:36 PM
Rick Parfitt
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 24, 2016, 03:13:36 PM
Rick Parfitt
Quote from: Puckoon on December 24, 2016, 03:31:31 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on December 24, 2016, 03:13:36 PM
Rick Parfitt
That sucks. Hopefully that's the 2016 grim reaper wrapped up, he's been far too busy.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on December 24, 2016, 03:30:33 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on December 24, 2016, 03:13:36 PM
Rick Parfitt
Was and still am a big quo fan
First concert I went to was quo in Antrim forum 1991
Class
Sorry to hear this news
Quote from: T Fearon on December 24, 2016, 04:12:28 PM
Wonder will they play "Down Down,deeper and Down" at the graveside at the commital of Rick's remains?
Quote from: seafoid on December 24, 2016, 07:47:15 PM
Sad news. He was only 68. Arse holes like Trump live on.
Quote from: seafoid on December 24, 2016, 07:47:15 PMAre you really that stupid.
Sad news. He was only 68. Arse holes like Trump live on.
Quote from: imtommygunn on December 25, 2016, 11:03:58 PM
Was he ill? Didn't know he was but story says he passed away peacefully.
Unless of course it's another social media death scam.
Quote from: imtommygunn on December 25, 2016, 11:03:58 PMI would suspect an Aids related illness. 2016 can f**k off.
Was he ill? Didn't know he was but story says he passed away peacefully.
Unless of course it's another social media death scam.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 25, 2016, 11:16:42 PMAids is not a death sentence but drug abuse can be. 53 is shockingQuote from: imtommygunn on December 25, 2016, 11:03:58 PMI would suspect an Aids related illness. 2016 can f**k off.
Was he ill? Didn't know he was but story says he passed away peacefully.
Unless of course it's another social media death scam.
Quote from: hardstation on December 25, 2016, 11:18:04 PMHe'll be trying to cram something into 140 characters.Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 25, 2016, 11:12:26 PMLast Christmas??
Who'll be the first ? I'm guessing TF
Quote from: gallsman on December 23, 2016, 08:51:06 PMQuote from: longballin on December 23, 2016, 08:09:54 PM
'Yifter the Shifter' by God he could run. I think he was Etheopian, great Olympic middle distance runner.
He was Ethiopian, aye. Long distance running, not middle distance.
Quote from: Puckoon on December 24, 2016, 03:31:31 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on December 24, 2016, 03:13:36 PM
Rick Parfitt
That sucks. Hopefully that's the 2016 grim reaper wrapped up, he's been far too busy.
Quote from: moysider on December 25, 2016, 11:43:40 PMQuote from: gallsman on December 23, 2016, 08:51:06 PMQuote from: longballin on December 23, 2016, 08:09:54 PM
'Yifter the Shifter' by God he could run. I think he was Etheopian, great Olympic middle distance runner.
He was Ethiopian, aye. Long distance running, not middle distance.
Middle distance. 5 and 10k. Favourite runner ever. RIP.
Quote from: seafoid on December 25, 2016, 11:19:45 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on December 25, 2016, 11:16:42 PMAids is not a death sentence but drug abuse can be. 53 is shockingQuote from: imtommygunn on December 25, 2016, 11:03:58 PMI would suspect an Aids related illness. 2016 can f**k off.
Was he ill? Didn't know he was but story says he passed away peacefully.
Unless of course it's another social media death scam.
Quote from: muppet on December 24, 2016, 03:40:25 AMQuote from: gallsman on December 23, 2016, 08:51:06 PMQuote from: longballin on December 23, 2016, 08:09:54 PM
'Yifter the Shifter' by God he could run. I think he was Etheopian, great Olympic middle distance runner.
He was Ethiopian, aye. Long distance running, not middle distance.
36 year old double gold winner at middle distance.
Yea........
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 25, 2016, 11:12:26 PM
Who'll be the first ? I'm guessing TF
Quote from: T Fearon on December 25, 2016, 11:56:43 PM
God forbid Andrew Ridgeley dies anytime soon.That would be a double Whammy.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 26, 2016, 12:16:39 AM
Ah ffs it's only lighthearted.I'd say the deaths of a few celebs or politicians would be met with genuine glee on this Board as was the death and canonisation of Mother Theresa😠😠
Quote from: T Fearon on December 26, 2016, 12:16:39 AM
Ah ffs it's only lighthearted.I'd say the deaths of a few celebs or politicians would be met with genuine glee on this Board as was the death and canonisation of Mother Theresa😠😠
Quote from: longballin on December 25, 2016, 11:45:57 PMQuote from: moysider on December 25, 2016, 11:43:40 PMQuote from: gallsman on December 23, 2016, 08:51:06 PMQuote from: longballin on December 23, 2016, 08:09:54 PM
'Yifter the Shifter' by God he could run. I think he was Etheopian, great Olympic middle distance runner.
He was Ethiopian, aye. Long distance running, not middle distance.
Middle distance. 5 and 10k. Favourite runner ever. RIP.
I said middle distance but Gallsman knew better ::)
Quote from: gallsman on December 26, 2016, 12:30:27 AMQuote from: longballin on December 25, 2016, 11:45:57 PMQuote from: moysider on December 25, 2016, 11:43:40 PMQuote from: gallsman on December 23, 2016, 08:51:06 PMQuote from: longballin on December 23, 2016, 08:09:54 PM
'Yifter the Shifter' by God he could run. I think he was Etheopian, great Olympic middle distance runner.
He was Ethiopian, aye. Long distance running, not middle distance.
Middle distance. 5 and 10k. Favourite runner ever. RIP.
I said middle distance but Gallsman knew better ::)
5k and 10k is long distance when it comes to track running. I did, and do, know better.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 26, 2016, 01:10:19 AM
So disparaging those dead for a while like Mother Theresa is ok then?I know most of you are relative newcomers here but the glee when Diana Wales died in the tragic accident in Paris,displayed on this board was disturbing. Similarly Margaret Thatcher's death was greeted gleefully as I would no doubt anticipate would the deaths of Trump or Farage.So spare me the sanctimonious crap please.
Quote from: BennyHarp on December 26, 2016, 01:22:32 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 26, 2016, 01:10:19 AM
So disparaging those dead for a while like Mother Theresa is ok then?I know most of you are relative newcomers here but the glee when Diana Wales died in the tragic accident in Paris,displayed on this board was disturbing. Similarly Margaret Thatcher's death was greeted gleefully as I would no doubt anticipate would the deaths of Trump or Farage.So spare me the sanctimonious crap please.
So some people disparaging the death of others outraged you to the extent that you disparaged the death of others?? Weird logic there Tony!
Quote from: T Fearon on December 25, 2016, 09:23:33 PM
Brian Courtney RIP,father of Armagh player Paul (you may remember he was surprisingly selected as goalkeeper in the Ulster Championship game with Cavan) who lost his life tragically in a road accident on Friday last.
Quote from: Puckoon on December 25, 2016, 11:50:06 PMWhen is the last time someone died of AIDS peacefully , Doctor? Music downloads should come with a health warning. Singers die younger. I think they are 3 times more likely to die than civilians. Fame is a curse for many people.Quote from: seafoid on December 25, 2016, 11:19:45 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on December 25, 2016, 11:16:42 PMAids is not a death sentence but drug abuse can be. 53 is shockingQuote from: imtommygunn on December 25, 2016, 11:03:58 PMI would suspect an Aids related illness. 2016 can f**k off.
Was he ill? Didn't know he was but story says he passed away peacefully.
Unless of course it's another social media death scam.
Drug abuse is not a death sentence, but AIDS can be. Do you ever read what you write?
Drug abuse deaths rarely die peacefully at home.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 25, 2016, 11:16:42 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on December 25, 2016, 11:03:58 PMI would suspect an Aids related illness. 2016 can f**k off.
Was he ill? Didn't know he was but story says he passed away peacefully.
Unless of course it's another social media death scam.
QuoteShe died in 1997 and I can only find records of this board going back to 2001. Regardless T Fearon you have remained the same gobshite throughout.
I know most of you are relative newcomers here but the glee when Diana Wales died in the tragic accident in Paris,displayed on this board was disturbing
Quote from: T Fearon on December 26, 2016, 01:10:19 AM
So disparaging those dead for a while like Mother Theresa is ok then?I know most of you are relative newcomers here but the glee when Diana Wales died in the tragic accident in Paris,displayed on this board was disturbing. Similarly Margaret Thatcher's death was greeted gleefully as I would no doubt anticipate would the deaths of Trump or Farage.So spare me the sanctimonious crap please.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 26, 2016, 12:22:32 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 26, 2016, 12:16:39 AM
Ah ffs it's only lighthearted.I'd say the deaths of a few celebs or politicians would be met with genuine glee on this Board as was the death and canonisation of Mother Theresa😠😠
Was there sick jokes over the death of her??
Quote from: T Fearon on December 26, 2016, 07:05:55 AM
That's because he is a professional comedian😡.
Quote from: Orior on December 26, 2016, 02:11:02 PM
Sounds a bit morbid, but I wonder who will get George Michael's millions?
Quote from: BennyCake on December 26, 2016, 11:09:58 PM
Liz Smith, who played Nana in the Royle Family, aged 95.
Quote from: BennyCake on December 26, 2016, 11:09:58 PM
Liz Smith, who played Nana in the Royle Family, aged 95.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 27, 2016, 07:21:36 AM
Phil Collins' recently released autobiography is titled Not Dead Yet.That will cause a Land of Confusion when he does actually die.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 27, 2016, 09:35:05 AM
? Are you saying this tragedy didn't happen?
Quote from: ziggysego on December 27, 2016, 06:27:58 PM
Gutted to hear about Carrie Fisher. :'(
Quote from: ziggysego on December 27, 2016, 06:27:58 PM
Gutted to hear about Carrie Fisher. :'(
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on December 27, 2016, 08:52:58 PM
Ireland's Oldest Citizen, Sarah Clancy 108
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-38446372
Quote from: leenie on December 27, 2016, 09:55:56 PM
T.f you are a dose of the highest order ..
Quote from: longballin on December 28, 2016, 09:37:16 AMAt least you can get rid of diarrhoea.......Quote from: leenie on December 27, 2016, 09:55:56 PM
T.f you are a dose of the highest order ..
aye and when it's a local death Tony is the chief mourner - handwringer...
Quote from: Captain Obvious on December 29, 2016, 01:51:04 AM
Debbie Reynolds actress and mother of Carrie Fisher dead at 84.
Quote from: StGallsGAA on December 29, 2016, 11:01:10 PM
Men of a certain age will always remember Carrie Fisher as she was at her best. RIP
Quote from: SHEEDY on January 01, 2017, 08:11:00 PM
Shane macgowans mother, therese, killed in a car accident in co.tipperary. therese was in her 80's and is the first road fatality in ireland in 2017.
Quote from: SHEEDY on January 01, 2017, 08:11:00 PM
Shane macgowans mother, therese, killed in a car accident in co.tipperary. therese was in her 80's and is the first road fatality in ireland in 2017.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on January 08, 2017, 07:56:30 PMOne of my favourite songs. Made me seek out the Boulevard St Michel and Sorbonne in Paris, visit Juan Les Pins and whilst I haven't made it yet, St Moritz is on the list.
Peter Sarstedt singer songwriter who had the 1960s hit 'Where do you go to my lovely'
Quote from: Rois on January 08, 2017, 08:49:56 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on January 08, 2017, 07:56:30 PMOne of my favourite songs. Made me seek out the Boulevard St Michel and Sorbonne in Paris, visit Juan Les Pins and whilst I haven't made it yet, St Moritz is on the list.
Peter Sarstedt singer songwriter who had the 1960s hit 'Where do you go to my lovely'
Quote from: armaghniac on January 08, 2017, 09:33:23 PMAbsolutely not. All my clothes are made by Balmain too. The man was a genius .Quote from: Rois on January 08, 2017, 08:49:56 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on January 08, 2017, 07:56:30 PMOne of my favourite songs. Made me seek out the Boulevard St Michel and Sorbonne in Paris, visit Juan Les Pins and whilst I haven't made it yet, St Moritz is on the list.
Peter Sarstedt singer songwriter who had the 1960s hit 'Where do you go to my lovely'
I hope you didn't forget your carefully designed topless swimsuit.
Quote from: Rois on January 08, 2017, 09:52:18 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 08, 2017, 09:33:23 PMAbsolutely not. All my clothes are made by Balmain too. The man was a genius .Quote from: Rois on January 08, 2017, 08:49:56 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on January 08, 2017, 07:56:30 PMOne of my favourite songs. Made me seek out the Boulevard St Michel and Sorbonne in Paris, visit Juan Les Pins and whilst I haven't made it yet, St Moritz is on the list.
Peter Sarstedt singer songwriter who had the 1960s hit 'Where do you go to my lovely'
I hope you didn't forget your carefully designed topless swimsuit.
Quote from: armaghniac on January 08, 2017, 10:53:18 PMQuote from: Rois on January 08, 2017, 09:52:18 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 08, 2017, 09:33:23 PMAbsolutely not. All my clothes are made by Balmain too. The man was a genius .Quote from: Rois on January 08, 2017, 08:49:56 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on January 08, 2017, 07:56:30 PMOne of my favourite songs. Made me seek out the Boulevard St Michel and Sorbonne in Paris, visit Juan Les Pins and whilst I haven't made it yet, St Moritz is on the list.
Peter Sarstedt singer songwriter who had the 1960s hit 'Where do you go to my lovely'
I hope you didn't forget your carefully designed topless swimsuit.
The Balmain outfits and the diamonds and pearls in your hair must attract attention at Tyrone games.
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 09, 2017, 11:30:37 PM
Dr TK Whitaker at a fresh 100.
Quote from: Rossfan on January 09, 2017, 11:34:18 PM
Man who brought the 26 Cos from the 20s to the 60s in 5 years.
From the 6 I think.
Quote from: mouview on January 10, 2017, 12:13:04 AM
One of the towering figures in the history of our state. A person to aspire to when surrounded by so many gombeens in this country.
Quote from: Hardy on January 10, 2017, 12:19:31 AMQuote from: mouview on January 10, 2017, 12:13:04 AM
One of the towering figures in the history of our state. A person to aspire to when surrounded by so many gombeens in this country.
That's what I'd have said that if I'd been able to find such an eloquent summation of the man. He was the greatest product of the school I attended. Or any other school probably.
Quote from: AQMP on January 12, 2017, 01:21:32 PM
Former England soccer manager Graham "Do I Not Like That" Taylor, aged 72
Quote from: BennyCake on January 12, 2017, 03:07:58 PM
Sad to hear that. I didn't mind aul Graham. Made a bit of a scapegoat when Engerland manager, but enjoyed him as pundit/co-commentator, and seemed like a nice bloke.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on January 12, 2017, 03:27:30 PMV scummy . Even worse now with Brexit
Graham Taylor was one of the nice guys of the beautiful game problem was he was too nice for the scummy English media. RIP.
Quote from: seafoid on January 12, 2017, 03:31:54 PMDo you seriously have to bring Brexit into absolutely everything here?Quote from: Captain Obvious on January 12, 2017, 03:27:30 PMV scummy . Even worse now with Brexit
Graham Taylor was one of the nice guys of the beautiful game problem was he was too nice for the scummy English media. RIP.
Quote from: seafoid on January 12, 2017, 03:31:54 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on January 12, 2017, 03:27:30 PMV scummy . Even worse now with Brexit
Graham Taylor was one of the nice guys of the beautiful game problem was he was too nice for the scummy English media. RIP.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on January 12, 2017, 03:27:30 PM
Graham Taylor was one of the nice guys of the beautiful game problem was he was too nice for the scummy English media. RIP.
Quote from: AQMP on January 12, 2017, 04:11:11 PM
Taylor resigned after England failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup. Their group was England, Holland, Poland, Norway, Turkey and San Marino. 2 to qualify, no play offs. England were expected to qualify easily. Shows you how far England's footballing stock is has fallen, since if they were to draw that group now you'd expect them to struggle!
Quote from: AQMP on January 12, 2017, 04:11:11 PM
Taylor resigned after England failed to qualify for the 1994 World Cup. Their group was England, Holland, Poland, Norway, Turkey and San Marino. 2 to qualify, no play offs. England were expected to qualify easily. Shows you how far England's footballing stock is has fallen, since if they were to draw that group now you'd expect them to struggle!
Quote from: magpie seanie on January 12, 2017, 03:10:45 PM"Devestated to hear of Graham's sad passing, what a gentleman. In my darkest days himself and Rita were always there for me #RipGrahamAHero," McGrath tweeted.Quote from: BennyCake on January 12, 2017, 03:07:58 PM
Sad to hear that. I didn't mind aul Graham. Made a bit of a scapegoat when Engerland manager, but enjoyed him as pundit/co-commentator, and seemed like a nice bloke.
A tweet from Paul McGrath today among many others bears that out. Taylor was very unfairly treated by the British media....no one deserved what they did to him.
Quote from: Asal Mor on January 12, 2017, 07:07:05 PMQuote from: magpie seanie on January 12, 2017, 03:10:45 PM"Devestated to hear of Graham's sad passing, what a gentleman. In my darkest days himself and Rita were always there for me #RipGrahamAHero," McGrath tweeted.Quote from: BennyCake on January 12, 2017, 03:07:58 PM
Sad to hear that. I didn't mind aul Graham. Made a bit of a scapegoat when Engerland manager, but enjoyed him as pundit/co-commentator, and seemed like a nice bloke.
A tweet from Paul McGrath today among many others bears that out. Taylor was very unfairly treated by the British media....no one deserved what they did to him.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 12, 2017, 09:47:20 PM
Yes and later Barnes and Johnston would both become reviled by Celtic supporters.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 12, 2017, 09:47:20 PMMo defo, John Barnes reviled? :o Bowsey
Yes and later Barnes and Johnston would both become reviled by Celtic supporters.
Quote from: imtommygunn on January 12, 2017, 09:58:57 PM
Always thought he seemed like a decent guy. The english media were a disgrace as usual the way they treated him.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 12, 2017, 09:55:31 PM
Amazed that Graham Taylor died from a heart attack,and not a long ball attack!
Quote from: Gaffer on January 12, 2017, 10:22:15 PM
He got club scouts to service his car???
Quote from: T Fearon on January 13, 2017, 06:29:53 AM
Fact is Taylor was a failure as England manager and made some daft decisions,like taking Lineker off during their crucial last game in Euro 92 finals and leaving Gazza out of a qualifier in Dublin,a decision which baffled Big Jack.He was the only England manager in 40 years to fail to qualify for a World Cup Finals spot.As such he was always going to get flak.
Quote from: AZOffaly on January 13, 2017, 09:24:38 AM
They didn't qualify in 78 either I think?
Quote from: Billys Boots on January 13, 2017, 10:19:35 AMQuote from: AZOffaly on January 13, 2017, 09:24:38 AM
They didn't qualify in 78 either I think?
Nope, under Ron Greenwood.
Quote from: AZOffaly on January 13, 2017, 09:24:38 AMOr 74, and didn't make the Euros in 1976 or 1984 too, and latterly 2008.
They didn't qualify in 78 either I think?
Quote from: Billys Boots on January 13, 2017, 11:20:56 AMWhat he did for Watford was also very impressive
I thought his most impressive achievements were as manager of Lincoln City - if I recall correctly, they won the old 4th division with a record number of points and a record number of goals scored. I think he recognised English football for what it was (like Howard Wilkinson, Jack Charlton and others), a game best treated in agricultural fashion - no fancy Dan stuff in the midfield, long balls into the channels, and keep it in the air (out of the swamp) as long as possible. I think it's safe to say that the development of playing surfaces spelled the end of that type of football working in the English game, though in fairness to Taylor, he tried to change with the times.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 13, 2017, 02:04:32 PM
1978 was almost 40 years ago.I said World Cup Finals
Quote from: T Fearon on January 13, 2017, 02:04:32 PM
1978 was almost 40 years ago.I said World Cup Finals
Quote from: Keyser soze on January 13, 2017, 02:09:20 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 13, 2017, 02:04:32 PM
1978 was almost 40 years ago.I said World Cup Finals
Yeah but it wasn't 40 years ago in 1994!
Quote from: T Fearon on January 13, 2017, 02:04:32 PM
1978 was almost 40 years ago.I said World Cup Finals
Quote from: AQMP on January 13, 2017, 03:37:56 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on January 13, 2017, 02:32:34 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 13, 2017, 02:04:32 PM
1978 was almost 40 years ago.I said World Cup Finals
USA '94?
but do carry on, this is fun
But Taylor was the manager then, which is Tony's point??
Quote from: AZOffaly on January 13, 2017, 04:01:58 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnwO_0DrpCkQuote from: T Fearon on January 13, 2017, 02:04:32 PM
1978 was almost 40 years ago.I said World Cup Finals
You said he was ridiculed because he was the only England manger to fail to qualify in nearly 40 years. Now unless the journos in 1994 knew that they'd qualify for all future World Cups, and decided to ignore everything before 1982, you're raving.
Quote from: An Watcher on January 14, 2017, 08:13:56 AMAnd to rub even more salt in the wounds, Koeman's goal was a re-take which the ref gave after an England player charged out and blocked his initial effort from about 4 or 5 yards away. Fair enough, but England's free-kick for the Koeman foul had been charged down in the exact same way and the ref had waved play on.
Aye but it was great to see and then to rub salt in the wounds koeman scores the free kick. Showing my age!
Quote from: T Fearon on January 14, 2017, 10:40:44 AM
Every England manager has been ridiculed,even Alf Ramsey ffs.It possibly doesn't mean as much nowadays,hence the likes of Hodgson are quickly forgotten.
Graham Taylor was a decent bloke and a football man,but was hardly a legendary manager.He was moderately successful at Watford, with the help of Elton John's money,but was hardly a roaring success.
Quote from: PW Nally on January 14, 2017, 11:15:54 AM
T.K. Whitaker RIP.
Less that 10 posts about a true Irish hero.
Graham Taylor RIP
Pages of fawning comment on an English football man.
Quote from: PW Nally on January 14, 2017, 11:15:54 AMWell if T.K. was as ahead of his time as all the plaudits have been saying, he should have had the foresight to make a heart-wrenching fly-on-the-wall documentary.
T.K. Whitaker RIP.
Less that 10 posts about a true Irish hero.
Graham Taylor RIP
Pages of fawning comment on an English football man.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 14, 2017, 11:52:10 AM
What is commendable about modern Ireland? Governed by the greedy,with huge gap between rich and poor,crimelords kill with impunity,atheism rife,fawning to British and American governments?
Quote from: T Fearon on January 14, 2017, 11:52:10 AMNon sectarian, good education system, vibrant cultural scene, friendly people, decent social welfare, good place to grow up, trouble free in July
What is commendable about modern Ireland? Governed by the greedy,with huge gap between rich and poor,crimelords kill with impunity,atheism rife,fawning to British and American governments?
Quote from: BennyCake on January 14, 2017, 12:09:04 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 14, 2017, 11:52:10 AM
What is commendable about modern Ireland? Governed by the greedy,with huge gap between rich and poor,crimelords kill with impunity,atheism rife,fawning to British and American governments?
You could say that about most countries though.
And there's worse things people could be than atheist.
Quote from: moysider on January 14, 2017, 03:56:20 PMQuote from: BennyCake on January 14, 2017, 12:09:04 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 14, 2017, 11:52:10 AM
What is commendable about modern Ireland? Governed by the greedy,with huge gap between rich and poor,crimelords kill with impunity,atheism rife,fawning to British and American governments?
You could say that about most countries though.
And there's worse things people could be than atheist.
Aye. At least we've got the atheism bit right.
Quote from: BennyCake on January 15, 2017, 05:55:48 PMVery nice man - met him when he was touring with Kevin Montgomery in Manchester. He also spend a lot of time playing with the Bob Wills band. Waylon Jennings was also meant to be on that plane but he swapped with the Big Bopper.
Buddy Holly's guitarist, Tommy Allsup, 85.
He was the one that lost the infamous coin toss to determine who would get a seat on the plane that ended up crashing and killing Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, in 1959.
Quote from: AQMP on January 20, 2017, 12:14:25 PM
Some of us here are old enough to remember "Another Girl, Another Planet" by The Only Ones. Drummer Mike Kellie has died aged 69.
Quote from: Oraisteach on January 16, 2017, 11:34:00 PM
Gene Cernan, last man to walk on the Moon
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on January 23, 2017, 04:00:25 PM
renee from allo allo
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on January 25, 2017, 07:45:25 PM
Legendary Actress Mary Tyler Moore 80
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on January 25, 2017, 07:45:25 PM
Legendary Actress Mary Tyler Moore 80
Quote from: armaghniac on January 25, 2017, 09:10:24 PMAye very fine.Quote from: DrinkingHarp on January 25, 2017, 07:45:25 PM
Legendary Actress Mary Tyler Moore 80
Fine looking woman in her day.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on January 25, 2017, 09:56:07 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 25, 2017, 09:10:24 PMAye very fine.Quote from: DrinkingHarp on January 25, 2017, 07:45:25 PM
Legendary Actress Mary Tyler Moore 80
Fine looking woman in her day.
Quote from: leenie on January 28, 2017, 01:23:21 AMFantastic actor few better. Rip.
John hurt.. true legendary actor.. rip
Quote from: leenie on January 28, 2017, 01:23:21 AM
John hurt.. true legendary actor.. rip
Quote from: BennyCake on January 28, 2017, 02:40:39 PMThe Field is a classic film
Hurt was great in The Field. The sandwiches scene was brilliant. But for me, I'll always associate with him, one line... "Well said, well said, well said. You're The Bull, you're The Bull, you're The Bull!"
Quote from: BennyCake on January 28, 2017, 02:40:39 PM
Hurt was great in The Field. The sandwiches scene was brilliant. But for me, I'll always associate with him, one line... "Well said, well said, well said. You're The Bull, you're The Bull, you're The Bull!"
Quote from: PW Nally on January 29, 2017, 06:06:52 PMQuote from: BennyCake on January 28, 2017, 02:40:39 PM
Hurt was great in The Field. The sandwiches scene was brilliant. But for me, I'll always associate with him, one line... "Well said, well said, well said. You're The Bull, you're The Bull, you're The Bull!"
https://youtu.be/yiImoPnLsFs
Meat
https://youtu.be/JjKJnsMwHk0
Outsiders
Mighty laugh the bird was in the field.
RIP John Hurt.
Quote from: seafoid on January 28, 2017, 02:56:46 PMQuote from: BennyCake on January 28, 2017, 02:40:39 PMThe Field is a classic film
Hurt was great in The Field. The sandwiches scene was brilliant. But for me, I'll always associate with him, one line... "Well said, well said, well said. You're The Bull, you're The Bull, you're The Bull!"
Quote from: 5 Sams on February 06, 2017, 12:35:36 PMWhat a brutal disease. I can't imagine Fernando Ricksen has much longer either.
Joost Van Der Westhuizen. 45 years old. RIP
Quote from: PW Nally on January 29, 2017, 06:06:52 PMQuote from: BennyCake on January 28, 2017, 02:40:39 PM
Hurt was great in The Field. The sandwiches scene was brilliant. But for me, I'll always associate with him, one line... "Well said, well said, well said. You're The Bull, you're The Bull, you're The Bull!"
https://youtu.be/yiImoPnLsFs
Meat
https://youtu.be/JjKJnsMwHk0
Outsiders
Mighty laugh the bird was in the field.
RIP John Hurt.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 06, 2017, 01:35:16 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on February 06, 2017, 12:35:36 PMWhat a brutal disease. I can't imagine Fernando Ricksen has much longer either.
Joost Van Der Westhuizen. 45 years old. RIP
Quote from: 5 Sams on February 06, 2017, 12:35:36 PM
Joost Van Der Westhuizen. 45 years old. RIP
Quote from: StGallsGAA on February 06, 2017, 02:54:23 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on February 06, 2017, 12:35:36 PM
Joost Van Der Westhuizen. 45 years old. RIP
Just awful
Quote from: moysider on February 19, 2017, 11:07:36 PM
Dan Vickerman, a veteran of 63 Tests for Australia Rugby Union, has died at the age of 37.
QuoteReading between the lines of the press reports over here he sadly seems to be another victim of depressionAlan Quinlan @AlanQuinlan1 · 22h22 hours ago
QuoteIt is with deep sadness that Ollscoil Uladh learn of the death of Leo Murphy.
A Down and Jordanstown legend. All Ireland winning fresher manager in 1983/84 and our first Sigerson manager in 1985. Our thoughts and prayers are with his entire family at this sad time. Our Lady Queen of the Gael pray for him.
Quote from: Declan on February 20, 2017, 09:15:52 AMQuoteReading between the lines of the press reports over here he sadly seems to be another victim of depressionAlan Quinlan @AlanQuinlan1 · 22h22 hours ago
RIP Dan Vickerman very sad and tragic but how can we expect people to have the courage to get help if we won't even say the word 'suicide'?
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 21, 2017, 09:38:56 AM
Cardinal Desmond Connell
Hope he has all his answers ready for St. Peter - some of the questions on his action on child abusers may be difficult.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 21, 2017, 09:38:56 AMHe probably will move the blame around...
Cardinal Desmond Connell
Hope he has all his answers ready for St. Peter - some of the questions on his action on child abusers may be difficult.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 10:44:10 AM
Highly respectful comments from the usual suspects
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 10:44:10 AM
Highly respectful comments from the usual suspects
Quote from: T Fearon on February 20, 2017, 09:06:30 PM
Roger Hynd wasn't a patch on fellow Birmingham player Kenny Burns when it comes to toughness.
Apparently Steve Hewlett died while listening to Bob Dylan.Wonder was it Knockin on Heaven's Door
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 21, 2017, 11:23:00 AMIn fairness though it was the kids and their parents fault really.Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 10:44:10 AM
Highly respectful comments from the usual suspects
Just because he's a cardinal and now dead doesn't mean we have to laud him to the heights.
He failed to protect children. He hushed up church money paid to victims. He covered up abuse of children. While he never used the excuse of being a 'young naive 35 year old priest' but rather something that was new to me - "mental reservation".
I hope he rests in peace but that's as far as I am willing to go.
Quote from: laoislad on February 21, 2017, 11:42:49 AMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on February 21, 2017, 11:23:00 AMIn fairness though it was the kids and their parents fault really.Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 10:44:10 AM
Highly respectful comments from the usual suspects
Just because he's a cardinal and now dead doesn't mean we have to laud him to the heights.
He failed to protect children. He hushed up church money paid to victims. He covered up abuse of children. While he never used the excuse of being a 'young naive 35 year old priest' but rather something that was new to me - "mental reservation".
I hope he rests in peace but that's as far as I am willing to go.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 21, 2017, 11:23:00 AMIt is a funny old world. He thought he was doing the church some service. He stabbed it in the back. As Mr Yiannopolous learnt yesterday, paedophilia is unforgivable.Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 10:44:10 AM
Highly respectful comments from the usual suspects
Just because he's a cardinal and now dead doesn't mean we have to laud him to the heights.
He failed to protect children. He hushed up church money paid to victims. He covered up abuse of children. While he never used the excuse of being a 'young naive 35 year old priest' but rather something that was new to me - "mental reservation".
I hope he rests in peace but that's as far as I am willing to go.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 10:44:10 AM
Highly respectful comments from the usual suspects
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 07:30:29 PM
Innocuous jokes about celeb deaths are different entirely to labelling a deceased person a "paedophile enabler"😠
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 08:31:51 PM
Yawn.He will have a huge funeral,despite the haters trying to smear his good name.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 08:31:51 PM
Yawn.He will have a huge funeral,despite the haters trying to smear his good name.
Quote from: longballin on February 21, 2017, 07:14:30 PMDescribing them as jokes is stretching it quite a bitQuote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 10:44:10 AM
Highly respectful comments from the usual suspects
says the 'man' who uses the Death Notices thread regularly to make tasteless jokes about people's deaths...
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 08:31:51 PMSo did Jimmy Saville.
Yawn.He will have a huge funeral,despite the haters trying to smear his good name.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 08:31:51 PMPitiful
Yawn.He will have a huge funeral,despite the haters trying to smear his good name.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 10:44:10 AMYour own Bob Dylan comments were hardly respectful.
Highly respectful comments from the usual suspects
Quote from: Applesisapples on February 22, 2017, 11:23:47 AMQuote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 10:44:10 AMYour own Bob Dylan comments were hardly respectful.
Highly respectful comments from the usual suspects
Quote from: T Fearon on February 21, 2017, 08:31:51 PMWill there be any acknowledgement of the horrific wrongs he was complicit in during his life in the funeral mass Tony ?
Yawn.He will have a huge funeral,despite the haters trying to smear his good name.
Quote from: Orior on February 22, 2017, 01:09:52 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-BZIWSI5UQ
There are some old saying handed down through generations that are still as true today as they were in yesteryear.
One of those is "never speak ill of the dead"*
* the only exception being Thatcher.
Quote from: From the Bunker on February 22, 2017, 02:22:53 PM
Cardinal Dessie was just a weak character, who also seemed to have no overall concept of how much damage his actions had on a lot of people. The weakness of character of the clergy seems to be an over riding factor. It would have taken a brave man in the clergy to say no or to be a whistleblower. Sometimes people are not bad or malicious they are just natural cowards who end up in the wrong place at the wrong time with difficult decisions to make.
The same can/could be said of cardinal brady.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 22, 2017, 03:25:20 PMThe irony is that he didn't protect the church. He undermined it.Quote from: From the Bunker on February 22, 2017, 02:22:53 PM
Cardinal Dessie was just a weak character, who also seemed to have no overall concept of how much damage his actions had on a lot of people. The weakness of character of the clergy seems to be an over riding factor. It would have taken a brave man in the clergy to say no or to be a whistleblower. Sometimes people are not bad or malicious they are just natural cowards who end up in the wrong place at the wrong time with difficult decisions to make.
The same can/could be said of cardinal brady.
Well said. I would not suggest that Connell was inherently evil - he was a bookish academic that was promoted way above his station. However, that said, his actions in frustrating the legal process, and basically lying to State authorities, all to protect Mother Church, is appalling and stains whatever "good name" he may have had.
Dying does not absolve him of this in my eyes.
It would seem men with red hats can do no wrong with some people.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 20, 2017, 09:06:30 PM
Roger Hynd wasn't a patch on fellow Birmingham player Kenny Burns when it comes to toughness.
Apparently Steve Hewlett died while listening to Bob Dylan.Wonder was it Knockin on Heaven's Door
Quote from: T Fearon on February 22, 2017, 06:38:12 PM
So we have all done the right thing at all times,have never turned a blind eye to things we knew instinctively were wrong to protect our own reputation or that of an organisation we belonged to?
Sadly it is human instinct to cover one's back,without thinking through the consequences.Desmond Connell deserves a fairer judgement than one defined by his mistakes,serious as they were.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 22, 2017, 09:41:03 PM
I am not saying it's right,but the human instinct is to conceal.I am sure in his latter years Desmond Connell had regrets,and my Church preaches contrition, repentance and God's forgiveness.It also teaches that no one should judge another
Quote from: T Fearon on February 22, 2017, 09:41:03 PM
I am not saying it's right,but the human instinct is to conceal.I am sure in his latter years Desmond Connell had regrets,and my Church preaches contrition, repentance and God's forgiveness.It also teaches that no one should judge another
Quote from: T Fearon on February 22, 2017, 09:41:03 PM
I am not saying it's right,but the human instinct is to conceal.I am sure in his latter years Desmond Connell had regrets,and my Church preaches contrition, repentance and God's forgiveness.It also teaches that no one should judge another
Quote from: T Fearon on February 22, 2017, 09:41:03 PM
I am not saying it's right,but the human instinct is to conceal.I am sure in his latter years Desmond Connell had regrets,and my Church preaches contrition, repentance and God's forgiveness.It also teaches that no one should judge another
Quote from: T Fearon on February 24, 2015, 11:01:18 PMIf a gay couple wanted to rent a room to clearly spend a night in that room as a normal heterosexual married couple,yes I believe the owner of a B&B should have a right to refuse their custom.
Quote from: Hardy on February 23, 2017, 12:10:10 AMThe great thing about people like Tony is that they're always so easy to expose as complete hypocrites.Quote from: T Fearon on February 22, 2017, 09:41:03 PM
I am not saying it's right,but the human instinct is to conceal.I am sure in his latter years Desmond Connell had regrets,and my Church preaches contrition, repentance and God's forgiveness.It also teaches that no one should judge anotherQuote from: T Fearon on February 24, 2015, 11:01:18 PMIf a gay couple wanted to rent a room to clearly spend a night in that room as a normal heterosexual married couple,yes I believe the owner of a B&B should have a right to refuse their custom.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 23, 2017, 06:35:47 PMfacilitating sin can get one promoted in the church
Being non judgemental is not the same as declining to facilitate sin.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 26, 2017, 04:00:52 PMNo question mark. Confirmed as due to complications arising from surgery.
Bill Paxton??
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 26, 2017, 04:11:26 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 26, 2017, 04:00:52 PMNo question mark. Confirmed as due to complications arising from surgery.
Bill Paxton??
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 26, 2017, 04:00:52 PMOne of only two actors to have been killed by a Terminator, an Alien, and a Predator. RIP.
Bill Paxton??
Quote from: Cunny Funt on February 27, 2017, 06:45:01 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 26, 2017, 04:00:52 PMOne of only two actors to have been killed by a Terminator, an Alien, and a Predator. RIP.
Bill Paxton??
Quote from: T Fearon on February 27, 2017, 11:00:32 PM
Alex Young of Everton,Glentoran and Scotland.
Quote from: stew on February 27, 2017, 11:12:20 PM
David Jason, I loved the man. we now live in a world where Del Boy is no longer with us.
RIP Sir David.
Quote from: From the Bunker on February 27, 2017, 11:30:03 PMOr fake news from Stew.
Online death hoax!
Quote from: laoislad on February 28, 2017, 08:02:23 AM
Dunno which is worse. Telling us the man is dead when he isn't or calling him Sir.
QuotePeter Mathews, former TD
Quote from: T Fearon on February 22, 2017, 09:41:03 PMThere wasnt even one TD at the funeral
I am not saying it's right,but the human instinct is to conceal.I am sure in his latter years Desmond Connell had regrets,and my Church preaches contrition, repentance and God's forgiveness.It also teaches that no one should judge another
Quote from: T Fearon on March 01, 2017, 06:28:51 AMThere were loads of politicians at Cahal Daly''s funeral. The O Connell funeral was low key in accordance with his public standing.
Surprise surprise.Would you want any of them at yours?
Quote from: seafoid on March 01, 2017, 06:06:04 AMQuote from: T Fearon on February 22, 2017, 09:41:03 PMThere wasnt even one TD at the funeral
I am not saying it's right,but the human instinct is to conceal.I am sure in his latter years Desmond Connell had regrets,and my Church preaches contrition, repentance and God's forgiveness.It also teaches that no one should judge another
Quote from: laoislad link=topic=2372.msg1673473#msg1I 73473 date=1488268943
Dunno which is worse. Telling us the man is dead when he isn't or calling him Sir.
Quote from: T Fearon on March 01, 2017, 10:33:18 PMYou did say the cardinal would have a big funeral.
There were scores of TDs at Charlie Haughey's funeral,that did not make him a Saint.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on March 02, 2017, 10:44:55 AM
He also memorably booted Helmut Haller up the hole!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lnja51VticQ&sns=fb
Quote from: laoislad on March 13, 2017, 04:51:07 PMFather Jack can release that video tape of the son building sandcastles with the hat.
Eamon Casey
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on March 13, 2017, 05:24:42 PMQuote from: laoislad on March 13, 2017, 04:51:07 PMFather Jack can release that video tape of the son building sandcastles with the hat.
Eamon Casey
When this happened back in our school days we were delighted, it gave a great reason to wind up the religion teachers and put them on the back foot.
They've been in retreat ever since when you think about it.
Quote from: armaghniac on March 13, 2017, 05:33:14 PMQuote from: Bord na Mona man on March 13, 2017, 05:24:42 PMQuote from: laoislad on March 13, 2017, 04:51:07 PMFather Jack can release that video tape of the son building sandcastles with the hat.
Eamon Casey
When this happened back in our school days we were delighted, it gave a great reason to wind up the religion teachers and put them on the back foot.
They've been in retreat ever since when you think about it.
Mind you in the overall scheme of things, making sandcastles with your son wasn't what you should have been asking the religion teachers about.
Quote from: From the Bunker on March 13, 2017, 07:31:18 PMThese days stealing from the parish funds would be lauded.
Caseys crime was not that he had sex with a consenting Adult!
Or that he fathered a child.
His crime was that he stole from parish funds to hide his secret.
He was used to the good life and enjoyed his power and popularity.
He could never have given that up!
That said he was a loss when he left the country. He did a lot of good things during his ministry.
The Late Late Show clip (above) shows you how the country Ganged up on the Yank. Uncle Gaybo being the ring leader!
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on March 18, 2017, 10:13:14 PMPioneer. RIP.
Chuck Berry
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 18, 2017, 10:17:01 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on March 18, 2017, 10:13:14 PMPioneer. RIP.
Chuck Berry
Quote from: StGallsGAA on March 18, 2017, 10:26:47 PMDefinitely a pin on his lapel if you look carefully.Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 18, 2017, 10:17:01 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on March 18, 2017, 10:13:14 PMPioneer. RIP.
Chuck Berry
Doubt if he'd kept the pledge TBH!
Quote from: longballin on March 18, 2017, 10:25:35 PM
Incredible show man. Chuck Berry RIP :-\
Quote from: stew on March 18, 2017, 11:18:23 PM
Just saw that Jeremy Clarkson died on the interweb, probably fake news as it would have been on here him being so popular and all.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 18, 2017, 10:29:03 PMQuote from: StGallsGAA on March 18, 2017, 10:26:47 PMDefinitely a pin on his lapel if you look carefully.Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 18, 2017, 10:17:01 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on March 18, 2017, 10:13:14 PMPioneer. RIP.
Chuck Berry
Doubt if he'd kept the pledge TBH!
Quote from: Denn Forever on March 19, 2017, 10:36:41 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on March 18, 2017, 10:29:03 PMQuote from: StGallsGAA on March 18, 2017, 10:26:47 PMDefinitely a pin on his lapel if you look carefully.Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 18, 2017, 10:17:01 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on March 18, 2017, 10:13:14 PMPioneer. RIP.
Chuck Berry
Doubt if he'd kept the pledge TBH!
Didn't drink or smoke.
Quote from: Red Hand Man on March 19, 2017, 10:16:31 PMDo they know what happened?
Derry City Captain, Ryan McBride. 27.
Quote from: longballin on March 19, 2017, 03:20:00 PM
Every artist is entitled to one aberration.. Chuck Berry's was 'My Ding-a-ling' Dreadful but otherwise he was superb.
Quote from: thejuice on March 20, 2017, 08:48:45 AMQuote from: longballin on March 19, 2017, 03:20:00 PM
Every artist is entitled to one aberration.. Chuck Berry's was 'My Ding-a-ling' Dreadful but otherwise he was superb.
That wasn't his only aberration if we're talking about him as a person too. Great musician and made rock and roll what it is today but a pretty terrible character by most accounts.
Quote from: thejuice on March 20, 2017, 08:48:45 AMQuote from: longballin on March 19, 2017, 03:20:00 PM
Every artist is entitled to one aberration.. Chuck Berry's was 'My Ding-a-ling' Dreadful but otherwise he was superb.
That wasn't his only aberration if we're talking about him as a person too. Great musician and made rock and roll what it is today but a pretty terrible character by most accounts.
Quote from: T Fearon on March 20, 2017, 07:28:05 PM
Thanks.Officially an orphan now,and an only surviving child too.Still I'm very grateful that both parents lived into their late 80s,retained all their faculties and suffered very short illnesses at the end.Feel truly blessed.
Quote from: T Fearon on March 20, 2017, 07:28:05 PMWell said Tony. Condolences. This board would be a much duller place without ya.
Thanks.Officially an orphan now,and an only surviving child too.Still I'm very grateful that both parents lived into their late 80s,retained all their faculties and suffered very short illnesses at the end.Feel truly blessed.
Quote from: T Fearon on March 20, 2017, 07:28:05 PM
Thanks.Officially an orphan now,and an only surviving child too.Still I'm very grateful that both parents lived into their late 80s,retained all their faculties and suffered very short illnesses at the end.Feel truly blessed.
Quote from: Aaron Boone on March 21, 2017, 06:16:23 AM
Martin McGuinness RIP.
Quote from: Avondhu star on March 21, 2017, 08:03:39 AMEngland brought the war to Ireland. Have some respect.
FFS. a peacemaker but was also responsible for sending a lot of people to early graves so a bit of balance is needed
Quote from: Farrandeelin on March 21, 2017, 08:32:52 AM
RIP Martin McGuinness. History will judge him kindly I'm sure.
Quote from: Denn Forever on March 21, 2017, 11:48:09 AMNot withstanding Tebbet's painful experience at the hands of the IRA he came across as a bitter and twisted individual. His comments as a member of a party and government that spilt more blood in the '80's in various conflicts were at best hypocritical.Quote from: Farrandeelin on March 21, 2017, 08:32:52 AM
RIP Martin McGuinness. History will judge him kindly I'm sure.
Not if it's writen by Norman Tibbet.
Quote from: Applesisapples on March 21, 2017, 11:57:48 AMTebbit was always vileQuote from: Denn Forever on March 21, 2017, 11:48:09 AMNot withstanding Tebbet's painful experience at the hands of the IRA he came across as a bitter and twisted individual. His comments as a member of a party and government that spilt more blood in the '80's in various conflicts were at best hypocritical.Quote from: Farrandeelin on March 21, 2017, 08:32:52 AM
RIP Martin McGuinness. History will judge him kindly I'm sure.
Not if it's writen by Norman Tibbet.
Quote from: Hereiam on March 23, 2017, 08:58:02 PM
Well i think when a death is announced as sudden with no follow up explanation you can assume it was suicide.
Quote from: Hereiam on March 23, 2017, 08:58:02 PM
Well i think when a death is announced as sudden with no follow up explanation you can assume it was suicide.
Quote from: mrdeeds on March 23, 2017, 09:15:07 PMI would think it was probably SADS he had said he felt unwell after a couple of recent games. Comparisons with Cormac McAnallan.Quote from: Hereiam on March 23, 2017, 08:58:02 PM
Well i think when a death is announced as sudden with no follow up explanation you can assume it was suicide.
Said he felt unwell after their game so maybe don't assume.
Quote from: hardstation on March 23, 2017, 09:55:37 PM
I've no idea what caused his death but if I have to have a random guess, let me know and I'll post one.
Quote from: AQMP on March 24, 2017, 10:32:44 AM
Music fans of a certain vintage may remember the group Boston - big hit was "More Than A Feeling" in 1976. Drummer Sib Hashian has died aged 67. In his day he had one of the biggest Afros in rock!
Quote from: armaghniac on March 24, 2017, 12:41:20 PMQuote from: AQMP on March 24, 2017, 10:32:44 AM
Music fans of a certain vintage may remember the group Boston - big hit was "More Than A Feeling" in 1976. Drummer Sib Hashian has died aged 67. In his day he had one of the biggest Afros in rock!
Are there people that old on this board?
Quote from: moysider on March 29, 2017, 03:03:48 PM
Tommy Hanley. Younger brother of Pearce and Cian, after a long illness.
Quote from: Taylor on March 24, 2017, 12:34:12 PMQuote from: hardstation on March 23, 2017, 09:55:37 PM
I've no idea what caused his death but if I have to have a random guess, let me know and I'll post one.
Course you would.
Anything to increase your post count ::)
Quote from: moysider on March 29, 2017, 03:03:48 PM
Tommy Hanley. Younger brother of Pearce and Cian, after a long illness.
Quote from: Oraisteach on April 02, 2017, 03:17:20 AMVery interesting life
Yevgeny Yevtushenko, anti-Stalinist poet
Quote from: Armamike on April 06, 2017, 09:36:30 PM
Don Rickles. Legendary comedian. A very funny guy.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 07, 2017, 07:56:59 PMSpace issues.
Any reason why it took them 4 months to bury John Glenn at Arlington?
Quote from: snoopdog on April 09, 2017, 11:33:43 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on April 07, 2017, 07:56:59 PMSpace issues.
Any reason why it took them 4 months to bury John Glenn at Arlington?
Quote from: T Fearon on April 12, 2017, 09:52:45 PMLoved the centrefold video as a teenager 😳
J Geils Band supported Rolling Stones at Slane in 1982
Quote from: 5 Sams on April 13, 2017, 09:47:26 PM
Dan Rooney. Huge connections with Newry.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/steelers/2017/04/13/dan-rooney-dies-pittsburgh-steelers-chairman/100431968/
Quote from: SHEEDY on April 22, 2017, 09:45:56 AM
Italian cyclist Michele Scarponi has died aged 37 after being involved in a collision with a van during a training ride.
A statement from his Astana team said the crash happened close to Scarponi's home in Filottrano.
Scarponi won the 2011 Giro d'Italia after Alberto Contador was stripped of the title and claimed victory in stage one of the Tour of the Alps on Monday.
He leaves behind a wife and two children.
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on April 23, 2017, 07:16:58 AMBeing famous may be more dangerous than smoking
Erin Moran aka Joanie Cunningham from Happy Days aged 56
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/happy-days-star-erin-moran-dies-56-012117080.html
Quote from: seafoid on April 23, 2017, 08:30:40 AMQuote from: DrinkingHarp on April 23, 2017, 07:16:58 AMBeing famous may be more dangerous than smoking
Erin Moran aka Joanie Cunningham from Happy Days aged 56
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/happy-days-star-erin-moran-dies-56-012117080.html
Quote from: longballin on April 23, 2017, 12:10:38 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 23, 2017, 08:30:40 AMQuote from: DrinkingHarp on April 23, 2017, 07:16:58 AMBeing famous may be more dangerous than smoking
Erin Moran aka Joanie Cunningham from Happy Days aged 56
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/happy-days-star-erin-moran-dies-56-012117080.html
That is very sad news.
Quote from: StGallsGAA on April 23, 2017, 01:34:40 PMQuote from: longballin on April 23, 2017, 12:10:38 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 23, 2017, 08:30:40 AMQuote from: DrinkingHarp on April 23, 2017, 07:16:58 AMBeing famous may be more dangerous than smoking
Erin Moran aka Joanie Cunningham from Happy Days aged 56
https://www.yahoo.com/tv/happy-days-star-erin-moran-dies-56-012117080.html
That is very sad news.
How many child stars of the 70s/80s have ended up in similar circumstances? V sad.
Quote from: nrico2006 on May 16, 2017, 08:45:07 AM
Powers Boothe.
Quote from: Orior on May 16, 2017, 08:59:17 AMQuote from: nrico2006 on May 16, 2017, 08:45:07 AM
Powers Boothe.
One of those actors that just never had the massive blockbuster.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on May 16, 2017, 09:21:08 AMYes, good call MR. I can't really recall him in much recently apart from some Marvel stuff and 24.Quote from: Orior on May 16, 2017, 08:59:17 AMQuote from: nrico2006 on May 16, 2017, 08:45:07 AM
Powers Boothe.
One of those actors that just never had the massive blockbuster.
Southern Comfort, for me was a cracking film
Quote from: Declan on May 18, 2017, 01:49:15 PM
Roger Ailes - Former headman at Fox News in US
Quote from: J70 on May 18, 2017, 01:20:37 PMJust listening to Outhshined from back in the day. Great tune. Great loss :(
Was looking at Chris Cornell's twitter. Lots of photos from his shows over last week. Looked in great shape. Apparently played a gig last night. RIP.
Quote from: J70 on May 18, 2017, 01:56:15 PMAiles, Trump and Bill O'Reilly, the three amigos of sexual assault, could never manage to do that.Quote from: Declan on May 18, 2017, 01:49:15 PM
Roger Ailes - Former headman at Fox News in US
Wow!
A lot of tongues will have to be held in check for a few days.
Quote from: J70 on May 18, 2017, 01:56:15 PMQuote from: Declan on May 18, 2017, 01:49:15 PM
Roger Ailes - Former headman at Fox News in US
Wow!
A lot of tongues will have to be held in check for a few days.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on May 18, 2017, 03:01:38 PM
There'll be a few former females at Fox opening bottles of wine early today
Quote from: J70 on May 18, 2017, 01:20:37 PM
Was looking at Chris Cornell's twitter. Lots of photos from his shows over last week. Looked in great shape. Apparently played a gig last night. RIP.
Quote from: Kidder81 on May 18, 2017, 07:11:13 PMQuote from: J70 on May 18, 2017, 01:20:37 PM
Was looking at Chris Cornell's twitter. Lots of photos from his shows over last week. Looked in great shape. Apparently played a gig last night. RIP.
Suicide
Quote from: J70 on May 18, 2017, 07:26:16 PMQuote from: Kidder81 on May 18, 2017, 07:11:13 PMQuote from: J70 on May 18, 2017, 01:20:37 PM
Was looking at Chris Cornell's twitter. Lots of photos from his shows over last week. Looked in great shape. Apparently played a gig last night. RIP.
Suicide
Wow.
You'd think someone like that has it all, but you never know what's going on in their life or in their head.
Quote from: armaghniac on May 18, 2017, 05:30:48 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on May 18, 2017, 03:01:38 PM
There'll be a few former females at Fox opening bottles of wine early today
Former females? Things must have been bad when they changed sex just to get away from him.
Quote from: J70 on May 18, 2017, 07:26:16 PMQuote from: Kidder81 on May 18, 2017, 07:11:13 PMQuote from: J70 on May 18, 2017, 01:20:37 PM
Was looking at Chris Cornell's twitter. Lots of photos from his shows over last week. Looked in great shape. Apparently played a gig last night. RIP.
Suicide
Wow.
You'd think someone like that has it all, but you never know what's going on in their life or in their head.
Quote from: Puckoon on May 18, 2017, 10:50:49 PMQuote from: J70 on May 18, 2017, 07:26:16 PMQuote from: Kidder81 on May 18, 2017, 07:11:13 PMQuote from: J70 on May 18, 2017, 01:20:37 PM
Was looking at Chris Cornell's twitter. Lots of photos from his shows over last week. Looked in great shape. Apparently played a gig last night. RIP.
Suicide
Wow.
You'd think someone like that has it all, but you never know what's going on in their life or in their head.
His wife has stated that she spoke to him twice after the show and he didn't seem in anyway suicidal. I'm expecting this is going to be in Carradine/Hutchence territory. Sad, stupid news either way. 2 teenage kids and an 11 year old.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on May 23, 2017, 02:20:27 PMView to a kill one of the first ever films I saw in the cinema. RIP.
Roger Moore is now officially with the saints
Quote from: The Subbie on May 24, 2017, 09:16:09 AM
Quite an historic day in film history with the first Bond to pass away.
All the Bond girls are still alive.
Quote from: FL/MAYO on May 24, 2017, 10:30:19 AMQuote from: The Subbie on May 24, 2017, 09:16:09 AM
Quite an historic day in film history with the first Bond to pass away.
All the Bond girls are still alive.
Wasn't David Niven a Bond? He passed away years ago.
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on May 24, 2017, 02:02:17 PMQuote from: FL/MAYO on May 24, 2017, 10:30:19 AMQuote from: The Subbie on May 24, 2017, 09:16:09 AM
Quite an historic day in film history with the first Bond to pass away.
All the Bond girls are still alive.
Wasn't David Niven a Bond? He passed away years ago.
David Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) starred in Casino Royale in 1967.
Quote from: longballin on May 24, 2017, 04:22:37 PM
Couldn't warm to the James Bond shows... when it said on her majesty's service was turn off... glorified the SAS
Quote from: gallsman on May 24, 2017, 06:17:10 PMQuote from: longballin on May 24, 2017, 04:22:37 PM
Couldn't warm to the James Bond shows... when it said on her majesty's service was turn off... glorified the SAS
Pretty big chip you're carrying there.
Quote from: Windmill abu on May 24, 2017, 04:09:32 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on May 24, 2017, 02:02:17 PMQuote from: FL/MAYO on May 24, 2017, 10:30:19 AMQuote from: The Subbie on May 24, 2017, 09:16:09 AM
Quite an historic day in film history with the first Bond to pass away.
All the Bond girls are still alive.
Wasn't David Niven a Bond? He passed away years ago.
David Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) starred in Casino Royale in 1967.
Barry Nelson on TV and Bob Holiness on radio who both played James Bond are also dead.
Quote from: The Subbie on May 24, 2017, 09:01:46 PMQuote from: Windmill abu on May 24, 2017, 04:09:32 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on May 24, 2017, 02:02:17 PMQuote from: FL/MAYO on May 24, 2017, 10:30:19 AMQuote from: The Subbie on May 24, 2017, 09:16:09 AM
Quite an historic day in film history with the first Bond to pass away.
All the Bond girls are still alive.
Wasn't David Niven a Bond? He passed away years ago.
David Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) starred in Casino Royale in 1967.
Barry Nelson on TV and Bob Holiness on radio who both played James Bond are also dead.
I completely forgot about Niven , but I don't know about the other two - I stand corrected.
Quote from: mrdeeds on May 25, 2017, 12:10:15 AMThey are the Bond franchise actors so I suppose you could call them the "official" Bond.Quote from: The Subbie on May 24, 2017, 09:01:46 PMQuote from: Windmill abu on May 24, 2017, 04:09:32 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on May 24, 2017, 02:02:17 PMQuote from: FL/MAYO on May 24, 2017, 10:30:19 AMQuote from: The Subbie on May 24, 2017, 09:16:09 AM
Quite an historic day in film history with the first Bond to pass away.
All the Bond girls are still alive.
Wasn't David Niven a Bond? He passed away years ago.
David Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) starred in Casino Royale in 1967.
Barry Nelson on TV and Bob Holiness on radio who both played James Bond are also dead.
I completely forgot about Niven , but I don't know about the other two - I stand corrected.
Are the official Bonds not just Connery Moore Lazenby Dalton Brosnan and Craig?
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on May 25, 2017, 01:23:24 PM
David Niven in Casino Royale was not part of the Eon franchise who would not take it on for many years so the producer did his own thing. Much more comedic even than the official series.
Quote from: cornerback on May 26, 2017, 12:34:50 PM
Heartbreaking news from Tipperary yesterday.
Prayers are with the Mother & Father. RIP
Quote from: AZOffaly on May 26, 2017, 01:19:01 PMThe worst I have done is drive halfway to work with one in the back of the car and I can totally imagine how it would happen if you were in autopilot and the baby was sleeping. You'd worry about that lad as I don't know how you shake that off.
Unimaginable. I can't believe it. How would you live with yourself?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 26, 2017, 01:32:37 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on May 26, 2017, 01:19:01 PMThe worst I have done is drive halfway to work with one in the back of the car and I can totally imagine how it would happen if you were in autopilot and the baby was sleeping. You'd worry about that lad as I don't know how you shake that off.
Unimaginable. I can't believe it. How would you live with yourself?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 26, 2017, 01:32:37 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on May 26, 2017, 01:19:01 PMThe worst I have done is drive halfway to work with one in the back of the car and I can totally imagine how it would happen if you were in autopilot and the baby was sleeping. You'd worry about that lad as I don't know how you shake that off.
Unimaginable. I can't believe it. How would you live with yourself?
Quote from: The Subbie on May 26, 2017, 12:12:30 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on May 25, 2017, 01:23:24 PM
David Niven in Casino Royale was not part of the Eon franchise who would not take it on for many years so the producer did his own thing. Much more comedic even than the official series.
So Roger Moore is the first Bond to have died then ??
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on May 29, 2017, 04:13:38 PM
John Noakes before health and safety became important:
https://youtu.be/p4YFCJETmwI (https://youtu.be/p4YFCJETmwI)
Quote from: Windmill abu on May 30, 2017, 08:29:58 AM
Manuel Noriega. No big loss
Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 04, 2017, 08:48:17 PMVery sad, went out cycling and didn't come home.
Prof Patrick Johnston, VC of QUB.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 04, 2017, 08:48:17 PM
Prof Patrick Johnston, VC of QUB.
Quote from: mrdeeds on June 05, 2017, 04:35:16 PMScorer of one of the most memorable goals in the PL against Arsenal in a 4-4 draw. RIP.
Cheick Tiote ex Newcastle player aged 30.
Quote from: heganboy on June 05, 2017, 01:21:03 AMYes, work here had a close relationship with him via CCRCB. The world is a strange place when you see many, many people who contribute nothing to society, live to a ripe old age.Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 04, 2017, 08:48:17 PM
Prof Patrick Johnston, VC of QUB.
Huge loss not only to Queens but also in the fight against cancer. A truly brilliant man. Will be missed.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 05, 2017, 05:09:58 PMYes- what a contribution he made and he enjoyed his football- one of his sons eclipsed the man of the match from yesterday at underage level and Paddy was there to support him.Quote from: heganboy on June 05, 2017, 01:21:03 AMYes, work here had a close relationship with him via CCRCB. The world is a strange place when you see many, many people who contribute nothing to society, live to a ripe old age.Quote from: Tony Baloney on June 04, 2017, 08:48:17 PM
Prof Patrick Johnston, VC of QUB.
Huge loss not only to Queens but also in the fight against cancer. A truly brilliant man. Will be missed.
Quote from: imtommygunn on June 05, 2017, 08:25:31 PM
The midfielder tiote who used to play for newcastle apparently died at 30.
Quote from: The Boy Wonder on June 07, 2017, 06:47:53 PM
Rest in peace Georgie - you did a "Micko" for Laois hurlers back in the eighties and gave us some great days.
Quote from: AZOffaly on June 07, 2017, 07:22:47 PMQuote from: The Boy Wonder on June 07, 2017, 06:47:53 PM
Rest in peace Georgie - you did a "Micko" for Laois hurlers back in the eighties and gave us some great days.
And won Offaly a Leinster in the period between the great early 80s team and the great mid 90s team.
Quote from: Cunny Funt on June 10, 2017, 05:09:29 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpWVV8wuM1A
Adam West Batman and family guy actor.
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on June 11, 2017, 11:09:48 PM
Errol Christie, boxer. Just 53.
Quote from: Ball Hopper on June 14, 2017, 09:41:16 PM
Former RTE Head of Sport Fred Cogley, age 82.
Quote from: AZOffaly on June 14, 2017, 09:58:53 PMQuote from: Ball Hopper on June 14, 2017, 09:41:16 PM
Former RTE Head of Sport Fred Cogley, age 82.
Aw. Poor auld Fred. Remember him from the rugby commentary in the 80s. RIP
Quote from: armaghniac on June 16, 2017, 08:26:23 PM
Helmut Kohl, unifier iof Germany
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40307918
Environmentalist Dick Warner, aged 70. He did some nice programmes about canals and rivers and took ill on a boat.
Quote from: T Fearon on June 19, 2017, 06:28:12 PM
So the presenter of Play Away has Passed Away?
Quote from: manfromdelmonte on June 19, 2017, 09:16:47 PM
Dick Warner
tv presenter and campaigner for the reopening of the waterways around Ireland passed away on Friday
was a lovely man and I loved his presenting style on those programmes
also a great man to visit schools and give talks around the country
RIP
Quote from: 5 Sams on July 01, 2017, 12:31:56 PMI was a big fan of Film <YY> with Barry. I distinctly remember him being deeply in love with Michelle Pfeiffer! RIP.
Movie critic Barry Norman
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 01, 2017, 12:59:25 PMQuote from: 5 Sams on July 01, 2017, 12:31:56 PMI was a big fan of Film <YY> with Barry. I distinctly remember him being deeply in love with Michelle Pfeiffer! RIP.
Movie critic Barry Norman
Quote from: Windmill abu on July 01, 2017, 10:38:47 PM
Sad to hear about Keanu he was great in The Matrix with Laurence Fishbourne RIP
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 01, 2017, 11:22:48 PMGood old Clint... He's like a cat with nine lives
Clint too.
Quote from: Cunny Funt on July 01, 2017, 11:40:23 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on July 01, 2017, 11:22:48 PMGood old Clint... He's like a cat with nine lives
Clint too.
Quote from: 5 Sams on July 01, 2017, 11:12:04 PMQuote from: Windmill abu on July 01, 2017, 10:38:47 PM
Sad to hear about Keanu he was great in The Matrix with Laurence Fishbourne RIP
Sad news alright...I thought his best role was in the classic.."The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down".
Quote from: T Fearon on July 03, 2017, 01:23:09 PM
He has now kicked the bucket?
Quote from: BennyCake on July 01, 2017, 11:20:13 PM
Is this the fake death thread now?
Quote from: Dire Ear on July 06, 2017, 09:44:22 AM
Carol Lee Scott, best known as Grotbags the witch
Quote from: longballin on July 07, 2017, 03:59:16 PMheartbreaking indeed. He put up a strong and brave fight. RIP.
That wee lad Bradley Lowery age 6 has died was a mascot for Sunderland fan. Death of children always heartbreaking. God bless him.
Quote from: GJL on July 07, 2017, 08:00:43 PM
Very sad. Fair play to Defoe he went well beyond his call of duty on this one. Death of a young child from illness is very difficult to understand.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on July 20, 2017, 07:26:35 PM
Chester Bennington - lead singer of Linkin Park - suicide.
Was big friends of Chris Cornell (who's birthday would have been today) - leaves 6 kids behind
Quote from: SHEEDY on July 21, 2017, 08:22:48 PM
Pudsey the dog from britains got talent.
Quote from: BennyCake on July 22, 2017, 11:01:59 PM
John Heard, 71. Best known for playing Kevin's dad in the Home Alone movies.
Quote from: gallsman on July 25, 2017, 10:32:30 PMRIP
Indigenous Australian musician Geoffrey Gurrumul.
Quote from: SHEEDY on July 28, 2017, 07:06:00 PM
Little Charlie Gard. RIP. Hopefully his parents can move on and get some closure. Wasnt nice to see it all play out in the media.
Quote from: gallsman on July 28, 2017, 07:23:49 PMQuote from: SHEEDY on July 28, 2017, 07:06:00 PM
Little Charlie Gard. RIP. Hopefully his parents can move on and get some closure. Wasnt nice to see it all play out in the media.
RIP
It wasn't nice to see all the publicity and controversy but it was all of their own doing unfortunately.
Quote from: gallsman on July 28, 2017, 07:23:49 PMQuote from: SHEEDY on July 28, 2017, 07:06:00 PM
Little Charlie Gard. RIP. Hopefully his parents can move on and get some closure. Wasnt nice to see it all play out in the media.
RIP
It wasn't nice to see all the publicity and controversy but it was all of their own doing unfortunately.
Quote from: gallsman on July 28, 2017, 07:23:49 PMQuote from: SHEEDY on July 28, 2017, 07:06:00 PM
Little Charlie Gard. RIP. Hopefully his parents can move on and get some closure. Wasnt nice to see it all play out in the media.
RIP
It wasn't nice to see all the publicity and controversy but it was all of their own doing unfortunately.
Quote from: longballin on July 29, 2017, 11:07:32 AM
If you think there is any hope however illogical it seems to others you will hold onto it... maybe those who dont have children dont fully understand this.
QuoteImagine startng your nursing shift on a children's cancer ward with demonstrators calling you scum. Or trying to keep your daughter calm as she is admitted for heart surgery amid a placard-waving march. If we can, why couldn't Charlie Gard's parents who purported to be the embodiment of selfless love?
They said it was all for Charlie, that they just wanted to save their little boy. They said the death threats to Great Ormond Street staff were not in their name, their case just struck an emotional chord. And when the legal arguments were about efficacy of treatment, we could forgive their strange alliances with far-right US preachers, put their screaming at judges and denial of expert evidence down to a noble, grief-fuelled battle for their son.
And yesterday in a hospice poor Connie Yates and Chris Gard finally said farewell to their terminally ill son. But did it have to end this way, with only anger for the hospital that cared for him for so long? They must have known, or at least have been advised, that dragging GOSH back to court then declaring "we've been denied our final wish" to let him die at home would only recharge the hate. They ignored the ever-patient doctors saying no amount of love could get Charlie's vast high-pressure ventilator through their front door or that taking him out of ICU risked a disordered, painful death.
If they die we don't believe we'll see them in some better place
Because this wasn't about their child, but about them. They "promised Charlie" he'd sleep for two days in the home he'd never seen, could never see, since he was unconscious, in the cot they had bought. No matter that their tragic fantasy of an ordinary life would divert intensive care staff away from other babies who might live. As the Rev Giles Fraser wrote in The Guardian in praise of the Gards: "I would rain fire on the whole world to hold my child for a day longer."
So would I. Because parental love is the most selfish love of all. Not altruistic, but Darwinian: we are programmed to perpetuate our genes, our bloodline. We'd give our children our savings, organs, our last breath. Yet we do so heedless of all beyond our own kin, and drive our precious cargo around in fortress 4x4s, unconcerned that we imperil every other passing kid.
Yet is parental concern, at heart, about our own self-protection? Please don't stray far, I'd say when my sons were small. Please don't ride motorbikes or join the army, I beg now. Just try not to die! Not only because I love you, for your unique, wonderful self, but because your death would leave me struggling to live. In an areligious world our children are our household gods. And if they die we don't believe we'll see them again in some better place: they are just gone and we are left alone, undone.
So the Gards cannot be blamed for delaying the ultimate emotional pain, even if it meant perpetuating their son's physical suffering. Was it ever a loving act to keep Charlie alive? Even if the US neurologist Professor Michio Hirano had been permitted to treat him, the prognosis was hopeless. His most successful patient so far, six-year-old Arturito Estopinan, is still profoundly brain-damaged and needs a respirator most of the time. His father reports: "He can now move his fingers, hands and toes, and sit (with support) at a 90 degree angle for 90 minutes compared to a 45 degree angle for 15 minutes previously."
The parent prepared to lose their child is the truly selfless one
Is that enough of an existence for a child? Arturito's parents clearly think so and sacrifice their lives to care for him. But as medical science advances, children, many born prematurely with profound disabilities, are sustained where once they'd have peacefully died. With his rare genetic disorder Charlie Gard could never have been, whatever his mother's belief, "a normal little boy", but barely sentient, strapped to machinery, in medically preserved limbo. In the hospital's oddly poetic legalese "Charlie's has been an existence devoid of all benefit and pleasure", "his relationship with the world around him has been one of suffering".
David Cameron was once asked if his son Ivan, who had cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy, enjoyed his life. "Not really," Cameron replied. "I think his life is very tough." He and his wife always downplayed their sacrifices to care for him, until his death aged six: "It was only Ivan that ever really suffered." Their love was clear-eyed: we know the price of still holding you in our arms is your pain.
It is perhaps to be expected that Giles Fraser, a priest, values belief over science, thinks that "love must carry greater weight than the calculations of reason". But sometimes love is cruel and faith is blind. In 2012 the High Court ruled to switch off the life support of an eight-year-old with lung failure whose Christian parents wished to keep him alive. Ignoring evidence that he had no hope of recovery and would die of an infection, they insisted they could summon up a miracle with their prayers.
It is the parent who is prepared to put their child first, even if it means losing him, who is truly selfless. Like Mark and Julie James, who accompanied their son Daniel, 23, to a Dignitas clinic, because he felt that being paralysed from the neck down in a rugby accident had given him "a second-class existence". And this is what the Gards faced in the end.
When we speak of "dignity in dying" and "quality of life" we mostly mean the old, those who've already had a life, not someone who has barely lived. The only positive outcome of Charlie's tragic year is that he has made us consider many hard truths. Including whether the pure force of parental love is always best for a child.
Quote from: longballin on July 29, 2017, 11:07:32 AMLots of people with children, including me, think the parents were misguided at best.
If you think there is any hope however illogical it seems to others you will hold onto it... maybe those who dont have children dont fully understand this.
Quote from: gallsman on July 29, 2017, 11:24:33 AMQuote from: longballin on July 29, 2017, 11:07:32 AM
If you think there is any hope however illogical it seems to others you will hold onto it... maybe those who dont have children dont fully understand this.
I don't think you'll find too many who disagree with that. That doesn't mean it's what's best for the child. The attacks on GOSH and its staff are certainly not in the best interests of anybody.
From Janice Turner in The TimesQuoteImagine startng your nursing shift on a children's cancer ward with demonstrators calling you scum. Or trying to keep your daughter calm as she is admitted for heart surgery amid a placard-waving march. If we can, why couldn't Charlie Gard's parents who purported to be the embodiment of selfless love?
They said it was all for Charlie, that they just wanted to save their little boy. They said the death threats to Great Ormond Street staff were not in their name, their case just struck an emotional chord. And when the legal arguments were about efficacy of treatment, we could forgive their strange alliances with far-right US preachers, put their screaming at judges and denial of expert evidence down to a noble, grief-fuelled battle for their son.
And yesterday in a hospice poor Connie Yates and Chris Gard finally said farewell to their terminally ill son. But did it have to end this way, with only anger for the hospital that cared for him for so long? They must have known, or at least have been advised, that dragging GOSH back to court then declaring "we've been denied our final wish" to let him die at home would only recharge the hate. They ignored the ever-patient doctors saying no amount of love could get Charlie's vast high-pressure ventilator through their front door or that taking him out of ICU risked a disordered, painful death.
If they die we don't believe we'll see them in some better place
Because this wasn't about their child, but about them. They "promised Charlie" he'd sleep for two days in the home he'd never seen, could never see, since he was unconscious, in the cot they had bought. No matter that their tragic fantasy of an ordinary life would divert intensive care staff away from other babies who might live. As the Rev Giles Fraser wrote in The Guardian in praise of the Gards: "I would rain fire on the whole world to hold my child for a day longer."
So would I. Because parental love is the most selfish love of all. Not altruistic, but Darwinian: we are programmed to perpetuate our genes, our bloodline. We'd give our children our savings, organs, our last breath. Yet we do so heedless of all beyond our own kin, and drive our precious cargo around in fortress 4x4s, unconcerned that we imperil every other passing kid.
Yet is parental concern, at heart, about our own self-protection? Please don't stray far, I'd say when my sons were small. Please don't ride motorbikes or join the army, I beg now. Just try not to die! Not only because I love you, for your unique, wonderful self, but because your death would leave me struggling to live. In an areligious world our children are our household gods. And if they die we don't believe we'll see them again in some better place: they are just gone and we are left alone, undone.
So the Gards cannot be blamed for delaying the ultimate emotional pain, even if it meant perpetuating their son's physical suffering. Was it ever a loving act to keep Charlie alive? Even if the US neurologist Professor Michio Hirano had been permitted to treat him, the prognosis was hopeless. His most successful patient so far, six-year-old Arturito Estopinan, is still profoundly brain-damaged and needs a respirator most of the time. His father reports: "He can now move his fingers, hands and toes, and sit (with support) at a 90 degree angle for 90 minutes compared to a 45 degree angle for 15 minutes previously."
The parent prepared to lose their child is the truly selfless one
Is that enough of an existence for a child? Arturito's parents clearly think so and sacrifice their lives to care for him. But as medical science advances, children, many born prematurely with profound disabilities, are sustained where once they'd have peacefully died. With his rare genetic disorder Charlie Gard could never have been, whatever his mother's belief, "a normal little boy", but barely sentient, strapped to machinery, in medically preserved limbo. In the hospital's oddly poetic legalese "Charlie's has been an existence devoid of all benefit and pleasure", "his relationship with the world around him has been one of suffering".
David Cameron was once asked if his son Ivan, who had cerebral palsy and severe epilepsy, enjoyed his life. "Not really," Cameron replied. "I think his life is very tough." He and his wife always downplayed their sacrifices to care for him, until his death aged six: "It was only Ivan that ever really suffered." Their love was clear-eyed: we know the price of still holding you in our arms is your pain.
It is perhaps to be expected that Giles Fraser, a priest, values belief over science, thinks that "love must carry greater weight than the calculations of reason". But sometimes love is cruel and faith is blind. In 2012 the High Court ruled to switch off the life support of an eight-year-old with lung failure whose Christian parents wished to keep him alive. Ignoring evidence that he had no hope of recovery and would die of an infection, they insisted they could summon up a miracle with their prayers.
It is the parent who is prepared to put their child first, even if it means losing him, who is truly selfless. Like Mark and Julie James, who accompanied their son Daniel, 23, to a Dignitas clinic, because he felt that being paralysed from the neck down in a rugby accident had given him "a second-class existence". And this is what the Gards faced in the end.
When we speak of "dignity in dying" and "quality of life" we mostly mean the old, those who've already had a life, not someone who has barely lived. The only positive outcome of Charlie's tragic year is that he has made us consider many hard truths. Including whether the pure force of parental love is always best for a child.
Quote from: T Fearon on July 29, 2017, 01:05:46 PM
This shouldn't apply to just children,but any human life.It is illogical to continue treating incurable illnesses,in cases where as a wide a range of medical opinion and expertise as possible maintains this to be the case.Of course it is only natural that hope is held among the family members,even for a miracle.
Sadly too much of the sensationalist media distorts the facts and insinuates that treatment is being withheld to save money,which the public believes.
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on July 29, 2017, 01:38:17 PM
Another exceptional article:
https://reaction.life/charlie-gard-facts/ (https://reaction.life/charlie-gard-facts/)
Quote from: gallsman on July 29, 2017, 03:44:32 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on July 29, 2017, 01:38:17 PM
Another exceptional article:
https://reaction.life/charlie-gard-facts/ (https://reaction.life/charlie-gard-facts/)
Very good piece. I hadn't seen the Ted Cruz tweet about it. Disgraceful.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 29, 2017, 12:55:23 PMQuote from: longballin on July 29, 2017, 11:07:32 AMLots of people with children, including me, think the parents were misguided at best.
If you think there is any hope however illogical it seems to others you will hold onto it... maybe those who dont have children dont fully understand this.
Quote from: gallsman on July 29, 2017, 04:30:46 PM
How about you take a break from being the reactionary, moronic imbecile you are and actually read the details of what happened - the timeline of his life, the disease he suffered from, the details of the court case and what it was about, the judgment and the reasons for it?
And be very careful when you accuse me saying the parents "bright it on themselves" without specifying what "it" is.
Quote from: gallsman on July 28, 2017, 07:23:49 PM
It wasn't nice to see all the publicity and controversy but it was all of their own doing unfortunately.
Quote from: gallsman on July 29, 2017, 04:41:22 PM
No, evidently not. Where did I suggest I had?!
Have you read anything yet? Or are you just here to rant and rave without, as usual, having a grasp of any of the facts?
Quote from: omaghjoe on July 29, 2017, 04:24:45 PM
Why where the parents not allowed to get the treatment? It appears that cost had nothing really to do with it and the doctors opinion was overridinig that because they felt there was no hope of sucessful treatment, is that correct?
Quote from: omaghjoe on July 30, 2017, 07:35:27 AM
But I am calling you out on saying the parents brought it on themselves and that they were wrong to fight for his life in the face of adversity. They were 100% right to pursue the course of action they did if they felt that they should and should be applauded for doing so.
Quote from: LCohen on July 30, 2017, 08:32:05 AMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 30, 2017, 07:35:27 AM
But I am calling you out on saying the parents brought it on themselves and that they were wrong to fight for his life in the face of adversity. They were 100% right to pursue the course of action they did if they felt that they should and should be applauded for doing so.
There has been vitriol posted on line about GSOH and its staff. Some that the police have been forced to take seriously. We also have judges specifically including in their communications the regret that so so many have commented on social media on a subject that they don't have the full facts on and that others in turn have interpreted what they have read on social media as fact. It's a downward spiral of inaccuracies akin to Chinese whispers.
On the parents we need to appreciate the difference between it being "understandable " that they would want to fight on for the life of their child and them being "right" to do so if it was only going to create suffering. My understanding is that is where the medical opinion lay from the outset and after due process the highest courts agreed.
Quote from: omaghjoe on July 30, 2017, 07:35:27 AM
But I am calling you out on saying the parents brought it on themselves and that they were wrong to fight for his life in the face of adversity. They were 100% right to pursue the course of action they did if they felt that they should and should be applauded for doing so.
Its much the same as the BS the McCanns had to put up, people think because they are in the public eye they are fair game, they arent they are parents in a desperate situation and should be let alone.
Quote from: gallsman on July 30, 2017, 12:41:21 PMI assume the parents logic was if the child is going to die anyway, is this not worth a punt? What was there to lose?
For those who refuse to read the details of the case and continue to demand an answer to the question of "why was he refused treatment?", consider this.
The treatment the American doctor was proposing, and would have gone ahead with if allowed, had never been tested for the specific genetic mutation of Charlie's disease, which affected both both his muscles and brain. Not even on mice. It wouldn't have been treatment, it would have been a science experiment. One the treating physician would have a financial interest in.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on July 30, 2017, 02:27:37 PMQuote from: gallsman on July 30, 2017, 12:41:21 PMI assume the parents logic was if the child is going to die anyway, is this not worth a punt? What was there to lose?
For those who refuse to read the details of the case and continue to demand an answer to the question of "why was he refused treatment?", consider this.
The treatment the American doctor was proposing, and would have gone ahead with if allowed, had never been tested for the specific genetic mutation of Charlie's disease, which affected both both his muscles and brain. Not even on mice. It wouldn't have been treatment, it would have been a science experiment. One the treating physician would have a financial interest in.
Quote from: armaghniac on July 30, 2017, 02:31:23 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on July 30, 2017, 02:27:37 PMQuote from: gallsman on July 30, 2017, 12:41:21 PMI assume the parents logic was if the child is going to die anyway, is this not worth a punt? What was there to lose?
For those who refuse to read the details of the case and continue to demand an answer to the question of "why was he refused treatment?", consider this.
The treatment the American doctor was proposing, and would have gone ahead with if allowed, had never been tested for the specific genetic mutation of Charlie's disease, which affected both both his muscles and brain. Not even on mice. It wouldn't have been treatment, it would have been a science experiment. One the treating physician would have a financial interest in.
The issue would be the quality of life of the child in the meantime.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on July 30, 2017, 02:27:37 PMQuote from: gallsman on July 30, 2017, 12:41:21 PMI assume the parents logic was if the child is going to die anyway, is this not worth a punt? What was there to lose?
For those who refuse to read the details of the case and continue to demand an answer to the question of "why was he refused treatment?", consider this.
The treatment the American doctor was proposing, and would have gone ahead with if allowed, had never been tested for the specific genetic mutation of Charlie's disease, which affected both both his muscles and brain. Not even on mice. It wouldn't have been treatment, it would have been a science experiment. One the treating physician would have a financial interest in.
Quote from: gallsman on July 30, 2017, 12:31:20 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 30, 2017, 07:35:27 AM
But I am calling you out on saying the parents brought it on themselves and that they were wrong to fight for his life in the face of adversity. They were 100% right to pursue the course of action they did if they felt that they should and should be applauded for doing so.
Its much the same as the BS the McCanns had to put up, people think because they are in the public eye they are fair game, they arent they are parents in a desperate situation and should be let alone.
I said they brought the publicity and controversy on themselves. I never once criticised or did they were "wrong to fight for his life".
Again, you have demonstrated that you have absolutely no knowledge of the matter and, rather pathetically, have tried to use this thread about it to have a pop at me.
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on July 30, 2017, 04:39:19 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on July 30, 2017, 02:27:37 PMQuote from: gallsman on July 30, 2017, 12:41:21 PMI assume the parents logic was if the child is going to die anyway, is this not worth a punt? What was there to lose?
For those who refuse to read the details of the case and continue to demand an answer to the question of "why was he refused treatment?", consider this.
The treatment the American doctor was proposing, and would have gone ahead with if allowed, had never been tested for the specific genetic mutation of Charlie's disease, which affected both both his muscles and brain. Not even on mice. It wouldn't have been treatment, it would have been a science experiment. One the treating physician would have a financial interest in.
The biggest issue was the apparent pain being suffered by the child, registered by diagnosis but not registered physically by the child's responses which were removed by his condition. Appears to be like a patient with locked in syndrome experiencing pain but not able to show it.
Quote from: Denn Forever on July 31, 2017, 04:52:18 PMThe Right Stuff one of my favourite films.
Sam Shepard - Playwright/Actor aged 73.
Quote from: omaghjoe on July 31, 2017, 07:43:46 AMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on July 30, 2017, 04:39:19 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on July 30, 2017, 02:27:37 PMQuote from: gallsman on July 30, 2017, 12:41:21 PMI assume the parents logic was if the child is going to die anyway, is this not worth a punt? What was there to lose?
For those who refuse to read the details of the case and continue to demand an answer to the question of "why was he refused treatment?", consider this.
The treatment the American doctor was proposing, and would have gone ahead with if allowed, had never been tested for the specific genetic mutation of Charlie's disease, which affected both both his muscles and brain. Not even on mice. It wouldn't have been treatment, it would have been a science experiment. One the treating physician would have a financial interest in.
The biggest issue was the apparent pain being suffered by the child, registered by diagnosis but not registered physically by the child's responses which were removed by his condition. Appears to be like a patient with locked in syndrome experiencing pain but not able to show it.
Is this is crux? What does that mean exactly? I took it that there is pain associated with the condition?
Was there also neurological scans associated with pain?
Apologies for questions there is too much garbage online, and the articles posted spend most of their inches talking about Nial Farange and the like.
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on July 31, 2017, 06:37:23 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 31, 2017, 07:43:46 AMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on July 30, 2017, 04:39:19 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on July 30, 2017, 02:27:37 PMQuote from: gallsman on July 30, 2017, 12:41:21 PMI assume the parents logic was if the child is going to die anyway, is this not worth a punt? What was there to lose?
For those who refuse to read the details of the case and continue to demand an answer to the question of "why was he refused treatment?", consider this.
The treatment the American doctor was proposing, and would have gone ahead with if allowed, had never been tested for the specific genetic mutation of Charlie's disease, which affected both both his muscles and brain. Not even on mice. It wouldn't have been treatment, it would have been a science experiment. One the treating physician would have a financial interest in.
The biggest issue was the apparent pain being suffered by the child, registered by diagnosis but not registered physically by the child's responses which were removed by his condition. Appears to be like a patient with locked in syndrome experiencing pain but not able to show it.
Is this is crux? What does that mean exactly? I took it that there is pain associated with the condition?
Was there also neurological scans associated with pain?
Apologies for questions there is too much garbage online, and the articles posted spend most of their inches talking about Nial Farange and the like.
According to the medics they were able to diagnose that little Charlie was experiencing pain as a result of the breakdown at a cellular level, this would been via scans, etc. It was on this evidence presented to the judge that he decided that prolonging the child's life via artificial ventilation was also prolonging his agony and he should be allowed to pass away as a result of his condition as soon as possible. The parents wanted more time with their child but acting in the child's best interest the judge ordered that the life support should be turned off as soon as Charlie was transferred to the hospice requested by the parents. It would appear that the child died almost immediately.
Quote from: omaghjoe on July 31, 2017, 08:25:09 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on July 31, 2017, 06:37:23 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 31, 2017, 07:43:46 AMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on July 30, 2017, 04:39:19 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on July 30, 2017, 02:27:37 PMQuote from: gallsman on July 30, 2017, 12:41:21 PMI assume the parents logic was if the child is going to die anyway, is this not worth a punt? What was there to lose?
For those who refuse to read the details of the case and continue to demand an answer to the question of "why was he refused treatment?", consider this.
The treatment the American doctor was proposing, and would have gone ahead with if allowed, had never been tested for the specific genetic mutation of Charlie's disease, which affected both both his muscles and brain. Not even on mice. It wouldn't have been treatment, it would have been a science experiment. One the treating physician would have a financial interest in.
The biggest issue was the apparent pain being suffered by the child, registered by diagnosis but not registered physically by the child's responses which were removed by his condition. Appears to be like a patient with locked in syndrome experiencing pain but not able to show it.
Is this is crux? What does that mean exactly? I took it that there is pain associated with the condition?
Was there also neurological scans associated with pain?
Apologies for questions there is too much garbage online, and the articles posted spend most of their inches talking about Nial Farange and the like.
According to the medics they were able to diagnose that little Charlie was experiencing pain as a result of the breakdown at a cellular level, this would been via scans, etc. It was on this evidence presented to the judge that he decided that prolonging the child's life via artificial ventilation was also prolonging his agony and he should be allowed to pass away as a result of his condition as soon as possible. The parents wanted more time with their child but acting in the child's best interest the judge ordered that the life support should be turned off as soon as Charlie was transferred to the hospice requested by the parents. It would appear that the child died almost immediately.
I hate to bug you Owen but Im struggling with the bold bit and I cant really find anything on-line. Your the best source of information i've uncovered on this...so apologies but im gonna have to ask....
What exactly were the tests that the doctors interpreted as suffering? Where they neurological? Was there details as to their accuracy? Could their accuracy be affected by the child's condition? To what level did they deem the pain? Did the child experience any neurological patterns that could be associated with comfort or happiness when in his parents company?
Quote from: omaghjoe on July 31, 2017, 08:25:09 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on July 31, 2017, 06:37:23 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 31, 2017, 07:43:46 AMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on July 30, 2017, 04:39:19 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on July 30, 2017, 02:27:37 PMQuote from: gallsman on July 30, 2017, 12:41:21 PMI assume the parents logic was if the child is going to die anyway, is this not worth a punt? What was there to lose?
For those who refuse to read the details of the case and continue to demand an answer to the question of "why was he refused treatment?", consider this.
The treatment the American doctor was proposing, and would have gone ahead with if allowed, had never been tested for the specific genetic mutation of Charlie's disease, which affected both both his muscles and brain. Not even on mice. It wouldn't have been treatment, it would have been a science experiment. One the treating physician would have a financial interest in.
The biggest issue was the apparent pain being suffered by the child, registered by diagnosis but not registered physically by the child's responses which were removed by his condition. Appears to be like a patient with locked in syndrome experiencing pain but not able to show it.
Is this is crux? What does that mean exactly? I took it that there is pain associated with the condition?
Was there also neurological scans associated with pain?
Apologies for questions there is too much garbage online, and the articles posted spend most of their inches talking about Nial Farange and the like.
According to the medics they were able to diagnose that little Charlie was experiencing pain as a result of the breakdown at a cellular level, this would been via scans, etc. It was on this evidence presented to the judge that he decided that prolonging the child's life via artificial ventilation was also prolonging his agony and he should be allowed to pass away as a result of his condition as soon as possible. The parents wanted more time with their child but acting in the child's best interest the judge ordered that the life support should be turned off as soon as Charlie was transferred to the hospice requested by the parents. It would appear that the child died almost immediately.
I hate to bug you Owen but Im struggling with the bold bit and I cant really find anything on-line. Your the best source of information i've uncovered on this...so apologies but im gonna have to ask....
What exactly were the tests that the doctors interpreted as suffering? Where they neurological? Was there details as to their accuracy? Could their accuracy be affected by the child's condition? To what level did they deem the pain? Did the child experience any neurological patterns that could be associated with comfort or happiness when in his parents company?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 29, 2017, 12:55:23 PMOn the face of it a lot of me agrees with this comment. However not having been in their position it is difficult to know what you'd do. One of my childern was seriously ill when born, and whilst it does not approach the situation Charlie's parents were in I can understand why a parent would cling to any hope their child might recover no matter how forlorn. I guess a bit like a woman facing into abortion individuals must make the calls that they feel is right and they can live with and who are we to judge...though many will.Quote from: longballin on July 29, 2017, 11:07:32 AMLots of people with children, including me, think the parents were misguided at best.
If you think there is any hope however illogical it seems to others you will hold onto it... maybe those who dont have children dont fully understand this.
Quote from: johnneycool on August 01, 2017, 09:06:44 AMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 31, 2017, 08:25:09 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on July 31, 2017, 06:37:23 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 31, 2017, 07:43:46 AMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on July 30, 2017, 04:39:19 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on July 30, 2017, 02:27:37 PMQuote from: gallsman on July 30, 2017, 12:41:21 PMI assume the parents logic was if the child is going to die anyway, is this not worth a punt? What was there to lose?
For those who refuse to read the details of the case and continue to demand an answer to the question of "why was he refused treatment?", consider this.
The treatment the American doctor was proposing, and would have gone ahead with if allowed, had never been tested for the specific genetic mutation of Charlie's disease, which affected both both his muscles and brain. Not even on mice. It wouldn't have been treatment, it would have been a science experiment. One the treating physician would have a financial interest in.
The biggest issue was the apparent pain being suffered by the child, registered by diagnosis but not registered physically by the child's responses which were removed by his condition. Appears to be like a patient with locked in syndrome experiencing pain but not able to show it.
Is this is crux? What does that mean exactly? I took it that there is pain associated with the condition?
Was there also neurological scans associated with pain?
Apologies for questions there is too much garbage online, and the articles posted spend most of their inches talking about Nial Farange and the like.
According to the medics they were able to diagnose that little Charlie was experiencing pain as a result of the breakdown at a cellular level, this would been via scans, etc. It was on this evidence presented to the judge that he decided that prolonging the child's life via artificial ventilation was also prolonging his agony and he should be allowed to pass away as a result of his condition as soon as possible. The parents wanted more time with their child but acting in the child's best interest the judge ordered that the life support should be turned off as soon as Charlie was transferred to the hospice requested by the parents. It would appear that the child died almost immediately.
I hate to bug you Owen but Im struggling with the bold bit and I cant really find anything on-line. Your the best source of information i've uncovered on this...so apologies but im gonna have to ask....
What exactly were the tests that the doctors interpreted as suffering? Where they neurological? Was there details as to their accuracy? Could their accuracy be affected by the child's condition? To what level did they deem the pain? Did the child experience any neurological patterns that could be associated with comfort or happiness when in his parents company?
these are the two paragraphs from the GOSH statement that also changed my mind on this;
"At the first hearing in Charlie's case in March, GOSH's position was that every day that passed was a day that was not in his best interests. That remains its view of his welfare. Even now, Charlie shows physical responses to stressors that some of those treating him interpret as pain and when two international experts assessed him last week, they believed that they elicited a pain response.
"In GOSH's view there has been no real change in Charlie's responsiveness since January. Its fear that his continued existence has been painful to him has been compounded by the Judge's finding, in April, that since his brain became affected by RRM2B [his genetic disease] , Charlie's has been an existence devoid of all benefit and pleasure. If Charlie has had a relationship with the world around him since his best interests were determined, it has been one of suffering."
If the poor wee mite was suffering every day then GOSH and the Judge in question were right considering the US Doctor had no clinical evidence that this procedure he was proposing would be of any benefit to Charlie.
The parents were obviously clinging onto any hope they could and that's normal, but the arsehole of a US doctor who was feeding them this crap even though he hadn't bother to look over Charlies Clinical notes needs reprimanded in some way. He put the parents and the poor kid through even more suffering.
Quote from: theskull1 on August 01, 2017, 12:39:58 PM
Anybody who still feels the need to donate to the fundraising campaign can still do so at.
https://www.gofundme.com/please-help-to-save-charlies-life (https://www.gofundme.com/please-help-to-save-charlies-life)
Anyone know what happens to fund raising monies collected like this. Can is simply be trousered or does every penny need to be passed onto a registered charity?
Quote from: Puckoon on August 01, 2017, 05:10:39 PM
David Feherty's eldest son. 29 - overdose on his birthday.
Quote from: Puckoon on August 01, 2017, 05:10:39 PM
David Feherty's eldest son. 29 - overdose on his birthday.
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on August 01, 2017, 10:24:16 AMQuote from: johnneycool on August 01, 2017, 09:06:44 AMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 31, 2017, 08:25:09 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on July 31, 2017, 06:37:23 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on July 31, 2017, 07:43:46 AMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on July 30, 2017, 04:39:19 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on July 30, 2017, 02:27:37 PMQuote from: gallsman on July 30, 2017, 12:41:21 PMI assume the parents logic was if the child is going to die anyway, is this not worth a punt? What was there to lose?
For those who refuse to read the details of the case and continue to demand an answer to the question of "why was he refused treatment?", consider this.
The treatment the American doctor was proposing, and would have gone ahead with if allowed, had never been tested for the specific genetic mutation of Charlie's disease, which affected both both his muscles and brain. Not even on mice. It wouldn't have been treatment, it would have been a science experiment. One the treating physician would have a financial interest in.
The biggest issue was the apparent pain being suffered by the child, registered by diagnosis but not registered physically by the child's responses which were removed by his condition. Appears to be like a patient with locked in syndrome experiencing pain but not able to show it.
Is this is crux? What does that mean exactly? I took it that there is pain associated with the condition?
Was there also neurological scans associated with pain?
Apologies for questions there is too much garbage online, and the articles posted spend most of their inches talking about Nial Farange and the like.
According to the medics they were able to diagnose that little Charlie was experiencing pain as a result of the breakdown at a cellular level, this would been via scans, etc. It was on this evidence presented to the judge that he decided that prolonging the child's life via artificial ventilation was also prolonging his agony and he should be allowed to pass away as a result of his condition as soon as possible. The parents wanted more time with their child but acting in the child's best interest the judge ordered that the life support should be turned off as soon as Charlie was transferred to the hospice requested by the parents. It would appear that the child died almost immediately.
I hate to bug you Owen but Im struggling with the bold bit and I cant really find anything on-line. Your the best source of information i've uncovered on this...so apologies but im gonna have to ask....
What exactly were the tests that the doctors interpreted as suffering? Where they neurological? Was there details as to their accuracy? Could their accuracy be affected by the child's condition? To what level did they deem the pain? Did the child experience any neurological patterns that could be associated with comfort or happiness when in his parents company?
these are the two paragraphs from the GOSH statement that also changed my mind on this;
"At the first hearing in Charlie's case in March, GOSH's position was that every day that passed was a day that was not in his best interests. That remains its view of his welfare. Even now, Charlie shows physical responses to stressors that some of those treating him interpret as pain and when two international experts assessed him last week, they believed that they elicited a pain response.
"In GOSH's view there has been no real change in Charlie's responsiveness since January. Its fear that his continued existence has been painful to him has been compounded by the Judge's finding, in April, that since his brain became affected by RRM2B [his genetic disease] , Charlie's has been an existence devoid of all benefit and pleasure. If Charlie has had a relationship with the world around him since his best interests were determined, it has been one of suffering."
If the poor wee mite was suffering every day then GOSH and the Judge in question were right considering the US Doctor had no clinical evidence that this procedure he was proposing would be of any benefit to Charlie.
The parents were obviously clinging onto any hope they could and that's normal, but the arsehole of a US doctor who was feeding them this crap even though he hadn't bother to look over Charlies Clinical notes needs reprimanded in some way. He put the parents and the poor kid through even more suffering.
And he was benefiting financially from the drug company. The judge pointed out that he would allow him or the drug company to use the child for experimentation especially when it would prolong his pain and most likely increase it. Also to blame are the Pope, Vatican hospital chief, Trump, Farage, self appointed family spokesman and US pastor who pushed in. All increasing the pressure on the parents.
Quote from: moysider on August 03, 2017, 04:26:43 PM
Robert Hardy, 91 - Siegfried Farnon.
Also a conservationist and long bow expert.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on August 08, 2017, 09:43:21 PM
Country singer Glen Campbell aged 81
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on August 08, 2017, 09:43:21 PMcourageous battle with Alzheimer's disease. RIP.
Country singer Glen Campbell aged 81
Quote from: mrdeeds on August 08, 2017, 11:17:55 PMJust read that on Twitter. Only 53.
Tony Keady Galway hurler.
Quote from: mrdeeds on August 08, 2017, 11:17:55 PM
Tony Keady Galway hurler.
Quote from: Minder on August 08, 2017, 11:35:19 PMSincerely hope that is true.
Tomas Mulcahy has just tweeted that he isn't dead yet and is "holding on"
Quote from: GaillimhIarthair on August 08, 2017, 11:44:03 PMHope so also, Keady , Finnerty and McInereny were one of the all time great half back linesQuote from: Minder on August 08, 2017, 11:35:19 PMSincerely hope that is true.
Tomas Mulcahy has just tweeted that he isn't dead yet and is "holding on"
Quote from: Newbridge Exile on August 08, 2017, 11:53:30 PMHe is still with us! Has a big fight on his hands but is battling onQuote from: GaillimhIarthair on August 08, 2017, 11:44:03 PMHope so also, Keady , Finnerty and McInereny were one of the all time great half back linesQuote from: Minder on August 08, 2017, 11:35:19 PMSincerely hope that is true.
Tomas Mulcahy has just tweeted that he isn't dead yet and is "holding on"
Quote from: GaillimhIarthair on August 08, 2017, 11:56:44 PMQuote from: Newbridge Exile on August 08, 2017, 11:53:30 PMHe is still with us! Has a big fight on his hands but is battling onQuote from: GaillimhIarthair on August 08, 2017, 11:44:03 PMHope so also, Keady , Finnerty and McInereny were one of the all time great half back linesQuote from: Minder on August 08, 2017, 11:35:19 PMSincerely hope that is true.
Tomas Mulcahy has just tweeted that he isn't dead yet and is "holding on"
Quote from: mrdeeds on August 09, 2017, 10:12:51 AM
Still fighting. Pretty disgusting that different outlets had him dead.
Quote from: Minder on August 09, 2017, 10:21:09 AMQuote from: mrdeeds on August 09, 2017, 10:12:51 AM
Still fighting. Pretty disgusting that different outlets had him dead.
Des Cahill broke it as far as I could see
Quote from: theskull1 on August 01, 2017, 12:39:58 PM
Anybody who still feels the need to donate to the fundraising campaign can still do so at.
https://www.gofundme.com/please-help-to-save-charlies-life (https://www.gofundme.com/please-help-to-save-charlies-life)
Anyone know what happens to fund raising monies collected like this. Can is simply be trousered or does every penny need to be passed onto a registered charity?
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 17, 2017, 02:37:44 PM
Older Mexicans familiar with Halls Pictorial Weekly will remember Cha and Mia
Well, Cha (Michael Twomey 83) has died. I think Mia is still on the Bench on De Banks.
Quote from: longballin on August 18, 2017, 04:39:09 PMThe man gave me hope.
Didn't he do well! Bruce Forsyth RIP
Quote from: The Subbie on August 18, 2017, 04:47:56 PMQuote from: longballin on August 18, 2017, 04:39:09 PMThe man gave me hope.
Didn't he do well! Bruce Forsyth RIP
I don't think the world will ever see such an ugly **** nail as many good looking women.
RIP Bruce, you truly were one of a kind.
Quote from: The Subbie on August 18, 2017, 04:47:56 PMQuote from: longballin on August 18, 2017, 04:39:09 PMThe man gave me hope.
Didn't he do well! Bruce Forsyth RIP
I don't think the world will ever see such an ugly **** nail as many good looking women.
RIP Bruce, you truly were one of a kind.
Quote from: BennyCake on August 18, 2017, 06:41:28 PMQuote from: The Subbie on August 18, 2017, 04:47:56 PMQuote from: longballin on August 18, 2017, 04:39:09 PMThe man gave me hope.
Didn't he do well! Bruce Forsyth RIP
I don't think the world will ever see such an ugly **** nail as many good looking women.
RIP Bruce, you truly were one of a kind.
If your wallet is as thick as his, you'd have as many women as him.
He was a strange looking bloke though. Weirdly, he got less ugly as he got older. Harmless bugger in a way though. You couldn't help but laugh at his antics.
Quote from: The Subbie on August 19, 2017, 07:40:51 AMQuote from: BennyCake on August 18, 2017, 06:41:28 PMQuote from: The Subbie on August 18, 2017, 04:47:56 PMQuote from: longballin on August 18, 2017, 04:39:09 PMThe man gave me hope.
Didn't he do well! Bruce Forsyth RIP
I don't think the world will ever see such an ugly **** nail as many good looking women.
RIP Bruce, you truly were one of a kind.
If your wallet is as thick as his, you'd have as many women as him.
He was a strange looking bloke though. Weirdly, he got less ugly as he got older. Harmless bugger in a way though. You couldn't help but laugh at his antics.
Thick wallet or not Bruce was an accomplished swordsman.
Didn't he marry Miss World !!!
He was a likeable sort of fella in fairness to him
Quote from: T Fearon on August 19, 2017, 12:24:26 PM
Wasn't his first wife from the six counties?
Quote from: longballin on August 19, 2017, 10:20:27 PMQuote from: T Fearon on August 19, 2017, 12:24:26 PM
Wasn't his first wife from the six counties?
Munster?
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on August 20, 2017, 11:59:37 AM
Colin Meads - voted best rugby all black of the 20th century
Some honour
Quote from: BennyCake on August 19, 2017, 10:56:23 PMQuote from: longballin on August 19, 2017, 10:20:27 PMQuote from: T Fearon on August 19, 2017, 12:24:26 PM
Wasn't his first wife from the six counties?
Munster?
Nah, she was quite a looker actually ;)
Quote from: Sandino on August 20, 2017, 07:03:33 PM
Jerry Lewis, American star has died. Acted with Dean Martin.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 20, 2017, 08:29:32 PM
Lewis was more than the slapstick clown that most remember him by. His performance in King of Comedy was excellent beside De Niro.
Wasn't he the first with the telethons to raise money for charity?
Also saw a long interview with him some time back where he seemed very bitter at Hollywood for not giving him due recognition.
Quote from: ONeill on August 20, 2017, 09:48:08 PM
Deadly. Hope I'm like that. You already are.
Quote from: ONeill on August 20, 2017, 09:48:08 PM
Deadly. Hope I'm like that. You already are.
Quote from: The Subbie on August 24, 2017, 11:53:48 AM
Sean O'Callaghan.Tout.
Quote from: The Subbie on August 24, 2017, 11:53:48 AM
Sean O'Callaghan.Tout.
Quote from: The Subbie on August 24, 2017, 11:53:48 AM
Sean O'Callaghan.Tout.
Quote from: haveaharp on August 24, 2017, 02:24:34 PMQuote from: The Subbie on August 24, 2017, 11:53:48 AM
Sean O'Callaghan.Tout.
A Kerry man that Tyrone boys did fear.
Quote from: Snapchap on August 24, 2017, 02:40:10 PMHe lived long for his classification. Most of those who went over to the other side had short, miserable lives. Except for the ones at the top...Quote from: haveaharp on August 24, 2017, 02:24:34 PMQuote from: The Subbie on August 24, 2017, 11:53:48 AM
Sean O'Callaghan.Tout.
A Kerry man that Tyrone boys did fear.
I'd say in the past few decades, it was he who lived in fear of Tyrone boys. Good riddance to him.
Quote from: Snapchap on August 24, 2017, 02:40:10 PMQuote from: haveaharp on August 24, 2017, 02:24:34 PMQuote from: The Subbie on August 24, 2017, 11:53:48 AM
Sean O'Callaghan.Tout.
A Kerry man that Tyrone boys did fear.
I'd say in the past few decades, it was he who lived in fear of Tyrone boys. Good riddance to him.
Quote from: Orior on August 24, 2017, 02:05:25 PMQuote from: The Subbie on August 24, 2017, 11:53:48 AM
Sean O'Callaghan.Tout.
The PC brigade will be visiting you shortly, lol.
Quote from: haveaharp on August 24, 2017, 02:24:34 PMQuote from: The Subbie on August 24, 2017, 11:53:48 AM
Sean O'Callaghan.Tout.
A Kerry man thatTyronewee boys did fear.
Quote from: mouview on August 28, 2017, 03:34:35 PMit is interesting what counts as horror. The Texas opioid massacre is happening now and nobody cares
Tobe Hooper, director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Inventor of the slasher genre?
Quote from: Declan on August 28, 2017, 02:02:09 PM
Leinster rugby have confirmed that Willie Duggan has passed away at the age of 67.
The former Ireland and Leinster number 8 died following a suspected heart attack in his home in Dunmore in Kilkenny.
"Very sad news from Kilkenny this morning of the passing of Leinster & Ireland Rugby legend Willie Duggan. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam. #RIP," read a tweet from Leinster.
Duggan won 41 caps for Ireland and was widely regarded as the best number eight in Europe during his career. He won his first cap in 1975 and finished his international career in 1984 as Ireland captain. He also toured with the Lions in New Zealand in 1977.
Duggan created an unwanted record in 1977 when he became the first player to be red carded in a Five Nations clash.
Duggan always maintained he was never sent off and instead the referee "came towards him and said would he mind leaving the field?"
A great player RIP
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on September 08, 2017, 09:31:42 PM
Don Williams, country legend, dies aged 78. I recall a gypsy woman, You're my best friend.
Quote from: T Fearon on September 09, 2017, 12:17:00 AMIt easier than singing I recall an ethnic Irish Traveller
Why did he recall a gypsy woman?
Quote from: T Fearon on September 09, 2017, 09:21:37 AM
Why did he drop her from the squad in the first place?
Quote from: AZOffaly on September 09, 2017, 10:24:24 AMQuote from: T Fearon on September 09, 2017, 09:21:37 AM
Why did he drop her from the squad in the first place?
She played soccer for Lurgan Celtic
Quote from: AZOffaly on September 09, 2017, 10:24:24 AMAnd Gaelic for the PetersQuote from: T Fearon on September 09, 2017, 09:21:37 AM
Why did he drop her from the squad in the first place?
She played soccer for Lurgan Celtic
Quote from: longballin on September 13, 2017, 10:17:48 PMSpoiler alert.
I thought De Niro and Pesci already whacked him 8)
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 13, 2017, 10:25:35 PMQuote from: longballin on September 13, 2017, 10:17:48 PMSpoiler alert.
I thought De Niro and Pesci already whacked him 8)
Quote from: longballin on September 13, 2017, 10:17:48 PM
I thought De Niro and Pesci already whacked him 8)
Quote from: under the bar on September 13, 2017, 10:31:54 PMTwo times.Quote from: longballin on September 13, 2017, 10:17:48 PM
I thought De Niro and Pesci already whacked him 8)
Twice!!
Quote from: under the bar on September 13, 2017, 10:31:54 PMQuote from: longballin on September 13, 2017, 10:17:48 PM
I thought De Niro and Pesci already whacked him 8)
Twice!!
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on September 13, 2017, 10:04:07 PM
Frank Vincent - 78 played Billy Batts (Goodfellas) and Phil Leotardo (Sopranos)
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on September 13, 2017, 10:04:07 PM
Frank Vincent - 78 played Billy Batts (Goodfellas) and Phil Leotardo (Sopranos)
Quote from: Declan on September 20, 2017, 08:09:47 AM
RIP Jimmy. Great memories
QuoteNo pun intended!;) ;) ;)
Quote from: ONeill on September 20, 2017, 11:19:15 AM
Loved 'Know Your Sport'.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 20, 2017, 08:00:10 AM
Jimmy Magee has died aged 82.
RTE's famed memory man and all round commentator on boxing, soccer and whatever you are having yourself in manys the Olympics.
RIP
Quote from: seafoid on September 20, 2017, 03:08:12 PM
I don't think they liked Jimmy in RTE. He wasn't an Insider. He wasn't like Ger Canning.
Jimmy got Michelle De Bruin very wrong as well.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh à anam
Quote from: laoislad on September 20, 2017, 08:07:23 AM
Different Class..!
RIP Jimmy.
https://youtu.be/_syaDEXPn3Q
Quote from: Boycey on September 20, 2017, 02:51:52 PM
Most of Jimmys iconic commentary's are non GAA related but given where he was brought up I'd say he came from a GAA background I wonder how come he did so little GAA commentary. Also as a child I remember the Jimmy Magee All Stars another GAA institution
Quote from: T Fearon on September 20, 2017, 05:07:09 PMHe was in his 50s when MOH retired. Why did Canning get the job ?
Probably due to the two Miceals
Quote from: mrdeeds on September 20, 2017, 05:04:48 PMQuote from: Boycey on September 20, 2017, 02:51:52 PM
Most of Jimmys iconic commentary's are non GAA related but given where he was brought up I'd say he came from a GAA background I wonder how come he did so little GAA commentary. Also as a child I remember the Jimmy Magee All Stars another GAA institution
He commentated on one for UTV. Was always his dream to do one and couldn't at RTE.
Quote from: SHEEDY on September 21, 2017, 06:01:13 PMLoved that quiz.
william g stewart, presenter of the quiz show 15 to 1 on channel 4.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 21, 2017, 08:31:55 PMQuote from: SHEEDY on September 21, 2017, 06:01:13 PMLoved that quiz.
william g stewart, presenter of the quiz show 15 to 1 on channel 4.
Quote from: Boycey on September 21, 2017, 09:37:13 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on September 21, 2017, 08:31:55 PMQuote from: SHEEDY on September 21, 2017, 06:01:13 PMLoved that quiz.
william g stewart, presenter of the quiz show 15 to 1 on channel 4.
Aye it and Countdown were essential viewing back in the day... Sandy Toksvig presents it now she's not in the same league as William G..
Quote from: BennyHarp on September 21, 2017, 11:05:28 PM
Hadn't realised that Raging Bull Jake Lamotta passed away a couple of days ago. 95 was a fair old age for a man who had so many wars in the ring.
Quote from: StGallsGAA on September 21, 2017, 11:18:06 PMQuote from: BennyHarp on September 21, 2017, 11:05:28 PM
Hadn't realised that Raging Bull Jake Lamotta passed away a couple of days ago. 95 was a fair old age for a man who had so many wars in the ring.
It's the wars he fought outside of the ring that makes him living to 95 astounding!
Quote from: mouview on September 23, 2017, 02:49:19 PM
Death revealed, Stanislav Petrov, 'the man who saved the world'. Fascinating story and rather sad subsequently.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41314948
Quote from: T Fearon on September 26, 2017, 12:33:08 PMHis wife wrote about his illness in the Irish Times.
Tony Booth,father of Cherie Blair,also of Coronation Street and Till Death us do part.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on September 26, 2017, 11:10:50 AM
Liz Dawn aka Vera Duckworth Coronation Street actress
Quote from: T Fearon on September 26, 2017, 12:33:08 PM
Tony Booth,father of Cherie Blair,also of Coronation Street and Till Death us do part.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on September 26, 2017, 11:10:50 AM
Liz Dawn aka Vera Duckworth Coronation Street actress
Quote from: TabClear on September 27, 2017, 09:12:19 AMhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-41409597
Lady Lucan, wife of Lord
Quote from: TabClear on September 27, 2017, 09:12:19 AMShe reckoned her husband threw himself into the propellors of a cross channel ferry.
Lady Lucan, wife of Lord
Quote from: Puckoon on September 28, 2017, 04:48:04 AM
Hugh Hefner. 91
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on September 28, 2017, 05:28:29 AMMany young girls did including his 31 year old wife.Quote from: Puckoon on September 28, 2017, 04:48:04 AM
Hugh Hefner. 91
f**k him
Quote from: Puckoon on September 28, 2017, 04:48:04 AMThanks for the Mammaries Hugh.
Hugh Hefner. 91
Quote from: Puckoon on September 28, 2017, 04:48:04 AMPity he didn't take his mate Trump along for the ride!
Hugh Hefner. 91
Quote from: seafoid on September 27, 2017, 12:54:09 PMQuote from: TabClear on September 27, 2017, 09:12:19 AMShe reckoned her husband threw himself into the propellors of a cross channel ferry.
Lady Lucan, wife of Lord
Quote from: Armamike on September 28, 2017, 10:02:20 AMQuote from: seafoid on September 27, 2017, 12:54:09 PMQuote from: TabClear on September 27, 2017, 09:12:19 AMShe reckoned her husband threw himself into the propellors of a cross channel ferry.
Lady Lucan, wife of Lord
Came across in her tv interview earlier in the year as quite cold and sad really. Hadn't seen her children in 35 years and didn't seem too cut up about that either.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 02, 2017, 08:38:24 PMWow - bucket list gone. Had an opportunity to see him a month ago and didn't take it. He actually re-scheduled the concert I was going to go to due to laryngitis. Pales in todays Las Vegas News - but that's a huge bummer for sure! What a talent.
Tom Petty - 66
Quote from: Puckoon on October 02, 2017, 08:49:52 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 02, 2017, 08:38:24 PMWow - bucket list gone. Had an opportunity to see him a month ago and didn't take it. He actually re-scheduled the concert I was going to go to due to laryngitis. Pales in todays Las Vegas News - but that's a huge bummer for sure! What a talent.
Tom Petty - 66
Quote from: under the bar on October 02, 2017, 08:57:05 PMQuote from: Puckoon on October 02, 2017, 08:49:52 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 02, 2017, 08:38:24 PMWow - bucket list gone. Had an opportunity to see him a month ago and didn't take it. He actually re-scheduled the concert I was going to go to due to laryngitis. Pales in todays Las Vegas News - but that's a huge bummer for sure! What a talent.
Tom Petty - 66
He's not even dead yet FFS! Give the man some space!
Quote from: under the bar on October 02, 2017, 08:57:05 PMQuote from: Puckoon on October 02, 2017, 08:49:52 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 02, 2017, 08:38:24 PMWow - bucket list gone. Had an opportunity to see him a month ago and didn't take it. He actually re-scheduled the concert I was going to go to due to laryngitis. Pales in todays Las Vegas News - but that's a huge bummer for sure! What a talent.
Tom Petty - 66
He's not even dead yet FFS! Give the man some space!
Quote from: Never beat the deeler on October 03, 2017, 03:03:16 AM
Still hanging in there
Quote from: Cunny Funt on October 04, 2017, 09:12:50 PMhttps://www.rte.ie/news/2017/1004/909786-cosgrave/
Liam Cosgrave, former taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, dies aged 97
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 16, 2017, 01:07:23 PM
Kevin Cadle - NFL analyst on Sky Sports
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/oct/16/kevin-cadle-former-basketball-coach-and-sky-presenter-dies-aged-62
QuoteComedian Sean Hughes dies aged 51
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 16, 2017, 01:07:23 PM
Kevin Cadle - NFL analyst on Sky Sports
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/oct/16/kevin-cadle-former-basketball-coach-and-sky-presenter-dies-aged-62
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 16, 2017, 12:38:37 PM
Sean Hughes is a shock. Liver issues it seems :(
Quote from: BennyCake on October 16, 2017, 02:40:54 PM
Ah I liked Sean. Sean's Show was weird but enjoyable. Was really good on Buzzcocks too. Sad to hear. Age 51, that's no age at all.
RIP Sean. Thanks for the laughs.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 16, 2017, 12:38:37 PMCaroline Ahern died young as well
Sean Hughes is a shock. Liver issues it seems :(
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 18, 2017, 01:42:02 PM
Gord Downie - lead singer of Canadian band The Tragically Hip
Quote from: balladmaker on October 18, 2017, 11:58:25 PM
Eamonn Campbell of The Dubliners, RIP.
Quote from: orangeman on October 19, 2017, 12:31:31 AMQuote from: balladmaker on October 18, 2017, 11:58:25 PM
Eamonn Campbell of The Dubliners, RIP.
Another great irish musician gone.
Always smiling. RIP
Quote from: theskull1 on October 18, 2017, 02:00:00 PMhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-us-canada-41673760/gord-downie-trudeau-pays-tribute-to-tragically-hip-starQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 18, 2017, 01:42:02 PM
Gord Downie - lead singer of Canadian band The Tragically Hip
Wouldn't be surprised if there was a national day of mourning in Canada. An institution over there.
Fcuk cancer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwNVxvczgCs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwNVxvczgCs)
Quote from: Sandino on October 24, 2017, 02:47:20 PM
Former leader of the UDA Glen Barr has died. A big mover back in the 70's!
Quote from: Lar Naparka on October 25, 2017, 03:35:55 PM
The great Jinkin' Joe has passes away RIP. Mayo has lost one of its legends. Joe Corcoran would have been a true great in any era
.
Quote from: T Fearon on October 29, 2017, 10:57:36 PM
Patsy Devlin,an Armagh native,but more closely associated with Tyrone,were he spent most of his life.Refereed the 1972 and 1974 All Ireland Senior Football Finals,and,as I recall,the 1973 Corn Na Nog Final in which my late brother was a member of the St Pats Armagh team that lost narrowly to St Colman's Newry.
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on November 13, 2017, 02:17:54 PM
The voice of BBC football results and so much more on the BBC, Tim Gudgin has died at 87.
https://youtu.be/RPr-af4XfQo (https://youtu.be/RPr-af4XfQo)
1950: Following a three-year period of National Service, Gudgin joined BFN Radio in Germany as a newsreader and occasional sports reviewer.
1952: Moved back to the UK and became studio manager for BBC European Service, also working as newsreader. When his boss moved to network radio, Gudgin joined him on a six-month attachment - and stayed for 10 years.
1965-71: Worked as a freelancer presenting shows such as Housewives' Choice, Midday, Out & About, Saturday Night on the Light, Treble Chance, Today, Late Night Extra, Home This Afternoon, Top of the Form, Listen on Saturday, Music Box, Family Favourites, Y.A.T.N.A.M, Friday Night is Music Night, Marching & Waltzing, Night Ride, Melody Hour and Swingalong.
1973-76: Worked as a public relations consultant in the Isle of Man.
1976: Returned to the UK and sports programme Grandstand, where he read out the horse racing and rugby results in the final score segment of the programme.
1995: Following the death of Len Martin, he became only the second person to read out the football results for BBC television on Saturday afternoons.
2011: Retired from reading the football results.
At least one GAABoard member has met Tim Gudgin.
Quote from: JoG2 on November 13, 2017, 02:46:19 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on November 13, 2017, 02:17:54 PM
The voice of BBC football results and so much more on the BBC, Tim Gudgin has died at 87.
https://youtu.be/RPr-af4XfQo (https://youtu.be/RPr-af4XfQo)
1950: Following a three-year period of National Service, Gudgin joined BFN Radio in Germany as a newsreader and occasional sports reviewer.
1952: Moved back to the UK and became studio manager for BBC European Service, also working as newsreader. When his boss moved to network radio, Gudgin joined him on a six-month attachment - and stayed for 10 years.
1965-71: Worked as a freelancer presenting shows such as Housewives' Choice, Midday, Out & About, Saturday Night on the Light, Treble Chance, Today, Late Night Extra, Home This Afternoon, Top of the Form, Listen on Saturday, Music Box, Family Favourites, Y.A.T.N.A.M, Friday Night is Music Night, Marching & Waltzing, Night Ride, Melody Hour and Swingalong.
1973-76: Worked as a public relations consultant in the Isle of Man.
1976: Returned to the UK and sports programme Grandstand, where he read out the horse racing and rugby results in the final score segment of the programme.
1995: Following the death of Len Martin, he became only the second person to read out the football results for BBC television on Saturday afternoons.
2011: Retired from reading the football results.
At least one GAABoard member has met Tim Gudgin.
That reminded me of simpler times, mind the old paper Irelands Saturday Night which had all the local senior, junior and specifically for us at the time, underage soccer results etc..?
Quote from: charlieTully on November 18, 2017, 01:45:27 PM
Malcolm Young. Legend. RIP
Quote from: T Fearon on November 18, 2017, 03:36:35 PM
Apparently they shook him all night long in an attempt to revive him
Quote from: charlieTully on November 18, 2017, 04:59:45 PMQuote from: T Fearon on November 18, 2017, 03:36:35 PM
Apparently they shook him all night long in an attempt to revive him
f**k off you twisted tr**p.
Quote from: charlieTully on November 18, 2017, 04:59:45 PMQuote from: T Fearon on November 18, 2017, 03:36:35 PM
Apparently they shook him all night long in an attempt to revive him
f**k off you twisted tr**p.
Quote from: charlieTully on November 18, 2017, 01:45:27 PM
Malcolm Young. Legend. RIP
Quote from: T Fearon on November 18, 2017, 07:19:22 PM
Is he now on the Highway to Hell?
Quote from: longballin on November 18, 2017, 05:45:15 PMQuote from: charlieTully on November 18, 2017, 04:59:45 PMQuote from: T Fearon on November 18, 2017, 03:36:35 PM
Apparently they shook him all night long in an attempt to revive him
f**k off you twisted tr**p.
you're right - this has been a regular feature from Fearon sneering on the death thread...
Quote from: T Fearon on November 18, 2017, 07:19:22 PM
Is he now on the Highway to Hell?
Quote from: StGallsGAA on November 18, 2017, 10:39:20 PM
Inspired millions of kids to take up guitar. That alone makes c him a legend never mind the songwriting. RIP
Quote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 11:51:22 AM
Will she be buried after the First or Second Service?
Quote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 11:51:22 AM
Will she be buried after the First or Second Service?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 20, 2017, 01:52:00 PMLow even by his standards (it's like something you would expect from a 13 year old )
Nothing funnier than a 49 year old woman dying from breast cancer. It's time Tony got the road out of this place.
Quote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 11:51:22 AM
Will she be buried after the First or Second Service?
Quote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 11:51:22 AM
Will she be buried after the First or Second Service?
Quote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 11:51:22 AM
Will she be buried after the First or Second Service?
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on November 20, 2017, 02:09:11 PMQuote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 11:51:22 AM
Will she be buried after the First or Second Service?
You really are a vile disgusting excuse of a human being
Quote from: Tyrdub on November 20, 2017, 03:11:01 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on November 20, 2017, 02:09:11 PMQuote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 11:51:22 AM
Will she be buried after the First or Second Service?
You really are a vile disgusting excuse of a human being
+1
Quote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 04:30:02 PM
Ah Ffs I didn't mean them in any malicious way.I meant them the way Denis Law intended when he spoke at George Best's funeral,during the service in the presence of the family,when he said and I quote "I am surprised Bestie turned up today!" Like me , he wasn't mocking a death either.
The mock outrage of the usual subjects here is hypocritical.Plenty of celebrity deaths on this Board have been greeted with absolute and genuine glee,Margaret Thatcher for example.
Quote from: longballin on November 20, 2017, 04:39:22 PMWorst of all he is a middle aged man that should have some cop by now. He's not going to change his tune now it seems and individual like that desperately seeking attention is best ignored.Quote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 04:30:02 PM
Ah Ffs I didn't mean them in any malicious way.I meant them the way Denis Law intended when he spoke at George Best's funeral,during the service in the presence of the family,when he said and I quote "I am surprised Bestie turned up today!" Like me , he wasn't mocking a death either.
The mock outrage of the usual subjects here is hypocritical.Plenty of celebrity deaths on this Board have been greeted with absolute and genuine glee,Margaret Thatcher for example.
every time practically there's a death ure at it and you know people dont find it funny. Sick in the head you are trolling the death thread
Quote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 04:30:02 PM
Ah Ffs I didn't mean them in any malicious way.I meant them the way Denis Law intended when he spoke at George Best's funeral,during the service in the presence of the family,when he said and I quote "I am surprised Bestie turned up today!" Like me , he wasn't mocking a death either.
The mock outrage of the usual subjects here is hypocritical.Plenty of celebrity deaths on this Board have been greeted with absolute and genuine glee,Margaret Thatcher for example.
Quote from: Cunny Funt on November 20, 2017, 05:02:04 PMQuote from: longballin on November 20, 2017, 04:39:22 PMWorst of all he is a middle aged man that should have some cop by now. He's not going to change his tune now it seems and individual like that desperately seeking attention is best ignored.Quote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 04:30:02 PM
Ah Ffs I didn't mean them in any malicious way.I meant them the way Denis Law intended when he spoke at George Best's funeral,during the service in the presence of the family,when he said and I quote "I am surprised Bestie turned up today!" Like me , he wasn't mocking a death either.
The mock outrage of the usual subjects here is hypocritical.Plenty of celebrity deaths on this Board have been greeted with absolute and genuine glee,Margaret Thatcher for example.
every time practically there's a death ure at it and you know people dont find it funny. Sick in the head you are trolling the death thread
Quote from: TabClear on November 20, 2017, 03:03:13 PMIt really was. She came across as a lovely person.
Remember watching Novotna's tears as a youngster when wimbledon was must see watching in the Summer. Was great to see her win it a few years later. RIP
Quote from: Orchard park on November 20, 2017, 05:03:53 PMQuote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 04:30:02 PM
Ah Ffs I didn't mean them in any malicious way.I meant them the way Denis Law intended when he spoke at George Best's funeral,during the service in the presence of the family,when he said and I quote "I am surprised Bestie turned up today!" Like me , he wasn't mocking a death either.
The mock outrage of the usual subjects here is hypocritical.Plenty of celebrity deaths on this Board have been greeted with absolute and genuine glee,Margaret Thatcher for example.
so you knew and played with Jana then and know she would appreciate the "humour". Sad sad git
and Thatcher was a in charge of a murder machine not a tennis player just so you know the difference
Quote from: Avondhu star on November 20, 2017, 06:36:39 PMNo she didn't. She allowed MI5 to direct the killers to carry out murders that suited the political agenda of the time.Quote from: Orchard park on November 20, 2017, 05:03:53 PMQuote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 04:30:02 PM
Ah Ffs I didn't mean them in any malicious way.I meant them the way Denis Law intended when he spoke at George Best's funeral,during the service in the presence of the family,when he said and I quote "I am surprised Bestie turned up today!" Like me , he wasn't mocking a death either.
The mock outrage of the usual subjects here is hypocritical.Plenty of celebrity deaths on this Board have been greeted with absolute and genuine glee,Margaret Thatcher for example.
so you knew and played with Jana then and know she would appreciate the "humour". Sad sad git
and Thatcher was a in charge of a murder machine not a tennis player just so you know the difference
And she stood up to a murder machine
Quote from: Avondhu star on November 20, 2017, 06:36:39 PMQuote from: Orchard park on November 20, 2017, 05:03:53 PMQuote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 04:30:02 PM
Ah Ffs I didn't mean them in any malicious way.I meant them the way Denis Law intended when he spoke at George Best's funeral,during the service in the presence of the family,when he said and I quote "I am surprised Bestie turned up today!" Like me , he wasn't mocking a death either.
The mock outrage of the usual subjects here is hypocritical.Plenty of celebrity deaths on this Board have been greeted with absolute and genuine glee,Margaret Thatcher for example.
so you knew and played with Jana then and know she would appreciate the "humour". Sad sad git
and Thatcher was a in charge of a murder machine not a tennis player just so you know the difference
And she stood up to a murder machine
Quote from: ONeill on November 20, 2017, 10:14:43 PMThatcher rescues Fearon.
These discussions usually end amicably with one side agreeing the other was correct all along.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 20, 2017, 10:57:27 PMHe is a Portadine version of Alan PartridgeQuote from: ONeill on November 20, 2017, 10:14:43 PMThatcher rescues Fearon.
These discussions usually end amicably with one side agreeing the other was correct all along.
Quote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 04:30:02 PM
Ah Ffs I didn't mean them in any malicious way.I meant them the way Denis Law intended when he spoke at George Best's funeral,during the service in the presence of the family,when he said and I quote "I am surprised Bestie turned up today!" Like me , he wasn't mocking a death either.
The mock outrage of the usual subjects here is hypocritical.Plenty of celebrity deaths on this Board have been greeted with absolute and genuine glee,Margaret Thatcher for example.
Quote from: T Fearon on November 20, 2017, 04:30:02 PM
Ah Ffs I didn't mean them in any malicious way.I meant them the way Denis Law intended when he spoke at George Best's funeral,during the service in the presence of the family,when he said and I quote "I am surprised Bestie turned up today!" Like me , he wasn't mocking a death either.
The mock outrage of the usual subjects here is hypocritical.Plenty of celebrity deaths on this Board have been greeted with absolute and genuine glee,Margaret Thatcher for example.
Quote from: Boycey on November 21, 2017, 09:17:54 AM
There is a semblance of a point to Tony's argument here.. His jokes are shite almost all the time pathetic even but were they said about different people or even by someone other than Tony they'd pass by almost unnoticed.
There a fair bit of playing the man not the ball going on..
Quote from: ONeill on November 20, 2017, 05:29:04 PM
Ah that's crap news. Did she keep the illness quiet?
Quote from: AQMP on November 21, 2017, 09:47:08 AMQuote from: Boycey on November 21, 2017, 09:17:54 AM
There is a semblance of a point to Tony's argument here.. His jokes are shite almost all the time pathetic even but were they said about different people or even by someone other than Tony they'd pass by almost unnoticed.
There a fair bit of playing the man not the ball going on..
I agree. There's a fair bit of "neck winding in" required here too. Let's face it, the comment may have failed the first rule of comedy i.e. it wasn't funny, but there's a queue forming here to see who can be the first to be offended and who can be most offended.
Quote from: AQMP on November 21, 2017, 09:47:08 AMQuote from: Boycey on November 21, 2017, 09:17:54 AM
There is a semblance of a point to Tony's argument here.. His jokes are shite almost all the time pathetic even but were they said about different people or even by someone other than Tony they'd pass by almost unnoticed.
There a fair bit of playing the man not the ball going on..
I agree. There's a fair bit of "neck winding in" required here too. Let's face it, the comment may have failed the first rule of comedy i.e. it wasn't funny, but there's a queue forming here to see who can be the first to be offended and who can be most offended.
Quote from: AQMP on November 21, 2017, 09:47:08 AMYou have to be guarded about these things sure but personally speaking I wasn't offended by it at all... more so just rolling the eyes at this person who's meant to be nearer thy god to thee but continually comes out with this sick humor for an internet lol. Says something about him that this is one of his things rather than just some one off. No harm in calling that out I don't thinkQuote from: Boycey on November 21, 2017, 09:17:54 AM
There is a semblance of a point to Tony's argument here.. His jokes are shite almost all the time pathetic even but were they said about different people or even by someone other than Tony they'd pass by almost unnoticed.
There a fair bit of playing the man not the ball going on..
I agree. There's a fair bit of "neck winding in" required here too. Let's face it, the comment may have failed the first rule of comedy i.e. it wasn't funny, but there's a queue forming here to see who can be the first to be offended and who can be most offended.
Quote from: theskull1 on November 21, 2017, 10:30:54 AMQuote from: AQMP on November 21, 2017, 09:47:08 AMYou have to be guarded about these things sure but personally speaking I wasn't offended by it at all... more so just rolling the eyes at this person who's meant to be nearer thy god to thee but continually comes out with this sick humor for an internet lol. Says something about him that this is one of his things rather than just some one off. No harm in calling that out I don't thinkQuote from: Boycey on November 21, 2017, 09:17:54 AM
There is a semblance of a point to Tony's argument here.. His jokes are shite almost all the time pathetic even but were they said about different people or even by someone other than Tony they'd pass by almost unnoticed.
There a fair bit of playing the man not the ball going on..
I agree. There's a fair bit of "neck winding in" required here too. Let's face it, the comment may have failed the first rule of comedy i.e. it wasn't funny, but there's a queue forming here to see who can be the first to be offended and who can be most offended.
Quote from: theskull1 on November 21, 2017, 10:58:19 AM
It really does beg the question ..... "What makes intelligent people do this?" ::)
Quote from: T Fearon on November 18, 2017, 07:19:22 PMIf he is he will no doubt meet some of your misguided clerics along the way.
Is he now on the Highway to Hell?
Quote from: T Fearon on November 21, 2017, 12:07:14 PM
For the record I know all about cancer and what its like to lose someone close at a very young age.But using a celebrity's profession to make a harmless joke after they have fought the good fight is not malicious.
Mocking the death of any human regarding political differences etc is a whole different scenario and something I would never contemplate.
Quote from: T Fearon on November 21, 2017, 12:07:14 PM
For the record I know all about cancer and what its like to lose someone close at a very young age.But using a celebrity's profession to make a harmless joke after they have fought the good fight is not malicious.
Mocking the death of any human regarding political differences etc is a whole different scenario and something I would never contemplate.
Quote from: AQMP on November 21, 2017, 09:47:08 AMIf someone else said it I would still have commented on it. I would be repelled by anyone making light of a woman dying from cancer at the age of 49. It's simply not funny. The cumulative effect of Tony continually using this thread to make stupid, unfunny jokes at the expense of the dead, added to him taking grave offence at anything related to the Catholic Church, makes it all the more pathetic.Quote from: Boycey on November 21, 2017, 09:17:54 AM
There is a semblance of a point to Tony's argument here.. His jokes are shite almost all the time pathetic even but were they said about different people or even by someone other than Tony they'd pass by almost unnoticed.
There a fair bit of playing the man not the ball going on..
I agree. There's a fair bit of "neck winding in" required here too. Let's face it, the comment may have failed the first rule of comedy i.e. it wasn't funny, but there's a queue forming here to see who can be the first to be offended and who can be most offended.
Quote from: T Fearon on November 21, 2017, 02:23:07 PM
But its alright to mock and take delight at the deaths of people whose politics you disagreed with? Double standards.
Quote from: T Fearon on November 21, 2017, 02:23:07 PMI don't think you are being deliberately offensive, your jokes are just crap.
But its alright to mock and take delight at the deaths of people whose politics you disagreed with? Double standards.
Quote from: T Fearon on November 21, 2017, 05:51:43 PM
Ok I'll work on my comedy act.
Seriously double standards here.
Quote from: T Fearon on November 21, 2017, 05:51:43 PMOk I'll work on my comedy act.
Seriously double standards here.
Quote from: T Fearon on November 21, 2017, 05:51:43 PM
Ok I'll work on my comedy act.
Seriously double standards here.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on November 21, 2017, 07:16:42 PM
Just reading about this. Him and yer man Bolam hadnt spoke for near 40yrs or something. Bit sad. Some boys can fair hold grudges.
Hang on, here comes someone with a bad joke.....
Quote from: Therealdonald on November 21, 2017, 07:55:21 PMWitty where? He doesn't do jokes his objective is to spark a reaction.
Now I don't always agree with Tony but boys and girls relax. We have all experienced cancer firsthand, but Tony's right it was a joke. Either everythings funny and allowed or nothing is funny. I thought the joke whilst in bad taste was witty.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on November 21, 2017, 07:16:42 PM
Just reading about this. Him and yer man Bolam hadnt spoke for near 40yrs or something. Bit sad. Some boys can fair hold grudges.
Hang on, here comes someone with a bad joke.....
Quote from: gallsman on November 21, 2017, 08:31:52 PMA buffoon who craves attention. Better off ignoring him.
If there's one thing Fearon isn't, it's witty. He thinks he's intelligent but is actually a buffoon.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on November 21, 2017, 06:37:31 PMQuote from: T Fearon on November 21, 2017, 05:51:43 PMOk I'll work on my comedy act.
Seriously double standards here.
Stop making everything about you. You made a crass "joke" about a 49 year old woman dying of breast cancer and you got called out for acting like an arsehole.
Would you post something like that on your Facebook - would you f**k.
Wind yer neck in.
Quote from: AQMP on November 22, 2017, 09:07:43 AMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on November 21, 2017, 06:37:31 PMQuote from: T Fearon on November 21, 2017, 05:51:43 PMOk I'll work on my comedy act.
Seriously double standards here.
Stop making everything about you. You made a crass "joke" about a 49 year old woman dying of breast cancer and you got called out for acting like an arsehole.
Would you post something like that on your Facebook - would you f**k.
Wind yer neck in.
Surely the joke wasn't about her dying of cancer? It alluded to the fact that she used to be a tennis player?
Quote from: T Fearon on November 22, 2017, 09:43:09 AM
It was a joke about a fictional funeral scenario of a tennis player who just died.I would have used it about Rod Laver or Billie Jean King had they died of old age.
I don't find cancer funny,it took my brother at the age of 35 and my mother.
Quote from: T Fearon on November 22, 2017, 06:43:07 AM
That leaves only Donny Osmond from the early 70s teenage heart throbs left,with David Cassidy and Michael Jackson gone.
Quote from: T Fearon on November 22, 2017, 09:43:09 AMWould you ever f**k off?
It was a joke about a fictional funeral scenario of a tennis player who just died.I would have used it about Rod Laver or Billie Jean King had they died of old age.
I don't find cancer funny,it took my brother at the age of 35 and my mother.
Quote from: StGallsGAA on November 22, 2017, 11:41:21 PMOK, all check in.
Any board members die lately?
Quote from: T Fearon on November 22, 2017, 09:43:09 AM
It was a joke about a fictional funeral scenario of a tennis player who just died.I would have used it about Rod Laver or Billie Jean King had they died of old age.
I don't find cancer funny,it took my brother at the age of 35 and my mother.
Quote from: BennyHarp on November 23, 2017, 06:43:00 PM
Is this thread about who can be the most righteous on one hand and most insulting on the other? Who's winning because some of you lads are giving Fearon a fair old run for his money.
Quote from: Boycey on November 23, 2017, 07:07:05 PMQuote from: BennyHarp on November 23, 2017, 06:43:00 PM
Is this thread about who can be the most righteous on one hand and most insulting on the other? Who's winning because some of you lads are giving Fearon a fair old run for his money.
A couple of lads who follow Tony around should look at their own posts around the forum..
Quote from: Boycey on November 23, 2017, 07:07:05 PMDoes your Mammy know you are on the Internet?Quote from: BennyHarp on November 23, 2017, 06:43:00 PM
Is this thread about who can be the most righteous on one hand and most insulting on the other? Who's winning because some of you lads are giving Fearon a fair old run for his money.
A couple of lads who follow Tony around should look at their own posts around the forum..
Quote from: Avondhu star on November 23, 2017, 10:37:10 PM!!!🤐??? What??? Expecting you can back up such a libellous comment?Quote from: Boycey on November 23, 2017, 07:07:05 PMDoes your Mammy know you are on the Internet?Quote from: BennyHarp on November 23, 2017, 06:43:00 PM
Is this thread about who can be the most righteous on one hand and most insulting on the other? Who's winning because some of you lads are giving Fearon a fair old run for his money.
A couple of lads who follow Tony around should look at their own posts around the forum..
You promised you wouldn't use it again after the babysitter incident
Quote from: T Fearon on December 10, 2017, 02:08:11 PM
I'll bet Max will still be spinning in his grave for the next ten years.
Quote from: illdecide on December 11, 2017, 03:52:14 PMQuote from: T Fearon on December 10, 2017, 02:08:11 PM
I'll bet Max will still be spinning in his grave for the next ten years.
You're consistent Tony i'll give you that...
Quote from: illdecide on December 11, 2017, 03:52:14 PMQuote from: T Fearon on December 10, 2017, 02:08:11 PM
I'll bet Max will still be spinning in his grave for the next ten years.
You're consistent Tony i'll give you that...
Quote from: T Fearon on December 11, 2017, 04:24:08 PM
Has anyone told Posh Paws about Keith Chegwin's death yet? I suppose Delia Smith will take care of the catering at the funeral?
Quote from: longballin on December 13, 2017, 12:15:09 PMYou're obviously free to post what you want, but I wish people wouldn't give such individuals the attention they desire.
Tony's not alone in getting a good laugh out of these deaths... soulmate Katie Hopkins http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/a-new-low-even-you-11679901
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 13, 2017, 12:43:48 PM
anyone ever seen Fearon and Katie Hopkins in the same room at the same time......
Quote from: T Fearon on December 13, 2017, 03:20:17 PM
My affectionate linking of a celebrity's death to a part of their life is in no way mocking their death,but is actually a tribute.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 13, 2017, 03:20:17 PM
My affectionate linking of a celebrity's death to a part of their life is in no way mocking their death,but is actually a tribute.
Quote from: Orchard park on December 13, 2017, 05:00:17 PMQuote from: T Fearon on December 13, 2017, 03:20:17 PM
My affectionate linking of a celebrity's death to a part of their life is in no way mocking their death,but is actually a tribute.
if that's a tribute your one serious sick puppy and i wouldnt like to be insulted by you......
get help sicko
Quote from: SHEEDY on December 13, 2017, 06:59:40 PM
a lot of people on here need to lighten and stop being so precious. if your offended by tony's 'jokes', which most of the time are harmless enough, you must live very sheltered lives. i'm sure most people who are claiming to be offended have laughed at more offensive jokes told in the work place, in the football changing rooms or in the pub.
Quote from: laoislad on December 13, 2017, 07:11:02 PM
Anyone that runs the Dublin race series or the Marathon will probably know or have heard of Team Alanna. Her Dad pushed her around the Dublin Marathon this year. Sadly she died today aged 8 years old.
http://www.meathchronicle.ie/news/roundup/articles/2017/12/13/4149662-little-alanna-8--who-completed-the-dublin-city-marathon-with-her-dad-has-passed-away/
Quote from: seafoid on December 14, 2017, 05:48:13 AM
https://youtu.be/6RTJ4vHoYUs
Quote from: T Fearon on December 13, 2017, 06:12:24 PM
Was Denis Law saying he was surprised George Best turned up at his own funeral offensive?.I'm sure Max will be happy to be remembered as the King of Spin or Keith Chegwin glad that his own long career is remembered .
World of difference between expressing joy at someone's demise.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 14, 2017, 09:10:48 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 13, 2017, 06:12:24 PM
Was Denis Law saying he was surprised George Best turned up at his own funeral offensive?.I'm sure Max will be happy to be remembered as the King of Spin or Keith Chegwin glad that his own long career is remembered .
World of difference between expressing joy at someone's demise.
Denis Law was his mate, you didnt know any of the celebs you have made jokes about, nor do you make jokes about them when they are alive, wait till they are dead and then you have fun.
Oh right so it's okay to joke about your mates' deaths? 😮😮.
Quote from: seafoid on December 14, 2017, 09:21:40 AM
Cecil Parkinson's daughter Mary.
Really tragic family between her and Flora the handicapped daughter of his affair with Sara Keays
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/family/daddys-girl-tragedy-cecil-parkinsons-daughter-mary/
Quote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 09:50:02 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 14, 2017, 09:10:48 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 13, 2017, 06:12:24 PM
Was Denis Law saying he was surprised George Best turned up at his own funeral offensive?.I'm sure Max will be happy to be remembered as the King of Spin or Keith Chegwin glad that his own long career is remembered .
World of difference between expressing joy at someone's demise.
Denis Law was his mate, you didnt know any of the celebs you have made jokes about, nor do you make jokes about them when they are alive, wait till they are dead and then you have fun.
Oh right so it's okay to joke about your mates' deaths? 😮😮.
Quote from: JBM on the 21 on December 13, 2017, 09:04:37 PM
Benjamin Massing – Ex-Cameroonian defender who committed probably one of the most iconic/infamous/best/worst tackles of all time - 1990 World Cup v Argentina
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeRlJJbtdHc
Quote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 11:16:41 AM
Mixed messages here. Lambasted for light hearted humour drawing on an important part of a celebrity's life,but it is ok to glorify the deaths of the likes of Margaret Thatcher,or make a joke about a person if they were known to you? Does not make sense to me.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 11:16:41 AM
Mixed messages here. Lambasted for light hearted humour drawing on an important part of a celebrity's life,but it is ok to glorify the deaths of the likes of Margaret Thatcher,or make a joke about a person if they were known to you? Does not make sense to me.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 11:16:41 AMMargaret Thatcher broke the lives of many people and laid dynamite under the UK economy.
Mixed messages here. Lambasted for light hearted humour drawing on an important part of a celebrity's life,but it is ok to glorify the deaths of the likes of Margaret Thatcher,or make a joke about a person if they were known to you? Does not make sense to me.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 01:21:06 PMFormidable twit
No.In all seriousness this thread shows the absolute hypocrisy running through many aspects of this board.I use my formidable wit to lightheartedly link the news of celebrity deaths to aspects of their lives.This is not mocking the death itself.
However it now transpires that joking about death (in a way which is,unlike me, mocking the death) or even glorifying in the death is totally acceptable according to your perception of the deceased (e g Margaret Thatcher),or if you happen to know the deceased personally (🙄).
Quote from: rosnarun on December 14, 2017, 02:40:14 PM
best wind up merchant on the board and brings out the true bullying Nature and herd mentality of many contributors here
Quote from: rosnarun on December 14, 2017, 02:40:14 PM
best wind up merchant on the board and brings out the true bullying Nature and herd mentality of many contributors here
Quote from: rosnarun on December 14, 2017, 02:40:14 PMSorry, but this is bullshit
best wind up merchant on the board and brings out the true bullying Nature and herd mentality of many contributors here
Quote from: Dire Ear on December 14, 2017, 05:21:53 PMQuote from: rosnarun on December 14, 2017, 02:40:14 PMSorry, but this is bullshit
best wind up merchant on the board and brings out the true bullying Nature and herd mentality of many contributors here
Quote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 07:18:18 PM
Life is full of things one doesn't like.There are letters still published in the press complaining about the former Belfast City Airport being named after the town drunk (which I certainly don't like).A retired Cardinal has been shamefully savaged incessantly on this Board (and just wait for the posts on this thread when he finally passes on) which I found nauseating but accepted as free speech.Why can't everyone have this attitude,don't like it or appreciate the benign humour just skip on to the next post.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 07:18:18 PM
Life is full of things one doesn't like.There are letters still published in the press complaining about the former Belfast City Airport being named after the town drunk (which I certainly don't like).A retired Cardinal has been shamefully savaged incessantly on this Board (and just wait for the posts on this thread when he finally passes on) which I found nauseating but accepted as free speech.Why can't everyone have this attitude,don't like it or appreciate the benign humour just skip on to the next post.
Quote from: red hander on December 14, 2017, 07:37:02 PMFirst time he wrote something remotely humorous on this thread.
I'm still trying to get my head round 'formidable wit' ::)
Quote from: longballin on December 14, 2017, 11:27:26 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 11:16:41 AM
Mixed messages here. Lambasted for light hearted humour drawing on an important part of a celebrity's life,but it is ok to glorify the deaths of the likes of Margaret Thatcher,or make a joke about a person if they were known to you? Does not make sense to me.
Problem is you want this thread, like other threads, to be about you... and to be fairyou'reI'm succeeding in doing that.
Quote from: omaghjoe on December 14, 2017, 08:08:53 PMQuote from: longballin on December 14, 2017, 11:27:26 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 11:16:41 AM
Mixed messages here. Lambasted for light hearted humour drawing on an important part of a celebrity's life,but it is ok to glorify the deaths of the likes of Margaret Thatcher,or make a joke about a person if they were known to you? Does not make sense to me.
Problem is you want this thread, like other threads, to be about you... and to be fairyou'reI'm succeeding in doing that.
that seems more accurate
Quote from: Minder on March 28, 2011, 09:03:22 AM
Harry Coover Jr, age 94, inventor of Super Glue. He came to a sticky end.
Quote from: muppet on July 24, 2011, 12:23:40 AM
What's wrong with saying RIP for Amy Winehouse? Wasn't she on the RIP most of the time anyway?
Quote from: longballin on December 14, 2017, 08:11:35 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on December 14, 2017, 08:08:53 PMQuote from: longballin on December 14, 2017, 11:27:26 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 11:16:41 AM
Mixed messages here. Lambasted for light hearted humour drawing on an important part of a celebrity's life,but it is ok to glorify the deaths of the likes of Margaret Thatcher,or make a joke about a person if they were known to you? Does not make sense to me.
Problem is you want this thread, like other threads, to be about you... and to be fairyou'reI'm succeeding in doing that.
that seems more accurate
I'm going to keep challenging his behaviour on this thread if he keeps doing it. so you may get used to it : )
Quote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 08:50:51 PMQuote from: muppet on July 24, 2011, 12:23:40 AM
What's wrong with saying RIP for Amy Winehouse? Wasn't she on the RIP most of the time anyway?
Examples of Comments 2 on this thread that attracted no criticism
Quote from: playwiththewind1st on March 04, 2012, 06:45:47 PMQuote from: Agent Orange on March 01, 2012, 12:05:47 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 29, 2012, 10:03:24 PM
The Missus just informed me that Davy Jones from the Monkees had died today. I didnt believe her...But then I saw her face....
... Now I'm a bereaver.
It's South Park & the North Koreans again.
Quote from: Gaffer on November 24, 2012, 07:38:50 AMQuote from: DrinkingHarp on November 24, 2012, 04:56:51 AM
Larry Hagman Of Dallas and I Dream of Jeannie Fame
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/larry-hagman-dead-81-portrayed-notorious-tv-villain-044041015.html
Who shot him ?
Quote from: Avondhu star on December 14, 2017, 08:51:56 PMQuote from: longballin on December 14, 2017, 08:11:35 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on December 14, 2017, 08:08:53 PMQuote from: longballin on December 14, 2017, 11:27:26 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 11:16:41 AM
Mixed messages here. Lambasted for light hearted humour drawing on an important part of a celebrity's life,but it is ok to glorify the deaths of the likes of Margaret Thatcher,or make a joke about a person if they were known to you? Does not make sense to me.
Problem is you want this thread, like other threads, to be about you... and to be fairyou'reI'm succeeding in doing that.
that seems more accurate
I'm going to keep challenging his behaviour on this thread if he keeps doing it. so you may get used to it : )
Who appointed you the Bullshit Sheriff? You are aware this individual has medical issues due to excessive bedwetting?
Quote from: longballin on December 14, 2017, 08:11:35 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on December 14, 2017, 08:08:53 PMQuote from: longballin on December 14, 2017, 11:27:26 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 11:16:41 AM
Mixed messages here. Lambasted for light hearted humour drawing on an important part of a celebrity's life,but it is ok to glorify the deaths of the likes of Margaret Thatcher,or make a joke about a person if they were known to you? Does not make sense to me.
Problem is you want this thread, like other threads, to be about you... and to be fairyou'reI'm succeeding in doing that.
that seems more accurate
I'm going to keep challenging his behaviour on this thread if he keeps doing it. so you may get used to it : )
Quote from: omaghjoe on December 15, 2017, 05:46:29 AMQuote from: longballin on December 14, 2017, 08:11:35 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on December 14, 2017, 08:08:53 PMQuote from: longballin on December 14, 2017, 11:27:26 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 11:16:41 AM
Mixed messages here. Lambasted for light hearted humour drawing on an important part of a celebrity's life,but it is ok to glorify the deaths of the likes of Margaret Thatcher,or make a joke about a person if they were known to you? Does not make sense to me.
Problem is you want this thread, like other threads, to be about you... and to be fairyou'reI'm succeeding in doing that.
that seems more accurate
I'm going to keep challenging his behaviour on this thread if he keeps doing it. so you may get used to it : )
Your free to do as you wish but you may also get used to the fact that your making this thread about Tony Fearon :)
Quote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 10:02:30 PMKudos to all, made me laugh on a Friday morning. :)Quote from: playwiththewind1st on March 04, 2012, 06:45:47 PMQuote from: Agent Orange on March 01, 2012, 12:05:47 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 29, 2012, 10:03:24 PM
The Missus just informed me that Davy Jones from the Monkees had died today. I didnt believe her...But then I saw her face....
... Now I'm a bereaver.
It's South Park & the North Koreans again.
Quote from: bennydorano on December 15, 2017, 09:34:04 AMIt's like the one about the undertaker arranging the funeral of Larry Laprise composer of the Hokey Pokey.Quote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 10:02:30 PMKudos to all, made me laugh on a Friday morning. :)Quote from: playwiththewind1st on March 04, 2012, 06:45:47 PMQuote from: Agent Orange on March 01, 2012, 12:05:47 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 29, 2012, 10:03:24 PM
The Missus just informed me that Davy Jones from the Monkees had died today. I didnt believe her...But then I saw her face....
... Now I'm a bereaver.
It's South Park & the North Koreans again.
Quote from: Syferus on December 14, 2017, 03:07:53 PMno a good wind up merchant is some one who can generate pages and pages of hate filled drivel with a silly comment its noy abouty making a point or sticking the boot in it just about annoying fools and making them foam at the mouth .the humour is more miss than hit but I love the reactions of people to itQuote from: rosnarun on December 14, 2017, 02:40:14 PM
best wind up merchant on the board and brings out the true bullying Nature and herd mentality of many contributors here
A good wind-up merchant is someone like Lar who has the sense when to stick the boot in for maximum effect, and there's no desperation for a reaction. If most people can easily see though the act it's not a particularly good act to begin with.
Quote from: BennyHarp on December 15, 2017, 12:35:20 PM
Its hard work attempting to step over all those who have fallen over themselves to make abusive and inappropriate comments to a board member, who they feel is abusive and makes inappropriate comments.
But anyway, I just read this very sad and unusual story about a 70 year old Irish man who seemingly burst into flames on a street in London. I'm sure there is a very logical explanation but at the minute emergency services are struggling to explain what happened. RIP - I hope his family get some explanation for it all.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/man-catches-fire-dies-london-street-haringey-john-nolan-70-age-police-appeal-metropolitan-a8111901.html
Quote from: Dire Ear on December 15, 2017, 02:07:02 PM
Maybe......that board member could stop making abusive and inappropriate comments, even if he assumes they're funny
Quote from: longballin on December 15, 2017, 03:42:12 PMQuote from: Dire Ear on December 15, 2017, 02:07:02 PM
Maybe......that board member could stop making abusive and inappropriate comments, even if he assumes they're funny
Ditto...
Quote from: Syferus on December 15, 2017, 03:51:53 PMGone take the hour you said it would take you to set up a better site, and we will move over to that sure.Quote from: longballin on December 15, 2017, 03:42:12 PMQuote from: Dire Ear on December 15, 2017, 02:07:02 PM
Maybe......that board member could stop making abusive and inappropriate comments, even if he assumes they're funny
Ditto...
This is exactly where light moderation is needed. By having none it's emboldened someone like Ferron to feel he has impunity to drag a discussion off topic and swing the spotlight on himself. He's clearly not going to be the bigger man so even acknowledging any comment is pointless. It's the moderators that should be contacted.
Quote from: HiMucker on December 15, 2017, 03:55:59 PMQuote from: Syferus on December 15, 2017, 03:51:53 PMGone take the hour you said it would take you to set up a better site, and we will move over to that sure.Quote from: longballin on December 15, 2017, 03:42:12 PMQuote from: Dire Ear on December 15, 2017, 02:07:02 PM
Maybe......that board member could stop making abusive and inappropriate comments, even if he assumes they're funny
Ditto...
This is exactly where light moderation is needed. By having none it's emboldened someone like Ferron to feel he has impunity to drag a discussion off topic and swing the spotlight on himself. He's clearly not going to be the bigger man so even acknowledging any comment is pointless. It's the moderators that should be contacted.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 15, 2017, 03:37:08 PMI could actually see people saying that at his wake.
Sir Billy Hastings owner of luxury Hotel Chain in the North including Belfast Europa,Culloden etc.Alas he has finally checked out.RIP
Quote from: Syferus on December 15, 2017, 04:05:40 PMthanks for your glowing recommendation of my IT skill set ;DQuote from: HiMucker on December 15, 2017, 03:55:59 PMQuote from: Syferus on December 15, 2017, 03:51:53 PMGone take the hour you said it would take you to set up a better site, and we will move over to that sure.Quote from: longballin on December 15, 2017, 03:42:12 PMQuote from: Dire Ear on December 15, 2017, 02:07:02 PM
Maybe......that board member could stop making abusive and inappropriate comments, even if he assumes they're funny
Ditto...
This is exactly where light moderation is needed. By having none it's emboldened someone like Ferron to feel he has impunity to drag a discussion off topic and swing the spotlight on himself. He's clearly not going to be the bigger man so even acknowledging any comment is pointless. It's the moderators that should be contacted.
It would take about five minutes to set up a freely-hosted forum, actually. Even you could do it. Moderation on a forum is not some sort of exotic gift you should not expect, but a minority here suffer from extreme cases of Stockholm syndrome when it comes to the topic.
Quote from: Boycey on December 16, 2017, 01:30:59 PM
I would be genuinely shocked if there is anybody actually upset by any of Tony's posts on this thread. Much worse things are passed as comments by various people regularly on multiple threads.
If you are offended I'd suggest a generally anonymous Internet forum isn't the place for you
Quote from: Hardy on July 12, 2013, 05:55:03 PM
I swear three out of every four of these announcements are for people I thought were long gone already.
Whicker always struck me as a sleazy ould hoor.
Quote from: playwiththewind1st on September 01, 2013, 02:24:47 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on September 01, 2013, 11:29:16 AM
David Frost. Well known broadcaster dead from a heart attack!
"Hello, good evening & wel....................."
Quote from: T Fearon on December 16, 2017, 02:53:12 PMQuote from: playwiththewind1st on September 01, 2013, 02:24:47 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on September 01, 2013, 11:29:16 AM
David Frost. Well known broadcaster dead from a heart attack!
"Hello, good evening & wel....................."
No criticism forthcoming
Quote from: muppet on October 02, 2013, 06:06:19 PMQuote from: Sandino on October 02, 2013, 03:47:45 PM
The Author Tom Clancy has died.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-24372224
The Doctors told him he had a Clear and Present Danger.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 16, 2017, 02:57:23 PM
All part of this thread.Only recently people seem to be taking offence
Quote from: T Fearon on December 16, 2017, 02:57:23 PM
All part of this thread.Only recently people seem to be taking offence
Quote from: T Fearon on December 16, 2017, 03:06:58 PM
I didn't joke about her dying,I know all about losing someone young to cancer.I made a joke about her funeral,a pun on her fabulous career.
There are far worse comments about the deaths of people on the posts I've just reproduced today.
Quote from: Boycey on December 16, 2017, 05:35:26 PM
I'm genuinely interested here longballin, is mine and the others who think it's harmless craic opinion less valid than yours? It's a forum not everyone is going to agree with you..
The original post that irks you seems to be the one about Nvotna, unlike you i just see a lame joke about tennis.. I have (current) experience surrounding cancer too so I'm not making light of cancer in any way.
What do you think of the examples Tony has brought up? The only difference I see is that they are funny. I think I made a quip on here a couple of weeks back about Malcolm Young being on a Highway to Hell, I certainly wasn't being offensive AC/DC were my favourite band of all time..
Quote from: Boycey on December 16, 2017, 05:35:26 PM
I'm genuinely interested here longballin, is mine and the others who think it's harmless craic opinion less valid than yours? It's a forum not everyone is going to agree with you..
The original post that irks you seems to be the one about Nvotna, unlike you i just see a lame joke about tennis.. I have (current) experience surrounding cancer too so I'm not making light of cancer in any way.
What do you think of the examples Tony has brought up? The only difference I see is that they are funny. I think I made a quip on here a couple of weeks back about Malcolm Young being on a Highway to Hell, I certainly wasn't being offensive AC/DC were my favourite band of all time..
Quote from: T Fearon on December 16, 2017, 09:34:04 PM
Death is a part of the natural order of human life,just like birth.Now I would never mock the actual death of anyone or take any pleasure in it,but harmless jokes about a part of their life that made them famous are quite innocuous and inoffensive.
Quote from: longballin on December 16, 2017, 09:27:37 PMQuote from: Boycey on December 16, 2017, 05:35:26 PM
I'm genuinely interested here longballin, is mine and the others who think it's harmless craic opinion less valid than yours? It's a forum not everyone is going to agree with you..
The original post that irks you seems to be the one about Nvotna, unlike you i just see a lame joke about tennis.. I have (current) experience surrounding cancer too so I'm not making light of cancer in any way.
What do you think of the examples Tony has brought up? The only difference I see is that they are funny. I think I made a quip on here a couple of weeks back about Malcolm Young being on a Highway to Hell, I certainly wasn't being offensive AC/DC were my favourite band of all time..
why is it necessary to make jokes on the death thread?
Quote from: Boycey on December 16, 2017, 09:45:11 PMQuote from: longballin on December 16, 2017, 09:27:37 PMQuote from: Boycey on December 16, 2017, 05:35:26 PM
I'm genuinely interested here longballin, is mine and the others who think it's harmless craic opinion less valid than yours? It's a forum not everyone is going to agree with you..
The original post that irks you seems to be the one about Nvotna, unlike you i just see a lame joke about tennis.. I have (current) experience surrounding cancer too so I'm not making light of cancer in any way.
What do you think of the examples Tony has brought up? The only difference I see is that they are funny. I think I made a quip on here a couple of weeks back about Malcolm Young being on a Highway to Hell, I certainly wasn't being offensive AC/DC were my favourite band of all time..
why is it necessary to make jokes on the death thread?
Why is it forbidden to make jokes on a death thread? I was composing a post that would have turned out much like Tony's, death is part of life so to speak..
Quote from: longballin on December 16, 2017, 09:56:02 PMQuote from: Boycey on December 16, 2017, 09:45:11 PMQuote from: longballin on December 16, 2017, 09:27:37 PMQuote from: Boycey on December 16, 2017, 05:35:26 PM
I'm genuinely interested here longballin, is mine and the others who think it's harmless craic opinion less valid than yours? It's a forum not everyone is going to agree with you..
The original post that irks you seems to be the one about Nvotna, unlike you i just see a lame joke about tennis.. I have (current) experience surrounding cancer too so I'm not making light of cancer in any way.
What do you think of the examples Tony has brought up? The only difference I see is that they are funny. I think I made a quip on here a couple of weeks back about Malcolm Young being on a Highway to Hell, I certainly wasn't being offensive AC/DC were my favourite band of all time..
why is it necessary to make jokes on the death thread?
Why is it forbidden to make jokes on a death thread? I was composing a post that would have turned out much like Tony's, death is part of life so to speak..
so is it ok to joke about Grenfell tower deaths? tragedy part of life after all...
Quote from: Boycey on December 16, 2017, 10:11:58 PM
It's never ok to mock something like Grenfell but I don't think that's what we're discussing here..
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People clearly have different senses of humour and lines which they deem crossable or not. I don't find Fearons jokes funny but I don't find them offensive. I'm sure the deceased are eternally grateful for the stand you guys are making but some of the comments made in reply are quite offensive and are as inappropriate in the context of a thread that was opened to honour those that have passed away, as any joke made by Fearon.
Quote from: Over the Bar on December 16, 2017, 10:36:18 PMQuote
People clearly have different senses of humour and lines which they deem crossable or not. I don't find Fearons jokes funny but I don't find them offensive. I'm sure the deceased are eternally grateful for the stand you guys are making but some of the comments made in reply are quite offensive and are as inappropriate in the context of a thread that was opened to honour those that have passed away, as any joke made by Fearon.
If this is a thread to deservedly honour some who have passed away then change the name. As it stands it seems to be a simply a factual "death" thread which reports every death of interest including those who deserve little or no respect e.g. Ian Brady
Quote from: bennydorano on December 16, 2017, 11:18:11 PM
Maybe you should just stick to the Irish News death column.
Quote from: rrhf on December 16, 2017, 11:13:55 PM
Before we all take ourselves too seriously read the first page of this thread. Armagh4samagain launched these 350 odd pages of mournfulness...
Quote from: Boycey on December 16, 2017, 11:32:44 PMQuote from: rrhf on December 16, 2017, 11:13:55 PM
Before we all take ourselves too seriously read the first page of this thread. Armagh4samagain launched these 350 odd pages of mournfulness...
Aye and the subject of what was appropriate and not appropriate raised its head in the 1st few pages. The fact that it's still going strong suggests to me most people can look at it objectively. There's room for both solemnity and irreverence in it in my opinion.
Quote from: Boycey on December 16, 2017, 11:32:44 PMQuote from: rrhf on December 16, 2017, 11:13:55 PM
Before we all take ourselves too seriously read the first page of this thread. Armagh4samagain launched these 350 odd pages of mournfulness...
Aye and the subject of what was appropriate and not appropriate raised its head in the 1st few pages. The fact that it's still going strong suggests to me most people can look at it objectively. There's room for both solemnity and irreverence in it in my opinion.
Quote from: Syferus on December 16, 2017, 11:39:02 PMQuote from: Boycey on December 16, 2017, 11:32:44 PMQuote from: rrhf on December 16, 2017, 11:13:55 PM
Before we all take ourselves too seriously read the first page of this thread. Armagh4samagain launched these 350 odd pages of mournfulness...
Aye and the subject of what was appropriate and not appropriate raised its head in the 1st few pages. The fact that it's still going strong suggests to me most people can look at it objectively. There's room for both solemnity and irreverence in it in my opinion.
You're pretending that Ferron isn't simply trolling the thread for reactions. That's awful nice of you but naive in the extreme. Moderation is the only solution.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 01:21:06 PMFirstly your wit is not formidable, and your jokes are crap at best. That said I don't think there is anything mocking about the jokes and you have to laugh at death sometimes. Your jokes are just terrible but I would defend your right to make them.
No.In all seriousness this thread shows the absolute hypocrisy running through many aspects of this board.I use my formidable wit to lightheartedly link the news of celebrity deaths to aspects of their lives.This is not mocking the death itself.
However it now transpires that joking about death (in a way which is,unlike me, mocking the death) or even glorifying in the death is totally acceptable according to your perception of the deceased (e g Margaret Thatcher),or if you happen to know the deceased personally (🙄).
Quote from: Applesisapples on December 19, 2017, 10:40:16 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 01:21:06 PMFirstly your wit is not formidable, and your jokes are crap at best. That said I don't think there is anything mocking about the jokes and you have to laugh at death sometimes. Your jokes are just terrible but I would defend your right to make them.
No.In all seriousness this thread shows the absolute hypocrisy running through many aspects of this board.I use my formidable wit to lightheartedly link the news of celebrity deaths to aspects of their lives.This is not mocking the death itself.
However it now transpires that joking about death (in a way which is,unlike me, mocking the death) or even glorifying in the death is totally acceptable according to your perception of the deceased (e g Margaret Thatcher),or if you happen to know the deceased personally (🙄).
Quote from: longballin on December 19, 2017, 11:52:19 AMQuote from: Applesisapples on December 19, 2017, 10:40:16 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 01:21:06 PMFirstly your wit is not formidable, and your jokes are crap at best. That said I don't think there is anything mocking about the jokes and you have to laugh at death sometimes. Your jokes are just terrible but I would defend your right to make them.
No.In all seriousness this thread shows the absolute hypocrisy running through many aspects of this board.I use my formidable wit to lightheartedly link the news of celebrity deaths to aspects of their lives.This is not mocking the death itself.
However it now transpires that joking about death (in a way which is,unlike me, mocking the death) or even glorifying in the death is totally acceptable according to your perception of the deceased (e g Margaret Thatcher),or if you happen to know the deceased personally (🙄).
You say is ok to laugh at death "sometimes". Who decides which times?
Quote from: Hardy on December 19, 2017, 12:37:38 PMQuote from: longballin on December 19, 2017, 11:52:19 AMQuote from: Applesisapples on December 19, 2017, 10:40:16 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 01:21:06 PMFirstly your wit is not formidable, and your jokes are crap at best. That said I don't think there is anything mocking about the jokes and you have to laugh at death sometimes. Your jokes are just terrible but I would defend your right to make them.
No.In all seriousness this thread shows the absolute hypocrisy running through many aspects of this board.I use my formidable wit to lightheartedly link the news of celebrity deaths to aspects of their lives.This is not mocking the death itself.
However it now transpires that joking about death (in a way which is,unlike me, mocking the death) or even glorifying in the death is totally acceptable according to your perception of the deceased (e g Margaret Thatcher),or if you happen to know the deceased personally (🙄).
You say is ok to laugh at death "sometimes". Who decides which times?
You think it should be formalised in law?
There's plenty of stuff he posts here to take T. Fearon to account over, but this po-faced virtue signalling in response to his inane but harmless attempts at humour are tiresome.
For what it's worth, here's the rule of thumb most of society seems to use: it's not only OK, it's necessary for our psychological well-being to laugh at death. But we do it out of earshot of the bereaved in the particular case. And we don't do it at all in the case of events that are likely to be hurtful to many even by being mentioned - e.g. the death of a child.
This forum is out of earshot of the world at large and certainly of those bereaved by the deaths about which TF posted.
Quote from: Orior on December 19, 2017, 01:08:18 PMQuote from: Hardy on December 19, 2017, 12:37:38 PMQuote from: longballin on December 19, 2017, 11:52:19 AMQuote from: Applesisapples on December 19, 2017, 10:40:16 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 01:21:06 PMFirstly your wit is not formidable, and your jokes are crap at best. That said I don't think there is anything mocking about the jokes and you have to laugh at death sometimes. Your jokes are just terrible but I would defend your right to make them.
No.In all seriousness this thread shows the absolute hypocrisy running through many aspects of this board.I use my formidable wit to lightheartedly link the news of celebrity deaths to aspects of their lives.This is not mocking the death itself.
However it now transpires that joking about death (in a way which is,unlike me, mocking the death) or even glorifying in the death is totally acceptable according to your perception of the deceased (e g Margaret Thatcher),or if you happen to know the deceased personally (🙄).
You say is ok to laugh at death "sometimes". Who decides which times?
You think it should be formalised in law?
There's plenty of stuff he posts here to take T. Fearon to account over, but this po-faced virtue signalling in response to his inane but harmless attempts at humour are tiresome.
For what it's worth, here's the rule of thumb most of society seems to use: it's not only OK, it's necessary for our psychological well-being to laugh at death. But we do it out of earshot of the bereaved in the particular case. And we don't do it at all in the case of events that are likely to be hurtful to many even by being mentioned - e.g. the death of a child.
This forum is out of earshot of the world at large and certainly of those bereaved by the deaths about which TF posted.
Hardy has spoken. Will everyone listen?
Quote from: longballin on December 19, 2017, 02:25:16 PMQuote from: Orior on December 19, 2017, 01:08:18 PMQuote from: Hardy on December 19, 2017, 12:37:38 PMQuote from: longballin on December 19, 2017, 11:52:19 AMQuote from: Applesisapples on December 19, 2017, 10:40:16 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 01:21:06 PMFirstly your wit is not formidable, and your jokes are crap at best. That said I don't think there is anything mocking about the jokes and you have to laugh at death sometimes. Your jokes are just terrible but I would defend your right to make them.
No.In all seriousness this thread shows the absolute hypocrisy running through many aspects of this board.I use my formidable wit to lightheartedly link the news of celebrity deaths to aspects of their lives.This is not mocking the death itself.
However it now transpires that joking about death (in a way which is,unlike me, mocking the death) or even glorifying in the death is totally acceptable according to your perception of the deceased (e g Margaret Thatcher),or if you happen to know the deceased personally (🙄).
You say is ok to laugh at death "sometimes". Who decides which times?
You think it should be formalised in law?
There's plenty of stuff he posts here to take T. Fearon to account over, but this po-faced virtue signalling in response to his inane but harmless attempts at humour are tiresome.
For what it's worth, here's the rule of thumb most of society seems to use: it's not only OK, it's necessary for our psychological well-being to laugh at death. But we do it out of earshot of the bereaved in the particular case. And we don't do it at all in the case of events that are likely to be hurtful to many even by being mentioned - e.g. the death of a child.
This forum is out of earshot of the world at large and certainly of those bereaved by the deaths about which TF posted.
Hardy has spoken. Will everyone listen?
OK - as long as families affected won't hear we're getting a good laugh out of it. Sound
Quote from: T Fearon on December 19, 2017, 04:11:45 PMIn fairness I think that quote would be valid for about 90% of the members of this Board
Exactly.My respect for the deceased is such that I removed my comment of condolence on the 5Sams thread when it was proposed this be presented to his family.This was due to the fact that I was not his favourite person and I didn't want to cause distress to any of his siblings lest they knew this.
Quote from: hardstation on December 19, 2017, 07:48:47 PM
I'll tell you one thing. You shower of fcukers have sucked all the joy out of this thread.
Quote from: hardstation on December 19, 2017, 07:48:47 PM
I'll tell you one thing. You shower of fcukers have sucked all the joy out of this thread.
Quote from: playwiththewind1st on December 20, 2017, 08:49:33 AMLooking forward to Fearon's joke on this one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42421423
The use of the word "disgraced" will kick off a bit of controversy on here, I would say.
Quote from: laoislad on December 20, 2017, 11:05:26 AMQuote from: playwiththewind1st on December 20, 2017, 08:49:33 AMLooking forward to Fearon's joke on this one.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-42421423
The use of the word "disgraced" will kick off a bit of controversy on here, I would say.
Quote from: theskull1 on December 20, 2017, 11:26:37 AMSurely that's something you should only be doing in the privacy of your own home....
Good timing for Tony to heed advice and keep schtum this time
Many hypocrites though will no doubt come here to give the bishop a good bashing
Quote from: longballin on December 20, 2017, 09:25:08 AMQuote from: hardstation on December 19, 2017, 07:48:47 PM
I'll tell you one thing. You shower of fcukers have sucked all the joy out of this thread.
sucked the joy out of a death thread :D
Quote from: Orior on December 20, 2017, 01:29:21 PMQuote from: longballin on December 20, 2017, 09:25:08 AMQuote from: hardstation on December 19, 2017, 07:48:47 PM
I'll tell you one thing. You shower of fcukers have sucked all the joy out of this thread.
sucked the joy out of a death thread :D
Ah c'mon, Hardstation is right. Or is there nothing funny about life at all?
Quote from: longballin on December 20, 2017, 02:37:47 PMQuote from: Orior on December 20, 2017, 01:29:21 PMQuote from: longballin on December 20, 2017, 09:25:08 AMQuote from: hardstation on December 19, 2017, 07:48:47 PM
I'll tell you one thing. You shower of fcukers have sucked all the joy out of this thread.
sucked the joy out of a death thread :D
Ah c'mon, Hardstation is right. Or is there nothing funny about life at all?
aye I know sometimes is ok but which times?
Quote from: Orior on December 20, 2017, 02:54:59 PMQuote from: longballin on December 20, 2017, 02:37:47 PMQuote from: Orior on December 20, 2017, 01:29:21 PMQuote from: longballin on December 20, 2017, 09:25:08 AMQuote from: hardstation on December 19, 2017, 07:48:47 PM
I'll tell you one thing. You shower of fcukers have sucked all the joy out of this thread.
sucked the joy out of a death thread :D
Ah c'mon, Hardstation is right. Or is there nothing funny about life at all?
aye I know sometimes is ok but which times?
How about we make you head honcho in charge of moderation and lord of humour determinations. You can also sit on the appeals panel. Any poor taste jokes that slip through will mean that the poster will have to face a disciplinary committee (on which you of course will sit and preside). I trust you find this proposal satisfactory?
Quote from: T Fearon on December 20, 2017, 04:10:22 PM
Looks like he was a Law unto himself.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 20, 2017, 04:10:22 PM
Looks like he was a Law unto himself.
Quote from: BennyHarp on December 20, 2017, 05:49:31 PMQuote from: T Fearon on December 20, 2017, 04:10:22 PM
Looks like he was a Law unto himself.
C'mon longballin, be consistent. Kick off 5 pages of handwringing....this sort of thing is NEVER ok.
Quote from: longballin on December 20, 2017, 06:44:27 PMQuote from: BennyHarp on December 20, 2017, 05:49:31 PMQuote from: T Fearon on December 20, 2017, 04:10:22 PM
Looks like he was a Law unto himself.
C'mon longballin, be consistent. Kick off 5 pages of handwringing....this sort of thing is NEVER ok.
Bit of a difference from cracking a joke on back of the death of a 40-year-old woman from cancer.
Quote from: BennyHarp on December 20, 2017, 07:20:13 PMQuote from: longballin on December 20, 2017, 06:44:27 PMQuote from: BennyHarp on December 20, 2017, 05:49:31 PMQuote from: T Fearon on December 20, 2017, 04:10:22 PM
Looks like he was a Law unto himself.
C'mon longballin, be consistent. Kick off 5 pages of handwringing....this sort of thing is NEVER ok.
Bit of a difference from cracking a joke on back of the death of a 40-year-old woman from cancer.
Ah right, this one is ok then? Cheers, It's a minefield knowing which death we are allowed to joke about.
Quote from: BennyHarp on December 20, 2017, 07:20:13 PMQuote from: longballin on December 20, 2017, 06:44:27 PMQuote from: BennyHarp on December 20, 2017, 05:49:31 PMQuote from: T Fearon on December 20, 2017, 04:10:22 PM
Looks like he was a Law unto himself.
C'mon longballin, be consistent. Kick off 5 pages of handwringing....this sort of thing is NEVER ok.
Bit of a difference from cracking a joke on back of the death of a 40-year-old woman from cancer.
Ah right, this one is ok then? Cheers, It's a minefield knowing which death we are allowed to joke about.
Quote from: Syferus on December 21, 2017, 05:52:45 PM
I don't think you're coming off as smart as you think you are.
Quote from: Syferus on October 06, 2017, 01:43:57 PM
I graduated from college with a BSc. in Computer Science, work as a software dev and have used computers since I could walk and have been involved with forums nearly as long (some being very much comparable to this in size, so don't think I don't understand the logistics) - there is no 'alluding' to my experience with technology - it's there in black and white.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 21, 2017, 05:11:25 PM
He will be remembered as a man of few faults.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 21, 2017, 05:11:25 PM
He will be remembered as a man of few faults.
Quote from: T Fearon on December 22, 2017, 12:06:00 PM
Probably.As will James Kernan,cousin of Joe,and a year above me at St Pat's College in Armagh in the 70s.
Quote from: Dubh driocht on December 23, 2017, 06:51:48 PM
Maurice Hayes- for one man he was some man. At dheis De go raibh a anam.
Quote from: square_ball on December 23, 2017, 07:01:30 PM
Leon from Gogglebox.
Sad news - genuine, humorous and principled man.
Quote from: Orior on December 23, 2017, 07:56:54 PMQuote from: Dubh driocht on December 23, 2017, 06:51:48 PM
Maurice Hayes- for one man he was some man. At dheis De go raibh a anam.
This might be a bit of a test for Snarlene Foster and co.
Quote from: Capt Pat on December 23, 2017, 08:40:03 PM+1 and he was also a massive evertonian which is always a good judge of a man!!!
Leon will be badly missed from Gogglebox. He was the biggest character and funniest contributor on that show.
Quote from: longballin on December 19, 2017, 11:52:19 AMPerhaps I should have said in the face of, I didn't mean at the death of an individual.Quote from: Applesisapples on December 19, 2017, 10:40:16 AMQuote from: T Fearon on December 14, 2017, 01:21:06 PMFirstly your wit is not formidable, and your jokes are crap at best. That said I don't think there is anything mocking about the jokes and you have to laugh at death sometimes. Your jokes are just terrible but I would defend your right to make them.
No.In all seriousness this thread shows the absolute hypocrisy running through many aspects of this board.I use my formidable wit to lightheartedly link the news of celebrity deaths to aspects of their lives.This is not mocking the death itself.
However it now transpires that joking about death (in a way which is,unlike me, mocking the death) or even glorifying in the death is totally acceptable according to your perception of the deceased (e g Margaret Thatcher),or if you happen to know the deceased personally (🙄).
You say is ok to laugh at death "sometimes". Who decides which times?
Quote from: Newbridge Exile on December 24, 2017, 03:13:42 AM
Pathetic attempt at humour
Quote from: longballin on December 25, 2017, 07:10:57 PM
Girl (woman) Louisa Van Trapp character out of Sound of Music has passed away... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42479649... (...meanwhile Tony googles 'Sound of Music' songs to get a joke off the back of her death).
Quote from: Boycey on December 25, 2017, 07:22:09 PMQuote from: longballin on December 25, 2017, 07:10:57 PM
Girl (woman) Louisa Van Trapp character out of Sound of Music has passed away... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42479649... (...meanwhile Tony googles 'Sound of Music' songs to get a joke off the back of her death).
My condolences to u longballin, I'm sure your shook by this news..
Quote from: longballin on December 25, 2017, 07:10:57 PMSo long, farewell....
Girl (woman) Louisa Van Trapp character out of Sound of Music has passed away... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42479649... (...meanwhile Tony googles 'Sound of Music' songs to get a joke off the back of her death).
Quote from: bennydorano on December 25, 2017, 07:58:55 PMQuote from: longballin on December 25, 2017, 07:10:57 PMSo long, farewell....
Girl (woman) Louisa Van Trapp character out of Sound of Music has passed away... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42479649... (...meanwhile Tony googles 'Sound of Music' songs to get a joke off the back of her death).
Quote from: bennydorano on December 25, 2017, 07:58:55 PMQuote from: longballin on December 25, 2017, 07:10:57 PMSo long, farewell....
Girl (woman) Louisa Van Trapp character out of Sound of Music has passed away... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42479649... (...meanwhile Tony googles 'Sound of Music' songs to get a joke off the back of her death).
Quote from: BennyCake on December 25, 2017, 10:12:08 PMQuote from: bennydorano on December 25, 2017, 07:58:55 PMQuote from: longballin on December 25, 2017, 07:10:57 PMSo long, farewell....
Girl (woman) Louisa Van Trapp character out of Sound of Music has passed away... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42479649... (...meanwhile Tony googles 'Sound of Music' songs to get a joke off the back of her death).
Auf Wiedersehen, pet...
Quote from: bannside on December 26, 2017, 03:01:58 AM
100%. Next case!
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 03, 2018, 02:43:23 PM
Doreen Keogh. Played Mrs Dineen in Fr Ted. Also in Coronation Street and The Royal Family.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 07, 2018, 01:58:57 PM
US Astronaut John Young.Has left this planet,not for the first time.
Quote from: foxcommander on January 07, 2018, 03:31:34 PM
Peter Sutherland. Evil b**tard.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0107/931558-peter-sutherland/
Quote from: hardstation on January 07, 2018, 04:00:16 PMQuote from: longballin on January 07, 2018, 03:53:45 PMHe sounds like the Yorkshire Ripper.Quote from: foxcommander on January 07, 2018, 03:31:34 PM
Peter Sutherland. Evil b**tard.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/0107/931558-peter-sutherland/
why do you say he was 'evil'? I dont know much about him, though I probably should...
Quote from: longballin on January 07, 2018, 03:16:54 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 07, 2018, 01:58:57 PM
US Astronaut John Young.Has left this planet,not for the first time.
a pity you wouldn't.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 07, 2018, 11:33:49 PM
Hope he has a blissful Attornity.
Quote from: ziggy90 on January 10, 2018, 01:28:10 PM
I'd have thought he was older than that? I remember him well.
RIP.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 10, 2018, 06:57:01 PM
Did Tommy have a sudden death?
Quote from: longballin on January 10, 2018, 06:58:12 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 10, 2018, 06:57:01 PM
Did Tommy have a sudden death?
Not sure if that is a 'joke' or genuine question.
Quote from: red hander on January 10, 2018, 07:28:43 PMQuote from: longballin on January 10, 2018, 06:58:12 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 10, 2018, 06:57:01 PM
Did Tommy have a sudden death?
Not sure if that is a 'joke' or genuine question.
Hazard a wild guess
Quote from: AZOffaly on January 10, 2018, 07:44:14 PM
Sudden Death Penalties. It's brilliant. ::)
Quote from: longballin on January 10, 2018, 05:23:14 PMQuote from: ziggy90 on January 10, 2018, 01:28:10 PM
I'd have thought he was older than that? I remember him well.
RIP.
You don't remember him playing!! This was nice piece with Tommy... great character https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U_PUbQGA4U
Quote from: T Fearon on January 10, 2018, 09:11:18 PM
Wasn't the most agile.Nice bloke,but not in the same league (no pun intended) as the top keepers of that same era like Jennings,Banks,Bonetti,Stepney.
Quote from: ziggy90 on January 10, 2018, 09:36:00 PMQuote from: longballin on January 10, 2018, 05:23:14 PMQuote from: ziggy90 on January 10, 2018, 01:28:10 PM
I'd have thought he was older than that? I remember him well.
RIP.
You don't remember him playing!! This was nice piece with Tommy... great character https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U_PUbQGA4U
I said I do remember him well.
That's a great clip. What an unassuming man.
RIP.
Just Googled the two teams and there's only two players I don't remember; Willie Stevenson from Liverpool and Alan Peacock from Leeds. As an aside I wonder if Albert Johnson was the first black man to play in a FA Cup final?
Quote from: T Fearon on January 11, 2018, 08:09:20 PM
Following suit (Spades) shortly after Lemmy.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 11, 2018, 08:37:38 PM
Only because Longballin etc have difficulty getting my abstract humour
Quote from: theskull1 on January 11, 2018, 07:56:00 PM
Motorhead guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke 67
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on January 13, 2018, 12:14:47 AM
RIP Blunderwoman
Quote from: T Fearon on January 13, 2018, 08:29:19 AM
Soon to be renamed "Sixfeetunder Woman"
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on January 15, 2018, 07:59:25 AM
Cyrille Regis aged 59
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on January 15, 2018, 08:19:58 AMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on January 15, 2018, 07:59:25 AM
Cyrille Regis aged 59
Sorry to hear this - the second member of Ron Atkinson's 'Three Degrees' to pass away, after Laurie Cunningham, which means that only Brendan Batson is now still alive. Check out the video of their 5-3 victory at Old Trafford from December 1978 for one of their finest moments.
I also seem to recall Regis scoring a Goal of the Season contender (not sure if it won the accolade) against Norwich City at the Hawthorns, when he received the ball in midfield with his back to goal, turned his man and raced forward before unleashing an unstoppable shot to the top corner.
May He Rest In Peace.
Quote from: Billys Boots on January 15, 2018, 09:13:45 AMQuote from: Rufus T Firefly on January 15, 2018, 08:19:58 AMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on January 15, 2018, 07:59:25 AM
Cyrille Regis aged 59
Sorry to hear this - the second member of Ron Atkinson's 'Three Degrees' to pass away, after Laurie Cunningham, which means that only Brendan Batson is now still alive. Check out the video of their 5-3 victory at Old Trafford from December 1978 for one of their finest moments.
I also seem to recall Regis scoring a Goal of the Season contender (not sure if it won the accolade) against Norwich City at the Hawthorns, when he received the ball in midfield with his back to goal, turned his man and raced forward before unleashing an unstoppable shot to the top corner.
May He Rest In Peace.
Remember him well, though I thought it Johnny Giles was the manager that brought him on at West Brom. RIP.
Quote from: AZOffaly on January 15, 2018, 08:30:05 AM
That's very sad. A very good friend of mine is a Coventry fan, and I remember in the mid 80s the chant he used to sing incessantly.
"Nice one Cyrille, Nice one son,
Nice one Cyrille, let's have another one"
Quote from: ziggy90 on January 15, 2018, 10:12:58 AMQuote from: Billys Boots on January 15, 2018, 09:13:45 AMQuote from: Rufus T Firefly on January 15, 2018, 08:19:58 AMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on January 15, 2018, 07:59:25 AM
Cyrille Regis aged 59
Sorry to hear this - the second member of Ron Atkinson's 'Three Degrees' to pass away, after Laurie Cunningham, which means that only Brendan Batson is now still alive. Check out the video of their 5-3 victory at Old Trafford from December 1978 for one of their finest moments.
I also seem to recall Regis scoring a Goal of the Season contender (not sure if it won the accolade) against Norwich City at the Hawthorns, when he received the ball in midfield with his back to goal, turned his man and raced forward before unleashing an unstoppable shot to the top corner.
May He Rest In Peace.
Remember him well, though I thought it Johnny Giles was the manager that brought him on at West Brom. RIP.
I think it was Ron Atkinson who brought the "Three Degrees" on at WBA Billy.
I saw Big Cyrille play many times against us, an awesome sight in full flight.
A trailblazer and pioneer and more importantly a thoroughly decent human being.
RIP Cyrille.
Quote from: Billys Boots on January 15, 2018, 09:13:45 AMQuote from: Rufus T Firefly on January 15, 2018, 08:19:58 AMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on January 15, 2018, 07:59:25 AM
Cyrille Regis aged 59
Sorry to hear this - the second member of Ron Atkinson's 'Three Degrees' to pass away, after Laurie Cunningham, which means that only Brendan Batson is now still alive. Check out the video of their 5-3 victory at Old Trafford from December 1978 for one of their finest moments.
I also seem to recall Regis scoring a Goal of the Season contender (not sure if it won the accolade) against Norwich City at the Hawthorns, when he received the ball in midfield with his back to goal, turned his man and raced forward before unleashing an unstoppable shot to the top corner.
May He Rest In Peace.
Remember him well, though I thought it Johnny Giles was the manager that brought him on at West Brom. RIP.
Quote from: Denn Forever on January 15, 2018, 11:24:43 AM
No, it was Remi before he joined that club that should not be spoken of in polite society.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 15, 2018, 02:04:09 PM
Hopefully it wasn't second degree murder.
Btw it was Justin Fashanu who scored that cracker against Liverpool for Norwich.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 15, 2018, 02:04:09 PM
Hopefully it wasn't second degree murder.
Btw it was Justin Fashanu who scored that cracker against Liverpool for Norwich.
Quote from: AZOffaly on January 15, 2018, 02:13:03 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 15, 2018, 02:04:09 PM
Hopefully it wasn't second degree murder.
Btw it was Justin Fashanu who scored that cracker against Liverpool for Norwich.
I don't think that's the goal being described above. That Fashanu goal I remember as he receiving the ball with his back to goal, I think Hanson was marking him. He kind of flicked it up and swivelled and hit it. Into the Kop end I think? Great goal.
I was wrong on 2 counts. It was Carrow Road, and it wasn't Hanson. Looks like maybe Alan Kennedy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wk34X94Whk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wk34X94Whk)
This is Cyrille Regis' goal v Norwich. Goal of the Season it says.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pf0wHuw6AU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pf0wHuw6AU)
Quote from: longballin on January 15, 2018, 10:26:44 AMQuote from: AZOffaly on January 15, 2018, 08:30:05 AM
That's very sad. A very good friend of mine is a Coventry fan, and I remember in the mid 80s the chant he used to sing incessantly.
"Nice one Cyrille, Nice one son,
Nice one Cyrille, let's have another one"
was that originally for Cyril Knowles of Spurs? Regis was good... very strong. Sad he is gone so young. RIP
Quote from: AQMP on January 15, 2018, 04:02:46 PMI remember watching Grandstand when those goals were going in. David Fairclough scored a hat-trick, in what was presumably a rare start for the supersub. Looking at his reaction I presumed that was a consolation for Fash, but just looked it up and it was in fact an 81st minute equaliser to make it 3-3. Dalglish and Case scored in the last 2 minutes to make it 3-5.Quote from: AZOffaly on January 15, 2018, 02:13:03 PMQuote from: T Fearon on January 15, 2018, 02:04:09 PM
Hopefully it wasn't second degree murder.
Btw it was Justin Fashanu who scored that cracker against Liverpool for Norwich.
I don't think that's the goal being described above. That Fashanu goal I remember as he receiving the ball with his back to goal, I think Hanson was marking him. He kind of flicked it up and swivelled and hit it. Into the Kop end I think? Great goal.
I was wrong on 2 counts. It was Carrow Road, and it wasn't Hanson. Looks like maybe Alan Kennedy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wk34X94Whk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wk34X94Whk)
This is Cyrille Regis' goal v Norwich. Goal of the Season it says.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pf0wHuw6AU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pf0wHuw6AU)
Yeah, that was Alan Kennedy. Liverpool won 5-3.
Quote from: Rossie11 on January 15, 2018, 05:06:27 PMJaysis. Can't have been that old surely?
Dolores O'Riordan
fukin hell
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on January 15, 2018, 06:23:38 PM
Away checking the song lists there...
Quote from: johnneycool on January 16, 2018, 11:20:02 AM
RIP Dolores, great distinctive voice.
She suffered from Bi-polar disorder according to some commentators on RTÉ
Quote from: theskull1 on January 16, 2018, 11:44:07 AM
Always think of the Fred Eaglesmith song lyrics when you hear of tragic premature deaths of people who 'had it all' :-\
Alcohol and pills, its a cryin' shame
You think they might have been happy with the glory and the fame
But fame doesn't take away the pain, it just pays the bills
And you wind up on alcohol and pills
Quote from: theskull1 on January 16, 2018, 05:31:37 PM
So I should I be ashamed of thinking about these song lyrics whenever I'm thinking of a premature death of a famous person when speculation gets bandied about potential causes of death? I can't say in a public forum that I'm reminded of them regardless of whether any speculation is true or untrue?
Righto ya fool!!
Quote from: seafoid on January 16, 2018, 06:33:30 PMSpeculation
France Gall also died recently. She was a French singer. One o the magazines said she was "emporte par le chagrin" which roughly means "taken away by dissatisfaction with life" . Probably the same for poor Dolores.
Quote from: Avondhu star on January 16, 2018, 10:52:52 PMActors and singers have a higher likelihood of dying compared to the general population.Quote from: seafoid on January 16, 2018, 06:33:30 PMSpeculation
France Gall also died recently. She was a French singer. One o the magazines said she was "emporte par le chagrin" which roughly means "taken away by dissatisfaction with life" . Probably the same for poor Dolores.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 17, 2018, 07:38:59 AMWe do, Tony, but we also have statistics.
Seafoid we all have an expectation of death,mainly because no one has yet survived indefinitely.
Quote from: seafoid on January 17, 2018, 04:49:56 AMQuote from: Avondhu star on January 16, 2018, 10:52:52 PMActors and singers have a higher likelihood of dying compared to the general population.Quote from: seafoid on January 16, 2018, 06:33:30 PMSpeculation
France Gall also died recently. She was a French singer. One o the magazines said she was "emporte par le chagrin" which roughly means "taken away by dissatisfaction with life" . Probably the same for poor Dolores.
Quote from: seafoid on January 17, 2018, 07:46:35 AMQuote from: T Fearon on January 17, 2018, 07:38:59 AMWe do, Tony, but we also have statistics.
Seafoid we all have an expectation of death,mainly because no one has yet survived indefinitely.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 17, 2018, 10:56:56 AM
I dont know how factual that story is but google will give you anything (info) you want it seems!
https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-04-18/celebrities-tend-die-earlier-average-person-study-says
Quote from: TabClear on January 17, 2018, 10:43:41 AMQuote from: seafoid on January 17, 2018, 04:49:56 AMQuote from: Avondhu star on January 16, 2018, 10:52:52 PMActors and singers have a higher likelihood of dying compared to the general population.Quote from: seafoid on January 16, 2018, 06:33:30 PMSpeculation
France Gall also died recently. She was a French singer. One o the magazines said she was "emporte par le chagrin" which roughly means "taken away by dissatisfaction with life" . Probably the same for poor Dolores.Quote from: seafoid on January 17, 2018, 07:46:35 AMQuote from: T Fearon on January 17, 2018, 07:38:59 AMWe do, Tony, but we also have statistics.
Seafoid we all have an expectation of death,mainly because no one has yet survived indefinitely.
I would love to see your statistics that prove actors and singers have a higher likelihood of dying than anyone else! ;)
Quote from: TabClear on January 17, 2018, 10:43:41 AMQuote from: seafoid on January 17, 2018, 04:49:56 AMQuote from: Avondhu star on January 16, 2018, 10:52:52 PMActors and singers have a higher likelihood of dying compared to the general population.Quote from: seafoid on January 16, 2018, 06:33:30 PMSpeculation
France Gall also died recently. She was a French singer. One o the magazines said she was "emporte par le chagrin" which roughly means "taken away by dissatisfaction with life" . Probably the same for poor Dolores.Quote from: seafoid on January 17, 2018, 07:46:35 AMQuote from: T Fearon on January 17, 2018, 07:38:59 AMWe do, Tony, but we also have statistics.
Seafoid we all have an expectation of death,mainly because no one has yet survived indefinitely.
I would love to see your statistics that prove actors and singers have a higher likelihood of dying than anyone else! ;)
Quote from: nrico2006 on January 17, 2018, 01:00:43 PM
How did she die?
Quote from: AQMP on January 18, 2018, 01:32:16 PM
Actor Peter Wyngarde, aged 90. Posters of my vintage may remember "Department S" and "Jason King" in the late 60s and early 70s.
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on January 18, 2018, 04:26:27 PMQuote from: AQMP on January 18, 2018, 01:32:16 PM
Actor Peter Wyngarde, aged 90. Posters of my vintage may remember "Department S" and "Jason King" in the late 60s and early 70s.
All part of the TV programmes such as the Avengers, followed by the New Avengers, the Saint, the Protectors, the Man from UNCLE and Mission Impossible.
Peter Wyngarde's Jason King was a stereotypical character in this age of television.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 18, 2018, 10:58:20 PMRIP John
John Barton founder of the Royal Shakespeare Company.Alas mourners at his funeral,in a small Hamlet,will come to bury him,not to praise him.
Quote from: BennyCake on January 19, 2018, 04:06:44 PM
Dolores' inquest adjourned until 3 April, while coroner awaits various test results.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 20, 2018, 08:16:07 AMDo you have to?Quote from: BennyCake on January 19, 2018, 04:06:44 PM
Dolores' inquest adjourned until 3 April, while coroner awaits various test results.
It's going to linger on
Quote from: seafoid on January 20, 2018, 10:22:34 AMQuote from: T Fearon on January 20, 2018, 08:16:07 AMDo you have to?Quote from: BennyCake on January 19, 2018, 04:06:44 PM
Dolores' inquest adjourned until 3 April, while coroner awaits various test results.
It's going to linger on
Quote from: longballin on January 20, 2018, 10:24:17 AMQuote from: seafoid on January 20, 2018, 10:22:34 AMQuote from: T Fearon on January 20, 2018, 08:16:07 AMDo you have to?Quote from: BennyCake on January 19, 2018, 04:06:44 PM
Dolores' inquest adjourned until 3 April, while coroner awaits various test results.
It's going to linger on
is puzzling the moderators allow this disrespect on death thread to continue
Quote from: ONeill on January 20, 2018, 11:49:12 AMQuote from: longballin on January 20, 2018, 10:24:17 AMQuote from: seafoid on January 20, 2018, 10:22:34 AMQuote from: T Fearon on January 20, 2018, 08:16:07 AMDo you have to?Quote from: BennyCake on January 19, 2018, 04:06:44 PM
Dolores' inquest adjourned until 3 April, while coroner awaits various test results.
It's going to linger on
is puzzling the moderators allow this disrespect on death thread to continue
It's more puzzling that people are waiting on here to see how Tony will respond to a death.
Quote from: longballin on January 20, 2018, 12:03:51 PMMore puzzling that it bothers or offends people.Quote from: ONeill on January 20, 2018, 11:49:12 AMQuote from: longballin on January 20, 2018, 10:24:17 AMQuote from: seafoid on January 20, 2018, 10:22:34 AMQuote from: T Fearon on January 20, 2018, 08:16:07 AMDo you have to?Quote from: BennyCake on January 19, 2018, 04:06:44 PM
Dolores' inquest adjourned until 3 April, while coroner awaits various test results.
It's going to linger on
is puzzling the moderators allow this disrespect on death thread to continue
It's more puzzling that people are waiting on here to see how Tony will respond to a death.
I certainly arent here waiting on his responses. I read the thread as I do any other...
Quote from: nrico2006 on January 20, 2018, 12:39:57 PMQuote from: longballin on January 20, 2018, 12:03:51 PMMore puzzling that it bothers or offends people.Quote from: ONeill on January 20, 2018, 11:49:12 AMQuote from: longballin on January 20, 2018, 10:24:17 AMQuote from: seafoid on January 20, 2018, 10:22:34 AMQuote from: T Fearon on January 20, 2018, 08:16:07 AMDo you have to?Quote from: BennyCake on January 19, 2018, 04:06:44 PM
Dolores' inquest adjourned until 3 April, while coroner awaits various test results.
It's going to linger on
is puzzling the moderators allow this disrespect on death thread to continue
It's more puzzling that people are waiting on here to see how Tony will respond to a death.
I certainly arent here waiting on his responses. I read the thread as I do any other...
Quote from: playwiththewind1st on January 21, 2018, 03:39:25 PM
Alanis Morissette was right - "isn't it ironic....don't you think".
Quote from: T Fearon on January 21, 2018, 03:24:20 PM
Longballin you might honour the deceased better by spelling her name correctly, O'Riordon.
Quote from: BennyCake on January 22, 2018, 11:13:58 AMSame here, good co-commentator with a excellent knowledge of the game. RIP
Ex-Blackpool footballer Jimmy Armfield, 82.
Before my time, but enjoyed listening to him as co-commentator on 5 Live.
Quote from: Applesisapples on January 22, 2018, 02:13:45 PM
I would be a huge supporter of Tony, the reverse in fact. But in the case of this thread I don't think he is disrespectful, but as I've said before his humour isn't great. That said the Linger comment and the Do you have to response made me smile. Death is serious enough you gotta laugh sometimes. My fondest memories of my parents wakes were the funny stories about them their lives and the things they got up to, so some humour in death is good. Tony just needs to edit more and up his game.
Quote from: paddyjohn on January 22, 2018, 03:20:02 PMQuote from: Applesisapples on January 22, 2018, 02:13:45 PM
I would be a huge supporter of Tony, the reverse in fact. But in the case of this thread I don't think he is disrespectful, but as I've said before his humour isn't great. That said the Linger comment and the Do you have to response made me smile. Death is serious enough you gotta laugh sometimes. My fondest memories of my parents wakes were the funny stories about them their lives and the things they got up to, so some humour in death is good. Tony just needs to edit more and up his game.
or do one and give us all peace. Just spot the typo, I would NOT it should read.
Quote from: magpie seanie on January 22, 2018, 03:32:16 PM
Loved Jimmy Armfield on co-commentary on 5live or before that BBC Radio 2. Great knowledge of the game and completely unbiased. You realised he genuinely loved it. Many the evening he'd have been commentating on games with me listening in my room supposed to be doing my homework. Seemed a real gent.
Quote from: magpie seanie on January 23, 2018, 01:27:03 PM
I'll never forget how delighted I was when I discovered BBC Radio 2 as a kid. Got an old radio that used to be my Grandad's and messing around one night came across the pulsing roar of the crowd and realised.....this must be a match! Up to that it was the very occasional live match, the FA Cup final, MOTD and midweek Sportsnight. Saturation coverage has ruined the joy of the game somewhat for me anyway. And the game has changed for the worse in that time also.
Quote from: BennyCake on January 23, 2018, 02:34:27 PMI too loved the BBC radio coverage and would rarely miss a midweek or Saturday game they covered. Even with the cruel reception! Highlights on Sportsnight and the ITV one (Midweek Sports Special, I think) was great too.Quote from: magpie seanie on January 23, 2018, 01:27:03 PM
I'll never forget how delighted I was when I discovered BBC Radio 2 as a kid. Got an old radio that used to be my Grandad's and messing around one night came across the pulsing roar of the crowd and realised.....this must be a match! Up to that it was the very occasional live match, the FA Cup final, MOTD and midweek Sportsnight. Saturation coverage has ruined the joy of the game somewhat for me anyway. And the game has changed for the worse in that time also.
I agree. I find myself tuning into a match on radio even though I have it on the Sports channels.
You can have too much of a good thing. And we are indeed saturated by live football.
Quote from: Hound on January 23, 2018, 05:01:01 PMQuote from: BennyCake on January 23, 2018, 02:34:27 PMI too loved the BBC radio coverage and would rarely miss a midweek or Saturday game they covered. Even with the cruel reception! Highlights on Sportsnight and the ITV one (Midweek Sports Special, I think) was great too.Quote from: magpie seanie on January 23, 2018, 01:27:03 PM
I'll never forget how delighted I was when I discovered BBC Radio 2 as a kid. Got an old radio that used to be my Grandad's and messing around one night came across the pulsing roar of the crowd and realised.....this must be a match! Up to that it was the very occasional live match, the FA Cup final, MOTD and midweek Sportsnight. Saturation coverage has ruined the joy of the game somewhat for me anyway. And the game has changed for the worse in that time also.
I agree. I find myself tuning into a match on radio even though I have it on the Sports channels.
You can have too much of a good thing. And we are indeed saturated by live football.
Quote from: Jim Bob on January 23, 2018, 09:01:36 PMQuote from: Hound on January 23, 2018, 05:01:01 PMQuote from: BennyCake on January 23, 2018, 02:34:27 PMI too loved the BBC radio coverage and would rarely miss a midweek or Saturday game they covered. Even with the cruel reception! Highlights on Sportsnight and the ITV one (Midweek Sports Special, I think) was great too.Quote from: magpie seanie on January 23, 2018, 01:27:03 PM
I'll never forget how delighted I was when I discovered BBC Radio 2 as a kid. Got an old radio that used to be my Grandad's and messing around one night came across the pulsing roar of the crowd and realised.....this must be a match! Up to that it was the very occasional live match, the FA Cup final, MOTD and midweek Sportsnight. Saturation coverage has ruined the joy of the game somewhat for me anyway. And the game has changed for the worse in that time also.
I agree. I find myself tuning into a match on radio even though I have it on the Sports channels.
You can have too much of a good thing. And we are indeed saturated by live football.
Late 70s bbc2 radio commentary Alan Parry, Peter Jones and Brian Butler. Brilliant memories !
Quote from: BennyCake on January 22, 2018, 04:49:03 PMcouldn't agree moreQuote from: magpie seanie on January 22, 2018, 03:32:16 PM
Loved Jimmy Armfield on co-commentary on 5live or before that BBC Radio 2. Great knowledge of the game and completely unbiased. You realised he genuinely loved it. Many the evening he'd have been commentating on games with me listening in my room supposed to be doing my homework. Seemed a real gent.
That's a similar experience to mine. Really informative football man, calm, and got his point across really well. Nearly like sitting beside your grandfather at a match and him explaining the game to you.
Quote from: red hander on January 24, 2018, 08:24:11 PM
Mark E Smith, The Fall
Quote from: red hander on January 24, 2018, 08:24:11 PM
Mark E Smith, The Fall
Quote from: longballin on January 20, 2018, 10:24:17 AMQuote from: seafoid on January 20, 2018, 10:22:34 AMQuote from: T Fearon on January 20, 2018, 08:16:07 AMDo you have to?Quote from: BennyCake on January 19, 2018, 04:06:44 PM
Dolores' inquest adjourned until 3 April, while coroner awaits various test results.
It's going to linger on
is puzzling the moderators allow this disrespect on death thread to continue
Quote from: AZOffaly on January 25, 2018, 01:30:52 PMApologies !!
That's 3 years ago nearly.
Quote from: Dire Ear on January 25, 2018, 01:51:58 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on January 25, 2018, 01:30:52 PMApologies !!
That's 3 years ago nearly.
Quote from: T Fearon on January 27, 2018, 04:01:11 PM
Will there be a Finishing Post Mortem or a Steward's Enquiry?
Quote from: T Fearon on January 28, 2018, 11:55:31 AMFlatpack coffins have been around for years. Must try harder.
Ingvar Kamprad,the founder of IKEA. Stand by for the World's first ever flatpack coffin.
Quote from: mrdeeds on February 05, 2018, 11:06:40 PM
John Mahoney of Fraiser fame.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 06, 2018, 05:31:21 PM
John Mahoney? Did he not play for Stoke City?
Quote from: Itchy on February 09, 2018, 11:13:05 PM
Ireland International Liam Miller. RIP.
Quote from: Never beat the deeler on February 09, 2018, 11:18:08 PMQuote from: Itchy on February 09, 2018, 11:13:05 PM
Ireland International Liam Miller. RIP.
Really?! Where have you seen this reported?
Quote from: Itchy on February 09, 2018, 11:13:05 PM
Ireland International Liam Miller. RIP.
Quote from: Itchy on February 09, 2018, 11:13:05 PMThe big C is a **** RIP
Ireland International Liam Miller. RIP.
Quote from: BennyCake on February 09, 2018, 11:40:04 PMSaw him score a cracker for Ireland against Sweden. Think it was the time Staunton was manager.
Ah feck that. That's awful news. Such a young age.
I saw Liam score for Celtic in 2003 v Lyon. Was playing great stuff for Celtic, but things just didn't work out for him at United.
RIP
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on February 11, 2018, 12:17:44 AM
You're not wrong there. I don't know how other folk on this board do things but I go to the doctors regularly to get myself checked out. Well actually it's the nurse I go to see. I've high blood pressure and poor cholesterol and am overweight but I'm getting everything under control. Nurse checks weight and BP every 6 weeks and I get my bloods done about every 6 months (or maybe it's 12 months). Point is getting those checks gives me a fighting chance as regards diagnosing the big C and other things. Lads you should all be doing the same
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on February 11, 2018, 12:17:44 AM
You're not wrong there. I don't know how other folk on this board do things but I go to the doctors regularly to get myself checked out. Well actually it's the nurse I go to see. I've high blood pressure and poor cholesterol and am overweight but I'm getting everything under control. Nurse checks weight and BP every 6 weeks and I get my bloods done about every 6 months (or maybe it's 12 months). Point is getting those checks gives me a fighting chance as regards diagnosing the big C and other things. Lads you should all be doing the same
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on February 11, 2018, 09:37:53 PMI had been going about every. 6 months or so, encouraged by my doctor, but I'm now going to the nurse every 6 weeks as an incentive to keep up my weight loss. Mind you my blood pressure is so well controlled it's now on the low side and as I'm walking 5 miles 3 or 4 times a week I'm feeling fit.Quote from: Dougal Maguire on February 11, 2018, 12:17:44 AM
You're not wrong there. I don't know how other folk on this board do things but I go to the doctors regularly to get myself checked out. Well actually it's the nurse I go to see. I've high blood pressure and poor cholesterol and am overweight but I'm getting everything under control. Nurse checks weight and BP every 6 weeks and I get my bloods done about every 6 months (or maybe it's 12 months). Point is getting those checks gives me a fighting chance as regards diagnosing the big C and other things. Lads you should all be doing the same
Always pictured you as a younger man, fit and well. Did you have to ask for this regime or does your practice offer it to all men. Was hoping that my own practice would be having an MOT for men over a certain milestone.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 11, 2018, 10:40:19 PM
They wonder why GPs are under so much pressure.Why are people so paranoid? When your time's up your time's up,nothing will stop this.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 11, 2018, 10:40:19 PM
They wonder why GPs are under so much pressure.Why are people so paranoid? When your time's up your time's up,nothing will stop this.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 11, 2018, 10:40:19 PM
They wonder why GPs are under so much pressure.Why are people so paranoid? When your time's up your time's up,nothing will stop this.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 11, 2018, 10:40:19 PM
They wonder why GPs are under so much pressure.Why are people so paranoid? When your time's up your time's up,nothing will stop this.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 12, 2018, 09:25:01 AMEarly relatively inexpensive detection prevents unnecessary expensive late intervention.
As long as they are good jokes.Seriously hypochondriacs are exerting unnecessary pressure on the NHS.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 12, 2018, 09:25:01 AM
As long as they are good jokes.Seriously hypochondriacs are exerting unnecessary pressure on the NHS.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 12, 2018, 09:25:01 AM
As long as they are good jokes.Seriously hypochondriacs are exerting unnecessary pressure on the NHS.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 12, 2018, 09:25:01 AMAre you suggesting that I'm a hypochondriac?
As long as they are good jokes.Seriously hypochondriacs are exerting unnecessary pressure on the NHS.
Quote from: tonto1888 on February 12, 2018, 10:56:13 AMQuote from: T Fearon on February 12, 2018, 09:25:01 AM
As long as they are good jokes.Seriously hypochondriacs are exerting unnecessary pressure on the NHS.
Get checked if you have ailments,that's fine but dont pester them with checks if you are ok
By all means if you have an ailment get it checked but don't be running around looking checks when you're ok
I get this line of thought and would subscribe to it myself but sometimes you cant be too careful. My dad passed away from cancer a few years ago. What he thought was a toothache ended up being a tumour
Quote from: T Fearon on February 11, 2018, 10:40:19 PM
They wonder why GPs are under so much pressure.Why are people so paranoid? When your time's up your time's up,nothing will stop this.
Quote from: ziggysego on February 12, 2018, 04:03:22 PMQuote from: T Fearon on February 11, 2018, 10:40:19 PM
They wonder why GPs are under so much pressure.Why are people so paranoid? When your time's up your time's up,nothing will stop this.
I fought hard against NICE, the NHS and UK & Stormont Government for 2 years to get life saving drugs for the disease. I'm on it over a year now and have seen huge differences to my life and health, backed up by medical evidence two weeks.
I guess I shouldn't have bothered.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 12, 2018, 06:03:00 PMSo the Cormac McAnallen Trust shouldn't be bothering with their work on awareness of CRY?
I have no problem with people seeking treatment for existing ailments,it is those who have f..k all wrong with them pestering Health Services to be checked out etc.
Quote from: hardstation on February 12, 2018, 06:43:05 PMQuote from: Therealdonald on February 12, 2018, 06:19:42 PM??
Boys I think we're jumping down Tony's throat. The point he makes is a good 1. I'm sure we all struggle to get appointments with our local GP. I know in my local surgery, there is people who have appointments booked 2 and 3 weeks in advance. I struggle to fathom how one can be aware that they will be needing a GP in two weeks.
Haven't seen my GP in years. Booked an appointment last week. Closest I could get is 1st week in March. Have I done something wrong?
Quote from: Hardy on February 12, 2018, 11:57:25 PMMajority of places don't let you make appointments and work on a same day basis.
You need an appointment to see a GP in Fearon's Northern Nirvana? Three weeks!!??
Quote from: Tony Baloney on February 12, 2018, 11:59:59 PMQuote from: Hardy on February 12, 2018, 11:57:25 PMMajority of places don't let you make appointments and work on a same day basis.
You need an appointment to see a GP in Fearon's Northern Nirvana? Three weeks!!??
Quote from: armaghniac on February 13, 2018, 12:14:53 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on February 12, 2018, 11:59:59 PMQuote from: Hardy on February 12, 2018, 11:57:25 PMMajority of places don't let you make appointments and work on a same day basis.
You need an appointment to see a GP in Fearon's Northern Nirvana? Three weeks!!??
You get what you pay for.
Quote from: johnneycool on February 13, 2018, 09:40:08 AMQuote from: armaghniac on February 13, 2018, 12:14:53 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on February 12, 2018, 11:59:59 PMQuote from: Hardy on February 12, 2018, 11:57:25 PMMajority of places don't let you make appointments and work on a same day basis.
You need an appointment to see a GP in Fearon's Northern Nirvana? Three weeks!!??
You get what you pay for.
I can make appointments for a South Belfast Clinic, but would be waiting up to two weeks for it.
I know of some practices which run open surgeries in the mornings, first come first served, but it could be a couple of hours waiting.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 13, 2018, 12:24:35 AM
If the situation up here replicated the impoverished inferior public services in the Free State,where payment is required to see a GP,you'd have a hell of a lot less people making appointments.
There is a lot wrong with the NHS,not least the fact that all GPs are now part time.
Anyway you will see in the next few years the patient making appointments system being done away with completely.You will book a phone call with your GP and on the basis of that call,and with your medical record and history also on the computer screen in front of them,the GP will decide if and when you actually need an appointment.This is happening already and not before time.
Quote from: Dire Ear on February 20, 2018, 12:03:47 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-18840287/sylvester-stallone-s-son-sage-found-dead
Quote from: AZOffaly on February 20, 2018, 12:10:42 PMQuote from: Dire Ear on February 20, 2018, 12:03:47 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-18840287/sylvester-stallone-s-son-sage-found-dead
2012. where do you get your death notices ? :)
Quote from: AZOffaly on February 20, 2018, 12:10:42 PMQuote from: Dire Ear on February 20, 2018, 12:03:47 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-18840287/sylvester-stallone-s-son-sage-found-dead
2012. where do you get your death notices ? :)
Quote from: Cunny Funt on February 20, 2018, 03:32:38 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on February 20, 2018, 12:10:42 PMQuote from: Dire Ear on February 20, 2018, 12:03:47 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-18840287/sylvester-stallone-s-son-sage-found-dead
2012. where do you get your death notices ? :)
According to social media Sylvester himself has died after a long battle with cancer. ::)
Quote from: AZOffaly on February 20, 2018, 04:06:45 PMQuote from: Cunny Funt on February 20, 2018, 03:32:38 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on February 20, 2018, 12:10:42 PMQuote from: Dire Ear on February 20, 2018, 12:03:47 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-18840287/sylvester-stallone-s-son-sage-found-dead
2012. where do you get your death notices ? :)
According to social media Sylvester himself has died after a long battle with cancer. ::)
I saw that. Who spreads this crap?
Quote from: T Fearon on February 20, 2018, 08:14:38 PM
Was Catherine Nevin married to a man called Black?
Quote from: T Fearon on February 20, 2018, 08:42:37 PMThe Black witch who owned a pub called whites I think in wickla
I thought she was the Black widow?
Quote from: BennyCake on February 20, 2018, 10:17:32 PMA convicted murderer of her husband Tom Nevin.
Who's Catherine Nevin?
Quote from: Cunny Funt on February 20, 2018, 10:24:27 PMQuote from: BennyCake on February 20, 2018, 10:17:32 PMA convicted murderer of her husband Tom Nevin.
Who's Catherine Nevin?
Quote from: T Fearon on February 20, 2018, 10:32:26 PM
Totally opposed to domestic violence in this World but would anyone condemn Tom if he was giving this witch a good slapping right now?
Quote from: armaghniac on February 21, 2018, 02:23:05 AMQuote from: T Fearon on February 20, 2018, 10:32:26 PM
Totally opposed to domestic violence in this World but would anyone condemn Tom if he was giving this witch a good slapping right now?
Wouldn't they likely be lodged in different lodgings in the after life?
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on February 21, 2018, 09:39:41 AMQuote from: armaghniac on February 21, 2018, 02:23:05 AMQuote from: T Fearon on February 20, 2018, 10:32:26 PM
Totally opposed to domestic violence in this World but would anyone condemn Tom if he was giving this witch a good slapping right now?
Wouldn't they likely be lodged in different lodgings in the after life?
Surely this is a contradiction by Tony in the beliefs of his Church in that surely the husband would be in heaven and the wife would be in eternal damnation and they would not meet in the 'after life'.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on February 21, 2018, 09:57:23 AMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on February 21, 2018, 09:39:41 AMQuote from: armaghniac on February 21, 2018, 02:23:05 AMQuote from: T Fearon on February 20, 2018, 10:32:26 PM
Totally opposed to domestic violence in this World but would anyone condemn Tom if he was giving this witch a good slapping right now?
Wouldn't they likely be lodged in different lodgings in the after life?
Surely this is a contradiction by Tony in the beliefs of his Church in that surely the husband would be in heaven and the wife would be in eternal damnation and they would not meet in the 'after life'.
Only if she didn't sincerely repent..
Quote from: ziggysego on February 24, 2018, 04:37:53 PM
Emma Chambers, Alice t**ker in The Vicar of Dibley, has died aged 53.
Quote from: BennyCake on February 24, 2018, 11:06:53 PMQuote from: ziggysego on February 24, 2018, 04:37:53 PM
Emma Chambers, Alice t**ker in The Vicar of Dibley, has died aged 53.
Friggin' hell, that's a shock. I liked Dibley. What happened to her?
Quote from: mrdeeds on February 25, 2018, 08:24:56 AMNatural causes not supposedlyQuote from: BennyCake on February 24, 2018, 11:06:53 PMQuote from: ziggysego on February 24, 2018, 04:37:53 PM
Emma Chambers, Alice t**ker in The Vicar of Dibley, has died aged 53.
Friggin' hell, that's a shock. I liked Dibley. What happened to her?
Supposedly natural causes.
Quote from: bennydorano on February 25, 2018, 04:24:17 PMwhat
You think it was suicide?
Quote from: T Fearon on February 25, 2018, 07:56:05 PMyou talking about yourself fella ;D
Rumour has it she had been replicating Dawn French's former eating habits for the last year
Quote from: T Fearon on February 27, 2018, 10:51:05 PM
He only lived twice.
Quote from: T Fearon on February 27, 2018, 11:04:31 PM
So his film title was a big con then?
Quote from: Square Ball on March 04, 2018, 11:24:09 AMWas only just watching a documentary on him and his sub 4 minute mile a few nights ago on YouTube and I googled to see if he was still alive.
Sir Roger Bannister aged 88
Quote from: saffron sam2 on March 04, 2018, 02:06:20 PMHeard this earlier. Very sorry to hear this. RIP.
Hardstation's father. A stalwart of the Rossa club and a fine man. RIP
Quote from: saffron sam2 on March 04, 2018, 02:06:20 PM
Hardstation's father. A stalwart of the Rossa club and a fine man. RIP
Quote from: saffron sam2 on March 04, 2018, 02:06:20 PMAh dear how sad. Condolences to hardstation, his family and the O'Donovan Rossa Club in Belfast.
Hardstation's father. A stalwart of the Rossa club and a fine man. RIP
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on March 04, 2018, 06:31:12 PM
My sympathies to all the Hardstation family.
Quote from: saffron sam2 on March 04, 2018, 02:06:20 PM
Hardstation's father. A stalwart of the Rossa club and a fine man. RIP
Quote from: ziggysego on March 05, 2018, 12:41:19 PMQuote from: saffron sam2 on March 04, 2018, 02:06:20 PM
Hardstation's father. A stalwart of the Rossa club and a fine man. RIP
Just saw this now. Sorry to hear your sad news Hardstation.
RIP/
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on March 12, 2018, 05:14:47 AM
Ken Dodd. Unfunny Scouser.
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on March 12, 2018, 05:14:47 AM
Ken Dodd. Unfunny Scouser.
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on March 12, 2018, 05:14:47 AM
Ken Dodd. Unfunny Scouser.
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on March 13, 2018, 10:17:03 AM
Dodds last dig at the tax man was to secure his money from inheritance tax by marrying his partner of 40 years just a day or two before he died.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 13, 2018, 10:09:10 PM
Oskar Gröning - The Bookkeeper of Auschwitz - 96
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/obituaries/oskar-groning-the-bookkeeper-of-auschwitz-is-dead-at-96.html?smid=tw-nytobits&smtyp=cur
Quote from: moysider on March 14, 2018, 12:25:20 AMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 13, 2018, 10:09:10 PM
Oskar Gröning - The Bookkeeper of Auschwitz - 96
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/12/obituaries/oskar-groning-the-bookkeeper-of-auschwitz-is-dead-at-96.html?smid=tw-nytobits&smtyp=cur
He lived to ripe old age didn't he?! Bless!
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 14, 2018, 03:55:11 AMSad news
Stephen Hawking - 76
Quote from: theskull1 on March 14, 2018, 06:29:10 AMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 14, 2018, 03:55:11 AMSad news
Stephen Hawking - 76
Quote from: TabClear on March 14, 2018, 07:38:07 AM+1Quote from: theskull1 on March 14, 2018, 06:29:10 AMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 14, 2018, 03:55:11 AMSad news
Stephen Hawking - 76
Very sad. Incredible man who had such an immense impact on science. Not bad for someone who was given 2 years to live in the 1960s
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on March 14, 2018, 11:52:56 AM
Liam Óg O'Flynn - uileann piper
Aged 73
Quote from: AZOffaly on March 14, 2018, 01:05:40 PMHe made the show watchable. I still watch re runs of it on challenge TV. Rip.
ah no. That's sad. Bully's special prize. Keep out of the black and in to the red, There's nothing in this game for two in a bed.
Quote from: Cunny Funt on March 14, 2018, 01:18:54 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on March 14, 2018, 01:05:40 PMHe made the show watchable. I still watch re runs of it on challenge TV. Rip.
ah no. That's sad. Bully's special prize. Keep out of the black and in to the red, There's nothing in this game for two in a bed.
Quote from: Boycey on March 14, 2018, 01:29:34 PMQuote from: Cunny Funt on March 14, 2018, 01:18:54 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on March 14, 2018, 01:05:40 PMHe made the show watchable. I still watch re runs of it on challenge TV. Rip.
ah no. That's sad. Bully's special prize. Keep out of the black and in to the red, There's nothing in this game for two in a bed.
I still watch an odd episode of it too...
Super, smashing, great was Jim :)
Quote from: Boycey on March 14, 2018, 01:29:34 PMA mate is never done watching it on Challenge. Seriously dated looking - it must look like a different planet to any young folks watching it.Quote from: Cunny Funt on March 14, 2018, 01:18:54 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on March 14, 2018, 01:05:40 PMHe made the show watchable. I still watch re runs of it on challenge TV. Rip.
ah no. That's sad. Bully's special prize. Keep out of the black and in to the red, There's nothing in this game for two in a bed.
I still watch an odd episode of it too...
Super, smashing, great was Jim :)
Quote from: Taylor on March 14, 2018, 02:07:51 PM
And heres what you could have won..........brilliant finish to a gameshow
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 14, 2018, 03:55:11 AM
Stephen Hawking - 76
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on March 14, 2018, 03:07:10 PM
Kim Bowen former host of Bullseye
Quote from: Orior on March 14, 2018, 03:40:00 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on March 14, 2018, 03:07:10 PM
Kim Bowen former host of Bullseye
Was Kim Jim's wife?
Quote from: AQMP on March 14, 2018, 03:42:26 PMQuote from: Orior on March 14, 2018, 03:40:00 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on March 14, 2018, 03:07:10 PM
Kim Bowen former host of Bullseye
Was Kim Jim's wife?
Kim Jim Ung - hosted Bullseye in N Korea.
Quote from: AQMP on March 14, 2018, 03:42:26 PMQuote from: Orior on March 14, 2018, 03:40:00 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on March 14, 2018, 03:07:10 PM
Kim Bowen former host of Bullseye
Was Kim Jim's wife?
Kim Jim Ung - hosted Bullseye in N Korea.
Quote from: BennyCake on March 14, 2018, 04:12:50 PM
Ah no, poor Jim Bowen. The finest host of any game show there ever was. Absolutely loved watching him on Bullseye. Funny man.
And what about him on Peter Kays Amarillo video. I think he must've been pissed that day.
RIP Jim.
Great memories.
Quote from: johnnycool on March 14, 2018, 01:50:13 PM"Come up here. Geordie lads always up for a gamble"Quote from: Boycey on March 14, 2018, 01:29:34 PMQuote from: Cunny Funt on March 14, 2018, 01:18:54 PMQuote from: AZOffaly on March 14, 2018, 01:05:40 PMHe made the show watchable. I still watch re runs of it on challenge TV. Rip.
ah no. That's sad. Bully's special prize. Keep out of the black and in to the red, There's nothing in this game for two in a bed.
I still watch an odd episode of it too...
Super, smashing, great was Jim :)
Some rare prizes on that show, speed boats and kitchens and even a "fashion spree"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aloNixbli6g (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aloNixbli6g)
RIP Jim
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on March 14, 2018, 04:29:14 PMQuote from: BennyCake on March 14, 2018, 04:12:50 PM
Ah no, poor Jim Bowen. The finest host of any game show there ever was. Absolutely loved watching him on Bullseye. Funny man.
And what about him on Peter Kays Amarillo video. I think he must've been pissed that day.
RIP Jim.
Great memories.
https://youtu.be/yqLLDZvbG-U (https://youtu.be/yqLLDZvbG-U)
Just count the number gone from this video:
Anne Kirkbride (21 June 1954 – 19 January 2015) Deirdre - Coronation Street
Rod Hull (13 August 1935 – 17 March 1999)
Keith Harris (21 September 1947 – 28 April 2015)
Jimmy Saville (31 October 1926 - 29 October 2011)
Bolton Wanderers FC
Jim Bowen (20 August 1937 - 14 March 2018)
Ronnie Corbett (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016)
Mr Blobby
Emu
Orville
Sooty & Sweep
Quote from: AQMP on March 14, 2018, 04:47:11 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on March 14, 2018, 04:29:14 PMQuote from: BennyCake on March 14, 2018, 04:12:50 PM
Ah no, poor Jim Bowen. The finest host of any game show there ever was. Absolutely loved watching him on Bullseye. Funny man.
And what about him on Peter Kays Amarillo video. I think he must've been pissed that day.
RIP Jim.
Great memories.
https://youtu.be/yqLLDZvbG-U (https://youtu.be/yqLLDZvbG-U)
Just count the number gone from this video:
Anne Kirkbride (21 June 1954 – 19 January 2015) Deirdre - Coronation Street
Rod Hull (13 August 1935 – 17 March 1999)
Keith Harris (21 September 1947 – 28 April 2015)
Jimmy Saville (31 October 1926 - 29 October 2011)
Bolton Wanderers FC
Jim Bowen (20 August 1937 - 14 March 2018)
Ronnie Corbett (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016)
Mr Blobby
Emu
Orville
Sooty & Sweep
Pedant alert - That's actually Bernie Clifton with the ostrich. According to Wiki he's still alive. Bernie that is, I don't think the ostrich was real :-\
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on March 14, 2018, 11:52:56 AM
Liam Óg O'Flynn - uileann piper
Aged 73
Quote from: Rossfan on March 14, 2018, 06:51:29 PMA few people in his generation saw the magic in trad music when the country was going apeshit over the showbands.
RIP Liam.
We've lost one of the best.
Quote from: BennyCake on March 14, 2018, 04:12:50 PM
Ah no, poor Jim Bowen. The finest host of any game show there ever was. Absolutely loved watching him on Bullseye. Funny man.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on March 14, 2018, 11:52:56 AM
Liam Óg O'Flynn - uileann piper
Aged 73
Quote from: orangeman on March 15, 2018, 07:32:47 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on March 14, 2018, 11:52:56 AM
Liam Óg O'Flynn - uileann piper
Aged 73
Musical legend. RIP.
Quote from: Dire Ear on March 23, 2018, 08:46:21 AMA chap called Lazarus dies and Fearon is missing!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43505064
Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus dies at 94 as his company folds
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 23, 2018, 08:47:39 AMQuote from: Dire Ear on March 23, 2018, 08:46:21 AMA chap called Lazarus dies and Fearon is missing!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43505064
Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus dies at 94 as his company folds
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on March 23, 2018, 08:51:52 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on March 23, 2018, 08:47:39 AMQuote from: Dire Ear on March 23, 2018, 08:46:21 AMA chap called Lazarus dies and Fearon is missing!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-43505064
Toys R Us founder Charles Lazarus dies at 94 as his company folds
Are you trying to entice him back?......... I'll get my coat
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on March 25, 2018, 10:33:37 PM
Philip Kerr, author of the Bernie Gunther series of books, aged 62.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/24/philip-kerr-author-of-bernie-gunther-novels-dies-aged-62?CMP=share_btn_fb
Quote from: AQMP on March 26, 2018, 09:17:41 AM
The reputation of Australian cricket!
Quote from: AZOffaly on March 14, 2018, 04:50:11 PMBrilliant :DQuote from: AQMP on March 14, 2018, 04:47:11 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on March 14, 2018, 04:29:14 PMQuote from: BennyCake on March 14, 2018, 04:12:50 PM
Ah no, poor Jim Bowen. The finest host of any game show there ever was. Absolutely loved watching him on Bullseye. Funny man.
And what about him on Peter Kays Amarillo video. I think he must've been pissed that day.
RIP Jim.
Great memories.
https://youtu.be/yqLLDZvbG-U (https://youtu.be/yqLLDZvbG-U)
Just count the number gone from this video:
Anne Kirkbride (21 June 1954 – 19 January 2015) Deirdre - Coronation Street
Rod Hull (13 August 1935 – 17 March 1999)
Keith Harris (21 September 1947 – 28 April 2015)
Jimmy Saville (31 October 1926 - 29 October 2011)
Bolton Wanderers FC
Jim Bowen (20 August 1937 - 14 March 2018)
Ronnie Corbett (4 December 1930 – 31 March 2016)
Mr Blobby
Emu
Orville
Sooty & Sweep
Pedant alert - That's actually Bernie Clifton with the ostrich. According to Wiki he's still alive. Bernie that is, I don't think the ostrich was real :-\
Particularly since the video was taken in 2005. If Rod hull died in 1999, he'd have done well to make that.
Quote from: Dire Ear on March 28, 2018, 11:38:48 AM
https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2018/0328/950599-lgfa-pays-tribute-to-former-tipp-footballer/
26......shocking- RIP
Quote from: longballin on March 29, 2018, 10:43:42 AMI'd second that
For suggesting that a victim of child sex abuse was complicit in his own abuse I hope we've heard the last of Tony..
Quote from: mrdeeds on March 30, 2018, 12:45:50 PMand as well in one of my favourite show as cub - On no It's Selwyn Froggatt
Bill Maynard better known as Greengrass in Heartbeat.
Quote from: tc_manchester on March 30, 2018, 04:05:25 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on March 30, 2018, 12:45:50 PMand as well in one of my favourite show as cub - On no It's Selwyn Froggatt
Bill Maynard better known as Greengrass in Heartbeat.
Quote from: Capt Pat on March 30, 2018, 11:20:56 PM
Schwarzenagger looks to have had a narrow escape from official inclusion on this thread. Same thing goes for Ray Wilkins who is in a coma.
Quote from: Square Ball on April 02, 2018, 10:45:47 AM
Creator of Hill Street Blues, IMHO one of the greatest cop shows ever, Steven Bochco has died aged 76.
Quote from: ziggysego on April 02, 2018, 04:08:29 PMChild murderer, corrupt individual living off her name.
Winnie Mandela, 81.
Quote from: Avondhu star on April 02, 2018, 06:08:40 PMQuote from: ziggysego on April 02, 2018, 04:08:29 PMChild murderer, corrupt individual living off her name.
Winnie Mandela, 81.
No loss
Quote from: Capt Pat on April 02, 2018, 10:34:21 PMLol.Quote from: Avondhu star on April 02, 2018, 06:08:40 PMQuote from: ziggysego on April 02, 2018, 04:08:29 PMChild murderer, corrupt individual living off her name.
Winnie Mandela, 81.
No loss
They were tough times in appartheidt South Africa. She did what she had to do.
Quote from: Capt Pat on April 02, 2018, 10:34:21 PMShe did what she had to do to line her own pockets. Mandela wasn't long dumping her after being released from prison. There will always be gobshites like you to be used as useful idiots to support crooks like her.Quote from: Avondhu star on April 02, 2018, 06:08:40 PMQuote from: ziggysego on April 02, 2018, 04:08:29 PMChild murderer, corrupt individual living off her name.
Winnie Mandela, 81.
No loss
They were tough times in appartheidt South Africa. She did what she had to do.
Quote from: longballin on April 03, 2018, 09:35:59 AMAnd Stalin loved Labrador puppies
Peter Hain was on radio about her this morning. He knows the story and is very simplistic to just say she was a bad 'un. She suffered terribly and was very courageous in the face of oppression bit in later years did things were not just. He thinks 'things went to her head' later on.
Quote from: Avondhu star on April 03, 2018, 09:47:39 AMQuote from: longballin on April 03, 2018, 09:35:59 AMAnd Stalin loved Labrador puppies
Peter Hain was on radio about her this morning. He knows the story and is very simplistic to just say she was a bad 'un. She suffered terribly and was very courageous in the face of oppression bit in later years did things were not just. He thinks 'things went to her head' later on.
Quote from: longballin on April 03, 2018, 10:23:33 AMQuote from: Avondhu star on April 03, 2018, 09:47:39 AMQuote from: longballin on April 03, 2018, 09:35:59 AMAnd Stalin loved Labrador puppies
Peter Hain was on radio about her this morning. He knows the story and is very simplistic to just say she was a bad 'un. She suffered terribly and was very courageous in the face of oppression bit in later years did things were not just. He thinks 'things went to her head' later on.
Not justifying what she's alleged to have done but she faced the worst brutality from her oppressors so is not black and white... actually it is black and white! Interesting on Stalin, I didn't know that.
Quote from: AZOffaly on April 04, 2018, 02:09:04 PM
No way!
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on April 04, 2018, 02:06:25 PM
Ray Wilkins aged 61
Quote from: magpie seanie on April 04, 2018, 03:02:25 PMI remember him having the reputation as a "crab" on the football pitch, only going sideways, when with United and England. (For some reason I've no memory of him playing with anyone post United).
As I mentioned on the United thread I remember him from the 1983 FA Cup final in particular and onwards after that. Technically very sound and I think he was appreciated wherever he went. Seemed to be a nice man too. RIP.
Quote from: Hound on April 04, 2018, 04:26:27 PMQuote from: magpie seanie on April 04, 2018, 03:02:25 PMI remember him having the reputation as a "crab" on the football pitch, only going sideways, when with United and England. (For some reason I've no memory of him playing with anyone post United).
As I mentioned on the United thread I remember him from the 1983 FA Cup final in particular and onwards after that. Technically very sound and I think he was appreciated wherever he went. Seemed to be a nice man too. RIP.
I remember him playing poorly in a World Cup, but then getting sent off and suspended, which allowed England to improve hugely in future games!
I remember his goal in the Cup Final, which was pure magic, and just can't help smiling everytime I see a replay of it for the sheer joy it gave such a great pro (and I'm a long long way from being a United fan!)
And I remember him coming across as an absolute gentlemen anytime he's done tv.
RIP
Quote from: Orior on April 04, 2018, 06:32:14 PM
I remember him being great at Chelsea but when he went to Man Utd he started the sideways and back passes. Sounded liked a really decent bloke
Quote"Not the check out he was expecting"
Quote from: SHEEDY on April 05, 2018, 09:49:50 PM
Eric bristow aged 60
Quote from: Hardy on April 05, 2018, 10:02:18 PM
Shows a healthy and athletic lifestle is no guarantee of longevity .
Quote from: Hardy on April 05, 2018, 10:02:18 PMDarts player doesn't go under that label. RIP Eric Bristow
Shows a healthy and athletic lifestle is no guarantee of longevity .
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on April 05, 2018, 09:59:22 PMStrong work there :D
Let me put on my Fearon hatQuote"Not the check out he was expecting"
[/Fearon]
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on April 05, 2018, 10:07:01 PMQuote from: Hardy on April 05, 2018, 10:02:18 PMthe
Shows a healthy and athletic lifestle is no guarantee of longevity .
Bristow, healthy?
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on April 16, 2018, 12:22:43 AMWhat a performance he gave in that movie.
R. Lee Ermey 74, Full Metal Jacket
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/r-lee-ermey-dead-golden-globe-nominee-full-metal-jacket-was-74-1102863
Quote from: Hardy on April 17, 2018, 09:55:00 AM
Remember the story about how Big Tom and the Mainliners played in New York and attracted an unexpected and perplexed demographic because of the name?
Quote from: mouview on April 17, 2018, 12:32:59 PMWhere is the BMW region?
Whole swathes of the BMW region of the country, the so-called Big Tom Belt, will have an official day of mourning.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 17, 2018, 01:33:59 PMQuote from: mouview on April 17, 2018, 12:32:59 PMWhere is the BMW region?
Whole swathes of the BMW region of the country, the so-called Big Tom Belt, will have an official day of mourning.
Quote from: Tubberman on April 17, 2018, 01:42:22 PM:D very good. Yes, prime Big Tom country.Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 17, 2018, 01:33:59 PMQuote from: mouview on April 17, 2018, 12:32:59 PMWhere is the BMW region?
Whole swathes of the BMW region of the country, the so-called Big Tom Belt, will have an official day of mourning.
Border, Midlands, Western - not D4 as the acronym might suggest.
Quote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on April 17, 2018, 02:24:00 PM
Great longevity Big Tom had he was still producing decent tunes in his late 70s and unlike most Irish country music singers he didn't use a fake American accent when singing. RIP.
Quote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMIf only we all could...... ;DQuote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Quote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMFermanagh is hardly much different..Quote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Quote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMFermanagh is hardly much different..Quote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Quote from: leenie on April 17, 2018, 04:03:44 PM
Sad day...
Rip big tom ..
Been to a good few dances but I never got to see him in action.
Quote from: AQMP on April 17, 2018, 04:00:24 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMFermanagh is hardly much different..Quote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Laythrum is great cowboys and heroes country too.
Quote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMFermanagh is hardly much different..Quote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Quote from: moysider on April 17, 2018, 09:19:41 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMFermanagh is hardly much different..Quote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Is this kind of music a catholic only thing up the north? Or is it cross- curricular?
Quote from: trileacman on April 17, 2018, 09:42:05 PMQuote from: moysider on April 17, 2018, 09:19:41 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMFermanagh is hardly much different..Quote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Is this kind of music a catholic only thing up the north? Or is it cross- curricular?
What?
Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 17, 2018, 07:14:16 PMMid and North-West Radio have a lot to answer for!Quote from: AQMP on April 17, 2018, 04:00:24 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMFermanagh is hardly much different..Quote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Laythrum is great cowboys and heroes country too.
I like country music. It's all I ever heard on the radio growing up.
Quote from: Owenmoresider on April 17, 2018, 10:13:28 PMIt's all Paul Claffey's fault.Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 17, 2018, 07:14:16 PMMid and North-West Radio have a lot to answer for!Quote from: AQMP on April 17, 2018, 04:00:24 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMFermanagh is hardly much different..Quote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Laythrum is great cowboys and heroes country too.
I like country music. It's all I ever heard on the radio growing up.
Not a massive fan of country music but he was well liked in these parts so it's sad to hear of his passing. RIP.
Quote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 10:23:01 PMQuote from: Owenmoresider on April 17, 2018, 10:13:28 PMIt's all Paul Claffey's fault.Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 17, 2018, 07:14:16 PMMid and North-West Radio have a lot to answer for!Quote from: AQMP on April 17, 2018, 04:00:24 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMFermanagh is hardly much different..Quote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Laythrum is great cowboys and heroes country too.
I like country music. It's all I ever heard on the radio growing up.
Not a massive fan of country music but he was well liked in these parts so it's sad to hear of his passing. RIP.
Quote from: longballin on April 17, 2018, 09:48:02 PMExactly. Well? Do they? Do the protestants flock to Hugo Duncan, Philomena etc. as well? I dunno? But I am serious about this?Quote from: trileacman on April 17, 2018, 09:42:05 PMQuote from: moysider on April 17, 2018, 09:19:41 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMQuote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Fermanagh is hardly much different..
Is this kind of music a catholic only thing up the north? Or is it cross- curricular?
What?
I think he means do Protestants listen to that kind of music as well :o
Quote from: maigheo on April 18, 2018, 12:59:39 AM
Barbara Bush. RIP
Quote from: moysider on April 18, 2018, 01:34:08 AMQuote from: maigheo on April 18, 2018, 12:59:39 AM
Barbara Bush. RIP
Read earlier that she refused any more medical intervention. In her 90s.
Must be a first. Wife and mother of American Presidents?
Quote from: moysider on April 18, 2018, 12:52:41 AMQuote from: longballin on April 17, 2018, 09:48:02 PMExactly. Well? Do they? Do the protestants flock to Hugo Duncan, Philomena etc. as well? I dunno? But I am serious about this?Quote from: trileacman on April 17, 2018, 09:42:05 PMQuote from: moysider on April 17, 2018, 09:19:41 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMQuote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Fermanagh is hardly much different..
Is this kind of music a catholic only thing up the north? Or is it cross- curricular?
What?
I think he means do Protestants listen to that kind of music as well :o
Quote from: leenie on April 18, 2018, 02:44:56 PMQuote from: moysider on April 18, 2018, 12:52:41 AMQuote from: longballin on April 17, 2018, 09:48:02 PMExactly. Well? Do they? Do the protestants flock to Hugo Duncan, Philomena etc. as well? I dunno? But I am serious about this?Quote from: trileacman on April 17, 2018, 09:42:05 PMQuote from: moysider on April 17, 2018, 09:19:41 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMQuote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Fermanagh is hardly much different..
Is this kind of music a catholic only thing up the north? Or is it cross- curricular?
What?
I think he means do Protestants listen to that kind of music as well :o
Yes they do ... why wouldn't they?
Quote from: longballin on April 18, 2018, 03:09:28 PMQuote from: leenie on April 18, 2018, 02:44:56 PMQuote from: moysider on April 18, 2018, 12:52:41 AMQuote from: longballin on April 17, 2018, 09:48:02 PMExactly. Well? Do they? Do the protestants flock to Hugo Duncan, Philomena etc. as well? I dunno? But I am serious about this?Quote from: trileacman on April 17, 2018, 09:42:05 PMQuote from: moysider on April 17, 2018, 09:19:41 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMQuote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Fermanagh is hardly much different..
Is this kind of music a catholic only thing up the north? Or is it cross- curricular?
What?
I think he means do Protestants listen to that kind of music as well :o
Yes they do ... why wouldn't they?
because many of our interests are different say like motorbike racing seems to be much more popular among Protestants here in the North.
Quote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 10:23:01 PMPaul must play a Joe Dolan song every single day still.Quote from: Owenmoresider on April 17, 2018, 10:13:28 PMIt's all Paul Claffey's fault.Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 17, 2018, 07:14:16 PMMid and North-West Radio have a lot to answer for!Quote from: AQMP on April 17, 2018, 04:00:24 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMFermanagh is hardly much different..Quote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Laythrum is great cowboys and heroes country too.
I like country music. It's all I ever heard on the radio growing up.
Not a massive fan of country music but he was well liked in these parts so it's sad to hear of his passing. RIP.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 18, 2018, 10:27:16 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 10:23:01 PMPaul must play a Joe Dolan song every single day still.Quote from: Owenmoresider on April 17, 2018, 10:13:28 PMIt's all Paul Claffey's fault.Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 17, 2018, 07:14:16 PMMid and North-West Radio have a lot to answer for!Quote from: AQMP on April 17, 2018, 04:00:24 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMFermanagh is hardly much different..Quote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Laythrum is great cowboys and heroes country too.
I like country music. It's all I ever heard on the radio growing up.
Not a massive fan of country music but he was well liked in these parts so it's sad to hear of his passing. RIP.
Quote from: seafoid on April 18, 2018, 10:51:20 PMWere you working there seafoid? Not being nosey but it sounds genuinely interesting.
Big Tom's death and the reaction to it are like evidence of a tribe that has often been ignored. There was an article in the Irish Times about 400,000 people who emigrated between 51 and 61 before secondary education. Ireland didnt want them. But the country and Irish bands played to them all over England. I used to meet a few ould lads from that generation at a homeless shelter in London. They would always be talking about home. I can imagine the buzz when the musicians rolled up.
Quote from: Asal Mor on April 18, 2018, 11:14:19 PMI was just volunteering once a week , Asal.Quote from: seafoid on April 18, 2018, 10:51:20 PMWere you working there seafoid? Not being nosey but it sounds genuinely interesting.
Big Tom's death and the reaction to it are like evidence of a tribe that has often been ignored. There was an article in the Irish Times about 400,000 people who emigrated between 51 and 61 before secondary education. Ireland didnt want them. But the country and Irish bands played to them all over England. I used to meet a few ould lads from that generation at a homeless shelter in London. They would always be talking about home. I can imagine the buzz when the musicians rolled up.
Did you see that movie "Kings" with Colm Meaney that's partly done in Irish and based on the play "Kings of Kilburn Road"? Bleak but very powerful and moving.
The Jimmy McCarthy song "Missing You" made famous by Christy Moore would have been about that tribe as well I suppose. McAlpine's fusiliers too. They were probably remembered more in song than in any other way.
Quote from: Asal Mor on April 19, 2018, 07:02:02 AM
I'll check out the book seafoid. I'd love to see the movie too but from looking it up there it won't be an easy one to get hold of.
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on April 18, 2018, 11:04:14 PMno harmQuote from: Farrandeelin on April 18, 2018, 10:27:16 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 10:23:01 PMPaul must play a Joe Dolan song every single day still.Quote from: Owenmoresider on April 17, 2018, 10:13:28 PMIt's all Paul Claffey's fault.Quote from: Farrandeelin on April 17, 2018, 07:14:16 PMMid and North-West Radio have a lot to answer for!Quote from: AQMP on April 17, 2018, 04:00:24 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 17, 2018, 03:13:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 17, 2018, 02:53:36 PMFermanagh is hardly much different..Quote from: Rossfan on April 17, 2018, 01:46:48 PM
Longford, Cavan and Monaghan seems to be the cowboy music heartland.
You forgot Tyrone.
Laythrum is great cowboys and heroes country too.
I like country music. It's all I ever heard on the radio growing up.
Not a massive fan of country music but he was well liked in these parts so it's sad to hear of his passing. RIP.
So does Sean Coyle on Radio Ulster.
Quote from: seafoid on April 19, 2018, 07:21:34 AMQuote from: Asal Mor on April 19, 2018, 07:02:02 AM
I'll check out the book seafoid. I'd love to see the movie too but from looking it up there it won't be an easy one to get hold of.
"What I could do.
I could mend nets. Thatch a roof. Build stairs. Make a basket from reeds. Splint the leg of a cow. Cut turf. Build a wall. Go three rounds with Joe in the ring Da put up in the barn. I could dance sets. Read the sky. Make a barrel for mackerel. Mend roads. Make a boat. Stuff a saddle. Put a wheel on a cart. Strike a deal. Make a field. Work the swarth turner, the float and the thresher. I could read the sea. Shoot straight. Make a shoe. Shear sheep. Remember poems. Set potatoes. Plough and harrow. Read the wind. Tend bees. Bind wyndes. Make a coffin. Take a drink. I could frighten you with stories. I knew the song to sing to a cow when milking. I could play twenty-seven tunes on my accordion."
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on April 19, 2018, 09:32:05 AMQuote from: seafoid on April 19, 2018, 07:21:34 AMQuote from: Asal Mor on April 19, 2018, 07:02:02 AM
I'll check out the book seafoid. I'd love to see the movie too but from looking it up there it won't be an easy one to get hold of.
"What I could do.
I could mend nets. Thatch a roof. Build stairs. Make a basket from reeds. Splint the leg of a cow. Cut turf. Build a wall. Go three rounds with Joe in the ring Da put up in the barn. I could dance sets. Read the sky. Make a barrel for mackerel. Mend roads. Make a boat. Stuff a saddle. Put a wheel on a cart. Strike a deal. Make a field. Work the swarth turner, the float and the thresher. I could read the sea. Shoot straight. Make a shoe. Shear sheep. Remember poems. Set potatoes. Plough and harrow. Read the wind. Tend bees. Bind wyndes. Make a coffin. Take a drink. I could frighten you with stories. I knew the song to sing to a cow when milking. I could play twenty-seven tunes on my accordion."
That's very moving. I can see wearied eyes looking out from under the cardboard box as he says that. In his minds eye he can see the Atlantic battering the rocks around the Connemara coast. A swooping seagull and a distant boat. And then It drifts back to the rain and dank ness and darkness and loneliness of the street. Given the increasing numbers that are homeless you wonder how many have these moments of reflection.
Quote from: seafoid on April 19, 2018, 09:40:56 AMReally moving and powerful imagery.Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on April 19, 2018, 09:32:05 AMQuote from: seafoid on April 19, 2018, 07:21:34 AMQuote from: Asal Mor on April 19, 2018, 07:02:02 AM
I'll check out the book seafoid. I'd love to see the movie too but from looking it up there it won't be an easy one to get hold of.
"What I could do.
I could mend nets. Thatch a roof. Build stairs. Make a basket from reeds. Splint the leg of a cow. Cut turf. Build a wall. Go three rounds with Joe in the ring Da put up in the barn. I could dance sets. Read the sky. Make a barrel for mackerel. Mend roads. Make a boat. Stuff a saddle. Put a wheel on a cart. Strike a deal. Make a field. Work the swarth turner, the float and the thresher. I could read the sea. Shoot straight. Make a shoe. Shear sheep. Remember poems. Set potatoes. Plough and harrow. Read the wind. Tend bees. Bind wyndes. Make a coffin. Take a drink. I could frighten you with stories. I knew the song to sing to a cow when milking. I could play twenty-seven tunes on my accordion."
That's very moving. I can see wearied eyes looking out from under the cardboard box as he says that. In his minds eye he can see the Atlantic battering the rocks around the Connemara coast. A swooping seagull and a distant boat. And then It drifts back to the rain and dank ness and darkness and loneliness of the street. Given the increasing numbers that are homeless you wonder how many have these moments of reflection.
A lot I'd say even if they can't always express it in words
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/timothy-o-grady-on-creating-i-could-read-the-sky-a-book-for-bealtaine-1.2216668
What I couldn't do.
Eat a meal lacking potatoes. Trust banks. Wear a watch. Ask a woman to go for a walk. Work with drains or with objects smaller than a nail. Drive a motor car. Eat tomatoes. Remember the routes of buses. Wear a collar in comfort. Win at cards. Acknowledge the Queen. Abide loud voices. Perform the manners of greeting and leaving. Save money. Take pleasure in work carried out in a factory. Drink coffee. Look into a wound. Follow cricket. Understand the speech of a man from West Kerry. Wear boots or shoes made from rubber. Best PJ in an argument. Speak with men wearing collars. Stay afloat in water. Understand their jokes. Face the dentist. Kill a Sunday. Stop remembering.
QuoteArtist, DJ and producer Tim Bergling, a.k.a. Avicii, died this afternoon in Oman, according to a statement from his rep. He was 28.
"It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii," the statement reads. "He was found dead in Muscat, Oman this Friday afternoon local time, April 20th. The family is devastated and we ask everyone to please respect their need for privacy in this difficult time. No further statements will be given."
He had retired from live performing in 2016, citing health reasons. He had suffered from health problems for several years, including acute pancreatitis, in part due to excessive drinking. He had his gallbladder and appendix removed in 2014.
He posted the following statement on his website last year:
"WE ALL REACH A POINT IN OUR LIVES AND CAREERS WHERE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT MATTERS THE MOST TO US.
For me it's creating music. That is what I live for, what I feel I was born to do.
Last year I quit performing live, and many of you thought that was it. But the end of live never meant the end of Avicii or my music. Instead, I went back to the place where it all made sense – the studio.
The next stage will be all about my love of making music to you guys. It is the beginning of something new.
Hope you´ll enjoy it as much as I do."
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on April 20, 2018, 06:41:01 PMRIP
DJ and Producer - Avicii, 28QuoteArtist, DJ and producer Tim Bergling, a.k.a. Avicii, died this afternoon in Oman, according to a statement from his rep. He was 28.
"It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii," the statement reads. "He was found dead in Muscat, Oman this Friday afternoon local time, April 20th. The family is devastated and we ask everyone to please respect their need for privacy in this difficult time. No further statements will be given."
He had retired from live performing in 2016, citing health reasons. He had suffered from health problems for several years, including acute pancreatitis, in part due to excessive drinking. He had his gallbladder and appendix removed in 2014.
He posted the following statement on his website last year:
"WE ALL REACH A POINT IN OUR LIVES AND CAREERS WHERE WE UNDERSTAND WHAT MATTERS THE MOST TO US.
For me it's creating music. That is what I live for, what I feel I was born to do.
Last year I quit performing live, and many of you thought that was it. But the end of live never meant the end of Avicii or my music. Instead, I went back to the place where it all made sense – the studio.
The next stage will be all about my love of making music to you guys. It is the beginning of something new.
Hope you´ll enjoy it as much as I do."
Quote from: Syferus on April 21, 2018, 01:48:17 AM
Avicii pretty much wrote the niteclub soundtrack for a generation. I never knew he was suffering so badly. Success can be a curse as much as a blessing.
Quote from: imtommygunn on April 21, 2018, 08:42:08 AMMaybe some drugs in the mix as well.
For someone of 28 years old he suffered some bad health. According to articles excess drinking caused a good part of it. He must have done some amount of drinking. I have never heard of someone so young suffer so badly through alcohol. I have heard of older people but 28 is very young for that.
Quote from: imtommygunn on April 21, 2018, 08:42:08 AM
For someone of 28 years old he suffered some bad health. According to articles excess drinking caused a good part of it. He must have done some amount of drinking. I have never heard of someone so young suffer so badly through alcohol. I have heard of older people but 28 is very young for that.
Quote from: mrdeeds on April 21, 2018, 09:26:23 PM
Verne Troyer aka mini me.
Quote from: johnnycool on April 24, 2018, 12:49:06 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on April 21, 2018, 09:26:23 PM
Verne Troyer aka mini me.
Never heard that TBH.
Suicide isn't being ruled out it seems!
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on May 14, 2018, 06:48:02 PMMy favourite Lois Lane actress RIP
Actress Margot Kidder from Superman movies aged 69.
Quote from: mrdeeds on May 15, 2018, 02:53:31 PMCar crash and was returning home after dropping his kids off to school. so sad Rip.
Jlloyd Samuel. Ex Villa player.
Quote from: mouview on May 16, 2018, 12:45:25 AMA great Sham. RIP
Playwright and Tuam native Tom Murphy. Author of among others Famine, Bailegangaire and A Crucial Week In The Life Of A Grocer's Assistant.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on May 26, 2018, 10:06:55 AM
Mick Timlin. Embodied everything that was good about the GAA and life in general. Must have served as every position of Knockmore club. You'd see him doing gates for Connacht matches.
Just said I'd mention him as he was a true stalwart of the GAA and a friend of mine.
Quote from: Dolph1 on May 27, 2018, 06:23:19 AM
Ireland's morality.
Quote from: Insane Bolt on May 27, 2018, 03:00:03 PMQuote from: Dolph1 on May 27, 2018, 06:23:19 AM
Ireland's morality.
Where do we send the Mass cards?
Quote from: Insane Bolt on May 27, 2018, 03:00:03 PMQuote from: Dolph1 on May 27, 2018, 06:23:19 AM
Ireland's morality.
Where do we send the Mass cards?
Quote from: Dolph1 on May 29, 2018, 06:15:29 AMQuote from: Insane Bolt on May 27, 2018, 03:00:03 PMQuote from: Dolph1 on May 27, 2018, 06:23:19 AM
Ireland's morality.
Where do we send the Mass cards?
Wherever the incinerator for the stockpile of foetuses is I guess.
Quote from: Dolph1 on May 29, 2018, 06:15:29 AMQuote from: Insane Bolt on May 27, 2018, 03:00:03 PMQuote from: Dolph1 on May 27, 2018, 06:23:19 AM
Ireland's morality.
Where do we send the Mass cards?
Wherever the incinerator for the stockpile of foetuses is I guess.
Quote from: Dolph1 on May 29, 2018, 06:15:29 AMWould a septic tank in a convent in Tuam do, mate?Quote from: Insane Bolt on May 27, 2018, 03:00:03 PMQuote from: Dolph1 on May 27, 2018, 06:23:19 AM
Ireland's morality.
Where do we send the Mass cards?
Wherever the incinerator for the stockpile of foetuses is I guess.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 29, 2018, 09:41:17 AM
Morag. Home&Away. Not that i still watch it. Not at my age ;)
Quote from: sid waddell on May 29, 2018, 09:20:51 AMQuote from: Dolph1 on May 29, 2018, 06:15:29 AMWould a septic tank in a convent in Tuam do, mate?Quote from: Insane Bolt on May 27, 2018, 03:00:03 PMQuote from: Dolph1 on May 27, 2018, 06:23:19 AM
Ireland's morality.
Where do we send the Mass cards?
Wherever the incinerator for the stockpile of foetuses is I guess.
Quote from: Gmac on June 05, 2018, 01:39:58 AM
Dwight clark the man who made the most famous catch in nfl history , had suffered from als for a couple of years a big favorite here in sf Bay Area
Quote from: Dolph1 on May 30, 2018, 04:17:03 AMI am, like many conflicted on abortion and its limits, but people like you with this unecessary emotive rhetoric and Bernie Smith with her murdering of childern and rivers of blood turn people off the pro life message.Quote from: sid waddell on May 29, 2018, 09:20:51 AMQuote from: Dolph1 on May 29, 2018, 06:15:29 AMWould a septic tank in a convent in Tuam do, mate?Quote from: Insane Bolt on May 27, 2018, 03:00:03 PMQuote from: Dolph1 on May 27, 2018, 06:23:19 AM
Ireland's morality.
Where do we send the Mass cards?
Wherever the incinerator for the stockpile of foetuses is I guess.
I fail to see the relevance in modern day. The yes vote means that there will be babies incinerated at an alarming rate every day of the week.
I hope you are very proud of yourself.
Quote from: mrdeeds on June 06, 2018, 09:09:10 AM
Denman the iconic horse.
Quote from: Insane Bolt on June 15, 2018, 12:54:24 PM
Dirty Den has died
Quote from: Boycey on June 15, 2018, 01:49:41 PMQuote from: Insane Bolt on June 15, 2018, 12:54:24 PM
Dirty Den has died
He's come back from the dead before...
Quote from: Boycey on June 15, 2018, 01:49:41 PMQuote from: Insane Bolt on June 15, 2018, 12:54:24 PM
Dirty Den has died
He's come back from the dead before...
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on June 20, 2018, 04:41:19 PMUnderrated wrestler great character he played. RIP.
Former professional wrestler Leon White (aka Big Van Vader)
Quote from: Cunny Funt on June 20, 2018, 05:57:49 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on June 20, 2018, 04:41:19 PMUnderrated wrestler great character he played. RIP.
Former professional wrestler Leon White (aka Big Van Vader)
QuoteWhat were his last words?
Quote from: highorlow on June 21, 2018, 02:27:24 PMQuoteWhat were his last words?
Mayo for Sam
Quote from: AQMP on July 02, 2018, 10:38:56 AM
Alan Longmuir, bass player with the Bay City Rollers, aged 70.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on July 07, 2018, 07:18:02 PM
Another Dunlop too apparently
William son of Robert
Quote from: gallsman on July 07, 2018, 09:56:41 PMAye, if you watch Road it's clear these boys are programmed to ride bikes. The rational course of action to an outsider, is to knock it on the head when your family is being killed racing bikes, but these lads have it coursing through their veins and can't stop.
RIP, sadly, to the Dunlop family once again.
Something in the genes with them unfortunately. The thrill and the exhilaration pushes them to live on the edge. I'm no lover of Motorsport, least of all road racing, but these lads are something else.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on July 07, 2018, 11:49:28 PM
Yeah. You're right there. I used to follow the sport in my younger days but it's haywire stuff. It's like what F1 was in the 1960s before Jackie Steward introduced safety as a priority. Isle of Man is a complete bloodbath. I think there was a guy Gene McDonald his name might have been, who got killed on the IOM when he hit a horse that had strayed onto the course. I know it's in their veins but would we make Russian Roulette legal just because people liked playing it?
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on July 07, 2018, 11:49:28 PMAgree entirely. It makes no sense to me and I'll actively discourage my son's from getting motorbikes but we all know people who are into bikes, and when you're into them, you're all in. Driving at 190 mph+ inches from stone walls, gateposts and fences is the very definition of madness to me, but it's obviously a drug for these fellas. I can't imagine Michael Dunlop will hang up the leathers.
Yeah. You're right there. I used to follow the sport in my younger days but it's haywire stuff. It's like what F1 was in the 1960s before Jackie Steward introduced safety as a priority. Isle of Man is a complete bloodbath. I think there was a guy Gene McDonald his name might have been, who got killed on the IOM when he hit a horse that had strayed onto the course. I know it's in their veins but would we make Russian Roulette legal just because people liked playing it?
Quote from: thewobbler on July 08, 2018, 10:03:09 AM
Interesting that some people think advancing technology is the reason for road racing deaths.
Here's the the thing: people have been dying in this sport since it first began. Increases in speed have been marginal, and if anything, improvements in handling and braking have made the sport safer. Hitting a tree on a gentle bend, it really doesn't matter whether you're travelling at 8mph or 100mph.... you aren't getting up again.
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Until the road racing community starts turning on itself, then outsiders have no right to call upon it to be banned. It's got nothing to do with with you. Stay out of it.
Quote from: thewobbler on July 08, 2018, 10:03:09 AM
Until the road racing community starts turning on itself, then outsiders have no right to call upon it to be banned. It's got nothing to do with with you. Stay out of it.
Quote from: gallsman on July 08, 2018, 11:22:05 AMQuote from: thewobbler on July 08, 2018, 10:03:09 AM
Until the road racing community starts turning on itself, then outsiders have no right to call upon it to be banned. It's got nothing to do with with you. Stay out of it.
What a load of complete and utter w**k.
Quote from: thewobbler on July 08, 2018, 11:53:05 AMFire marathons onto your list too. Were there not fatalities at the London and Belfast ones this year too?Quote from: gallsman on July 08, 2018, 11:22:05 AMQuote from: thewobbler on July 08, 2018, 10:03:09 AM
Until the road racing community starts turning on itself, then outsiders have no right to call upon it to be banned. It's got nothing to do with with you. Stay out of it.
What a load of complete and utter w**k.
I'm guessing you can't explain why.
Every competitor in road racing is a willing adult. It's the inherent risk that attracts these riders, and if they couldn't get it through organised races, they'd get it elsewhere. The crowds are generally quite small and tend to be born into it, so it's not some form of Hunger Games mass entertainment.
But what it interests me more about the "it must be banned" brigade is learning just where thy will draw the line on what leisure pursuits are acceptable. Where is your tipping point for unacceptable levels of deaths in pursuit of leisure?
Will rallying be next? What about base jumping, or ski jumping? Deep sea diving, or deep cave diving?
Rock climbing? Boxing?
The road racing community only put themselves in danger through their activities. It's therefore none of my business, and I say let them at it.
Quote from: GJL on July 08, 2018, 12:34:57 PM
RIP Michael. Tragic stuff once again for the Dunlop family.
On the sport. It is bat shit crazy and dangerous in the extreme but nobody outside of the sport has ANY right to tell these guys how to live their lives. What they are doing is 100% legal and that is not going to change. If this is what they want to be at then that is their choice and nobody else's.
Quote from: GJL on July 08, 2018, 12:34:57 PM
RIP Michael. Tragic stuff once again for the Dunlop family.
On the sport. It is bat shit crazy and dangerous in the extreme but nobody outside of the sport has ANY right to tell these guys how to live their lives. What they are doing is 100% legal and that is not going to change. If this is what they want to be at then that is their choice and nobody else's.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on July 07, 2018, 11:49:28 PMIOM is different in a way, as it's a time trial rather than a race, so little or not overtaking, unlike the ones over here which are generally pure races.
Yeah. You're right there. I used to follow the sport in my younger days but it's haywire stuff. It's like what F1 was in the 1960s before Jackie Steward introduced safety as a priority. Isle of Man is a complete bloodbath. I think there was a guy Gene McDonald his name might have been, who got killed on the IOM when he hit a horse that had strayed onto the course. I know it's in their veins but would we make Russian Roulette legal just because people liked playing it?
Quote from: Windmill abu on July 08, 2018, 09:48:03 PMQuote from: GJL on July 08, 2018, 12:34:57 PM
RIP Michael. Tragic stuff once again for the Dunlop family.
On the sport. It is bat shit crazy and dangerous in the extreme but nobody outside of the sport has ANY right to tell these guys how to live their lives. What they are doing is 100% legal and that is not going to change. If this is what they want to be at then that is their choice and nobody else's.
+1
Why do people who are not involved in road racing or who don't know the unfortunate casualties of the sport want to ban a sport that has no connection with them?
Quote from: screenexile on July 09, 2018, 01:04:59 AMQuote from: Windmill abu on July 08, 2018, 09:48:03 PMQuote from: GJL on July 08, 2018, 12:34:57 PM
RIP Michael. Tragic stuff once again for the Dunlop family.
On the sport. It is bat shit crazy and dangerous in the extreme but nobody outside of the sport has ANY right to tell these guys how to live their lives. What they are doing is 100% legal and that is not going to change. If this is what they want to be at then that is their choice and nobody else's.
+1
Why do people who are not involved in road racing or who don't know the unfortunate casualties of the sport want to ban a sport that has no connection with them?
Yeah... just because you've no interest in road racing means you should be happy for people to die in the prime of their lives doing kamikaze shit!!
Next time a policeman pulls me over for not wearing a seatbelt I'll tell him to f**k off he doesnt understand the thrill I get from it and its none of his business!
Road bike racing is a f**king death wish and why it's still allowed in this day and age is beyond me. There are tracks for that kind of thing where deaths are much less common. 33 deaths in the Isle of Man and 11 in the North in the last decade.
But yeah anybody who doesn't understand bike racing shouldn't be allowed to comment on all the dying... wise up!!!
Quote from: GJL on July 10, 2018, 10:08:17 AMQuote from: screenexile on July 09, 2018, 01:04:59 AMQuote from: Windmill abu on July 08, 2018, 09:48:03 PMQuote from: GJL on July 08, 2018, 12:34:57 PM
RIP Michael. Tragic stuff once again for the Dunlop family.
On the sport. It is bat shit crazy and dangerous in the extreme but nobody outside of the sport has ANY right to tell these guys how to live their lives. What they are doing is 100% legal and that is not going to change. If this is what they want to be at then that is their choice and nobody else's.
+1
Why do people who are not involved in road racing or who don't know the unfortunate casualties of the sport want to ban a sport that has no connection with them?
Yeah... just because you've no interest in road racing means you should be happy for people to die in the prime of their lives doing kamikaze shit!!
Next time a policeman pulls me over for not wearing a seatbelt I'll tell him to f**k off he doesnt understand the thrill I get from it and it's none of his business!
Road bike racing is a f**king death wish and why it's still allowed in this day and age is beyond me. There are tracks for that kind of thing where deaths are much less common. 33 deaths in the Isle of Man and 11 in the North in the last decade.
But yeah anybody who doesn't understand bike racing shouldn't be allowed to comment on all the dying... wise up!!!
The policeman could rightly point out to you that not wearing a seat belt is against the law.
Road-racing however is completely legal and will remain so.
How many people have died whilst on a bicycle in Ireland in the same decade?
Quote from: longballin on July 10, 2018, 10:18:29 AMIt's about the rate, not the numbers.Quote from: GJL on July 10, 2018, 10:08:17 AMQuote from: screenexile on July 09, 2018, 01:04:59 AMQuote from: Windmill abu on July 08, 2018, 09:48:03 PMQuote from: GJL on July 08, 2018, 12:34:57 PM
RIP Michael. Tragic stuff once again for the Dunlop family.
On the sport. It is bat shit crazy and dangerous in the extreme but nobody outside of the sport has ANY right to tell these guys how to live their lives. What they are doing is 100% legal and that is not going to change. If this is what they want to be at then that is their choice and nobody else's.
+1
Why do people who are not involved in road racing or who don't know the unfortunate casualties of the sport want to ban a sport that has no connection with them?
Yeah... just because you've no interest in road racing means you should be happy for people to die in the prime of their lives doing kamikaze shit!!
Next time a policeman pulls me over for not wearing a seatbelt I'll tell him to f**k off he doesnt understand the thrill I get from it and it's none of his business!
Road bike racing is a f**king death wish and why it's still allowed in this day and age is beyond me. There are tracks for that kind of thing where deaths are much less common. 33 deaths in the Isle of Man and 11 in the North in the last decade.
But yeah anybody who doesn't understand bike racing shouldn't be allowed to comment on all the dying... wise up!!!
The policeman could rightly point out to you that not wearing a seat belt is against the law.
Road-racing however is completely legal and will remain so.
How many people have died whilst on a bicycle in Ireland in the same decade?
I would guess for the numbers out cycling every day compared to road racing the death rate per centage would be miniscule.
Quote from: hardstation on July 10, 2018, 10:22:47 AM
It's also a stupid argument. How many people have died while out for a walk? How many have died while sleeping?
Yes, people die doing all sorts of things but ffs driving a motorbike at 100mph around shitty roads is looking for it.
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on July 11, 2018, 03:31:41 AM
Lord Laird, prominent Ulster Scots campaigner.
Mey 'e reist a pace.
Quote from: Imposerous on July 11, 2018, 07:33:38 AMLOLQuote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on July 11, 2018, 03:31:41 AM
Lord Laird, prominent Ulster Scots campaigner.
Mey 'e reist a pace.
Seems to have been a bit of a character, or as he'd be described in his native tongue "a character ".
RIP
Quote from: Imposerous on July 11, 2018, 07:33:38 AMQuote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on July 11, 2018, 03:31:41 AM
Lord Laird, prominent Ulster Scots campaigner.
Mey 'e reist a pace.
Seems to have been a bit of a character, or as he'd be described in his native tongue "a character ".
RIP
Quote from: Orior on July 11, 2018, 11:05:04 AMQuote from: Imposerous on July 11, 2018, 07:33:38 AMQuote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on July 11, 2018, 03:31:41 AM
Lord Laird, prominent Ulster Scots campaigner.
Mey 'e reist a pace.
Seems to have been a bit of a character, or as he'd be described in his native tongue "a character ".
RIP
My memory of him is lecturing non-unionists who queried his fiddling of expenses etc with the line "I won't be lectured by anyone!"
Quote from: seafoid on July 11, 2018, 08:24:58 AMQuote from: Imposerous on July 11, 2018, 07:33:38 AMLOLQuote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on July 11, 2018, 03:31:41 AM
Lord Laird, prominent Ulster Scots campaigner.
Mey 'e reist a pace.
Seems to have been a bit of a character, or as he'd be described in his native tongue "a character ".
RIP
RIP all the same
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on July 11, 2018, 03:31:41 AM
Lord Laird, prominent Ulster Scots campaigner.
Mey 'e reist a pace.
Quote from: playwiththewind1st on July 12, 2018, 10:04:17 PMQuote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on July 11, 2018, 03:31:41 AM
Lord Laird, prominent Ulster Scots campaigner.
Mey 'e reist a pace.
Yeh...all the tributes glossed over his earlier career in Vanguard...a completely bitter ould ballix & that side of him is being airbrushed.
Quote from: thewobbler on July 12, 2018, 10:24:44 PMQuote from: playwiththewind1st on July 12, 2018, 10:04:17 PMQuote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on July 11, 2018, 03:31:41 AM
Lord Laird, prominent Ulster Scots campaigner.
Mey 'e reist a pace.
Yeh...all the tributes glossed over his earlier career in Vanguard...a completely bitter ould ballix & that side of him is being airbrushed.
Tell me. When McGuinness passed away, would you have hoped that those of a unionist persuasion concentrated their memories on his final 20 years, or the 20 previous?
Quote from: Ambrose on July 20, 2018, 02:56:50 PM
Condolences on the loss of your friend and drinking buddy Lord Laird, looks like you both had a lot in common.
Looks like Phil the Greek may be joining him if the rumours are to be believed, you should get a day off work for that one Dougie.
Quote from: Orior on July 20, 2018, 04:27:04 PMQuote from: Ambrose on July 20, 2018, 02:56:50 PM
Condolences on the loss of your friend and drinking buddy Lord Laird, looks like you both had a lot in common.
Looks like Phil the Greek may be joining him if the rumours are to be believed, you should get a day off work for that one Dougie.
When you're emptying the waste baskets in Buckingham Palace, please don't listen to anything you overhear and certainly don't post it on GAA Board without Ma'am's permission.
Quote from: ziggy90 on July 24, 2018, 06:34:20 AM
Paul Madeley, Leeds United legend aged 73.
RIP.
Quote from: Billys Boots on July 24, 2018, 09:26:14 AM
Played in every outfield position for Leeds, as I recall. RIP.
Quote from: Keyser soze on July 24, 2018, 10:28:05 AM
Was it him who suffered a broken arm in a cup final v Chelsea...197?
Quote from: AQMP on July 24, 2018, 10:58:43 AMQuote from: Keyser soze on July 24, 2018, 10:28:05 AM
Was it him who suffered a broken arm in a cup final v Chelsea...197?
No, if memory serves me right that was Mick Jones in 1970. I remember that because of the WC, the Cup Final was brought forward to mid April. The Horse of the Year Show had been on at Wembley the week before and the pitch was like a ploughed field!
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on July 24, 2018, 11:05:03 AMQuote from: AQMP on July 24, 2018, 10:58:43 AMQuote from: Keyser soze on July 24, 2018, 10:28:05 AM
Was it him who suffered a broken arm in a cup final v Chelsea...197?
No, if memory serves me right that was Mick Jones in 1970. I remember that because of the WC, the Cup Final was brought forward to mid April. The Horse of the Year Show had been on at Wembley the week before and the pitch was like a ploughed field!
I'm nearly sure it was the 1972 FA Cup Final. He damaged it crossing the ball in for Clarke's diving header. Think he might have collided with a photographer. Had to be helped up to collect his winner's medal.
Quote from: Mourne Rover on July 24, 2018, 11:51:05 AM
Leeds won the FA Cup on the Saturday and only needed a point from their final league match away to Wolves to clinch the championship and complete the double. However, the FA forced Leeds to play the league fixture 48 hours after the cup final and, exhausted, they lost 2-1. It could not have happened today and would probably have ended up in the High Court if it had even been suggested. There were many other hard luck stories associated with the Leeds team of the era, but Madeley was one of the players who simply got on with his job and turned out wherever and whenever he was needed. He was of international class in practically every position and it is difficult to remember him ever having a poor game. They simply don't make them like him any more.
Quote from: Billys Boots on July 24, 2018, 01:21:21 PMQuote from: Mourne Rover on July 24, 2018, 11:51:05 AM
Leeds won the FA Cup on the Saturday and only needed a point from their final league match away to Wolves to clinch the championship and complete the double. However, the FA forced Leeds to play the league fixture 48 hours after the cup final and, exhausted, they lost 2-1. It could not have happened today and would probably have ended up in the High Court if it had even been suggested. There were many other hard luck stories associated with the Leeds team of the era, but Madeley was one of the players who simply got on with his job and turned out wherever and whenever he was needed. He was of international class in practically every position and it is difficult to remember him ever having a poor game. They simply don't make them like him any more.
Don't get me f*cking started. >:(
Quote from: Billys Boots on July 24, 2018, 01:21:21 PMCouldn't have put it better myself.Quote from: Mourne Rover on July 24, 2018, 11:51:05 AM
Leeds won the FA Cup on the Saturday and only needed a point from their final league match away to Wolves to clinch the championship and complete the double. However, the FA forced Leeds to play the league fixture 48 hours after the cup final and, exhausted, they lost 2-1. It could not have happened today and would probably have ended up in the High Court if it had even been suggested. There were many other hard luck stories associated with the Leeds team of the era, but Madeley was one of the players who simply got on with his job and turned out wherever and whenever he was needed. He was of international class in practically every position and it is difficult to remember him ever having a poor game. They simply don't make them like him any more.
Don't get me f*cking started. >:(
Quote from: Puckoon on July 24, 2018, 05:20:34 PM
Barry Eccles - former Omagh St Endas, Tyrone player. Lovely man, taken too soon. RIP Barry.
Quote from: ziggysego on July 24, 2018, 05:25:35 PMQuote from: Puckoon on July 24, 2018, 05:20:34 PM
Barry Eccles - former Omagh St Endas, Tyrone player. Lovely man, taken too soon. RIP Barry.
Barry is my cousin. Missing him so much. RIP
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Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart - professional wrestler
https://www.wwe.com/article/jim-the-anvil-neidhart-passes-away?sf195438526=1
QuoteBREAKING: Publicist for Aretha Franklin says the Queen of Soul died Thursday at her home in Detroit.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 16, 2018, 03:06:40 PMHer work was always top notch
Sad.
She was a great performer. Shone in The Blues Brothers.
Say a Little Prayer boys and girls.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 16, 2018, 03:06:40 PM
Sad.
She was a great performer. Shone in The Blues Brothers.
Say a Little Prayer boys and girls.
Quote from: mrdeeds on August 05, 2018, 08:50:24 AM
Barry chuckle of the chuckle brothers has died. So now it's just to me.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 18, 2018, 11:07:18 AM
Kofi Annan - former World Boss.
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on August 23, 2018, 09:22:02 PM
Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dead at 68, co-writer of 'Sweet home Alabama'.
Quote from: Orior on August 20, 2018, 04:03:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on August 05, 2018, 08:50:24 AM
Barry chuckle of the chuckle brothers has died. So now it's just to me.
Forgot to post this...
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Quote from: BennyCake on August 23, 2018, 09:45:10 PMQuote from: Orior on August 20, 2018, 04:03:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on August 05, 2018, 08:50:24 AM
Barry chuckle of the chuckle brothers has died. So now it's just to me.
Forgot to post this...
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Is it just me or does it look like yer woman is holding a pint glass with a c**k in it?
I thought maybe they were attending a naughty award ceremony of some sort.
Quote from: BennyCake on August 23, 2018, 09:45:10 PMQuote from: Orior on August 20, 2018, 04:03:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on August 05, 2018, 08:50:24 AM
Barry chuckle of the chuckle brothers has died. So now it's just to me.
Forgot to post this...
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Is it just me or does it look like yer woman is holding a pint glass with a c**k in it?
I thought maybe they were attending a naughty award ceremony of some sort.
Quote from: BennyCake on August 23, 2018, 09:45:10 PMQuote from: Orior on August 20, 2018, 04:03:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on August 05, 2018, 08:50:24 AM
Barry chuckle of the chuckle brothers has died. So now it's just to me.
Forgot to post this...
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Is it just me or does it look like yer woman is holding a pint glass with a c**k in it?
I thought maybe they were attending a naughty award ceremony of some sort.
Quote from: gallsman on August 24, 2018, 08:48:06 AMQuote from: BennyCake on August 23, 2018, 09:45:10 PMQuote from: Orior on August 20, 2018, 04:03:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on August 05, 2018, 08:50:24 AM
Barry chuckle of the chuckle brothers has died. So now it's just to me.
Forgot to post this...
(https://www.unilad.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/UNILAD-solita27011.jpg)
Is it just me or does it look like yer woman is holding a pint glass with a c**k in it?
I thought maybe they were attending a naughty award ceremony of some sort.
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Quote from: Owen Brannigan on August 23, 2018, 09:25:24 PMQuote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on August 23, 2018, 09:22:02 PM
Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dead at 68, co-writer of 'Sweet home Alabama'.
Is that all of the original group gone and most of them tragically?
Quote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on August 24, 2018, 04:15:01 PMQuote from: Owen Brannigan on August 23, 2018, 09:25:24 PMQuote from: Fiodoir Ard Mhacha on August 23, 2018, 09:22:02 PM
Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dead at 68, co-writer of 'Sweet home Alabama'.
Is that all of the original group gone and most of them tragically?
Gary Rossington, surviving member of the original band.
Quote from: Puckoon on August 26, 2018, 01:32:50 AMTrump
Senator John McCain dead at 81.
Quote from: seafoid on September 06, 2018, 11:59:44 AM
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/dolores-o-riordan-died-by-drowning-due-to-alcohol-intoxication-inquest-told-1.362036
Cranberries frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan died in January by drowning due to alcohol intoxication, an inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court has heard.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 06, 2018, 12:19:41 PMDesperately sad with 3 kids especiallyQuote from: seafoid on September 06, 2018, 11:59:44 AM
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/dolores-o-riordan-died-by-drowning-due-to-alcohol-intoxication-inquest-told-1.362036
Cranberries frontwoman Dolores O'Riordan died in January by drowning due to alcohol intoxication, an inquest at Westminster Coroner's Court has heard.
Terrible waste. Went out like Whitney Houston more or less.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 06, 2018, 08:11:29 PM
Sad that Burts passed on, he did a lot of corny shit but some decent films
Sharkys Machine, The End, Deliverance, the bandit and Cannonball films and of course Boogie nights!
Quote from: Captain Obvious on September 06, 2018, 08:56:28 PMWas in the remake as well in 2005.
Burt was good in the Longest Yard 1974 film
Quote from: LooseCannon on September 06, 2018, 09:07:28 PMDidn't care much for that film, might have been better if Adam Sandler wasn't in it.Quote from: Captain Obvious on September 06, 2018, 08:56:28 PMWas in the remake as well in 2005.
Burt was good in the Longest Yard 1974 film
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 06, 2018, 10:01:28 PM
Smokey and the Bandit was a great film. Has aged terribly but still.
RIP Burt
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 06, 2018, 10:01:28 PM
Smokey and the Bandit was a great film. Has aged terribly but still.
RIP Burt
Quote from: TabClear on September 07, 2018, 11:29:46 AMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on September 06, 2018, 10:01:28 PM
Smokey and the Bandit was a great film. Has aged terribly but still.
RIP Burt
One of my all time favourites. You used to be guaranteed it would be on at least twice a year on Saturday and was essential viewing.
RIP Burt
Quote from: bridgegael on September 14, 2018, 10:12:17 PM
Enzo Calzaghe, father of boxer Joe and a fine trainer in his own right.
Quote from: Ambrose on September 17, 2018, 11:33:26 AMQuote from: bridgegael on September 14, 2018, 10:12:17 PM
Enzo Calzaghe, father of boxer Joe and a fine trainer in his own right.
He remains seriously ill in hospital, but hasn't passed away as yet.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 17, 2018, 11:37:02 AM
Kevin Beattie - Ipswich footballer from the 70s.
Quote from: ziggy90 on September 17, 2018, 01:17:18 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on September 17, 2018, 11:37:02 AM
Kevin Beattie - Ipswich footballer from the 70s.
Great defender who never really got his due. RIP.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on September 19, 2018, 08:00:08 AM
Denis Norden aged 96
Quote from: BennyCake on September 19, 2018, 09:50:34 AMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on September 19, 2018, 08:00:08 AM
Denis Norden aged 96
I thought he was long dead.
Quote from: seafoid on September 20, 2018, 08:13:48 AM
Bunny Carr. Stop the lights
Quote from: moysider on September 27, 2018, 10:03:07 PM
James Lawton. Great sports writer.
Quote from: ziggysego on October 01, 2018, 12:34:48 PM
'Rainbow' Presenter Geoffrey Hayes Dies At 76
Quote from: Insane Bolt on October 01, 2018, 01:46:38 PMNamed entertainer of the century by CNN in 1998
Charles Aznavour
Quote from: laoislad on October 07, 2018, 03:03:27 PM
Emma Mhic Mhathúna, one of the most public figures in the Cervical Check crisis, has died aged 37 in Co Kerry
Quote from: laoislad on October 11, 2018, 12:12:28 PM
Doug Ellis.
Quote from: Boycey on October 11, 2018, 12:35:36 PMQuote from: laoislad on October 11, 2018, 12:12:28 PM
Doug Ellis.
Deadly..
Quote from: mrdeeds on October 14, 2018, 07:13:00 PM
Peter Brackley
Quote from: omaghjoe on October 19, 2018, 11:26:10 PM
Patsy Dan Rodgers 74
King of Tory
RIP
Quote from: omaghjoe on October 19, 2018, 11:26:10 PMA fixture on the island
Patsy Dan Rodgers 74
King of Tory
RIP
Quote from: omaghjoe on October 19, 2018, 11:26:10 PM
Patsy Dan Rodgers 74
King of Tory
RIP
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on October 30, 2018, 05:07:54 PM
James 'Whitey' Bulger. Finally caught up with him.
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on October 30, 2018, 05:07:54 PM
James 'Whitey' Bulger. Finally caught up with him.
Quote from: mouview on October 30, 2018, 10:16:16 PMQuote from: Jeepers Creepers on October 30, 2018, 05:07:54 PM
James 'Whitey' Bulger. Finally caught up with him.
Isn't Scorcese's upcoming 'The Irishman' based on Bulger's life?
Quote from: seafoid on November 08, 2018, 06:03:13 AM
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
https://youtu.be/I0XHs2k5CMY
Quote from: Cunny Funt on November 12, 2018, 12:37:39 AM
Paddy Clarke https://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2018/1111/1010248-louth-paddy-clarke/
Quote from: Oraisteach on November 12, 2018, 08:02:44 PM
Douglas Rain — voice of Hal, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on November 15, 2018, 01:52:55 PMOne of those names from Telly in the 80s like Hal Roach.
Ah - Sonny Knowles was as Dubbelin as coddle and bikes in the canal.
RIP
Quote from: seafoid on November 15, 2018, 02:05:58 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on November 15, 2018, 01:52:55 PMOne of those names from Telly in the 80s like Hal Roach.
Ah - Sonny Knowles was as Dubbelin as coddle and bikes in the canal.
RIP
A Dub version of Sacha Distel minus the tan.
Would he have been the same vintage as Joe Dolan? Joe's stuff is still quite popular on YouTube
Quote from: Tatler Jack on November 16, 2018, 12:07:34 PMRIP Alec.
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/1116/1011338-de-dannann-co-founder-alec-finn-dies-aged-74/
Alec Finn of De Dannan fame.
Quote from: BennyCake on November 18, 2018, 11:50:49 AM
Actor John Bluthal, 89.
Best known for playing Frank Pickle in The Vicar of Dibley.
Quote from: Cunny Funt on November 18, 2018, 01:40:00 PMThis is really sad news. Since Micheal O'Muircheartaigh's retirement, Weeshie had been perhaps the greatest, most authentic GAA voice on the airwaves anywhere in Ireland.
Legendary Kerry Broadcaster Weeshie Fogarty.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 02, 2018, 11:52:55 PM
Paul Sherwen.
Quote from: maddog on December 03, 2018, 08:48:14 AMI don't think it has been mentioned. Died at home in Uganda apparently.Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 02, 2018, 11:52:55 PM
Paul Sherwen.
Wonder what happened there ? Sad news.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 06, 2018, 10:43:22 AM
Dónall Farmer
Played Fr. Devereux in Glenroe.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on December 06, 2018, 09:02:59 PMThey made some 3 minute crackers.
Pete Shelley lead singer with The Buzzcocks
Quote from: Tatler Jack on December 03, 2018, 07:01:22 AM
Legendary Donegal fiddle player Vincent Campbell
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10155901837086709&id=106873381708
https://youtu.be/E0K2uh3A5dc
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 06, 2018, 09:49:48 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on December 06, 2018, 09:02:59 PMThey made some 3 minute crackers.
Pete Shelley lead singer with The Buzzcocks
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on December 06, 2018, 09:02:59 PM
Pete Shelley lead singer with The Buzzcocks
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on December 14, 2018, 09:06:31 AM
Sondra Locke
Clint Eastwood's leading female of choice in his mid 1970s semi-comedy fillums.
Aged 74 from cancer.
(She took him to the cleaners as well if I recall)
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 14, 2018, 09:11:11 AMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on December 14, 2018, 09:06:31 AM
Sondra Locke
Clint Eastwood's leading female of choice in his mid 1970s semi-comedy fillums.
Aged 74 from cancer.
(She took him to the cleaners as well if I recall)
Was a strange couple
Quote from: clarshack on December 29, 2018, 11:32:11 PM
Just seen news about Scott Doran former Wexford footballer. Only 44. RIP.
Quote from: J70 on January 03, 2019, 06:01:05 PMSuper in Curb Your Enthusiasm. RIP big man.
Bob Einstein, who hilariously played Marty Funkhouser in Curb Your Enthusiasm.
https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/bob-einstein-best-marty-funkhouser-scene-curb-your-enthusiasm-774201/ (https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-news/bob-einstein-best-marty-funkhouser-scene-curb-your-enthusiasm-774201/)
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on January 07, 2019, 10:01:48 AM
Eric Haydock from The Hollies
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on January 19, 2019, 12:32:03 PM
Windsor Davies aged 88
Quote from: Boycey on January 19, 2019, 12:55:04 PMIt would be considered very politically incorrect nowadays.
As a kid I could never understand what was supposed to be funny about It Ain't Half Hot Mum and I'd say it hasn't aged well either.
Quote from: thebuzz on January 19, 2019, 07:38:07 PMQuote from: Boycey on January 19, 2019, 12:55:04 PMIt would be considered very politically incorrect nowadays.
As a kid I could never understand what was supposed to be funny about It Ain't Half Hot Mum and I'd say it hasn't aged well either.
Quote from: stephenite on January 25, 2019, 02:10:07 AM
Hugh McIlvanney RIP
Quote from: thebuzz on January 19, 2019, 07:38:07 PMIt was on a hiding to nothing as it came after Dad's Army. I found it reasonably funny. Problem nowadays is that we're so politically correct there are no good sitcoms on TV any more. Ironic that the liberals who promote freedom of expression are actually strangling it with their political correctness. We're being forced further and further down a puritanical roadQuote from: Boycey on January 19, 2019, 12:55:04 PMIt would be considered very politically incorrect nowadays.
As a kid I could never understand what was supposed to be funny about It Ain't Half Hot Mum and I'd say it hasn't aged well either.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on January 25, 2019, 05:39:19 PMQuote from: thebuzz on January 19, 2019, 07:38:07 PMIt was on a hiding to nothing as it came after Dad's Army. I found it reasonably funny. Problem nowadays is that we're so politically correct there are no good sitcoms on TV any more. Ironic that the liberals who promote freedom of expression are actually strangling it with their political correctness. We're being forced further and further down a puritanical roadQuote from: Boycey on January 19, 2019, 12:55:04 PMIt would be considered very politically incorrect nowadays.
As a kid I could never understand what was supposed to be funny about It Ain't Half Hot Mum and I'd say it hasn't aged well either.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on January 25, 2019, 10:36:20 PM
Just gave my opinion chief. You're quoting a pretty extreme show there but as with all shows of that nature the bigot was always the idiot and the joke was always on him.
Quote from: Boycey on January 25, 2019, 10:48:11 PM
Alf Garnett was a bigot but he was brilliantly funny...
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on January 25, 2019, 10:36:20 PM
Just gave my opinion chief. You're quoting a pretty extreme show there but as with all shows of that nature the bigot was always the idiot and the joke was always on him.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on February 01, 2019, 10:13:46 AM
Comedian Jeremy Hardy, aged 57. A very funny and socially aware man. I met him once at a fundraiser for the Robert Hamill campaign in a community centre in Portadown.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/01/comedian-jeremy-hardy-dies-of-cancer-aged-57?CMP=fb_gu
Quote from: AZOffaly on February 12, 2019, 11:14:35 AM
Ah no. What a save that was from Pele that time. RIP.
Quote from: Insane Bolt on February 12, 2019, 09:53:38 AM
Gordon Banks R.I.P.
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on February 12, 2019, 11:53:12 AMQuote from: Insane Bolt on February 12, 2019, 09:53:38 AM
Gordon Banks R.I.P.
Very sorry to hear this news. One of the all time greats.
The save from Pele was probably my all time favourite non GAA sporting moment.
May He Rest In Peace.
Quote from: Armamike on February 12, 2019, 12:18:32 PM
John Morrison RIP. Former county manager. GAA innovator.
Quote from: Orior on February 12, 2019, 12:28:02 PMBig shock that. His rattling of Pillar in the AISF was GAA comedy gold!Quote from: Armamike on February 12, 2019, 12:18:32 PM
John Morrison RIP. Former county manager. GAA innovator.
RIP
Quote from: Armamike on February 12, 2019, 12:18:32 PM
John Morrison RIP. Former county manager. GAA innovator.
Quote from: Billys Boots on February 12, 2019, 11:24:46 AMFirst thing I thought of also. He played for St Pat's once if I'm not mistaken.Quote from: AZOffaly on February 12, 2019, 11:14:35 AM
Ah no. What a save that was from Pele that time. RIP.
First thing that came into my head. RIP.
Quote from: laoislad on February 12, 2019, 04:12:59 PMQuote from: Billys Boots on February 12, 2019, 11:24:46 AMFirst thing I thought of also. He played for St Pat's once if I'm not mistaken.Quote from: AZOffaly on February 12, 2019, 11:14:35 AM
Ah no. What a save that was from Pele that time. RIP.
First thing that came into my head. RIP.
Quote from: Ambrose on February 18, 2019, 02:23:11 PMJim Bob beat you by 3 days with that one.
John Stalker, the man who led a major inquiry into an alleged state "shoot to kill" policy in the north of Ireland during The Troubles, has died aged 79, his family announced.
Quote from: gallsman on February 18, 2019, 04:44:47 PM
Sold a good few retractable awnings too, if I recall
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 21, 2019, 04:40:36 PM
Peter Tork - The Monkees
Aged 77
Quote from: Dolph1 on February 25, 2019, 11:11:22 PM
Mark Hollis - singer/songwriter and Talk Talk frontman aged 64.
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on February 26, 2019, 08:47:41 AMQuote from: Dolph1 on February 25, 2019, 11:11:22 PM
Mark Hollis - singer/songwriter and Talk Talk frontman aged 64.
Ah no! I am genuinely annoyed to hear this. Talk Talk were a great band - hugely underrated and gave me many hours of listening pleasure. A great talent gone too early.
Rest In Peace.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on February 28, 2019, 08:11:00 PM
Andre Preview 😉
Quote from: BennyHarp on March 01, 2019, 08:34:07 PM
Eusebio Pedroza - the man Barry McGuigan best to win the world title.
Quote from: Over the Bar on March 01, 2019, 09:31:25 PMQuote from: BennyHarp on March 01, 2019, 08:34:07 PM
Eusebio Pedroza - the man Barry McGuigan best to win the world title.
RIP. Classy fighter
Quote from: mrdeeds on March 04, 2019, 11:24:39 AMSeen The Prodigy in the Point depot , would've been '98 , unbelievable live , he was class , at the absolute peak of their powers and they were f**king outstanding that night
Keith Flint aged 49.
Quote from: Rudi on March 04, 2019, 11:26:13 AMSuicide in Flint's case.
What is it with all these famous music artists. Die very young.
Quote from: Hound on March 04, 2019, 02:42:11 PMQuote from: Rudi on March 04, 2019, 11:26:13 AMSuicide in Flint's case.
What is it with all these famous music artists. Die very young.
Quote from: BennyCake on March 04, 2019, 04:53:29 PMQuote from: Hound on March 04, 2019, 02:42:11 PMQuote from: Rudi on March 04, 2019, 11:26:13 AMSuicide in Flint's case.
What is it with all these famous music artists. Die very young.
Was that confirmed?
Quote from: mrdeeds on March 04, 2019, 05:15:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on March 04, 2019, 04:53:29 PMQuote from: Hound on March 04, 2019, 02:42:11 PMQuote from: Rudi on March 04, 2019, 11:26:13 AMSuicide in Flint's case.
What is it with all these famous music artists. Die very young.
Was that confirmed?
Seems to be yeah. Saw them at witness in 2002.
Quote from: mrdeeds on March 04, 2019, 05:15:57 PMQuote from: BennyCake on March 04, 2019, 04:53:29 PMQuote from: Hound on March 04, 2019, 02:42:11 PMQuote from: Rudi on March 04, 2019, 11:26:13 AMSuicide in Flint's case.
What is it with all these famous music artists. Die very young.
Was that confirmed?
Seems to be yeah. Saw them at witness in 2002.
Quote from: BennyCake on March 04, 2019, 06:09:02 PM
Jaysus, that's no age.
Wasn't he Chandler's brother?
Quote from: Aristo 60 on March 08, 2019, 05:26:48 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47502183
Airwolf pilot Jan-Michael Vincent.
They don't make shows like that any more.
Quote from: Orior on March 08, 2019, 09:49:52 PMYou more a Blue Thunder man? Was a pretty cool name all the sameQuote from: Aristo 60 on March 08, 2019, 05:26:48 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47502183
Airwolf pilot Jan-Michael Vincent.
They don't make shows like that any more.
It was total crap. How many hours of airtime were wasted on his head in a helmet, listening to him speak on the radio and watching his eyes move left and right?
Quote from: Aristo 60 on March 08, 2019, 05:26:48 PM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-47502183
Airwolf pilot Jan-Michael Vincent.
They don't make shows like that any more.
Quote from: imtommygunn on March 14, 2019, 12:56:11 AM
This is old news. But stringfellow hawk from air wolf died on 10th February :(
Quote from: mrdeeds on March 14, 2019, 05:50:27 PMAs Pat would say, shit happens. RIP.
Pat Laffan. Famously Pat Mustard and Georgie Burgess.
Quote from: mrdeeds on March 14, 2019, 05:50:27 PM
Pat Laffan. Famously Pat Mustard and Georgie Burgess.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on March 14, 2019, 07:30:27 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on March 14, 2019, 05:50:27 PMAs Pat would say, shit happens. RIP.
Pat Laffan. Famously Pat Mustard and Georgie Burgess.
Quote from: APM on March 14, 2019, 11:54:31 PM
If I recall correctly, you were also a character in the show ...... Fr Benny Cake??
Quote from: oakleaflad on March 14, 2019, 09:22:37 AMQuite young to die in itself but especially since he seemed to have had that role for a long time, was there when I'd started watching it in the 90's. RIP.
Charlie Whiting: F1 race director dies aged 66
https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/47564762 (https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/47564762)
Quote from: Rossfan on April 08, 2019, 09:16:33 AMI don't think hes any relation to Eugene, Sean was a Ballymaguigan man originally and would have been in around the derry team in the 50s but dont think he featured in the 58 all Ireland , ( may have been on the panel)
Don't know. I think Sean would have been on the Derry 1958 team.
Quote from: mrdeeds on April 12, 2019, 09:03:11 PM
Miguel Delaney didn't have much time for him today.
Quote from: Mayo4Sam on April 16, 2019, 10:29:08 AMQuote from: mrdeeds on April 12, 2019, 09:03:11 PM
Miguel Delaney didn't have much time for him today.
Delaney was dead right, absolute racist, being a great footballer doesn't absolve you of that
Quote from: AZOffaly on April 16, 2019, 11:39:37 AMThe "coloured people" whom Smith considered his friends had started to "think like the white man," Smith said back then. The "white n****r" nickname Smith had for Gayle was "a compliment" - bestowed on him because Gayle had shown he would stand up to him.
Tommy Smith. His treatment of Howard Gayle is not the stuff of legend.
Quote from: BennyCake on April 16, 2019, 11:30:06 AMQuote from: Mayo4Sam on April 16, 2019, 10:29:08 AMQuote from: mrdeeds on April 12, 2019, 09:03:11 PM
Miguel Delaney didn't have much time for him today.
Delaney was dead right, absolute racist, being a great footballer doesn't absolve you of that
Who's this now?
Quote from: gallsman on April 16, 2019, 02:29:00 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 16, 2019, 11:30:06 AMQuote from: Mayo4Sam on April 16, 2019, 10:29:08 AMQuote from: mrdeeds on April 12, 2019, 09:03:11 PM
Miguel Delaney didn't have much time for him today.
Delaney was dead right, absolute racist, being a great footballer doesn't absolve you of that
Who's this now?
Former Sunday Tribune and current Independent (UK) football writer Miguel Delaney.
Quote from: johnnycool on April 16, 2019, 03:52:03 PMHe was at the right club then. 30 years on they defended the racist Suarez too.Quote from: gallsman on April 16, 2019, 02:29:00 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 16, 2019, 11:30:06 AMQuote from: Mayo4Sam on April 16, 2019, 10:29:08 AMQuote from: mrdeeds on April 12, 2019, 09:03:11 PM
Miguel Delaney didn't have much time for him today.
Delaney was dead right, absolute racist, being a great footballer doesn't absolve you of that
Who's this now?
Former Sunday Tribune and current Independent (UK) football writer Miguel Delaney.
Talking about Liverpool legend and one time racist, Tommy Smith.
Quote from: imtommygunn on April 19, 2019, 12:35:02 PM
They need more than to wise up. They need their asses sent to jail and they need to root out the leaders of whatever shitty organisation that is and make sure they are not brainwashing young people to follow in the footsteps of that shit.
Accidental killing they said. Accidental my arse.
RIP to the poor women who did nothing more than go to do her job. So sad and so infuriating.
(That's not directed at you tony but it boils my blood. A poor woman dead and for what then you look on Twitter and see nothing but cheap political point scoring with no respect for her at all. Sickening)
Quote from: ziggysego on April 23, 2019, 02:33:16 PM
I wrote this for my friend Lyra McKee who was murdered in Derry. :'(
http://www.mywayaccess.com/blog/lyra-mckee/
Quote from: ziggysego on April 23, 2019, 02:33:16 PM
I wrote this for my friend Lyra McKee who was murdered in Derry. :'(
http://www.mywayaccess.com/blog/lyra-mckee/
Quote from: imtommygunn on April 23, 2019, 03:57:11 PMQuote from: ziggysego on April 23, 2019, 02:33:16 PM
I wrote this for my friend Lyra McKee who was murdered in Derry. :'(
http://www.mywayaccess.com/blog/lyra-mckee/
Very well written ziggy. RIP :(
Quote from: ziggysego on April 23, 2019, 02:33:16 PM
I wrote this for my friend Lyra McKee who was murdered in Derry. :'(
http://www.mywayaccess.com/blog/lyra-mckee/
Quote from: orangeman on April 23, 2019, 11:03:03 PM+1.Quote from: ziggysego on April 23, 2019, 02:33:16 PM
I wrote this for my friend Lyra McKee who was murdered in Derry. :'(
http://www.mywayaccess.com/blog/lyra-mckee/
Fair play Ziggy.
Quote from: Rossfan on April 24, 2019, 01:07:05 AMQuote from: orangeman on April 23, 2019, 11:03:03 PM+1.Quote from: ziggysego on April 23, 2019, 02:33:16 PM
I wrote this for my friend Lyra McKee who was murdered in Derry. :'(
http://www.mywayaccess.com/blog/lyra-mckee/
Fair play Ziggy.
Quote from: ziggysego on April 23, 2019, 02:33:16 PM
I wrote this for my friend Lyra McKee who was murdered in Derry. :'(
http://www.mywayaccess.com/blog/lyra-mckee/
Quote from: rrhf on April 28, 2019, 01:45:51 PM
Why was that?
Quote from: BennyCake on April 28, 2019, 02:04:47 PMMcNeill also said he felt nervous having to receive the trophy standing at the edge of a concrete ledge, wearing football boots with 15 feet drop below. ;DQuote from: rrhf on April 28, 2019, 01:45:51 PM
Why was that?
Apparently fans invaded the pitch, and the Portuguese police felt it was unsafe if the players remained on the pitch. So McNeill climbed the steps himself, and hoisted the trophy but his teammates were in the dressing room, and didn't see it.
Quote from: Jim Bob on April 23, 2019, 11:44:10 AM
Billy McNeill. Celtic legend!!!
Quote from: Over the Bar on May 03, 2019, 12:15:38 AM
Chewbacca!
Quote from: Rossfan on May 05, 2019, 11:49:22 AMIn fuball
RIP Eugene McGee.
Last manager of a team that stopped a 5 in a row.
Quote from: seafoid on May 05, 2019, 01:37:50 PMQuote from: Rossfan on May 05, 2019, 11:49:22 AMIn fuball
RIP Eugene McGee.
Last manager of a team that stopped a 5 in a row.
Liam Sheedy stopped the cats in 2010
McGee was one of the great characters in the game. He was editor of the Longford Leader and wrote once regarding match reports that he had to write them every week and that most in the genre are shite.
He also wrote a famous editorial after Ann Lovett died
Quote
A lot of the matches are shite, but the worst of all is having to write the column in wintertime. I sit down every Saturday night and say, 'What am I going to write here?'. I'm 30 years writing columns now, for God's sake! And some of the stuff I write on Monday is pure shite.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on May 09, 2019, 10:08:51 PM
Freddy Starr
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on May 13, 2019, 02:11:26 PM
Doris Day aged 97
Quote from: playwiththewind1st on May 13, 2019, 07:23:18 PMJim hasn't needed his Pringle jumpers for quite a while.Quote from: Dougal Maguire on May 13, 2019, 02:11:26 PM
Doris Day aged 97
"Brigadier" Jim Gray??
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 13, 2019, 10:52:41 PM
The Day family thanks you all for your kind words at this sad time
Quote from: dec on May 14, 2019, 09:15:46 PM
ex Armagh manager Fr Sean Hegarty
http://www.irishnews.com/sport/gaafootball/2019/05/14/news/fr-sean-hegarty-a-true-gael-of-great-team-spirit-1619085/
Quote from: Tatler Jack on May 17, 2019, 08:59:22 AM
Great footballer. Think he was the Blue Panther
RIP.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on May 17, 2019, 08:57:32 AM
Anton O'Toole
Dubs of the 70s/80s
The Black Panther - RIP
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on May 21, 2019, 04:55:15 AMWon the title in 1984 by half a point over Prost, the closest ever winning margin. To be back racing at all after that crash was something never mind become champion twice more. RIP.Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on May 21, 2019, 04:10:39 AMA genuine legend in F1 racing. How he made a comeback after the horrific injuries he sustained at the Nuerbergring in 1976 was astonishing even for now let alone back then. Totally understandable how that crash might have caused him at the last Grand Prix of the year in Japan which was raced in a monsoon to go "f*ck this, it's too dangerous out there" and end up handing James Hunt the title. Seemed like a decent man, I know that he did a lot of F1 punditry for RTL television in Germany.
Niki Lauda ... 70
Quote from: BennyCake on June 01, 2019, 04:02:21 PM
Former Arsenal player Jose Antonio Reyes, 35.
Died in a car crash apparently.
Quote from: Cunny Funt on June 01, 2019, 04:13:25 PMQuote from: BennyCake on June 01, 2019, 04:02:21 PM
Former Arsenal player Jose Antonio Reyes, 35.
Died in a car crash apparently.
Only got married a few years ago and leaves 3 young children behind. RIP
Quote from: imtommygunn on June 08, 2019, 07:26:03 PM
Just reading that. Very sad.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on June 09, 2019, 09:33:11 PMJaysus, just got the news one minute ago an was checking here. Too bad the rumour I heard was true.
Pádraig Carney - the Flying Doctor. All Ireland winner in 1950/1951 Mayo teams. RIP.
Quote from: rrhf on June 09, 2019, 10:50:32 PMHe was living and working as a doctor in New York but still fogged out for Mayo so had to fly over for matches etc.
RIP.. Why was he called the flying doctor? Would Padraig be the last of the all Ireland medal winners in mayo?
Quote from: rrhf on June 09, 2019, 10:50:32 PM
RIP.. Why was he called the flying doctor? Would Padraig be the last of the all Ireland medal winners in mayo?
Quote from: rrhf on June 09, 2019, 10:50:32 PM
RIP.. Why was he called the flying doctor? Would Padraig be the last of the all Ireland medal winners in mayo?
Quote from: paddyjohn on June 26, 2019, 10:54:45 AM
Ivan Cooper ex civil rights activist and SDLP politician.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-45049734
Quote from: Hereiam on June 27, 2019, 12:30:30 PM
Them DUP friggers are bitter. Driving home yesterday and one of them was being interviewed on radio six counties (cant remember the name of the p***k) but he had to make the point 3 times that Ivan turned his back on the unionist people when he got involved with the civil rights movement. The man was trying to help both sides of the community but these pricks refuse to see that.
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on June 27, 2019, 11:16:50 AMQuote from: paddyjohn on June 26, 2019, 10:54:45 AM
Ivan Cooper ex civil rights activist and SDLP politician.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-45049734
Very sorry to hear this. A name synonymous with the Civil Rights movement. The fact that he was from a working class Protestant background significantly increased the personal risk of violence that he was open to. He therefore was willing to put his head above the parapet for others.
Rest In Peace.
Quote from: ziggy90 on June 27, 2019, 01:20:49 PMQuote from: Rufus T Firefly on June 27, 2019, 11:16:50 AMQuote from: paddyjohn on June 26, 2019, 10:54:45 AM
Ivan Cooper ex civil rights activist and SDLP politician.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-45049734
Very sorry to hear this. A name synonymous with the Civil Rights movement. The fact that he was from a working class Protestant background significantly increased the personal risk of violence that he was open to. He therefore was willing to put his head above the parapet for others.
Rest In Peace.
Well said.
RIP.
Quote from: Hereiam on June 27, 2019, 12:30:30 PM
Them DUP friggers are bitter. Driving home yesterday and one of them was being interviewed on radio six counties (cant remember the name of the p***k) but he had to make the point 3 times that Ivan turned his back on the unionist people when he got involved with the civil rights movement. The man was trying to help both sides of the community but these pricks refuse to see that.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on June 28, 2019, 05:12:29 PMIt was once said that you should never gloat in the deaths of others, not accusing you in the slightest Dougal by the way, but there will be some shte thrown out in the next few days if this is true.
It's being reported that Willie Frazer has died aged 58
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on June 28, 2019, 05:12:29 PM
It's being reported that Willie Frazer has died aged 58
Quote from: mrdeeds on June 28, 2019, 09:50:18 PM
Italian flags will be flying at half mast.
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on June 28, 2019, 10:43:36 PMAgree 100%
It best say nothing on this. I As we only let ourselves down.
Quote from: maddog on July 05, 2019, 11:07:05 AM
https://news.sky.com/story/racing-broadcaster-john-mccririck-dies-aged-79-racing-post-11757236 (https://news.sky.com/story/racing-broadcaster-john-mccririck-dies-aged-79-racing-post-11757236)
Quote from: armaghniac on July 01, 2019, 11:19:50 PM
Ireland's oldest person, Mary Coyne from Co Roscommon, has died at the age of 108.
Quote from: armaghniac on July 01, 2019, 11:19:50 PMIreland'sConnacht's oldest person, Mary Coyne from Co Roscommon, has died at the age of 108.
Quote from: Cunny Funt on July 10, 2019, 02:00:53 PM
Actor Rip Torn
Quote from: BennyHarp on July 10, 2019, 02:34:31 PM:D His headstone could prove confusing to some people.Quote from: Cunny Funt on July 10, 2019, 02:00:53 PM
Actor Rip Torn
RIP
Quote from: Cunny Funt on July 10, 2019, 02:00:53 PM
Actor Rip Torn
Quote from: mrdeeds on July 11, 2019, 12:08:09 AM
Some people saying that it's bull and he's still fighting.
Quote from: mrdeeds on July 10, 2019, 11:27:38 PM
Brendan Grace apparently.
Quote from: BennyCake on July 11, 2019, 09:52:44 AMQuote from: mrdeeds on July 10, 2019, 11:27:38 PM
Brendan Grace apparently.
"If you ever say that to me again, I'll put your head through the wall"., "A pair o' w**kers", and "Ya dirty fecker".
He had some of the best lines in Father Ted. Or maybe it was just how he delivered them.
Sad to hear.
RIP
Quote from: 93-DY-SAM on July 11, 2019, 09:57:07 AMQuote from: BennyCake on July 11, 2019, 09:52:44 AMQuote from: mrdeeds on July 10, 2019, 11:27:38 PM
Brendan Grace apparently.
"If you ever say that to me again, I'll put your head through the wall"., "A pair o' w**kers", and "Ya dirty fecker".
He had some of the best lines in Father Ted. Or maybe it was just how he delivered them.
Sad to hear.
RIP
"I've had my fun,and that's all that matters".
Quote from: 93-DY-SAM on July 11, 2019, 09:57:07 AMQuote from: BennyCake on July 11, 2019, 09:52:44 AMQuote from: mrdeeds on July 10, 2019, 11:27:38 PM
Brendan Grace apparently.
"If you ever say that to me again, I'll put your head through the wall"., "A pair o' w**kers", and "Ya dirty fecker".
He had some of the best lines in Father Ted. Or maybe it was just how he delivered them.
Sad to hear.
RIP
"I've had my fun,and that's all that matters".
Quote from: BennyCake on July 11, 2019, 02:47:24 PM
Was it Sinatra or Elvis or someone he knew personally? I remember him saying something about it a while back on TLLS.
Quote from: mrdeeds on July 10, 2019, 11:27:38 PMSad to hear that. He was only 68. Ceol n naingil go gcloisfidh sé
Brendan Grace apparently.
Quote from: BennyCake on July 11, 2019, 02:47:24 PM
Was it Sinatra or Elvis or someone he knew personally? I remember him saying something about it a while back on TLLS.
Quote from: Jim Bob on July 15, 2019, 08:50:41 PMQuote from: BennyCake on July 11, 2019, 02:47:24 PM
Was it Sinatra or Elvis or someone he knew personally? I remember him saying something about it a while back on TLLS.
! I see Fr Brian did Brendan Grace's requiem mass this morning
Seems to do a lot of Irish celebrity funerals!!!
Quote from: BennyHarp on July 15, 2019, 08:32:18 PM
Boxer Pernell "sweet pea" Whitaker.
Quote from: Boycey on July 15, 2019, 10:20:43 PMQuote from: Jim Bob on July 15, 2019, 08:50:41 PMQuote from: BennyCake on July 11, 2019, 02:47:24 PM
Was it Sinatra or Elvis or someone he knew personally? I remember him saying something about it a while back on TLLS.
! I see Fr Brian did Brendan Grace's requiem mass this morning
Seems to do a lot of Irish celebrity funerals!!!
He did the funeral mass for a friend of mines daughter a number of years back, there would be strong showbiz connections in the family. I thought he completely overdid the whole thing it almost felt like it was him that was bereaved. Never had time for him since
Quote from: Jim Bob on July 16, 2019, 11:12:36 PMHe does a great Mass....Quote from: Boycey on July 15, 2019, 10:20:43 PMQuote from: Jim Bob on July 15, 2019, 08:50:41 PMQuote from: BennyCake on July 11, 2019, 02:47:24 PM
Was it Sinatra or Elvis or someone he knew personally? I remember him saying something about it a while back on TLLS.
! I see Fr Brian did Brendan Grace's requiem mass this morning
Seems to do a lot of Irish celebrity funerals!!!
He did the funeral mass for a friend of mines daughter a number of years back, there would be strong showbiz connections in the family. I thought he completely overdid the whole thing it almost felt like it was him that was bereaved. Never had time for him since
And he did Penny's founder Arthur Ryan's funeral mass too .......
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on July 18, 2019, 04:43:54 PM
Mary Campbell died yesterday. She was originally from Fermanagh and a student at QUB in early 1980s and worked as a journalist and producer in print, BBC and RTE.
The following is a note from Managing Director of RTÉ News & Current Affairs, Jon Williams to staff:
I write with the saddest of news. As many of you know, this afternoon we learned that our friend, Mary Campbell, passed away this morning. Mary had been poorly for a short time, but typically, hadn't wanted any fuss as she underwent treatment. Mary was a real lady. Charming, with a smile for everyone. She died in the same, understated way she lived her life.
It's no exaggeration to say Mary was beloved in the newsroom. Originally from Fermanagh, Mary started working as a reporter in the mid 80's for the Irish News in Belfast and BBC Radio Ulster. She joined RTE as a producer on Radio 1's Pat Kenny show - and was the Producer in Charge of Pat's show and 5/7 Live. She moved to the BBC's Dublin Bureau in 1999 before rejoining RTE as a News Editor in 2005. In 2015 she became a Deputy Programme Editor, editing all the main TV programmes. It was always a reassuring sight to see Mary in the editor's chair: calm, organised and clear. A producer to the last, in recent weeks she'd begun to tell her friends and family about the extent of her illness and plan for the future. However, the end came faster than anyone thought.
In 2016, Mary recalled being part of RTE's coverage of the Good Friday Agreement for the "We were there. You were there" marketing campaign. She was incredibly proud of being a witness to history. We are incredibly proud she was one of our own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYgaQXVlqoE
Quote from: seafoid on July 24, 2019, 11:15:00 AM
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0724/1064924-danika-mcguigan/
Quote from: J70 on July 24, 2019, 11:17:15 AMQuote from: seafoid on July 24, 2019, 11:15:00 AM
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0724/1064924-danika-mcguigan/
30 years old... :'(
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 24, 2019, 09:19:04 PM
Rutger Hauer aged 75 - star of one of my favourite films.
https://youtu.be/NoAzpa1x7jU (https://youtu.be/NoAzpa1x7jU)
Quote from: square_ball on August 07, 2019, 09:54:34 PM
Tommy Breslin former Cliftonville manager RIP.
Quote from: under the bar on August 07, 2019, 10:04:30 PMQuote from: square_ball on August 07, 2019, 09:54:34 PM
Tommy Breslin former Cliftonville manager RIP.
Heart attack while on holiday it seems. Just 58. A legend RIP
Quote from: seafoid on August 07, 2019, 11:11:40 AM62.
Kate Holmquist, former Irish Times journalist
Quote from: Gmac on August 10, 2019, 07:40:35 PM
Jeffrey Epstein ,a lot of his accomplices sleeping better tonight I'm sure
Quote from: playwiththewind1st on August 10, 2019, 07:47:35 PMQuote from: Gmac on August 10, 2019, 07:40:35 PM
Jeffrey Epstein ,a lot of his accomplices sleeping better tonight I'm sure
The Duke of York wasn't there & categorically had nothing to do with any shenanigans that went on. According to the palace. That's that wrapped up then.
Quote from: Orior on August 10, 2019, 09:11:57 PMQuote from: playwiththewind1st on August 10, 2019, 07:47:35 PMQuote from: Gmac on August 10, 2019, 07:40:35 PM
Jeffrey Epstein ,a lot of his accomplices sleeping better tonight I'm sure
The Duke of York wasn't there & categorically had nothing to do with any shenanigans that went on. According to the palace. That's that wrapped up then.
Lol
Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 13, 2019, 09:58:04 AMVery sad case. Small consolation though it is but at least they have a body, (if it is her obviously)
Body found in the search for Nora Quoirin. Likely to be her.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on August 13, 2019, 09:58:04 AM
Body found in the search for Nora Quoirin. Likely to be her.
Quote from: laoislad on August 13, 2019, 02:05:48 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on August 13, 2019, 09:58:04 AMVery sad case. Small consolation though it is but at least they have a body, (if it is her obviously)
Body found in the search for Nora Quoirin. Likely to be her.
Quote from: JohnDenver on August 13, 2019, 02:30:42 PMQuote from: laoislad on August 13, 2019, 02:05:48 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on August 13, 2019, 09:58:04 AMVery sad case. Small consolation though it is but at least they have a body, (if it is her obviously)
Body found in the search for Nora Quoirin. Likely to be her.
Agree, an awful tragedy - but some small consolation as you say that they have found her when you think of the likes of the Maddie McCann case. Terribly sad.
Quote from: Hound on August 16, 2019, 10:26:26 AMQuote from: JohnDenver on August 13, 2019, 02:30:42 PMQuote from: laoislad on August 13, 2019, 02:05:48 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on August 13, 2019, 09:58:04 AMVery sad case. Small consolation though it is but at least they have a body, (if it is her obviously)
Body found in the search for Nora Quoirin. Likely to be her.
Agree, an awful tragedy - but some small consolation as you say that they have found her when you think of the likes of the Maddie McCann case. Terribly sad.
Seems like the police are saying she was wandering around lost in the jungle for days and foul play not suspected. She was still alive when the search efforts started it seems. Terribly sad.
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on August 16, 2019, 10:44:50 AMQuote from: Hound on August 16, 2019, 10:26:26 AMQuote from: JohnDenver on August 13, 2019, 02:30:42 PMQuote from: laoislad on August 13, 2019, 02:05:48 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on August 13, 2019, 09:58:04 AMVery sad case. Small consolation though it is but at least they have a body, (if it is her obviously)
Body found in the search for Nora Quoirin. Likely to be her.
Agree, an awful tragedy - but some small consolation as you say that they have found her when you think of the likes of the Maddie McCann case. Terribly sad.
Seems like the police are saying she was wandering around lost in the jungle for days and foul play not suspected. She was still alive when the search efforts started it seems. Terribly sad.
I would say there are still a few question marks surrounding this case.
Quote from: ziggy90 on September 06, 2019, 06:10:05 AM
The BBC are reporting the death of Robert Mugabe.
RIP.
Quote from: ziggy90 on September 06, 2019, 06:10:05 AM
The BBC are reporting the death of Robert Mugabe.
RIP.
Quote from: mrdeeds on September 06, 2019, 07:25:04 AMQuote from: ziggy90 on September 06, 2019, 06:10:05 AM
The BBC are reporting the death of Robert Mugabe.
RIP.
Is that a RIP comment death?
Quote from: Denn Forever on September 06, 2019, 10:52:02 AM
RIP implies that he goes to heaven. What ya think?
Quote from: omaghjoe on September 06, 2019, 07:22:42 PM4 dead now from that team. What happened poor Chester I wonder ?
Chester Williams - 49.
One of the first black Springboks and the only (i think) on the 95 RWC winning team
Quote from: Hound on September 06, 2019, 09:58:17 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on September 06, 2019, 07:22:42 PM4 dead now from that team. What happened poor Chester I wonder ?
Chester Williams - 49.
One of the first black Springboks and the only (i think) on the 95 RWC winning team
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on September 07, 2019, 08:22:25 AMQuote from: Hound on September 06, 2019, 09:58:17 PMQuote from: omaghjoe on September 06, 2019, 07:22:42 PM4 dead now from that team. What happened poor Chester I wonder ?
Chester Williams - 49.
One of the first black Springboks and the only (i think) on the 95 RWC winning team
The scrum half van der Westhuizen and who else?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on September 07, 2019, 08:31:35 AM
One of them died from a brain tumour years ago so he must have been very young.
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on September 18, 2019, 11:49:16 AM
Fernando Ricksen. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49740638) Taken away at a very young age, but I'd imagine his passing is a release for the fella, given the nature of his illness.
Rest In Peace.
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on September 18, 2019, 11:49:16 AM
Fernando Ricksen. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49740638) Taken away at a very young age, but I'd imagine his passing is a release for the fella, given the nature of his illness.
Rest In Peace.
Quote from: tiempo on September 18, 2019, 11:57:22 AMQuote from: Rufus T Firefly on September 18, 2019, 11:49:16 AM
Fernando Ricksen. (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49740638) Taken away at a very young age, but I'd imagine his passing is a release for the fella, given the nature of his illness.
Rest In Peace.
Wouldn't be too arsed about the Celtic Rangers fandango but he played in the last decent era of Scottish football and was a constant thorn in Celtics side, remember hating him with a passion just because of the way he got results, but have to say watching his illness play out has been gutwrenching and put a new perspective on things for me, no-one deserves that and God love him and his family. Was great to see the 2 sides of Glasgow come together in support of him in recent times. Indeed I would imagine it'll be a relief to the poor fella that his suffering is over. RIP
Quote from: ziggysego on September 20, 2019, 04:30:14 PM
Retired Bishop of Derry and former Bishop of Raphoe, the Most Rev Dr Seamus Hegarty in Letterkenny Hospital this afternoon.
Quote from: Dire Ear on October 02, 2019, 12:49:12 PMThe Anne Robinson video is class. Funny man.
Former BBC and ITN newsreader, and Question Time presenter, Peter Sissons has died aged 77
Quote from: paddyjohn on October 09, 2019, 02:57:52 PM
Eamonn Burns, former Down Footballer.
Quote from: BennyCake on October 09, 2019, 03:28:41 PMQuote from: paddyjohn on October 09, 2019, 02:57:52 PM
Eamonn Burns, former Down Footballer.
The recent manager Eamonn Burns???
Quote from: paddyjohn on October 09, 2019, 03:48:09 PMQuote from: BennyCake on October 09, 2019, 03:28:41 PMQuote from: paddyjohn on October 09, 2019, 02:57:52 PM
Eamonn Burns, former Down Footballer.
The recent manager Eamonn Burns???
Yeah.
Quote from: paddyjohn on October 09, 2019, 03:48:09 PMQuote from: BennyCake on October 09, 2019, 03:28:41 PMQuote from: paddyjohn on October 09, 2019, 02:57:52 PM
Eamonn Burns, former Down Footballer.
The recent manager Eamonn Burns???
Yeah.
Quote from: BennyCake on October 09, 2019, 03:55:26 PMQuote from: paddyjohn on October 09, 2019, 03:48:09 PMQuote from: BennyCake on October 09, 2019, 03:28:41 PMQuote from: paddyjohn on October 09, 2019, 02:57:52 PM
Eamonn Burns, former Down Footballer.
The recent manager Eamonn Burns???
Yeah.
Jaysus that's shocking. Was it sudden?
Quote from: BennyCake on October 09, 2019, 03:28:41 PMYes as recent as last year. Goes to show how short life can be sometimes Rip.Quote from: paddyjohn on October 09, 2019, 02:57:52 PM
Eamonn Burns, former Down Footballer.
The recent manager Eamonn Burns???
Quote from: clarshack on October 09, 2019, 04:08:09 PM
just thinking he would have been with the down jubilee team at this year's all-ireland final only a few weeks ago. shocking.
Quote from: Blowitupref on October 09, 2019, 04:13:23 PMQuote from: BennyCake on October 09, 2019, 03:28:41 PMYes as recent as last year. Goes to show how short life can be sometimes Rip.Quote from: paddyjohn on October 09, 2019, 02:57:52 PM
Eamonn Burns, former Down Footballer.
The recent manager Eamonn Burns???
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on November 04, 2019, 02:53:27 PM
Gay Byrne.
Whatever you made of him, he was a national institution. He'll be missed.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on November 04, 2019, 03:03:19 PMIn fairness Shamrock we all tend to become more conservative as we get older. Obviously a young whipper snapper like yourself wouldn't have reached that point yet but with just 12 months of my 50s to go I've been there for a few years now.
Gaybo dragged Ireland into the 19th Century on his own.
He seemed to get more conservative as he got older..........or maybe it was cos Ireland passed him out.
But he was top of his profession and Ireland owes him a debt.
RIP
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on November 04, 2019, 02:53:27 PM
Gay Byrne.
Whatever you made of him, he was a national institution. He'll be missed.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on November 04, 2019, 03:23:45 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on November 04, 2019, 03:03:19 PMIn fairness Shamrock we all tend to become more conservative as we get older. Obviously a young whipper snapper like yourself wouldn't have reached that point yet but with just 12 months of my 50s to go I've been there for a few years now.
Gaybo dragged Ireland into the 19th Century on his own.
He seemed to get more conservative as he got older..........or maybe it was cos Ireland passed him out.
But he was top of his profession and Ireland owes him a debt.
RIP
Quote from: macdanger2 on November 04, 2019, 09:16:58 PM
RIP Gaybo
Not to be uncharitable but is it being a bit overdone in the media? Radio 1, newstalk and today fm had all of their 5-7pm shows dedicated to him, the 9pm news is ~50% about him. I appreciate it's sad for his family and friends but a bit overboard imo.
Quote from: Owen Brannigan on November 04, 2019, 08:15:10 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on November 04, 2019, 03:23:45 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on November 04, 2019, 03:03:19 PMIn fairness Shamrock we all tend to become more conservative as we get older. Obviously a young whipper snapper like yourself wouldn't have reached that point yet but with just 12 months of my 50s to go I've been there for a few years now.
Gaybo dragged Ireland into the 19th Century on his own.
He seemed to get more conservative as he got older..........or maybe it was cos Ireland passed him out.
But he was top of his profession and Ireland owes him a debt.
RIP
+1
However, I am actively doing my best to stop the movement to the right.
Quote from: Rossfan on November 04, 2019, 11:46:31 PM
RIP Gaybo.
The supreme Professional broadcaster/presenter (except for the Annie Murphy interview).
Quote from: BennyCake on November 05, 2019, 01:03:39 AMQuote from: Rossfan on November 04, 2019, 11:46:31 PM
RIP Gaybo.
The supreme Professional broadcaster/presenter (except for the Annie Murphy interview).
And the Gerry Adams ambush.
Quote from: From the Bunker on November 05, 2019, 01:24:29 AMThe Gerry ambush backfired so well that it made for great TV though.Quote from: BennyCake on November 05, 2019, 01:03:39 AMQuote from: Rossfan on November 04, 2019, 11:46:31 PM
RIP Gaybo.
The supreme Professional broadcaster/presenter (except for the Annie Murphy interview).
And the Gerry Adams ambush.
Gerry had had plenty of Senior Hurling experience at that stage. Annie on the other hand hadn't even played Junior B up to her appearance.
Quote from: Baile an tuaigh on November 05, 2019, 03:03:47 AM
https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/raymond-parke-uvf-suspect-in-brutal-murder-of-quinn-boys-is-found-drowned-38657059.html
Quote from: dec on November 05, 2019, 09:21:59 PM
Fr. Des Wilson
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/peacemaking-belfast-priest-fr-des-wilson-dies-aged-94-1.4073563
Quote from: Rossfan on November 13, 2019, 11:53:24 AM
RIP.
One of the best.
Quote from: GJL on November 15, 2019, 09:46:29 AMHoax apparently
Rumours that Mike Tyson has been found dead in his house. Not sure how true!
Quote from: GJL on November 15, 2019, 09:46:29 AM
Rumours that Mike Tyson has been found dead in his house. Not sure how true!
Quote from: lurganblue on November 15, 2019, 10:01:51 AMMay have got the same whatsapp.Def nothing to do with Mike Tyson ;DQuote from: GJL on November 15, 2019, 09:46:29 AM
Rumours that Mike Tyson has been found dead in his house. Not sure how true!
Got sent that link on whatsapp too. Opened it.... lets just say it wasn't a related article ;)
Quote from: SamFever on November 15, 2019, 10:05:27 AMQuote from: lurganblue on November 15, 2019, 10:01:51 AMMay have got the same whatsapp.Def nothing to do with Mike Tyson ;DQuote from: GJL on November 15, 2019, 09:46:29 AM
Rumours that Mike Tyson has been found dead in his house. Not sure how true!
Got sent that link on whatsapp too. Opened it.... lets just say it wasn't a related article ;)
Quote from: maddog on November 27, 2019, 04:13:48 PM
Clive James aged 80
Quote from: Rois on December 01, 2019, 10:56:29 PM
Twitter rumours tonight about a very significant death, all stemming from a screen grab from a WhatsApp group with an interesting profile pic.
Quote from: Rois on December 01, 2019, 10:56:29 PM
Twitter rumours tonight about a very significant death, all stemming from a screen grab from a WhatsApp group with an interesting profile pic.
Quote from: Rois on December 01, 2019, 10:56:29 PM
Twitter rumours tonight about a very significant death, all stemming from a screen grab from a WhatsApp group with an interesting profile pic.
Quote from: Orior on December 02, 2019, 09:10:47 AMI was waiting for the newsflash at 9.30 this morning and nothing has come through.Quote from: Rois on December 01, 2019, 10:56:29 PM
Twitter rumours tonight about a very significant death, all stemming from a screen grab from a WhatsApp group with an interesting profile pic.
And what have you done to dispel these rumours? lol
Quote from: Boycey on December 02, 2019, 10:59:53 AM
We'll definitely know when the time comes....
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 02, 2019, 11:04:07 AMQuote from: Boycey on December 02, 2019, 10:59:53 AM
We'll definitely know when the time comes....
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge
Will we get an extra public holiday?
Quote from: Rois on December 02, 2019, 10:42:30 AMQuote from: Orior on December 02, 2019, 09:10:47 AMI was waiting for the newsflash at 9.30 this morning and nothing has come through.Quote from: Rois on December 01, 2019, 10:56:29 PM
Twitter rumours tonight about a very significant death, all stemming from a screen grab from a WhatsApp group with an interesting profile pic.
And what have you done to dispel these rumours? lol
Flippin Gibbo.
Quote from: stephenite on December 02, 2019, 09:21:34 AM
If the Queen is in fact dead and it was leaked on Twitter by someone called Gibbo, that'd be class.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on December 02, 2019, 06:01:51 PM
Still no announcement. What are they playing at?
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 01, 2019, 11:04:32 PMQuote from: Rois on December 01, 2019, 10:56:29 PM
Twitter rumours tonight about a very significant death, all stemming from a screen grab from a WhatsApp group with an interesting profile pic.
My kids are saying the queen is dead!
Quote from: trueblue1234 on December 08, 2019, 07:44:59 PM
Big bird.
Quote from: Tyrdub on December 10, 2019, 12:42:11 PM
Marie Fredriksson - singer in Roxette and one of the finest wearers of leather trousers in history
Quote from: Tyrdub on December 10, 2019, 12:42:11 PMGood singer with a number of memorable hits. RIP.
Marie Fredriksson - singer in Roxette and one of the finest wearers of leather trousers in history
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on December 10, 2019, 07:02:35 PM
Jim Smith manager of a few soccer teams in the past
Bald Eagle? Was this a nickname?
Quote from: BennyCake on December 12, 2019, 01:00:11 AMVery sad.
A young Carrick Rangers player, Gerard Thompson has died suddenly, aged 24.
Quote from: under the bar on December 14, 2019, 11:56:11 PM
Awful. RIP. Why are so many of our fit young men with everything to live for, dying so young?
Quote from: armaghniac on January 02, 2020, 06:10:16 PMShocking news.
RTÉ broadcaster Marian Finucane
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0102/1104037-marian-finucane/
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on January 03, 2020, 02:47:18 PM
RIP. Personally I never liked her. I hated the way she kept interrupting people she was interviewing
Quote from: BennyCake on January 05, 2020, 09:10:25 PM
Derek Acorah, TV medium, died the other day, 69.
A former Glentoran player too apparently.
Quote from: BennyCake on January 05, 2020, 09:10:25 PM
Derek Acorah, TV medium, died the other day, 69.
A former Glentoran player too apparently.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on January 07, 2020, 08:01:23 AM
Larry Gogan :-\
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on January 07, 2020, 08:01:23 AM"They just didn't suit you there Mary "
Larry Gogan :-\
Quote from: BennyCake on January 07, 2020, 10:20:30 AM
Ah, Larry. What a legend. I used to listen to him every day on my way home. Even pulled in one day and got onto his Just A Minute Quiz. Came across as a really nice man. Sad to hear. RIP Larry.
Quote from: BennyCake on January 07, 2020, 10:20:30 AM
Ah, Larry. What a legend. I used to listen to him every day on my way home. Even pulled in one day and got onto his Just A Minute Quiz. Came across as a really nice man. Sad to hear. RIP Larry.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on January 07, 2020, 08:01:23 AMRTÉ legends are passing away in numbers
Larry Gogan :-\
Quote from: Boycey on January 07, 2020, 11:40:35 AMQuote from: BennyCake on January 07, 2020, 10:20:30 AM
Ah, Larry. What a legend. I used to listen to him every day on my way home. Even pulled in one day and got onto his Just A Minute Quiz. Came across as a really nice man. Sad to hear. RIP Larry.
Was it you that answered 'Name a bird with a long neck' with Naomi Campbell ;D ;D
Quote from: Taylor on January 07, 2020, 12:06:37 PM
The Golden Hour & Just A Minute Quiz. Radio gold.
Before 2FM became putrid shite with egotistical pricks purveying as DJ's
Quote from: BennyCake on January 07, 2020, 01:22:25 PMYeah I would never have 2FM on anymore. The Golden Hour was brilliant.Quote from: Taylor on January 07, 2020, 12:06:37 PM
The Golden Hour & Just A Minute Quiz. Radio gold.
Before 2FM became putrid shite with egotistical pricks purveying as DJ's
Radio gold indeed.
2FM is absolute shite these days. I never ever have it on.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on January 07, 2020, 01:43:29 PM
Yeah just heard that. I spoke to him a few times after he joined Radio Ulster, he seemed to be a good guy. He had big boots to fill, in my opinion, when he replaced Sean Coyle but he appeared to have won the audience over. RIP
Quote from: Taylor on January 07, 2020, 01:51:23 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on January 07, 2020, 01:43:29 PM
Yeah just heard that. I spoke to him a few times after he joined Radio Ulster, he seemed to be a good guy. He had big boots to fill, in my opinion, when he replaced Sean Coyle but he appeared to have won the audience over. RIP
Just heard that. Was a relatively young man.
Any word what happened?
Quote from: gallsman on January 07, 2020, 02:11:23 PM
You can infer what happened from the way the articles are written. He "died suddenly".
Quote from: gallsman on January 07, 2020, 02:11:23 PM
You can infer what happened from the way the articles are written. He "died suddenly".
Quote from: gallsman on January 07, 2020, 02:11:23 PM
You can infer what happened from the way the articles are written. He "died suddenly".
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 07, 2020, 02:18:32 PMVery sad. Listened to him a good few times on radio Ulster. Always seemed a happy and a really nice guy. Up for a bit of craic with everyone. Liked to wind up Nolan. You never know what is going on in people's minds. May he rest in peace. God love the 2 kids.Quote from: gallsman on January 07, 2020, 02:11:23 PM
You can infer what happened from the way the articles are written. He "died suddenly".
I was thinking that. God Rest his Soul.
Quote from: gallsman on January 07, 2020, 02:11:23 PM
You can infer what happened from the way the articles are written. He "died suddenly".
Quote from: gallsman on January 07, 2020, 02:11:23 PM
You can infer what happened from the way the articles are written. He "died suddenly".
Quote from: imtommygunn on January 07, 2020, 02:43:03 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 07, 2020, 02:11:23 PM
You can infer what happened from the way the articles are written. He "died suddenly".
Unfortunately I heard that was the case :(
Quote from: Craigyhill Terror on January 07, 2020, 03:39:56 PM
99 times out of 100, if a news report says "died suddenly" with no other details, it's suicide
Quote from: johnnycool on January 07, 2020, 02:59:43 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on January 07, 2020, 02:43:03 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 07, 2020, 02:11:23 PM
You can infer what happened from the way the articles are written. He "died suddenly".
Unfortunately I heard that was the case :(
Sad for all those involved.
If it was suicide is the reason it's not widely published an attempt not to glorify it?
Quote from: Tubberman on January 07, 2020, 04:14:23 PMQuote from: Craigyhill Terror on January 07, 2020, 03:39:56 PM
99 times out of 100, if a news report says "died suddenly" with no other details, it's suicide
Marian Finucane?
Quote from: gallsman on January 07, 2020, 05:40:48 PMQuote from: Tubberman on January 07, 2020, 04:14:23 PMQuote from: Craigyhill Terror on January 07, 2020, 03:39:56 PM
99 times out of 100, if a news report says "died suddenly" with no other details, it's suicide
Marian Finucane?
That doesn't disprove anything? The phrase "died suddenly" without any further explanation is almost always a roundabout way of referring to suicide. We had a whole thread here some years back about how suicide is reported, the terminology used etc. Came about after Niall O'Donoghue died.
RIP to the man and thoughts with his family.
Quote from: BennyCake on January 07, 2020, 09:11:32 PM
I don't care what anyone says, but social media is a big part of today's mental health issues.
Everyone is connected but nobody is actually taking the time to meet and talk properly.
Quote from: BennyCake on January 07, 2020, 09:11:32 PM
I don't care what anyone says, but social media is a big part of today's mental health issues.
Everyone is connected but nobody is actually taking the time to meet and talk properly.
Quote from: imtommygunn on January 07, 2020, 09:18:01 PM
Yeah I would say so too. You always used to read about all these famous people with all these fans etc but when it came down to it they were really lonely. It's probably not that different from what social media has created with likes, follows etc.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 07, 2020, 07:55:26 PMHave suicides related to Troubles trauma post ceasefire not surpassed Troubles deaths at this stage?
Listened regularly to Clements and Conway every morning on the way to work, very good and quick witted, he had written a book about growing up, and if you're a certain age it's hits the spot.
Also heard recently as Kidder said had recent split with wife, who knows the pressures people put on themselves or was there always that darkness behind the outwardly happy smile he showed.
It's a shocker and brings home (if not already) the suicide rates for this place, especially men under 50!
Quote from: seafoid on January 07, 2020, 09:56:55 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on January 07, 2020, 07:55:26 PMHave suicides related to Troubles trauma post ceasefire not surpassed Troubles deaths at this stage?
Listened regularly to Clements and Conway every morning on the way to work, very good and quick witted, he had written a book about growing up, and if you're a certain age it's hits the spot.
Also heard recently as Kidder said had recent split with wife, who knows the pressures people put on themselves or was there always that darkness behind the outwardly happy smile he showed.
It's a shocker and brings home (if not already) the suicide rates for this place, especially men under 50!
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 07, 2020, 09:27:56 PM
Unfortunately social media is here to stay and grow. It has actually created feuding within families due to posts, or points of view that may differ and usually it wouldn't raise its head on a day to day.
Quote from: johnnycool on January 07, 2020, 02:59:43 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on January 07, 2020, 02:43:03 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 07, 2020, 02:11:23 PM
You can infer what happened from the way the articles are written. He "died suddenly".
Unfortunately I heard that was the case :(
Sad for all those involved.
If it was suicide is the reason it's not widely published an attempt not to glorify it?
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 07, 2020, 10:25:02 PM
Substance abuse, sexuality struggles , sex abuse, economic hardships, loss of religion without a spiritual replacement, legacy strife from troubles. All need dealt with.
Quote from: johnnycool on January 08, 2020, 10:02:07 AMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 07, 2020, 10:25:02 PM
Substance abuse, sexuality struggles , sex abuse, economic hardships, loss of religion without a spiritual replacement, legacy strife from troubles. All need dealt with.
Agree with most, but not sure about "loss of religion without spiritual replacement"
Do you think not having a deity to worship or afterlife to strive for causes mental health issues?
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 08, 2020, 10:58:00 AMQuote from: johnnycool on January 08, 2020, 10:02:07 AMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 07, 2020, 10:25:02 PM
Substance abuse, sexuality struggles , sex abuse, economic hardships, loss of religion without a spiritual replacement, legacy strife from troubles. All need dealt with.
Agree with most, but not sure about "loss of religion without spiritual replacement"
Do you think not having a deity to worship or afterlife to strive for causes mental health issues?
It is just my own theory(I am not a Mass goer), but I think a loss of faith can lead to despair. I cant really articulate properly what I am trying to say, but a lot of our old values(religious or spiritual) have been replaced with shallow and materialistic values. As I said just my own thoughts, and it would be lower down the list for me than some of the other things I listed.
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 08, 2020, 10:58:00 AMQuote from: johnnycool on January 08, 2020, 10:02:07 AMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 07, 2020, 10:25:02 PM
Substance abuse, sexuality struggles , sex abuse, economic hardships, loss of religion without a spiritual replacement, legacy strife from troubles. All need dealt with.
Agree with most, but not sure about "loss of religion without spiritual replacement"
Do you think not having a deity to worship or afterlife to strive for causes mental health issues?
It is just my own theory(I am not a Mass goer), but I think a loss of faith can lead to despair. I cant really articulate properly what I am trying to say, but a lot of our old values(religious or spiritual) have been replaced with shallow and materialistic values. As I said just my own thoughts, and it would be lower down the list for me than some of the other things I listed.
Quote from: seafoid on January 07, 2020, 09:56:55 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on January 07, 2020, 07:55:26 PMHave suicides related to Troubles trauma post ceasefire not surpassed Troubles deaths at this stage?
Listened regularly to Clements and Conway every morning on the way to work, very good and quick witted, he had written a book about growing up, and if you're a certain age it's hits the spot.
Also heard recently as Kidder said had recent split with wife, who knows the pressures people put on themselves or was there always that darkness behind the outwardly happy smile he showed.
It's a shocker and brings home (if not already) the suicide rates for this place, especially men under 50!
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 07, 2020, 09:17:21 PMQuote from: BennyCake on January 07, 2020, 09:11:32 PM
I don't care what anyone says, but social media is a big part of today's mental health issues.
Everyone is connected but nobody is actually taking the time to meet and talk properly.
What is worse is that I witnessed people 'making hay' out of this tragedy on social media today! Let the family grieve without trying to put yourself front and centre. It's actually disgusting.
Quote from: RedHand88 on January 08, 2020, 01:08:34 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 08, 2020, 10:58:00 AMQuote from: johnnycool on January 08, 2020, 10:02:07 AMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 07, 2020, 10:25:02 PM
Substance abuse, sexuality struggles , sex abuse, economic hardships, loss of religion without a spiritual replacement, legacy strife from troubles. All need dealt with.
Agree with most, but not sure about "loss of religion without spiritual replacement"
Do you think not having a deity to worship or afterlife to strive for causes mental health issues?
It is just my own theory(I am not a Mass goer), but I think a loss of faith can lead to despair. I cant really articulate properly what I am trying to say, but a lot of our old values(religious or spiritual) have been replaced with shallow and materialistic values. As I said just my own thoughts, and it would be lower down the list for me than some of the other things I listed.
I agree. I know alot of people like to throw the boot into the church and of course some of the scandals associated with them are horrific. But we haven't replaced that spiritual connection since the dissasocistion with religion began in the 90s/00s. Any wonder depression and suicude is so rife. What would be the point in life if you didn't have some sort of belief in a higher power?
Quote from: RedHand88 on January 08, 2020, 01:15:36 PMQuote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 07, 2020, 09:17:21 PMQuote from: BennyCake on January 07, 2020, 09:11:32 PM
I don't care what anyone says, but social media is a big part of today's mental health issues.
Everyone is connected but nobody is actually taking the time to meet and talk properly.
What is worse is that I witnessed people 'making hay' out of this tragedy on social media today! Let the family grieve without trying to put yourself front and centre. It's actually disgusting.
For the next generation it's all about those likes and retweets. Thoughts and prayers, heart emojis. Repeat.
Gives them validation they aren't getting in their real life because they spend all day on social media. It's a viscous circle.
Quote
What would be the point in life if you didn't have some sort of belief in a higher power?
Quote from: Rudi on January 08, 2020, 01:40:43 PMQuote from: RedHand88 on January 08, 2020, 01:15:36 PMQuote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 07, 2020, 09:17:21 PMQuote from: BennyCake on January 07, 2020, 09:11:32 PM
I don't care what anyone says, but social media is a big part of today's mental health issues.
Everyone is connected but nobody is actually taking the time to meet and talk properly.
What is worse is that I witnessed people 'making hay' out of this tragedy on social media today! Let the family grieve without trying to put yourself front and centre. It's actually disgusting.
For the next generation it's all about those likes and retweets. Thoughts and prayers, heart emojis. Repeat.
Gives them validation they aren't getting in their real life because they spend all day on social media. It's a viscous circle.
Agree again, in the past humans got little or no validation, now a days likes on facebook etc, thankfully I dont or ever will have a facebook account.
Quote from: BennyCake on January 08, 2020, 02:58:14 PMQuote from: Rudi on January 08, 2020, 01:40:43 PMQuote from: RedHand88 on January 08, 2020, 01:15:36 PMQuote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 07, 2020, 09:17:21 PMQuote from: BennyCake on January 07, 2020, 09:11:32 PM
I don't care what anyone says, but social media is a big part of today's mental health issues.
Everyone is connected but nobody is actually taking the time to meet and talk properly.
What is worse is that I witnessed people 'making hay' out of this tragedy on social media today! Let the family grieve without trying to put yourself front and centre. It's actually disgusting.
For the next generation it's all about those likes and retweets. Thoughts and prayers, heart emojis. Repeat.
Gives them validation they aren't getting in their real life because they spend all day on social media. It's a viscous circle.
Agree again, in the past humans got little or no validation, now a days likes on facebook etc, thankfully I dont or ever will have a facebook account.
Never been on it either, and won't be.
I don't see/hear what friends, family, neighbours are up to on a night out/holiday, unless I speak to them in person. I don't really give a shit that your dog can howl 'bohemian rhapsody' or you had lasagne for your dinner. And nobody cares what I had for my dinner either because it's not important.
I'm sure if I was on FB, I'd start to feel like I was inadequate. Do I wish I had a better car? Yes. More money? Yes. A bigger tv? Aye why not. 4 holidays a year? Yeah wouldn't mind. But I'm comfortable in myself, know what I can afford and what is realistic, and know what's really important in life. But I think once you're on FB, a lot of rational thinking goes out the window and you get immersed in this fantasy land.
Quote from: RedHand88 on January 08, 2020, 01:08:34 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 08, 2020, 10:58:00 AMQuote from: johnnycool on January 08, 2020, 10:02:07 AMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 07, 2020, 10:25:02 PM
Substance abuse, sexuality struggles , sex abuse, economic hardships, loss of religion without a spiritual replacement, legacy strife from troubles. All need dealt with.
Agree with most, but not sure about "loss of religion without spiritual replacement"
Do you think not having a deity to worship or afterlife to strive for causes mental health issues?
It is just my own theory(I am not a Mass goer), but I think a loss of faith can lead to despair. I cant really articulate properly what I am trying to say, but a lot of our old values(religious or spiritual) have been replaced with shallow and materialistic values. As I said just my own thoughts, and it would be lower down the list for me than some of the other things I listed.
I agree. I know alot of people like to throw the boot into the church and of course some of the scandals associated with them are horrific. But we haven't replaced that spiritual connection since the dissasocistion with religion began in the 90s/00s. Any wonder depression and suicude is so rife. What would be the point in life if you didn't have some sort of belief in a higher power?
Quote from: LeoMc on January 08, 2020, 03:44:41 PM
I read Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind a few months back and it touches on this to an extent. It was belief in a greater power / the power of the group which moved Homo Sapien from being just one more animal competing for survival to the dominant species on earth. Having a belief, even if only a belief in the common good does give direction.
Quote from: johnnycool on January 07, 2020, 02:59:43 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on January 07, 2020, 02:43:03 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 07, 2020, 02:11:23 PM
You can infer what happened from the way the articles are written. He "died suddenly".
Unfortunately I heard that was the case :(
Sad for all those involved.
If it was suicide is the reason it's not widely published an attempt not to glorify it?
Quote from: RedHand88 on January 08, 2020, 01:08:34 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 08, 2020, 10:58:00 AMQuote from: johnnycool on January 08, 2020, 10:02:07 AMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 07, 2020, 10:25:02 PM
Substance abuse, sexuality struggles , sex abuse, economic hardships, loss of religion without a spiritual replacement, legacy strife from troubles. All need dealt with.
Agree with most, but not sure about "loss of religion without spiritual replacement"
Do you think not having a deity to worship or afterlife to strive for causes mental health issues?
It is just my own theory(I am not a Mass goer), but I think a loss of faith can lead to despair. I cant really articulate properly what I am trying to say, but a lot of our old values(religious or spiritual) have been replaced with shallow and materialistic values. As I said just my own thoughts, and it would be lower down the list for me than some of the other things I listed.
I agree. I know alot of people like to throw the boot into the church and of course some of the scandals associated with them are horrific. But we haven't replaced that spiritual connection since the dissasocistion with religion began in the 90s/00s. Any wonder depression and suicude is so rife. What would be the point in life if you didn't have some sort of belief in a higher power?
Quote from: Dire Ear on January 22, 2020, 01:03:26 PM
Terry Jones Monty Python 77
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on January 24, 2020, 05:16:43 PM
Seamus Mallon former MP for Newry and Armagh
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on January 24, 2020, 05:16:43 PM
Seamus Mallon former MP for Newry and Armagh
Quote from: BennyCake on January 24, 2020, 07:28:47 PM
Huge figure who did great work. RIP.
Did I read somewhere that he played minor football for Armagh?
Quote from: Sportacus on January 24, 2020, 07:08:41 PM
He was a tough front man for nationalism at the most difficult of times. He often seemed grumpy and frustrated, but he was a man you could trust when they went into talks behind closed doors. And of course he was part of the Good Friday Agreement jigsaw for which we should all be grateful. RIP.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on January 24, 2020, 05:16:43 PM
Seamus Mallon former MP for Newry and Armagh
Quote from: gallsman on January 26, 2020, 07:57:51 PMWell quite
Jesus f**king Christ Kobe Bryant.
Quote from: thebar on February 05, 2020, 11:34:07 PM103 years young.
Kirk Douglas RIP
Quote from: armaghniac on February 06, 2020, 12:39:10 AM
I'm Spartacus.
Quote from: mrdeeds on February 06, 2020, 08:09:16 AMQuote from: armaghniac on February 06, 2020, 12:39:10 AM
I'm Spartacus.
No I'm Spartacus.
Quote from: thebar on February 05, 2020, 11:34:07 PM
Kirk Douglas RIP
Quote from: Taylor on February 06, 2020, 12:27:19 PMQuote from: angermanagement on February 06, 2020, 10:02:14 AM
Francie Brolly
A mighty man.
RIP
Quote from: Rossfan on February 06, 2020, 12:45:04 PM
R.I.P Francie.
Quote from: angermanagement on February 06, 2020, 10:02:14 AM
Francie Brolly
Quote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Quote from: theticklemister on February 15, 2020, 05:48:50 PM
Tadgh Meehan
Held numerous roles in Lancashire and British GAA. Died after short Illness in Wigan yesterday. Uncle of the famous Meehans from Caltra and Galway.
—————
The Committee and members of St Brendan's are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of former Chairperson and Honorary member Tadhg Meehan, one of the most influential Gaels in Lancashire and Britain over the last 50 years.
Tadhg served as Treasurer of Provincial Council from 1984 to 1999, and as Secretary of Britain GAA from 2000 until 2012. He also held the role of Croke Park Central Council delegate for four years.
Tadhg served Lancashire GAA with distinction as President for six years (1984-87), Chairperson for six years (1977-82) and Treasurer for 13 (1989-2001). He also held the position of Register/PRO for two years (1974-75).
We send our deepest condolences to his wife Eileen, to his children Dominic and Kieran, grandchildren and the entire Meehan family in Lancashire and Caltra, Galway.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Quote from: Saffrongael on February 15, 2020, 06:14:10 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
She was a nice bit of ass
Quote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
Quote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 08:58:37 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
The Sun are after deleting all the vile stuff they had up about her.
Quote from: Saffrongael on February 15, 2020, 06:14:10 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
She was a nice bit of ass
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
Quote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:29:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
You should look back at your own posts.
Quote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:29:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
You should look back at your own posts.
Quote from: Saffrongael on February 15, 2020, 09:32:17 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:29:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
You should look back at your own posts.
How many usernames are you on to now ? Must be double figures
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 09:35:13 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:29:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
You should look back at your own posts.
::)
Quote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:41:39 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 09:35:13 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:29:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
You should look back at your own posts.
::)
You are an one of those idiot trolls, but like all idiots you cant see it. Roll the eyes sums you up.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 10:09:49 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:41:39 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 09:35:13 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:29:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
You should look back at your own posts.
::)
You are an one of those idiot trolls, but like all idiots you cant see it. Roll the eyes sums you up.
Ok, on the weed tonight?
Quote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:28:48 PMDo you read your own posts, you are a parasite. This board breeds them 20 odd lads who think they have to right to say what they want under the guise of anonymity and then berate the idiot trolls jesus wept, you are a ballbag if a man.
Quote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:28:48 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 10:09:49 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:41:39 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 09:35:13 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:29:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
You should look back at your own posts.
::)
You are an one of those idiot trolls, but like all idiots you cant see it. Roll the eyes sums you up.
Ok, on the weed tonight?
Do you read your own posts, you are a parasite. This board breeds them 20 odd lads who think they have to right to say what they want under the guise of anonymity and then berate the idiot trolls jesus wept, you are a ballbag if a man.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on February 15, 2020, 10:31:59 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:28:48 PMDo you read your own posts, you are a parasite. This board breeds them 20 odd lads who think they have to right to say what they want under the guise of anonymity and then berate the idiot trolls jesus wept, you are a ballbag if a man.
Says the man on his 8th username
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 10:34:23 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:28:48 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 10:09:49 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:41:39 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 09:35:13 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:29:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
You should look back at your own posts.
::)
You are an one of those idiot trolls, but like all idiots you cant see it. Roll the eyes sums you up.
Ok, on the weed tonight?
Do you read your own posts, you are a parasite. This board breeds them 20 odd lads who think they have to right to say what they want under the guise of anonymity and then berate the idiot trolls jesus wept, you are a ballbag if a man.
Ok, parents didn't show you any attention then?
You get to bed, rest up. Very stressed it seems but you should delete your account as it's not helping you
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on February 15, 2020, 10:31:59 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:28:48 PMDo you read your own posts, you are a parasite. This board breeds them 20 odd lads who think they have to right to say what they want under the guise of anonymity and then berate the idiot trolls jesus wept, you are a ballbag if a man.
Says the man on his 8th username
Quote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:38:39 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 10:34:23 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:28:48 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 10:09:49 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:41:39 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 09:35:13 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:29:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
You should look back at your own posts.
::)
You are an one of those idiot trolls, but like all idiots you cant see it. Roll the eyes sums you up.
Ok, on the weed tonight?
Do you read your own posts, you are a parasite. This board breeds them 20 odd lads who think they have to right to say what they want under the guise of anonymity and then berate the idiot trolls jesus wept, you are a ballbag if a man.
Ok, parents didn't show you any attention then?
You get to bed, rest up. Very stressed it seems but you should delete your account as it's not helping you
Oh ffs you are berating social media trolls and now you are slagging off my parents, you are a complete tool, you still getting foreigners to wash your car, it's all their good for, right?
Quote from: Boycey on February 15, 2020, 10:38:58 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on February 15, 2020, 10:31:59 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:28:48 PMDo you read your own posts, you are a parasite. This board breeds them 20 odd lads who think they have to right to say what they want under the guise of anonymity and then berate the idiot trolls jesus wept, you are a ballbag if a man.
Says the man on his 8th username
Who else is/was he? I'm very slow at figuring these things out :(
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 10:48:52 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:38:39 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 10:34:23 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:28:48 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 10:09:49 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:41:39 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 09:35:13 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:29:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
You should look back at your own posts.
::)
You are an one of those idiot trolls, but like all idiots you cant see it. Roll the eyes sums you up.
Ok, on the weed tonight?
Do you read your own posts, you are a parasite. This board breeds them 20 odd lads who think they have to right to say what they want under the guise of anonymity and then berate the idiot trolls jesus wept, you are a ballbag if a man.
Ok, parents didn't show you any attention then?
You get to bed, rest up. Very stressed it seems but you should delete your account as it's not helping you
Oh ffs you are berating social media trolls and now you are slagging off my parents, you are a complete tool, you still getting foreigners to wash your car, it's all their good for, right?
Using the garage now to wash the car... now why are you so angry? Tell me I'm so interested in your thoughts. Seeing no one else is
Quote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:57:08 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 10:48:52 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:38:39 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 10:34:23 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:28:48 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 10:09:49 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:41:39 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 09:35:13 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 09:29:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
You should look back at your own posts.
::)
You are an one of those idiot trolls, but like all idiots you cant see it. Roll the eyes sums you up.
Ok, on the weed tonight?
Do you read your own posts, you are a parasite. This board breeds them 20 odd lads who think they have to right to say what they want under the guise of anonymity and then berate the idiot trolls jesus wept, you are a ballbag if a man.
Ok, parents didn't show you any attention then?
You get to bed, rest up. Very stressed it seems but you should delete your account as it's not helping you
Oh ffs you are berating social media trolls and now you are slagging off my parents, you are a complete tool, you still getting foreigners to wash your car, it's all their good for, right?
Using the garage now to wash the car... now why are you so angry? Tell me I'm so interested in your thoughts. Seeing no one else is
Nite kid I'll be gone in morning you and the group will make sure of that keep trolling, you obviously have a superior complex with everyone especially foreigners but for someone made redundant as much as yourself you must be the man. ;D
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
Quote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 11:06:24 PM
You don't do irony ::)Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
Quote from: Boycey on February 15, 2020, 10:38:58 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on February 15, 2020, 10:31:59 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:28:48 PMDo you read your own posts, you are a parasite. This board breeds them 20 odd lads who think they have to right to say what they want under the guise of anonymity and then berate the idiot trolls jesus wept, you are a ballbag if a man.
Says the man on his 8th username
Who else is/was he? I'm very slow at figuring these things out :(
Quote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:49:36 PMSums up the main contributors here, hopefully the law to stop anonymous posting on social media comes in soon and the parasites here can crawl back in their caves.
Quote from: Capt Pat on February 16, 2020, 12:13:02 AM
Very sad and shocking about Caroline Flack. I didn't think she was mad or bad enough to commit suicde.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 11:26:51 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 11:06:24 PM
You don't do irony ::)Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 15, 2020, 08:13:18 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Trolls and press, what a rotten place social media can be.
How many times have you trolled on here? J70 Trueblue and others, god knows who you trolled before changing your usernames. You're obviously so angry that you can't see irony. You'll be fine, once the meds kick in you'll be great!
Ah just I'm messing with you, call me
Quote from: Orior on February 16, 2020, 11:15:18 AM
There's never any good news or fun in this thread. Maybe we should have a Wake thread. Wakes can be great craic.
Quote from: Capt Pat on February 16, 2020, 12:08:53 AMQuote from: Boycey on February 15, 2020, 10:38:58 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on February 15, 2020, 10:31:59 PMQuote from: AFM on February 15, 2020, 10:28:48 PMDo you read your own posts, you are a parasite. This board breeds them 20 odd lads who think they have to right to say what they want under the guise of anonymity and then berate the idiot trolls jesus wept, you are a ballbag if a man.
Says the man on his 8th username
Who else is/was he? I'm very slow at figuring these things out :(
Maybe I am slow at this too. My guess is Syferus.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2020, 07:36:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on February 15, 2020, 05:37:31 PM
Caroline Flack
Seems like the idiot trolls on social media contributed to her death.
Quote from: BennyCake on February 17, 2020, 12:47:26 PM
Sad to hear about Harry Gregg. His playing career before my time, but his heroics in Munich will forever be remembered, no matter what team you follow. RIP.
Quote from: J70 on February 17, 2020, 01:49:53 PM
Shamefully, I was not aware he had personally rescued so many people from the wreckage. I also read that he lost his wife to cancer a couple of years after Munich. That's a lot of tragedy heaped on one young man's shoulders.
A life well lived.
Quote from: Capt Pat on February 16, 2020, 12:13:02 AMIt is a tragedy straight out of Shakespeare
Very sad and shocking about Caroline Flack. I didn't think she was mad or bad enough to commit suicde.
Quote from: johnnycool on February 20, 2020, 01:44:30 PM
All software engineers should be holding a 3 minutes silence to this man;
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51567695?ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51567695?ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social)
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on February 20, 2020, 05:44:31 PM
All software engineers should be holding a 3 minutes silence to this man;
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51567695?ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbcnews&ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social
Quote from: Dire Ear on March 09, 2020, 05:55:46 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHxrDcAjf60
Barney Eastwood
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51535257
Quote from: seafoid on March 09, 2020, 07:51:19 PMQuote from: Dire Ear on March 09, 2020, 05:55:46 PMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHxrDcAjf60
Barney Eastwood
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-51535257
Quote from: laoislad on March 21, 2020, 07:05:53 AMThe singer and 52-year-old beauty are parents to 14-year-old identical twin sons, Jordan and Justin
Kenny Rogers.
Quote from: Dire Ear on March 21, 2020, 11:50:58 AMQuote from: laoislad on March 21, 2020, 07:05:53 AMThe singer and 52-year-old beauty are parents to 14-year-old identical twin sons, Jordan and Justin
Kenny Rogers.
Kenny is also the father to Carole, 60, Kenny Jr., 55, Christopher Cody, 37
Some age difference there........
Quote from: seafoid on March 26, 2020, 08:46:09 PM
John O'Leary, 1982 Irish Open winner
Quote from: Capt Pat on March 26, 2020, 11:05:07 PMQuote from: seafoid on March 26, 2020, 08:46:09 PM
John O'Leary, 1982 Irish Open winner
It says on rte that he died of an illness. Was it covid 19?
Quote from: Rossfan on March 28, 2020, 02:39:50 PM
Former Roscommon footballer Conor Connelly, suddenly.
Part of the Connacht Title winning side of 2001.
From memory was a Minor in 1993 so aged 45 at most.
R.I P Conor .
Quote from: Rossfan on March 28, 2020, 02:39:50 PM
Former Roscommon footballer Conor Connelly, suddenly.
Part of the Connacht Title winning side of 2001.
From memory was a Minor in 1993 so aged 45 at most.
R.I P Conor .
Quote from: weareros on March 28, 2020, 07:10:58 PMhttps://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/magnificent-conor-connelly-remembered-after-sudden-death-1.4215147
Very sad. Thought he was our best player in Tuam on that famous day in 2001. Sent in some brilliant ball to Frankie. Rest In Peace.
Quote from: Rossfan on March 30, 2020, 12:56:40 PM
As I heard it he was out for a run or jog and took ill.
Sad and even sadder no one can go to a Mass or Funeral.
Quote from: Blowitupref on March 30, 2020, 01:28:10 PMQuote from: Rossfan on March 30, 2020, 12:56:40 PM
As I heard it he was out for a run or jog and took ill.
Sad and even sadder no one can go to a Mass or Funeral.
Died on his sons 9th birthday, all the more sadder. RIP.
Quote from: Billys Boots on April 02, 2020, 02:11:43 PM
Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne has died from a Coronavirus infection aged 52.
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on April 02, 2020, 12:44:01 PM
Eddie Large (one half of comedy duo Little and Large) has died from Coronaviris age 78.
Quote from: Aristo 60 on April 02, 2020, 09:18:04 PM
Name like Taylor ~ hard to know what side of the house you are from :P
QuoteBill Withers, a three-time Grammy winner whose hits include "Lean on Me," "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Lovely Day," has died at 81.
Quote from: seafoid on April 03, 2020, 09:12:30 PM
Bill Withers and Tim Robinson are 2 big losses
Quote from: Dire Ear on April 05, 2020, 04:50:00 PM
The flamboyant owner of Longleat wildlife park, from Cv19
Quote from: Tatler Jack on April 08, 2020, 07:26:05 AM
American country folk singer-songwriter. John Prine. From COVID-19 related illness. Aged 73.
Quote from: BarryBreensBandage on April 08, 2020, 08:00:11 AMQuote from: Tatler Jack on April 08, 2020, 07:26:05 AM
American country folk singer-songwriter. John Prine. From COVID-19 related illness. Aged 73.
Ah no - loved John Prine.
Johnny Cash's favourite singer/songwriter - Lake Marie is a great song.
RIP
Quote from: Drummer on April 08, 2020, 11:19:56 AM
Rest in Peace John Prine....a true legend
Quote from: Lotto on April 12, 2020, 11:09:18 AM
Stirling Moss - No.7
Quote from: Targetman on April 12, 2020, 04:09:28 PM
Peter Bonetti, former Chelsea and England goalkeeper aged 78
Quote from: mouview on April 12, 2020, 10:56:38 PMQuote from: Targetman on April 12, 2020, 04:09:28 PM
Peter Bonetti, former Chelsea and England goalkeeper aged 78
Aka 'The Cat'? Wasn't he in goal when WGer came from behind to knock England out of the 1970 World Cup?
Quote from: Captain Obvious on April 16, 2020, 06:21:34 PM
Actor Brian Dennehy.
Quote from: J70 on April 16, 2020, 06:33:09 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on April 16, 2020, 06:21:34 PM
Actor Brian Dennehy.
No way. :(
Great character actor.
Saw him on Broadway, opposite Christopher Plummer, in a production of Inherit The Wind.
Think he has Cork roots, right?
Quote from: bennydorano on April 17, 2020, 11:19:35 AM
Norman Hunter of dirty Leeds, aged 76. Covid 19
Quote from: bennydorano on April 17, 2020, 11:19:35 AM
Norman Hunter of dirty Leeds, aged 76. Covid 19
Quote from: ziggy90 on April 17, 2020, 10:53:00 PMQuote from: bennydorano on April 17, 2020, 11:19:35 AM
Norman Hunter of dirty Leeds, aged 76. Covid 19
I didn't think he was that dirty, cynical maybe and I'm sure he was instructed to be so. He could also play a bit could Norman
RIP.
Quote from: MK on April 18, 2020, 08:01:32 PMWatched them at least a dozen times in Hughes in Armagh.
Marty Lundy RIP-lead singer with Kathmandu,entertained a generation in dark days....cupids newry
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on April 17, 2020, 12:11:33 PMQuote from: bennydorano on April 17, 2020, 11:19:35 AM
Norman Hunter of dirty Leeds, aged 76. Covid 19
One of the greats and very sorry to hear of his passing.
I know your reference to dirty Leeds is a tongue in cheek comment Benny and no harm is meant, but I wonder is the Leeds' reputation still a factor today as I was struck with the contrast between the headline reaction for Dalglish, when it was announced he had COVID 19 but was asymptomatic, and the much lesser media attention for Norman Hunter who was seriously ill in hospital with the same condition.
May Norman Rest In Peace. Thanks for some wonderful memories.
Quote from: seafoid on April 20, 2020, 01:29:47 PM
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/health/coronavirus-more-than-one-million-people-now-receiving-state-income-support-1.4233192
More than one million people are now receiving some sort of state income support, Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty has said.
The Department issued pandemic unemplyment payments to 584,000 people on Monday. Around 50,000 people are receiving a payment for the first time.
These payments are in addition to the 212,000 people on the live register and over 46,000 employers have now registered with the Revenue Commissioners for the temporary Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme.
Speaking on Monday, Ms Doherty described the situation as something which is "unparalleled in our nation's history".
Quote from: Boycey on April 25, 2020, 07:47:37 PM
Thus removing Trumps only serious rival in batshit crazy man with access to nuclear weapons competition..
*If true obviously
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on April 27, 2020, 04:51:31 PM
Tiede Herrama
For those of us over 50 his name is very familiar.
The siege of Monasterevin was gripping stuff.
Reconciled with Eddie Gallager as far as I recall.
Marion Coyle, I think, wasn't interested.
RIP
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on April 28, 2020, 09:08:32 AM
Michael Robinson of Ireland and Liverpool fame
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on April 29, 2020, 06:49:41 PM
Jill Gascoine Gentle Touch - those of a certain vintage will remember her
Quote from: ziggy90 on April 30, 2020, 06:05:33 AM
Trevor Cherry. Former Leeds Utd Utd stalwart.
RIP.
https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/26590/rip-trevor-cherry
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on April 30, 2020, 08:52:09 PM
BJ Hogg - Mervyn from give my head peace
Quote from: BennyCake on April 30, 2020, 09:30:01 PMSuddenly. Not sure if that means actually "suddenly" i.e. a heart-attack, or euphemistically "suddenly" i.e. suicide.Quote from: Hoof Hearted on April 30, 2020, 08:52:09 PM
BJ Hogg - Mervyn from give my head peace
Ah no, Big Mervyn. He was great in GMHP.
Was he ill or did he die suddenly?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 30, 2020, 10:22:47 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 30, 2020, 09:30:01 PMSuddenly. Not sure if that means actually "suddenly" i.e. a heart-attack, or euphemistically "suddenly" i.e. suicide.Quote from: Hoof Hearted on April 30, 2020, 08:52:09 PM
BJ Hogg - Mervyn from give my head peace
Ah no, Big Mervyn. He was great in GMHP.
Was he ill or did he die suddenly?
Quote from: Captain Obvious on May 09, 2020, 06:36:27 AMhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/08/obituaries/roy-horn-dead-covid.html
Roy Horn of Siegfried and Roy died with complications from coronavirus, He's was attacked on stage by a his white tiger in 2003 and lived to tell the tale.
Quote from: Tatler Jack on May 15, 2020, 10:16:05 PM
Former Offaly footballer Paddy Fenning. Won AI medals in 1971-72.
Condolences to his family and friends.
Quote from: bennydorano on May 11, 2020, 06:04:51 PM
Only found out a few years ago he was Ben Stiller's da! He'll always be Frank Costanza to me. RIP
Quote from: mouview on May 29, 2020, 10:43:44 AMthe last of the showbanders
Legendary entertainer Brendan Bowyer. Your parents' generation would remember him.
Quote from: mouview on May 29, 2020, 10:43:44 AM
Legendary entertainer Brendan Bowyer. Your parents' generation would remember him.
Quote from: Boycey on May 31, 2020, 06:49:11 AMOne of the greatest television series ever. I remember him from both Boys From The Black Stuff and Thomas The Tank Engine. Mo Salah is the spit of him. I always thought he should have been given the nickname Chrissie when he moved to Liverpool.
Michael Angelis, actor. Twitter says this morning he was most famous for narrating Thomas the Tank Engine but I'll always remember him as Chrissie in Boys from the Blackstuff one of the greatest programmes ever made.
Quote from: Targetman on June 09, 2020, 10:11:15 PM
BBC sports presenter Mark Chapman's wife, aged 44
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 29, 2020, 03:23:12 PM
He wont be when johnny logan gets a houl of him
Quote from: Taylor on June 17, 2020, 08:41:09 AM
Willie Thorne dies aged 66 - respiratory issues
Quote from: BennyCake on June 17, 2020, 10:43:35 AM
Ah poor Willie. He seemed a decent bloke. Had his troubles in recent years.
A big mate of Gary Lineker apparently. They even released a video together.
Quote from: Jim Bob on June 18, 2020, 08:56:39 AM
Lineker "potted his final black much too soon"
What is it with sportspeople and puns, especially in boxing ???
RIP Willie Thorne
Quote from: Taylor on June 18, 2020, 09:46:03 AM
Dame Vera Lynn - 103
Quote from: Taylor on June 18, 2020, 09:46:03 AM
Dame Vera Lynn - 103
Quote from: Windmill abu on June 18, 2020, 03:08:54 PMQuote from: Taylor on June 18, 2020, 09:46:03 AM
Dame Vera Lynn - 103
Details on her passing are sketchy.
Don't know where. Don't know when.
Quote from: Windmill abu on June 18, 2020, 03:08:54 PMQuote from: Taylor on June 18, 2020, 09:46:03 AM
Dame Vera Lynn - 103
Details on her passing are sketchy.
Don't know where. Don't know when.
Quote from: five points on June 18, 2020, 03:16:42 PM
Jean Kennedy Smith, an outstanding US ambassador to Ireland. RIP.
Quote from: armaghniac on July 06, 2020, 12:17:56 PM
Actor Nick Cordero, who was in Blue Bloods among other things, died of Covid19 at age 41.
Quote from: BennyCake on July 06, 2020, 09:57:30 AM
Film composer Ennio Morricone, aged 91.
Quote from: J70 on July 06, 2020, 02:09:53 PMlove his music. Masterpiece after masterpiece over the decades. Anyone not familiar with his music, get on YouTube and start listening. Greatest movie composer of all time.Quote from: BennyCake on July 06, 2020, 09:57:30 AM
Film composer Ennio Morricone, aged 91.
What would those Leone movies have been without him?
Absolute genius.
Quote from: J70 on July 06, 2020, 02:09:53 PMQuote from: BennyCake on July 06, 2020, 09:57:30 AM
Film composer Ennio Morricone, aged 91.
What would those Leone movies have been without him?
Absolute genius.
Quote from: gallsman on July 06, 2020, 04:06:11 PM
It's all over the news ffs.
Quote from: gallsman on July 06, 2020, 04:06:11 PM
It's all over the news ffs.
Quote from: armaghniac on July 06, 2020, 12:17:56 PM
Actor Nick Cordero, who was in Blue Bloods among other things, died of Covid19 at age 41.
Quote from: Jim Bob on July 07, 2020, 02:05:59 AMQuote from: gallsman on July 06, 2020, 04:06:11 PM
It's all over the news ffs.
No it's not.
Quote from: gallsman on July 07, 2020, 08:21:15 AMQuote from: Jim Bob on July 07, 2020, 02:05:59 AMQuote from: gallsman on July 06, 2020, 04:06:11 PM
It's all over the news ffs.
No it's not.
It was on BBC breakfast on three separate occasions yesterday morning. It was on the news on Radio 2. It was on the Channel 4 News. It was in the Irish times, as well as both the Guardian and the Independent.
Quote from: gallsman on July 07, 2020, 08:21:15 AMQuote from: Jim Bob on July 07, 2020, 02:05:59 AMQuote from: gallsman on July 06, 2020, 04:06:11 PM
It's all over the news ffs.
No it's not.
It was on BBC breakfast on three separate occasions yesterday morning. It was on the news on Radio 2. It was on the Channel 4 News. It was in the Irish times, as well as both the Guardian and the Independent.
Quote from: BennyCake on July 07, 2020, 04:11:11 PM
Wasn’t one of those fellas on the Mayo panel? Or have I got that mixed up?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 11, 2020, 09:03:20 AMAh no. What memories he gave us.
Jack Charlton aged 85.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on July 11, 2020, 09:03:20 AM
Jack Charlton aged 85.
Quote from: ONeill on July 11, 2020, 10:36:40 AMIt wasn't pretty but nobody cared. It was all just wild craic. I watched the Euro 1988 match v Holland in a bar in Genoa with some Dutch people. They were almost as disappointed as me when Ireland lost. RIP Jack from an Ireland and Leeds supporter
They've been replaying Ireland England 90 non stop on Eir Sport. Jesus it was dire, but it didn't seem it at the time. It was an odyssey.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on July 11, 2020, 11:08:02 AM
Great player, more than decent manager that had the Irish dreaming and some character he was. Andy Townsend story.
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Quote from: The Subbie on July 11, 2020, 10:00:59 AM
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I5PT65I2ny8 (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I5PT65I2ny8)
Big Jack.
Legend.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on July 13, 2020, 01:48:43 PM
Actor Kelly Preston aged 57 after a two-year battle with breast cancer.
Quote from: imtommygunn on July 15, 2020, 09:07:05 PM
Former cork footballer Kieran O'Connor died at 41 with some rare bone disorder I think it was. Three kids. Very sad that.
Quote from: Cunny Funt on July 15, 2020, 09:10:35 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on July 15, 2020, 09:07:05 PM
Former cork footballer Kieran O'Connor died at 41 with some rare bone disorder I think it was. Three kids. Very sad that.
That's awful. RIP.
Quote from: imtommygunn on July 15, 2020, 09:07:05 PM
Former cork footballer Kieran O'Connor died at 41 with some rare bone disorder I think it was. Three kids. Very sad that.
Quote from: Windmill abu on July 25, 2020, 05:18:38 PMFleetwood Mac have been class throughout all incarnations. I only really discovered them in my youth through the Tango in the Night album, had never heard of Albatross, Oh Well or even Rumours. Fantastic band.
Peter Green of Fleetwood Mac. When they were a great rock/blues band
Quote from: BennyCake on August 02, 2020, 02:23:10 PMAnd one of my favourite films, Mississippi Burning
Just seeing that Film Director Alan Parker died on Friday, aged 76.
Most notably he directed The Commitments and Angela's Ashes.
Quote from: Rois on August 02, 2020, 04:47:36 PMQuote from: BennyCake on August 02, 2020, 02:23:10 PMAnd one of my favourite films, Mississippi Burning
Just seeing that Film Director Alan Parker died on Friday, aged 76.
Most notably he directed The Commitments and Angela's Ashes.
Quote from: gallsman on August 03, 2020, 09:29:48 AMA strong case to be made that there has never been a greater one in our history, ever.
A genuine titan of our recent history. RIP.
Quote from: Rois on August 03, 2020, 09:52:32 AM
What a legacy this man leaves behind.
Ireland's hero.
Quote from: 6th sam on August 03, 2020, 10:00:39 AMQuote from: Rois on August 03, 2020, 09:52:32 AM
What a legacy this man leaves behind.
Ireland's hero.
An absolute Giant.
Uniquely at the time, he was prepared to sacrifice party political success for the greater good. Many in the SDLP opposed his approach , understandably anxious about party political suicide, but he knew the ultimate prize for all, was worth the risk.
Quote from: Rois on August 03, 2020, 10:19:47 AM
Not that he would care, such was the measure of the man, but it feels so unjust that he won't be able to have the massive celebration of his life that he deserves.
I hope someone creative can come up with some means befitting of John Hume for those of us who want to to pay our respects.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on August 03, 2020, 10:33:07 AMQuote from: Rois on August 03, 2020, 10:19:47 AM
Not that he would care, such was the measure of the man, but it feels so unjust that he won't be able to have the massive celebration of his life that he deserves.
I hope someone creative can come up with some means befitting of John Hume for those of us who want to to pay our respects.
And in light of recent funerals I really hope that there's no more ammunition given to people to jump on the bandwagon!
As for the man himself, powerful figure and his peaceful approach can't be bettered in my opinion .
A proper service for everyone when it's safe to have larger gatherings would be best
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on August 03, 2020, 09:40:13 AMI would agree 100 %
Derry and Ireland's Finest.
Quote from: Orior on August 03, 2020, 01:22:33 PM
Is it true that John donated his Peace Prize money to charity, whereas David Trimble spent his on his family and himself?
Quote from: 6th sam on August 03, 2020, 10:00:39 AMQuote from: Rois on August 03, 2020, 09:52:32 AM
What a legacy this man leaves behind.
Ireland's hero.
An absolute Giant.
Uniquely at the time, he was prepared to sacrifice party political success for the greater good. Many in the SDLP opposed his approach , understandably anxious about party political suicide, but he knew the ultimate prize for all, was worth the risk.
Quote from: From the Bunker on August 03, 2020, 01:30:30 PMQuote from: Orior on August 03, 2020, 01:22:33 PM
Is it true that John donated his Peace Prize money to charity, whereas David Trimble spent his on his family and himself?
It was their money to do what ever they wanted with it. If Trimble wanted to spend the money on himself, good luck to him. Sometime people expect to much of political representatives. Anyway, today is about John Hume.
Quote from: Armamike on August 03, 2020, 12:00:37 PM
A truly great man. What he did for Derry and Ireland cannot be understated. Worked remarkably hard for the welfare of others rather than personal gain. Possessed the type of vision and intelligence others were not capable of. It will be a long time if ever we will see his likes again.
Quote from: imtommygunn on August 03, 2020, 02:11:00 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on August 03, 2020, 01:30:30 PMQuote from: Orior on August 03, 2020, 01:22:33 PM
Is it true that John donated his Peace Prize money to charity, whereas David Trimble spent his on his family and himself?
It was their money to do what ever they wanted with it. If Trimble wanted to spend the money on himself, good luck to him. Sometime people expect to much of political representatives. Anyway, today is about John Hume.
It actually says lots about Hume and doesn't say anything about Trimble as he just did what the vast majority of people would do so I don't think he did much wrong but Hume went above and beyond.
A large number of posters here wouldn't have the life they have know without Hume. He changed everything.
Quote from: Rossfan on August 03, 2020, 11:00:55 AMI'm a great admirer of James Connolly, but nobody in the first half of the 20th century touches Hume
As the cliche correctly put it :-
His fingerprints are all over the Good Friday agreement. Especially he bit about putting it to a Referendum so SF and Republicans could move on from the 1918 election.
Certainly the top Irish person of the last half of the 20th Century.
Quote from: sid waddell on August 03, 2020, 06:24:33 PMQuote from: Rossfan on August 03, 2020, 11:00:55 AMI'm a great admirer of James Connolly, but nobody in the first half of the 20th century touches Hume
As the cliche correctly put it :-
His fingerprints are all over the Good Friday agreement. Especially he bit about putting it to a Referendum so SF and Republicans could move on from the 1918 election.
Certainly the top Irish person of the last half of the 20th Century.
He towers over Pearse, Collins and De Valera as an admirable historical figure
Quote from: Windmill abu on August 03, 2020, 10:19:10 PMFor a start he wasn't a fanatical devotee of "blood sacrifice", he didn't believe in killing people, or deliberately creating martyrsQuote from: sid waddell on August 03, 2020, 06:24:33 PMQuote from: Rossfan on August 03, 2020, 11:00:55 AMI'm a great admirer of James Connolly, but nobody in the first half of the 20th century touches Hume
As the cliche correctly put it :-
His fingerprints are all over the Good Friday agreement. Especially he bit about putting it to a Referendum so SF and Republicans could move on from the 1918 election.
Certainly the top Irish person of the last half of the 20th Century.
He towers over Pearse, Collins and De Valera as an admirable historical figure
Why?
Quote from: sid waddell on August 04, 2020, 12:49:32 AMQuote from: Windmill abu on August 03, 2020, 10:19:10 PMFor a start he wasn't a fanatical devotee of "blood sacrifice", he didn't believe in killing people, or deliberately creating martyrsQuote from: sid waddell on August 03, 2020, 06:24:33 PMQuote from: Rossfan on August 03, 2020, 11:00:55 AMI'm a great admirer of James Connolly, but nobody in the first half of the 20th century touches Hume
As the cliche correctly put it :-
His fingerprints are all over the Good Friday agreement. Especially he bit about putting it to a Referendum so SF and Republicans could move on from the 1918 election.
Certainly the top Irish person of the last half of the 20th Century.
He towers over Pearse, Collins and De Valera as an admirable historical figure
Why?
He was selfless and didn't care one whit about self glorification, he cared about the real lives of other people and how to make them better, no matter their background
Ireland's MLK
Quote from: sid waddell on August 04, 2020, 12:49:32 AMQuote from: Windmill abu on August 03, 2020, 10:19:10 PMFor a start he wasn't a fanatical devotee of "blood sacrifice", he didn't believe in killing people, or deliberately creating martyrsQuote from: sid waddell on August 03, 2020, 06:24:33 PMQuote from: Rossfan on August 03, 2020, 11:00:55 AMI'm a great admirer of James Connolly, but nobody in the first half of the 20th century touches Hume
As the cliche correctly put it :-
His fingerprints are all over the Good Friday agreement. Especially he bit about putting it to a Referendum so SF and Republicans could move on from the 1918 election.
Certainly the top Irish person of the last half of the 20th Century.
He towers over Pearse, Collins and De Valera as an admirable historical figure
Why?
He was selfless and didn't care one whit about self glorification, he cared about the real lives of other people and how to make them better, no matter their background
Ireland's MLK
Quote from: Captain Obvious on August 29, 2020, 03:36:02 AMJust read this, colon cancer and he had kept it quite for 4 years.
Actor Chadwick Boseman probably best known for his role as Black Panther dies aged 43.
Quote from: Capt Pat on September 01, 2020, 09:34:16 PM
Eric Morillo DJ known for Reel 2 Real "I like to move it".
Quote from: sid waddell on September 02, 2020, 12:00:45 PMRIP Tony
Molly Malone AKA Tony Broughan
An unmissable sight on Hill 16 on match days
Quote from: mouview on September 02, 2020, 10:31:01 AM
Comrade Duch, butcher-in-chief of the Cambodian Khmer Rouge regime.
Quote from: Dire Ear on September 10, 2020, 02:47:52 PMNatural beaut in her youth RIP.
Diana Rigg dies aged 82
The Avengers, On Her Majesty's Secret Service and Game of Thrones
Quote from: Rudi on September 12, 2020, 07:15:25 PM
Stevie Lee the dwarf that starred on Jackass.
Quote from: Capt Pat on September 13, 2020, 12:49:50 AMQuote from: Rudi on September 12, 2020, 07:15:25 PM
Stevie Lee the dwarf that starred on Jackass.
I thought it was wee man who had died. It was in fact a different dwarf.
Quote from: rodney trotter on September 15, 2020, 09:28:02 PM
Jockey Pat Smullen.
Quote from: rodney trotter on September 15, 2020, 09:28:02 PM
Jockey Pat Smullen.
Quote from: Main Street on September 22, 2020, 05:17:58 PM
President Michael D's faithfull friend,
Síoda, a Bernese mountain dog, "passed away, after a short illness".
Quote from: Dire Ear on September 21, 2020, 04:29:53 PM
British-French actor Michael Lonsdale, who played the villain opposite Roger Moore's James Bond in the 1979 film Moonraker, has died at the age of 89
Quote from: seafoid on October 02, 2020, 02:14:28 PMI really liked his stuff when I was doing the Leaving Cert
Poet Derek Mahon
Quote from: sid waddell on October 02, 2020, 02:19:09 PMJust read this evening he was dead. A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford is a masterpiece. Dawn at St. Patrick's and In Carrowdore Churchyard also worth a few minutes of someone's time.Quote from: seafoid on October 02, 2020, 02:14:28 PMI really liked his stuff when I was doing the Leaving Cert
Poet Derek Mahon
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 06, 2020, 08:39:54 PMArguably the greatest guitarist of all time. RIP.
Eddie Van Halen - 65, cancer
Quote from: Cunny Funt on October 06, 2020, 10:33:15 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 06, 2020, 08:39:54 PMArguably the greatest guitarist of all time. RIP.
Eddie Van Halen - 65, cancer
Quote from: BennyCake on October 18, 2020, 03:44:42 PM
Sad news from Tyrone GAA.
Ex-goalkeeper Johnny Curran has died suddenly aged 33.
Quote from: trileacman on October 18, 2020, 03:49:41 PM
Can't believe the news about Johnny Curran. It has just came as a bolt from the blue even amongst this age of focus on health and deaths.
Thoughts are with his partner and young kids.
Quote from: Taylor on October 30, 2020, 03:49:27 PM
Nobby Stiles has passed away after a long illness
Quote from: BennyCake on October 30, 2020, 06:09:15 PMQuote from: Taylor on October 30, 2020, 03:49:27 PM
Nobby Stiles has passed away after a long illness
He had dementia, didn't he?
That 1966 England team have had a right wipeout this year.
Quote from: BennyCake on October 30, 2020, 06:09:15 PMQuote from: Taylor on October 30, 2020, 03:49:27 PM
Nobby Stiles has passed away after a long illness
He had dementia, didn't he?
That 1966 England team have had a right wipeout this year.
Quote from: pbat on October 30, 2020, 07:25:23 PM
Big Jack did he not start?
Quote from: HiMucker on October 31, 2020, 12:31:36 PM
Sean Connery :'(
Quote from: BennyCake on October 31, 2020, 03:54:36 PM
I think of Connery's memorable roles in films such as The Rock, Indiana Jones, Red October etc, not Bond.
It's difficult to say anyone was brilliant in a Bond movie. You can't really take them in any way serious.
Quote from: BennyCake on October 30, 2020, 06:09:15 PMI see Bobby Charlton has been diagnosed with dementia now also.Quote from: Taylor on October 30, 2020, 03:49:27 PM
Nobby Stiles has passed away after a long illness
He had dementia, didn't he?
That 1966 England team have had a right wipeout this year.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on November 01, 2020, 08:30:49 PMThis news just stops me in my tracks, the outstanding commentator and war/conflict journalist of our times.
Robert Fisk.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on November 01, 2020, 08:30:49 PMRIP
Robert Fisk.
Quote from: BennyCake on October 29, 2020, 12:32:52 PM
Wondered who you meant there, jibba.
Bobby Ball, aged 76 after contracting Covid.
I seen him recently on that Lee Mack sitcom 'Not Going Out' and thought that he had died a while back - it was Eddie Large (also with Covid). I always got them two mixed up.
Quote from: Roesider on November 02, 2020, 09:44:37 AMQuote from: BennyCake on October 29, 2020, 12:32:52 PM
Wondered who you meant there, jibba.
Bobby Ball, aged 76 after contracting Covid.
I seen him recently on that Lee Mack sitcom 'Not Going Out' and thought that he had died a while back - it was Eddie Large (also with Covid). I always got them two mixed up.
Mixing up Bobby Ball with Eddie Large :D
Rock on Tommy!
Quote from: naka on November 01, 2020, 10:33:37 PMQuote from: Farrandeelin on November 01, 2020, 08:30:49 PMRIP
Robert Fisk.
Fabulous journalist
Quote from: imtommygunn on November 08, 2020, 12:56:16 PM49.
Adrian Cahill former birr hurler. I think he was an Offaly panellist at least too. Played min 90s so can't be much more than the 50 mark.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on November 08, 2020, 05:53:38 PM
Alex Trebek, host of game show Jeopardy at 80 of pancreatic cancer.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 08, 2020, 04:35:40 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on November 08, 2020, 12:56:16 PM49.
Adrian Cahill former birr hurler. I think he was an Offaly panellist at least too. Played min 90s so can't be much more than the 50 mark.
Quote from: Taylor on November 13, 2020, 07:48:45 AM
Yorkshire Ripper
Peter Sutcliffe
Quote from: samuel maguire on November 13, 2020, 10:13:02 AMQuote from: Taylor on November 13, 2020, 07:48:45 AM
Yorkshire Ripper
Peter Sutcliffe
RIP
Quote from: BennyHarp on November 15, 2020, 09:27:33 AM
Des O'Connor
Quote from: BennyCake on November 15, 2020, 04:49:11 PM
He was only 72. Thought he was around 80.
Didn't he play the 87 FA Cup final? I'm sure I remember him playing.
Quote from: Dire Ear on November 15, 2020, 03:32:50 PM5 League Titles, 3 European Cups,2 UEFA Cups also FA and League Cups. Some collection of medals that, great goalkeeper.
Liverpool's best ever keeper
Quote from: Targetman on November 23, 2020, 06:34:22 PM
Maurice Setters, big Jacks' right hand man
Quote from: seafoid on November 24, 2020, 06:05:53 PMOnly 48 and a regular analyst on French tv.
French rugbyman Christophe Dominici
https://youtu.be/RNRhF-ONqZQ
Quote from: Hound on November 24, 2020, 10:53:20 PMHe was sexually abused as a childQuote from: seafoid on November 24, 2020, 06:05:53 PMOnly 48 and a regular analyst on French tv.
French rugbyman Christophe Dominici
https://youtu.be/RNRhF-ONqZQ
Per the BBC
'A witness saw him climb the roof of a disused building at Saint-Cloud park, near Paris, on Tuesday before falling, officials say.'
Quote from: mouview on November 24, 2020, 09:49:11 PM
Former Kilkenny corner-forward Harry Ryan. Sad year for that family.
Quote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 04:22:56 PMSame date as George Best died.
Diego :'( :'( :'(
The Greatest
Quote from: From the Bunker on November 25, 2020, 04:34:20 PM
The Greatest RIP!
Quote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 04:22:56 PM
Diego :'( :'( :'(
The Greatest
Quote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 04:22:56 PM
Diego :'( :'( :'(
The Greatest
Quote from: Captain Obvious on November 25, 2020, 04:41:58 PMQuote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 04:22:56 PM
Diego :'( :'( :'(
The Greatest
A troubled legend. At his peak the best footballer I have ever seen play. RIP.
Quote from: From the Bunker on November 25, 2020, 04:34:20 PM
The Greatest RIP!
Quote from: laoislad on November 25, 2020, 04:32:38 PMSomething else both died the same date.Quote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 04:22:56 PMSame date as George Best died.
Diego :'( :'( :'(
The Greatest
RIP Maradona.
Quote from: Sean3 on November 25, 2020, 05:22:23 PMLiterally nobody in the world of sport, maybe even outside sport, has been or ever will be worshipped unconditionally in the way Maradona was and is
A brilliant player forever wrapped up in the memory of 1986. That brilliant goal against England and his tour de force against Belgium in the semi. It was his tournament. The greatest I've seen. His genius, charisma, his troubled personal life and his humble origins endeared him to the Neapolitans in a way that few if any others have managed at any club. RIP Diego
Quote from: Hound on November 25, 2020, 05:58:30 PM
I didn't see enough of Diego in club football to have a firm opinion on comparing him to the current greats.
But I've watched almost every match in every World Cup from 1982 to date, and his tournament performances are the best I've ever seen.
Quote from: Hound on November 25, 2020, 05:58:30 PM
I didn't see enough of Diego in club football to have a firm opinion on comparing him to the current greats.
But I've watched almost every match in every World Cup from 1982 to date, and his tournament performances are the best I've ever seen.
Quote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 06:16:09 PMJesus Sid settle yourself ;D
Diego existed far and away above anything so trivial as football
He is best looked at as an other worldly liberator of whole peoples
Their entire existence, their entire sense of themselves was validated by him
This is not an exaggeration in any sense - this is genuinely how he made the peoples of Argentina and of Naples feel
In a world sense and in a non football sense, only the likes of Mandela, Martin Luther King and Gandhi had this sort of effect
In history and legend, what he did for Argentina in those four minutes in 1986 was like what Moses did for the Israelites
He was the chosen one
Quote from: laoislad on November 25, 2020, 04:32:38 PMEver think your birthday is unlucky?Quote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 04:22:56 PMSame date as George Best died.
Diego :'( :'( :'(
The Greatest
RIP Maradona.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 25, 2020, 08:38:02 PMMy Granny died on this date also....Quote from: laoislad on November 25, 2020, 04:32:38 PMEver think your birthday is unlucky?Quote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 04:22:56 PMSame date as George Best died.
Diego :'( :'( :'(
The Greatest
RIP Maradona.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on November 25, 2020, 09:01:51 PM
Father Ted and father Jack both died on 29th February
Quote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 06:16:09 PM
Diego existed far and away above anything so trivial as football
He is best looked at as an other worldly liberator of whole peoples
Their entire existence, their entire sense of themselves was validated by him
This is not an exaggeration in any sense - this is genuinely how he made the peoples of Argentina and of Naples feel
In a world sense and in a non football sense, only the likes of Mandela, Martin Luther King and Gandhi had this sort of effect
In history and legend, what he did for Argentina in those four minutes in 1986 was like what Moses did for the Israelites
He was the chosen one
Quote from: mouview on November 25, 2020, 11:50:42 PMOther than them being from South America, at their respective peaks in the late 1980s and having rivetting documentaries about them made by Asif Kapadia, they aren't really comparableQuote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 06:16:09 PM
Diego existed far and away above anything so trivial as football
He is best looked at as an other worldly liberator of whole peoples
Their entire existence, their entire sense of themselves was validated by him
This is not an exaggeration in any sense - this is genuinely how he made the peoples of Argentina and of Naples feel
In a world sense and in a non football sense, only the likes of Mandela, Martin Luther King and Gandhi had this sort of effect
In history and legend, what he did for Argentina in those four minutes in 1986 was like what Moses did for the Israelites
He was the chosen one
Senna was the Brazilian equivalent.
Sorry but Maradona not GOAT. Messi for me.
Quote from: RedHand88 on November 26, 2020, 12:06:49 AM
https://mobile.twitter.com/HLNinEngeland/status/1331733925153091585 (https://mobile.twitter.com/HLNinEngeland/status/1331733925153091585)
I see the English are over 1986 anyway.
Quote from: BennyCake on November 26, 2020, 12:35:08 AMThey're got rats big as cats, they've got diggers for goldQuote from: RedHand88 on November 26, 2020, 12:06:49 AM
https://mobile.twitter.com/HLNinEngeland/status/1331733925153091585 (https://mobile.twitter.com/HLNinEngeland/status/1331733925153091585)
I see the English are over 1986 anyway.
That is mental. Rats the size of cats?!
Why does anyone buy those filthy rags?
Quote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 12:13:48 AM
Maradona elevated those around him - they believed they were going into battle with an unbeatable general who was also in the trenches with them, doing the most fighting
Messi, great as he is, doesn't have that
Quote from: passedit on November 26, 2020, 11:03:03 AMQuote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 12:13:48 AM
Maradona elevated those around him - they believed they were going into battle with an unbeatable general who was also in the trenches with them, doing the most fighting
Messi, great as he is, doesn't have that
This
Imagine Messi playing in the 70s & 80s. No me neither. Now imagine Maradonna playing with today's protections.
Way better than Pele as well btw.
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on November 26, 2020, 01:57:28 PMFor Messi's whole career, the world has demanded he be Maradona
Maybe abit unfair on Messi as his club football is up there, however he certainly doesn't have the aurora of Diego Maradona. Then again who does!? The greatest gone but definitely not or never to be forgotten.
Quote from: Armamike on November 26, 2020, 12:42:44 PM
By far the greatest player I've seen in my lifetime (watching football from the late 70s). Remember watching the 86 quarter final and the 2nd goal, and thinking at the time, this is the greatest goal that has been, or ever will be, scored. To do that, at that level, was/is unheard of. And for good measure he repeated it against Belgium! From the clips I've seen of Pele I would strongly argue Maradona had a bit more. I wouldn't put Messi at his level. As others have said, the context needs to be taken into account when comparing Messi and other modern day players with Diego. He played on bad pitches. He got kicked around the pitch, particularly by the Italians, and had to get on with it. He got rough treatment at the 82 World Cup and ended up retaliating and getting a red card. By 86 and at his peak, he was so good and strong nobody could get close enough to whack him! Gary Lineker gave him a great tribute on BT last night, and a great insight into his natural ability which defied the laws of physics.
He was treated like a god in Argentina and Naples (until the 1990 World Cup when he asked Naples fans to support Argentina over Italy!). What he managed to achieve single handedly for both was hard to imagine. Especially Napoli, taking them from mediocrity to two titles in the space of a few years.
I find it mildly amusing when people (esp the English) throw back the cheating and the drug addiction to somehow try to take away from his abilities as a footballer. It's worth remembering that in 1986 the Falklands was still quite fresh and a very sore point for the Argies and Diego wasn't going to lose much sleep in getting one over the English. He had an addictive personality, a condition and illness which on one hand drove him to be the player he was, but the downside was the drug abuse. That he was able to perform at the level he did, while suffering a drug addiction, was remarkable.
Quote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 12:13:48 AMQuote from: mouview on November 25, 2020, 11:50:42 PMOther than them being from South America, at their respective peaks in the late 1980s and having rivetting documentaries about them made by Asif Kapadia, they aren't really comparableQuote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 06:16:09 PM
Diego existed far and away above anything so trivial as football
He is best looked at as an other worldly liberator of whole peoples
Their entire existence, their entire sense of themselves was validated by him
This is not an exaggeration in any sense - this is genuinely how he made the peoples of Argentina and of Naples feel
In a world sense and in a non football sense, only the likes of Mandela, Martin Luther King and Gandhi had this sort of effect
In history and legend, what he did for Argentina in those four minutes in 1986 was like what Moses did for the Israelites
He was the chosen one
Senna was the Brazilian equivalent.
Sorry but Maradona not GOAT. Messi for me.
Quote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 12:00:28 PM
He was the most famous person in the world, he was the most important person in the world and he was the most talented person in the world
He was bigger than Michael Jackson, Madonna, U2, Guns 'N' Roses, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev put together
Quote from: mouview on November 26, 2020, 04:01:42 PMI suppose Senna had as much flair as it's possible to have driving a carQuote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 12:13:48 AMQuote from: mouview on November 25, 2020, 11:50:42 PMOther than them being from South America, at their respective peaks in the late 1980s and having rivetting documentaries about them made by Asif Kapadia, they aren't really comparableQuote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 06:16:09 PM
Diego existed far and away above anything so trivial as football
He is best looked at as an other worldly liberator of whole peoples
Their entire existence, their entire sense of themselves was validated by him
This is not an exaggeration in any sense - this is genuinely how he made the peoples of Argentina and of Naples feel
In a world sense and in a non football sense, only the likes of Mandela, Martin Luther King and Gandhi had this sort of effect
In history and legend, what he did for Argentina in those four minutes in 1986 was like what Moses did for the Israelites
He was the chosen one
Senna was the Brazilian equivalent.
Sorry but Maradona not GOAT. Messi for me.
Senna came from 'money' while Maradona patently did not; however, the effect both had on their compatriots was the same. Both were beacons, icons to populations beset with poverty and government indifference and corruption. Both were aspirations to what their people would like to be.
Muhammad Ali was called The Greatest, due perhaps to his personality and the effect he had on the zeitgeist of his era, rather than as much to do with his ring craft. He was scarcely the greatest boxer of all time. In the same way, I think people are conflating Maradona's greatness with his tumultuous times and the stormy life he led. Sure, he played at a time when referee protection was much less and opponents were given more licence to physically stop him from playing, even if it was hardly the brutal free-for-all fest that some would have you believe. His time at the pinnacle was brief by and large, from say 1986 - 1990. His club career, injury-blighted of course, at Barce' was underwhelming, the same post-Napoli where he made little impression at Sevilla and wherever else.
Messi, for longevity alone, is IMO superior to Maradona. He has bestrode the Champions League, (regarded for a good number of years now as the premier competition in football, quality and standard wise) for over a decade. He has scored the type of 'England 1986' goal many's a time for Barce' and his club performances for a spell in the early to mid years of this decade have been at times stupidly brilliant. Never more so when he masterminded the destruction of Real Madrid almost 10 years ago now;
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/nov/29/barcelona-real-madrid-la-liga
He might have won the '06 WC in Germany if that dolt Pekerman favoured boldness instead of caution. He was never going to win it under Maradona in 2010. Somewhat unfit I think in 2014 and perhaps 2018.
Maradona's great moments were like lightning, brief brilliant flashes. Messi's were a constant blaze of brilliance.
Quote from: mouview on November 26, 2020, 04:01:42 PMQuote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 12:13:48 AMQuote from: mouview on November 25, 2020, 11:50:42 PMOther than them being from South America, at their respective peaks in the late 1980s and having rivetting documentaries about them made by Asif Kapadia, they aren't really comparableQuote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 06:16:09 PM
Diego existed far and away above anything so trivial as football
He is best looked at as an other worldly liberator of whole peoples
Their entire existence, their entire sense of themselves was validated by him
This is not an exaggeration in any sense - this is genuinely how he made the peoples of Argentina and of Naples feel
In a world sense and in a non football sense, only the likes of Mandela, Martin Luther King and Gandhi had this sort of effect
In history and legend, what he did for Argentina in those four minutes in 1986 was like what Moses did for the Israelites
He was the chosen one
Senna was the Brazilian equivalent.
Sorry but Maradona not GOAT. Messi for me.
Senna came from 'money' while Maradona patently did not; however, the effect both had on their compatriots was the same. Both were beacons, icons to populations beset with poverty and government indifference and corruption. Both were aspirations to what their people would like to be.
Muhammad Ali was called The Greatest, due perhaps to his personality and the effect he had on the zeitgeist of his era, rather than as much to do with his ring craft. He was scarcely the greatest boxer of all time. In the same way, I think people are conflating Maradona's greatness with his tumultuous times and the stormy life he led. Sure, he played at a time when referee protection was much less and opponents were given more licence to physically stop him from playing, even if it was hardly the brutal free-for-all fest that some would have you believe. His time at the pinnacle was brief by and large, from say 1986 - 1990. His club career, injury-blighted of course, at Barce' was underwhelming, the same post-Napoli where he made little impression at Sevilla and wherever else.
Messi, for longevity alone, is IMO superior to Maradona. He has bestrode the Champions League, (regarded for a good number of years now as the premier competition in football, quality and standard wise) for over a decade. He has scored the type of 'England 1986' goal many's a time for Barce' and his club performances for a spell in the early to mid years of this decade have been at times stupidly brilliant. Never more so when he masterminded the destruction of Real Madrid almost 10 years ago now;
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/nov/29/barcelona-real-madrid-la-liga
He might have won the '06 WC in Germany if that dolt Pekerman favoured boldness instead of caution. He was never going to win it under Maradona in 2010. Somewhat unfit I think in 2014 and perhaps 2018.
Maradona's great moments were like lightning, brief brilliant flashes. Messi's were a constant blaze of brilliance.
Quote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 05:03:49 PMQuote from: mouview on November 26, 2020, 04:01:42 PMI suppose Senna had as much flair as it's possible to have driving a carQuote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 12:13:48 AMQuote from: mouview on November 25, 2020, 11:50:42 PMOther than them being from South America, at their respective peaks in the late 1980s and having rivetting documentaries about them made by Asif Kapadia, they aren't really comparableQuote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 06:16:09 PM
Diego existed far and away above anything so trivial as football
He is best looked at as an other worldly liberator of whole peoples
Their entire existence, their entire sense of themselves was validated by him
This is not an exaggeration in any sense - this is genuinely how he made the peoples of Argentina and of Naples feel
In a world sense and in a non football sense, only the likes of Mandela, Martin Luther King and Gandhi had this sort of effect
In history and legend, what he did for Argentina in those four minutes in 1986 was like what Moses did for the Israelites
He was the chosen one
Senna was the Brazilian equivalent.
Sorry but Maradona not GOAT. Messi for me.
Senna came from 'money' while Maradona patently did not; however, the effect both had on their compatriots was the same. Both were beacons, icons to populations beset with poverty and government indifference and corruption. Both were aspirations to what their people would like to be.
Muhammad Ali was called The Greatest, due perhaps to his personality and the effect he had on the zeitgeist of his era, rather than as much to do with his ring craft. He was scarcely the greatest boxer of all time. In the same way, I think people are conflating Maradona's greatness with his tumultuous times and the stormy life he led. Sure, he played at a time when referee protection was much less and opponents were given more licence to physically stop him from playing, even if it was hardly the brutal free-for-all fest that some would have you believe. His time at the pinnacle was brief by and large, from say 1986 - 1990. His club career, injury-blighted of course, at Barce' was underwhelming, the same post-Napoli where he made little impression at Sevilla and wherever else.
Messi, for longevity alone, is IMO superior to Maradona. He has bestrode the Champions League, (regarded for a good number of years now as the premier competition in football, quality and standard wise) for over a decade. He has scored the type of 'England 1986' goal many's a time for Barce' and his club performances for a spell in the early to mid years of this decade have been at times stupidly brilliant. Never more so when he masterminded the destruction of Real Madrid almost 10 years ago now;
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/nov/29/barcelona-real-madrid-la-liga
He might have won the '06 WC in Germany if that dolt Pekerman favoured boldness instead of caution. He was never going to win it under Maradona in 2010. Somewhat unfit I think in 2014 and perhaps 2018.
Maradona's great moments were like lightning, brief brilliant flashes. Messi's were a constant blaze of brilliance.
But I would compare him more to somebody like Seve Ballesteros, mercurial in his own way, and loved, but pursuing an essentially minority, rich pursuit
Brazil elevated Senna perhaps in the absence of a great Brazilian football figure of the era, and because of their failure in World Cups in 1986 and 1990, his death and Brazil's victory in 1994 signalled a changing of the guard back to Brazil's first love, football
Senna would not have been what he was without his rivalry with Prost, in a similar way to how Messi's story is tied up with his rivalry with Ronaldo, in both cases, each was driven on by the other
But comparing Senna to Maradona is like comparing Jimmy Page to Jimi Hendrix, The Small Faces to The Beatles, Ocean Colour Scene to Oasis
Maradona didn't have that sort of personal rival, his rival was the system, oppression, the rich, he was a football Robin Hood fighting for the little people
What people's definition of greatness is will differ, but for me the greatest greatness is circumstance, story and explosive genius of the sort nobody else can even dream of, fighting against the odds
There needs to be genius and there needs to be romance, there needs to be soul
Football at it's very best is an art form, it is self expression, or collective expression, but it's also a test of human strength, both physical and mental
In basic football terms Maradona had a higher ceiling than anybody to have ever played the game, his genius was on another level to anybody who has ever played any sport, he did this against the hardest odds any true sporting genius has ever had to put up with
And he produced this ceiling at the very highest level possible, the most popular sporting event in the world - the centre of the world for a month - in a World Cup which was the first one Argentina had experienced free of the junta - most memorably against the country which had defeated it humiliatingly in a war four years earlier
He owned the world, no other footballer, not even Pele, has done this
He did this with an otherwise average team
He did the same in the hardest league there has ever been in football, Serie A from 1984 to 1991, with a team which had never won the league and whose people were looked down upon, ridiculed, despised by the wealthy north of Italy
The graphic of Ché Guevara that we all know means something visceral to people, a sort of a loose, romantic feeling of freedom and justice, of being young, of being a rebel, it doesn't have to make sense, but it stirs something in you, you haven't a heart if it doesn't move you somewhat
Diego was that graphic of Ché Guevara come to life on a football pitch
He was a symbol of freedom, of rebelliousness, of youth, of pure unrestrained potency, of fantasy, unlimited possibility, of exoticism, of cool, of danger, of other worldly genius
He was a rock star, preacher, prophet, stand up comedian, guerilla fighter, genius poker player, all rolled into one
He was the greatest countercultural icon ever
And to his peoples he was a redeemer and a liberator
This is what greatness is
And he suffered for it, because nobody could deal with the unconditional worship people had for him
Quote from: mouview on November 26, 2020, 04:01:42 PMQuote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 12:13:48 AMQuote from: mouview on November 25, 2020, 11:50:42 PMOther than them being from South America, at their respective peaks in the late 1980s and having rivetting documentaries about them made by Asif Kapadia, they aren't really comparableQuote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 06:16:09 PM
Diego existed far and away above anything so trivial as football
He is best looked at as an other worldly liberator of whole peoples
Their entire existence, their entire sense of themselves was validated by him
This is not an exaggeration in any sense - this is genuinely how he made the peoples of Argentina and of Naples feel
In a world sense and in a non football sense, only the likes of Mandela, Martin Luther King and Gandhi had this sort of effect
In history and legend, what he did for Argentina in those four minutes in 1986 was like what Moses did for the Israelites
He was the chosen one
Senna was the Brazilian equivalent.
Sorry but Maradona not GOAT. Messi for me.
Senna came from 'money' while Maradona patently did not; however, the effect both had on their compatriots was the same. Both were beacons, icons to populations beset with poverty and government indifference and corruption. Both were aspirations to what their people would like to be.
Muhammad Ali was called The Greatest, due perhaps to his personality and the effect he had on the zeitgeist of his era, rather than as much to do with his ring craft. He was scarcely the greatest boxer of all time. In the same way, I think people are conflating Maradona's greatness with his tumultuous times and the stormy life he led. Sure, he played at a time when referee protection was much less and opponents were given more licence to physically stop him from playing, even if it was hardly the brutal free-for-all fest that some would have you believe. His time at the pinnacle was brief by and large, from say 1986 - 1990. His club career, injury-blighted of course, at Barce' was underwhelming, the same post-Napoli where he made little impression at Sevilla and wherever else.
Messi, for longevity alone, is IMO superior to Maradona. He has bestrode the Champions League, (regarded for a good number of years now as the premier competition in football, quality and standard wise) for over a decade. He has scored the type of 'England 1986' goal many's a time for Barce' and his club performances for a spell in the early to mid years of this decade have been at times stupidly brilliant. Never more so when he masterminded the destruction of Real Madrid almost 10 years ago now;
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/nov/29/barcelona-real-madrid-la-liga
He might have won the '06 WC in Germany if that dolt Pekerman favoured boldness instead of caution. He was never going to win it under Maradona in 2010. Somewhat unfit I think in 2014 and perhaps 2018.
Maradona's great moments were like lightning, brief brilliant flashes. Messi's were a constant blaze of brilliance.
Quote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 05:03:49 PMQuote from: mouview on November 26, 2020, 04:01:42 PMI suppose Senna had as much flair as it's possible to have driving a carQuote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 12:13:48 AMQuote from: mouview on November 25, 2020, 11:50:42 PMOther than them being from South America, at their respective peaks in the late 1980s and having rivetting documentaries about them made by Asif Kapadia, they aren't really comparableQuote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 06:16:09 PM
Diego existed far and away above anything so trivial as football
He is best looked at as an other worldly liberator of whole peoples
Their entire existence, their entire sense of themselves was validated by him
This is not an exaggeration in any sense - this is genuinely how he made the peoples of Argentina and of Naples feel
In a world sense and in a non football sense, only the likes of Mandela, Martin Luther King and Gandhi had this sort of effect
In history and legend, what he did for Argentina in those four minutes in 1986 was like what Moses did for the Israelites
He was the chosen one
Senna was the Brazilian equivalent.
Sorry but Maradona not GOAT. Messi for me.
Senna came from 'money' while Maradona patently did not; however, the effect both had on their compatriots was the same. Both were beacons, icons to populations beset with poverty and government indifference and corruption. Both were aspirations to what their people would like to be.
Muhammad Ali was called The Greatest, due perhaps to his personality and the effect he had on the zeitgeist of his era, rather than as much to do with his ring craft. He was scarcely the greatest boxer of all time. In the same way, I think people are conflating Maradona's greatness with his tumultuous times and the stormy life he led. Sure, he played at a time when referee protection was much less and opponents were given more licence to physically stop him from playing, even if it was hardly the brutal free-for-all fest that some would have you believe. His time at the pinnacle was brief by and large, from say 1986 - 1990. His club career, injury-blighted of course, at Barce' was underwhelming, the same post-Napoli where he made little impression at Sevilla and wherever else.
Messi, for longevity alone, is IMO superior to Maradona. He has bestrode the Champions League, (regarded for a good number of years now as the premier competition in football, quality and standard wise) for over a decade. He has scored the type of 'England 1986' goal many's a time for Barce' and his club performances for a spell in the early to mid years of this decade have been at times stupidly brilliant. Never more so when he masterminded the destruction of Real Madrid almost 10 years ago now;
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/nov/29/barcelona-real-madrid-la-liga
He might have won the '06 WC in Germany if that dolt Pekerman favoured boldness instead of caution. He was never going to win it under Maradona in 2010. Somewhat unfit I think in 2014 and perhaps 2018.
Maradona's great moments were like lightning, brief brilliant flashes. Messi's were a constant blaze of brilliance.
But I would compare him more to somebody like Seve Ballesteros, mercurial in his own way, and loved, but pursuing an essentially minority, rich pursuit
Brazil elevated Senna perhaps in the absence of a great Brazilian football figure of the era, and because of their failure in World Cups in 1986 and 1990, his death and Brazil's victory in 1994 signalled a changing of the guard back to Brazil's first love, football
Senna would not have been what he was without his rivalry with Prost, in a similar way to how Messi's story is tied up with his rivalry with Ronaldo, in both cases, each was driven on by the other
But comparing Senna to Maradona is like comparing Jimmy Page to Jimi Hendrix, The Small Faces to The Beatles, Ocean Colour Scene to Oasis
Maradona didn't have that sort of personal rival, his rival was the system, oppression, the rich, he was a football Robin Hood fighting for the little people
What people's definition of greatness is will differ, but for me the greatest greatness is circumstance, story and explosive genius of the sort nobody else can even dream of, fighting against the odds
There needs to be genius and there needs to be romance, there needs to be soul
Football at it's very best is an art form, it is self expression, or collective expression, but it's also a test of human strength, both physical and mental
In basic football terms Maradona had a higher ceiling than anybody to have ever played the game, his genius was on another level to anybody who has ever played any sport, he did this against the hardest odds any true sporting genius has ever had to put up with
And he produced this ceiling at the very highest level possible, the most popular sporting event in the world - the centre of the world for a month - in a World Cup which was the first one Argentina had experienced free of the junta - most memorably against the country which had defeated it humiliatingly in a war four years earlier
He owned the world, no other footballer, not even Pele, has done this
He did this with an otherwise average team
He did the same in the hardest league there has ever been in football, Serie A from 1984 to 1991, with a team which had never won the league and whose people were looked down upon, ridiculed, despised by the wealthy north of Italy
The graphic of Ché Guevara that we all know means something visceral to people, a sort of a loose, romantic feeling of freedom and justice, of being young, of being a rebel, it doesn't have to make sense, but it stirs something in you, you haven't a heart if it doesn't move you somewhat
Diego was that graphic of Ché Guevara come to life on a football pitch
He was a symbol of freedom, of rebelliousness, of youth, of pure unrestrained potency, of fantasy, unlimited possibility, of exoticism, of cool, of danger, of other worldly genius
He was a rock star, preacher, prophet, stand up comedian, guerilla fighter, genius poker player, all rolled into one
He was the greatest countercultural icon ever
And to his peoples he was a redeemer and a liberator
This is what greatness is
And he suffered for it, because nobody could deal with the unconditional worship people had for him
Quote from: mouview on November 26, 2020, 04:01:42 PMQuote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 12:13:48 AMQuote from: mouview on November 25, 2020, 11:50:42 PMOther than them being from South America, at their respective peaks in the late 1980s and having rivetting documentaries about them made by Asif Kapadia, they aren't really comparableQuote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 06:16:09 PM
Diego existed far and away above anything so trivial as football
He is best looked at as an other worldly liberator of whole peoples
Their entire existence, their entire sense of themselves was validated by him
This is not an exaggeration in any sense - this is genuinely how he made the peoples of Argentina and of Naples feel
In a world sense and in a non football sense, only the likes of Mandela, Martin Luther King and Gandhi had this sort of effect
In history and legend, what he did for Argentina in those four minutes in 1986 was like what Moses did for the Israelites
He was the chosen one
Senna was the Brazilian equivalent.
Sorry but Maradona not GOAT. Messi for me.
Senna came from 'money' while Maradona patently did not; however, the effect both had on their compatriots was the same. Both were beacons, icons to populations beset with poverty and government indifference and corruption. Both were aspirations to what their people would like to be.
Muhammad Ali was called The Greatest, due perhaps to his personality and the effect he had on the zeitgeist of his era, rather than as much to do with his ring craft. He was scarcely the greatest boxer of all time. In the same way, I think people are conflating Maradona's greatness with his tumultuous times and the stormy life he led. Sure, he played at a time when referee protection was much less and opponents were given more licence to physically stop him from playing, even if it was hardly the brutal free-for-all fest that some would have you believe. His time at the pinnacle was brief by and large, from say 1986 - 1990. His club career, injury-blighted of course, at Barce' was underwhelming, the same post-Napoli where he made little impression at Sevilla and wherever else.
Messi, for longevity alone, is IMO superior to Maradona. He has bestrode the Champions League, (regarded for a good number of years now as the premier competition in football, quality and standard wise) for over a decade. He has scored the type of 'England 1986' goal many's a time for Barce' and his club performances for a spell in the early to mid years of this decade have been at times stupidly brilliant. Never more so when he masterminded the destruction of Real Madrid almost 10 years ago now;
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/nov/29/barcelona-real-madrid-la-liga
He might have won the '06 WC in Germany if that dolt Pekerman favoured boldness instead of caution. He was never going to win it under Maradona in 2010. Somewhat unfit I think in 2014 and perhaps 2018.
Maradona's great moments were like lightning, brief brilliant flashes. Messi's were a constant blaze of brilliance.
Quote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 05:03:49 PM
I suppose Senna had as much flair as it's possible to have driving a car
But I would compare him more to somebody like Seve Ballesteros, mercurial in his own way, and loved, but pursuing an essentially minority, rich pursuit
Brazil elevated Senna perhaps in the absence of a great Brazilian football figure of the era, and because of their failure in World Cups in 1986 and 1990, his death and Brazil's victory in 1994 signalled a changing of the guard back to Brazil's first love, football
Senna would not have been what he was without his rivalry with Prost, in a similar way to how Messi's story is tied up with his rivalry with Ronaldo, in both cases, each was driven on by the other
But comparing Senna to Maradona is like comparing Jimmy Page to Jimi Hendrix, The Small Faces to The Beatles, Ocean Colour Scene to Oasis
Maradona didn't have that sort of personal rival, his rival was the system, oppression, the rich, he was a football Robin Hood fighting for the little people
What people's definition of greatness is will differ, but for me the greatest greatness is circumstance, story and explosive genius of the sort nobody else can even dream of, fighting against the odds
There needs to be genius and there needs to be romance, there needs to be soul
Football at it's very best is an art form, it is self expression, or collective expression, but it's also a test of human strength, both physical and mental
In basic football terms Maradona had a higher ceiling than anybody to have ever played the game, his genius was on another level to anybody who has ever played any sport, he did this against the hardest odds any true sporting genius has ever had to put up with
And he produced this ceiling at the very highest level possible, the most popular sporting event in the world - the centre of the world for a month - in a World Cup which was the first one Argentina had experienced free of the junta - most memorably against the country which had defeated it humiliatingly in a war four years earlier
He owned the world, no other footballer, not even Pele, has done this
He did this with an otherwise average team
He did the same in the hardest league there has ever been in football, Serie A from 1984 to 1991, with a team which had never won the league and whose people were looked down upon, ridiculed, despised by the wealthy north of Italy
The graphic of Ché Guevara that we all know means something visceral to people, a sort of a loose, romantic feeling of freedom and justice, of being young, of being a rebel, it doesn't have to make sense, but it stirs something in you, you haven't a heart if it doesn't move you somewhat
Diego was that graphic of Ché Guevara come to life on a football pitch
He was a symbol of freedom, of rebelliousness, of youth, of pure unrestrained potency, of fantasy, unlimited possibility, of exoticism, of cool, of danger, of other worldly genius
He was a rock star, preacher, prophet, stand up comedian, guerilla fighter, genius poker player, all rolled into one
He was the greatest countercultural icon ever
And to his peoples he was a redeemer and a liberator
This is what greatness is
And he suffered for it, because nobody could deal with the unconditional worship people had for him
Quote from: mouview on November 26, 2020, 08:40:05 PMI don't think you could use hyperbole about MaradonaQuote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 05:03:49 PM
I suppose Senna had as much flair as it's possible to have driving a car
But I would compare him more to somebody like Seve Ballesteros, mercurial in his own way, and loved, but pursuing an essentially minority, rich pursuit
Brazil elevated Senna perhaps in the absence of a great Brazilian football figure of the era, and because of their failure in World Cups in 1986 and 1990, his death and Brazil's victory in 1994 signalled a changing of the guard back to Brazil's first love, football
Senna would not have been what he was without his rivalry with Prost, in a similar way to how Messi's story is tied up with his rivalry with Ronaldo, in both cases, each was driven on by the other
But comparing Senna to Maradona is like comparing Jimmy Page to Jimi Hendrix, The Small Faces to The Beatles, Ocean Colour Scene to Oasis
Maradona didn't have that sort of personal rival, his rival was the system, oppression, the rich, he was a football Robin Hood fighting for the little people
What people's definition of greatness is will differ, but for me the greatest greatness is circumstance, story and explosive genius of the sort nobody else can even dream of, fighting against the odds
There needs to be genius and there needs to be romance, there needs to be soul
Football at it's very best is an art form, it is self expression, or collective expression, but it's also a test of human strength, both physical and mental
In basic football terms Maradona had a higher ceiling than anybody to have ever played the game, his genius was on another level to anybody who has ever played any sport, he did this against the hardest odds any true sporting genius has ever had to put up with
And he produced this ceiling at the very highest level possible, the most popular sporting event in the world - the centre of the world for a month - in a World Cup which was the first one Argentina had experienced free of the junta - most memorably against the country which had defeated it humiliatingly in a war four years earlier
He owned the world, no other footballer, not even Pele, has done this
He did this with an otherwise average team
He did the same in the hardest league there has ever been in football, Serie A from 1984 to 1991, with a team which had never won the league and whose people were looked down upon, ridiculed, despised by the wealthy north of Italy
The graphic of Ché Guevara that we all know means something visceral to people, a sort of a loose, romantic feeling of freedom and justice, of being young, of being a rebel, it doesn't have to make sense, but it stirs something in you, you haven't a heart if it doesn't move you somewhat
Diego was that graphic of Ché Guevara come to life on a football pitch
He was a symbol of freedom, of rebelliousness, of youth, of pure unrestrained potency, of fantasy, unlimited possibility, of exoticism, of cool, of danger, of other worldly genius
He was a rock star, preacher, prophet, stand up comedian, guerilla fighter, genius poker player, all rolled into one
He was the greatest countercultural icon ever
And to his peoples he was a redeemer and a liberator
This is what greatness is
And he suffered for it, because nobody could deal with the unconditional worship people had for him
Think you need to ease up on the hyperbole a bit Sid :-)
Maradona cared sod all for the poor people, once he was made. He had wealth beyond dreams and wanted for nothing. He was no Che certainly, if he referenced the poor people of life, it was as a convenience to make it seem he was a man against the system. If he was a counterculture icon, it was because he chose to be seen that way - it was ultimately meaningless, didn't make a blind bit of material difference to his fans. He was too busy imbibing Columbia's finest.
Pele did it at 3 World Cups, the first at 17, though granted he had better teams around him.
I define sporting greatness in simple, narrow terms; how dominant was the protagonist in their sport. Everything outside of that is superfluous context to me.
The graphic of Che means nothing to me. He was a failed military commander who got his men killed.
Quote from: armaghniac on November 26, 2020, 10:19:47 PM
Yes, Maradona is so wonderful that he is better than Best.
Quote from: mouview on November 26, 2020, 04:01:42 PMQuote from: sid waddell on November 26, 2020, 12:13:48 AMQuote from: mouview on November 25, 2020, 11:50:42 PMOther than them being from South America, at their respective peaks in the late 1980s and having rivetting documentaries about them made by Asif Kapadia, they aren't really comparableQuote from: sid waddell on November 25, 2020, 06:16:09 PM
Diego existed far and away above anything so trivial as football
He is best looked at as an other worldly liberator of whole peoples
Their entire existence, their entire sense of themselves was validated by him
This is not an exaggeration in any sense - this is genuinely how he made the peoples of Argentina and of Naples feel
In a world sense and in a non football sense, only the likes of Mandela, Martin Luther King and Gandhi had this sort of effect
In history and legend, what he did for Argentina in those four minutes in 1986 was like what Moses did for the Israelites
He was the chosen one
Senna was the Brazilian equivalent.
Sorry but Maradona not GOAT. Messi for me.
Senna came from 'money' while Maradona patently did not; however, the effect both had on their compatriots was the same. Both were beacons, icons to populations beset with poverty and government indifference and corruption. Both were aspirations to what their people would like to be.
Muhammad Ali was called The Greatest, due perhaps to his personality and the effect he had on the zeitgeist of his era, rather than as much to do with his ring craft. He was scarcely the greatest boxer of all time. In the same way, I think people are conflating Maradona's greatness with his tumultuous times and the stormy life he led. Sure, he played at a time when referee protection was much less and opponents were given more licence to physically stop him from playing, even if it was hardly the brutal free-for-all fest that some would have you believe. His time at the pinnacle was brief by and large, from say 1986 - 1990. His club career, injury-blighted of course, at Barce' was underwhelming, the same post-Napoli where he made little impression at Sevilla and wherever else.
Messi, for longevity alone, is IMO superior to Maradona. He has bestrode the Champions League, (regarded for a good number of years now as the premier competition in football, quality and standard wise) for over a decade. He has scored the type of 'England 1986' goal many's a time for Barce' and his club performances for a spell in the early to mid years of this decade have been at times stupidly brilliant. Never more so when he masterminded the destruction of Real Madrid almost 10 years ago now;
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/nov/29/barcelona-real-madrid-la-liga
He might have won the '06 WC in Germany if that dolt Pekerman favoured boldness instead of caution. He was never going to win it under Maradona in 2010. Somewhat unfit I think in 2014 and perhaps 2018.
Maradona's great moments were like lightning, brief brilliant flashes. Messi's were a constant blaze of brilliance.
Quote from: bannside on November 26, 2020, 11:03:39 PM
Frank Mc Guigan anyone?
Quote from: sid waddell on November 27, 2020, 12:32:41 AM
England v Argentina 1980
2:35 here
The greatest goal of all time was six years in the making
Maradona's brother asked him "why didn't you go around the goalkeeper"?
He did six years later, he remembered 1980
Though it should probably be mentioned that Ray Clemence was a better goalkeeper than Peter Shilton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6PchZvly8k&feature=emb_title
Quote from: thewobbler on November 26, 2020, 11:55:20 PM
FWIW in my book Maradona was the most entertaining player I've ever seen, an extraordinary mix of technique, balance, close control and power. He was pretty much a unique footballer, in some movements using his power to render the best defenders in world as tools to bounce out of tackles and steal a yard, and in alternate movements leaving their colleagues bamboozled and gasping for air.
The only player in my lifetime with similar attributes at the highest level, was Gascoigne - but in terms of output, that's like comparing Barcelona with Newcastle. Hence his uniqueness.
But does that make him a better player than Messi or Ronaldo? Honestly, I don't think so. Longevity is the easy marker. Consistency is the more relevant one. Diego just didn't have the consistency of the other players who are normally hallmarked for the best player of all time. At his best there was nothing like him. But that doesn't make him the best, anymore than writing a couple of the greatest songs makes you the best songwriter of all time.
Plus anyone dismissing Messi's credentials for playing in an era without tackles from behind should really consider just how few brick shithouse 6' 3" sprinters played centre half in Maradona's day. They might not be able to kick you these days, but the modern defender is on a different level in terms of physical presence and pace.
Quote from: Maroon Manc on November 27, 2020, 12:32:12 PMQuote from: thewobbler on November 26, 2020, 11:55:20 PM
FWIW in my book Maradona was the most entertaining player I've ever seen, an extraordinary mix of technique, balance, close control and power. He was pretty much a unique footballer, in some movements using his power to render the best defenders in world as tools to bounce out of tackles and steal a yard, and in alternate movements leaving their colleagues bamboozled and gasping for air.
The only player in my lifetime with similar attributes at the highest level, was Gascoigne - but in terms of output, that's like comparing Barcelona with Newcastle. Hence his uniqueness.
But does that make him a better player than Messi or Ronaldo? Honestly, I don't think so. Longevity is the easy marker. Consistency is the more relevant one. Diego just didn't have the consistency of the other players who are normally hallmarked for the best player of all time. At his best there was nothing like him. But that doesn't make him the best, anymore than writing a couple of the greatest songs makes you the best songwriter of all time.
Plus anyone dismissing Messi's credentials for playing in an era without tackles from behind should really consider just how few brick shithouse 6' 3" sprinters played centre half in Maradona's day. They might not be able to kick you these days, but the modern defender is on a different level in terms of physical presence and pace.
From the age of 17/18 until 30 Maradona was consistent, don't get why you think he was inconsistent? His goal record is phenomenal for a player during that era and given the position he played.
Quote from: thewobbler on November 27, 2020, 02:11:38 PMQuote from: Maroon Manc on November 27, 2020, 12:32:12 PMQuote from: thewobbler on November 26, 2020, 11:55:20 PM
FWIW in my book Maradona was the most entertaining player I've ever seen, an extraordinary mix of technique, balance, close control and power. He was pretty much a unique footballer, in some movements using his power to render the best defenders in world as tools to bounce out of tackles and steal a yard, and in alternate movements leaving their colleagues bamboozled and gasping for air.
The only player in my lifetime with similar attributes at the highest level, was Gascoigne - but in terms of output, that's like comparing Barcelona with Newcastle. Hence his uniqueness.
But does that make him a better player than Messi or Ronaldo? Honestly, I don't think so. Longevity is the easy marker. Consistency is the more relevant one. Diego just didn't have the consistency of the other players who are normally hallmarked for the best player of all time. At his best there was nothing like him. But that doesn't make him the best, anymore than writing a couple of the greatest songs makes you the best songwriter of all time.
Plus anyone dismissing Messi's credentials for playing in an era without tackles from behind should really consider just how few brick shithouse 6' 3" sprinters played centre half in Maradona's day. They might not be able to kick you these days, but the modern defender is on a different level in terms of physical presence and pace.
From the age of 17/18 until 30 Maradona was consistent, don't get why you think he was inconsistent? His goal record is phenomenal for a player during that era and given the position he played.
"His goal record is phenomenal".
This isn't true. Throughout his peak decade (1980s) he averaged a goal every other game for club and country. That is a good return. It might even be very good.
But it wasnt unusual, outlandish or freaky in any way. Definitely not unattainable for a host of top class players in any generation. So it's not phenomenal. I would call it the minimum bar anyone would expect for the best player in the world.
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As for inconsistent, I'm being harsh here. But if we are going to assess him as the greatest player of all time, then it is a claim that has to be evaluated severely. International football was the peak measuring then. Maradona's extraordinary 1986 World Cup performances were bookended by mediocre ones in 82 and 90. Of course you'll point to him playing through injuries on those occasions. But that doesn't change the fact that Argentina were only just about a fearsome side throughout that decade, even though Maradona was with them.
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I adore Maradona the footballer. But i still think it takes a clear and uneven dose of subjectivity to rank him higher than Messi or Ronaldo.
Quote from: BennyCake on November 27, 2020, 02:18:09 PM
Apparently the Belgium photo is cropped to look like the whole Belgium team was marking him. I’d say you could crop an image from any match to look like that.
Quote from: bannside on November 26, 2020, 11:03:39 PM
Frank Mc Guigan anyone?
Quote from: thewobbler on November 27, 2020, 02:11:38 PMQuote from: Maroon Manc on November 27, 2020, 12:32:12 PMQuote from: thewobbler on November 26, 2020, 11:55:20 PM
FWIW in my book Maradona was the most entertaining player I've ever seen, an extraordinary mix of technique, balance, close control and power. He was pretty much a unique footballer, in some movements using his power to render the best defenders in world as tools to bounce out of tackles and steal a yard, and in alternate movements leaving their colleagues bamboozled and gasping for air.
The only player in my lifetime with similar attributes at the highest level, was Gascoigne - but in terms of output, that's like comparing Barcelona with Newcastle. Hence his uniqueness.
But does that make him a better player than Messi or Ronaldo? Honestly, I don't think so. Longevity is the easy marker. Consistency is the more relevant one. Diego just didn't have the consistency of the other players who are normally hallmarked for the best player of all time. At his best there was nothing like him. But that doesn't make him the best, anymore than writing a couple of the greatest songs makes you the best songwriter of all time.
Plus anyone dismissing Messi's credentials for playing in an era without tackles from behind should really consider just how few brick shithouse 6' 3" sprinters played centre half in Maradona's day. They might not be able to kick you these days, but the modern defender is on a different level in terms of physical presence and pace.
From the age of 17/18 until 30 Maradona was consistent, don't get why you think he was inconsistent? His goal record is phenomenal for a player during that era and given the position he played.
"His goal record is phenomenal".
This isn't true. Throughout his peak decade (1980s) he averaged a goal every other game for club and country. That is a good return. It might even be very good.
But it wasnt unusual, outlandish or freaky in any way. Definitely not unattainable for a host of top class players in any generation. So it's not phenomenal. I would call it the minimum bar anyone would expect for the best player in the world.
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As for inconsistent, I'm being harsh here. But if we are going to assess him as the greatest player of all time, then it is a claim that has to be evaluated severely. International football was the peak measuring then. Maradona's extraordinary 1986 World Cup performances were bookended by mediocre ones in 82 and 90. Of course you'll point to him playing through injuries on those occasions. But that doesn't change the fact that Argentina were only just about a fearsome side throughout that decade, even though Maradona was with them.
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I adore Maradona the footballer. But i still think it takes a clear and uneven dose of subjectivity to rank him higher than Messi or Ronaldo.
Quote from: nrico2006 on November 27, 2020, 02:43:13 PM
Also, why is Pele by default seen as the best player ever? How good was the Brazilian and American leagues? Irrelevant of that, he was obviously an amazing goalscorer, but from any footage I have saw of him he didn't seem to have that jaw dropping dribbling ability that the like of Best, Cruyff, Maradona or Messi had/have. Is it purely down to winning 3 world cups? How good were that Brazilian team, i.e. would they have potentially won those tournaments without him? The World Cup seems to get a lot more credit when debating the best of all time, whereas inning Champions Leagues are possibly a greater achievement given the fact that the standard is higher at elite club level than it is at international level. Why is Best never considered as the best ever, purely down to his country of birth and the obvious fact that he never won a world cup? People may mention years at the top level, and yes he did retire early but at the same time he was at the top level very early and consequently had a decent number of seasons at the top.
Quote from: Maroon Manc on November 27, 2020, 03:04:46 PMQuote from: thewobbler on November 27, 2020, 02:11:38 PMQuote from: Maroon Manc on November 27, 2020, 12:32:12 PMQuote from: thewobbler on November 26, 2020, 11:55:20 PM
FWIW in my book Maradona was the most entertaining player I've ever seen, an extraordinary mix of technique, balance, close control and power. He was pretty much a unique footballer, in some movements using his power to render the best defenders in world as tools to bounce out of tackles and steal a yard, and in alternate movements leaving their colleagues bamboozled and gasping for air.
The only player in my lifetime with similar attributes at the highest level, was Gascoigne - but in terms of output, that's like comparing Barcelona with Newcastle. Hence his uniqueness.
But does that make him a better player than Messi or Ronaldo? Honestly, I don't think so. Longevity is the easy marker. Consistency is the more relevant one. Diego just didn't have the consistency of the other players who are normally hallmarked for the best player of all time. At his best there was nothing like him. But that doesn't make him the best, anymore than writing a couple of the greatest songs makes you the best songwriter of all time.
Plus anyone dismissing Messi's credentials for playing in an era without tackles from behind should really consider just how few brick shithouse 6' 3" sprinters played centre half in Maradona's day. They might not be able to kick you these days, but the modern defender is on a different level in terms of physical presence and pace.
From the age of 17/18 until 30 Maradona was consistent, don't get why you think he was inconsistent? His goal record is phenomenal for a player during that era and given the position he played.
"His goal record is phenomenal".
This isn't true. Throughout his peak decade (1980s) he averaged a goal every other game for club and country. That is a good return. It might even be very good.
But it wasnt unusual, outlandish or freaky in any way. Definitely not unattainable for a host of top class players in any generation. So it's not phenomenal. I would call it the minimum bar anyone would expect for the best player in the world.
——
As for inconsistent, I'm being harsh here. But if we are going to assess him as the greatest player of all time, then it is a claim that has to be evaluated severely. International football was the peak measuring then. Maradona's extraordinary 1986 World Cup performances were bookended by mediocre ones in 82 and 90. Of course you'll point to him playing through injuries on those occasions. But that doesn't change the fact that Argentina were only just about a fearsome side throughout that decade, even though Maradona was with them.
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I adore Maradona the footballer. But i still think it takes a clear and uneven dose of subjectivity to rank him higher than Messi or Ronaldo.
He wasn't a centre forward, he was an attacking midfielder hence why I'm classing his goal record as exceptional. Goals were hard to come by in Italy during the mid 80's to 1991, only once during that time someone scored over 20 goals during a season. I'm not sure goals is correct metric to be comparing Messi & Maradona.
Quote from: thewobbler on November 27, 2020, 03:17:17 PMQuote from: Maroon Manc on November 27, 2020, 03:04:46 PMQuote from: thewobbler on November 27, 2020, 02:11:38 PMQuote from: Maroon Manc on November 27, 2020, 12:32:12 PMQuote from: thewobbler on November 26, 2020, 11:55:20 PM
FWIW in my book Maradona was the most entertaining player I've ever seen, an extraordinary mix of technique, balance, close control and power. He was pretty much a unique footballer, in some movements using his power to render the best defenders in world as tools to bounce out of tackles and steal a yard, and in alternate movements leaving their colleagues bamboozled and gasping for air.
The only player in my lifetime with similar attributes at the highest level, was Gascoigne - but in terms of output, that's like comparing Barcelona with Newcastle. Hence his uniqueness.
But does that make him a better player than Messi or Ronaldo? Honestly, I don't think so. Longevity is the easy marker. Consistency is the more relevant one. Diego just didn't have the consistency of the other players who are normally hallmarked for the best player of all time. At his best there was nothing like him. But that doesn't make him the best, anymore than writing a couple of the greatest songs makes you the best songwriter of all time.
Plus anyone dismissing Messi's credentials for playing in an era without tackles from behind should really consider just how few brick shithouse 6' 3" sprinters played centre half in Maradona's day. They might not be able to kick you these days, but the modern defender is on a different level in terms of physical presence and pace.
From the age of 17/18 until 30 Maradona was consistent, don't get why you think he was inconsistent? His goal record is phenomenal for a player during that era and given the position he played.
"His goal record is phenomenal".
This isn't true. Throughout his peak decade (1980s) he averaged a goal every other game for club and country. That is a good return. It might even be very good.
But it wasnt unusual, outlandish or freaky in any way. Definitely not unattainable for a host of top class players in any generation. So it's not phenomenal. I would call it the minimum bar anyone would expect for the best player in the world.
——
As for inconsistent, I'm being harsh here. But if we are going to assess him as the greatest player of all time, then it is a claim that has to be evaluated severely. International football was the peak measuring then. Maradona's extraordinary 1986 World Cup performances were bookended by mediocre ones in 82 and 90. Of course you'll point to him playing through injuries on those occasions. But that doesn't change the fact that Argentina were only just about a fearsome side throughout that decade, even though Maradona was with them.
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I adore Maradona the footballer. But i still think it takes a clear and uneven dose of subjectivity to rank him higher than Messi or Ronaldo.
He wasn't a centre forward, he was an attacking midfielder hence why I'm classing his goal record as exceptional. Goals were hard to come by in Italy during the mid 80's to 1991, only once during that time someone scored over 20 goals during a season. I'm not sure goals is correct metric to be comparing Messi & Maradona.
The problem you'll encounter if using any quantitative metrics in this discussion, is that apart from World Cups won (0 v 1), Messi will always score higher, and much higher in most metrics. He's had a phenomenal career, individually and team wise, by anyone's standards.
Hence the arguments for Maradona being superior will always boil down to qualitative, subjective preference.
Quote from: thewobbler on November 27, 2020, 04:30:53 PM
They were 3-0 up against Liverpool in a semi final 2 years ago, and facing either Ajax or Spurs in the final.
The bookies would have had them as 1/3 favs for the tournament before the semi final second leg. If that's not "looking like winning it", you've high standards!
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But your reply here even moreso sums up the problem with saturation coverage of modern footballers, versus the imagination and borrowed understandings we used to apply to football players.
I'm 43 years old.
When I started following football, I was left in no uncertain terms that Matthews, Haynes, Wright, Finney, Lofthouse, Charlton, Greaves, Moore and Banks were flawless players. At an international level, Pele, Beckenbauer, Eusebio, Puskas. For never once would you encounter an article that implied anything other than greatness. Total footballers. And I had no inclination nor way to prove otherwise.
It was similar if not quite the same for the outstanding players of my youth. Keegan, Souness, Dalglish, Robson. Internationally it was all about Platini, Zico, Boniek, Scifo and then most of all Maradona. I could count the number of club games I saw any of the international fellas play, while the English and Scottish it was a handful of season. In fairness to that lot they usually seemed to deliver when it mattered. And in Maradona's case, 1986 trumped anything we'd seen or will see for consistent match winning brilliance.
But the truth is, a lack of club game coverage meant we were largely spared being put through the mediocre and poor games every one of these players put in occasionally; those games when they were little more than bystanders like Maradona was in the 1990 word cup.
And as a result we tend to think of them as playing brilliantly all the time.
Which is exceptionally unfair when you then compare modern players with them. There are people alive who will have seen every single minute of Messi's career. And they'll be able to tell you objectively that he has bad games and he has quiet games and that he's a better player, when surrounded by better players. Actually we don't need that person. We can all do it ourselves, because most of us will have seen the best path of a hundred Messi games on Tv, and that's a broad enough sample for anyone to think likewise.
The problem is, Maradona doesn't have the same sample size. The results are skewed.
Quote from: nrico2006 on November 27, 2020, 01:51:49 PMNot only is it the greatest goal of all time (encompassing past, presrnt and future time), it's not close, there's no real other contender
His second goal against England was a brilliant goal, but wouldn't be near the best ever.
Quote from: Maroon Manc on November 27, 2020, 04:07:36 PM
Messi was part of one the greatest club sides of all time but since then they've made only 1 CL final in the last 9 seasons and haven't looked like winning it in the last 5 years since Messi & Iniesta have departed. There's been several occasions when Barca have needed him most but he's gone missing, he was part of a Barca team that clearly weren't as talented as previous ones but were still in the hunt to win the CL with someone as good as Messi involved. Those games against Juve, Roma & Liverpool where he went hiding, Maradona dragged average teams through games whilst the same can't be said of Messi.
Quote from: thewobbler on November 27, 2020, 03:17:17 PMIt's impossible to determine the greatest without using qualitative judgementQuote from: Maroon Manc on November 27, 2020, 03:04:46 PMQuote from: thewobbler on November 27, 2020, 02:11:38 PMQuote from: Maroon Manc on November 27, 2020, 12:32:12 PMQuote from: thewobbler on November 26, 2020, 11:55:20 PM
FWIW in my book Maradona was the most entertaining player I've ever seen, an extraordinary mix of technique, balance, close control and power. He was pretty much a unique footballer, in some movements using his power to render the best defenders in world as tools to bounce out of tackles and steal a yard, and in alternate movements leaving their colleagues bamboozled and gasping for air.
The only player in my lifetime with similar attributes at the highest level, was Gascoigne - but in terms of output, that's like comparing Barcelona with Newcastle. Hence his uniqueness.
But does that make him a better player than Messi or Ronaldo? Honestly, I don't think so. Longevity is the easy marker. Consistency is the more relevant one. Diego just didn't have the consistency of the other players who are normally hallmarked for the best player of all time. At his best there was nothing like him. But that doesn't make him the best, anymore than writing a couple of the greatest songs makes you the best songwriter of all time.
Plus anyone dismissing Messi's credentials for playing in an era without tackles from behind should really consider just how few brick shithouse 6' 3" sprinters played centre half in Maradona's day. They might not be able to kick you these days, but the modern defender is on a different level in terms of physical presence and pace.
From the age of 17/18 until 30 Maradona was consistent, don't get why you think he was inconsistent? His goal record is phenomenal for a player during that era and given the position he played.
"His goal record is phenomenal".
This isn't true. Throughout his peak decade (1980s) he averaged a goal every other game for club and country. That is a good return. It might even be very good.
But it wasnt unusual, outlandish or freaky in any way. Definitely not unattainable for a host of top class players in any generation. So it's not phenomenal. I would call it the minimum bar anyone would expect for the best player in the world.
——
As for inconsistent, I'm being harsh here. But if we are going to assess him as the greatest player of all time, then it is a claim that has to be evaluated severely. International football was the peak measuring then. Maradona's extraordinary 1986 World Cup performances were bookended by mediocre ones in 82 and 90. Of course you'll point to him playing through injuries on those occasions. But that doesn't change the fact that Argentina were only just about a fearsome side throughout that decade, even though Maradona was with them.
——
I adore Maradona the footballer. But i still think it takes a clear and uneven dose of subjectivity to rank him higher than Messi or Ronaldo.
He wasn't a centre forward, he was an attacking midfielder hence why I'm classing his goal record as exceptional. Goals were hard to come by in Italy during the mid 80's to 1991, only once during that time someone scored over 20 goals during a season. I'm not sure goals is correct metric to be comparing Messi & Maradona.
The problem you'll encounter if using any quantitative metrics in this discussion, is that apart from World Cups won (0 v 1), Messi will always score higher, and much higher in most metrics. He's had a phenomenal career, individually and team wise, by anyone's standards.
Hence the arguments for Maradona being superior will always boil down to qualitative, subjective preference.
Quote from: BennyCake on November 27, 2020, 02:18:09 PMEverybody knows the context of the photo, it happened in the opening game of the '82 World Cup - which Belgium won 1-0 - just after a free kick which the Belgians thought would be a shot but which Argentina went short with instead
Apparently the Belgium photo is cropped to look like the whole Belgium team was marking him. I'd say you could crop an image from any match to look like that.
Quote from: sid waddell on November 27, 2020, 05:50:48 PMQuote from: nrico2006 on November 27, 2020, 01:51:49 PMNot only is it the greatest goal of all time (encompassing past, presrnt and future time), it's not close, there's no real other contender
His second goal against England was a brilliant goal, but wouldn't be near the best ever.
Maradona's second goal against Belgium would probably be the second greatest
Quote from: thewobbler on November 27, 2020, 03:17:17 PMQuote from: Maroon Manc on November 27, 2020, 03:04:46 PMQuote from: thewobbler on November 27, 2020, 02:11:38 PMQuote from: Maroon Manc on November 27, 2020, 12:32:12 PMQuote from: thewobbler on November 26, 2020, 11:55:20 PM
FWIW in my book Maradona was the most entertaining player I've ever seen, an extraordinary mix of technique, balance, close control and power. He was pretty much a unique footballer, in some movements using his power to render the best defenders in world as tools to bounce out of tackles and steal a yard, and in alternate movements leaving their colleagues bamboozled and gasping for air.
The only player in my lifetime with similar attributes at the highest level, was Gascoigne - but in terms of output, that's like comparing Barcelona with Newcastle. Hence his uniqueness.
But does that make him a better player than Messi or Ronaldo? Honestly, I don't think so. Longevity is the easy marker. Consistency is the more relevant one. Diego just didn't have the consistency of the other players who are normally hallmarked for the best player of all time. At his best there was nothing like him. But that doesn't make him the best, anymore than writing a couple of the greatest songs makes you the best songwriter of all time.
Plus anyone dismissing Messi's credentials for playing in an era without tackles from behind should really consider just how few brick shithouse 6' 3" sprinters played centre half in Maradona's day. They might not be able to kick you these days, but the modern defender is on a different level in terms of physical presence and pace.
From the age of 17/18 until 30 Maradona was consistent, don't get why you think he was inconsistent? His goal record is phenomenal for a player during that era and given the position he played.
"His goal record is phenomenal".
This isn't true. Throughout his peak decade (1980s) he averaged a goal every other game for club and country. That is a good return. It might even be very good.
But it wasnt unusual, outlandish or freaky in any way. Definitely not unattainable for a host of top class players in any generation. So it's not phenomenal. I would call it the minimum bar anyone would expect for the best player in the world.
——
As for inconsistent, I'm being harsh here. But if we are going to assess him as the greatest player of all time, then it is a claim that has to be evaluated severely. International football was the peak measuring then. Maradona's extraordinary 1986 World Cup performances were bookended by mediocre ones in 82 and 90. Of course you'll point to him playing through injuries on those occasions. But that doesn't change the fact that Argentina were only just about a fearsome side throughout that decade, even though Maradona was with them.
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I adore Maradona the footballer. But i still think it takes a clear and uneven dose of subjectivity to rank him higher than Messi or Ronaldo.
He wasn't a centre forward, he was an attacking midfielder hence why I'm classing his goal record as exceptional. Goals were hard to come by in Italy during the mid 80's to 1991, only once during that time someone scored over 20 goals during a season. I'm not sure goals is correct metric to be comparing Messi & Maradona.
The problem you'll encounter if using any quantitative metrics in this discussion, is that apart from World Cups won (0 v 1), Messi will always score higher, and much higher in most metrics. He's had a phenomenal career, individually and team wise, by anyone's standards.
Hence the arguments for Maradona being superior will always boil down to qualitative, subjective preference.
Quote from: nrico2006 on November 27, 2020, 02:43:13 PMPele was a fraud. Loads of his goals were unofficial and he played at a poor standard during his whole club career. His reputation lives solely off the back of being one of the star men in one of the best football teams of all time, but statistically him (and Maradona) get nowhere near Messi as the GOAT. It's nothing more than people wanting to be "different" by avoiding to pick the obvious choice and letting their nostalgic bias get in the way.
Also, why is Pele by default seen as the best player ever? How good was the Brazilian and American leagues? Irrelevant of that, he was obviously an amazing goalscorer, but from any footage I have saw of him he didn't seem to have that jaw dropping dribbling ability that the like of Best, Cruyff, Maradona or Messi had/have. Is it purely down to winning 3 world cups? How good were that Brazilian team, i.e. would they have potentially won those tournaments without him? The World Cup seems to get a lot more credit when debating the best of all time, whereas inning Champions Leagues are possibly a greater achievement given the fact that the standard is higher at elite club level than it is at international level. Why is Best never considered as the best ever, purely down to his country of birth and the obvious fact that he never won a world cup? People may mention years at the top level, and yes he did retire early but at the same time he was at the top level very early and consequently had a decent number of seasons at the top.
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on November 27, 2020, 08:41:57 PMSaid so confidently as well
Pele was a fraud.
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on November 27, 2020, 08:41:57 PMVery different, in your case
It's nothing more than people wanting to be "different"
Quote from: Armamike on November 27, 2020, 08:15:14 PMReminds me of George W. Bush being asked to name the General who was in charge of Pakistan
Do you want to name them?
Quote from: Armamike on November 27, 2020, 08:15:14 PM
Do you want to name them?
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on November 27, 2020, 08:41:57 PMQuote from: nrico2006 on November 27, 2020, 02:43:13 PMPele was a fraud. Loads of his goals were unofficial and he played at a poor standard during his whole club career. His reputation lives solely off the back of being one of the star men in one of the best football teams of all time, but statistically him (and Maradona) get nowhere near Messi as the GOAT. It's nothing more than people wanting to be "different" by avoiding to pick the obvious choice and letting their nostalgic bias get in the way.
Also, why is Pele by default seen as the best player ever? How good was the Brazilian and American leagues? Irrelevant of that, he was obviously an amazing goalscorer, but from any footage I have saw of him he didn't seem to have that jaw dropping dribbling ability that the like of Best, Cruyff, Maradona or Messi had/have. Is it purely down to winning 3 world cups? How good were that Brazilian team, i.e. would they have potentially won those tournaments without him? The World Cup seems to get a lot more credit when debating the best of all time, whereas inning Champions Leagues are possibly a greater achievement given the fact that the standard is higher at elite club level than it is at international level. Why is Best never considered as the best ever, purely down to his country of birth and the obvious fact that he never won a world cup? People may mention years at the top level, and yes he did retire early but at the same time he was at the top level very early and consequently had a decent number of seasons at the top.
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on November 27, 2020, 08:41:57 PMQuote from: nrico2006 on November 27, 2020, 02:43:13 PMPele was a fraud. Loads of his goals were unofficial and he played at a poor standard during his whole club career. His reputation lives solely off the back of being one of the star men in one of the best football teams of all time, but statistically him (and Maradona) get nowhere near Messi as the GOAT. It's nothing more than people wanting to be "different" by avoiding to pick the obvious choice and letting their nostalgic bias get in the way.
Also, why is Pele by default seen as the best player ever? How good was the Brazilian and American leagues? Irrelevant of that, he was obviously an amazing goalscorer, but from any footage I have saw of him he didn't seem to have that jaw dropping dribbling ability that the like of Best, Cruyff, Maradona or Messi had/have. Is it purely down to winning 3 world cups? How good were that Brazilian team, i.e. would they have potentially won those tournaments without him? The World Cup seems to get a lot more credit when debating the best of all time, whereas inning Champions Leagues are possibly a greater achievement given the fact that the standard is higher at elite club level than it is at international level. Why is Best never considered as the best ever, purely down to his country of birth and the obvious fact that he never won a world cup? People may mention years at the top level, and yes he did retire early but at the same time he was at the top level very early and consequently had a decent number of seasons at the top.
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on November 27, 2020, 08:41:57 PM
Pele was a fraud.....His reputation lives solely off the back of being one of the star men in one of the best football teams of all time,
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on November 28, 2020, 01:50:31 PMThere have been rumours of this since last night but I think it is not true, I haven't seen anything to indicate it is, from what I can make out he has turned himself in to police
If the pictures are to believed the funeral director who took
Selfies while preparing his body has been beaten to death by ultras.
Quote from: sid waddell on November 28, 2020, 02:01:59 PMQuote from: Jeepers Creepers on November 28, 2020, 01:50:31 PMThere have been rumours of this since last night but I think it is not true, I haven't seen anything to indicate it is, from what I can make out he has turned himself in to police
If the pictures are to believed the funeral director who took
Selfies while preparing his body has been beaten to death by ultras.
Quote from: pbat on November 29, 2020, 05:49:12 PM
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RIP 'Wardrobe'.
Quote from: seafoid on December 03, 2020, 08:08:25 AM
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, former president of France
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 03, 2020, 08:30:19 AMQuote from: seafoid on December 03, 2020, 08:08:25 AM
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, former president of France
Pat Patterson of WWE fame. First intercontinental champion and inventer of the Royal rumble.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 06, 2020, 11:31:52 AM
Peter Alliss. Not surprising from the sound of his voice on the BBC Madters coverage a few weeks ago. His voice was hardly recognisable.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 06, 2020, 11:31:52 AM
Peter Alliss. Not surprising from the sound of his voice on the BBC Madters coverage a few weeks ago. His voice was hardly recognisable.
Quote from: pbat on November 29, 2020, 05:49:12 PM
Papa Bouba Diop 42
Quote from: Denn Forever on December 08, 2020, 11:38:55 AM
40 years ago John Lennon murdered. How time flies.
Quote from: BennyHarp on December 10, 2020, 06:37:48 AM
1982 World Cup legend Paolo Rossi.
Quote from: ziggy90 on December 10, 2020, 07:17:58 AMQuote from: BennyHarp on December 10, 2020, 06:37:48 AM
1982 World Cup legend Paolo Rossi.
RIP Paulo.
He epitomised our perception of the Italian male: sharp, stylish but deadly.
Quote from: nrico2006 on December 10, 2020, 10:18:32 AM
Only reading up on Rossi's stats this morning and always though he was more prolific to be honest. Didn't play a lot of games in his career and retired early. What happened to him? Did he have injuries or did his powers just wane earlier than normal. He would have only been around 30 at the 1986 world cup.
Quote from: nrico2006 on December 10, 2020, 10:18:32 AMItaly were very poor in general at the 1986 World Cup
Only reading up on Rossi's stats this morning and always though he was more prolific to be honest. Didn't play a lot of games in his career and retired early. What happened to him? Did he have injuries or did his powers just wane earlier than normal. He would have only been around 30 at the 1986 world cup.
Quote from: BennyHarp on December 10, 2020, 06:37:48 AM
1982 World Cup legend Paolo Rossi.
Quote from: sid waddell on December 10, 2020, 11:31:29 AMQuote from: nrico2006 on December 10, 2020, 10:18:32 AMItaly were very poor in general at the 1986 World Cup
Only reading up on Rossi's stats this morning and always though he was more prolific to be honest. Didn't play a lot of games in his career and retired early. What happened to him? Did he have injuries or did his powers just wane earlier than normal. He would have only been around 30 at the 1986 world cup.
Defending champions performing poorly at the next tournament has been a serious pattern for a long time - only Brazil 1998 broke this pattern, Argentina 1990 were also poor but somehow struggled through to the final
Italy-Brazil '82 is the ultimate football match
Along with Argentina-England '86, the two greatest World Cup matches I think - and now the stars of both of them are gone in two weeks
Quote from: BennyHarp on December 10, 2020, 06:37:48 AM
1982 World Cup legend Paolo Rossi.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 10, 2020, 12:24:31 PMIt was very good and very dramatic but I think a notch below the other twoQuote from: sid waddell on December 10, 2020, 11:31:29 AMQuote from: nrico2006 on December 10, 2020, 10:18:32 AMItaly were very poor in general at the 1986 World Cup
Only reading up on Rossi's stats this morning and always though he was more prolific to be honest. Didn't play a lot of games in his career and retired early. What happened to him? Did he have injuries or did his powers just wane earlier than normal. He would have only been around 30 at the 1986 world cup.
Defending champions performing poorly at the next tournament has been a serious pattern for a long time - only Brazil 1998 broke this pattern, Argentina 1990 were also poor but somehow struggled through to the final
Italy-Brazil '82 is the ultimate football match
Along with Argentina-England '86, the two greatest World Cup matches I think - and now the stars of both of them are gone in two weeks
West Germany France 82 has to come into any discussion about greatest ever
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 10, 2020, 12:24:31 PMQuote from: sid waddell on December 10, 2020, 11:31:29 AMQuote from: nrico2006 on December 10, 2020, 10:18:32 AMItaly were very poor in general at the 1986 World Cup
Only reading up on Rossi's stats this morning and always though he was more prolific to be honest. Didn't play a lot of games in his career and retired early. What happened to him? Did he have injuries or did his powers just wane earlier than normal. He would have only been around 30 at the 1986 world cup.
Defending champions performing poorly at the next tournament has been a serious pattern for a long time - only Brazil 1998 broke this pattern, Argentina 1990 were also poor but somehow struggled through to the final
Italy-Brazil '82 is the ultimate football match
Along with Argentina-England '86, the two greatest World Cup matches I think - and now the stars of both of them are gone in two weeks
West Germany France 82 has to come into any discussion about greatest ever
Quote from: ziggy90 on December 10, 2020, 01:03:11 PMFor drama yes but like France v West Germany 1982 most of the drama came in extra-time when the players were bolloxed
The semi-final of the 1970 WC, West Germany v Italy would have to rank right up there in the discussions.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 12, 2020, 09:21:24 PM
Charley Pride
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 12, 2020, 09:21:24 PM
Charley Pride
Quote from: The Subbie on December 14, 2020, 10:25:34 AM
Gerard Houllier RIP
Quote from: moysider on December 13, 2020, 10:17:23 PM
Spy writer John Le Carre, aged 89.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 14, 2020, 10:37:30 AMCame across as a decent sod, had a lot of health problems over the years. RIP.Quote from: The Subbie on December 14, 2020, 10:25:34 AM
Gerard Houllier RIP
RIP...
Really liked him as a manager, always came across well during interviews
Quote from: Capt Pat on December 19, 2020, 12:30:26 PM
Tim Severin who undertook the Brendan Voyage to prove St Brendan could have travelled across the Atlantic hundreds of years before Columbus. He was 80.
Quote from: Tatler Jack on December 27, 2020, 04:47:59 PM
Former Dundee Manager Jim McLean.
https://amp.theguardian.com/football/2020/dec/27/jim-mclean-obituary?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter&__twitter_impression=true
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on December 29, 2020, 12:53:34 PMPhew!
Fashion Designer Pierre Cardin aged 98. Def wasn't in or killed by the Old or New IRA.
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 02, 2021, 11:17:28 AM
Liam Reilly of Bagatelle.
Quote from: Boycey on January 02, 2021, 12:11:21 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on January 02, 2021, 11:17:28 AM
Liam Reilly of Bagatelle.
Never knew til today that he wrote "The streets of New York"
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 02, 2021, 11:17:28 AM65
Liam Reilly of Bagatelle.
Quote from: sid waddell on January 02, 2021, 02:56:54 PM
Michael McKevitt
A minute's silence for this one, not
Quote from: marty34 on January 02, 2021, 05:04:00 PMThe **** was behind the Omagh bombing, why would anybody mourn him?Quote from: sid waddell on January 02, 2021, 02:56:54 PM
Michael McKevitt
A minute's silence for this one, not
Stay classy.
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 02, 2021, 11:17:28 AM
Liam Reilly of Bagatelle.
Quote from: sid waddell on January 02, 2021, 05:07:23 PMQuote from: marty34 on January 02, 2021, 05:04:00 PMThe **** was behind the Omagh bombing, why would anybody mourn him?Quote from: sid waddell on January 02, 2021, 02:56:54 PM
Michael McKevitt
A minute's silence for this one, not
Stay classy.
Quote from: balladmaker on January 02, 2021, 01:33:27 PMI liked Liam. Very young to go. Anyone know cause?
RIP Liam ... Summer in Dublin, Streets of New York, Flight of the Earls, Boston Rose, Bainbridge Avenue and so many more, superb talent and a nice fella with it.
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on January 02, 2021, 05:11:06 PMEm, because he died and this is the Death Notices thread
Why put it up then?
Quote from: sid waddell on January 02, 2021, 08:31:59 PMQuote from: Jeepers Creepers on January 02, 2021, 05:11:06 PMEm, because he died and this is the Death Notices thread
Why put it up then?
Fairly obvious I would have thought
Quote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Quote from: laoislad on January 03, 2021, 05:06:28 PM
Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers.
YNWA.
Quote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Quote from: 6th sam on January 03, 2021, 06:40:01 PMQuote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Absolutely brilliant,best sports song ever?
Quote from: ziggy90 on January 03, 2021, 06:46:11 PMQuote from: 6th sam on January 03, 2021, 06:40:01 PMQuote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Absolutely brilliant,best sports song ever?
That depends on who you support.
Quote from: ziggy90 on January 03, 2021, 06:46:11 PMHardlyQuote from: 6th sam on January 03, 2021, 06:40:01 PMQuote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Absolutely brilliant,best sports song ever?
That depends on who you support.
Quote from: 6th sam on January 03, 2021, 06:40:01 PMQuote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Absolutely brilliant,best sports song ever?
Quote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 07:04:11 PMQuote from: ziggy90 on January 03, 2021, 06:46:11 PMHardlyQuote from: 6th sam on January 03, 2021, 06:40:01 PMQuote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Absolutely brilliant,best sports song ever?
That depends on who you support.
No other song associated with sport has the real life resonance that YNWA has, few other songs anywhere have its resonance
After Hillsborough it took on exponentially greater meaning, it meant and means something very deep and profound to people - it's a symbol of a community rallying together, a struggle for justice
Liverpool has a greater sense of identity - of social solidarity, of what it is and what it isn't - than anywhere else in England, maybe more than anywhere in Europe
Gerry Marsden's music has been a constant rallying point for that
Quote from: 6th sam on January 03, 2021, 06:40:01 PMWithout a doubt. Nothing comes even close to it.Quote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Absolutely brilliant,best sports song ever?
Quote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 07:04:11 PMQuote from: ziggy90 on January 03, 2021, 06:46:11 PMHardlyQuote from: 6th sam on January 03, 2021, 06:40:01 PMQuote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Absolutely brilliant,best sports song ever?
That depends on who you support.
No other song associated with sport has the real life resonance that YNWA has, few other songs anywhere have its resonance
After Hillsborough it took on exponentially greater meaning, it meant and means something very deep and profound to people - it's a symbol of a community rallying together, a struggle for justice
Liverpool has a greater sense of identity - of social solidarity, of what it is and what it isn't - than anywhere else in England, maybe more than anywhere in Europe
Gerry Marsden's music has been a constant rallying point for that
Quote from: 6th sam on January 03, 2021, 06:40:01 PMMind you - it's a song from the musical Carousel and Gerry never wrote it. But obviously Liverpool fans have made it their own. But he did write Ferry Cross the Mersey which is a great tune. RIP.Quote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Absolutely brilliant,best sports song ever?
Quote from: laoislad on January 03, 2021, 08:13:35 PMQuote from: 6th sam on January 03, 2021, 06:40:01 PMWithout a doubt. Nothing comes even close to it.Quote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Absolutely brilliant,best sports song ever?
Quote from: ziggy90 on January 03, 2021, 07:24:07 PMQuote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 07:04:11 PMQuote from: ziggy90 on January 03, 2021, 06:46:11 PMHardlyQuote from: 6th sam on January 03, 2021, 06:40:01 PMQuote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Absolutely brilliant,best sports song ever?
That depends on who you support.
No other song associated with sport has the real life resonance that YNWA has, few other songs anywhere have its resonance
After Hillsborough it took on exponentially greater meaning, it meant and means something very deep and profound to people - it's a symbol of a community rallying together, a struggle for justice
Liverpool has a greater sense of identity - of social solidarity, of what it is and what it isn't - than anywhere else in England, maybe more than anywhere in Europe
Gerry Marsden's music has been a constant rallying point for that
Birmingham's Keep Right On To The End Of The Road and Hib's Sunshine On Leith are two that resonate with their supporters every bit as much as YNWA. If you take into account that the vast majority of their supporters come from the respective cities you could argue even more so.
This one is pretty emotional too.
https://youtu.be/eNmf_zHIGQE
Anyway this should probably be left for another thread.
RIP Gerry.
Quote from: Aughafad on January 03, 2021, 08:20:58 PMYou are well out of touch on that one, BUM. Liverpool much worse than Bristol.
you're confusing bristol with liverpool WUM
Quote from: seafoid on January 03, 2021, 08:59:50 PMQuote from: ziggy90 on January 03, 2021, 07:24:07 PMQuote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 07:04:11 PMQuote from: ziggy90 on January 03, 2021, 06:46:11 PMHardlyQuote from: 6th sam on January 03, 2021, 06:40:01 PMQuote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Absolutely brilliant,best sports song ever?
That depends on who you support.
No other song associated with sport has the real life resonance that YNWA has, few other songs anywhere have its resonance
After Hillsborough it took on exponentially greater meaning, it meant and means something very deep and profound to people - it's a symbol of a community rallying together, a struggle for justice
Liverpool has a greater sense of identity - of social solidarity, of what it is and what it isn't - than anywhere else in England, maybe more than anywhere in Europe
Gerry Marsden's music has been a constant rallying point for that
Birmingham's Keep Right On To The End Of The Road and Hib's Sunshine On Leith are two that resonate with their supporters every bit as much as YNWA. If you take into account that the vast majority of their supporters come from the respective cities you could argue even more so.
This one is pretty emotional too.
https://youtu.be/eNmf_zHIGQE
Anyway this should probably be left for another thread.
RIP Gerry.
https://youtu.be/LeHkQYDoVJ0
Quote from: ziggy90 on January 03, 2021, 09:19:51 PMDon't know the Birmingham one
Birmingham's Keep Right On To The End Of The Road and Hib's Sunshine On Leith are two that resonate with their supporters every bit as much as YNWA.
Quote from: weareros on January 03, 2021, 08:24:57 PMI nearly prefer it to YNWAQuote from: 6th sam on January 03, 2021, 06:40:01 PMMind you - it's a song from the musical Carousel and Gerry never wrote it. But obviously Liverpool fans have made it their own. But he did write Ferry Cross the Mersey which is a great tune. RIP.Quote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 05:37:40 PM
Gerry Marsden will be both mourned and remembered fondly in Liverpool and around the world
A man who brought people together through music
Legend
YNWA Gerry
Absolutely brilliant,best sports song ever?
Quote from: sid waddell on January 03, 2021, 10:04:28 PMQuote from: ziggy90 on January 03, 2021, 09:19:51 PMDon't know the Birmingham one
Birmingham's Keep Right On To The End Of The Road and Hib's Sunshine On Leith are two that resonate with their supporters every bit as much as YNWA.
Didn't know Hibs sang Sunshine on Leith until they beat Rangers in the cup final in 2016
Leeds' Marching On Together and Chelsea's Blue Is The Colour are great football songs but they're unique to those teams
To Win Just Once is a great song in an Irish sporting context
You'll Never Walk Alone is universal, that's the point, everybody knows it - it's Liverpool's but it's also the world's song
And with all due respect to Rodgers and Hammerstein, it will always be Gerry Marsden's song
Quote from: Captain Obvious on January 04, 2021, 04:11:18 PM
Actress Tanya Roberts.
Quote from: imtommygunn on January 05, 2021, 09:14:49 AMI'm surprised there wasn't similar in the Mournes this past while as loads of people were rushing down to climb mountains, they were ill-prepared to do so, for the all important social media photos, despite being told to travel for essential needs only.
Very sad about the young Galway fella who died after slipping out walking in the hills with his family. (He was 17 and played for Salthill - Knocknacarra).
Quote from: Tony Baloney on January 05, 2021, 09:45:41 AMQuote from: imtommygunn on January 05, 2021, 09:14:49 AMI'm surprised there wasn't similar in the Mournes this past while as loads of people were rushing down to climb mountains, they were ill-prepared to do so, for the all important social media photos, despite being told to travel for essential needs only.
Very sad about the young Galway fella who died after slipping out walking in the hills with his family. (He was 17 and played for Salthill - Knocknacarra).
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 05, 2021, 09:59:16 AMI saw a tweet where someone said some young fella wearing trainers and those ankle socks asked him for directions to the Ice House :-\Quote from: Tony Baloney on January 05, 2021, 09:45:41 AMQuote from: imtommygunn on January 05, 2021, 09:14:49 AMI'm surprised there wasn't similar in the Mournes this past while as loads of people were rushing down to climb mountains, they were ill-prepared to do so, for the all important social media photos, despite being told to travel for essential needs only.
Very sad about the young Galway fella who died after slipping out walking in the hills with his family. (He was 17 and played for Salthill - Knocknacarra).
Was a young person in the Mournes, madness, I love heading up Donard, but there is a time of year for it, or if you're a seasoned walker with all the kit!
Quote from: Tony Baloney on January 05, 2021, 10:12:29 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on January 05, 2021, 09:59:16 AMI saw a tweet where someone said some young fella wearing trainers and those ankle socks asked him for directions to the Ice House :-\Quote from: Tony Baloney on January 05, 2021, 09:45:41 AMQuote from: imtommygunn on January 05, 2021, 09:14:49 AMI'm surprised there wasn't similar in the Mournes this past while as loads of people were rushing down to climb mountains, they were ill-prepared to do so, for the all important social media photos, despite being told to travel for essential needs only.
Very sad about the young Galway fella who died after slipping out walking in the hills with his family. (He was 17 and played for Salthill - Knocknacarra).
Was a young person in the Mournes, madness, I love heading up Donard, but there is a time of year for it, or if you're a seasoned walker with all the kit!
Mourne Mountain Rescue were called out 5 times in one day last week:
The Mourne Mountain Rescue Team said it is "concerning" that a number of incidents they have been to lately have involved people "putting themselves at unnecessary and often considerable risk".
Quote from: sid waddell on January 14, 2021, 02:46:49 PM
Cork ladies' football managerial legend Eamonn Ryan has died
He was also the men's senior manager when they famously beat Kerry with the last kick of the game in the 1983 Munster final, and the subsequent two all time classic semi-finals against Dublin
Came across as a lovely man
Quote from: Tatler Jack on January 14, 2021, 07:57:38 PMQuote from: sid waddell on January 14, 2021, 02:46:49 PM
Cork ladies' football managerial legend Eamonn Ryan has died
He was also the men's senior manager when they famously beat Kerry with the last kick of the game in the 1983 Munster final, and the subsequent two all time classic semi-finals against Dublin
Came across as a lovely man
Yes very nice man who gave a huge amount to the GAA in Cork. Played in the 1967 AI defeat to Meath.
Quote from: sid waddell on January 14, 2021, 02:46:49 PM
Cork ladies' football managerial legend Eamonn Ryan has died
He was also the men's senior manager when they famously beat Kerry with the last kick of the game in the 1983 Munster final, and the subsequent two all time classic semi-finals against Dublin
Came across as a lovely man
Quote from: sid waddell on January 14, 2021, 02:46:49 PMhttps://www.rte.ie/sport/gaa/2021/0114/1189811-valerie-mulcahy-pays-tribute-to-a-real-genius/
Cork ladies' football managerial legend Eamonn Ryan has died
He was also the men's senior manager when they famously beat Kerry with the last kick of the game in the 1983 Munster final, and the subsequent two all time classic semi-finals against Dublin
Came across as a lovely man
Quote from: laoislad on January 15, 2021, 09:26:35 PM
Peat briquettes
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 15, 2021, 09:43:04 PMNo,the actual Peat Briquettes.Quote from: laoislad on January 15, 2021, 09:26:35 PM
Peat briquettes
From Boomtown Rats?
Quote from: laoislad on January 15, 2021, 10:27:40 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on January 15, 2021, 09:43:04 PMNo,the actual Peat Briquettes.Quote from: laoislad on January 15, 2021, 09:26:35 PM
Peat briquettes
From Boomtown Rats?
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.rte.ie/amp/1190093/
Quote from: laoislad on January 21, 2021, 02:20:17 PM
Jerry Kiernan
Quote from: laoislad on January 21, 2021, 02:20:17 PM
Jerry Kiernan
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on January 21, 2021, 03:18:01 PM
Jerry pissed off a few of us years ago when he gave out about 'The GAH' getting so much airplay or money or something.
Jerry was an honest broker who called it as he saw it and was an athletics man 100% to the core.
RIP
Quote from: gallsman on January 21, 2021, 05:51:29 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on January 21, 2021, 03:18:01 PM
Jerry pissed off a few of us years ago when he gave out about 'The GAH' getting so much airplay or money or something.
Jerry was an honest broker who called it as he saw it and was an athletics man 100% to the core.
RIP
He formed at the mouth over Shefflin winning sportsperson of the year one year, screaming that it should have been Desrbhail O'Rourke.
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on January 21, 2021, 05:58:11 PMQuote from: gallsman on January 21, 2021, 05:51:29 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on January 21, 2021, 03:18:01 PM
Jerry pissed off a few of us years ago when he gave out about 'The GAH' getting so much airplay or money or something.
Jerry was an honest broker who called it as he saw it and was an athletics man 100% to the core.
RIP
He formed at the mouth over Shefflin winning sportsperson of the year one year, screaming that it should have been Desrbhail O'Rourke.
Tbh Dearbháil some ass on her
Quote from: laoislad on January 21, 2021, 02:20:17 PMOnly 67. Sad news
Jerry Kiernan
Quote from: seafoid on January 21, 2021, 07:53:32 PMQuote from: laoislad on January 21, 2021, 02:20:17 PMOnly 67. Sad news
Jerry Kiernan
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on January 22, 2021, 07:57:13 PM
As unofficial spokesperson for the Prince Khalid family we forgive you
Quote from: laoislad on January 21, 2021, 02:20:17 PM
Jerry Kiernan
Quote from: GAABoardMod5 on January 22, 2021, 10:05:35 PMLook at that, a mod with a sense of humour.Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on January 22, 2021, 07:57:13 PM
As unofficial spokesperson for the Prince Khalid family we forgive you
Some mods are human too and prone to the odd error...thank the family for us all.
Quote from: FermGael on January 30, 2021, 11:33:52 AM
https://fermanagh.gaa.ie/joe-pat-prunty-rip/ (https://fermanagh.gaa.ie/joe-pat-prunty-rip/)
Winner of a junior all Ireland with Fermanagh in 59 and also the man responsible for so many top class pitches around the country and indeed the world.
Quote from: J70 on January 30, 2021, 03:42:05 PM+1 And at a time when his work was totally required.Quote from: FermGael on January 30, 2021, 11:33:52 AM
https://fermanagh.gaa.ie/joe-pat-prunty-rip/ (https://fermanagh.gaa.ie/joe-pat-prunty-rip/)
Winner of a junior all Ireland with Fermanagh in 59 and also the man responsible for so many top class pitches around the country and indeed the world.
RIP
I've been gone a while, but I think his company did my own club's pitch when they redeveloped some years ago.
Quote from: pbat on February 02, 2021, 04:14:03 PMBBC even interrupted programming to make the announcement!
Sir Tom Moore
Quote from: pbat on February 02, 2021, 04:14:03 PMNever heard of him.
Sir Tom Moore
Quote from: pbat on February 02, 2021, 04:14:03 PM
Sir Tom Moore
Quote from: balladmaker on February 02, 2021, 09:33:08 PM
An ill judged trip to Barbados in the middle of a pandemic seems to have finished him off.
Quote from: balladmaker on February 02, 2021, 09:33:08 PM
An ill judged trip to Barbados in the middle of a pandemic seems to have finished him off.
Quote from: Kidder81 on February 02, 2021, 09:39:30 PMQuote from: balladmaker on February 02, 2021, 09:33:08 PM
An ill judged trip to Barbados in the middle of a pandemic seems to have finished him off.
Would lay that at his family's door, can't imagine he had much to do with it. A freebie by all accounts, but yes very ill advised
Quote from: laoislad on February 02, 2021, 04:59:48 PM
Had to google who he was.
Quote from: ziggy90 on February 03, 2021, 06:41:12 AMHe was from Laois?Quote from: laoislad on February 02, 2021, 04:59:48 PM
Had to google who he was.
Are you sure? He's one of your own.
https://youtu.be/LcouA_oWsnU
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on February 05, 2021, 06:25:14 PM
Legendary actor Christopher Plummer - 91
Quote from: J70 on February 05, 2021, 07:26:57 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on February 05, 2021, 06:25:14 PM
Legendary actor Christopher Plummer - 91
Great, great actor. Been in a quite a few decent supporting roles in recent years too for a man in his 80s. Knives Out last year. Only last week I saw The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo for the first time.
Saw him on Broadway about 15 years ago. Himself and the also-excellent Brian Dennehy in Inherit The Wind, a play about the Scopes Monkey Trial.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on February 05, 2021, 07:53:38 PM
He wasnt a fan of Sound of Music in later years......sacrilege
Quote from: Orior on February 05, 2021, 08:47:13 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on February 05, 2021, 07:53:38 PM
He wasnt a fan of Sound of Music in later years......sacrilege
He was also in Thornbirds shown on TV in the 1980's.
Priests and Cardinals having romantic entanglements - sacrilege and very embarrassed granny's.
Quote from: J70 on February 05, 2021, 10:34:41 PM
He also did a great turn as a Star Trek villain, hamming it up with lots of Shakespeare in Star Trek IV as a Klingon general.
Quote from: Jim Bob on February 06, 2021, 11:39:21 PM
Leon Spinks.....defeated Ali to become world heavyweight champion in the mid 70s
Quote from: Rudi on February 09, 2021, 09:52:54 AMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAWSiWtUK2s
Supremes singer & co-founder Mary Wilson. You cant hurry love, brilliantly covered by the foxes & fossils. Worth a youtube.
Quote from: BennyCake on February 09, 2021, 01:41:54 PM
Actress Rynagh O'Grady.
Best known as Mary (as in John and Mary) in Father Ted.
Quote from: Sportacus on February 14, 2021, 09:57:13 PMIndeed he was. He could pot a long blue (when out of position!).
Welsh snooker player Doug Mountjoy. A household name in the 1980's.
Quote from: sid waddell on February 17, 2021, 05:16:32 PM
Rush Limbaugh
A genuine agent of evil who leaves an appalling legacy
Quote from: sid waddell on February 17, 2021, 05:16:32 PMPolitically with the dems controlling the house, senate and Presidency. he leaves nothing
Rush Limbaugh
A genuine agent of evil who leaves an appalling legacy
Quote from: seafoid on February 17, 2021, 07:34:32 PMHe leaves a legacy of many millions people whose minds have been stripped of all critical facultiesQuote from: sid waddell on February 17, 2021, 05:16:32 PMPolitically with the dems controlling the house, senate and Presidency. he leaves nothing
Rush Limbaugh
A genuine agent of evil who leaves an appalling legacy
Quote from: Rossfan on February 19, 2021, 07:08:59 PM
Wife of Tony Holohan.
Quote from: andoireabu on February 20, 2021, 09:41:07 AMQuote from: Rossfan on February 19, 2021, 07:08:59 PM
Wife of Tony Holohan.
Her name was Dr. Emer Holohan.
Quote from: Tatler Jack on February 21, 2021, 05:55:29 AM
Traditional musician Joe Burke - one of the greatest accordion players of all time. His renditions of the Bucks of Oranmore are legendary
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Li7iPmc5Rdw
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on February 21, 2021, 09:15:56 AMQuote from: Tatler Jack on February 21, 2021, 05:55:29 AM
Traditional musician Joe Burke - one of the greatest accordion players of all time. His renditions of the Bucks of Oranmore are legendary
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Li7iPmc5Rdw
Legend
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on February 21, 2021, 09:15:32 AMAmenQuote from: andoireabu on February 20, 2021, 09:41:07 AMQuote from: Rossfan on February 19, 2021, 07:08:59 PM
Wife of Tony Holohan.
Her name was Dr. Emer Holohan.
Go ndéanfaidh Dia trócaire uirthi
Quote from: laoislad on February 28, 2021, 05:34:34 PMVery sad. Remember him playing for Newcastle in the 80s.
Glenn Roeder former Newcastle United and West Ham United manager.
Quote from: pbat on February 28, 2021, 05:35:01 PM
Glenn Roeder
Quote from: seafoid on March 02, 2021, 05:35:49 PMWasn't he featured in an Adam Curtis documentary
Sheikh Yamani, Saudi Oil Minister for years
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 13, 2021, 06:15:04 PM
Murray Walker - legendary F1 commentator
Quote from: BennyHarp on March 13, 2021, 11:38:14 PM
Marvellous Marvin Hagler
Quote from: BennyHarp on March 13, 2021, 11:38:14 PM
Marvellous Marvin Hagler
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 13, 2021, 06:15:04 PM
Murray Walker - legendary F1 commentator
Quote from: clarshack on March 14, 2021, 12:23:56 AMHagler's wife said he passed away unexpectedly at home. RIPQuote from: BennyHarp on March 13, 2021, 11:38:14 PM
Marvellous Marvin Hagler
RIP
Thomas Hearns posted on Instagram earlier that Hagler
was in the ICU fighting the after effects of the vaccine.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on March 14, 2021, 02:07:03 AM
The result of the Hagler/Leonard fight has to be one of the greatest injustices in the history of boxing
Quote from: mouview on March 13, 2021, 11:50:56 PMQuote from: BennyHarp on March 13, 2021, 11:38:14 PM
Marvellous Marvin Hagler
Shame. Came from the golden era of middleweights, when the fights between the top practitioners were all classics.
Quote from: gallsman on March 14, 2021, 07:13:15 AMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on March 14, 2021, 02:07:03 AM
The result of the Hagler/Leonard fight has to be one of the greatest injustices in the history of boxing
He won the fight in my book but that's not even close to being true. It was a close one.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on March 20, 2021, 11:45:04 AM
Peter Lorimer, Leeds Utd legend. RIP
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on March 22, 2021, 10:23:44 AMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on March 20, 2021, 11:45:04 AM
Peter Lorimer, Leeds Utd legend. RIP
Desperately sorry to hear this. A key part of the great side that Revie built at Leeds. So many fond memories of him in the white of Leeds and playing brilliantly for Scotland at the 74 World Cup, when they exited at the group stage despite being undefeated.
Peter made a brief comeback for Leeds in the mid eighties and I was lucky to see him strut his stuff, and indeed score a goal, on the opening day of the 1985/86 football season, when Leeds fell 3-1 at Craven Cottage. He was 37 / 38 and was the best player on the pitch.
May He Rest In Peace.
Quote from: sid waddell on March 22, 2021, 04:58:11 PM
Lorimer's disallowed goal in the 1975 European Cup final was scandalous
Leeds would have been 1-0 up half way through the second half and probably would have won
My oul' fella was at that match supporting Leeds
The only time a German team beat an English team in a European Cup final and they probably shouldn't have done
Quote from: mouview on March 23, 2021, 10:50:35 AM
Another legendary player and free spirit from the 70s era, Frank WOrthington;
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-40249499.html
Quote from: mouview on March 23, 2021, 10:50:35 AM
Another legendary player and free spirit from the 70s era, Frank WOrthington;
Very well put.
RIP Frank.
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-40249499.html
Quote from: mouview on March 23, 2021, 10:50:35 AM
Another legendary player and free spirit from the 70s era, Frank WOrthington;
Quote from: mouview on March 23, 2021, 10:50:35 AMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0z_arXZ8nM
Another legendary player and free spirit from the 70s era, Frank WOrthington;
https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/soccer/arid-40249499.html
Quote from: Cunny Funt on April 06, 2021, 01:06:53 PMsorry to hear that. Ni bheidh a leitheid aris ann.
legendary Leitrim footballer Pakie McGarty
https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/home/622677/death-announced-of-the-leitrim-legend-pakie-mcgarty.html
Quote from: Cunny Funt on April 06, 2021, 01:06:53 PM
legendary Leitrim footballer Pakie McGarty
https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/home/622677/death-announced-of-the-leitrim-legend-pakie-mcgarty.html
Quote from: seafoid on April 06, 2021, 02:47:27 PM+1.Quote from: Cunny Funt on April 06, 2021, 01:06:53 PMsorry to hear that. Ni bheidh a leitheid aris ann.
legendary Leitrim footballer Pakie McGarty
https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/home/622677/death-announced-of-the-leitrim-legend-pakie-mcgarty.html
Quote from: Rossfan on April 06, 2021, 04:13:48 PMhttps://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/gaelic-football/leitrim-s-packy-mcgarty-one-of-the-gaa-s-great-footballers-dies-1.4530443Quote from: seafoid on April 06, 2021, 02:47:27 PM+1.Quote from: Cunny Funt on April 06, 2021, 01:06:53 PMsorry to hear that. Ni bheidh a leitheid aris ann.
legendary Leitrim footballer Pakie McGarty
https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/home/622677/death-announced-of-the-leitrim-legend-pakie-mcgarty.html
Quote from: From the Bunker on April 10, 2021, 10:19:55 AM
Shay Healy
Great interview here with a pissed (and maybe more) Dunphy and Giles. Both Delighted with Ireland qualifying for the WC for the 1st time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbK06TrDIM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmbK06TrDIM)
Quote from: RedHand88 on April 11, 2021, 08:17:45 AM
Nikki Grahame, Big Brother contestant and TV personality. Agreed 38.
Quote from: seafoid on April 11, 2021, 10:17:04 AMQuote from: RedHand88 on April 11, 2021, 08:17:45 AM
Nikki Grahame, Big Brother contestant and TV personality. Agreed 38.
RIP. Anorexia is a cruel disease
Quote from: Cunny Funt on April 06, 2021, 01:06:53 PM
legendary Leitrim footballer Pakie McGarty
https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/home/622677/death-announced-of-the-leitrim-legend-pakie-mcgarty.html
Quote from: seafoid on April 14, 2021, 02:58:33 PM
Bernie Madoff, Ponzi scheme manager
Quote from: J70 on April 14, 2021, 03:19:13 PMQuote from: seafoid on April 14, 2021, 02:58:33 PM
Bernie Madoff, Ponzi scheme manager
Honestly, I'm surprised he lasted this long.
I can only imagine the stress he must have lived under for all those years, but especially in the lead-up to the collapse, when the run on his accounts finally couldn't be met by getting more suckers to "invest". But, I guess he must not have had much of a conscience.
Quote from: BennyCake on April 20, 2021, 11:16:29 PM
Songwriter Jim Steinman, 73.
Quote from: BennyCake on April 20, 2021, 11:16:29 PM
Songwriter Jim Steinman, 73.
Quote from: Louther on April 16, 2021, 05:03:21 PM
Actress Helen McCrory, aka Polly from Peaky Blinders, age 52. Cancer.
Quote from: Orior on April 22, 2021, 09:00:43 PM
Did he and the other band members every reconcile?
Quote from: Windmill abu on April 20, 2021, 11:41:59 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 20, 2021, 11:16:29 PM
Songwriter Jim Steinman, 73.
He must have suffered a "total eclipse of the heart".
I already got my coat and on the way out.
Quote from: StPatsAbu on April 22, 2021, 05:15:00 PMhttps://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/jun/18/popandrock
Les McKeown from the Bay City Rollers
Quote from: Champion The Wonder Horse on April 22, 2021, 10:38:38 PMJust thinking the same !! ;DQuote from: Windmill abu on April 20, 2021, 11:41:59 PMQuote from: BennyCake on April 20, 2021, 11:16:29 PM
Songwriter Jim Steinman, 73.
He must have suffered a "total eclipse of the heart".
I already got my coat and on the way out.
Are you Fearon in disguise?
Quote from: laoislad on May 04, 2021, 03:31:31 PMWhat a goal that was. Only 54!
Alan McLoughlin
https://youtu.be/IFqFFGrCsKg
Quote from: laoislad on May 04, 2021, 03:31:31 PM
Alan McLoughlin
https://youtu.be/IFqFFGrCsKg
Quote from: BennyCake on May 04, 2021, 04:36:55 PMQuote from: laoislad on May 04, 2021, 03:31:31 PM
Alan McLoughlin
https://youtu.be/IFqFFGrCsKg
Ah ffs. I remember hearing a while back he was going through treatment but didn't think he was as bad.
I must have seen that goal a million times. Great memories. RIP.
He also scored the first goal here v Macedonia, in that infamous match...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3X8XnIRkBE
(https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=B3X8XnIRkBE)
Quote from: laoislad on May 04, 2021, 03:31:31 PM
Alan McLoughlin
https://youtu.be/IFqFFGrCsKg
Quote from: seafoid on May 04, 2021, 04:49:46 PMQuote from: laoislad on May 04, 2021, 03:31:31 PM
Alan McLoughlin
https://youtu.be/IFqFFGrCsKg
Sad news. RIP
Quote from: Dabh on May 13, 2021, 11:54:40 AMQuote from: seafoid on May 04, 2021, 04:49:46 PMQuote from: laoislad on May 04, 2021, 03:31:31 PM
Alan McLoughlin
https://youtu.be/IFqFFGrCsKg
Sad news. RIP
https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2021/may/11/david-squires-on-alan-mcloughlin-my-first-football-hero
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 19, 2021, 12:00:21 AM
Charles Grodin
Quote from: red hander on May 19, 2021, 03:26:11 AMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 19, 2021, 12:00:21 AM
Charles Grodin
Superb. Good road movie hard to beat.
Midnight Run is one of my favourite films of all-time. Excellent cast, and he was perfect opposite DeNiro.
Quote from: red hander on May 19, 2021, 03:26:11 AMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 19, 2021, 12:00:21 AM
Charles Grodin
Midnight Run is one of my favourite films of all-time. Excellent cast, and he was perfect opposite DeNiro.
Quote from: Armamike on May 19, 2021, 10:51:31 AMQuote from: red hander on May 19, 2021, 03:26:11 AMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 19, 2021, 12:00:21 AM
Charles Grodin
Midnight Run is one of my favourite films of all-time. Excellent cast, and he was perfect opposite DeNiro.
Never get tired of watching it. Great fun. Grodin was really good in that and a brilliant double act with De Niro. Hard to believe he was 82 now. I feel old. Marv was good too ;D
Quote from: seafoid on May 24, 2021, 07:10:33 AM
Barney Curley
https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/racing/barney-curley-renowned-gambler-and-trainer-dies-aged-81-1.4573050
Born and brought up in Irvinestown in Co Fermanagh, Curley abandoned plans to be a priest in favour of becoming a professional gambler and came to public prominence over the Yellow Sam betting coup at Bellewstown races in 1975.
Curley masterminded a plot that revolved around a friend pretending to be on a prolonged phone call to a dying aunt from the sole call box at the racecourse.
It meant off-course bookmakers were prevented from cutting Yellow Sam's starting 'SP' and the Curley owned horse won at 20-1 despite being widely backed in betting shops .
Estimates of up to €2 million at today's rates were scooped in winnings.
Quote from: bennydorano on May 24, 2021, 01:35:15 PM
RIP Barney. Can still see him eating the chops of Matt Chapman or was it Lake Harvey on ATR.
Quote from: Orior on June 23, 2021, 09:30:31 PMstrange he said a few weeks ago if he dies in prison it will not be suicide , another Epstein ?
Anti-virus McAfee.
Quote from: Gmac on June 23, 2021, 09:47:36 PMI somehow doubt Trump had this lad murdered tooQuote from: Orior on June 23, 2021, 09:30:31 PMstrange he said a few weeks ago if he dies in prison it will not be suicide , another Epstein ?
Anti-virus McAfee.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on June 24, 2021, 08:35:24 AM
Dalian Atkinson.
Quote from: nrico2006 on June 24, 2021, 09:18:07 AMQuote from: Farrandeelin on June 24, 2021, 08:35:24 AM
Dalian Atkinson.
Did he die again?
Quote from: Gmac on June 23, 2021, 09:47:36 PMQuote from: Orior on June 23, 2021, 09:30:31 PMstrange he said a few weeks ago if he dies in prison it will not be suicide , another Epstein ?
Anti-virus McAfee.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on June 24, 2021, 12:13:39 PMQuote from: Gmac on June 23, 2021, 09:47:36 PMQuote from: Orior on June 23, 2021, 09:30:31 PMstrange he said a few weeks ago if he dies in prison it will not be suicide , another Epstein ?
Anti-virus McAfee.
🤔
https://mobile.twitter.com/officialmcafee/status/1200864283766251521
Quote from: BennyHarp on July 10, 2021, 08:18:46 AM
Ex-footballer Paul Mariner
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 10, 2021, 01:18:44 PM
Ipswich had a great team from the odd clip ive seen and some of my earliest football memories. As a pool supporter i grew up looking out for Ipswich and Forest results....times have changed just a bit....
Quote from: From the Bunker on July 10, 2021, 01:34:52 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 10, 2021, 01:18:44 PM
Ipswich had a great team from the odd clip ive seen and some of my earliest football memories. As a pool supporter i grew up looking out for Ipswich and Forest results....times have changed just a bit....
Yeah, Bobby Robson was one of the first Managers to delve into the European Market buying Frans Thijssen, Eric Gates and Arnold Muhren.
Quote from: Boycey on July 10, 2021, 01:45:38 PMQuote from: From the Bunker on July 10, 2021, 01:34:52 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 10, 2021, 01:18:44 PM
Ipswich had a great team from the odd clip ive seen and some of my earliest football memories. As a pool supporter i grew up looking out for Ipswich and Forest results....times have changed just a bit....
Yeah, Bobby Robson was one of the first Managers to delve into the European Market buying Frans Thijssen, Eric Gates and Arnold Muhren.
Very good side, weren't far away from winning the league a couple of times. I remember them beating Utd 6-0 one day and Bailey in Utd goals also saved 3 penalties....
Don't think Eric Gates came from anywhere exotic, local lad was he not?
Quote from: Hound on July 10, 2021, 06:10:35 PM
That was a great Ipswich team.
Osman and Butcher centre halves. Midfield of Muhren, Thijssen, Gates and Wark. With Mariner and Brazil up front. Won the UEFA Cup, twice came very close to winning the league pipped by Liverpool and Villa. The latter is really the one that got away.
Does have to be said that Mariner and Brazil were both shite when they left Portman Road, but they were super for Ipswich
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 10, 2021, 06:47:33 PMQuote from: Hound on July 10, 2021, 06:10:35 PM
That was a great Ipswich team.
Osman and Butcher centre halves. Midfield of Muhren, Thijssen, Gates and Wark. With Mariner and Brazil up front. Won the UEFA Cup, twice came very close to winning the league pipped by Liverpool and Villa. The latter is really the one that got away.
Does have to be said that Mariner and Brazil were both shite when they left Portman Road, but they were super for Ipswich
Cooper in nets and Mick Mills too. They say yer man Kevin Beattie was the best of the lot tho not sure where fitted in, think it was midfield
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 10, 2021, 06:47:33 PMKevin Beattie was a fantastic footballer. He mainly played at Centre Half as far as I remember.Quote from: Hound on July 10, 2021, 06:10:35 PM
That was a great Ipswich team.
Osman and Butcher centre halves. Midfield of Muhren, Thijssen, Gates and Wark. With Mariner and Brazil up front. Won the UEFA Cup, twice came very close to winning the league pipped by Liverpool and Villa. The latter is really the one that got away.
Does have to be said that Mariner and Brazil were both shite when they left Portman Road, but they were super for Ipswich
Cooper in nets and Mick Mills too. They say yer man Kevin Beattie was the best of the lot tho not sure where fitted in, think it was midfield
Quote from: ziggy90 on July 12, 2021, 08:29:51 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 10, 2021, 06:47:33 PMKevin Beattie was a fantastic footballer. He mainly played at Centre Half as far as I remember.Quote from: Hound on July 10, 2021, 06:10:35 PM
That was a great Ipswich team.
Osman and Butcher centre halves. Midfield of Muhren, Thijssen, Gates and Wark. With Mariner and Brazil up front. Won the UEFA Cup, twice came very close to winning the league pipped by Liverpool and Villa. The latter is really the one that got away.
Does have to be said that Mariner and Brazil were both shite when they left Portman Road, but they were super for Ipswich
Cooper in nets and Mick Mills too. They say yer man Kevin Beattie was the best of the lot tho not sure where fitted in, think it was midfield
Quote from: Armamike on July 13, 2021, 12:19:14 PMQuote from: ziggy90 on July 12, 2021, 08:29:51 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 10, 2021, 06:47:33 PMKevin Beattie was a fantastic footballer. He mainly played at Centre Half as far as I remember.Quote from: Hound on July 10, 2021, 06:10:35 PM
That was a great Ipswich team.
Osman and Butcher centre halves. Midfield of Muhren, Thijssen, Gates and Wark. With Mariner and Brazil up front. Won the UEFA Cup, twice came very close to winning the league pipped by Liverpool and Villa. The latter is really the one that got away.
Does have to be said that Mariner and Brazil were both shite when they left Portman Road, but they were super for Ipswich
Cooper in nets and Mick Mills too. They say yer man Kevin Beattie was the best of the lot tho not sure where fitted in, think it was midfield
Beattie was seen as the next big thing in England but injuries plagued him from a very early stage. Ipswich were a very strong team. Probably the best team not to win the first division.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 10, 2021, 01:18:44 PM
Ipswich had a great team from the odd clip ive seen and some of my earliest football memories. As a pool supporter i grew up looking out for Ipswich and Forest results....times have changed just a bit....
Quote from: Dire Ear on July 13, 2021, 02:36:42 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 10, 2021, 01:18:44 PM
Ipswich had a great team from the odd clip ive seen and some of my earliest football memories. As a pool supporter i grew up looking out for Ipswich and Forest results....times have changed just a bit....
Bristol City as well , or am I imagining that!
Quote from: mrdeeds on July 15, 2021, 05:10:23 PM
Andy Fordham the Viking.
Quote from: Boycey on July 17, 2021, 10:11:51 AM
Brendan Og Duffy captain of Monaghan U20 footballer s killed in a car accident on his way home from last nights Ulster semi final victory over Donegal. Shows ya how fragile life is to go from such a high to utter tragedy in a couple of hours.
Quote from: Boycey on July 17, 2021, 10:11:51 AM
Brendan Og Duffy captain of Monaghan U20 footballer s killed in a car accident on his way home from last nights Ulster semi final victory over Donegal. Shows ya how fragile life is to go from such a high to utter tragedy in a couple of hours.
Quote from: Dire Ear on July 17, 2021, 11:34:29 AM
Prominent evangelical Christian preacher Pastor James McConnell has died, aged 84, after a long illness.
In 2015, Mr McConnell was found not guilty in court of making "grossly offensive" remarks about Islam
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on July 17, 2021, 10:25:13 AMQuote from: Boycey on July 17, 2021, 10:11:51 AM
Brendan Og Duffy captain of Monaghan U20 footballer s killed in a car accident on his way home from last nights Ulster semi final victory over Donegal. Shows ya how fragile life is to go from such a high to utter tragedy in a couple of hours.
That's just awful... horrible that life is taken so quickly.. prayers for his whole family, friends and his club mates at the his local club..
Quote from: Boycey on July 17, 2021, 10:11:51 AMGo ndeána Dia trócaire air.
Brendan Og Duffy captain of Monaghan U20 footballer s killed in a car accident on his way home from last nights Ulster semi final victory over Donegal. Shows ya how fragile life is to go from such a high to utter tragedy in a couple of hours.
Quote from: seafoid on July 17, 2021, 12:51:15 PMQuote from: Boycey on July 17, 2021, 10:11:51 AMGo ndeána Dia trócaire air.
Brendan Og Duffy captain of Monaghan U20 footballer s killed in a car accident on his way home from last nights Ulster semi final victory over Donegal. Shows ya how fragile life is to go from such a high to utter tragedy in a couple of hours.
Thoughts with his family at this awful time
Quote from: seafoid on July 17, 2021, 02:38:55 PM
Wes Madika
Cameroonian singer famous for this banger
https://youtu.be/3gl5OEZ8j_o
Ceol na n-aingil go gcloisfidh sé.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 18, 2021, 01:56:36 AM
I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight but my baby brother Sean, aged 46, passed away recently. P
Quote from: Never beat the deeler on July 18, 2021, 05:14:26 AMSorry for your loss Harold, best wishesQuote from: Harold Disgracey on July 18, 2021, 01:56:36 AM
I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight but my baby brother Sean, aged 46, passed away recently. P
Sorry to hear that Harold.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 18, 2021, 01:56:36 AM
I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight but my baby brother Sean, aged 46, passed away recently.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 18, 2021, 01:56:36 AMSorry to hear that.
I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight but my baby brother Sean, aged 46, passed away recently.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 18, 2021, 01:56:36 AM
I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight but my baby brother Sean, aged 46, passed away recently.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 18, 2021, 01:56:36 AMRIP Sean. Very young age to be taken at. I'm very sorry for your loss
I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight but my baby brother Sean, aged 46, passed away recently.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 18, 2021, 01:56:36 AM
I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight but my baby brother Sean, aged 46, passed away recently.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 18, 2021, 01:56:36 AM
I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight but my baby brother Sean, aged 46, passed away recently.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on July 21, 2021, 10:16:40 AMDes was huge in the 1980s and 90s. He was FF to the core, related to Donagh.
Des O'Malley.
Sorry to hear about your loss Harold.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 18, 2021, 01:56:36 AMSorry for your loss HG, too young
I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight but my baby brother Sean, aged 46, passed away recently.
Quote from: seafoid on July 21, 2021, 11:33:41 AMQuote from: Farrandeelin on July 21, 2021, 10:16:40 AMDes was huge in the 1980s and 90s. He was FF to the core, related to Donagh.
Des O'Malley.
Sorry to hear about your loss Harold.
but he left to found the PDs and he found neoliberalism.
Later FF went neoliberal.
The PDs collapsed after 2008
FF never recovered fully either.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 18, 2021, 01:56:36 AM
I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight but my baby brother Sean, aged 46, passed away recently.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 18, 2021, 01:56:36 AM
I'm feeling a bit melancholy tonight but my baby brother Sean, aged 46, passed away recently.
Quote from: fearbrags on July 18, 2021, 12:18:54 AM
Finbarr Gantley former Galway Hurler
Rip
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on July 22, 2021, 09:47:50 AMHe was a sub in 1980.Quote from: fearbrags on July 18, 2021, 12:18:54 AM
Finbarr Gantley former Galway Hurler
Rip
Sorry to hear this.
My memory of Finbarr Gantley was that he was a brilliant but underrated hurler. Always seem to recall him as an impact sub on that great Galway team of the late eighties.
Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
Quote from: seafoid on July 22, 2021, 02:25:46 PM
He was a sub in 1980.
Noel Lane was the supersub in 87 and 88.
Interesting article here
https://www.skysports.com/gaa/hurling/news/30546/9959117/hurlings-prodigal-sons-the-players-who-returned-home-to-win-all-irelands
Quote from: Captain Obvious on July 26, 2021, 01:38:50 PM
Home and Away's Dieter Brummer found dead at age 45.
Quote from: BennyCake on July 26, 2021, 10:19:08 PMQuote from: Captain Obvious on July 26, 2021, 01:38:50 PM
Home and Away's Dieter Brummer found dead at age 45.
Shane and Angel were the main two in the 90's. Not that I ever watched it like.
Sad to hear. Apparently there's been a few cast members from Home and Away that have died tragically young.
Quote from: mouview on August 01, 2021, 12:17:52 AM
Yet another ex-Leeds former great, Terry Cooper.
Quote from: gawa316 on August 05, 2021, 08:50:21 PMhttps://www.gmx.net/magazine/sport/fussball/fussballwelt-trauert-unfalltod-michael-ballacks-sohn-emilio-36063534
Michael Ballack's 18 year old son in a quad accident
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on August 08, 2021, 11:31:03 PM
Former Armagh player and captain Colm McKinstry.
"Six foot two, eyes of blue, big McKinstry's after you'
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8TGJtlXoAQgWFY?format=jpg&name=medium)
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on August 08, 2021, 11:31:03 PM
Former Armagh player and captain Colm McKinstry.
"Six foot two, eyes of blue, big McKinstry's after you'
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8TGJtlXoAQgWFY?format=jpg&name=medium)
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on August 09, 2021, 11:54:44 AM
A fitting tribute Rufus, reflective of both Colm and yourself!!
Quote from: laoislad on August 15, 2021, 12:52:02 PM
Gerd Muller.
Quote from: Six Miles From Bangor on August 14, 2021, 01:32:40 PM
James McCartan Snr. All Ireland winner in 1960 & 61.
Quote from: Six Miles From Bangor on August 14, 2021, 01:32:40 PM
James McCartan Snr. All Ireland winner in 1960 & 61.
Quote from: trueblue1234 on August 18, 2021, 11:15:24 AM
Sean lock. Always thought he was good on 8 out of 10 cats.
Quote from: trueblue1234 on August 18, 2021, 11:15:24 AMCancer is a ****.
Sean lock. Always thought he was good on 8 out of 10 cats.
Quote from: bennydorano on August 18, 2021, 02:40:10 PM
Very sad news about Sean Lock. A huge favourite of mine, first came across him 20 odd years ago with 15 Storeys High and loved him ever since, his stand up was first class. While he's always been very funny on Cats & Countdown, I was always sort of waiting on him to do something better as I thought it was beneath him! RIP Sean. Cancer really is a ****.
Edit: great article from Harry Hill in the Guardian
https://amp.theguardian.com/stage/2021/aug/18/harry-hill-on-sean-lock-comedians-comedian-took-us-by-surprise?__twitter_impression=true
Quote from: mrdeeds on August 24, 2021, 09:34:53 AM
Kyle Anderson the Aussie darts player early 30s.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on August 24, 2021, 05:42:29 PM
Gutted to learn that Charlie Watts drummer with The Rolling Stones has passed away
Quote from: Dire Ear on September 02, 2021, 07:53:00 PM
Pat Hume, wife of John
Quote from: Tatler Jack on September 05, 2021, 09:33:44 AM
Donncha Ó Dúlaing former RTE broadcaster
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/0905/1244767-veteran-rte-broadcaster-donncha-o-dulaing-dies-aged-88/
Quote from: Tatler Jack on September 05, 2021, 09:33:44 AMA legend. Very distinctive voice and blas
Donncha Ó Dúlaing former RTE broadcaster
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2021/0905/1244767-veteran-rte-broadcaster-donncha-o-dulaing-dies-aged-88/
Quote from: BennyHarp on September 05, 2021, 02:50:14 PM
Sarah Harding from Girls Aloud has died of breast cancer, only 39. Very sad.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on September 06, 2021, 02:04:55 PMSaw that earlier. Chap went in for a knee operation and never woke up due to catastrophic error. 22 caps for France.
https://www.rte.ie/sport/soccer/2021/0906/1244983-french-footballer-dies-40-years-after-falling-into-coma/
Quote from: BennyHarp on September 06, 2021, 09:40:55 PM
Michael K Williams - The Wire is still probably my favourite series of all time and Omar Little one of its best characters. RIP
Quote from: BennyHarp on September 06, 2021, 09:40:55 PMI would agree on both counts ,
Michael K Williams - The Wire is still probably my favourite series of all time and Omar Little one of its best characters. RIP
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on September 06, 2021, 11:30:09 PM
Just tipped into a few over the weekend on sky atlantic. Still quality. Omar was in court stitchin a guy up. No fcuks given lol. Was considering watching it again for the third run through.
Great character in a great show
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on September 14, 2021, 07:47:29 PM
Norm MacDonald - comedian and actor - 61
Quote from: J70 on September 14, 2021, 07:56:09 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on September 14, 2021, 07:47:29 PM
Norm MacDonald - comedian and actor - 61
Cancer apparently.
He wasn't for everyone, but I liked his Weekend Update stuff.
He was hilarious in the spoof Jeopardy sketches as Burt Reynolds, giving abuse to Will Ferrell's Alex Trebec alongside a very obscene Sean Connery character
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on September 18, 2021, 10:22:03 PMTerribly sad.
Anto Finnegan. Inspirational man. RIP
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on September 18, 2021, 10:22:03 PM
Anto Finnegan. Inspirational man. RIP
Quote from: mrdeeds on September 18, 2021, 10:34:01 PM
What year was he diagnosed? Lived past normal expectancy?
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on September 18, 2021, 10:22:03 PM
Anto Finnegan. Inspirational man. RIP
Quote from: imtommygunn on September 19, 2021, 08:27:13 AM
He fought as good a fight as he could have. Rip Anto :( Feels like a good few years since diagnosed.
Quote from: gerrykeegan on September 19, 2021, 10:24:11 AM
Jimmy Greaves at 82. Saturday afternoons were great with Saint and Greavsie.
Quote from: BennyCake on September 19, 2021, 10:58:47 AMQuote from: gerrykeegan on September 19, 2021, 10:24:11 AM
Jimmy Greaves at 82. Saturday afternoons were great with Saint and Greavsie.
Sad to hear that. Him and Saint were both really likeable characters. Great viewing on Saturday mornings. The two of them gone with about 6 months of each other.
Unbelievable striker in his heyday it seems.
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on September 19, 2021, 12:22:49 PM
RIP Anto.
Quote from: J70 on September 19, 2021, 12:42:17 PMDoddie Weir has it. One of the problems is that it doesn't attract much money for research compared to cancer or heart disease.Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on September 19, 2021, 12:22:49 PM
RIP Anto.
RIP
Is there a worse disease than MND?
Quote from: StPatsAbu on September 19, 2021, 02:19:51 PM
Boycey from Only Fools and Horses
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on September 19, 2021, 01:09:12 PMShortly after Saint
Jimmy Greaves
Goad scorer extraordinaire plus entertaining tv pundit.
It's a fanny aul game indeed!
RIP
Quote from: Tubberman on September 26, 2021, 10:50:51 AM
The great Paddy Prendergast, full back on Mayo 50/51 team
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on October 08, 2021, 05:14:48 PM
Rick Jones aka Yoffy from Fingerbobs, aged 84.
Quote from: Last Man on October 12, 2021, 12:29:38 PMPure legend. RIP.
Paddy Maloney, the Chieftains RIP
Quote from: Last Man on October 12, 2021, 12:29:38 PMhttps://youtu.be/GVwfGOzm5FI
Paddy Maloney, the Chieftains RIP
Quote from: seafoid on October 13, 2021, 06:02:54 AMClass,Paddy's enthusiasm was infectious, everyone wanted to work with them. Remember seeing them in our local parish hall when I was about 10, the place was packed and I was completely star struck. Derek Bell in that video, used to come in to the Mrs in the bank in Shaftsbury square. She remembers him fondly as a total gentleman. Both sadly missed.Quote from: Last Man on October 12, 2021, 12:29:38 PMhttps://youtu.be/GVwfGOzm5FI
Paddy Maloney, the Chieftains RIP
Quote from: Dubh driocht on October 18, 2021, 09:59:16 PMVery quick in the end. Was in his suit in court last week.
Dennis Hutchings, ex-soldier on trial for murder of Jon Pat Cunningham in Benburb
Quote from: Snapchap on October 18, 2021, 11:19:22 PM
For those in the 26 counties who may be unaware, Dennis was a British Soldier who shot an innocent, mentally disabled man in the back in a field in Benburb, County Tyrone in 1974. He was finally being tried in court for it over the past week.
At the time, Hutchings and the other soldier from the patrol who fired shots at John Francis were "interviewed" by the RUC under caution. The fact that they were interviewed under caution meant that they were obviously under suspicion of having carried out a criminal offence causing the death. Despite this, the two "interviews" didn't take place until three days after John Pat's murder. Both soldiers refused to answer any questions and each interview was terminated in under 5 minutes and a within weeks, the decision was made not to prosecute. From 1974 right up until the mid 2010's, Hutchings was never again asked to give an account of the night. Then, when the HET did contact Hutchings again in the mid-2010's, he sought legal advice and declined to be interviewed on a voluntary basis or to provide a voluntary statement. Solicitors acting for him also advised that if he was questioned under caution he would refuse to answer any questions or provide any form of written prepared statement.
Unionist political leaders have been queuing up this evening to offer condolences to him and declare their outrage that he was ever even expected to face a judge for what he did.
I remember last year, BBC news did a sit down interview with Hutchings from his home, and talked to him about how hard the ordeal must be and about his health etc. Absolutely surreal to think that in this case, the family of the innocent murder victim, John Pat Cunningham were ignored by the british state broadcaster. and the sympathetic TV interview was reserved for the accused murderer. Can you imagine that ever happening if the victim was an English man, shot in England, and not a mentally disabled Irishman shot in Tyrone?
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 18, 2021, 10:30:54 PM
He was 88 and suffering with heart and other health problems, he wasn't going to live too long
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on October 19, 2021, 12:32:43 AM
The general plan is to let all these boys die before any of them are actually going to be charged. How convenient
Quote from: BennyCake on October 19, 2021, 12:09:42 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on October 18, 2021, 10:30:54 PM
He was 88 and suffering with heart and other health problems, he wasn't going to live too long
He was 80. The man he murdered though was only a third of that age.
I wonder if an 80 year old Republican was up on similar charges , would unionists think it an outrage he was dragged through the courts.
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on October 19, 2021, 12:32:43 AM
The general plan is to let all these boys die before any of them are actually going to be charged. How convenient
Quote from: Rossfan on October 19, 2021, 09:20:43 AMThe reactions are so polarised. If it wasn't him it would have been about someone else.
He'll be no loss to the world but it would have been better if he lived long enough to have been convicted.
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on October 19, 2021, 12:40:31 PM
4 soldiers have been been convicted in the North due to killings, Lee Clegg being the most high profile who had his conviction overturned and he continued to serve for many years. The campaign behind him by people within the establishment was unreal. The attitude up here was that certain lives are less important, and we know which ones. It sickens my hole
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on October 19, 2021, 01:16:20 PMQuote from: brokencrossbar1 on October 19, 2021, 12:40:31 PM
4 soldiers have been been convicted in the North due to killings, Lee Clegg being the most high profile who had his conviction overturned and he continued to serve for many years. The campaign behind him by people within the establishment was unreal. The attitude up here was that certain lives are less important, and we know which ones. It sickens my hole
Its ridiculous the tories, the daily mail, the sun etc will have you believe its a witch hunt and why are the Terrorists not being charged completely ignoring the fact the prisons were rammed full of paramilitaries for decades whilst the soldiers remained untouchable
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on October 29, 2021, 01:22:10 PM
Wasnt he one of the protestors giving dog's abuse to children going to school about 20 years ago?
Holy Cross?
Quote from: Olly on November 04, 2021, 10:33:56 PM
Ah no. He was fantastic in The Matrix. :'(
Quote from: Targetman on November 04, 2021, 08:35:43 PM
Lionel Blair (92)
Quote from: seafoid on November 05, 2021, 11:58:00 AMQuote from: Targetman on November 04, 2021, 08:35:43 PM
Lionel Blair (92)
https://www.chortle.co.uk/video/2021/02/15/47848/24_minutes_of_filth
Quote from: Rossfan on November 09, 2021, 12:36:51 PM73 is relatively young for a member of the elite. The stress must have got him.
Seán(ie) Fitzpatrick of Anglo Irish Bank infamy aged 73.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on November 09, 2021, 03:00:38 PM
Actor Dean Stockwell, who starred in the TV series Quantum Leap and several David Lynch movies, died on Sunday at the age of 85
Quote from: Captain Obvious on November 09, 2021, 03:00:38 PM
Actor Dean Stockwell, who starred in the TV series Quantum Leap and several David Lynch movies, died on Sunday at the age of 85
Quote from: seafoid on November 09, 2021, 12:51:10 PMQuote from: Rossfan on November 09, 2021, 12:36:51 PM73 is relatively young for a member of the elite. The stress must have got him.
Seán(ie) Fitzpatrick of Anglo Irish Bank infamy aged 73.
Quote from: trueblue1234 on November 09, 2021, 04:43:44 PM
Ziggy will be gutted.
Quote from: ziggysego on November 09, 2021, 09:12:53 PMEven in such circumstances, it must be good to back...Quote from: trueblue1234 on November 09, 2021, 04:43:44 PM
Ziggy will be gutted.
Extremely. I had to come back to post here. Dean Stockwell played one of the childhood heroes on TV, Rear Admiral Al Calavicci.
Rest in Peace Dean
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on November 09, 2021, 09:09:09 PMBurial in Edendork per KFM.
Austin Currie former NI MP and TD
Quote from: mouview on November 11, 2021, 10:50:47 AM
Gerald Sinstadt, British football commentator (and a good one too).
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/nov/10/gerald-sinstadt-former-bbc-and-itv-football-commentator-dies-aged-91
Quote from: BennyCake on November 11, 2021, 05:50:16 PM
I always like the voice of Tony Gubba . Highlight reels with his voice on them brings me instantly back to the late 80's /early 90's.
Brian Moore was the same. Sinstadt not as much.
Quote from: Olly on November 13, 2021, 09:57:38 PMWere they waxy or floury.
Today is the anniversary of the death of Pope Nicholas I. He was mad about roosters.
Quote from: ziggy90 on November 14, 2021, 09:14:05 AM;DQuote from: Olly on November 13, 2021, 09:57:38 PMWere they waxy or floury.
Today is the anniversary of the death of Pope Nicholas I. He was mad about roosters.
Quote from: Targetman on November 14, 2021, 07:32:42 PMFondly remembered at Birmingham City too.
Sad news, a Celtic legend and a brilliant character, told some great stories of his playing days with the hoops
Quote from: Rudi on November 15, 2021, 10:26:10 AM
13,243 babies since abortion was made legal in Ireland. Thats just 2 years. Slaughter of the innocent in the name of womens rights.
One person conditioned to rule & control, the media sells it & you play the role.
Quote from: thebigfella on November 15, 2021, 11:40:14 AMQuote from: Rudi on November 15, 2021, 10:26:10 AM
13,243 babies since abortion was made legal in Ireland. Thats just 2 years. Slaughter of the innocent in the name of womens rights.
One person conditioned to rule & control, the media sells it & you play the role.
You stay classy, Rudi.
Quote from: RedHand88 on November 15, 2021, 01:59:06 PMQuote from: thebigfella on November 15, 2021, 11:40:14 AMQuote from: Rudi on November 15, 2021, 10:26:10 AM
13,243 babies since abortion was made legal in Ireland. Thats just 2 years. Slaughter of the innocent in the name of womens rights.
One person conditioned to rule & control, the media sells it & you play the role.
You stay classy, Rudi.
I think the start of his post at least makes for interesting reading. We were told horror stories of rape/incest/FFA as justification of legalising abortion yet its clear the majority of cases are healthy mother/baby and do not fall into those categories.
Quote from: RedHand88 on November 15, 2021, 01:59:06 PMQuote from: thebigfella on November 15, 2021, 11:40:14 AMQuote from: Rudi on November 15, 2021, 10:26:10 AM
13,243 babies since abortion was made legal in Ireland. Thats just 2 years. Slaughter of the innocent in the name of womens rights.
One person conditioned to rule & control, the media sells it & you play the role.
You stay classy, Rudi.
I think the start of his post at least makes for interesting reading. We were told horror stories of rape/incest/FFA as justification of legalising abortion yet its clear the majority of cases are healthy mother/baby and do not fall into those categories.
Quote from: thebigfella on November 15, 2021, 03:13:22 PMQuote from: RedHand88 on November 15, 2021, 01:59:06 PMQuote from: thebigfella on November 15, 2021, 11:40:14 AMQuote from: Rudi on November 15, 2021, 10:26:10 AM
13,243 babies since abortion was made legal in Ireland. Thats just 2 years. Slaughter of the innocent in the name of womens rights.
One person conditioned to rule & control, the media sells it & you play the role.
You stay classy, Rudi.
I think the start of his post at least makes for interesting reading. We were told horror stories of rape/incest/FFA as justification of legalising abortion yet its clear the majority of cases are healthy mother/baby and do not fall into those categories.
Not really that interesting, that number would be offset by the fall in the number of women no longer travelling to England or procuring pills by some other unregulated means.
The rest of you post is just nonsense.
Quote from: RedHand88 on November 15, 2021, 03:20:38 PMQuote from: thebigfella on November 15, 2021, 03:13:22 PMQuote from: RedHand88 on November 15, 2021, 01:59:06 PMQuote from: thebigfella on November 15, 2021, 11:40:14 AMQuote from: Rudi on November 15, 2021, 10:26:10 AM
13,243 babies since abortion was made legal in Ireland. Thats just 2 years. Slaughter of the innocent in the name of womens rights.
One person conditioned to rule & control, the media sells it & you play the role.
You stay classy, Rudi.
I think the start of his post at least makes for interesting reading. We were told horror stories of rape/incest/FFA as justification of legalising abortion yet its clear the majority of cases are healthy mother/baby and do not fall into those categories.
Not really that interesting, that number would be offset by the fall in the number of women no longer travelling to England or procuring pills by some other unregulated means.
The rest of you post is just nonsense.
What makes you think it's nonsense? Generally interested in an reasoned debate without insults.
Quote from: J70 on November 15, 2021, 03:31:37 PMYes, this.
Its an interesting debate (if futile in that there are few clear and easy answers), but there's an existing thread on it:
http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=28613.0 (http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=28613.0)
Quote from: Rois on November 15, 2021, 10:46:38 PMQuote from: J70 on November 15, 2021, 03:31:37 PMYes, this.
Its an interesting debate (if futile in that there are few clear and easy answers), but there's an existing thread on it:
http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=28613.0 (http://gaaboard.com/board/index.php?topic=28613.0)
Here's not the place for this debate.
Quote from: Dire Ear on November 18, 2021, 07:14:19 PM
Brutal to loose a child
https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2021-11-18/everton-legend-gary-stevens-son-dies-aged-four
Former Everton and England player Gary Stevens' son has died following a 'courageous battle' with cancer.
Four-year-old Jack was diagnosed last year with Juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia (JMML), a rare form of blood cancer that affects young children
Quote from: imtommygunn on November 27, 2021, 01:27:07 PM
Very sad news about the glen teacher who died after a tree struck his car.
Quote from: laoislad on November 30, 2021, 02:43:11 PM
Former Liverpool player Ray Kennedy
Quote from: laoislad on November 30, 2021, 02:43:11 PM
Former Liverpool player Ray Kennedy
Quote from: joemamas on November 30, 2021, 02:48:25 PMQuote from: laoislad on November 30, 2021, 02:43:11 PM
Former Liverpool player Ray Kennedy
And Arsenal.
Showing my age, but will never forget as a very young fella listening to the radio when Arsenal played liverpool in the second replay of the FA cup semi final, he scored the only goal from a header, highlights followed later that night on either BBC or ITN, simplier times and happy times.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on November 30, 2021, 03:34:06 PM
That semi final saga is my earliest memory of supporting Liverpool.
Paisley said Kennedy was the boy the foreign teams always worried about the most out of the Pool teams. High praise indeed.
Quote from: laoislad on November 30, 2021, 02:43:11 PM
Former Liverpool player Ray Kennedy
Quote from: ziggy90 on November 30, 2021, 06:18:18 PMQuote from: laoislad on November 30, 2021, 02:43:11 PM
Former Liverpool player Ray Kennedy
RIP Ray. A class footballer.
Quote from: SHEEDY on November 30, 2021, 09:32:17 PM
Barney Carr, manager of the great Down team that won the all Ireland in 1960 and 61, RIP.
Quote from: snoopdog on November 30, 2021, 10:34:24 PMthink I seen he was 98Quote from: SHEEDY on November 30, 2021, 09:32:17 PM
Barney Carr, manager of the great Down team that won the all Ireland in 1960 and 61, RIP.
RIP Barney, a legend in Down. Was a relatively young man when he managed Down to those all Irelands. He wouldn't have been far off the century.
Quote from: SHEEDY on November 30, 2021, 09:32:17 PM
Barney Carr, manager of the great Down team that won the all Ireland in 1960 and 61, RIP.
Quote from: Tyrdub on December 01, 2021, 07:52:48 PM
Seanie O'Leary, Cork hurling legend, winner 4 All Irelands
Loved watching him play, only 69
Quote from: seafoid on December 01, 2021, 08:38:12 PMQuote from: Tyrdub on December 01, 2021, 07:52:48 PM
Seanie O'Leary, Cork hurling legend, winner 4 All Irelands
Loved watching him play, only 69
In an incident before the 1977 All-Ireland final, against Wexford, he was hit on the nose during the pre-match puck-around and missed the parade while receiving medical attention. Christy Ring, then a selector is reputed to have told him: "Get back out there. You don't hurl with your nose."
Quote from: seafoid on December 01, 2021, 08:38:12 PMQuote from: Tyrdub on December 01, 2021, 07:52:48 PM
Seanie O'Leary, Cork hurling legend, winner 4 All Irelands
Loved watching him play, only 69
In an incident before the 1977 All-Ireland final, against Wexford, he was hit on the nose during the pre-match puck-around and missed the parade while receiving medical attention. Christy Ring, then a selector is reputed to have told him: "Get back out there. You don't hurl with your nose."
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 10, 2021, 06:07:04 PM
Mike Nesmith of The Monkees.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on December 26, 2021, 06:06:44 PM
Radio DJ and regular Top of the Pops presenter Janice Long, age 66 and died on Christmas day after a short illness.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on December 28, 2021, 12:57:34 PMRIP. A very distinctive voice. Up there with Mick Dunne.
Former RTÉ sports commentator Jim Sherwin.
Quote from: armaghniac on January 02, 2022, 03:38:13 PM
Aoife Beary (27) survivor of the Berkeley balcony collapse.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on January 05, 2022, 11:47:39 AMVery sad. Something similar happened my sister a couple of years ago.
A personal one this time... my niece who was born prematurely died aged 20 days 4 weeks ago tomorrow. She fought until the end but it wasn't enough.
Luckily for her parents and us all, she has a twin sister who is doing well, still in hospital though.
She'll still be missed by all.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on January 05, 2022, 11:47:39 AMI'm very sad to hear this, and for her parents in particular, for whom she was already part of the family. Healthy babies should never be taken for granted.
A personal one this time... my niece who was born prematurely died aged 20 days 4 weeks ago tomorrow. She fought until the end but it wasn't enough.
Luckily for her parents and us all, she has a twin sister who is doing well, still in hospital though.
She'll still be missed by all.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on January 05, 2022, 11:47:39 AM
A personal one this time... my niece who was born prematurely died aged 20 days 4 weeks ago tomorrow. She fought until the end but it wasn't enough.
Luckily for her parents and us all, she has a twin sister who is doing well, still in hospital though.
She'll still be missed by all.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on January 05, 2022, 11:47:39 AM
A personal one this time... my niece who was born prematurely died aged 20 days 4 weeks ago tomorrow. She fought until the end but it wasn't enough.
Luckily for her parents and us all, she has a twin sister who is doing well, still in hospital though.
She'll still be missed by all.
Quote from: From the Bunker on January 02, 2022, 03:45:31 PMQuote from: armaghniac on January 02, 2022, 03:38:13 PM
Aoife Beary (27) survivor of the Berkeley balcony collapse.
Anyone who did the J1 or went travelling during their college years would always be affected by this tragedy.
RIP
Quote from: Farrandeelin on January 05, 2022, 11:47:39 AM
A personal one this time... my niece who was born prematurely died aged 20 days 4 weeks ago tomorrow. She fought until the end but it wasn't enough.
Luckily for her parents and us all, she has a twin sister who is doing well, still in hospital though.
She'll still be missed by all.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on January 05, 2022, 11:47:39 AMThat is so sad. One of my cousins had a twin who died shortly after birth.
A personal one this time... my niece who was born prematurely died aged 20 days 4 weeks ago tomorrow. She fought until the end but it wasn't enough.
Luckily for her parents and us all, she has a twin sister who is doing well, still in hospital though.
She'll still be missed by all.
Quote from: seafoid on January 06, 2022, 04:20:34 AMVery very sad , to lose a child, condolences .Quote from: Farrandeelin on January 05, 2022, 11:47:39 AMThat is so sad. One of my cousins had a twin who died shortly after birth.
A personal one this time... my niece who was born prematurely died aged 20 days 4 weeks ago tomorrow. She fought until the end but it wasn't enough.
Luckily for her parents and us all, she has a twin sister who is doing well, still in hospital though.
She'll still be missed by all.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on January 05, 2022, 11:47:39 AM
A personal one this time... my niece who was born prematurely died aged 20 days 4 weeks ago tomorrow. She fought until the end but it wasn't enough.
Luckily for her parents and us all, she has a twin sister who is doing well, still in hospital though.
She'll still be missed by all.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on January 05, 2022, 11:47:39 AM
A personal one this time... my niece who was born prematurely died aged 20 days 4 weeks ago tomorrow. She fought until the end but it wasn't enough.
Luckily for her parents and us all, she has a twin sister who is doing well, still in hospital though.
She'll still be missed by all.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on January 05, 2022, 11:47:39 AM
A personal one this time... my niece who was born prematurely died aged 20 days 4 weeks ago tomorrow. She fought until the end but it wasn't enough.
Luckily for her parents and us all, she has a twin sister who is doing well, still in hospital though.
She'll still be missed by all.
Quote from: Farrandeelin on January 05, 2022, 11:47:39 AM
A personal one this time... my niece who was born prematurely died aged 20 days 4 weeks ago tomorrow. She fought until the end but it wasn't enough.
Luckily for her parents and us all, she has a twin sister who is doing well, still in hospital though.
She'll still be missed by all.
Quote from: square_ball on January 07, 2022, 07:09:36 PM
It's Sidney Potter as Grandad would say.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on January 08, 2022, 03:40:50 PMAwful story Son of Sinéad and Dónal Lunny. . Ceol na n-aingil go gcloisfidh sé.
Shane O'Connor 17 year old son of Sinéad
https://amp.theguardian.com/music/2022/jan/08/son-of-sinead-oconnor-dies-at-age-of-17-after-going-missing
Quote from: mouview on January 18, 2022, 11:16:42 AM
Former Real Madrid and Spanish winger Paco Gento dies. Only man to win 6 European Cup medals, a record that will hardly be exceeded.
Quote from: JoG2 on January 18, 2022, 01:15:34 PMQuote from: mouview on January 18, 2022, 11:16:42 AM
Former Real Madrid and Spanish winger Paco Gento dies. Only man to win 6 European Cup medals, a record that will hardly be exceeded.
In 60 / 70 years time, they'll be announcing the death of a former Man City player who won 7/8/9 European Cup medals
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 18, 2022, 01:17:38 PMQuote from: JoG2 on January 18, 2022, 01:15:34 PMQuote from: mouview on January 18, 2022, 11:16:42 AM
Former Real Madrid and Spanish winger Paco Gento dies. Only man to win 6 European Cup medals, a record that will hardly be exceeded.
In 60 / 70 years time, they'll be announcing the death of a former Man City player who won 7/8/9 European Cup medals
They'll have to win 1 first....
Quote from: JoG2 on January 18, 2022, 01:22:56 PMQuote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 18, 2022, 01:17:38 PMQuote from: JoG2 on January 18, 2022, 01:15:34 PMQuote from: mouview on January 18, 2022, 11:16:42 AM
Former Real Madrid and Spanish winger Paco Gento dies. Only man to win 6 European Cup medals, a record that will hardly be exceeded.
In 60 / 70 years time, they'll be announcing the death of a former Man City player who won 7/8/9 European Cup medals
They'll have to win 1 first....
It's inevitable
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 18, 2022, 01:17:38 PMSo did Crossmaglen...Quote from: JoG2 on January 18, 2022, 01:15:34 PMQuote from: mouview on January 18, 2022, 11:16:42 AM
Former Real Madrid and Spanish winger Paco Gento dies. Only man to win 6 European Cup medals, a record that will hardly be exceeded.
In 60 / 70 years time, they'll be announcing the death of a former Man City player who won 7/8/9 European Cup medals
They'll have to win 1 first....
Quote from: seafoid on January 18, 2022, 03:25:32 PMQuote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 18, 2022, 01:17:38 PMSo did Crossmaglen...Quote from: JoG2 on January 18, 2022, 01:15:34 PMQuote from: mouview on January 18, 2022, 11:16:42 AM
Former Real Madrid and Spanish winger Paco Gento dies. Only man to win 6 European Cup medals, a record that will hardly be exceeded.
In 60 / 70 years time, they'll be announcing the death of a former Man City player who won 7/8/9 European Cup medals
They'll have to win 1 first....
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 18, 2022, 03:48:42 PMChelsea did it when Abramovich put the money in. They had no glorious history. 1 league titleQuote from: seafoid on January 18, 2022, 03:25:32 PMQuote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 18, 2022, 01:17:38 PMSo did Crossmaglen...Quote from: JoG2 on January 18, 2022, 01:15:34 PMQuote from: mouview on January 18, 2022, 11:16:42 AM
Former Real Madrid and Spanish winger Paco Gento dies. Only man to win 6 European Cup medals, a record that will hardly be exceeded.
In 60 / 70 years time, they'll be announcing the death of a former Man City player who won 7/8/9 European Cup medals
They'll have to win 1 first....
Difference being we were a established club for decades and had won in excess of 20 county titles. We had an in built 'tradition'. City don't and it's hard to develop that. Show me any club in any sport that can come basically from nothing to the pinnacle and sustain it?
Quote from: seafoid on January 18, 2022, 04:00:22 PMQuote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 18, 2022, 03:48:42 PMChelsea did it when Abramovich put the money in. They had no glorious history. 1 league titleQuote from: seafoid on January 18, 2022, 03:25:32 PMQuote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 18, 2022, 01:17:38 PMSo did Crossmaglen...Quote from: JoG2 on January 18, 2022, 01:15:34 PMQuote from: mouview on January 18, 2022, 11:16:42 AM
Former Real Madrid and Spanish winger Paco Gento dies. Only man to win 6 European Cup medals, a record that will hardly be exceeded.
In 60 / 70 years time, they'll be announcing the death of a former Man City player who won 7/8/9 European Cup medals
They'll have to win 1 first....
Difference being we were a established club for decades and had won in excess of 20 county titles. We had an in built 'tradition'. City don't and it's hard to develop that. Show me any club in any sport that can come basically from nothing to the pinnacle and sustain it?
Money sports are different to GAA.
Quote from: laoislad on January 21, 2022, 08:01:36 AM
Meatloaf!
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 21, 2022, 08:05:57 AMQuote from: laoislad on January 21, 2022, 08:01:36 AM
Meatloaf!
I know. That shows how old we are getting! I remember him playing the Oasis in Carrickmacross in the late '80's. His performance as Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show was legendary!
He's away to join the Bats in Hell! RIP
Quote from: Tyrdub on January 21, 2022, 08:51:16 AM
I seen him in the Kings Hall in 1993, great show.
We are going to the "Bat Out of Hell" musical in the Grand Opera House in August, now that's a sign of getting old!!
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 21, 2022, 08:05:57 AMjeez remeber going to that concert in the oasis myself, had a few tins of southern Harp on the wayQuote from: laoislad on January 21, 2022, 08:01:36 AM
Meatloaf!
I know. That shows how old we are getting! I remember him playing the Oasis in Carrickmacross in the late '80's. His performance as Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show was legendary!
He's away to join the Bats in Hell! RIP
Quote from: naka on January 21, 2022, 10:25:23 AMQuote from: brokencrossbar1 on January 21, 2022, 08:05:57 AMjeez remeber going to that concert in the oasis myself, had a few tins of southern Harp on the wayQuote from: laoislad on January 21, 2022, 08:01:36 AM
Meatloaf!
I know. That shows how old we are getting! I remember him playing the Oasis in Carrickmacross in the late '80's. His performance as Eddie in The Rocky Horror Picture Show was legendary!
He's away to join the Bats in Hell! RIP
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on January 21, 2022, 09:53:17 AMQuote from: Tyrdub on January 21, 2022, 08:51:16 AM
I seen him in the Kings Hall in 1993, great show.
We are going to the "Bat Out of Hell" musical in the Grand Opera House in August, now that's a sign of getting old!!
That'll be a brilliant show, probably sold out, or will be in the next day or so, My mate was kicked out of that concert at the Kings Hall, got into a bit scuffle with someone who had his girl on his shoulders and he couldnt see, a short arse like me! as he was getting carried out, Bat out of Hell was playing, summed him up lol!
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on January 21, 2022, 11:10:11 AMYes classic songs and will always be a legend.
Saw him in The Point in early 90s as some lad had free tickets.
Was the worst gig ever. He was in bad form and effed and blinded his way on, did about 30 mins, and then effed and blinded his way off.
But he is responsible for some mighty tunes, along with Jim Steinman, so he will be a legend always.
Quote from: Cunny Funt on January 21, 2022, 12:27:44 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on January 21, 2022, 11:10:11 AMYes classic songs and will always be a legend.
Saw him in The Point in early 90s as some lad had free tickets.
Was the worst gig ever. He was in bad form and effed and blinded his way on, did about 30 mins, and then effed and blinded his way off.
But he is responsible for some mighty tunes, along with Jim Steinman, so he will be a legend always.
Last seen him live in July 2008 in a tent on the beach in Bundoran, it was lashing with rain and he refused to perform claiming the tent would collapse and kill us all.
He played the following night with many including ourselves having to book a 2nd night of accommodation.
Quote from: rrhf on January 21, 2022, 01:14:05 PM
Seen him at Ravenhill about 14 -16 years ago. Played with the quo on before. Was not my scene, but looking back was glad to have been there. I was surrounded by headers and maniacs who loved the gig. Each to their own I guess. RIP Meatloaf..
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on January 21, 2022, 02:05:24 PM
https://twitter.com/aslinndubh/status/1484437882999918592?s=20
This is brilliant.
Meatloaf in Moate
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on January 21, 2022, 02:05:24 PM
https://twitter.com/aslinndubh/status/1484437882999918592?s=20
This is brilliant.
Meatloaf in Moate
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on January 21, 2022, 02:05:24 PMJaysis you were right about Westmeath folk!
https://twitter.com/aslinndubh/status/1484437882999918592?s=20
This is brilliant.
Meatloaf in Moate
Quote from: Captain Obvious on January 27, 2022, 05:41:12 PM
Comedian and writer Barry Cryer dies aged 86.
Quote from: Eamonnca1 on January 31, 2022, 07:43:19 PMAwful sad. So random.
Barry McGrath from Claregalway was Treasurer for San Francisco GAA, and on Wednesday night he had just been appointed Chairman of our club, St Joseph's HC of Silicon Valley. He died in a car crash in San Francisco on Saturday night after the Uber in which he was traveling was hit by a stolen car in a hit-and-run incident. The SFPD is appealing for witnesses.
Barry was as sound a fella as ever you'll meet and we're all shocked and saddened by the news. RIP Barry and condolences to his family at this time.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/galway-man-killed-in-san-francisco-car-crash-named-locally-as-barry-mcgrath-1.4789835
Quote from: Baile an tuaigh on January 31, 2022, 11:53:57 PMAnother awful story.
A little late with this as I just recently found out. Liam MCShane from Silverbridge. He died on St Stephen's day age 55. His daughter Natasha was attacked in Chicago by a gang banger wielding a baseball bat almost killing her.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on February 08, 2022, 10:54:35 AM
Bamber Gascoigne.
Brother of Paul
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on February 08, 2022, 10:54:35 AM
Bamber Gascoigne.
Brother of Paul
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on February 08, 2022, 01:06:09 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on February 08, 2022, 10:54:35 AM
Bamber Gascoigne.
Brother of Paul
Very Tony Ferron ;) (lite)
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on February 08, 2022, 01:11:25 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on February 08, 2022, 01:06:09 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on February 08, 2022, 10:54:35 AM
Bamber Gascoigne.
Brother of Paul
Very Tony Ferron ;) (lite)
I know. Wont go down this road again promise 😊
Quote from: samuel maguire on February 09, 2022, 09:33:34 AM
Kourt Zouma's Cat RIP
Quote from: Orior on February 09, 2022, 12:47:37 PMQuote from: samuel maguire on February 09, 2022, 09:33:34 AM
Kourt Zouma's Cat RIP
Thought it had another 8 to go?
Quote from: dec on February 15, 2022, 09:48:57 PM
P.J. O'Rourke
Quote from: dec on February 15, 2022, 09:48:57 PM
P.J. O'Rourke
Quote from: Dire Ear on February 20, 2022, 02:15:56 PMJesus. 4 primary school kids left behind. Talk about grim.
DUP Christopher Stalford, 39...
Quote from: Dire Ear on February 21, 2022, 12:03:36 AMYou would imagine the probability of suicide must be quite high. He was talkng to various colleagues on Saturday.
Any news on how he died?
Savage on the family
Quote from: Rossfan on February 25, 2022, 11:41:47 PM
Garda Ben O'Sullivan who survived the Munster Provo IRA attack in Adare.
Quote from: Orior on February 24, 2022, 01:50:41 PM
Someone few people on here will remember - Olive from On the Buses - Anna Karen.
Quote from: Feckitt on February 28, 2022, 04:27:39 PM
Seems to be a lot of very famous rugby players dying well before their time
Inga Tuigamala 52 - Samoan born All Black
Joeli Vidiri 48 - Fijian born All Black
Jerry Collins 35 - Samoan born All Black
Jonah Lomu 40 - NZ born All Black with Tongan heritage
Sionne Lauaki - 36 - Tongan born All Black
The above are all from South Pacific Island heritage. Is lower life expectancy common in those countries?
Quote from: Feckitt on February 28, 2022, 04:27:39 PM
Seems to be a lot of very famous rugby players dying well before their time
Inga Tuigamala 52 - Samoan born All Black
Joeli Vidiri 48 - Fijian born All Black
Jerry Collins 35 - Samoan born All Black
Jonah Lomu 40 - NZ born All Black with Tongan heritage
Sionne Lauaki - 36 - Tongan born All Black
The above are all from South Pacific Island heritage. Is lower life expectancy common in those countries?
Quote from: mrdeeds on March 04, 2022, 02:12:27 PM
Shane Warne
Quote from: Taylor on March 04, 2022, 02:19:02 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on March 04, 2022, 02:12:27 PM
Shane Warne
Suspected heart attack - one of the most flamboyant cricketers of our time
Quote from: Taylor on March 04, 2022, 02:19:02 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on March 04, 2022, 02:12:27 PM
Shane Warne
Suspected heart attack - one of the most flamboyant cricketers of our time
Quote from: mrdeeds on March 04, 2022, 02:12:27 PM52.
Shane Warne
Quote from: seafoid on March 04, 2022, 02:27:34 PMAwful newsQuote from: mrdeeds on March 04, 2022, 02:12:27 PM52.
Shane Warne
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 04, 2022, 02:36:19 PM
FFS. Very sad, however he packed 2 lifetimes into those 52 years!
Quote from: mrdeeds on March 04, 2022, 02:12:27 PM52.
Shane Warne
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on March 04, 2022, 03:30:10 PM
Jees when yer times up.....
Take a passing interest in the old cricket no doubt one of the all time greats, destroyed England on so many occasions
Quote from: Armamike on March 04, 2022, 04:57:53 PM
Shocking news. The anti vaxers will be all over this.
Quote from: Taylor on March 04, 2022, 02:19:02 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on March 04, 2022, 02:12:27 PMSad news. A real character
Shane Warne
Suspected heart attack - one of the most flamboyant cricketers of our time
Quote from: mrdeeds on March 04, 2022, 02:12:27 PM
Shane Warne
Quote from: imtommygunn on March 04, 2022, 10:47:32 PM
Did something happen someone in Bally hale? I am seeing a lot of tweets about something bad happening but no idea what.
Quote from: KickPass on March 05, 2022, 12:22:03 AMQuote from: mrdeeds on March 04, 2022, 02:12:27 PM
Shane Warne
Ripped England a new one for his entire international career. Brit Slayer supreme. RIP
Quote from: mouview on March 05, 2022, 12:33:33 AMQuote from: imtommygunn on March 04, 2022, 10:47:32 PM
Did something happen someone in Bally hale? I am seeing a lot of tweets about something bad happening but no idea what.
Brother of Henry Shefflin died suddenly, whilst out jogging apparently. Tragic for family.
Quote from: mouview on March 05, 2022, 12:33:33 AMQuote from: imtommygunn on March 04, 2022, 10:47:32 PM
Did something happen someone in Bally hale? I am seeing a lot of tweets about something bad happening but no idea what.
Brother of Henry Shefflin died suddenly, whilst out jogging apparently. Tragic for family.
Quote from: mouview on March 05, 2022, 12:33:33 AMVery sad. Would have known him a small bit through a mutual friend.Quote from: imtommygunn on March 04, 2022, 10:47:32 PM
Did something happen someone in Bally hale? I am seeing a lot of tweets about something bad happening but no idea what.
Brother of Henry Shefflin died suddenly, whilst out jogging apparently. Tragic for family.
Quote from: imtommygunn on March 05, 2022, 10:24:19 AMYoung man, father of 4 kidsQuote from: mouview on March 05, 2022, 12:33:33 AMQuote from: imtommygunn on March 04, 2022, 10:47:32 PM
Did something happen someone in Bally hale? I am seeing a lot of tweets about something bad happening but no idea what.
Brother of Henry Shefflin died suddenly, whilst out jogging apparently. Tragic for family.
Oh. That's very sad.
Quote from: seafoid on March 05, 2022, 04:57:46 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on March 05, 2022, 10:24:19 AMYoung man, father of 4 kidsQuote from: mouview on March 05, 2022, 12:33:33 AMget your heart checked and do something about blood pressure many of us are walking time bombsQuote from: imtommygunn on March 04, 2022, 10:47:32 PM
Did something happen someone in Bally hale? I am seeing a lot of tweets about something bad happening but no idea what.
Brother of Henry Shefflin died suddenly, whilst out jogging apparently. Tragic for family.
Oh. That's very sad.
Heartbreaking
Quote from: mouview on March 07, 2022, 01:16:50 PMOne of the managers from the previous age of Man Utd chaos, following the retirement of Busby. The current age of Man Utd chaos , following the ending of Fergie time, is probably worse.
Frank O'Farrell (94), Cork-born former manager of Man United. Thrown under the bus by Matt Busby when there.
Quote from: J70 on March 15, 2022, 07:08:41 PMDealing drugs, robbing or joyriding?
Joint replacements always carry a serious risk of blood clots. I know a couple of people who've died. The auld fella had both knees done and had to wear compression bandages to keep the blood from clotting.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 15, 2022, 09:59:50 PMQuote from: J70 on March 15, 2022, 07:08:41 PMDealing drugs, robbing or joyriding?
Joint replacements always carry a serious risk of blood clots. I know a couple of people who've died. The auld fella had both knees done and had to wear compression bandages to keep the blood from clotting.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 15, 2022, 09:59:50 PMQuote from: J70 on March 15, 2022, 07:08:41 PMDealing drugs, robbing or joyriding?
Joint replacements always carry a serious risk of blood clots. I know a couple of people who've died. The auld fella had both knees done and had to wear compression bandages to keep the blood from clotting.
Quote from: johnnycool on March 16, 2022, 04:03:55 PMDrifting and diffing a Twun-Cam up the main street at King of the Cone sur.Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 15, 2022, 09:59:50 PMQuote from: J70 on March 15, 2022, 07:08:41 PMDealing drugs, robbing or joyriding?
Joint replacements always carry a serious risk of blood clots. I know a couple of people who've died. The auld fella had both knees done and had to wear compression bandages to keep the blood from clotting.
Nothing like that goes on up in Donegal, more than likely siphoning diesel out of cars in Letterkenny caused it...
And them moving.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on March 17, 2022, 07:34:28 PM
Takes ye back to Only when i Laugh also, enjoyed at the time be interesting to watch again and see through the eyes of an adult
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on March 17, 2022, 07:34:28 PM
Takes ye back to Only when i Laugh also, enjoyed at the time be interesting to watch again and see through the eyes of an adult
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on March 17, 2022, 07:42:17 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on March 17, 2022, 07:34:28 PM
Takes ye back to Only when i Laugh also, enjoyed at the time be interesting to watch again and see through the eyes of an adult
I am H.A.P.P.Y! Watched it as well. Would be interesting to watch again as an adult
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 26, 2022, 03:24:40 AMJust read that on Twitter. It won't be surprising if linked to drugs as he has had his struggles over the years and I recall had a near miss with an OD years ago.
Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, 50
Quote from: Itchy on April 01, 2022, 05:15:59 PM
Very tragic news in Sligo today with the death of Sligo footballer Red Og Murphy. Was named on Sigerson team of the year this year. Condolences to his family and friends and all Sligo gaels.
Quote from: Itchy on April 01, 2022, 05:15:59 PM
Very tragic news in Sligo today with the death of Sligo footballer Red Og Murphy. Was named on Sigerson team of the year this year. Condolences to his family and friends and all Sligo gaels.
Quote from: Newbridge Exile on April 01, 2022, 07:32:14 PM
Such tragic news , his performance against Derry in the 2017 Minor quarter final still sticks in my mind, he was unplayable that say ,
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on April 01, 2022, 10:22:18 PMHe was superb that day, my main memory of the match. Suaimhneas síoraí dó. Terrible news for his family and community.Quote from: Newbridge Exile on April 01, 2022, 07:32:14 PM
Such tragic news , his performance against Derry in the 2017 Minor quarter final still sticks in my mind, he was unplayable that say ,
Nearly beat us on his own. God bless agus go ndéanfaidh Dia trócaire air
Quote from: restorepride on April 01, 2022, 10:35:07 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on April 01, 2022, 10:22:18 PMHe was superb that day, my main memory of the match. Suaimhneas síoraí dó. Terrible news for his family and community.Quote from: Newbridge Exile on April 01, 2022, 07:32:14 PM
Such tragic news , his performance against Derry in the 2017 Minor quarter final still sticks in my mind, he was unplayable that say ,
Nearly beat us on his own. God bless agus go ndéanfaidh Dia trócaire air
Quote from: Average Score on April 04, 2022, 01:23:12 PM
June Brown who played Dot Cotton.
Quote from: mouview on April 10, 2022, 01:19:53 AMThe eagle has flown.
Jack Higgins, (rather unthrilling) thriller writer, has popped off.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on April 28, 2022, 12:46:35 PMNot dead in a bad way in hospital.
Mino Raiola 😮
Bit of a shock that one id say
Quote from: Captain Obvious on April 28, 2022, 01:36:46 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on April 28, 2022, 12:46:35 PMNot dead in a bad way in hospital.
Mino Raiola 😮
Bit of a shock that one id say
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on April 28, 2022, 01:47:01 PM
Ffs. Apologies. Tancredi Palmeri tweeted it, now deleted, saying it came from Italian Tv. He now says he wont tweet for a week as punishement so ill do likewise on the gaaboard 😃
Quote from: clarshack on April 28, 2022, 02:03:22 PMHe's tweeting away himself now, even the bad way in hospital was fake reports.
Is it Covid related?
Quote from: Dire Ear on April 29, 2022, 12:59:32 PM
A 14 year old girl in CoMonaghan :'( , "Tragic circumstances " god love the family
Quote from: mrdeeds on April 29, 2022, 08:07:59 PMAh god that's tragic. Poor child.
Gate fell on her on farm.
Quote from: snoopdog on April 29, 2022, 09:25:22 PMFrom Northern SoundQuote from: mrdeeds on April 29, 2022, 08:07:59 PMAh god that's tragic. Poor child.
Gate fell on her on farm.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on April 28, 2022, 12:46:35 PMApparently he actually is dead now.
Mino Raiola 😮
Bit of a shock that one id say
Quote from: mouview on May 08, 2022, 07:58:14 PM
Darts player Mike Gregory died a few weeks ago, Lost the 1992 world final to Phil Taylor in one of the great matches. Had 6 darts to win it IIRC.
Quote from: mouview on May 08, 2022, 07:58:14 PM
Darts player Mike Gregory died a few weeks ago, Lost the 1992 world final to Phil Taylor in one of the great matches. Had 6 darts to win it IIRC.
Quote from: trueblue1234 on May 13, 2022, 11:31:44 PMHe was great in Tremors and another of my favourite films, The Right Stuff.
Fred Ward. Tremors is still one of my favourite films from my younger years. And I'm unlike most has aged Well.
Quote from: trueblue1234 on May 13, 2022, 11:31:44 PMFred was a good actor and he even delivered on his role in Naked Gunn.
Fred Ward. Tremors is still one of my favourite films from my younger years. And I'm unlike most has aged Well.
Quote from: Jim Bob on May 15, 2022, 11:53:16 PM
Willie Loughrey AKA Rock Stewart. Great local entertainer in 80s
Quote from: Jim Bob on May 15, 2022, 11:53:16 PM
Willie Loughrey AKA Rock Stewart. Great local entertainer in 80s
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 16, 2022, 09:12:38 AM
He was doin the Elk one time and some big new song had came out. He had it wrote in chalk on something at front of stage so me in my drunken wisdom decided to rub it out. Got caught but didnt get kicked out. Result.
Quote from: Rudi on May 16, 2022, 09:17:52 AMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 16, 2022, 09:12:38 AM
He was doin the Elk one time and some big new song had came out. He had it wrote in chalk on something at front of stage so me in my drunken wisdom decided to rub it out. Got caught but didnt get kicked out. Result.
;D Seemed like a great idea at the time. Been there too ;D
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 16, 2022, 09:56:45 AMQuote from: Rudi on May 16, 2022, 09:17:52 AMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 16, 2022, 09:12:38 AM
He was doin the Elk one time and some big new song had came out. He had it wrote in chalk on something at front of stage so me in my drunken wisdom decided to rub it out. Got caught but didnt get kicked out. Result.
;D Seemed like a great idea at the time. Been there too ;D
Had to be done 😉
Chalk/blackboards. Showin our age. Be all all mini whiteboards/markers today 😃
Quote from: Rudi on May 16, 2022, 10:07:01 AMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 16, 2022, 09:56:45 AMQuote from: Rudi on May 16, 2022, 09:17:52 AMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 16, 2022, 09:12:38 AM
He was doin the Elk one time and some big new song had came out. He had it wrote in chalk on something at front of stage so me in my drunken wisdom decided to rub it out. Got caught but didnt get kicked out. Result.
;D Seemed like a great idea at the time. Been there too ;D
Had to be done 😉
Chalk/blackboards. Showin our age. Be all all mini whiteboards/markers today 😃
I Pads connected to monitors more like, sure them yokes can be plugged out too ;D ;D. Nobody be watching ya ... like ;D
Quote from: Jim Bob on May 15, 2022, 11:53:16 PM
Willie Loughrey AKA Rock Stewart. Great local entertainer in 80s
Quote from: WT4E on May 17, 2022, 02:36:08 PMthat's true - he was a great showman
Didn't they use to carry him into the Omagh GAA in a coffin as part of the act.... too young to know but heard the stories! RIP Rock Steawart
Quote from: tc_manchester on May 17, 2022, 02:47:29 PMQuote from: WT4E on May 17, 2022, 02:36:08 PMthat's true - he was a great showman
Didn't they use to carry him into the Omagh GAA in a coffin as part of the act.... too young to know but heard the stories! RIP Rock Steawart
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on May 23, 2022, 03:38:13 PM
Cathal Coughan.
Microdisney and Fatima Mansions fame.
Long illness aged 61.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on May 23, 2022, 03:38:13 PMVery talented. Sad news. Ceol na naingil go gcloise so.
Cathal Coughan.
Microdisney and Fatima Mansions fame.
Long illness aged 61.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on May 23, 2022, 03:38:13 PMVery sad news. Hugely talented guy. Viva Dead Ponies was a tremendous album. Never got chance to see them live unfortunately. Looked amzing when you look back at old performances on YouTube.
Cathal Coughan.
Microdisney and Fatima Mansions fame.
Long illness aged 61.
Quote
that's the hardest part. Today, everything is different. There's no action. I have to wait around like everyone else. Can't even get decent food. Right after I got here I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce and I got egg noodles and ketchup. I'm an average nobody. I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.
Quote from: laoislad on May 26, 2022, 05:33:28 PM
Actor Ray Liotta
Quote from: Capt Pat on May 26, 2022, 09:46:15 PMQuote from: laoislad on May 26, 2022, 05:33:28 PM
Actor Ray Liotta
I didn't realise how old he was, 67. I thought he was still in his 50s.
Quote from: pjm on May 26, 2022, 08:49:06 PM
Andy Fletcher from Depeche Mode, only 60
Quote from: From the Bunker on May 26, 2022, 10:49:57 PMBest Picture Oscar in 1990 was not Goodfellas but Driving Miss Daisy!Quote from: Capt Pat on May 26, 2022, 09:46:15 PMQuote from: laoislad on May 26, 2022, 05:33:28 PM
Actor Ray Liotta
I didn't realise how old he was, 67. I thought he was still in his 50s.
Goodfellas is 32 years old :o
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 27, 2022, 12:13:29 AMQuote from: From the Bunker on May 26, 2022, 10:49:57 PMBest Picture Oscar in 1990 was not Goodfellas but Driving Miss Daisy!Quote from: Capt Pat on May 26, 2022, 09:46:15 PMQuote from: laoislad on May 26, 2022, 05:33:28 PM
Actor Ray Liotta
I didn't realise how old he was, 67. I thought he was still in his 50s.
Goodfellas is 32 years old :o
Quote from: J70 on May 29, 2022, 01:19:10 PMQuote from: Tony Baloney on May 27, 2022, 12:13:29 AMQuote from: From the Bunker on May 26, 2022, 10:49:57 PMBest Picture Oscar in 1990 was not Goodfellas but Driving Miss Daisy!Quote from: Capt Pat on May 26, 2022, 09:46:15 PMQuote from: laoislad on May 26, 2022, 05:33:28 PM
Actor Ray Liotta
I didn't realise how old he was, 67. I thought he was still in his 50s.
Goodfellas is 32 years old :o
Goodfellas lost out to Dances with Wolves (also an excellent movie, but Goodfellas is superior).
Think Driving Miss Daisy was a year or two before.
Quote from: dec on June 08, 2022, 05:33:45 PM
Three riders at the Isle of Man TT have been killed including Davy Morgan from Saintfield. Don't follow motorbike racing so I had never heard of him before, but 52 is too young to die and too old to be riding a motorbike at that speed.
Quote from: dec on June 08, 2022, 05:33:45 PM
Three riders at the Isle of Man TT have been killed including Davy Morgan from Saintfield. Don't follow motorbike racing so I had never heard of him before, but 52 is too young to die and too old to be riding a motorbike at that speed.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on June 08, 2022, 07:40:49 PMQuote from: dec on June 08, 2022, 05:33:45 PM
Three riders at the Isle of Man TT have been killed including Davy Morgan from Saintfield. Don't follow motorbike racing so I had never heard of him before, but 52 is too young to die and too old to be riding a motorbike at that speed.
One of those 3 is actually still alive, someone else died !
They announced the wrong name.
Quote from: balladmaker on June 08, 2022, 07:56:48 PM
Road racing is an addiction, any family involved in it are usually involved across generations of the family ... and sadly it ends in too many tragedies and life changing injuries. Not something I've ever had an interest in, however I do know anyone who is are fanatical about it, and I'd go as far as to see it is an addiction. I'd a friend who was never into the bikes who bought one because some of his mates were into it ... sure enough he went into it big time, any spare time was spent on the motorbike ... sadly, a very short time later, he lost control of the bike and died in the accident ... if only he had never bought the bike in the first place :(
RIP to those who were killed this week at the TT.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on June 08, 2022, 07:40:49 PMQuote from: dec on June 08, 2022, 05:33:45 PM
Three riders at the Isle of Man TT have been killed including Davy Morgan from Saintfield. Don't follow motorbike racing so I had never heard of him before, but 52 is too young to die and too old to be riding a motorbike at that speed.
One of those 3 is actually still alive, someone else died !
They announced the wrong name.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on May 29, 2022, 09:56:49 AMA great stalwart of Sports Stadium on Saturday afternoons before Murdoch bought most of the sports
Jockey Lester Piggot aged 86.
Quote from: Tatler Jack on June 13, 2022, 09:38:13 PMSaw them live a few times. Amazing sound. RIP
Saddened and shocked to hear that singer Phil Callery died on June 1st. Phil was a member of the Voice Squad and also made many solo recordings.
"Phil Callery began his singing career in the Dublin Folk Clubs scene in the late sixties. He went on to found the first "Singers Club" in Dublin in 1970, which he modeled on Ewan MacColl's famous "Listeners Club" in London. The "Singers Club" provided a platform in the early seventies for such names as Dolores Keane, Triona and Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, Mary Black, Christy Moore, Luka Bloom, Paul Brady and many more. The "Singers Club" was a forerunner to the "Goilin" Traditional Singers Club, currently running in its 21st year. Phil has guested on several albums to date, Sinead O'Connor, Christy Hennessey, Jimmy McCarthy, to name but a few. He has toured extensively in Europe with 'The Voice Squad' and successfully toured Canada and the USA in 1995."
https://youtu.be/G8s7YurQX_I
https://youtu.be/i-u7yPTDOQ4
Quote from: seafoid on June 19, 2022, 09:18:41 AMI know who the dad is, I think he should be around.
Shocking. The 4 siblings gone.
Are/is the father(s) around ?
Quote from: Square Ball on June 19, 2022, 10:45:32 AMThat was heartbreaking
Read that tweet myself yesterday, but oh my god, to die the next day, poor family. It was this bit got me "so essentially going home to die but getting palliative care. The kids know. If you ever come across them, will you an eye out for them"
Quote from: Rois on June 19, 2022, 11:24:02 AMQuote from: seafoid on June 19, 2022, 09:18:41 AMI know who the dad is, I think he should be around.
Shocking. The 4 siblings gone.
Are/is the father(s) around ?
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on June 21, 2022, 12:06:54 AM
Liam Cahill aka An Fear Rua.
RIP
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on June 21, 2022, 12:06:54 AM
Liam Cahill aka An Fear Rua.
RIP
Quote from: stephenite on June 21, 2022, 02:49:03 AMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on June 21, 2022, 12:06:54 AM
Liam Cahill aka An Fear Rua.
RIP
Ah that's sad - one of the online pioneers for GAA
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on June 21, 2022, 12:06:54 AMVery sad.
Liam Cahill aka An Fear Rua.
RIP
Quote from: Hound on June 21, 2022, 08:13:46 AMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on June 21, 2022, 12:06:54 AMVery sad.
Liam Cahill aka An Fear Rua.
RIP
Late 50s/early 60s I;d have guessed. Had he been ill?
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on June 20, 2022, 11:51:36 PM
RIP Liam Cahill.
He might have had a few jousts with us over the years but he was an entertaining character too.
He put a lot of time and effort into An Fear Rua and it was one of the earliest GAA websites of the digital age.
https://twitter.com/gavreilly/status/1539002178186141696
Quote from: johnnycool on June 21, 2022, 08:06:13 AMQuote from: stephenite on June 21, 2022, 02:49:03 AMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on June 21, 2022, 12:06:54 AM
Liam Cahill aka An Fear Rua.
RIP
Ah that's sad - one of the online pioneers for GAA
RIP Liam, was one great hurling forums and more, the one about Charolais cattle was the stuff of legend and even prompted some cattle breeders association or other to complain about it..
Quote from: seafoid on June 28, 2022, 03:40:29 PM
Offaly footballer Liam Connor
https://hoganstand.com/article/index/205762
The man who dropped the goal from midfield to Darby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxgju-2xbfQ
Quote from: seafoid on June 28, 2022, 03:40:29 PMThis happened in 2013?
Offaly footballer Liam Connor
https://hoganstand.com/article/index/205762
The man who dropped the goal from midfield to Darby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wxgju-2xbfQ
Quote from: laoislad on July 02, 2022, 01:34:40 PM
Dermot O'Neill. Gardener who had shows on RTE.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on July 07, 2022, 06:19:47 PM
Actor James Caan - 82
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on July 07, 2022, 06:19:47 PM
Actor James Caan - 82
Quote from: mrdeeds on July 09, 2022, 12:14:41 AM
Tony Sirico aka Paulie from Sopranos.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on July 07, 2022, 06:19:47 PM
Actor James Caan - 82
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on July 10, 2022, 09:28:02 AM
Is it council led/funded/supported? If so then someone is liable, maybe this is what it takes (unfortunately) for it to be properly regulated and if blame is led at the council's door then the family sue the shit out them, nothing like court case to sort things out
Quote from: pbat on July 10, 2022, 02:53:44 PMI wrote an email to Magherafelt council, mainly for the craic. I asked why flags were still up from the jubilee, were they just going to leave them up until the 12th to save doing it twice. Also mentioned at the lack of any effort to put any GAA flags up for derry considering its an actual cross community organisation unlike the orange order. They fobbed me off and told me to talk to department of infrastructure.Quote from: Milltown Row2 on July 10, 2022, 09:28:02 AM
Is it council led/funded/supported? If so then someone is liable, maybe this is what it takes (unfortunately) for it to be properly regulated and if blame is led at the council's door then the family sue the shit out them, nothing like court case to sort things out
Was driving earlier and MR2 your post came into my head as I passed through Markethill and the street lampposts adorned with UVF flags, and the paras flags.
Maybe some of the legal lads would know but surely there could be cases taken against the department of infrastructure and the Roads department for allowing displays like this on there property?
Quote from: Rossfan on July 10, 2022, 12:29:19 AM
One of the greats musically but a grumpy oul hoor.
R.I.P. Séamus.
You'll no doubt be forming a trio with Horan and Finn now.
Quote from: markl121 on July 12, 2022, 08:03:54 PM
Collie McGurk. A Gaa legend in derry. RIP
Quote from: markl121 on July 12, 2022, 08:03:54 PMEcho that. True gent who have so much to club and county and no doubt his young family too. Deepest sympathies to them.
Collie McGurk. A Gaa legend in derry. RIP
Quote from: onefineday on July 13, 2022, 09:01:42 AMQuote from: markl121 on July 12, 2022, 08:03:54 PMEcho that. True gent who have so much to club and county and no doubt his young family too. Deepest sympathies to them.
Collie McGurk. A Gaa legend in derry. RIP
Quote from: Baile an tuaigh on July 25, 2022, 05:13:39 AM
Oisin Mullins brother just died in a car accident. I just had a conversation with Oisin right before the news came through he was in great form very sad. Mary Queen of the Gael pray for him.
Quote from: Square Ball on July 25, 2022, 07:45:35 PMTrimble couldn't stop Unionism tearing itself apart
David Trimble, aged 77.
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on July 25, 2022, 08:07:21 PM
David warner
Quote from: Square Ball on July 25, 2022, 07:45:35 PM
David Trimble, aged 77.
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on July 25, 2022, 08:07:21 PM
David warner
Quote from: Orior on July 26, 2022, 09:13:50 AM
Trimble was a bitter little man. He only followed the path of peace when he was led by Hume, Adams, Blair, money and the promise of a seat in the Lords. John Hume donated his Nobel Peace Prize money to charity. Trimble spent his on himelf. Trimble the traitor (as he was known to the DUP) also triggered the demise of the UUP who never wanted to compromise to catholics in the north.
But I am sure Daphne will miss him. May he rest in peace.
Quote from: Orior on July 26, 2022, 09:13:50 AM
Trimble was a bitter little man. He only followed the path of peace when he was led by Hume, Adams, Blair, money and the promise of a seat in the Lords. John Hume donated his Nobel Peace Prize money to charity. Trimble spent his on himelf. Trimble the traitor (as he was known to the DUP) also triggered the demise of the UUP who never wanted to compromise to catholics in the north.
But I am sure Daphne will miss him. May he rest in peace.
Quote from: trailer on July 26, 2022, 10:05:23 AMQuote from: Orior on July 26, 2022, 09:13:50 AM
Trimble was a bitter little man. He only followed the path of peace when he was led by Hume, Adams, Blair, money and the promise of a seat in the Lords. John Hume donated his Nobel Peace Prize money to charity. Trimble spent his on himelf. Trimble the traitor (as he was known to the DUP) also triggered the demise of the UUP who never wanted to compromise to catholics in the north.
But I am sure Daphne will miss him. May he rest in peace.
Gerry the peacemaker.
Trimble was a pragmatist. All other options were closed off. Power sharing was the only show in town and he recognised that and took that path. Some would do well to learn from his example today.
There is no doubt he was a committed protestant and Orange man. That shone through when he danced down the Garvaghy Road.
Quote from: Applesisapples on July 26, 2022, 11:03:50 AM
Like Adams and McGuinness, Trimble could only have moved unionism from within and by being fairly staunch with it. The DUP and especially Donaldson and Foster stole his clothes (having stabbed him in the back).
Quote from: johnnycool on July 26, 2022, 11:22:10 AMQuote from: Applesisapples on July 26, 2022, 11:03:50 AM
Like Adams and McGuinness, Trimble could only have moved unionism from within and by being fairly staunch with it. The DUP and especially Donaldson and Foster stole his clothes (having stabbed him in the back).
Trimble wouldn't have moved an inch if it hadn't of been for the loyalist cover afforded by the very strong support of David Ervine who knew then as now that the working class unionist communities were playthings for big house unionism.
Quote from: Armamike on July 26, 2022, 10:04:55 PM
I always got the impression the Good Friday Agreement sat very uneasily with Trimble and he was a reluctant actor rather than someone with any kind of vision for a settlement here. Seemed to me that he found himself in a position where he had no choice but to go along. The British Governments under Major and Blair I think would have made it clear or at least implied it that there was no other show in town for unionism. Maybe that's being unfair, but that was always my impression.
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 27, 2022, 11:31:49 AM
Trimble was probably looking at the long game. A few concessions to Nationalists in 1998 might appease them a little and slow down the momentum towards a united Ireland.
Quote from: Rossfan on July 27, 2022, 10:54:39 AM
May he Rest in Peace.
He was probably a very unwilling participant in doing the right thing but at least he did it.
I presume those calling it Belfast Agreement are some kind of fundamentalist Protestants who can't use the term "Good Friday" as it might be a "Romish" thing.
Quote from: J70 on July 27, 2022, 11:56:32 AMQuote from: Rossfan on July 27, 2022, 10:54:39 AM
May he Rest in Peace.
He was probably a very unwilling participant in doing the right thing but at least he did it.
I presume those calling it Belfast Agreement are some kind of fundamentalist Protestants who can't use the term "Good Friday" as it might be a "Romish" thing.
The unionist side have always called it that.
Quote from: johnnycool on July 27, 2022, 11:56:32 AMDoesn't it just.Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 27, 2022, 11:31:49 AM
Trimble was probably looking at the long game. A few concessions to Nationalists in 1998 might appease them a little and slow down the momentum towards a united Ireland.
Some noted political commentator at the time suggested that Unionists had won a great deal in the GFA yet deemed it a defeat whereas Nationalists had conceded a lot but celebrated it as a victory.
That probably tells you more about the unionist mindset as our betters than anything else.
Quote from: Rossfan on July 27, 2022, 01:20:07 PMQuote from: johnnycool on July 27, 2022, 11:56:32 AMDoesn't it just.Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 27, 2022, 11:31:49 AM
Trimble was probably looking at the long game. A few concessions to Nationalists in 1998 might appease them a little and slow down the momentum towards a united Ireland.
Some noted political commentator at the time suggested that Unionists had won a great deal in the GFA yet deemed it a defeat whereas Nationalists had conceded a lot but celebrated it as a victory.
That probably tells you more about the unionist mindset as our betters than anything else.
Can't recall who said this now...
Unionists got a great deal but were too thick to realise it, Nationalists got a bad deal but were too clever to admit it.
Quote from: tiempo on July 27, 2022, 02:01:39 PMUnionists we're the big losers. Pre Troubles the UUP controlled power and didn't give nationalists a look in. The GFA did not return to that system. Unionists had to share power under the GFA, which also gave Dublin a role in NI. Unionist abuse of power caused the Troubles. There was to be no going back.Quote from: Rossfan on July 27, 2022, 01:20:07 PMQuote from: johnnycool on July 27, 2022, 11:56:32 AMDoesn't it just.Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 27, 2022, 11:31:49 AM
Trimble was probably looking at the long game. A few concessions to Nationalists in 1998 might appease them a little and slow down the momentum towards a united Ireland.
Some noted political commentator at the time suggested that Unionists had won a great deal in the GFA yet deemed it a defeat whereas Nationalists had conceded a lot but celebrated it as a victory.
That probably tells you more about the unionist mindset as our betters than anything else.
Can't recall who said this now...
Unionists got a great deal but were too thick to realise it, Nationalists got a bad deal but were too clever to admit it.
Disagree, end to the conflict, parity of esteem (still working towards), mechanism for unification
There was a third party of course, the south, the establishment got what they wanted too, to wash their hands of the north
Unionists while they also got the benefits of the conflict ending lost their inbuilt dogma, hence their perceived loss
Quote from: seafoid on July 27, 2022, 02:21:35 PMQuote from: tiempo on July 27, 2022, 02:01:39 PMUnionists we're the big losers. Pre Troubles the UUP controlled power and didn't give nationalists a look in. The GFA did not return to that system. Unionists had to share power under the GFA, which also gave Dublin a role in NI. Unionist abuse of power caused the Troubles. There was to be no going back.Quote from: Rossfan on July 27, 2022, 01:20:07 PMQuote from: johnnycool on July 27, 2022, 11:56:32 AMDoesn't it just.Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 27, 2022, 11:31:49 AM
Trimble was probably looking at the long game. A few concessions to Nationalists in 1998 might appease them a little and slow down the momentum towards a united Ireland.
Some noted political commentator at the time suggested that Unionists had won a great deal in the GFA yet deemed it a defeat whereas Nationalists had conceded a lot but celebrated it as a victory.
That probably tells you more about the unionist mindset as our betters than anything else.
Can't recall who said this now...
Unionists got a great deal but were too thick to realise it, Nationalists got a bad deal but were too clever to admit it.
Disagree, end to the conflict, parity of esteem (still working towards), mechanism for unification
There was a third party of course, the south, the establishment got what they wanted too, to wash their hands of the north
Unionists while they also got the benefits of the conflict ending lost their inbuilt dogma, hence their perceived loss
Quote from: tiempo on July 27, 2022, 02:01:39 PMQuote from: Rossfan on July 27, 2022, 01:20:07 PMQuote from: johnnycool on July 27, 2022, 11:56:32 AMDoesn't it just.Quote from: Bord na Mona man on July 27, 2022, 11:31:49 AM
Trimble was probably looking at the long game. A few concessions to Nationalists in 1998 might appease them a little and slow down the momentum towards a united Ireland.
Some noted political commentator at the time suggested that Unionists had won a great deal in the GFA yet deemed it a defeat whereas Nationalists had conceded a lot but celebrated it as a victory.
That probably tells you more about the unionist mindset as our betters than anything else.
Can't recall who said this now...
Unionists got a great deal but were too thick to realise it, Nationalists got a bad deal but were too clever to admit it.
Disagree, end to the conflict, parity of esteem (still working towards), mechanism for unification
There was a third party of course, the south, the establishment got what they wanted too, to wash their hands of the north
Unionists while they also got the benefits of the conflict ending lost their inbuilt dogma, hence their perceived loss
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on July 28, 2022, 09:06:40 AM
Bernard Cribbins, aged 93.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on July 28, 2022, 11:53:13 AMSP-THTHTHTHTH-OONSQuote from: Harold Disgracey on July 28, 2022, 09:06:40 AM
Bernard Cribbins, aged 93.
A great spoons sales man
Quote from: Aughafad on July 31, 2022, 09:17:54 PM
Nichelle Nichols......Uhura from Star trek
Quote from: johnnycool on August 01, 2022, 10:59:20 AMQuote from: Aughafad on July 31, 2022, 09:17:54 PM
Nichelle Nichols......Uhura from Star trek
80's racist joke.
Why is Uhura brown?
Because William Shatner.
Quote from: seafoid on August 01, 2022, 01:06:14 PM
The tricolur is flying at half mast over the Dail for the Trimble funeral.
Quote from: tiempo on August 01, 2022, 01:54:13 PMQuote from: seafoid on August 01, 2022, 01:06:14 PM
The tricolur is flying at half mast over the Dail for the Trimble funeral.
Pull the other one
Quote from: seafoid on August 03, 2022, 08:43:23 AM
There was a lot of meas for Trimble in the Irish Government. Without him there would have been no GFA. The DUP are still the same.
Quote from: seafoid on August 04, 2022, 04:53:26 PM
Paul Ryder of the Happy Mondays
Quote from: mrdeeds on August 05, 2022, 11:43:14 PM
Dylan Quirke, Tipp hurler on field of play. Awful news. RIP
Quote from: Helix. on August 05, 2022, 11:45:41 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on August 05, 2022, 11:43:14 PM
Dylan Quirke, Tipp hurler on field of play. Awful news. RIP
f**king shocking RIP. Saw the match was called off and now seeing that he passed. Absolutely devastating for family friends and community.
Quote from: mrdeeds on August 05, 2022, 11:43:14 PMRIP
Dillon Quirke, Tipp hurler on field of play. Awful news. RIP
Quote from: Eire90 on August 07, 2022, 02:19:40 AM
did he have a history of heart problems there an article from 2 years ago saying he just got over myocarditis
https://www.thesun.ie/sport/gaa-hurling/5160697/tipperary-gaa-dillon-quirke-waterford-gaa/
Quote from: Captain Obvious on August 07, 2022, 12:51:07 AM
The Seekers Judith Durham aged 79
Quote from: armaghniac on August 08, 2022, 12:45:14 AMQuote from: Captain Obvious on August 07, 2022, 12:51:07 AM
The Seekers Judith Durham aged 79
One of the greatest female voices.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on August 08, 2022, 09:38:08 PM
Have saw 3 puns already. Actually quite good but not spreading as i was well fond of Olivia back in the day 😉
Quote from: RedHand88 on August 08, 2022, 09:53:26 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on August 08, 2022, 09:38:08 PM
Have saw 3 puns already. Actually quite good but not spreading as i was well fond of Olivia back in the day 😉
Showing your vintage there!
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on August 08, 2022, 09:38:08 PM
Have saw 3 puns already. Actually quite good but not spreading as i was well fond of Olivia back in the day 😉
Quote from: Captain Obvious on August 13, 2022, 01:19:51 AM
Actor Anne Heche aged 53 died from injuries from a car crash in Los Angeles last week.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on August 13, 2022, 10:02:56 AMQuote from: Captain Obvious on August 13, 2022, 01:19:51 AM
Actor Anne Heche aged 53 died from injuries from a car crash in Los Angeles last week.
V troubled background.
Saw one video clip jees she was hittin some speed...
Quote from: nrico2006 on August 13, 2022, 11:38:44 AMThat's a very odd video. Did they think she was dead initially as they had her covered up?Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on August 13, 2022, 10:02:56 AMQuote from: Captain Obvious on August 13, 2022, 01:19:51 AM
Actor Anne Heche aged 53 died from injuries from a car crash in Los Angeles last week.
V troubled background.
Saw one video clip jees she was hittin some speed...
I saw footage of her sitting up when she was being taken to the hospital so shocked to hear she died.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on August 13, 2022, 10:02:56 AMIt looks like suicideQuote from: Captain Obvious on August 13, 2022, 01:19:51 AM
Actor Anne Heche aged 53 died from injuries from a car crash in Los Angeles last week.
V troubled background.
Saw one video clip jees she was hittin some speed...
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on August 13, 2022, 10:02:56 AMNever heard of her before. Googled her and still don't think I've ever seen her before.Quote from: Captain Obvious on August 13, 2022, 01:19:51 AM
Actor Anne Heche aged 53 died from injuries from a car crash in Los Angeles last week.
V troubled background.
Saw one video clip jees she was hittin some speed...
Quote from: laoislad on August 13, 2022, 02:51:35 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on August 13, 2022, 10:02:56 AMNever heard of her before. Googled her and still don't think I've ever seen her before.Quote from: Captain Obvious on August 13, 2022, 01:19:51 AM
Actor Anne Heche aged 53 died from injuries from a car crash in Los Angeles last week.
V troubled background.
Saw one video clip jees she was hittin some speed...
Apparently she was high on drugs and alcohol. Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
Quote from: clarshack on August 14, 2022, 12:46:39 AMShe was in numerous films her peak probably the mid 90s with that film plus Donnie Brasco and VolcanoQuote from: laoislad on August 13, 2022, 02:51:35 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on August 13, 2022, 10:02:56 AMNever heard of her before. Googled her and still don't think I've ever seen her before.Quote from: Captain Obvious on August 13, 2022, 01:19:51 AM
Actor Anne Heche aged 53 died from injuries from a car crash in Los Angeles last week.
V troubled background.
Saw one video clip jees she was hittin some speed...
Apparently she was high on drugs and alcohol. Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
First heard of her in the 90's. She was in I know what you did last Summer and Ally McBeal.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on August 14, 2022, 10:08:20 AMQuote from: clarshack on August 14, 2022, 12:46:39 AMShe was in numerous films her peak probably the mid 90s with that film plus Donnie Brasco and VolcanoQuote from: laoislad on August 13, 2022, 02:51:35 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on August 13, 2022, 10:02:56 AMNever heard of her before. Googled her and still don't think I've ever seen her before.Quote from: Captain Obvious on August 13, 2022, 01:19:51 AM
Actor Anne Heche aged 53 died from injuries from a car crash in Los Angeles last week.
V troubled background.
Saw one video clip jees she was hittin some speed...
Apparently she was high on drugs and alcohol. Play stupid games win stupid prizes.
First heard of her in the 90's. She was in I know what you did last Summer and Ally McBeal.
Quote from: fearsiuil on August 14, 2022, 05:52:17 PM
She's the 4th of her 5 siblings to have passed away. Tough life after a messed up and impoverished upbringing.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Heche
Quote from: ONeill on August 16, 2022, 05:53:08 PM
Darius from Pop Idol. On Presley's anniversary too.
Quote from: armaghniac on August 30, 2022, 09:42:33 PM
Mikhial Gorbachev.
Definitely a man that changed things.
Quote from: Tatler Jack on September 06, 2022, 08:32:48 PM
https://rip.ie/death-notice/bevin-sice-belclare-galway/507027
Bevin Sice wife of Galway and Corofin player Gary. Very sad news to hear.
Condolences to Gary and all her family and friends.
RIP.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on September 08, 2022, 01:02:22 PM
Bank holiday incoming?
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on September 08, 2022, 01:02:22 PMOnly for you Brits.
Bank holiday incoming?
Quote from: Tyrdub on September 08, 2022, 01:22:23 PM
Queen's University - there's another days leave for me coming soon
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 08, 2022, 01:24:48 PMQuote from: Tyrdub on September 08, 2022, 01:22:23 PM
Queen's University - there's another days leave for me coming soon
Seeing as its Queens will you not get 2? :D
Quote from: trailer on September 08, 2022, 12:55:30 PM
Bumping this in anticipation of The Sovereigns impending death.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 08, 2022, 02:22:18 PMWhat about bailing out Andrew?
I've nothing against the old dear, she didn't asked to be born into that life, its just happens, their lives are not their own, but that of the 'committee' that look after them
Quote from: oakleaflad on September 08, 2022, 02:36:17 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on September 08, 2022, 02:22:18 PMWhat about bailing out Andrew?
I've nothing against the old dear, she didn't asked to be born into that life, its just happens, their lives are not their own, but that of the 'committee' that look after them
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on September 08, 2022, 03:05:43 PM
The Ajax game last night has probably did it.
On a more serious note, when she eventually does pass away it is the end of an era in Britain, the last vestige of a high "establishment" link to an era stretching back approx 70 years that has seen a lot of social & economic upheaval. Presuming Charles then takes the throne, it's rumoured that he's more likely to be a more "proactive" monarch in the political sense, for better or worse.
And finishing on a slightly less serious note, Piers Morgan is already trying to figure out how to blame all of this on Meghan Markle, as are the Daily Mail & fellow travelers.
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on September 08, 2022, 03:50:15 PM
Rumours from within the GB Civil Service is that "Operation Unicorn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_London_Bridge#Operation_Unicorn)" is now in effect. Supposedly a formal announcement will be made at 6pm - don't trust me on that!
Quote from: johnnycool on September 08, 2022, 03:54:37 PMQuote from: Fionntamhnach on September 08, 2022, 03:50:15 PM
Rumours from within the GB Civil Service is that "Operation Unicorn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_London_Bridge#Operation_Unicorn)" is now in effect. Supposedly a formal announcement will be made at 6pm - don't trust me on that!
Sounds about right, she's definitely popped her clogs, so waiting till all the family get to Balmoral before announcement
Arlene will be in bits.
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on September 08, 2022, 03:50:15 PM
Rumours from within the GB Civil Service is that "Operation Unicorn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_London_Bridge#Operation_Unicorn)" is now in effect. Supposedly a formal announcement will be made at 6pm - don't trust me on that!
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on September 08, 2022, 03:50:15 PM
Rumours from within the GB Civil Service is that "Operation Unicorn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_London_Bridge#Operation_Unicorn)" is now in effect. Supposedly a formal announcement will be made at 6pm - don't trust me on that!
Quote from: mouview on September 08, 2022, 03:48:17 PM
Any hope club matches will be called off at the weekend? We've a few lads injured..
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on September 08, 2022, 05:02:11 PM
The thing about a death notice thread, is actually posting something upon someone's death not way before it.
Quote from: Rossfan on September 08, 2022, 05:24:21 PM
No day off it seems for ye 6 Cos lot
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/what-happen-queen-dies-secret-27940441
Quote from: TwoUpTwoDown on September 08, 2022, 05:41:29 PMQuote from: Rossfan on September 08, 2022, 05:24:21 PM
No day off it seems for ye 6 Cos lot
https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/world-news/what-happen-queen-dies-secret-27940441
No doubt the teachers will get it off...
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on September 08, 2022, 03:50:15 PM
Rumours from within the GB Civil Service is that "Operation Unicorn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_London_Bridge#Operation_Unicorn)" is now in effect. Supposedly a formal announcement will be made at 6pm - don't trust me on that!
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 08, 2022, 05:49:05 PMQuote from: Fionntamhnach on September 08, 2022, 03:50:15 PM
Rumours from within the GB Civil Service is that "Operation Unicorn (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_London_Bridge#Operation_Unicorn)" is now in effect. Supposedly a formal announcement will be made at 6pm - don't trust me on that!
In the north it's called operation shamrock...
Quote from: Itchy on September 08, 2022, 02:02:06 PMShe never got over the Tailteann final
Liz Truss was the final straw
Quote from: Capt Pat on September 08, 2022, 06:16:54 PM
The queen, never worked a day in her life and got paid handsomely to do it. My hero.
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on September 08, 2022, 05:19:02 PMJesus it's like Father Ted news coverage at the minute.Quote from: Wildweasel74 on September 08, 2022, 05:02:11 PM
The thing about a death notice thread, is actually posting something upon someone's death not way before it.
Tell that to the BBC lol!
Quote from: thebigfella on September 08, 2022, 06:25:53 PMI know she said she wanted to abolish the monarchy but this is ridiculous
Truss's first day in the Job
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on September 08, 2022, 06:27:13 PM
Jesus it's like premature ejaculation on BBC at the moment. If she doesn't croak it soon they'll have shot their load by the time she does go .
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on September 08, 2022, 06:34:51 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on September 08, 2022, 06:27:13 PM
Jesus it's like premature ejaculation on BBC at the moment. If she doesn't croak it soon they'll have shot their load by the time she does go .
Part of the process. Setting the scene. They have to prepare the nation. God bless them
Quote from: laoislad on September 08, 2022, 06:39:58 PM
It's your turn now Offaly
#KingsCounty
Quote from: AustinPowers on September 08, 2022, 07:13:32 PM
Whatever you think of the royals, she did set good example in Ireland , with her visit and her speech in Irish, meeting Martin McGuinness etc. They might not seem like a lot but these are important landmarks in the great scheme of things . She did things that bigoted unionist leaders would never have the courage or decency to do
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on September 08, 2022, 07:54:30 PMMcAleese's response was naff to be sure, but the gesture was intended to be a positive one. You can fairly say that a cúpla focail doesn't amount to a lot when there is so much on the other side of the scale, but you have to start somewhere. The tone of that visit contrasts strongly with the vitriol coming from London since then.
Thanks for introducing me to a new experience, agreeing with you. Mary McAleese's exaggerated response was gut wrenching
Quote from: Mikhail Prokhorov on September 08, 2022, 08:50:21 PM
there should be no joking, fawning or excusing an english monarch's history in Ireland
it has been barbaric :(
Quote from: screenexile on September 08, 2022, 09:00:09 PM
I don't get it at all.
1. Don't get the fawning of the public over her... she literally did nothing
2. The fact people despise her in Ireland... she didn't do anything why do we hold the deeds of her ancestors against her.
I understand before when monarch's ruled but a monarch who doesn't rule deserves as much adulation or hatred as a statue!!
Watched about 5 mins of the BBC there Jesus christ 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Quote from: armaghniac on September 08, 2022, 08:28:38 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on September 08, 2022, 07:54:30 PMMcAleese's response was naff to be sure, but the gesture was intended to be a positive one. You can fairly say that a cúpla focail doesn't amount to a lot when there is so much on the other side of the scale, but you have to start somewhere. The tone of that visit contrasts strongly with the vitriol coming from London since then.
Thanks for introducing me to a new experience, agreeing with you. Mary McAleese's exaggerated response was gut wrenching
Quote from: lenny on September 08, 2022, 09:18:36 PMQuote from: screenexile on September 08, 2022, 09:00:09 PM
I don't get it at all.
1. Don't get the fawning of the public over her... she literally did nothing
2. The fact people despise her in Ireland... she didn't do anything why do we hold the deeds of her ancestors against her.
I understand before when monarch's ruled but a monarch who doesn't rule deserves as much adulation or hatred as a statue!!
Watched about 5 mins of the BBC there Jesus christ 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Totally agree. Have a minute's silence at the soccer at the weekend ffs, there's no need to be calling every single match off. Ridiculous to have every single uk channel devoted to cringeworthy tributes. How long will this go on for? I've nothing against the woman but life shouldn't have to stop in this way.
Quote from: lenny on September 08, 2022, 09:18:36 PMQuote from: screenexile on September 08, 2022, 09:00:09 PM
I don't get it at all.
1. Don't get the fawning of the public over her... she literally did nothing
2. The fact people despise her in Ireland... she didn't do anything why do we hold the deeds of her ancestors against her.
I understand before when monarch's ruled but a monarch who doesn't rule deserves as much adulation or hatred as a statue!!
Watched about 5 mins of the BBC there Jesus christ 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Totally agree. Have a minute's silence at the soccer at the weekend ffs, there's no need to be calling every single match off. Ridiculous to have every single uk channel devoted to cringeworthy tributes. How long will this go on for? I've nothing against the woman but life shouldn't have to stop in this way.
Quote from: thewobbler on September 08, 2022, 10:34:04 PM
It's a rather confusing hark back to the olden days.
Last time the monarch died, there was no internet, no computers, tv was a new fangled concept, the national obsession with sport was barely in blossom, and celebrities didn't much exist apart from royalty.
10 days or mourning was the right thing back then in a slower world.
Nowadays, it's just a hindrance that we can all do without. There's a million websites and a hundred news/general interest Tv channels people can dial into to "join in". Why on earth BBC.Co.Uk sport website and Sky Sports News channel cannot today provide a welcome alternative, well that's just the world gone mad.
And I say this as someone who would generally support the concept of royalty.
Quote from: thewobbler on September 08, 2022, 10:34:04 PMGenuinely interested in this bit. Outside of fawning royalists I never heard anyone put up a reasoned explanantion of this, and certainly not a coherent one lol. The floor is yours wobbler knock yourself out there, why would you generally support the concept of royalty?
It's a rather confusing hark back to the olden days.
Last time the monarch died, there was no internet, no computers, tv was a new fangled concept, the national obsession with sport was barely in blossom, and celebrities didn't much exist apart from royalty.
10 days or mourning was the right thing back then in a slower world.
Nowadays, it's just a hindrance that we can all do without. There's a million websites and a hundred news/general interest Tv channels people can dial into to "join in". Why on earth BBC.Co.Uk sport website and Sky Sports News channel cannot today provide a welcome alternative, well that's just the world gone mad.
And I say this as someone who would generally support the concept of royalty.
Quote from: thewobbler on September 08, 2022, 10:34:04 PM
It's a rather confusing hark back to the olden days.
Last time the monarch died, there was no internet, no computers, tv was a new fangled concept, the national obsession with sport was barely in blossom, and celebrities didn't much exist apart from royalty.
10 days or mourning was the right thing back then in a slower world.
Nowadays, it's just a hindrance that we can all do without. There's a million websites and a hundred news/general interest Tv channels people can dial into to "join in". Why on earth BBC.Co.Uk sport website and Sky Sports News channel cannot today provide a welcome alternative, well that's just the world gone mad.
And I say this as someone who would generally support the concept of royalty.
Quote from: Fionntamhnach on September 08, 2022, 10:29:49 PMQuote from: lenny on September 08, 2022, 09:18:36 PMQuote from: screenexile on September 08, 2022, 09:00:09 PM
I don't get it at all.
1. Don't get the fawning of the public over her... she literally did nothing
2. The fact people despise her in Ireland... she didn't do anything why do we hold the deeds of her ancestors against her.
I understand before when monarch's ruled but a monarch who doesn't rule deserves as much adulation or hatred as a statue!!
Watched about 5 mins of the BBC there Jesus christ ♂️♂️
Totally agree. Have a minute's silence at the soccer at the weekend ffs, there's no need to be calling every single match off. Ridiculous to have every single uk channel devoted to cringeworthy tributes. How long will this go on for? I've nothing against the woman but life shouldn't have to stop in this way.
It's the death of a head of state, and of such an occasion that most British people don't recall anything like it in their lifetimes. Of course in that respect it's hugely significant and I'd be hugely surprised if the major media outlets in the country didn't make a big song & dance about it! TV & radio journalists in the UK will have been preparing for this moment for decades.
Same would go for pretty much any country whose head of state died while in office - maybe not as on a grand scale as what we see here (as it's an exceptional case) but you'd see it all right. I doubt RTÉ would continue regular programming for a good couple of days at least (except RTÉ Junior) if Higgins dies while President.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 08, 2022, 11:34:30 PMDoubt it, the Sultan of Brunei was touted as the richest man in the world for a time
There are 43 monarchies left, would the UK be the richest?
Quote from: Orior on September 08, 2022, 10:38:23 PM
What are the chances of Sunday's match between Crossmaglen Rangers and Silverbriedge Harps being called off?
Quote from: grounded on September 08, 2022, 11:56:52 PMQuote from: Orior on September 08, 2022, 10:38:23 PM
What are the chances of Sunday's match between Crossmaglen Rangers and Silverbriedge Harps being called off?
Unless John Bruton is the president of either club, then very doubtful.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LHsvb7k7_ho
Quote from: thewobbler on September 08, 2022, 11:29:36 PM
Basically three reasons.
Somebody somewhere has to serve as protector of a country's constitution. The ideal candidate should have no political affiliation, which is a difficult position for anyone to achieve when growing up and working in the "real" world.
As is the way, such a rule naturally dovetails with figurehead, diplomatic and ambassadorial roles. And being born into royalty is in effect, being born to train for those duties every day of your life.
There's something about what both those roles entails that just makes me shudder at the thought of the position being decided by populist votes.
And the third reason is that due to history and culture, the royal family is a tourism industry all of it own. It's a USP for the UK.
The Royal family in UK is of course too bloated, too full of second and third cousins who freeload and add little, while enjoying the heirlooms. So it could do with a cull and then some. But in the whole I think it's just a pretty good way to provide a country with stable governance.
Quote from: armaghniac on September 09, 2022, 12:01:17 AMQuote from: grounded on September 08, 2022, 11:56:52 PMQuote from: Orior on September 08, 2022, 10:38:23 PM
What are the chances of Sunday's match between Crossmaglen Rangers and Silverbriedge Harps being called off?
Unless John Bruton is the president of either club, then very doubtful.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LHsvb7k7_ho
They might call off the following game, plenty of Royalists around Lurgan.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 08, 2022, 11:34:30 PM
There are 43 monarchies left, would the UK be the richest?
Quote from: Orior on September 08, 2022, 10:38:23 PMMinutes silence, black armbands and GSTQ to be played beforehand.
What are the chances of Sunday's match between Crossmaglen Rangers and Silverbriedge Harps being called off?
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on September 09, 2022, 01:09:15 AM
Can't understand bbc1 and bbc 2 showing the excate same thing, madness. Anyway one plus I give the Queen, she hated Thatcher, now we got deal with this other freeloaders, Charlie Boy, Willie, u find in time u rather had her. Ole Liz Truss the Medusa stars done her in, she not off to the best start.
Quote from: thewobbler on September 08, 2022, 11:29:36 PM
Basically three reasons.
Somebody somewhere has to serve as protector of a country's constitution. The ideal candidate should have no political affiliation, which is a difficult position for anyone to achieve when growing up and working in the "real" world.
As is the way, such a rule naturally dovetails with figurehead, diplomatic and ambassadorial roles. And being born into royalty is in effect, being born to train for those duties every day of your life.
There's something about what both those roles entails that just makes me shudder at the thought of the position being decided by populist votes.
And the third reason is that due to history and culture, the royal family is a tourism industry all of it own. It's a USP for the UK.
The Royal family in UK is of course too bloated, too full of second and third cousins who freeload and add little, while enjoying the heirlooms. So it could do with a cull and then some. But in the whole I think it's just a pretty good way to provide a country with stable governance.
Quote from: bennydorano on September 09, 2022, 08:13:54 AM
The old A Level Politics answer staples - postives: Tourism dollars, Poltical stability, Social Cohesion, International Prestige V undemocratic & cost. Having a press that creams itself over them helps.
Quote from: Armagh18 on September 09, 2022, 02:28:53 AMIs is not GSTK now?Quote from: Orior on September 08, 2022, 10:38:23 PMMinutes silence, black armbands and GSTQ to be played beforehand.
What are the chances of Sunday's match between Crossmaglen Rangers and Silverbriedge Harps being called off?
Quote from: johnnycool on September 09, 2022, 10:12:26 AMI have a notion the British public would rather jump straight to William. They need a strong leader, Charles has always seemed a bit spineless.Quote from: bennydorano on September 09, 2022, 08:13:54 AM
The old A Level Politics answer staples - postives: Tourism dollars, Poltical stability, Social Cohesion, International Prestige V undemocratic & cost. Having a press that creams itself over them helps.
The Royal family embolden the class system which the ruling elites in GB need to survive.
The public school system, Oxford/Cambridge types, born to rule over us and all that.
She came across as a decent spud, not sure how the tampon wannabe King Charles will cut the mustard in that regard..
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 09, 2022, 09:57:32 AM
Do yourself a favour and don't watch or put it on the radio... you really are silly if you're listening to something you don't want to hear about
Quote from: Sportacus on September 09, 2022, 10:20:30 AMWell Wille has blotted the copybook as well, likes to be pegged evidently, not Kates thing, so allegedly as a lady "friend" who does like to peg him...Quote from: johnnycool on September 09, 2022, 10:12:26 AMI have a notion the British public would rather jump straight to William. They need a strong leader, Charles has always seemed a bit spineless.Quote from: bennydorano on September 09, 2022, 08:13:54 AM
The old A Level Politics answer staples - postives: Tourism dollars, Poltical stability, Social Cohesion, International Prestige V undemocratic & cost. Having a press that creams itself over them helps.
The Royal family embolden the class system which the ruling elites in GB need to survive.
The public school system, Oxford/Cambridge types, born to rule over us and all that.
She came across as a decent spud, not sure how the tampon wannabe King Charles will cut the mustard in that regard..
QuoteShe was a mother and she had a full time job as well. Many women can relate to that.
Quote from: general_lee on September 09, 2022, 10:28:11 AM
Anyone who supports the monarchy in this day and age (especially anyone from a working class background) is a f**king moron. £12m of taxpayers' money, as opposed to their own funds, to keep Andy's victim quiet. The monarchy offers absolutely nothing to society, strip them of their assets, let them keep their titles and let them survive in the real world and they can carry out their royal duties as a side hustle.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 09, 2022, 09:57:32 AM
Do yourself a favour and don't watch or put it on the radio... you really are silly if you're listening to something you don't want to hear about
Quote from: PadraicHenryPearse on September 09, 2022, 10:50:08 AM
unfortunately sky sports news is not one of the channels you can watch to avoid it !!!!
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 09, 2022, 10:40:46 AMAll they have to do is convert to Catholicism ;)Quote from: general_lee on September 09, 2022, 10:28:11 AM
Anyone who supports the monarchy in this day and age (especially anyone from a working class background) is a f**king moron. £12m of taxpayers' money, as opposed to their own funds, to keep Andy's victim quiet. The monarchy offers absolutely nothing to society, strip them of their assets, let them keep their titles and let them survive in the real world and they can carry out their royal duties as a side hustle.
I agree, any monarchy is or has no real point, I asked the question yesterday are they the richest monarchy, they aint event close it seems, some countries are seem a hell of a lot worse off when it comes to kings/queens ripping them off..
The problem is they don't get to choose, their only way out is what Harry has tried to do and it comes with a heap of shit, the 'original' king who fecked off with Miss Simpson had the right idea and left all that hassle behind him
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on September 09, 2022, 10:55:16 AMQuote from: PadraicHenryPearse on September 09, 2022, 10:50:08 AM
unfortunately sky sports news is not one of the channels you can watch to avoid it !!!!
There is no sport on so get streaming all the games this weekend around the country, or head out and watch your club, I'll be attending games Friday Sat and Sun.. no soccer distractions
Quote from: general_lee on September 09, 2022, 10:28:11 AM
Anyone who supports the monarchy in this day and age (especially anyone from a working class background) is a f**king moron. £12m of taxpayers' money, as opposed to their own funds, to keep Andy's victim quiet. The monarchy offers absolutely nothing to society, strip them of their assets, let them keep their titles and let them survive in the real world and they can carry out their royal duties as a side hustle.
Quote from: general_lee on September 09, 2022, 10:28:11 AM
Anyone who supports the monarchy in this day and age (especially anyone from a working class background) is a f**king moron. £12m of taxpayers' money, as opposed to their own funds, to keep Andy's victim quiet. The monarchy offers absolutely nothing to society, strip them of their assets, let them keep their titles and let them survive in the real world and they can carry out their royal duties as a side hustle.
Quote from: RedHand88 on September 09, 2022, 12:59:43 PMQuote from: general_lee on September 09, 2022, 10:28:11 AM
Anyone who supports the monarchy in this day and age (especially anyone from a working class background) is a f**king moron. £12m of taxpayers' money, as opposed to their own funds, to keep Andy's victim quiet. The monarchy offers absolutely nothing to society, strip them of their assets, let them keep their titles and let them survive in the real world and they can carry out their royal duties as a side hustle.
Well there is a role for the Monarchy. Without it, parliament can pass anything it likes if the government has enough numbers without signing off from the King or Queen, as the UK does not have a constitution. Is that a world you want to live in? It's a scary prospect.
Quote from: Eire90 on September 09, 2022, 10:41:02 AMI'm delighted to see that Expanded TV and Babenation are broadcasting as normalQuote from: Milltown Row2 on September 09, 2022, 09:57:32 AM
Do yourself a favour and don't watch or put it on the radio... you really are silly if you're listening to something you don't want to hear about
exactly there is plenty of other stuff you can watch or listen to if you want to not hear it
Quote from: Franko on September 09, 2022, 01:06:30 PMQuote from: RedHand88 on September 09, 2022, 12:59:43 PMQuote from: general_lee on September 09, 2022, 10:28:11 AM
Anyone who supports the monarchy in this day and age (especially anyone from a working class background) is a f**king moron. £12m of taxpayers' money, as opposed to their own funds, to keep Andy's victim quiet. The monarchy offers absolutely nothing to society, strip them of their assets, let them keep their titles and let them survive in the real world and they can carry out their royal duties as a side hustle.
Well there is a role for the Monarchy. Without it, parliament can pass anything it likes if the government has enough numbers without signing off from the King or Queen, as the UK does not have a constitution. Is that a world you want to live in? It's a scary prospect.
2 Questions before we entertain this 'scary prospect'
1.
How many times has the monarch refused to pass legislation which parliament has approved?
2.
Plenty of countries manage just fine with an elected head of state. So why do we need a monarchy to perform this role?
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on September 09, 2022, 01:14:01 PMQuote from: Eire90 on September 09, 2022, 10:41:02 AMI'm delighted to see that Expanded TV and Babenation are broadcasting as normalQuote from: Milltown Row2 on September 09, 2022, 09:57:32 AM
Do yourself a favour and don't watch or put it on the radio... you really are silly if you're listening to something you don't want to hear about
exactly there is plenty of other stuff you can watch or listen to if you want to not hear it
Quote from: RedHand88 on September 09, 2022, 01:20:36 PMQuote from: Franko on September 09, 2022, 01:06:30 PMQuote from: RedHand88 on September 09, 2022, 12:59:43 PMQuote from: general_lee on September 09, 2022, 10:28:11 AM
Anyone who supports the monarchy in this day and age (especially anyone from a working class background) is a f**king moron. £12m of taxpayers' money, as opposed to their own funds, to keep Andy's victim quiet. The monarchy offers absolutely nothing to society, strip them of their assets, let them keep their titles and let them survive in the real world and they can carry out their royal duties as a side hustle.
Well there is a role for the Monarchy. Without it, parliament can pass anything it likes if the government has enough numbers without signing off from the King or Queen, as the UK does not have a constitution. Is that a world you want to live in? It's a scary prospect.
2 Questions before we entertain this 'scary prospect'
1.
How many times has the monarch refused to pass legislation which parliament has approved?
2.
Plenty of countries manage just fine with an elected head of state. So why do we need a monarchy to perform this role?
1930s Germany didn't need monarchy approval on legislation.
It did have the Weimar constitution which was supposed to be the oversight. However it was seriously flawed and allowed the Nazis to rise to power without any big fuss.
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Quote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 02:07:55 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Which twitter account was that? Had a look at negative replies to Colum and not one of the tweeters had liked Michelle O'Neill's tweet that I could see?
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 02:22:49 PMI checked too and he's right, you're talking balls. But sure anything to manufacture an untrue dig at SF that you think people won't check ehQuote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 02:07:55 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Which twitter account was that? Had a look at negative replies to Colum and not one of the tweeters had liked Michelle O'Neill's tweet that I could see?
Lol you gack, you actually went and checked. Sado. There are 10k likes. Away and boil yer head man
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 02:22:49 PMQuote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 02:07:55 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Which twitter account was that? Had a look at negative replies to Colum and not one of the tweeters had liked Michelle O'Neill's tweet that I could see?
Lol you gack, you actually went and checked. Sado. There are 10k likes. Away and boil yer head man
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:02:07 PM
Im actually pissing myself here.
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 02:30:49 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 02:22:49 PMI checked too and he's right, you're talking balls. But sure anything to manufacture an untrue dig at SF that you think people won't check ehQuote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 02:07:55 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Which twitter account was that? Had a look at negative replies to Colum and not one of the tweeters had liked Michelle O'Neill's tweet that I could see?
Lol you gack, you actually went and checked. Sado. There are 10k likes. Away and boil yer head man
Quote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 03:05:07 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:02:07 PM
Im actually pissing myself here.
Well you say you are...but
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 07:34:06 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on September 08, 2022, 07:13:32 PM
Whatever you think of the royals, she did set good example in Ireland , with her visit and her speech in Irish, meeting Martin McGuinness etc. They might not seem like a lot but these are important landmarks in the great scheme of things . She did things that bigoted unionist leaders would never have the courage or decency to do
Her speech in Irish and the reaction of Mary McAleese made me Ill. Destroyed our language and culture and thought couple words patch it up. McAleese lost any respect i had for her that day, nearly peeed herself
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:05:48 PMFBNS the Stooper, talking more ballsQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 02:30:49 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 02:22:49 PMI checked too and he's right, you're talking balls. But sure anything to manufacture an untrue dig at SF that you think people won't check ehQuote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 02:07:55 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Which twitter account was that? Had a look at negative replies to Colum and not one of the tweeters had liked Michelle O'Neill's tweet that I could see?
Lol you gack, you actually went and checked. Sado. There are 10k likes. Away and boil yer head man
Michelle The Stoop! Suck it and see.
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 03:19:51 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:05:48 PMFBNS the Stooper, talking more ballsQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 02:30:49 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 02:22:49 PMI checked too and he's right, you're talking balls. But sure anything to manufacture an untrue dig at SF that you think people won't check ehQuote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 02:07:55 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Which twitter account was that? Had a look at negative replies to Colum and not one of the tweeters had liked Michelle O'Neill's tweet that I could see?
Lol you gack, you actually went and checked. Sado. There are 10k likes. Away and boil yer head man
Michelle The Stoop! Suck it and see.
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:46:48 PMWhy would I be raging ;DQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 03:19:51 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:05:48 PMFBNS the Stooper, talking more ballsQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 02:30:49 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 02:22:49 PMI checked too and he's right, you're talking balls. But sure anything to manufacture an untrue dig at SF that you think people won't check ehQuote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 02:07:55 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Which twitter account was that? Had a look at negative replies to Colum and not one of the tweeters had liked Michelle O'Neill's tweet that I could see?
Lol you gack, you actually went and checked. Sado. There are 10k likes. Away and boil yer head man
Michelle The Stoop! Suck it and see.
I wouldnt shake hands with the queen or charles unlike the shinners, hypocrites. Defs not as a Derry man, raging arent you
Quote from: Rossfan on September 09, 2022, 03:54:27 PM
Jases you're one sensitive little ladeen ::)
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 04:06:50 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:46:48 PMWhy would I be raging ;DQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 03:19:51 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:05:48 PMFBNS the Stooper, talking more ballsQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 02:30:49 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 02:22:49 PMI checked too and he's right, you're talking balls. But sure anything to manufacture an untrue dig at SF that you think people won't check ehQuote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 02:07:55 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Which twitter account was that? Had a look at negative replies to Colum and not one of the tweeters had liked Michelle O'Neill's tweet that I could see?
Lol you gack, you actually went and checked. Sado. There are 10k likes. Away and boil yer head man
Michelle The Stoop! Suck it and see.
I wouldnt shake hands with the queen or charles unlike the shinners, hypocrites. Defs not as a Derry man, raging arent you
I've just caught you out lying and talking balls, again, because SF live in your head rent free like a wee obsessed stooper.
Ragin arent ye
Quote from: blanketattack on September 09, 2022, 04:22:44 PM
The Queen's reign saw 15 Prime Ministers, 7 Popes, 14 US Presidents and 22 Kerry All-Irelands, but no Mayo All-Ireland.
Maybe she's the curse!
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 04:22:31 PMOf course I did. That's two people who have checked and confirmed that you're talking balls, again, because as a stoop, SF live in your head rent free, and you're raging that you've been exposed because you thought nobody would check your lie.Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 04:06:50 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:46:48 PMWhy would I be raging ;DQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 03:19:51 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:05:48 PMFBNS the Stooper, talking more ballsQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 02:30:49 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 02:22:49 PMI checked too and he's right, you're talking balls. But sure anything to manufacture an untrue dig at SF that you think people won't check ehQuote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 02:07:55 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Which twitter account was that? Had a look at negative replies to Colum and not one of the tweeters had liked Michelle O'Neill's tweet that I could see?
Lol you gack, you actually went and checked. Sado. There are 10k likes. Away and boil yer head man
Michelle The Stoop! Suck it and see.
I wouldnt shake hands with the queen or charles unlike the shinners, hypocrites. Defs not as a Derry man, raging arent you
I've just caught you out lying and talking balls, again, because SF live in your head rent free like a wee obsessed stooper.
Ragin arent ye
No you didnt and im not a stoop ( I gave young mark a 3rd pref in local once-mainly due to his GAA credentials) , just love exposing hypocrisy of some SF supporters.
You do know how twitter works-and of course you are raging, you actually took the time to go in checking twitter-invested or what?
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 04:18:21 PMI was replying to someone else but your non stop spewing got in before my post.Quote from: Rossfan on September 09, 2022, 03:54:27 PM
Jases you're one sensitive little ladeen ::)
Well unlike you i know what i'm talking about, no self respecting Derry person would be congratulating the queen on anything or shaking any royal families hands, not with Charles links to the paras. A relative of mines was shot on Bloody Sunday . Michelle can feck off, all the wee hypocrites on twitter
Quote from: AustinPowers on September 09, 2022, 04:31:34 PMQuote from: blanketattack on September 09, 2022, 04:22:44 PM
The Queen's reign saw 15 Prime Ministers, 7 Popes, 14 US Presidents and 22 Kerry All-Irelands, but no Mayo All-Ireland.
Maybe she's the curse!
£50 on Mayo for Sam in 2023 it is then ;D
Quote from: Olly on September 09, 2022, 05:26:52 PMLive Aid.
What was your favourite Queen moment?
Quote from: Rossfan on September 09, 2022, 04:44:49 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 04:18:21 PMI was replying to someone else but your non stop spewing got in before my post.Quote from: Rossfan on September 09, 2022, 03:54:27 PM
Jases you're one sensitive little ladeen ::)
Well unlike you i know what i'm talking about, no self respecting Derry person would be congratulating the queen on anything or shaking any royal families hands, not with Charles links to the paras. A relative of mines was shot on Bloody Sunday . Michelle can feck off, all the wee hypocrites on twitter
I presume you are totally opposed to the peace process, GFA, power sharing and all that sort of carry on with loads of handshaking involved.
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 04:37:02 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 04:22:31 PMOf course I did. That's two people who have checked and confirmed that you're talking balls, again, because as a stoop, SF live in your head rent free, and you're raging that you've been exposed because you thought nobody would check your lie.Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 04:06:50 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:46:48 PMWhy would I be raging ;DQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 03:19:51 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:05:48 PMFBNS the Stooper, talking more ballsQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 02:30:49 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 02:22:49 PMI checked too and he's right, you're talking balls. But sure anything to manufacture an untrue dig at SF that you think people won't check ehQuote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 02:07:55 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Which twitter account was that? Had a look at negative replies to Colum and not one of the tweeters had liked Michelle O'Neill's tweet that I could see?
Lol you gack, you actually went and checked. Sado. There are 10k likes. Away and boil yer head man
Michelle The Stoop! Suck it and see.
I wouldnt shake hands with the queen or charles unlike the shinners, hypocrites. Defs not as a Derry man, raging arent you
I've just caught you out lying and talking balls, again, because SF live in your head rent free like a wee obsessed stooper.
Ragin arent ye
No you didnt and im not a stoop ( I gave young mark a 3rd pref in local once-mainly due to his GAA credentials) , just love exposing hypocrisy of some SF supporters.
You do know how twitter works-and of course you are raging, you actually took the time to go in checking twitter-invested or what?
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 05:58:39 PMLiarQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 04:37:02 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 04:22:31 PMOf course I did. That's two people who have checked and confirmed that you're talking balls, again, because as a stoop, SF live in your head rent free, and you're raging that you've been exposed because you thought nobody would check your lie.Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 04:06:50 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:46:48 PMWhy would I be raging ;DQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 03:19:51 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:05:48 PMFBNS the Stooper, talking more ballsQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 02:30:49 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 02:22:49 PMI checked too and he's right, you're talking balls. But sure anything to manufacture an untrue dig at SF that you think people won't check ehQuote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 02:07:55 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Which twitter account was that? Had a look at negative replies to Colum and not one of the tweeters had liked Michelle O'Neill's tweet that I could see?
Lol you gack, you actually went and checked. Sado. There are 10k likes. Away and boil yer head man
Michelle The Stoop! Suck it and see.
I wouldnt shake hands with the queen or charles unlike the shinners, hypocrites. Defs not as a Derry man, raging arent you
I've just caught you out lying and talking balls, again, because SF live in your head rent free like a wee obsessed stooper.
Ragin arent ye
No you didnt and im not a stoop ( I gave young mark a 3rd pref in local once-mainly due to his GAA credentials) , just love exposing hypocrisy of some SF supporters.
You do know how twitter works-and of course you are raging, you actually took the time to go in checking twitter-invested or what?
Invested
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on September 09, 2022, 06:33:44 PM;D
Could yis not take this shite to yer usual thread. I wanna read about dead people
Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 06:56:07 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 05:58:39 PMLiarQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 04:37:02 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 04:22:31 PMOf course I did. That's two people who have checked and confirmed that you're talking balls, again, because as a stoop, SF live in your head rent free, and you're raging that you've been exposed because you thought nobody would check your lie.Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 04:06:50 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:46:48 PMWhy would I be raging ;DQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 03:19:51 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:05:48 PMFBNS the Stooper, talking more ballsQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 02:30:49 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 02:22:49 PMI checked too and he's right, you're talking balls. But sure anything to manufacture an untrue dig at SF that you think people won't check ehQuote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 02:07:55 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Which twitter account was that? Had a look at negative replies to Colum and not one of the tweeters had liked Michelle O'Neill's tweet that I could see?
Lol you gack, you actually went and checked. Sado. There are 10k likes. Away and boil yer head man
Michelle The Stoop! Suck it and see.
I wouldnt shake hands with the queen or charles unlike the shinners, hypocrites. Defs not as a Derry man, raging arent you
I've just caught you out lying and talking balls, again, because SF live in your head rent free like a wee obsessed stooper.
Ragin arent ye
No you didnt and im not a stoop ( I gave young mark a 3rd pref in local once-mainly due to his GAA credentials) , just love exposing hypocrisy of some SF supporters.
You do know how twitter works-and of course you are raging, you actually took the time to go in checking twitter-invested or what?
Invested
Quote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 07:13:48 PMYep. Still talking balls.Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 06:56:07 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 05:58:39 PMLiarQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 04:37:02 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 04:22:31 PMOf course I did. That's two people who have checked and confirmed that you're talking balls, again, because as a stoop, SF live in your head rent free, and you're raging that you've been exposed because you thought nobody would check your lie.Quote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 04:06:50 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:46:48 PMWhy would I be raging ;DQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 03:19:51 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 03:05:48 PMFBNS the Stooper, talking more ballsQuote from: GiveItToTheShooters on September 09, 2022, 02:30:49 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 09, 2022, 02:22:49 PMI checked too and he's right, you're talking balls. But sure anything to manufacture an untrue dig at SF that you think people won't check ehQuote from: Snapchap on September 09, 2022, 02:07:55 PMQuote from: Fear Bun Na Sceilpe on September 08, 2022, 09:55:24 PM
Laughed my balls off there,well know Chuckie from South Derry giving Eastwood dogs abuse on Twitter then Michelle tweets almost identical tweet and he likes it
Which twitter account was that? Had a look at negative replies to Colum and not one of the tweeters had liked Michelle O'Neill's tweet that I could see?
Lol you gack, you actually went and checked. Sado. There are 10k likes. Away and boil yer head man
Michelle The Stoop! Suck it and see.
I wouldnt shake hands with the queen or charles unlike the shinners, hypocrites. Defs not as a Derry man, raging arent you
I've just caught you out lying and talking balls, again, because SF live in your head rent free like a wee obsessed stooper.
Ragin arent ye
No you didnt and im not a stoop ( I gave young mark a 3rd pref in local once-mainly due to his GAA credentials) , just love exposing hypocrisy of some SF supporters.
You do know how twitter works-and of course you are raging, you actually took the time to go in checking twitter-invested or what?
Invested
https://twitter.com/columeastwood/status/1567882150174752768?t=42rF3qx77ApGgaB3wdHSDw&s=19
Check again , there are 70 responses here. Check carefully there
Quote from: Sportacus on September 12, 2022, 05:26:54 PMJust seen that. Sign I'm getting old.
For those of a certain age, Mrs McClusky from Grange Hill. A steady pair of hands back in the day.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on September 12, 2022, 06:10:21 PMSeems she was fine last week. Sad news.
Kim Lenaghan BBC Radio Ulster presenter
Quote from: seafoid on September 12, 2022, 06:28:52 PMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on September 12, 2022, 06:10:21 PMSeems she was fine last week. Sad news.
Kim Lenaghan BBC Radio Ulster presenter
Quote from: Sportacus on September 12, 2022, 05:26:54 PM
For those of a certain age, Mrs McClusky from Grange Hill. A steady pair of hands back in the day.
Quote from: Capt Pat on September 15, 2022, 06:46:56 PMJust read that.
Eddie Butler Welsh BBC rugby commentator and former captain of Wales.
Quote from: Capt Pat on September 15, 2022, 06:46:56 PMOnly 65. Died in Peru. RIP
Eddie Butler Welsh BBC rugby commentator and former captain of Wales.
Quote from: seafoid on September 15, 2022, 07:59:36 PMA bit when a 65 year 'died peacefully in his sleep'. Heart attack I wonderQuote from: Capt Pat on September 15, 2022, 06:46:56 PMOnly 65. Died in Peru. RIP
Eddie Butler Welsh BBC rugby commentator and former captain of Wales.
Quote from: seafoid on September 13, 2022, 07:53:54 AMSound man, rip
Donncha Mac Niallais
https://www.derrynow.com/news/home/908034/breaking-derry-republican-donnacha-mac-niallais-dies.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Quote from: 93-DY-SAM on September 29, 2022, 10:03:43 AM
Liz Truss on local BBC radio this morning.
Quote from: mrdeeds on September 30, 2022, 05:53:47 PM
Brian Mullins 68.
Quote from: mrdeeds on September 30, 2022, 05:53:47 PM
Brian Mullins 68.
Quote from: mrdeeds on September 30, 2022, 05:53:47 PM
Brian Mullins 68.
Quote from: mrdeeds on September 30, 2022, 05:53:47 PM
Brian Mullins 68.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 11, 2022, 08:45:19 PM
Angela Lansbury - actor, 96
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on October 11, 2022, 09:24:50 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 11, 2022, 08:45:19 PM
Angela Lansbury - actor, 96
I loved murder she wrote
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on October 13, 2022, 04:10:27 PM
Well known Armagh fan Aaron O'Neill, one of the custodians of the famous 'Garvaghy Road Orangemen on Tour' died suddenly yesterday aged just 36.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on October 13, 2022, 04:10:27 PM
Well known Armagh fan Aaron O'Neill, one of the custodians of the famous 'Garvaghy Road Orangemen on Tour' died suddenly yesterday aged just 36.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on October 14, 2022, 06:00:34 PM
Robbie Coltrane, 72
Quote from: imtommygunn on October 14, 2022, 09:45:29 PM
Was it golden eye he was in too? Sad to hear that as he seemed just very likable. the Hagrid character just seemed to suit him.
Quote from: Tubberman on October 14, 2022, 10:04:14 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on October 14, 2022, 09:45:29 PM
Was it golden eye he was in too? Sad to hear that as he seemed just very likable. the Hagrid character just seemed to suit him.
Yeah, goldeneye. Was in another Bond as well apparently but don't think I've seen it. Never saw the Happy Potter movies either though, so not much of a movie buff!
Quote from: Capt Pat on October 25, 2022, 07:58:50 PM...became sick almost immediately after they made him have his first wash in 50 years!
After the queen another one of my heroes Amou Haji the worlds dirtiest man has died aged 94 in Iran.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on October 28, 2022, 04:54:26 PM
Former Antrim footballer Frankie Wilson has died at the age of 52 after a battle with cancer.
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on October 28, 2022, 06:25:43 PM
Great Balls of Fire
RIP Jerry Lee Lewis
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 28, 2022, 07:00:32 PMWas reading Twitter messages last night and he seems to have played for and coached a serious number of clubs and schools across GAA and soccer. He didn't half pack it all in.Quote from: Captain Obvious on October 28, 2022, 04:54:26 PM
Former Antrim footballer Frankie Wilson has died at the age of 52 after a battle with cancer.
A brilliant bloke on and off the pitch, he packed so much into his life.. RIP Frankie
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 29, 2022, 09:33:40 AMI know Frank through his brother and sister, so knew about his sports involvement, but didn't appreciate how widespread it was. Wouldn't it be brilliant if we all had even a fraction of the impact he had on young people in sport.Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 28, 2022, 07:00:32 PMWas reading Twitter messages last night and he seems to have played for and coached a serious number of clubs and schools across GAA and soccer. He didn't half pack it all in.Quote from: Captain Obvious on October 28, 2022, 04:54:26 PM
Former Antrim footballer Frankie Wilson has died at the age of 52 after a battle with cancer.
A brilliant bloke on and off the pitch, he packed so much into his life.. RIP Frankie
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on November 02, 2022, 04:36:00 PMOne of the most memorable FA cup goals along with the celebration.
Ronnie Radford
Quote from: Captain Obvious on November 02, 2022, 09:21:45 PMThey don't make pitches like that anymore!Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on November 02, 2022, 04:36:00 PMOne of the most memorable FA cup goals along with the celebration.
Ronnie Radford
https://twitter.com/1968Tv/status/1587837991023792130
Quote from: mrdeeds on November 14, 2022, 10:46:48 AMIt's bizarre that Tony Holohan was awarded the freedom of Dublin in 2021. It shows people's remarkable ability to whitewash certain unpleasant events.
Vicky Phelan. An extraordinary person RIP. She should be Tony Holohan's legacy.
Quote from: mrdeeds on November 14, 2022, 10:46:48 AMRIP
Vicky Phelan. An extraordinary person RIP. She should be Tony Holohan's legacy.
Quote from: mrdeeds on November 14, 2022, 10:46:48 AMHeartbreaking. RIP.
Vicky Phelan. An extraordinary person RIP. She should be Tony Holohan's legacy.
Quote from: Orior on November 14, 2022, 03:44:36 PMVery sad, only 69. A gentleman.
Historian Dr Eamon Phoenix.
Quote from: Orior on November 18, 2022, 04:27:32 PM
Former Armagh player Mickey McDonald. A magnificant athlete and sportsman.
Quote from: Orior on November 18, 2022, 04:27:32 PM
Former Armagh player Mickey McDonald. A magnificant athlete and sportsman.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 23, 2022, 06:51:52 PM
Wilko Johnson.
Quote from: pbat on November 26, 2022, 05:32:54 PM
Doddie Weir 52
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on November 26, 2022, 12:05:21 PM
Irene Cara
Quote from: Kidder81 on November 26, 2022, 05:33:45 PMQuote from: pbat on November 26, 2022, 05:32:54 PM
Doddie Weir 52
It's a desperate illness
Quote from: imtommygunn on November 26, 2022, 09:18:24 PMQuote from: Kidder81 on November 26, 2022, 05:33:45 PMQuote from: pbat on November 26, 2022, 05:32:54 PM
Doddie Weir 52
It's a desperate illness
Awful :( Seems to have hit people with higher profile so getting much more coverage which is great to see. Kevin Sinfield is getting some coverage for it. I suppose anto finnegan more locally increased the coverage of it here. RIP.
Quote from: pbat on November 26, 2022, 05:32:54 PM
Doddie Weir 52
Quote from: pbat on November 26, 2022, 05:32:54 PM
Doddie Weir 52
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on November 24, 2022, 11:07:59 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on November 23, 2022, 06:51:52 PM
Wilko Johnson.
And very sorry to hear this. An absolute legend of the punk and post punk era. Any excuse to play this absolutely blinding performance by Dr Feelgood on the Old Grey Whistle Test.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp2DvPKh118 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yp2DvPKh118)
Quote from: Substandard on November 30, 2022, 07:37:15 PM
Christine McVie from Fleetwood Mac. RIP.
Quote from: pjm on November 30, 2022, 10:50:55 PM
Yes, so talented - to think that the others outlived her is mad
Quote from: GAABoardMod5 on December 06, 2022, 01:33:37 AM
Kirstie Alley of "Cheers" fame, age 71.
Quote from: Capt Pat on December 06, 2022, 03:39:57 PMQuote from: GAABoardMod5 on December 06, 2022, 01:33:37 AM
Kirstie Alley of "Cheers" fame, age 71.
I didn't think she was that advanced in years. We are all getting old.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 06, 2022, 04:59:23 PM
Danson and Rhea Perlman (Carla) are 74. Ted still working.
Big Cheers fan back in the day i still tip in in the morns (ch4)
Quote from: AustinPowers on December 06, 2022, 05:23:18 PMWoman in gets old looking shockerQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 06, 2022, 04:59:23 PM
Danson and Rhea Perlman (Carla) are 74. Ted still working.
Big Cheers fan back in the day i still tip in in the morns (ch4)
Shelley Long is 73 now. She was stunning back in Cheers , now she looks like an old woman . Unbelievable how much she's changed. Kirsty Alley didn't really change that much
Quote from: seafoid on December 06, 2022, 07:01:59 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on December 06, 2022, 05:23:18 PMWoman in gets old looking shockerQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 06, 2022, 04:59:23 PM
Danson and Rhea Perlman (Carla) are 74. Ted still working.
Big Cheers fan back in the day i still tip in in the morns (ch4)
Shelley Long is 73 now. She was stunning back in Cheers , now she looks like an old woman . Unbelievable how much she's changed. Kirsty Alley didn't really change that much
Quote from: nrico2006 on December 06, 2022, 07:53:29 PMQuote from: seafoid on December 06, 2022, 07:01:59 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on December 06, 2022, 05:23:18 PMWoman in gets old looking shockerQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 06, 2022, 04:59:23 PM
Danson and Rhea Perlman (Carla) are 74. Ted still working.
Big Cheers fan back in the day i still tip in in the morns (ch4)
Shelley Long is 73 now. She was stunning back in Cheers , now she looks like an old woman . Unbelievable how much she's changed. Kirsty Alley didn't really change that much
Funny, I was looking at then and now this morning and Long was the one that stood out, was a bit shocked actually. The rest still looked the same, albeit older, but she was completely unrecognisable.
Quote from: AustinPowers on December 06, 2022, 05:23:18 PMOld woman looks old. Who would have thought it.Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 06, 2022, 04:59:23 PM
Danson and Rhea Perlman (Carla) are 74. Ted still working.
Big Cheers fan back in the day i still tip in in the morns (ch4)
Shelley Long is 73 now. She was stunning back in Cheers , now she looks like an old woman . Unbelievable how much she's changed. Kirsty Alley didn't really change that much
Quote from: nrico2006 on December 06, 2022, 09:14:50 PMHer weight was very volatile which probably didn't help
Kirsty Alley was around the same age and looked far younger.
Quote from: mouview on December 06, 2022, 10:46:19 PMyep the very man
Didn't he do the notorious one where Tyson bit a chunk of Holyfield's ear?
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 06, 2022, 09:34:27 PM
Kirstie Alley deffo a smoker too so she won the lottery of looks if not longevity.
Lulu has the best plastic surgeon ive seen, blade looks younger now than she did in the 60s ffs 😂
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 10, 2022, 12:49:15 PM
Theres a pun there for sure but im fcuked if im gettin pelters for sayin it
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 11, 2022, 05:32:45 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 10, 2022, 12:49:15 PM
Theres a pun there for sure but im fcuked if im gettin pelters for sayin it
Tony Fearon would be hammering that one
Quote from: imtommygunn on December 15, 2022, 08:57:41 AM
It must have been a long time since an Irish soldier has been killed on duty. RIP.
Quote
Irish peacekeepers have been in Lebanon since 1978 and it is the first Irish fatality there in two decades
Quote from: rodney trotter on December 16, 2022, 02:42:38 PM
Siniša Mihajlović the ex Lazio and Inter left back dead at 53 after a illness.
Quote from: Saffrongael on December 16, 2022, 02:47:35 PMQuote from: rodney trotter on December 16, 2022, 02:42:38 PM
Siniša Mihajlović the ex Lazio and Inter left back dead at 53 after a illness.
What a left foot he had
Quote from: Saffrongael on December 16, 2022, 02:47:35 PMQuote from: rodney trotter on December 16, 2022, 02:42:38 PM
Siniša Mihajlović the ex Lazio and Inter left back dead at 53 after a illness.
What a left foot he had
Quote from: rodney trotter on December 16, 2022, 02:42:38 PMlong battle with leukaemia. Only the other day i was watching a video of his free kicks few was better than him and he continued to take them in training when coaching.
Siniša Mihajlović the ex Lazio and Inter left back dead at 53 after a illness.
Quote from: Saffrongael on December 16, 2022, 02:47:35 PMA member of the legendary Red Star Brigade team that won the European Cup in 1991Quote from: rodney trotter on December 16, 2022, 02:42:38 PM
Siniša Mihajlović the ex Lazio and Inter left back dead at 53 after a illness.
What a left foot he had
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on December 19, 2022, 11:00:04 PM
Terry Hall, lead singer of The Specials, aged 63.
Quote from: Harold Disgracey on December 19, 2022, 11:00:04 PM
Terry Hall, lead singer of The Specials, aged 63.
Quote from: bennydorano on December 20, 2022, 10:23:20 AM
RIP Terry. I wasn't aware of the childhood trauma, Jesus that was rough.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/20/terry-hall-obituary
Quote from: ziggy90 on December 20, 2022, 11:20:30 AMQuote from: bennydorano on December 20, 2022, 10:23:20 AM
RIP Terry. I wasn't aware of the childhood trauma, Jesus that was rough.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/dec/20/terry-hall-obituary
I never knew that either.
RIP Terry.
Quote from: mouview on December 23, 2022, 01:00:37 PM
George Cohen, World Cup winning defender with England in 1966.
Quote from: dec on December 23, 2022, 02:54:52 PMweird stat , if the average age of squad was 26 in 66 the players age would be 82 nowQuote from: mouview on December 23, 2022, 01:00:37 PM
George Cohen, World Cup winning defender with England in 1966.
There are only two of England's World Cup winning squad still alive, Bobby Charlton and Geoff Hurst.
Quote from: dec on December 23, 2022, 02:54:52 PM5 died of dementia. Footballers have a higher incidenceQuote from: mouview on December 23, 2022, 01:00:37 PM
George Cohen, World Cup winning defender with England in 1966.
There are only two of England's World Cup winning squad still alive, Bobby Charlton and Geoff Hurst.
Quote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 03:19:35 PMQuote from: dec on December 23, 2022, 02:54:52 PM5 died of dementia. Footballers have a higher incidenceQuote from: mouview on December 23, 2022, 01:00:37 PM
George Cohen, World Cup winning defender with England in 1966.
There are only two of England's World Cup winning squad still alive, Bobby Charlton and Geoff Hurst.
Quote from: imtommygunn on December 23, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
The weight of the ball can't help. A lot of instances of it in that era of footballer.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 05:59:05 PMThankfully? That's another Union tax. Not everyone in the south dies of dementia.Quote from: imtommygunn on December 23, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
The weight of the ball can't help. A lot of instances of it in that era of footballer.
Couldn't help but I see plenty of elderly women with dementia, never headed a ball in their lives!
We are living longer and we know more about it now, this stuff was hidden in families for years, years ago, "your granny is doting" was the term.
Thankfully here in the north we won't get to that age as we die earlier
Quote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 06:37:00 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 05:59:05 PMThankfully? That's another Union tax. Not everyone in the south dies of dementia.Quote from: imtommygunn on December 23, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
The weight of the ball can't help. A lot of instances of it in that era of footballer.
Couldn't help but I see plenty of elderly women with dementia, never headed a ball in their lives!
We are living longer and we know more about it now, this stuff was hidden in families for years, years ago, "your granny is doting" was the term.
Thankfully here in the north we won't get to that age as we die earlier
I think Jeff Astle was the first famous case of dementia in English soccer. He was only 59
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-27654892
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 05:59:05 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on December 23, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
The weight of the ball can't help. A lot of instances of it in that era of footballer.
Couldn't help but I see plenty of elderly women with dementia, never headed a ball in their lives!
We are living longer and we know more about it now, this stuff was hidden in families for years, years ago, "your granny is doting" was the term.
Thankfully here in the north we won't get to that age as we die earlier
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 06:44:38 PMQuote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 06:37:00 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 05:59:05 PMThankfully? That's another Union tax. Not everyone in the south dies of dementia.Quote from: imtommygunn on December 23, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
The weight of the ball can't help. A lot of instances of it in that era of footballer.
Couldn't help but I see plenty of elderly women with dementia, never headed a ball in their lives!
We are living longer and we know more about it now, this stuff was hidden in families for years, years ago, "your granny is doting" was the term.
Thankfully here in the north we won't get to that age as we die earlier
I think Jeff Astle was the first famous case of dementia in English soccer. He was only 59
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-27654892
Like I said before getting old isn't all it's cracked up to be, so enjoy it while you can, as you'll end up having, arthritis, sight issues, hearing difficulties, high blood pressure, blocked arteries, stints, diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, prostrate, and other cancers, oh and new hips and knees, false teeth, and whatever else that comes with it.
Quote from: Saffrongael on December 23, 2022, 06:52:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 05:59:05 PMQuote from: imtommygunn on December 23, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
The weight of the ball can't help. A lot of instances of it in that era of footballer.
Couldn't help but I see plenty of elderly women with dementia, never headed a ball in their lives!
We are living longer and we know more about it now, this stuff was hidden in families for years, years ago, "your granny is doting" was the term.
Thankfully here in the north we won't get to that age as we die earlier
MR2 knows better than the years of research that have went into this :-\
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 06:44:38 PMQuote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 06:37:00 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 05:59:05 PMThankfully? That's another Union tax. Not everyone in the south dies of dementia.Quote from: imtommygunn on December 23, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
The weight of the ball can't help. A lot of instances of it in that era of footballer.
Couldn't help but I see plenty of elderly women with dementia, never headed a ball in their lives!
We are living longer and we know more about it now, this stuff was hidden in families for years, years ago, "your granny is doting" was the term.
Thankfully here in the north we won't get to that age as we die earlier
I think Jeff Astle was the first famous case of dementia in English soccer. He was only 59
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-27654892
Like I said before getting old isn't all it's cracked up to be, so enjoy it while you can, as you'll end up having, arthritis, sight issues, hearing difficulties, high blood pressure, blocked arteries, stints, diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, prostrate, and other cancers, oh and new hips and knees, false teeth, and whatever else that comes with it.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on December 23, 2022, 07:17:29 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 06:44:38 PMQuote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 06:37:00 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 05:59:05 PMThankfully? That's another Union tax. Not everyone in the south dies of dementia.Quote from: imtommygunn on December 23, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
The weight of the ball can't help. A lot of instances of it in that era of footballer.
Couldn't help but I see plenty of elderly women with dementia, never headed a ball in their lives!
We are living longer and we know more about it now, this stuff was hidden in families for years, years ago, "your granny is doting" was the term.
Thankfully here in the north we won't get to that age as we die earlier
I think Jeff Astle was the first famous case of dementia in English soccer. He was only 59
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-27654892
Like I said before getting old isn't all it's cracked up to be, so enjoy it while you can, as you'll end up having, arthritis, sight issues, hearing difficulties, high blood pressure, blocked arteries, stints, diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, prostrate, and other cancers, oh and new hips and knees, false teeth, and whatever else that comes with it.
Aye cheers MR2 nearly afraid to wake up any morning now after reading that ! Happy Christmas :(
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 07:20:09 PMBy the time you get to 80 there'll be a united IrelandQuote from: Hoof Hearted on December 23, 2022, 07:17:29 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 06:44:38 PMQuote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 06:37:00 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 05:59:05 PMThankfully? That's another Union tax. Not everyone in the south dies of dementia.Quote from: imtommygunn on December 23, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
The weight of the ball can't help. A lot of instances of it in that era of footballer.
Couldn't help but I see plenty of elderly women with dementia, never headed a ball in their lives!
We are living longer and we know more about it now, this stuff was hidden in families for years, years ago, "your granny is doting" was the term.
Thankfully here in the north we won't get to that age as we die earlier
I think Jeff Astle was the first famous case of dementia in English soccer. He was only 59
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-27654892
Like I said before getting old isn't all it's cracked up to be, so enjoy it while you can, as you'll end up having, arthritis, sight issues, hearing difficulties, high blood pressure, blocked arteries, stints, diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, prostrate, and other cancers, oh and new hips and knees, false teeth, and whatever else that comes with it.
Aye cheers MR2 nearly afraid to wake up any morning now after reading that ! Happy Christmas :(
Not all bad though, if you live up here you'll not suffer too long ;D
Quote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 07:33:03 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 07:20:09 PMBy the time you get to 80 there'll be a united IrelandQuote from: Hoof Hearted on December 23, 2022, 07:17:29 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 06:44:38 PMQuote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 06:37:00 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 05:59:05 PMThankfully? That's another Union tax. Not everyone in the south dies of dementia.Quote from: imtommygunn on December 23, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
The weight of the ball can't help. A lot of instances of it in that era of footballer.
Couldn't help but I see plenty of elderly women with dementia, never headed a ball in their lives!
We are living longer and we know more about it now, this stuff was hidden in families for years, years ago, "your granny is doting" was the term.
Thankfully here in the north we won't get to that age as we die earlier
I think Jeff Astle was the first famous case of dementia in English soccer. He was only 59
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-27654892
Like I said before getting old isn't all it's cracked up to be, so enjoy it while you can, as you'll end up having, arthritis, sight issues, hearing difficulties, high blood pressure, blocked arteries, stints, diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, prostrate, and other cancers, oh and new hips and knees, false teeth, and whatever else that comes with it.
Aye cheers MR2 nearly afraid to wake up any morning now after reading that ! Happy Christmas :(
Not all bad though, if you live up here you'll not suffer too long ;D
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 07:36:34 PMDoesn't matter about family history as much as in the past. Over 65 population increased by 35% in a decade in the South. Even with all those cocktail sausages life expectancy in the North is improving.Quote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 07:33:03 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 07:20:09 PMBy the time you get to 80 there'll be a united IrelandQuote from: Hoof Hearted on December 23, 2022, 07:17:29 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 06:44:38 PMQuote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 06:37:00 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 05:59:05 PMThankfully? That's another Union tax. Not everyone in the south dies of dementia.Quote from: imtommygunn on December 23, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
The weight of the ball can't help. A lot of instances of it in that era of footballer.
Couldn't help but I see plenty of elderly women with dementia, never headed a ball in their lives!
We are living longer and we know more about it now, this stuff was hidden in families for years, years ago, "your granny is doting" was the term.
Thankfully here in the north we won't get to that age as we die earlier
I think Jeff Astle was the first famous case of dementia in English soccer. He was only 59
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-27654892
Like I said before getting old isn't all it's cracked up to be, so enjoy it while you can, as you'll end up having, arthritis, sight issues, hearing difficulties, high blood pressure, blocked arteries, stints, diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, prostrate, and other cancers, oh and new hips and knees, false teeth, and whatever else that comes with it.
Aye cheers MR2 nearly afraid to wake up any morning now after reading that ! Happy Christmas :(
Not all bad though, if you live up here you'll not suffer too long ;D
First off I'll not hit 80, not many have in my family, secondly in the next 30 years I doubt we'll get that majority, and thirdly I'll hopefully be living abroad with some heat about me when I retire
Quote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 08:45:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 07:36:34 PMDoesn't matter about family history as much as in the past. Over 65 population increased by 35% in a decade in the South. Even with all those cocktail sausages life expectancy in the North is improving.Quote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 07:33:03 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 07:20:09 PMBy the time you get to 80 there'll be a united IrelandQuote from: Hoof Hearted on December 23, 2022, 07:17:29 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 06:44:38 PMQuote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 06:37:00 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 05:59:05 PMThankfully? That's another Union tax. Not everyone in the south dies of dementia.Quote from: imtommygunn on December 23, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
The weight of the ball can't help. A lot of instances of it in that era of footballer.
Couldn't help but I see plenty of elderly women with dementia, never headed a ball in their lives!
We are living longer and we know more about it now, this stuff was hidden in families for years, years ago, "your granny is doting" was the term.
Thankfully here in the north we won't get to that age as we die earlier
I think Jeff Astle was the first famous case of dementia in English soccer. He was only 59
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-27654892
Like I said before getting old isn't all it's cracked up to be, so enjoy it while you can, as you'll end up having, arthritis, sight issues, hearing difficulties, high blood pressure, blocked arteries, stints, diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, prostrate, and other cancers, oh and new hips and knees, false teeth, and whatever else that comes with it.
Aye cheers MR2 nearly afraid to wake up any morning now after reading that ! Happy Christmas :(
Not all bad though, if you live up here you'll not suffer too long ;D
First off I'll not hit 80, not many have in my family, secondly in the next 30 years I doubt we'll get that majority, and thirdly I'll hopefully be living abroad with some heat about me when I retire
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 24, 2022, 12:31:03 AM
We are entering peak cocktail sausage season. I hope we all make it out in one piece.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 08:58:33 PMSurely it depends on how much your house price increases by. A lot of elderly are cared for in the home now as well. It would be terrible to die and miss an Antrim hurling all Ireland.Quote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 08:45:09 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 07:36:34 PMDoesn't matter about family history as much as in the past. Over 65 population increased by 35% in a decade in the South. Even with all those cocktail sausages life expectancy in the North is improving.Quote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 07:33:03 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 07:20:09 PMBy the time you get to 80 there'll be a united IrelandQuote from: Hoof Hearted on December 23, 2022, 07:17:29 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 06:44:38 PMQuote from: seafoid on December 23, 2022, 06:37:00 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on December 23, 2022, 05:59:05 PMThankfully? That's another Union tax. Not everyone in the south dies of dementia.Quote from: imtommygunn on December 23, 2022, 05:35:56 PM
The weight of the ball can't help. A lot of instances of it in that era of footballer.
Couldn't help but I see plenty of elderly women with dementia, never headed a ball in their lives!
We are living longer and we know more about it now, this stuff was hidden in families for years, years ago, "your granny is doting" was the term.
Thankfully here in the north we won't get to that age as we die earlier
I think Jeff Astle was the first famous case of dementia in English soccer. He was only 59
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-27654892
Like I said before getting old isn't all it's cracked up to be, so enjoy it while you can, as you'll end up having, arthritis, sight issues, hearing difficulties, high blood pressure, blocked arteries, stints, diabetes, strokes, heart attacks, prostrate, and other cancers, oh and new hips and knees, false teeth, and whatever else that comes with it.
Aye cheers MR2 nearly afraid to wake up any morning now after reading that ! Happy Christmas :(
Not all bad though, if you live up here you'll not suffer too long ;D
First off I'll not hit 80, not many have in my family, secondly in the next 30 years I doubt we'll get that majority, and thirdly I'll hopefully be living abroad with some heat about me when I retire
You're hanging on to that stat for dear life, it's not all it's cracked up to be, unless you've got good medical insurance, great pension and no ailments, going early saves your kids the hassle and they can get a better inheritance by not being cared for in a nursing home.
For more great tips follow me on Instagram ;D
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 24, 2022, 01:08:00 AMSausages with your Christmas dinner? WTF! Do you have a fried egg and beans with it also?Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 24, 2022, 12:31:03 AM
We are entering peak cocktail sausage season. I hope we all make it out in one piece.
The wife can't confirm if their ones will have cocktail sausages for Christmas dinner.
I'm considering cancelling.
Quote from: imtommygunn on December 24, 2022, 12:17:24 PMNow we're talking!
What kind of people don't have cocktail sausages with their Christmas dinner??
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 24, 2022, 01:00:53 PMAh would ye stop. Never heard the likes of it before. I'll be having sausages with my breakfast tomorrow morning, don't want them on my dinner as well....!Quote from: imtommygunn on December 24, 2022, 12:17:24 PMNow we're talking!
What kind of people don't have cocktail sausages with their Christmas dinner??
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 24, 2022, 08:28:29 PM
Tony?! That you?!
No exclamation mark and youdve got away with it but with the ! you are now nothing to me and my fellow Faithless fans 😉
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on December 24, 2022, 11:38:02 PM
Insomnia be hard to better.
Though i had QFX Freedom fult tilt on the radio this eve. Banger! Whos with me 😃😃
Quote from: rodney trotter on December 25, 2022, 02:31:22 PMFrom the time before the UK became a kip. The 2012 Olympics were sort of the end of that era of great culture. Now some internet mediocrity has 5 christmas numbers ones in a row.
God is a DJ was also a classic.
Quote from: rodney trotter on December 25, 2022, 02:31:22 PM
God is a DJ was also a classic.
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 26, 2022, 09:24:49 PM
Very sad news out of Tyrone.
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on December 26, 2022, 10:46:11 PM
There were no roads gritted last nite at all from what I saw, where did that accident happen on the Dungannon Road?
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 26, 2022, 10:50:04 PMQuote from: Wildweasel74 on December 26, 2022, 10:46:11 PM
There were no roads gritted last nite at all from what I saw, where did that accident happen on the Dungannon Road?
Along the stretch between the turnoff for Rock/Pomeroy and the turnoff that takes you to the Sandholes road. Guessing near the garden centre or thereabouts.
Quote from: square_ball on December 26, 2022, 11:07:14 PM
I'd say that would be a fairly natural reaction.
Whereas this clampits first reaction is about the fact RTE broke the news ahead of BBC NI
https://twitter.com/kilclooneyjohn/status/1607494423587483648?s=46&t=0XiOAiOSeEYM8sOTHcXy8w
Quote from: clarshack on December 26, 2022, 11:46:10 PMQuote from: square_ball on December 26, 2022, 11:07:14 PM
I'd say that would be a fairly natural reaction.
Whereas this clampits first reaction is about the fact RTE broke the news ahead of BBC NI
https://twitter.com/kilclooneyjohn/status/1607494423587483648?s=46&t=0XiOAiOSeEYM8sOTHcXy8w
RIP to all those who lost their lives today.
What a horrible individual to tweet that. He really has no shame.
Quote from: seafoid on December 27, 2022, 08:06:17 AM
2 adults in the front of the first car died and 4 kids in the back who survived. That sounds like the kids lost their parents.
That would be truly heartbreaking.
Quote from: imtommygunn on December 27, 2022, 11:18:11 AMThere were no ages on the initial reports. Terrible tragedy regardless who was involved.Quote from: seafoid on December 27, 2022, 08:06:17 AM
2 adults in the front of the first car died and 4 kids in the back who survived. That sounds like the kids lost their parents.
That would be truly heartbreaking.
Purely speculating based on the ages but I don't think this is the case. It was a person in 20s, 50s and 80s
Awful regardless. Rip.
Taylor shouldn't be let near the internet.
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 27, 2022, 10:22:51 AMQuote from: clarshack on December 26, 2022, 11:46:10 PMQuote from: square_ball on December 26, 2022, 11:07:14 PM
I'd say that would be a fairly natural reaction.
Whereas this clampits first reaction is about the fact RTE broke the news ahead of BBC NI
https://twitter.com/kilclooneyjohn/status/1607494423587483648?s=46&t=0XiOAiOSeEYM8sOTHcXy8w
RIP to all those who lost their lives today.
What a horrible individual to tweet that. He really has no shame.
Heard more about the accident this morning that makes his tweet all the more bizarre. And just plain weird that he hasn't taken it down yet.
Quote from: Tubberman on December 27, 2022, 05:39:11 PMI have read it was his mother. Victim in 50s so mother makes more sense.Quote from: RedHand88 on December 27, 2022, 10:22:51 AMQuote from: clarshack on December 26, 2022, 11:46:10 PMQuote from: square_ball on December 26, 2022, 11:07:14 PM
I'd say that would be a fairly natural reaction.
Whereas this clampits first reaction is about the fact RTE broke the news ahead of BBC NI
https://twitter.com/kilclooneyjohn/status/1607494423587483648?s=46&t=0XiOAiOSeEYM8sOTHcXy8w
RIP to all those who lost their lives today.
What a horrible individual to tweet that. He really has no shame.
Heard more about the accident this morning that makes his tweet all the more bizarre. And just plain weird that he hasn't taken it down yet.
Just read on RTE that his sister is one of those who died
Quote from: Windmill abu on December 26, 2022, 11:04:26 PMDefinitely not, I've had the stomach tighten in the past when I've heard of deaths on a road people I know may have been on. Totally natural. RIP to all the victims, hope for full and speedy recoveries for the injured
I was on this road this morning. Am I a bad person because my first thoughts when I heard this was I hope I don't know any of these people as I don't think I can handle it?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 27, 2022, 06:18:15 PMQuote from: Tubberman on December 27, 2022, 05:39:11 PMI have read it was his mother. Victim in 50s so mother makes more sense.Quote from: RedHand88 on December 27, 2022, 10:22:51 AMQuote from: clarshack on December 26, 2022, 11:46:10 PMQuote from: square_ball on December 26, 2022, 11:07:14 PM
I'd say that would be a fairly natural reaction.
Whereas this clampits first reaction is about the fact RTE broke the news ahead of BBC NI
https://twitter.com/kilclooneyjohn/status/1607494423587483648?s=46&t=0XiOAiOSeEYM8sOTHcXy8w
RIP to all those who lost their lives today.
What a horrible individual to tweet that. He really has no shame.
Heard more about the accident this morning that makes his tweet all the more bizarre. And just plain weird that he hasn't taken it down yet.
Just read on RTE that his sister is one of those who died
Quote from: Tony Baloney on December 27, 2022, 06:18:15 PMQuote from: Tubberman on December 27, 2022, 05:39:11 PMI have read it was his mother. Victim in 50s so mother makes more sense.Quote from: RedHand88 on December 27, 2022, 10:22:51 AMQuote from: clarshack on December 26, 2022, 11:46:10 PMQuote from: square_ball on December 26, 2022, 11:07:14 PM
I'd say that would be a fairly natural reaction.
Whereas this clampits first reaction is about the fact RTE broke the news ahead of BBC NI
https://twitter.com/kilclooneyjohn/status/1607494423587483648?s=46&t=0XiOAiOSeEYM8sOTHcXy8w
RIP to all those who lost their lives today.
What a horrible individual to tweet that. He really has no shame.
Heard more about the accident this morning that makes his tweet all the more bizarre. And just plain weird that he hasn't taken it down yet.
Just read on RTE that his sister is one of those who died
Quote from: Armagh18 on December 27, 2022, 06:20:11 PMQuote from: Windmill abu on December 26, 2022, 11:04:26 PMDefinitely not, I've had the stomach tighten in the past when I've heard of deaths on a road people I know may have been on. Totally natural. RIP to all the victims, hope for full and speedy recoveries for the injured
I was on this road this morning. Am I a bad person because my first thoughts when I heard this was I hope I don't know any of these people as I don't think I can handle it?
Quote from: imtommygunn on December 27, 2022, 07:21:41 PM
I saw that. Hard to know what goes on in the man's head.
Quote from: Jeepers Creepers on December 27, 2022, 06:34:14 PM
Belfast telegraph reporting that the lady in her 80's who died was the sister of Lord Kilcooley
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on December 27, 2022, 10:03:42 PMIThe risk is higher . In some countries the elderly are tested regularly for driving permits.
Not that I know the cause of the accident, conditions etc, but should persons of very late age be on the roads, again this go bck to not having to do a driving test again as u get older. I be worried about my dad on the road as he's in his, early 70's and not the driver he was, when younger.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on December 28, 2022, 12:20:50 AM
I'd say there's a strong possibility he knew the situation when he posted the tweet
Quote from: thebuzz on December 25, 2022, 10:37:50 PM
Anyone come across this recent craze where kids (young adults) say 'Oh my god So and So has just died'? Very disturbing even though they don't keep it up for long.
Quote from: square_ball on December 28, 2022, 09:46:35 AMQuote from: thebuzz on December 25, 2022, 10:37:50 PM
Anyone come across this recent craze where kids (young adults) say 'Oh my god So and So has just died'? Very disturbing even though they don't keep it up for long.
This x 100. Hands down the stupidest trend I think I have had the misfortune of watching on social media.
Quote from: Tubberman on December 28, 2022, 10:14:12 AMQuote from: square_ball on December 28, 2022, 09:46:35 AMQuote from: thebuzz on December 25, 2022, 10:37:50 PM
Anyone come across this recent craze where kids (young adults) say 'Oh my god So and So has just died'? Very disturbing even though they don't keep it up for long.
This x 100. Hands down the stupidest trend I think I have had the misfortune of watching on social media.
I don't follow what the issue is. They're commenting on someone dying? is that not similar to what this thread is?
Quote from: square_ball on December 28, 2022, 10:34:36 AMQuote from: Tubberman on December 28, 2022, 10:14:12 AMQuote from: square_ball on December 28, 2022, 09:46:35 AMQuote from: thebuzz on December 25, 2022, 10:37:50 PM
Anyone come across this recent craze where kids (young adults) say 'Oh my god So and So has just died'? Very disturbing even though they don't keep it up for long.
This x 100. Hands down the stupidest trend I think I have had the misfortune of watching on social media.
I don't follow what the issue is. They're commenting on someone dying? is that not similar to what this thread is?
No it's something totally different here. They are videoing them telling maybe their mother or father that a celebrity is dead just to see their reaction to it. It's fairly pathetic.
https://twitter.com/lisz0506x_/status/1607549111947104258?s=46&t=xx_Z0Zjqg5yC7E_pWvKIYw
Maybe it's just my sense of humour 🤷♂️
Quote from: square_ball on December 28, 2022, 10:34:36 AMQuote from: Tubberman on December 28, 2022, 10:14:12 AMQuote from: square_ball on December 28, 2022, 09:46:35 AMQuote from: thebuzz on December 25, 2022, 10:37:50 PM
Anyone come across this recent craze where kids (young adults) say 'Oh my god So and So has just died'? Very disturbing even though they don't keep it up for long.
This x 100. Hands down the stupidest trend I think I have had the misfortune of watching on social media.
I don't follow what the issue is. They're commenting on someone dying? is that not similar to what this thread is?
No it's something totally different here. They are videoing them telling maybe their mother or father that a celebrity is dead just to see their reaction to it. It's fairly pathetic.
https://twitter.com/lisz0506x_/status/1607549111947104258?s=46&t=xx_Z0Zjqg5yC7E_pWvKIYw
Maybe it's just my sense of humour 🤷♂️
Quote from: AustinPowers on December 28, 2022, 11:04:48 AM
The world has turned simple. It really has
Jesus but someone really needs to blow up this bastid internet so we can get back to some sort of sanity
Quote from: AustinPowers on December 28, 2022, 11:04:48 AMQuote from: square_ball on December 28, 2022, 10:34:36 AMQuote from: Tubberman on December 28, 2022, 10:14:12 AMQuote from: square_ball on December 28, 2022, 09:46:35 AMQuote from: thebuzz on December 25, 2022, 10:37:50 PM
Anyone come across this recent craze where kids (young adults) say 'Oh my god So and So has just died'? Very disturbing even though they don't keep it up for long.
This x 100. Hands down the stupidest trend I think I have had the misfortune of watching on social media.
I don't follow what the issue is. They're commenting on someone dying? is that not similar to what this thread is?
No it's something totally different here. They are videoing them telling maybe their mother or father that a celebrity is dead just to see their reaction to it. It's fairly pathetic.
https://twitter.com/lisz0506x_/status/1607549111947104258?s=46&t=xx_Z0Zjqg5yC7E_pWvKIYw
Maybe it's just my sense of humour 🤷♂️
The world has turned simple. It really has
Jesus but someone really needs to blow up this bastid internet so we can get back to some sort of sanity
Quote from: Ethan Tremblay on December 28, 2022, 02:38:25 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on December 28, 2022, 11:04:48 AMQuote from: square_ball on December 28, 2022, 10:34:36 AMQuote from: Tubberman on December 28, 2022, 10:14:12 AMQuote from: square_ball on December 28, 2022, 09:46:35 AMQuote from: thebuzz on December 25, 2022, 10:37:50 PM
Anyone come across this recent craze where kids (young adults) say 'Oh my god So and So has just died'? Very disturbing even though they don't keep it up for long.
This x 100. Hands down the stupidest trend I think I have had the misfortune of watching on social media.
I don't follow what the issue is. They're commenting on someone dying? is that not similar to what this thread is?
No it's something totally different here. They are videoing them telling maybe their mother or father that a celebrity is dead just to see their reaction to it. It's fairly pathetic.
https://twitter.com/lisz0506x_/status/1607549111947104258?s=46&t=xx_Z0Zjqg5yC7E_pWvKIYw
Maybe it's just my sense of humour 🤷♂️
The world has turned simple. It really has
Jesus but someone really needs to blow up this bastid internet so we can get back to some sort of sanity
Seen one of those videos on Facebook on the day those poor souls lost their lives in car accidents in Tyrone. Your girl doing the video had told her da Elton John had died in a car crash. Don't know how anyone would find that funny in the slightest ffs.
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 28, 2022, 08:56:02 PMQuote from: Ethan Tremblay on December 28, 2022, 02:38:25 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on December 28, 2022, 11:04:48 AMQuote from: square_ball on December 28, 2022, 10:34:36 AMQuote from: Tubberman on December 28, 2022, 10:14:12 AMQuote from: square_ball on December 28, 2022, 09:46:35 AMQuote from: thebuzz on December 25, 2022, 10:37:50 PM
Anyone come across this recent craze where kids (young adults) say 'Oh my god So and So has just died'? Very disturbing even though they don't keep it up for long.
This x 100. Hands down the stupidest trend I think I have had the misfortune of watching on social media.
I don't follow what the issue is. They're commenting on someone dying? is that not similar to what this thread is?
No it's something totally different here. They are videoing them telling maybe their mother or father that a celebrity is dead just to see their reaction to it. It's fairly pathetic.
https://twitter.com/lisz0506x_/status/1607549111947104258?s=46&t=xx_Z0Zjqg5yC7E_pWvKIYw
Maybe it's just my sense of humour 🤷♂️
The world has turned simple. It really has
Jesus but someone really needs to blow up this bastid internet so we can get back to some sort of sanity
Seen one of those videos on Facebook on the day those poor souls lost their lives in car accidents in Tyrone. Your girl doing the video had told her da Elton John had died in a car crash. Don't know how anyone would find that funny in the slightest ffs.
Wtf!? What is wrong with young people? For a generation obsessed with feelings they really have no consideration of others sometimes.
Quote from: Dire Ear on December 29, 2022, 07:06:50 PM
Pele
Quote from: Cunny Funt on December 29, 2022, 07:45:22 PM
What a legacy he leaves behind, a true sporting icon.
Quote from: gawa316 on December 29, 2022, 06:59:30 PM
Hearing Pele has died
Quote from: Hereiam on January 03, 2023, 09:58:42 AM
Ken Block......Loved his YouTube rally vids. RIP
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 06, 2023, 09:40:17 AM
Luca Vialli I see. RIP.
Quote from: mrdeeds on January 06, 2023, 09:40:17 AM
Luca Vialli I see. RIP.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on January 13, 2023, 02:11:05 AM
Lisa Marie Presley, 54
Quote from: armaghniac on January 16, 2023, 02:37:41 PM
Gina Lollobrigida, 95, actress once dubbed "the most beautiful woman in the world" and alleged to be Fidel Castro's girlfriend.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on January 19, 2023, 11:01:13 PM
David Crosby. Achievements too many to list.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on January 19, 2023, 11:01:13 PMWould have been around the same vintage as Janis bocht Joplin. Life is strange.
David Crosby. Achievements too many to list.
Quote from: Saffrongael on February 05, 2023, 07:17:23 PMJesus that's some shock. Horrible news. I'm friends with him on Facebook. He has a couple of small kids too.
As another poster has said on the Div 1 thread in Gaa discussion - Farandeelin, a Mayo poster sadly has passed away RIP
Quote from: Duine Inteacht Eile on February 05, 2023, 07:36:20 PM
Awful news. As has been said, came across as a really good person. Very sorry to hear this.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2023, 08:28:11 PM
Actress Raquel Welch aged 82.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on February 15, 2023, 08:28:11 PM
Actress Raquel Welch aged 82.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on February 19, 2023, 08:30:45 PM
Dickie Davies
Quote from: Kidder81 on February 19, 2023, 08:51:04 PMThat's shocking. He wouldn't have been that old.
Belfast journalist Henry McDonald
Quote from: Square Ball on February 23, 2023, 09:52:43 AMLegend the on mic, brought even poor games alive.
Motty, John Motson, super commentator
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on February 23, 2023, 10:19:07 AM
Very sorry about Motty - feels like part of my childhood is gone. I was allowed to stay up to watch MOTD from 7 / 8 years of age and at that point the classic combination was Jimmy Hill as Presenter / pundit, with two games shown, commentated on by John Motson / Barry Davies. Great times.
Personal favourite would be the 'Quality goal from a quality player' line for Tony Currie's goal for Sheffield United against West Ham and this commentary of Ronnie Radford's wonder goal. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaqQoQ1rBH4)
A man whose absence from the commentary box, made the heart grow fonder.
R.I.P.
Quote from: Rufus T Firefly on February 23, 2023, 10:19:07 AM
Very sorry about Motty - feels like part of my childhood is gone. I was allowed to stay up to watch MOTD from 7 / 8 years of age and at that point the classic combination was Jimmy Hill as Presenter / pundit, with two games shown, commentated on by John Motson / Barry Davies. Great times.
Personal favourite would be the 'Quality goal from a quality player' line for Tony Currie's goal for Sheffield United against West Ham and this commentary of Ronnie Radford's wonder goal. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaqQoQ1rBH4)
A man whose absence from the commentary box, made the heart grow fonder.
R.I.P.
Quote from: seafoid on February 23, 2023, 03:01:47 PM
(https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/live-experience/cps/624/cpsprodpb/vivo/live/images/2023/2/23/5d8a1b1e-eb8d-4bdd-8510-1475767d5b9b.jpg)
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on March 04, 2023, 04:48:45 AM
Tom Sizemore, actor, 61
Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down and Natural Born Killers fame plus a couple others.
Quote from: Saffrongael on March 04, 2023, 08:39:11 AMQuote from: DrinkingHarp on March 04, 2023, 04:48:45 AM
Tom Sizemore, actor, 61
Saving Private Ryan, Blackhawk Down and Natural Born Killers fame plus a couple others.
Very good in Heat
Quote from: Denn Forever on March 09, 2023, 11:35:18 AM
Chaim Topol aged 87
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHZFYpQ6nc
Quote from: AustinPowers on March 09, 2023, 06:54:52 PM
Sad news about the one year old boy killed in an accident in Moira yesterday
Quote from: balladmaker on March 09, 2023, 06:56:48 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on March 09, 2023, 06:54:52 PM
Sad news about the one year old boy killed in an accident in Moira yesterday
Tragic beyond belief, and the Grandmother in a critical condition, the poor family.
Quote from: trailer on March 10, 2023, 09:19:25 PM
BBC MOTD
Quote from: Saffrongael on March 10, 2023, 09:25:06 PMQuote from: trailer on March 10, 2023, 09:19:25 PM
BBC MOTD
Does anyone tune in for the analysis ?
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 14, 2023, 03:44:40 AM
Dick Fosbury
Quote from: Puckoon on March 14, 2023, 05:58:17 PMFlipQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 14, 2023, 03:44:40 AM
Dick Fosbury
He was only 7'6" too. No age really.
Quote from: Blowitupref on March 12, 2023, 10:13:55 PMA few of the condolences
Shocking news on Liam Kearns
https://www.rte.ie/sport/football/2023/0312/1361842-offaly-manager-liam-kearns-dies-suddenly/
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 14, 2023, 03:44:40 AM
Dick Fosbury
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on March 15, 2023, 12:42:05 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 14, 2023, 03:44:40 AM
Dick Fosbury
Side note/fearon moment - although the Fosbury Flop was famous it could equally have been the Dick Flop or Floppy Dick.
Thats all for now. Thoughts are a funny thing
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on March 15, 2023, 12:42:05 PMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on March 14, 2023, 03:44:40 AM
Dick Fosbury
Side note/fearon moment - although the Fosbury Flop was famous it could equally have been the Dick Flop or Floppy Dick.
Thats all for now. Thoughts are a funny thing
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 17, 2023, 07:07:47 PM
Lance Riddick.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on March 18, 2023, 12:35:45 AM
Cool big mother f*cker.
So thats him and Omar gone now, anyone else from The Wire?
Quote from: gallsman on March 18, 2023, 06:21:58 AM
Valchek died a few months ago. Prop Joe not too long ago either. Norm from Carcetti's team too.
Quote from: seafoid on March 29, 2023, 04:50:50 AMBoth parents was Irish? came across as a decent sod and sure loved his dogs.
Paul O'Grady . Scouser Rossie. Only 67. Sad news
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65108130
Quote from: Cunny Funt on March 29, 2023, 05:50:18 PMIrish timesQuote from: seafoid on March 29, 2023, 04:50:50 AMBoth parents was Irish? came across as a decent sod and sure loved his dogs.
Paul O'Grady . Scouser Rossie. Only 67. Sad news
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-65108130
Quote from: Blowitupref on April 05, 2023, 03:28:30 PMThat is so sad. RIP
Baby Cillian Rochford Diskin. Cillian was the son of former Mayo footballer Conor Diskin, RIP.
Quote from: AustinPowers on April 07, 2023, 03:45:58 PM
Paul Cattermole, from S Club 7, aged 46.
Quote from: AustinPowers on April 07, 2023, 03:45:58 PM
Paul Cattermole, from S Club 7, aged 46.
Quote from: Capt Pat on April 07, 2023, 06:10:02 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on April 07, 2023, 03:45:58 PM
Paul Cattermole, from S Club 7, aged 46.
Top story on the bbc 6 o clock news. I never even knew his name.
Quote from: oakleafgael on April 08, 2013, 12:54:09 PM
http://news.sky.com/story/1075292/margaret-thatcher-dies-after-stroke
Quote from: Blowitupref on April 07, 2023, 04:51:26 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on April 07, 2023, 03:45:58 PMRebrand as S Club 6?
Paul Cattermole, from S Club 7, aged 46.
The group have recently re united i believe.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 08, 2023, 10:53:36 PMQuote from: Blowitupref on April 07, 2023, 04:51:26 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on April 07, 2023, 03:45:58 PMRebrand as S Club 6?
Paul Cattermole, from S Club 7, aged 46.
The group have recently re united i believe.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on April 08, 2023, 11:11:42 PM;D When I was typing it I was thinking this is a pure Fearonism.Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 08, 2023, 10:53:36 PMQuote from: Blowitupref on April 07, 2023, 04:51:26 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on April 07, 2023, 03:45:58 PMRebrand as S Club 6?
Paul Cattermole, from S Club 7, aged 46.
The group have recently re united i believe.
A Tony Fearon special
Quote from: Kidder81 on April 11, 2023, 04:57:48 PM
IRA member turned informer Freddie Scappaticci
Quote from: Saul goodman on April 11, 2023, 06:08:23 PMQuote from: Kidder81 on April 11, 2023, 04:57:48 PM
IRA member turned informer Freddie Scappaticci
I saw it reported in the news the timing is suspicious with the report on his activities due out soon
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on April 11, 2023, 06:53:34 PMQuote from: Saul goodman on April 11, 2023, 06:08:23 PMQuote from: Kidder81 on April 11, 2023, 04:57:48 PM
IRA member turned informer Freddie Scappaticci
I saw it reported in the news the timing is suspicious with the report on his activities due out soon
Where did he die?
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on April 11, 2023, 06:53:34 PMSomewhere in England, surelyQuote from: Saul goodman on April 11, 2023, 06:08:23 PMQuote from: Kidder81 on April 11, 2023, 04:57:48 PM
IRA member turned informer Freddie Scappaticci
I saw it reported in the news the timing is suspicious with the report on his activities due out soon
Where did he die?
Quote from: seafoid on April 11, 2023, 07:53:39 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on April 11, 2023, 06:53:34 PMSomewhere in England, surelyQuote from: Saul goodman on April 11, 2023, 06:08:23 PMQuote from: Kidder81 on April 11, 2023, 04:57:48 PM
IRA member turned informer Freddie Scappaticci
I saw it reported in the news the timing is suspicious with the report on his activities due out soon
Where did he die?
Quote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 08:54:32 PM
Brits would spend as little as they could get away with on him.
Probably hoping he'd been found and plugged by his former comrades
Quote from: Kidder81 on April 11, 2023, 09:10:28 PMPower. It was only the small people who were tortured to deathQuote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 08:54:32 PM
Brits would spend as little as they could get away with on him.
Probably hoping he'd been found and plugged by his former comrades
They could have found him if they wanted to, from todays Irish Times -
Scappaticci, though, had lost none of his chutzpah. He rejected MI5's offer and flew straight back to Belfast where he sought a meeting with the IRA. The IRA, he calculated, had every reason to support his denials.
He gambled that Sinn Féin, by now engaged in the peace process, could not afford to admit publicly that he had been a spy. If so, it would undermine their official line that they had fought the British to an honourable draw.
Any such admission would provoke the rank and file into questioning whether the IRA had been pushed into peace, paralysed by the penetration of agents like him.
On his return to Belfast, Scappaticci met two of the IRA's most senior representatives, Martin "Duckster"' Lynch and Padraic Wilson. Ten years earlier, Wilson had said he suspected Scappaticci was an informer.
Now, Wilson, Lynch and Scappaticci came to an understanding: Scappaticci would issue a firm denial which the IRA would not contest. To this day, this has been the IRA's official position.
Quote from: Kidder81 on April 11, 2023, 09:10:28 PMQuote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 08:54:32 PM
Brits would spend as little as they could get away with on him.
Probably hoping he'd been found and plugged by his former comrades
They could have found him if they wanted to, from todays Irish Times -
Scappaticci, though, had lost none of his chutzpah. He rejected MI5's offer and flew straight back to Belfast where he sought a meeting with the IRA. The IRA, he calculated, had every reason to support his denials.
He gambled that Sinn Féin, by now engaged in the peace process, could not afford to admit publicly that he had been a spy. If so, it would undermine their official line that they had fought the British to an honourable draw.
Any such admission would provoke the rank and file into questioning whether the IRA had been pushed into peace, paralysed by the penetration of agents like him.
On his return to Belfast, Scappaticci met two of the IRA's most senior representatives, Martin "Duckster"' Lynch and Padraic Wilson. Ten years earlier, Wilson had said he suspected Scappaticci was an informer.
Now, Wilson, Lynch and Scappaticci came to an understanding: Scappaticci would issue a firm denial which the IRA would not contest. To this day, this has been the IRA's official position.
Quote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 10:09:49 PMQuote from: Kidder81 on April 11, 2023, 09:10:28 PMQuote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 08:54:32 PM
Brits would spend as little as they could get away with on him.
Probably hoping he'd been found and plugged by his former comrades
They could have found him if they wanted to, from todays Irish Times -
Scappaticci, though, had lost none of his chutzpah. He rejected MI5's offer and flew straight back to Belfast where he sought a meeting with the IRA. The IRA, he calculated, had every reason to support his denials.
He gambled that Sinn Féin, by now engaged in the peace process, could not afford to admit publicly that he had been a spy. If so, it would undermine their official line that they had fought the British to an honourable draw.
Any such admission would provoke the rank and file into questioning whether the IRA had been pushed into peace, paralysed by the penetration of agents like him.
On his return to Belfast, Scappaticci met two of the IRA's most senior representatives, Martin "Duckster"' Lynch and Padraic Wilson. Ten years earlier, Wilson had said he suspected Scappaticci was an informer.
Now, Wilson, Lynch and Scappaticci came to an understanding: Scappaticci would issue a firm denial which the IRA would not contest. To this day, this has been the IRA's official position.
As my aul teacher used to advise..... "If you believe all you read, you'll eat all you see !"
Quote from: Jell 0 Biafra on April 11, 2023, 10:57:11 PMQuote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 10:09:49 PMQuote from: Kidder81 on April 11, 2023, 09:10:28 PMQuote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 08:54:32 PM
Brits would spend as little as they could get away with on him.
Probably hoping he'd been found and plugged by his former comrades
They could have found him if they wanted to, from todays Irish Times -
Scappaticci, though, had lost none of his chutzpah. He rejected MI5's offer and flew straight back to Belfast where he sought a meeting with the IRA. The IRA, he calculated, had every reason to support his denials.
He gambled that Sinn Féin, by now engaged in the peace process, could not afford to admit publicly that he had been a spy. If so, it would undermine their official line that they had fought the British to an honourable draw.
Any such admission would provoke the rank and file into questioning whether the IRA had been pushed into peace, paralysed by the penetration of agents like him.
On his return to Belfast, Scappaticci met two of the IRA's most senior representatives, Martin "Duckster"' Lynch and Padraic Wilson. Ten years earlier, Wilson had said he suspected Scappaticci was an informer.
Now, Wilson, Lynch and Scappaticci came to an understanding: Scappaticci would issue a firm denial which the IRA would not contest. To this day, this has been the IRA's official position.
As my aul teacher used to advise..... "If you believe all you read, you'll eat all you see !"
Was there some point your teacher wished to convey by means of this expression?
Quote from: Kidder81 on April 11, 2023, 10:47:25 PM
Believe what you want but as I say if they really wanted to find him and plug him, they would have
Quote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 11:35:19 PMQuote from: Jell 0 Biafra on April 11, 2023, 10:57:11 PMQuote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 10:09:49 PMQuote from: Kidder81 on April 11, 2023, 09:10:28 PMQuote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 08:54:32 PM
Brits would spend as little as they could get away with on him.
Probably hoping he’d been found and plugged by his former comrades
They could have found him if they wanted to, from todays Irish Times -
Scappaticci, though, had lost none of his chutzpah. He rejected MI5’s offer and flew straight back to Belfast where he sought a meeting with the IRA. The IRA, he calculated, had every reason to support his denials.
He gambled that Sinn Féin, by now engaged in the peace process, could not afford to admit publicly that he had been a spy. If so, it would undermine their official line that they had fought the British to an honourable draw.
Any such admission would provoke the rank and file into questioning whether the IRA had been pushed into peace, paralysed by the penetration of agents like him.
On his return to Belfast, Scappaticci met two of the IRA’s most senior representatives, Martin “Duckster”’ Lynch and Padraic Wilson. Ten years earlier, Wilson had said he suspected Scappaticci was an informer.
Now, Wilson, Lynch and Scappaticci came to an understanding: Scappaticci would issue a firm denial which the IRA would not contest. To this day, this has been the IRA’s official position.
As my aul teacher used to advise….. “If you believe all you read, you’ll eat all you see !”
Was there some point your teacher wished to convey by means of this expression?
There was aye …..ask some teenager.,they should be fit to explain it to you
Quote from: Jell 0 Biafra on April 12, 2023, 12:18:56 AMQuote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 11:35:19 PMQuote from: Jell 0 Biafra on April 11, 2023, 10:57:11 PMQuote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 10:09:49 PMQuote from: Kidder81 on April 11, 2023, 09:10:28 PMQuote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 08:54:32 PM
Brits would spend as little as they could get away with on him.
Probably hoping he'd been found and plugged by his former comrades
They could have found him if they wanted to, from todays Irish Times -
Scappaticci, though, had lost none of his chutzpah. He rejected MI5's offer and flew straight back to Belfast where he sought a meeting with the IRA. The IRA, he calculated, had every reason to support his denials.
He gambled that Sinn Féin, by now engaged in the peace process, could not afford to admit publicly that he had been a spy. If so, it would undermine their official line that they had fought the British to an honourable draw.
Any such admission would provoke the rank and file into questioning whether the IRA had been pushed into peace, paralysed by the penetration of agents like him.
On his return to Belfast, Scappaticci met two of the IRA's most senior representatives, Martin "Duckster"' Lynch and Padraic Wilson. Ten years earlier, Wilson had said he suspected Scappaticci was an informer.
Now, Wilson, Lynch and Scappaticci came to an understanding: Scappaticci would issue a firm denial which the IRA would not contest. To this day, this has been the IRA's official position.
As my aul teacher used to advise..... "If you believe all you read, you'll eat all you see !"
Was there some point your teacher wished to convey by means of this expression?
There was aye .....ask some teenager.,they should be fit to explain it to you
Work with teenagers. Never heard it. You wouldn't see fit to save me some time and tell me? I mean, to save some time, I get that it means you shouldn't believe all you read. But how does the thing about eating advance that idea?
Quote from: Kidder81 on April 11, 2023, 09:10:28 PMQuote from: Jim Bob on April 11, 2023, 08:54:32 PM
Brits would spend as little as they could get away with on him.
Probably hoping he'd been found and plugged by his former comrades
They could have found him if they wanted to, from todays Irish Times -
Scappaticci, though, had lost none of his chutzpah. He rejected MI5's offer and flew straight back to Belfast where he sought a meeting with the IRA. The IRA, he calculated, had every reason to support his denials.
He gambled that Sinn Féin, by now engaged in the peace process, could not afford to admit publicly that he had been a spy. If so, it would undermine their official line that they had fought the British to an honourable draw.
Any such admission would provoke the rank and file into questioning whether the IRA had been pushed into peace, paralysed by the penetration of agents like him.
On his return to Belfast, Scappaticci met two of the IRA's most senior representatives, Martin "Duckster"' Lynch and Padraic Wilson. Ten years earlier, Wilson had said he suspected Scappaticci was an informer.
Now, Wilson, Lynch and Scappaticci came to an understanding: Scappaticci would issue a firm denial which the IRA would not contest. To this day, this has been the IRA's official position.
Quote from: Taylor on April 12, 2023, 04:40:41 PMSteiner (sic) bros as well.
Bush whackers & Legion Of Doom were always entertaining
Quote from: Capt Pat on April 13, 2023, 01:10:10 PM
Mary Quant inventor of the mini skirt. Aged 93.
Quote from: mrdeeds on April 13, 2023, 02:56:51 PM
Craig Breeb Irish rally driver.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on April 22, 2023, 12:16:41 PMA genius
Barry Humphries.
Quote from: Rossfan on April 22, 2023, 06:27:18 PM
Former Uachtarán CLCG Dr Mick Loftus.
Last survivor of the Rhubarb panel who won AI in 1951
Quote from: gallsman on April 25, 2023, 07:10:13 PM
Harry Belafonte at 96. Some innings.
Quote from: armaghniac on April 25, 2023, 09:04:51 PMQuote from: gallsman on April 25, 2023, 07:10:13 PM
Harry Belafonte at 96. Some innings.
One of the first black entertainers and not someone who pulled up the ladder after him, as he campaigned for civil rights.
Quote from: mrdeeds on April 27, 2023, 03:30:26 PM
Jerry Springer
Quote from: J70 on April 27, 2023, 04:16:24 PMQuote from: mrdeeds on April 27, 2023, 03:30:26 PM
Jerry Springer
Can't say he added much of value to the common discourse, but its amazing what a phenomenon his show was back in the 90s.
I guess people enjoy watching outrageous behaviour and outbursts by trashy or bigoted morons.
The bit he did in the Austin Powers film was awesome!
Quote
Springer was born in a London Underground station on February 13, 1944, while it was being used as a bomb shelter.
His family - who had fled from Germany to England during the Holocaust
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on April 27, 2023, 03:34:17 PM
Peter Martin too. Emmerdale and the old boring neighbour in the Royle Family
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on April 28, 2023, 03:02:05 PM
This pains me.........
Johnny Fean of Horslips (1951-2023)
RIP
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on April 28, 2023, 03:02:05 PMI know how close you are to the Band and I share your grief.
This pains me.........
Johnny Fean of Horslips (1951-2023)
RIP
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on May 02, 2023, 03:58:38 AM
Canadian music icon Gordon Lightfoot.
His song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is just beautiful.
https://youtu.be/PH0K6ojmGZA
Quote from: DrinkingHarp on May 02, 2023, 05:04:59 AMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on May 02, 2023, 03:58:38 AM
Canadian music icon Gordon Lightfoot.
His song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is just beautiful.
https://youtu.be/PH0K6ojmGZA
Really enjoy "if you could read my mind" and "sundown"
Quote from: Tubberman on May 02, 2023, 06:56:21 AMQuote from: DrinkingHarp on May 02, 2023, 05:04:59 AMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on May 02, 2023, 03:58:38 AM
Canadian music icon Gordon Lightfoot.
His song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is just beautiful.
https://youtu.be/PH0K6ojmGZA
Really enjoy "if you could read my mind" and "sundown"
Early Morning Rain is another great song of his. Seamus Begley had a great version of it
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on May 02, 2023, 03:58:38 AM
Canadian music icon Gordon Lightfoot.
His song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" is just beautiful.
https://youtu.be/PH0K6ojmGZA
Quote from: armaghniac on May 07, 2023, 10:20:20 PM
Sean Keane of the Chieftains.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0507/1381270-sean-keane/m
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on May 22, 2023, 10:48:44 PM
Ffs Ray Stevenson is dead at 58. I loved kill the Irishman
Quote from: J70 on May 23, 2023, 03:32:11 PMtitus pullo one of the best characters ever on tvQuote from: JPGJOHNNYG on May 22, 2023, 10:48:44 PM
Ffs Ray Stevenson is dead at 58. I loved kill the Irishman
No way. :(
Loved him in Rome.
He had minor roles in the Thor movies as well.
Quote from: Gmac on May 23, 2023, 03:34:18 PMQuote from: J70 on May 23, 2023, 03:32:11 PMtitus pullo one of the best characters ever on tvQuote from: JPGJOHNNYG on May 22, 2023, 10:48:44 PM
Ffs Ray Stevenson is dead at 58. I loved kill the Irishman
No way. :(
Loved him in Rome.
He had minor roles in the Thor movies as well.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on May 23, 2023, 10:12:57 PM
Only made public today. Rolf Harris died of neck cancer and "frailty of old age" at his home in Bray, Berkshire, on May 10 aged 93.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on May 23, 2023, 10:12:57 PM
Only made public today. Rolf Harris died of neck cancer and "frailty of old age" at his home in Bray, Berkshire, on May 10 aged 93.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on May 23, 2023, 10:12:57 PMsad dat
Only made public today. Rolf Harris died of neck cancer and "frailty of old age" at his home in Bray, Berkshire, on May 10 aged 93.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on May 23, 2023, 10:12:57 PM
Only made public today. Rolf Harris died of neck cancer and "frailty of old age" at his home in Bray, Berkshire, on May 10 aged 93.
Quote from: J70 on May 24, 2023, 10:40:22 AMI'm sure his family will be recognised when they attend the next Blessing of the GravesQuote from: Captain Obvious on May 23, 2023, 10:12:57 PM
Only made public today. Rolf Harris died of neck cancer and "frailty of old age" at his home in Bray, Berkshire, on May 10 aged 93.
I'm guessing the burial spot will be kept from the public too.
Quote from: Tatler Jack on May 24, 2023, 07:39:12 PM
Tina Turner aged 83⁸
Quote from: Square Ball on May 24, 2023, 07:45:38 PMYou could say she was simply the best.Quote from: Tatler Jack on May 24, 2023, 07:39:12 PM
Tina Turner aged 83⁸
Hard to believe she was 83, superstar in the true meaning
Quote from: Tatler Jack on May 24, 2023, 07:39:12 PM
Tina Turner aged 83
Quote from: jcpen on May 24, 2023, 07:50:01 PMBetter than all the rest?Quote from: Square Ball on May 24, 2023, 07:45:38 PMYou could say she was simply the best.Quote from: Tatler Jack on May 24, 2023, 07:39:12 PM
Tina Turner aged 83⁸
Hard to believe she was 83, superstar in the true meaning
Quote from: Cunny Funt on May 24, 2023, 07:59:40 PMAnna Mae Bullock. Had 2 legendary music careers. She outlasted Ike. Amazing womanQuote from: Tatler Jack on May 24, 2023, 07:39:12 PM
Tina Turner aged 83
Queen of Rock 'n' Roll. Great singer with superb stage presence.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on May 24, 2023, 07:59:59 PMBetter than anyoneQuote from: jcpen on May 24, 2023, 07:50:01 PMBetter than all the rest?Quote from: Square Ball on May 24, 2023, 07:45:38 PMYou could say she was simply the best.Quote from: Tatler Jack on May 24, 2023, 07:39:12 PM
Tina Turner aged 83⁸
Hard to believe she was 83, superstar in the true meaning
Quote from: Aristo 60 on May 24, 2023, 08:50:31 PMAnyone I've ever metQuote from: Tony Baloney on May 24, 2023, 07:59:59 PMBetter than anyoneQuote from: jcpen on May 24, 2023, 07:50:01 PMBetter than all the rest?Quote from: Square Ball on May 24, 2023, 07:45:38 PMYou could say she was simply the best.Quote from: Tatler Jack on May 24, 2023, 07:39:12 PM
Tina Turner aged 83⁸
Hard to believe she was 83, superstar in the true meaning
Quote from: From the Bunker on May 24, 2023, 10:20:39 PM⁶https://twitter.com/MikeSington/status/1661461887241060354?t=lb1Fqzc5p3sOgvgohlfN9A&s=19Quote from: Aristo 60 on May 24, 2023, 08:50:31 PMAnyone I've ever metQuote from: Tony Baloney on May 24, 2023, 07:59:59 PMBetter than anyoneQuote from: jcpen on May 24, 2023, 07:50:01 PMBetter than all the rest?Quote from: Square Ball on May 24, 2023, 07:45:38 PMYou could say she was simply the best.Quote from: Tatler Jack on May 24, 2023, 07:39:12 PM
Tina Turner aged 83⁸
Hard to believe she was 83, superstar in the true meaning
Quote from: Tatler Jack on June 06, 2023, 10:26:22 AM
Jim Hines, the first man to run 100m in under 10 secs.
Quote from: red hander on June 05, 2023, 02:40:56 PM
Actor Barry Newman at the age of 92. People of a certain age will remember him in Petrocelli. Wonder if he ever did finish that house he was building.
Quote from: Orior on June 06, 2023, 01:11:24 PMQuote from: Tatler Jack on June 06, 2023, 10:26:22 AM
Jim Hines, the first man to run 100m in under 10 secs.
Not sure about that. I believe that in 9,000 BC a Mesopotamian while being was chased by a gang of Babylonian youths managed to cover 100 metres in 9 seconds flat. However no one thought to record the magnificant feat properly.
Quote from: Onthe40 on June 13, 2023, 05:15:13 PM
Christy Dignam - RIP
Quote from: mrdeeds on June 15, 2023, 01:05:16 PMRIP
Gordan McQueen
Quote from: mrdeeds on June 15, 2023, 01:05:16 PM
Gordan McQueen
Quote from: Main Street on June 20, 2023, 11:45:01 PM
Jim McCourt age 79, arguably Ireland's finest ever amateur boxer.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/boxing/65964737
Quote from: Top G on June 28, 2023, 07:57:21 AM
Julian Sands
Quote from: Orior on June 28, 2023, 08:58:06 AMQuote from: Top G on June 28, 2023, 07:57:21 AM
Julian Sands
And as far as I'm aware, no relation to the Sands' from Mayobridge / Saval / Glen.
Quote from: gallsman on June 30, 2023, 04:29:22 PM
Alan Arkin. Brilliant factor. Ar-go f**k yourself.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 24, 2023, 02:33:05 PM
Trevor Francis.
Bit of irony in there somewhere. First £1million player on the day football offically becomes couped, with a £1billion 1yr package for Mbappe proposed....
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on July 24, 2023, 02:33:05 PM
Trevor Francis.
Bit of irony in there somewhere. First £1million player on the day football offically becomes couped, with a £1billion 1yr package for Mbappe proposed....
Quote from: Rois on July 26, 2023, 06:39:40 PM
Irish Times reporting that Sinead O'Connor has died >:(
Quote from: tonto1888 on July 26, 2023, 06:41:49 PMQuote from: Rois on July 26, 2023, 06:39:40 PM
Irish Times reporting that Sinead O'Connor has died >:(
Seen that. RIP
Quote from: Itchy on July 26, 2023, 06:49:08 PMQuote from: tonto1888 on July 26, 2023, 06:41:49 PMQuote from: Rois on July 26, 2023, 06:39:40 PM
Irish Times reporting that Sinead O'Connor has died >:(
Seen that. RIP
A troubled soul with the voice of an angel and while she was seen as controversial by many I think history has shown that she was on the right side of most of those debates. RIP
Quote from: Rois on July 26, 2023, 06:39:40 PM
Irish Times reporting that Sinead O'Connor has died >:(
Quote from: tonto1888 on July 26, 2023, 07:23:37 PMgood call
My favourite is Haunted with Shane MacGowan. Great tune.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on July 28, 2023, 06:20:22 AM
Randy Meisner. Ex-Eagle.
Quote from: Blowitupref on August 01, 2023, 03:14:04 PM
Former inter-county referee and Galway hurler Jimmy Cooney aged 68.
Quote from: imtommygunn on August 03, 2023, 08:26:24 AM
Cushendall won their first championship in either 80 or 81. He's been at every single one (probably on the line too). I don't think I've ever seen them play without him there.
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on August 09, 2023, 10:23:36 PM
Robbie Robertson of The Band
Quote from: J70 on August 09, 2023, 11:47:51 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on August 09, 2023, 10:23:36 PM
The Traveling Wilburys.
Robbie Robertson of The Band
Wow. Wasn't expecting to hear that. He did the documentary a couple of years back and seemed in good health. :(
Brilliant song writer and guitarist.
Has there been a more individually talented group than The Band?
Quote from: RedHand88 on August 17, 2023, 10:17:24 AM
Michael Parkinson, 88.
Quote from: RedHand88 on August 17, 2023, 10:17:24 AM
Michael Parkinson, 88.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on August 17, 2023, 03:51:59 PMHe had a good innings.Quote from: RedHand88 on August 17, 2023, 10:17:24 AM
Michael Parkinson, 88.
Legendary interviewer.
Quote from: ziggy90 on August 10, 2023, 05:31:11 AMThey were incredibly talented . Levon and Robertson were legends.Quote from: J70 on August 09, 2023, 11:47:51 PMQuote from: Shamrock Shore on August 09, 2023, 10:23:36 PM
The Traveling Wilburys.
Robbie Robertson of The Band
Wow. Wasn't expecting to hear that. He did the documentary a couple of years back and seemed in good health. :(
Brilliant song writer and guitarist.
Has there been a more individually talented group than The Band?
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on August 23, 2023, 06:14:31 PMpretends to be shocked
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia, with nine other people on board
Quote from: markl121 on August 23, 2023, 06:19:10 PMNever seen that comingQuote from: Dougal Maguire on August 23, 2023, 06:14:31 PMpretends to be shocked
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia, with nine other people on board
Quote from: Square Ball on August 23, 2023, 06:20:04 PMQuote from: markl121 on August 23, 2023, 06:19:10 PMNever seen that comingQuote from: Dougal Maguire on August 23, 2023, 06:14:31 PMpretends to be shocked
Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin killed in plane crash in Russia, with nine other people on board
Quote from: markl121 on August 23, 2023, 09:45:29 PMAs hardcore as they came in business, diagnosed dementia a few years ago RIP.
Terry Funk, Westling legend
Quote from: Captain Obvious on August 26, 2023, 07:47:32 PM
Bob Barker, who starred for more than five consecutive decades as a TV game-show host, including 35 as the host of The Price Is Right. 99 years young.
Quote from: seafoid on August 30, 2023, 07:29:38 AM
Parents seriously injured and 3 year old died with grandparents. Awful tragedy.
Gardaí will carry out an investigation for the Coroner's Court. They look at issues such as state of brakes, tyres, speed, weather, video evidence etc
Quote from: blasmere on August 30, 2023, 03:51:11 PM
The government is running a surplus, isn't there an argument to be made that some of it should be invested in infrastructure (irrespective of tragic accidents), better roads being one of those areas.
Quote from: AustinPowers on August 30, 2023, 07:11:49 PMQuote from: blasmere on August 30, 2023, 03:51:11 PM
The government is running a surplus, isn't there an argument to be made that some of it should be invested in infrastructure (irrespective of tragic accidents), better roads being one of those areas.
That money is set aside to pay a big fine to whoever the hell they are (God, maybe?) , whenever unreachable climate change targets aren't met.
Quote from: blasmere on August 30, 2023, 03:51:11 PMWe don't know what caused these awful accidents.
The government is running a surplus, isn't there an argument to be made that some of it should be invested in infrastructure (irrespective of tragic accidents), better roads being one of those areas.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on September 01, 2023, 10:13:15 PM
Muhammed Al Fayed
Quote from: theskull1 on September 02, 2023, 09:16:53 AM
Jimmy Buffett
Quote from: Jim Bob on September 09, 2023, 02:29:31 PM
Mickey Yarwood. Impressionist
Massive TV star in the 70s
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on September 09, 2023, 07:51:47 PM
Thought he died years ago tbh.
Was decent from memory
Quote from: fearsiuil on September 20, 2023, 11:44:43 AMRónán MacAodha Bhuí (53).
Craoltóir den scoth, fear mór craic 7 teanga.
Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on October 02, 2023, 04:28:55 PMFranny Lee
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on October 02, 2023, 04:28:55 PMFranny Lee
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 13, 2023, 10:56:35 AMHugh Russell, boxer and photographerSo sad I didn't realise that he was ill, hits hard when it's someone from your own generation. He brought pride to us at a time when NI was in a sad state.
Quote from: Dag Dog on October 14, 2023, 10:19:18 PMTina Satchwell officially dead as well. God help the poor woman. Husband always came across as a weirdo.
Quote from: restorepride on October 21, 2023, 10:17:17 PMTom Quinn, Bellaghy and Derry - won Hogan Cup and All Ireland Minor in 1965, All Ireland U21 in 1968; Ulster Senior Championships with Derry in 1970, 1975 and 1976. 7 County Championship medals with Bellaghy, 2 Ulster Club titles and All Ireland Club in 1972. Will be buried tomorrow. Class player. Suaimhneas síoraí agus go raibh maith agat as na cuimhní peile Tom.The follower in the Donegal Democrat, 1988 "They will be remembered by their people"
Quote from: Jim Bob on October 22, 2023, 07:37:11 PMDave Courtney. Took his own lifeNo big miss for a criminal
Quote from: Windmill abu on October 22, 2023, 11:07:28 PMQuote from: Jim Bob on October 22, 2023, 07:37:11 PMDave Courtney. Took his own lifeNo big miss for a criminal
Quote from: Taylor on October 24, 2023, 01:15:43 PMBill Kenwright - Everton FC
Quote from: gawa316 on October 24, 2023, 02:57:51 PMQuote from: Taylor on October 24, 2023, 01:15:43 PMBill Kenwright - Everton FC
Is that confirmed? Sad news if true
Quote from: gawa316 on October 24, 2023, 02:57:51 PMQuote from: Taylor on October 24, 2023, 01:15:43 PMBill Kenwright - Everton FC
Is that confirmed? Sad news if true
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 29, 2023, 09:52:11 AMBrutal accident that killed that poor ice hockey player Adam Johnson in England. Like something out of a horror movie.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on October 29, 2023, 01:53:17 AMI know it had its haters but jeebus Friends was pretty big back in the day and even now I'd tip in for 5 every few days. If ever one was gonna be first to go it was him
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on October 29, 2023, 08:26:44 AMThat'll stop any talk of a film
Quote from: RedHand88 on October 29, 2023, 10:46:55 AMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on October 29, 2023, 08:26:44 AMThat'll stop any talk of a film
Carrie Fisher was in Rogue One despite being dead so I doubt it.
Quote from: AustinPowers on October 29, 2023, 10:38:16 AMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on October 29, 2023, 01:53:17 AMI know it had its haters but jeebus Friends was pretty big back in the day and even now I'd tip in for 5 every few days. If ever one was gonna be first to go it was him
I seen bits of that reunion they had , and he barely spoke. Said a lot about his state if he wasn't talking, I thought.
Seen him on Graham Norton a couple years ago , and he looked rough. Speech very slow and slurred.
Apparently he was clean for two years though , so may have been a freak accident
Quote from: clarshack on October 29, 2023, 08:10:16 AMOnly 54 too. RIP.Looks like his body gave up. He was tormented.
Quote from: clarshack on October 29, 2023, 08:10:16 AMOnly 54 too. RIP.
Quote from: theskull1 on November 12, 2023, 08:18:06 AMRaphael Dwamena: Ghana striker dies aged 28 after on-pitch collapseYou forgot your needle emoji.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 12, 2023, 03:08:46 PMQuote from: theskull1 on November 12, 2023, 08:18:06 AMRaphael Dwamena: Ghana striker dies aged 28 after on-pitch collapseYou forgot your needle emoji.
Quote from: clarshack on November 12, 2023, 03:19:15 PMAye he had one of those inbuilt defibs and according to what I have read was advised to retire.Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 12, 2023, 03:08:46 PMQuote from: theskull1 on November 12, 2023, 08:18:06 AMRaphael Dwamena: Ghana striker dies aged 28 after on-pitch collapseYou forgot your needle emoji.
Was reading that he had a heart condition dating back to 2017. Not sure how he was able to continue to play after that?
Black athletes seem to be more prone to cardiac issues for some reason.
Quote from: AustinPowers on October 29, 2023, 10:34:09 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on October 29, 2023, 09:52:11 AMBrutal accident that killed that poor ice hockey player Adam Johnson in England. Like something out of a horror movie.
The opposition player's foot was very high there.
Quote from: Capt Pat on November 14, 2023, 06:17:56 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on October 29, 2023, 10:34:09 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on October 29, 2023, 09:52:11 AMBrutal accident that killed that poor ice hockey player Adam Johnson in England. Like something out of a horror movie.
The opposition player's foot was very high there.
It was indeed too high. The police seem to think so too. A player has been charged with manslaughter. I thought it was murder.
Quote from: clarshack on November 14, 2023, 08:37:13 PMSo he set out to kill this player?Quote from: Capt Pat on November 14, 2023, 06:17:56 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on October 29, 2023, 10:34:09 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on October 29, 2023, 09:52:11 AMBrutal accident that killed that poor ice hockey player Adam Johnson in England. Like something out of a horror movie.
The opposition player's foot was very high there.
It was indeed too high. The police seem to think so too. A player has been charged with manslaughter. I thought it was murder.
Looked like murder to me too.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on November 14, 2023, 08:40:37 PMQuote from: clarshack on November 14, 2023, 08:37:13 PMSo he set out to kill this player?Quote from: Capt Pat on November 14, 2023, 06:17:56 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on October 29, 2023, 10:34:09 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on October 29, 2023, 09:52:11 AMBrutal accident that killed that poor ice hockey player Adam Johnson in England. Like something out of a horror movie.
The opposition player's foot was very high there.
It was indeed too high. The police seem to think so too. A player has been charged with manslaughter. I thought it was murder.
Looked like murder to me too.
Quote from: clarshack on November 14, 2023, 08:51:13 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on November 14, 2023, 08:40:37 PMQuote from: clarshack on November 14, 2023, 08:37:13 PMSo he set out to kill this player?Quote from: Capt Pat on November 14, 2023, 06:17:56 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on October 29, 2023, 10:34:09 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on October 29, 2023, 09:52:11 AMBrutal accident that killed that poor ice hockey player Adam Johnson in England. Like something out of a horror movie.
The opposition player's foot was very high there.
It was indeed too high. The police seem to think so too. A player has been charged with manslaughter. I thought it was murder.
Looked like murder to me too.
Did you see the video?
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on November 14, 2023, 09:04:30 PMQuote from: clarshack on November 14, 2023, 08:51:13 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on November 14, 2023, 08:40:37 PMQuote from: clarshack on November 14, 2023, 08:37:13 PMSo he set out to kill this player?Quote from: Capt Pat on November 14, 2023, 06:17:56 PMQuote from: AustinPowers on October 29, 2023, 10:34:09 AMQuote from: Tony Baloney on October 29, 2023, 09:52:11 AMBrutal accident that killed that poor ice hockey player Adam Johnson in England. Like something out of a horror movie.
The opposition player's foot was very high there.
It was indeed too high. The police seem to think so too. A player has been charged with manslaughter. I thought it was murder.
Looked like murder to me too.
Did you see the video?
No, I'm not into watching someone die, but you're saying he set out to murder this player? Premeditated?
Quote from: Deerstalker on November 14, 2023, 09:24:46 PMMurder does not have to be premeditated, if there is intent it can be murder.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on November 14, 2023, 09:44:48 PMQuote from: Deerstalker on November 14, 2023, 09:24:46 PMMurder does not have to be premeditated, if there is intent it can be murder.
Then it's manslaughter?
Quote from: Deerstalker on November 14, 2023, 09:46:28 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on November 14, 2023, 09:44:48 PMQuote from: Deerstalker on November 14, 2023, 09:24:46 PMMurder does not have to be premeditated, if there is intent it can be murder.
Then it's manslaughter?
No if you have intent to kill someone it can be murder
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on November 14, 2023, 09:50:42 PMQuote from: Deerstalker on November 14, 2023, 09:46:28 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on November 14, 2023, 09:44:48 PMQuote from: Deerstalker on November 14, 2023, 09:24:46 PMMurder does not have to be premeditated, if there is intent it can be murder.
Then it's manslaughter?
No if you have intent to kill someone it can be murder
So explain the intent?
There was a football match the other week, players foot was high, caught him in the face, had the injured player died, would that have been murder?
Quote from: Deerstalker on November 14, 2023, 10:03:34 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on November 14, 2023, 09:50:42 PMQuote from: Deerstalker on November 14, 2023, 09:46:28 PMQuote from: Milltown Row2 on November 14, 2023, 09:44:48 PMQuote from: Deerstalker on November 14, 2023, 09:24:46 PMMurder does not have to be premeditated, if there is intent it can be murder.
Then it's manslaughter?
No if you have intent to kill someone it can be murder
So explain the intent?
There was a football match the other week, players foot was high, caught him in the face, had the injured player died, would that have been murder?
I'm not getting into this with you, haven't the time. Look it up yourself but it would be difficult to prove intent there now wouldn't it ?
Quote from: brokencrossbar1 on November 14, 2023, 10:06:39 PMThe mens rea of murder is malice aforethought, which has been interpreted by the courts as meaning intention to kill (express malice) or intention to cause GBH (implied malice). Haven't seen the video but if he raised his foot to an unusual level, with a pair of ice skates on, then it could be argued he intended to cause GBH.
Quote from: smort on November 15, 2023, 11:16:49 AMI do believe it was an unnatural sporting movement but it would be hard to prove this in court I think. I believe the guy was deliberately trying to hurt his opponent
It has made me think about what could possibly happen in our own games. Most weeks there are videos going around of club games with brawls / off the ball stuff... It's surely only a matter of time before there is a very serious, or fatal, injury
Quote from: smort on November 15, 2023, 11:16:49 AMI do believe it was an unnatural sporting movement but it would be hard to prove this in court I think. I believe the guy was deliberately trying to hurt his opponent
It has made me think about what could possibly happen in our own games. Most weeks there are videos going around of club games with brawls / off the ball stuff... It's surely only a matter of time before there is a very serious, or fatal, injury
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on November 26, 2023, 12:53:13 PMEl Tel, definitely a happy chappy Londoner
Wouldn't have looked out of place in EastEnders
Had such a wonderful playing and managerial career
Quote from: Wildweasel74 on November 26, 2023, 12:38:04 PMThat 95 Springbok team losing am awful lot of men very early in life.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on November 29, 2023, 10:07:52 PMRIP Sticky Vicky. I never knew you but feel like I did
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-67564925
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on November 30, 2023, 02:07:15 AMHenry KissingerAmerican power isn't what it used to be. Neither is Russian power.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on November 30, 2023, 02:07:15 AMHenry Kissinger
Quote from: johnnycool on November 30, 2023, 08:20:57 AMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on November 30, 2023, 02:07:15 AMHenry Kissinger
Only the good die young!
Quote from: AustinPowers on November 30, 2023, 09:22:35 AMQuote from: johnnycool on November 30, 2023, 08:20:57 AMQuote from: Gabriel_Hurl on November 30, 2023, 02:07:15 AMHenry Kissinger
Only the good die young!
I thought that headcase died years ago!
Quote from: north_antrim_hound on November 30, 2023, 11:57:34 AMRIP Shane mc Gowan
Quote from: tonto1888 on November 30, 2023, 12:07:32 PMAbsolutely gutted. Cant say it came as a shock though.
RIP Shane
Quote from: johnnycool on November 30, 2023, 12:23:03 PMQuote from: tonto1888 on November 30, 2023, 12:07:32 PMAbsolutely gutted. Cant say it came as a shock though.
RIP Shane
He looked terrible in the last few pictures his wife/partner shared on Twitter.
RIP Shane, a life well lived.
Quote from: SHEEDY on November 30, 2023, 01:03:55 PMRIP Shane MacGowan, his music is still one of my first to go to, legend.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on November 30, 2023, 09:28:27 PMWas listening to the news in the car on the way home from work and tributes were coming in from George W Bush, Tony Blair, Putin and the Chinese Govt.
Quote from: thewobbler on November 30, 2023, 09:32:43 PM;D ;D ;D ;DQuote from: Tony Baloney on November 30, 2023, 09:28:27 PMWas listening to the news in the car on the way home from work and tributes were coming in from George W Bush, Tony Blair, Putin and the Chinese Govt.
Fairytale of New York just one of those songs that even warlord national leaders enjoy.
Quote from: square_ball on November 30, 2023, 10:06:27 PMJimmy Corkhill also passed away today for any of you Brookside fans.I did like Jimmy in Brookie. Reunited with Cracks.
And Alastair Darling chancellor during the 2008 credit crunch.
Quote from: thewobbler on November 30, 2023, 06:13:23 PMI like the Pogues. But half an hour / half an album at a time is plenty. There's something about their sound just takes too much out of you to enjoy over a longer spell.Jeez could listen to the pogues all nite when on the beer
Quote from: JPGJOHNNYG on December 08, 2023, 11:41:42 PMRyan O'Neal. Barry Lyndon is a great movie
Quote from: Jell 0 Biafra on December 10, 2023, 03:24:41 AMI gave the eulogy for my grandad. Ahead of time the priest gave me a talking to consisting of rules about how I couldn't go over a certain amount of time. I had no plans to go long, but I still think that was pretty classless of the priest to try to tell me how I could publicly honor the memory of my grandad.They'd rather do it themselves. Rattle through a generic CV on the person <insert amusing anecdote> and a lot of the time they'll never have met the person unless when they were on their death bed. It's a weird setup.
Quote from: Smokin Joe on December 10, 2023, 10:07:02 AMThe catholic church is just so out of touch. It seems like they can't see that they continue to make themselves ever more irrelevant with decisions like thatt ha tare to benefit them, and not the individual people.
You would have thought a drop in attendances and what appears to be a serious decline in the number of Irish priests would be enough for them to have a strategy session to understand why they are losing market share (in business parlance).
At least the GAA t**ker with rules (even if they are daft) in an attempt to increase the spectacle for the paying public, ie "improve the product". Doesn't seem like the Church are even that bothered.
Quote from: From the Bunker on December 10, 2023, 01:18:03 PMAnd the first time some family member waffles on at a funeral for half an hour with boring or inappropriate anecdotes about their loved one (inevitable sooner or later) then half the parish will be up in arms complaining that it's shouldn't be allowed.Quote from: Smokin Joe on December 10, 2023, 10:07:02 AMThe catholic church is just so out of touch. It seems like they can't see that they continue to make themselves ever more irrelevant with decisions like thatt ha tare to benefit them, and not the individual people.
You would have thought a drop in attendances and what appears to be a serious decline in the number of Irish priests would be enough for them to have a strategy session to understand why they are losing market share (in business parlance).
At least the GAA t**ker with rules (even if they are daft) in an attempt to increase the spectacle for the paying public, ie "improve the product". Doesn't seem like the Church are even that bothered.
If you want a show go to the Theatre. Mass is about reflection, pray, thanksgiving and so on. Granted it does not need to be boring and somber, but there has to be a certain amount of respect and decorum.
Quote from: thewobbler on December 10, 2023, 08:21:53 PMMy recommendations:
1. Strip out all the normal mass bits.
2. Allow 2 speakers at most, and a maximum of 5 mins for each.
3. Up to 3 musical interludes, of no more than 3 minutes each.
4. No rosary at the grave.
Quote from: Milltown Row2 on December 10, 2023, 08:17:03 PMIt's a celebration of life, not sure it has to be all somber..
Quote from: AustinPowers on December 10, 2023, 08:44:38 PMQuote from: thewobbler on December 10, 2023, 08:21:53 PMMy recommendations:
1. Strip out all the normal mass bits.
2. Allow 2 speakers at most, and a maximum of 5 mins for each.
3. Up to 3 musical interludes, of no more than 3 minutes each.
4. No rosary at the grave.
What's your views on dancing on the altar? ;)
Quote from: Captain Obvious on December 11, 2023, 01:52:07 AM(https://i.ibb.co/8DhYGZg/Screenshot-20231211-014719-2.png) (https://ibb.co/FbPHcT4)
Quote from: AustinPowers on December 11, 2023, 04:51:43 PMTaz and Lilt as well?! Ffs what a year!!Bobi, named earlier this year as the oldest living dog in recorded history. Died back in October in Portugal aged 31 and 165 day old.
Who's the dog?
Quote from: RedHand88 on December 13, 2023, 09:35:47 AMAndre Braugher of Brooklyn Nine-Nine fame.
Quote from: Captain Obvious on December 11, 2023, 01:52:07 AM(https://i.ibb.co/8DhYGZg/Screenshot-20231211-014719-2.png) (https://ibb.co/FbPHcT4)
Quote from: Walt Jabsco on December 18, 2023, 12:14:12 PMSympathies to GAA Board member jonnycool and the entire family circle on the passing of their father. A hurling stalwart of Club, County and Province. The "Cur" will be long remembered throughout the Ards and indeed the Country for his exploits and straight talking
RIP
Quote from: trueblue1234 on December 20, 2023, 11:04:42 AMQuote from: Walt Jabsco on December 18, 2023, 12:14:12 PMSympathies to GAA Board member jonnycool and the entire family circle on the passing of their father. A hurling stalwart of Club, County and Province. The "Cur" will be long remembered throughout the Ards and indeed the Country for his exploits and straight talking
RIP
Sorry to hear this. Sympathies to Johnnycool and family. RIP.
Quote from: Walt Jabsco on December 18, 2023, 12:14:12 PMSympathies to GAA Board member jonnycool and the entire family circle on the passing of their father. A hurling stalwart of Club, County and Province. The "Cur" will be long remembered throughout the Ards and indeed the Country for his exploits and straight talkingCeol na n-aingil go gcloise sé.
RIP
Quote from: Rossfan on December 20, 2023, 11:37:50 AMJohnny Flaherty Offaly AI winning hurler 1981.https://www.rte.ie/sport/hurling/2023/1220/1423024-offaly-hurling-legend-johnny-flaherty-dies-aged-74/
He of the famous handpass goal.
Quote from: Rossfan on December 20, 2023, 11:37:50 AMJohnny Flaherty Offaly AI winning hurler 1981.
He of the famous handpass goal.
Quote from: Bord na Mona man on December 20, 2023, 06:50:15 PMRIP Johnny Flaherty.The Galway collapse was pretty shocking. Offaly came from behind the following year to win the football as well. The 80s were fascinating for hurling with Galway and Offaly winning 5 times, Limerick coming close, Antrim reaching the final and Tipp finally coming back from the dead.
In 1981 Galway were cruising, comfortably in the lead and then couldn't buy a score in the last 20 minutes.
Offaly started to eat into the lead and closed with 1-6 without reply.
Pat Delaney's high fielding and solo runs were immense and key to Offaly turning the game.
Flaherty's point off the stick before the goal was a lovely piece of wizardry.
Flaherty had been in America for most of the 70s when he would have been at his peak. He came back at just the right time to help push Offaly to make the breakthrough.
Notice it was Jimmy Cooney RIP, jabbing the butt of the hurl at the celebrating Offaly players.
Quote from: clarshack on January 05, 2024, 03:04:04 PMhttps://news.sky.com/story/actor-david-soul-best-known-for-his-role-in-tv-series-starsky-hutch-has-died-13042663always enjoyed it on a saturday night as a kid just before match of the day
Never really got into Starsky and Hutch therefore remember him better from his role in Salem's Lot.
Quote from: Square Ball on January 08, 2024, 04:39:22 PMFranz Beckenbauer died aged 78
Quote from: Square Ball on January 08, 2024, 04:39:22 PMFranz Beckenbauer died aged 78
Quote from: J70 on January 08, 2024, 05:41:23 PMHimself and Zagallo were among the three men to captain and coach their countries to WC wins. Zagallo just died over the weekend!
Quote from: SaffronSports on January 08, 2024, 05:53:02 PMQuote from: J70 on January 08, 2024, 05:41:23 PMHimself and Zagallo were among the three men to captain and coach their countries to WC wins. Zagallo just died over the weekend!
Deschamps the other?
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on January 08, 2024, 07:06:58 PMQuote from: SaffronSports on January 08, 2024, 05:53:02 PMQuote from: J70 on January 08, 2024, 05:41:23 PMHimself and Zagallo were among the three men to captain and coach their countries to WC wins. Zagallo just died over the weekend!
Deschamps the other?
Yep, he'll be sleeping with one eye open for a few days.
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on January 08, 2024, 08:58:33 PMJ P R Williams, Welsh and Lions rugby great, aged 74https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiJChmhe9A4&t=3120s
Quote from: trailer on January 08, 2024, 04:45:24 PMQuote from: Square Ball on January 08, 2024, 04:39:22 PMFranz Beckenbauer died aged 78
Der Kaiser.
The forgotten sweeper role.
Quote from: Saffrongael on January 21, 2024, 03:40:50 PMIan Bailey, the suspect in the Sophie Toscan du Plantiers death in Cork, has died aged 66
Quote from: Itchy on January 21, 2024, 07:13:02 PMWith no defence. That was a prelim verdict pending a full trial, and in reality meaningless.Quote from: Saffrongael on January 21, 2024, 03:40:50 PMIan Bailey, the suspect in the Sophie Toscan du Plantiers death in Cork, has died aged 66
Found guilty of murder in a french court
Quote from: Hound on January 21, 2024, 08:17:04 PMQuote from: Itchy on January 21, 2024, 07:13:02 PMWith no defence. That was a prelim verdict pending a full trial, and in reality meaningless.Quote from: Saffrongael on January 21, 2024, 03:40:50 PMIan Bailey, the suspect in the Sophie Toscan du Plantiers death in Cork, has died aged 66
Found guilty of murder in a french court
There are two excellent documentaries (one by Jim Sheridan and one on Netflix) both supposedly independent, but one more preferential to Bailey and the other very much less so. Clear from both though that the French 'trial' was an absolute sham.
Quote from: Itchy on January 21, 2024, 08:25:55 PMAs any rational person obtaining legal advice would have done. There is a huge amount of information and analysis out there for people to make up their minds. The French decision is utterly irrelevant. It didn't even pretend to be fair.Quote from: Hound on January 21, 2024, 08:17:04 PMQuote from: Itchy on January 21, 2024, 07:13:02 PMWith no defence. That was a prelim verdict pending a full trial, and in reality meaningless.Quote from: Saffrongael on January 21, 2024, 03:40:50 PMIan Bailey, the suspect in the Sophie Toscan du Plantiers death in Cork, has died aged 66
Found guilty of murder in a french court
There are two excellent documentaries (one by Jim Sheridan and one on Netflix) both supposedly independent, but one more preferential to Bailey and the other very much less so. Clear from both though that the French 'trial' was an absolute sham.
He chose not to attend and defend himself.
Quote from: Hound on January 21, 2024, 08:35:45 PMQuote from: Itchy on January 21, 2024, 08:25:55 PMAs any rational person obtaining legal advice would have done. There is a huge amount of information and analysis out there for people to make up their minds. The French decision is utterly irrelevant. It didn't even pretend to be fair.Quote from: Hound on January 21, 2024, 08:17:04 PMQuote from: Itchy on January 21, 2024, 07:13:02 PMWith no defence. That was a prelim verdict pending a full trial, and in reality meaningless.Quote from: Saffrongael on January 21, 2024, 03:40:50 PMIan Bailey, the suspect in the Sophie Toscan du Plantiers death in Cork, has died aged 66
Found guilty of murder in a french court
There are two excellent documentaries (one by Jim Sheridan and one on Netflix) both supposedly independent, but one more preferential to Bailey and the other very much less so. Clear from both though that the French 'trial' was an absolute sham.
He chose not to attend and defend himself.
Or to put it another way, anyone who uses the French court decision to sway their opinion is very ill informed.
Quote from: Itchy on January 21, 2024, 08:40:22 PMWell I didn't say he was innocent or guilty. Because I dont know. I do know the French court was a complete sham.Quote from: Hound on January 21, 2024, 08:35:45 PMQuote from: Itchy on January 21, 2024, 08:25:55 PMAs any rational person obtaining legal advice would have done. There is a huge amount of information and analysis out there for people to make up their minds. The French decision is utterly irrelevant. It didn't even pretend to be fair.Quote from: Hound on January 21, 2024, 08:17:04 PMQuote from: Itchy on January 21, 2024, 07:13:02 PMWith no defence. That was a prelim verdict pending a full trial, and in reality meaningless.Quote from: Saffrongael on January 21, 2024, 03:40:50 PMIan Bailey, the suspect in the Sophie Toscan du Plantiers death in Cork, has died aged 66
Found guilty of murder in a french court
There are two excellent documentaries (one by Jim Sheridan and one on Netflix) both supposedly independent, but one more preferential to Bailey and the other very much less so. Clear from both though that the French 'trial' was an absolute sham.
He chose not to attend and defend himself.
Or to put it another way, anyone who uses the French court decision to sway their opinion is very ill informed.
Indeed, we should take the legal opinion of "Hound" on the GAAboard forum over the legal process in France. Got it.
Quote from: Saffrongael on January 21, 2024, 03:40:50 PMIan Bailey, the suspect in the Sophie Toscan du Plantiers death in Cork, has died aged 66
Quote from: Rossfan on January 31, 2024, 04:22:51 PM40 years since we lost Luke.and Ann Lovett
Quote from: Targetman on February 02, 2024, 07:49:19 PMCarl Weathers (76), played Apollo Creed in the Rocky filmsLegend films fine roles he played. Watched Predator 1987 movie again recently it didn't age, remains a classic.
Quote from: Targetman on February 02, 2024, 07:49:19 PMCarl Weathers (76), played Apollo Creed in the Rocky films
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 06, 2024, 10:09:18 AMJohn Bruton.Sad news. At the time in the 90s a FG taoiseach was a rare thing. That was before FF tore the arse out of it.
Former Taoiseach - aged 76.
Quote from: Rossfan on February 06, 2024, 11:22:21 AMR.I.P
He lived in "interesting times".
But had he got back as Taoiseach in 97 woukd we have got the Good Friday Agreement?
Quote from: ardtole on February 06, 2024, 11:47:44 AMQuote from: Rossfan on February 06, 2024, 11:22:21 AMR.I.P
He lived in "interesting times".
But had he got back as Taoiseach in 97 woukd we have got the Good Friday Agreement?
Not a hope would there have been a GFA with Bruton at the helm. The historic pic of Hume Reynolds and Adams would never have taken place if John Bruton was still Taoiseach.
Quote from: J70 on February 08, 2024, 10:37:11 PMOnly just seeing that Bruton died. I thought he did a fine job as Taoiseach.https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0206/1430702-john-bruton-tributes/
Quote from: Targetman on February 11, 2024, 11:15:55 PMWorld marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum died in a car accident aged 24,he won the London marathon last year, his coach also died in the accident.That's mad. Not a word about it on Sky Sports News this morning.
Quote from: Orior on February 13, 2024, 08:44:12 PMGet the geese outSteve Wright? This is me again from Purley, Mr Angry!
Quote from: Shamrock Shore on February 16, 2024, 11:40:36 AMRussian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has died at the Arctic prison colony where he was serving a 19-year-term, Russia's federal penitentiary service said in a statement.Yes if he didn't have an unfortunate tumble out a window we can only assume that whilst out for his walk he slipped on a banana skin at the top of a large flight of stairs.
"Navalny felt bad after a walk, almost immediately losing consciousness. Medical staff arrived immediately and an ambulance team was called.
"Resuscitation measures were carried out which did not yield positive results. Paramedics confirmed the death of the convict.
"The causes of death are being established," the statement said.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia's penitentiary service was making all checks regarding Navalny's death, but that he had no information about the matter.
Quelle suprise. Had to do something else due to the lack of hotel windows in prison.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on February 20, 2024, 09:13:45 AMBeing a leftie myself I thought he was some player. Loved that German team
Quote from: clarshack on February 20, 2024, 11:08:34 AMHe played on a fantastic Inter Milan team who were unlucky that AC Milan were just better in that era.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on February 20, 2024, 12:35:50 PMQuote from: clarshack on February 20, 2024, 11:08:34 AMHe played on a fantastic Inter Milan team who were unlucky that AC Milan were just better in that era.
Holland v Germany. Iconic times
Quote from: clarshack on February 20, 2024, 11:08:34 AMHe played on a fantastic Inter Milan team who were unlucky that AC Milan were just better in that era.They weren't that good. I saw a very average Aston Vile team beat them 2 nil.
Quote from: ziggy90 on February 20, 2024, 02:04:59 PMQuote from: clarshack on February 20, 2024, 11:08:34 AMHe played on a fantastic Inter Milan team who were unlucky that AC Milan were just better in that era.They weren't that good. I saw a very average Aston Vile team beat them 2 nil.
Quote from: ziggy90 on February 20, 2024, 02:04:59 PMQuote from: clarshack on February 20, 2024, 11:08:34 AMHe played on a fantastic Inter Milan team who were unlucky that AC Milan were just better in that era.They weren't that good. I saw a very average Aston Vile team beat them 2 nil.
Quote from: J70 on February 20, 2024, 01:25:40 PMBrehme on the left just last month at Beckenbauer's funeral.
(https://media.gettyimages.com/id/1945021784/photo/memorial-service-for-franz-beckenbauer.jpg?s=612x612&w=gi&k=20&c=UVM-p7Ryma7gQwCkfSVwhlHXV8D3ObN1ykDqVUl7Sqg=)
Quote from: clarshack on February 20, 2024, 02:21:36 PMQuote from: ziggy90 on February 20, 2024, 02:04:59 PMQuote from: clarshack on February 20, 2024, 11:08:34 AMHe played on a fantastic Inter Milan team who were unlucky that AC Milan were just better in that era.They weren't that good. I saw a very average Aston Vile team beat them 2 nil.
They won the return leg 3-0 when it mattered and went on to win the Uefa Cup that season which was higher quality back then compared to the Europa League of today.
Quote from: maddog on February 21, 2024, 10:15:01 AMBig Keith from "the office", Ewen MacIntosh aged 50. RIP
Quote from: red hander on February 21, 2024, 10:16:29 AMActor Paul D'Amato, memorable in Slap Shot - a film jam-packed with great characters - as the notorious Tim 'Dr Hook' McCracken.
Quote from: AustinPowers on February 21, 2024, 10:49:35 AMQuote from: maddog on February 21, 2024, 10:15:01 AMBig Keith from "the office", Ewen MacIntosh aged 50. RIP
He was great as Keith. Sad to hear.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on February 21, 2024, 11:24:14 AMQuote from: AustinPowers on February 21, 2024, 10:49:35 AMQuote from: maddog on February 21, 2024, 10:15:01 AMBig Keith from "the office", Ewen MacIntosh aged 50. RIP
He was great as Keith. Sad to hear.
Annoyed to hear this. Great character. Checked him in imdb while back and he didn't seem to do a pile else
(The black guy is in eastenders ATM but I digress)
Edit - maybe eczema was a weakness after all
Quote from: Kidder81 on February 20, 2024, 08:46:22 AMAndreas Brehme, German player who scored the winning goal in the 1990 WC finalBrehme scored that penalty with his right foot, after scoring a free kick with his left in the semi v England.
Quote from: Capt Pat on February 26, 2024, 11:14:32 PMSean Lock the comedian who died some time ago is on 8 out of 10 cats on channel 4 now. He looks pale and unwell. It is very sad.Not surprised he looks pale if he died some time ago.
Quote from: Hoof Hearted on February 25, 2024, 07:42:26 PMChris Nicholl, former Southampton and Northern Ireland Centre half
Quote from: bennydorano on February 28, 2024, 04:42:47 PMQuote from: Hoof Hearted on February 25, 2024, 07:42:26 PMChris Nicholl, former Southampton and Northern Ireland Centre half
Was reading his Obituary, this bit caught my attention:
As old school as they came, Nicholl spoke to players in a language they understood. One of his players, Micky Adams, recalled Nicholl's assessment of their performances after a game. He'd go around the room and tell us, one by one: not bad,did all right,shit,w**ker. You'd sit sit there and think please don't give me a w**ker, a shit will do today because I know I've not played well.
Quote from: Aristo 60 on February 29, 2024, 10:34:33 AMDave Myers, 1/2 of the Hairy Bikers.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on March 05, 2024, 01:43:26 PMTony Green off of the darts/Bullseye
Quote from: Blowitupref on March 07, 2024, 05:01:10 PMSaoírse Ruane, who inspired late late show Toy Show appeal, dies aged 12 after a five year battle with cancer
Quote from: Blowitupref on March 07, 2024, 05:01:10 PMSaoírse Ruane, who inspired late late show Toy Show appeal, dies aged 12 after a five year battle with cancer
Quote from: seafoid on March 12, 2024, 10:06:05 AMCharlie BirdSad that. RIP
Quote from: jcpen on March 17, 2024, 06:15:11 PMEmmet Stagg
Quote from: gallsman on March 17, 2024, 08:42:14 PMAh Christ how can you not know this.That is hilarious! Never seen it before 😅🤣
Quote from: Capt Pat on March 17, 2024, 07:47:20 PMWhat was your problem with Mr Stagg Gallsman? The only thing I remember him for was being caught with a homosexual in his car in the wrong area of the phoenix park.
Quote from: Tony Baloney on March 17, 2024, 09:17:09 PMAch come on lads youse must have at least seen this!Hadn't seen that either. Classic! This country's nuts. Thats up there with Eamonn Dunphy saying journalist Rod Liddld left his wife for a 'young one!'
https://twitter.com/BigDirtyFry/status/1358549463330136068?t=mba0gqEj_4Dy0yZPh2iWow&s=19 (https://twitter.com/BigDirtyFry/status/1358549463330136068?t=mba0gqEj_4Dy0yZPh2iWow&s=19)
Quote from: Dougal Maguire on March 18, 2024, 10:40:28 AMDr Rose DugdaleAn incredible woman who came from English aristocracy to be a revolutionary. Poignantly there is a movie about her life being released this week. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.
Quote from: Tubberman on March 18, 2024, 10:36:01 PMIRA man, Garda killer, and wife beater Pearse McAuley.Wife stabber more accurate.
Quote from: Tubberman on March 18, 2024, 10:36:01 PMIRA man, Garda killer, and wife beater Pearse McAuley.
Quote from: Truthsayer on March 18, 2024, 11:05:41 AMQuote from: Dougal Maguire on March 18, 2024, 10:40:28 AMDr Rose DugdaleAn incredible woman who came from English aristocracy to be a revolutionary. Poignantly there is a movie about her life being released this week. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a hanam.
https://www.rte.ie/video/id/9526/
Quote from: seafoid on March 20, 2024, 10:00:30 AMEmmett Bergin aka Dick Moran of Glenroe
Quote from: Blowitupref on March 22, 2024, 05:31:15 PMFormer Mayo senior footballer Ger Brady has died aged 44 after a battle with Motor Neurones Disease. He won an All-Ireland Senior Club Championship medal with his club Ballina in 2005 was a brother of David.
Quote from: dec on April 07, 2024, 07:34:33 PMJoe Kinnear
Quote from: Jim Bob on April 07, 2024, 10:31:36 PMTom Sullivan, Coalisland Co Tyrone.They will be remembered by their people
The first Tyrone man to score a point for his county in Croke Park.
Minor Final 1947 v Mayo
Quote from: tiempo on April 08, 2024, 09:28:27 AMJoe Kinnear with his trademark soft skills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahJbjpBfQQY
Quote from: bennydorano on April 10, 2024, 05:12:48 PMProf Peter Higgs (of Boson fame), read his Obituary in the Times paper today, a great read it was too.You're getting old Benny!
Here's one from the Guardian that I haven't read tbh.
https://amp.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/09/peter-higgs-obituary
Some obituaries are fantastic reads. It's a journalistic art form.
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on April 11, 2024, 03:45:11 PMOJ SimpsonNow he never be able to find the real killer.
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on April 11, 2024, 04:20:57 PMHave to say I got well caught up in the drama of it all back in the day, but yes a bad un behind it all you'd have to say
For anyone who hasn't watched it, The People v OJ was a great ten parter
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on April 11, 2024, 04:20:57 PMHave to say I got well caught up in the drama of it all back in the day, but yes a bad un behind it all you'd have to sayWe all did. https://www.rte.ie/archives/2015/0930/731477-dubliners-react-to-oj-simpson-verdict/
For anyone who hasn't watched it, The People v OJ was a great ten parter
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on April 11, 2024, 04:20:57 PMHave to say I got well caught up in the drama of it all back in the day, but yes a bad un behind it all you'd have to say
For anyone who hasn't watched it, The People v OJ was a great ten parter
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 05, 2024, 03:29:21 PMRip Yosser Hughes. Some character
Captain of Titanic too. What a guy
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 05, 2024, 03:29:21 PMRip Yosser Hughes. Some character
Captain of Titanic too. What a guy
Quote from: Orior on May 05, 2024, 09:27:01 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 05, 2024, 03:29:21 PMRip Yosser Hughes. Some character
Captain of Titanic too. What a guy
And he married Shirley Valentine
Quote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 05, 2024, 09:41:24 PMQuote from: Orior on May 05, 2024, 09:27:01 PMQuote from: quit yo jibbajabba on May 05, 2024, 03:29:21 PMRip Yosser Hughes. Some character
Captain of Titanic too. What a guy
And he married Shirley Valentine
Incorrect?
Quote from: seafoid on May 11, 2024, 08:28:02 PMMary Banotti