Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 59 minutes ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: A long time ago, I vaguely remember reading that 1/4 American presidents were shot at some point. Obviously most survived. I think they've all dodged the bullet since Reagan, which is progress of a sort. VP Dick Cheney liked to git his defence in first. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 3 hours ago, BigFatTabbyDave said: A long time ago, I vaguely remember reading that 1/4 American presidents were shot at some point. Obviously most survived. I think they've all dodged the bullet since Reagan, which is progress of a sort. Don't think that statistic is right. Sitting US Presidents have been struck 6 times by bullets, with 4 fatal (Lincoln, Garfield, Mckinley and Kennedy) , and 2 non-fatal injuries(T Roosevelt and Reagan). The highest ratio of shot presidents to presidents is 2/13, after Teddy Roosevelt. If we include the two shooting attempts where the gunman was close enough to aim a gun (Jackson and Taft), it goes up to something like 2/9, which is more or less 1/4. Maybe I missed one. A few have been wounded in military service prior to taking office (not sure how many were shot), and Andrew Jackson was famously shot in a duel prior to taking office (though you should have seen the other guy). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 Week 39 update Nothing. I'm sure we're all watching and waiting with bated breath for Donald carking it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 10 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Week 39 update Nothing. I'm sure we're all watching and waiting with bated breath for Donald carking it. Oh dear! ToBeSomeone had Frank Windsor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 4, 2020 Author Share Posted October 4, 2020 12 minutes ago, Bishop Briggs said: Oh dear! ToBeSomeone had Frank Windsor. Oh dear! So did @Musketeer Gripweed! https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/oct/02/frank-windsor-obituary Quote A policeman’s lot is not a happy one for the actor stuck playing him for most of his professional life. Frank Windsor, who has died aged 92, was, as DS John Watt, one of the longest-serving coppers on the TV beat – in Z Cars and its BBC sequels and spin-offs from 1962 right through to 1978. At this point, Windsor returned to the theatre to play a dotty doctor in Tom Stoppard’s Every Good Boy Deserves Favour at the Mermaid theatre – music by André Previn, direction by Trevor Nunn – revealing another side of his talent altogether, that of an incisive and hilarious comic actor; he’d given us a taste of that when he took over briefly from Patrick Stewart as an absurdly barnstorming Vladimir Lenin in Stoppard’s Travesties at the Aldwych (1974). But it proved impossible for him to shake off the long arm of the law enforcer. Z Cars was indeed one of the great programmes of its time, and few dramatic double acts on the small screen – outside of Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise – matched that of Stratford Johns as the blunderbuss, truculent DI Charles Barlow and Windsor’s stern and more sympathetically malleable Watt as they chased down the criminals in Newtown, a fictional version of the overspill town of Kirkby housing in Merseyside. This is usually where I say what I know a deceased actor for. I have absolutely nothing. I've never heard of any of them and his last role was eight years after I was born. Z Cars is on youtube, if you're interested in finding out what it is or in going down memory lane. Frank died when he was 92, so he's worth 33 Base Points. @ToBeSomeone also gets that, plus the 25 Deadly Duo bonus for 58 points total. As a result, the standings look like this: 1. Bishop Briggs 475 2. JustOneCornetto 417 3. Ned Nederlander 342 4. chomp my root 337 5. thistledo 314 6. Aim Here 300 7. Musketeer Gripweed 256 8. peasy23 253 9. Melanius Mullarkey 245 10. sparky88 241 11. The_Craig 239 12. pub car king, ToBeSomeone 232 14. Savage Henry 219 15. psv_killie 206 16. alta-pete 202 17. Lofarl 189 18. paulathame 188 19. sureiknow 184 20. Mark Connolly 183 21. Arch Stanton 164 22. Arabdownunder 159 23. Karpaty Lviv 156 24. weejack 140 25. Billy Jean King 132 26. dee_62 139 27. ICTJohnboy 129 28. statts1976uk 123 29. Bold Rover 122 30. weirdcal120 31. lichtgilphead 119 32. Ben Twilly 107 33. 101 103 34. sleazy 99 35. CountyFan 98 36. Hamish's Passenger, choirbairn, The DA 94 39. cdisaaccie 86 40. microdave 84 41. Fuctifano 83 42. Speckled Tangerine 80 43. expatowner 78 44. Sergeant Wilson 71 44. lolls 67 45. 50/50 Winner 65 46. The Naitch 64 47. Bobby Skidmarks 63 48. Blootoon87 60 49. 19QOS19, dundeefc1783 58 51. LoonsYouthTeam 49 52. Ludo*1, mathematics 48 54. doulikefish, cambozpar, LondonHMFC, microdave 44 58. Indale WInton 42 59. pawpar 40 60. D.V.T. 34 61. Cardinal Richelieu 33 62. Flybhoy 32 63. HI HAT, Meden89, Scotty Tunbridge, shuggz, Perkin Flump, The Master 22 70. Everyone else 0 The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1V64rLXKhrmZf-6K4D3RyN3cR5Z_i2rh-ztODUB_dQyI/edit?usp=sharing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lofarl Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Kenzo Takanda fashion designer has run out of thread. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 36 minutes ago, Lofarl said: Kenzo Takanda fashion designer has run out of thread. Didn't he double as a wrestler on World of Sport? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Went through the 'long list' yesterday and a fair few had karked it, some have made recoveries that would make Ernest Saunders blush. Its a lot tidier and assuming they see out this year I've a few 'young thrusters' to fill the (too few) gaps for next year. This covid thing had better bloody pick up or what's the point of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Lofarl said: Kenzo Takanda fashion designer has run out of thread. Unable to Takanada breath. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 4 hours ago, Lofarl said: Kenzo Takanda fashion designer has run out of thread. So he no longer Kenzo? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 A worst turn for Worsthorne as ex Daily Telegraph editor Sir Peregrine departs at 96. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bishop Briggs Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 1 hour ago, tamthebam said: A worst turn for Worsthorne as ex Daily Telegraph editor Sir Peregrine departs at 96. That's a big surprise - I thought that he croaked over 10 years ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Peregrine Falgone 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 Sir Burygrine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted October 5, 2020 Share Posted October 5, 2020 9 hours ago, tamthebam said: A worst turn for Worsthorne as ex Daily Telegraph editor Sir Peregrine departs at 96. Nevertheless, it's confirmed that he'll fulfill his commitment to do one last Question Time this Thursday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustOneCornetto Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Twin Peaks curse strikes again, Clark Middleton who played Charlie in The Return dead at 63 https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/clark-middleton-dead-the-blacklist-twin-peaks-kill-bill-2-1234793399/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 4 hours ago, JustOneCornetto said: Twin Peaks curse strikes again, Clark Middleton who played Charlie in The Return dead at 63 https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/clark-middleton-dead-the-blacklist-twin-peaks-kill-bill-2-1234793399/ Thought it was Bill Bailey. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weirdcal Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Eddie van Halen jumps into the grave 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 RIP Eddie Van Halen. age 65.What a guitarist. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cdhafc1874 Posted October 6, 2020 Share Posted October 6, 2020 Eddie van Halen jumps into the graveDeddie van Halen(had to be done) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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