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On 31/08/2022 at 22:51, peasy23 said:

Former Celtic youth player Jim Beattie passed away today after battling with MND over the last few years. Don't expect many folk to recognise the name, but he was part of the Scotland under 16 squad that were mugged by Saudi Arabia in the under 16 World Cup final at Hampden in 1989.

After leaving Celtic he had spells with St. Mirren and Albion Rovers before joining Petershill. He was with us for 10 years and was terrific for us, despite losing almost 2 years after being diagnosed with Non Hodgkin Lymphoma. As well as being a great player he was also one of the nicest guys you could ever hope to meet. RIP Jim.

How tragic  David Hagen from that U16 squad also died from MND :(

 

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11 hours ago, Aim Here said:

Right now, just under 2/3 of the Dead Pool population have managed to get at least one point. Since there's a little bit of moaning and rejoicing at not getting, or getting, clear of 0 points, I just had a quick look at the outstanding picks of the non-scorers to see if there was anything of note among the rosters of the yet-to-score. Maybe there's something about their picks that indicates the issue.

It turns out that non-scorers are disproportionately likely to have marked the cards of Alex Ferguson (80% - 12 out of the 15 people who picked Fergie have yet to score), Joe Biden (7 out of 8, or about 88%), or Willie Nelson (66%, or 6/9). Ordinarily, we'd expect these figures to be hovering around 35%, give or take.

And, as you'd expect, if you're the kind of person who's foolish enough to think that Keith Richards is mortal, you're not too good at judging anyone else's mortality. Not a single one of the 5 people who picked Keef have scored any points this year, so far.

In the other direction, Shannon Doherty, Doddie Weir, Linda Nolan, Frank Field and George Alagiah are among the currently living people who are disproportionately picked *more* by the point-scoring majority. Meanwhile absolutely every single one of the 24 people who picked Rob Burrow (who is still alive enough to publicly rant in the direction of RyanAir) this year has also picked someone else who already died. No other (living) pick comes close to being a bellwether of Dead Pool skill as Burrow; the next contenders are a slew of folks with a mere 7 picks each (Piers Corbyn, Harvey Weinstein, James Whale, Tim Bilton and Joe Exotic).

It seems that picking Rob Burrow is a baseline indicator of competence at this game. Joe Biden, not so much.

 

That's pretty much my entire team you've described there. I'm like the 90's Mondeo Man of the DP

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9 minutes ago, Billy Jean King said:

Absolutely nae luck to anyone who had the Argentinian vice president emoji849.png
BBC News - Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Gun jams during bid to kill Argentina vice-president
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-62762421
 

She doesn't look 69. 

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3 hours ago, Billy Jean King said:

Absolutely nae luck to anyone who had the Argentinian vice president emoji849.png
BBC News - Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Gun jams during bid to kill Argentina vice-president
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-62762421
 

Jesus, what a lucky woman.

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Week 36 update

Two deaths this week. Up first, former Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev: Mikhail Gorbachev obituary | Russia | The Guardian

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Mikhail Gorbachev, who has died aged 91, was the most important world figure of the last quarter of the 20th century. Almost singlehandedly he brought an end to 40 years of east-west confrontation in Europe and liberated the world from the danger of nuclear conflagration. It was not the objective he set himself when he was elected general secretary of the Soviet Communist party in March 1985, nor did he predict or plan the way the cold war would end, the haemorrhaging of the Communist party, the withdrawal of Soviet troops from eastern Europe, the reunification of Germany or the break-up of the Soviet Union itself.

What distinguished Gorbachev from previous Soviet leaders was that he started a process of reform and did not try to reverse it once it threatened to spin out of control. The great facilitator, he carried on, even to the point of resigning with dignity as his power faded away.

Late 80s/early 90s history? Why, I bet there's a Simpsons moment that defines my understanding of these events

"I just drop by with present for warming of house. Instead find you grappling with local oaf."

Gorbachev died at 91 so he's worth 34 Base Points for @10menwent2mow, @Fuctifano, @HI HAT, @lichtgilphead, @Mark Connolly, @paulathame and @scottsdad, with @Hamish's Passenger getting a Vice-Captain bonus for 51 points.

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Second death this week was the TV presenter Bill Turnbull: Bill Turnbull obituary: Beloved BBC Breakfast host - BBC News

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In November 2017, Bill Turnbull took part in a celebrity edition of The Great British Bake Off.

The show was in aid of a charity, Stand Up to Cancer. During filming, he found he had the disease himself.

He had been suffering from pains in his legs but hadn't wanted to bother his doctor. Eventually, his son persuaded him to take a blood test.

At the end of the show, Turnbull broadcast an emotional message. He explained that his prostate cancer was terminal and had already spread to his bones.

"A black curtain" descended after the diagnosis, he said. "If I had been tested a few years ago, we would have knocked it on the head."

Within months, the number of men seeking a test for the condition increased by 250%. With comedian Stephen Fry announcing his own cancer diagnosis at around the same time, the response became known as the "Fry and Turnbull effect".

Ironically for an obituary about someone who was clearly a very good journalist and broadcaster, the BBC doesn't really write these things in a condensed enough fashion to quote effectively here, so rather than any details about him or his his life you can just get that bit about his cancer diagnosis. By my count almost all of the people participating in the Dead Pool this year have prostates, so regardless of what age you are give this a read and keep it in mind: What are the symptoms of prostate cancer? | Prostate Cancer UK

Turnbull died at 66, so he's worth 59 Base Points for @Aim Here, Bishop Briggs, @buddiepaul@chomp my root, @D.V.T., @Fuctifano, @gkneil@HI HAT, @Indale Winton, @lichtgilphead, @peasy23, @psv_killie, @qos_75, @senorsoupe, @The_Craig, @The DA and @thistledo.

 

After all of that, the standings look like this:

1. Bishop Briggs 691
2. Indale Winton 635
3. chompmyroot 551
4. Ned Nederlander 496
5. sparky88 445
6. JustOneCornetto 431
7. Billy Jean King, gkneil 382
9. weirdcal 372
10. Arch Stanton 358
11. psv_killie 353
12. Sweaty Morph 342
13. Savage Henry 338
14. mathematics 321
15. peasy23 318
16. Moomintroll 293
17. The DA 263
18. Arbroathlegend36-0 255
19 The Master 244
20. lichtgilphead, The_Craig 237
22. scottsdad 233
23. Arabdownunder 230
24. microdave 228
25. thistledo 226
26. senorsoupe 219
27. Aim Here, buddiepaul 205
29. Fuctifano, jimbaxters 196
31. Desp 188
32. pawpar 187
33. pub car king 181
34. Raidernation 174
35. Florentine_Pogen 173
36. tamthebam 169
37. Melanius Mullarkey 163
38. thisal 160
39. Blootoon87 151
40. gingette 150

41. cdhafc1874 130
42. Lofarl 127
43. nessies long lost ghost, The Naitch 113
45. Hamish's Passenger, speckled tangerine 112
47. Mark Connolly 109
48. Miguel Sanchez 105

49. Bully Wee Villa 104
50. HI HAT 93
51. sleazy 92
52. scorge 85
53. ayrunitedfw, Les Cabbage 82
55. The Hologram 73
56. ThomCat 69
57. D.V.T., qos_75 59
59. Willie adie 57
60. Cardinal Richelieu, djchapsticks, Enigma, get_the_subbies_on, Lex, RossBFaeDundee 52
66. Ray Patterson 47
67. Bert Raccoon, statts1976uk 39
69. 10menwent2mow, paulathame 34
71. cambozpar, Karpaty Lviv 30

73. Everyone else 0

The spreadsheet has also been updated with these scores: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mup1IJllKHs0a47J8G6IXUkvShJrV28Iuc-Kkn7RKuo/edit?usp=sharing

Edited by Miguel Sanchez
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On 05/09/2022 at 12:25, supermik said:

Sky Sports News presenter and St Johnstone supporter Jo Wilson an early candidate for next years pool.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-11180673/Sky-Sports-News-presenter-Jo-Wilson-37-announces-stage-3-cervical-cancer.html

Generally, 40% 5 year survival rate…overall a poor selection for next year, but the age is a bonus.

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