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#1 Futtocks

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Posted 08 May 2012 - 04:03 PM

Maurice Sendak, author of 'Where the Wild Things are', aged 83.
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones

"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore

"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes

#2 Futtocks

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Posted 11 May 2012 - 09:01 AM

Celebrity barber Vidal Sassoon.
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones

"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore

"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes

#3 Wolford6

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Posted 11 May 2012 - 09:10 AM

Pretty poor week for celebrity deaths. Let's hope things pick up a bit next week.
:ph34r: -_- ;)

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Posted 13 May 2012 - 11:35 PM

RIP Donald 'Duck' Dunn.
With the best, thats a good bit of PR, though I would say the Bedford team, theres, like, you know, 13 blokes who can get together at the weekend to have a game together, which doesnt point to expansion of the game. Point, yeah go on!

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 07:00 AM

R.I.P Carroll Shelby
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Posted 14 May 2012 - 07:45 AM

RIP Donald 'Duck' Dunn.


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#7 Wolford6

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 08:33 AM

RIP Donald 'Duck' Dunn.


A sad loss. Many of our younger board members won't remember how strong the Stax sound was.

I hope a British TV station runs a repeat of the Blues Brothers (I) movie as a tribute.

#8 Futtocks

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 09:36 AM

Dunn and Shelby - two legendary figures in their own fields. Duck was still playing, right to the end, too. :(
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones

"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore

"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes

#9 Phil

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 09:54 AM

RIP Donald 'Duck' Dunn.



NOOOOO!!! One of my bass playing heroes, just gonna pop some Booker T and the MGS on now and have a moments reflection :-(
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#10 Griff9of13

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 10:11 AM

NOOOOO!!! One of my bass playing heroes, just gonna pop some Booker T and the MGS on now and have a moments reflection :-(

Just for you...

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=GUGsZgkjrco

RIP Donald 'Duck' Dunn
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#11 Bleep1673

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 10:20 AM

Superb sound
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Posted 14 May 2012 - 10:26 AM

Just for you...



RIP Donald 'Duck' Dunn




Thank you
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#13 Futtocks

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 10:45 AM

Not wanting to arouse fears, but that's the drummer and bass player from this album gone within days of each other. Hope things don't go in threes, as superstitious types often claim. :(
"Journalists are meant to be neutral, for God's sake." - Stephen 'Wiggy' Jones

"Perhaps it would be better that future criticism of sports be made on the narrow basis of what is being discussed, without reference to other sports, unless those sports offer a solution to the problem in hand." - Brian 'Pigface' Moore

"What happens in rugby union? A player takes the ball, moves forward a little and gets tackled. A whole load of players then roll about on the ground. Pheep! The referee gives a penalty." - Simon Barnes

#14 Stan Doffarf

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Posted 14 May 2012 - 08:02 PM

Only saw Duck once, when he was in Clapton's band in 83.

Great player. RIP.
And when they found our shadows
Grouped around the TV sets
They ran down every lead
They repeated every test
They checked out all the data on their lists
And then the alien anthropologists
Admitted they were still perplexed
But on eliminating every other reason
For our sad demise
They logged the only explanation left
This species has amused itself to death
No tears to cry no feelings left
This species has amused itself to death

#15 Mumby Magic

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Posted 16 May 2012 - 11:01 PM

The Kennedy "curse" continues as Bobby Kennedy Jnr's wife Mary Kennedy dies.

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 09:02 AM

edited for double post

Edited by Bleep1673, 17 May 2012 - 09:06 AM.

Swinton RLFC est 1866 - Supplying England with players when most of your clubs were in nappies

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 09:05 AM

so any time some elderly relative of the Kennedy's dies, it's part of the curse?

She was 52 and had a drug problem, like many Americans, and she died. It's not part of a curse, it's called the circle of life.

And as she was 52, she was just 2 when JFK was shot, are you going to tell me it's all part of the conspiricy next?
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#18 l'angelo mysterioso

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 09:29 AM

NOOOOO!!! One of my bass playing heroes, just gonna pop some Booker T and the MGS on now and have a moments reflection :-(


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#19 Mumby Magic

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 02:35 PM

so any time some elderly relative of the Kennedy's dies, it's part of the curse?

She was 52 and had a drug problem, like many Americans, and she died. It's not part of a curse, it's called the circle of life.

And as she was 52, she was just 2 when JFK was shot, are you going to tell me it's all part of the conspiricy next?


Not at all but a fair few have died young. Please note curse was in inverted commas.

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Posted 17 May 2012 - 04:05 PM

R.I.P Donna Summer.
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