Futtocks Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 2 hours ago, DavidM said: He was the best in his day . Those Sunday lunchtime interviews were forensic and really probing . Not fun for anyone on the other seat We could do with someone as relentless and focussed as him these days. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 RIP Doris Day at the grand old age of 97 1 "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Frightful Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 27 minutes ago, ckn said: RIP Doris Day at the grand old age of 97 "Now then St Peter...move over darling" Hull FC....The Sons of God... (Well, we are about to be crucified on Good Friday) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Ting Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 One of the last of the great stars. 1 Learn to listen without distortion and learn to look without imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 (edited) Comedian Tim Conway, probably best known in the UK for the oft-repeated "Dentist" sketch with a semi-hysterical Harvey Korman. Edited May 14, 2019 by Futtocks Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 16, 2019 Share Posted May 16, 2019 Australia's thirstiest Prime Minister, Bob Hawke. 1 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 (Post deleted, bloody interweb and old news) "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmduck Posted May 18, 2019 Share Posted May 18, 2019 Former Canberra Raider Quentin Pongia, 48, from cancer. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedford Roughyed Posted May 21, 2019 Author Share Posted May 21, 2019 RIP Niki Lauda. 2 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmduck Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 Grumpy Cat, whose face launched a thousand memes, died aged 7 from complications from a urinary tract infection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48381415 Judith Kerr, Author, who wrote "The Tiger who came to tea", I'm sure many of our children have read that, or have been read that to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bedford Roughyed Posted May 23, 2019 Author Share Posted May 23, 2019 RIP Maurice Bamford. There is a thread on the main page, but should still be recognised here too. 2 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Sadler Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 11 minutes ago, Bedford Roughyed said: RIP Maurice Bamford. There is a thread on the main page, but should still be recognised here too. I'm very sad to hear this, although he looked very ill last time I saw him. Maurice was a fund of wonderful stories about Rugby League. And he wasn't a bad coach. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Martyn Sadler said: And he wasn't a bad coach. Was he good? What did he win? Not much, if anything. He was GB coach because no-one else wanted the job, and coached a good GB side, against a great Australia side. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timtum Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 My father in law died last month. Dementia took many things from him, but the essence of the man was there until the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 On 23/05/2019 at 14:21, Bleep1673 said: Was he good? What did he win? Not much, if anything. He was GB coach because no-one else wanted the job, and coached a good GB side, against a great Australia side. Isn’t it the convention on here that if you can’t say something nice say nothing? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 34 minutes ago, Shadow said: Isn’t it the convention on here that if you can’t say something nice say nothing? I think the saying goes "if you can't say something nice, go on-line". Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 (edited) On 23/05/2019 at 14:21, Bleep1673 said: Was he good? What did he win? Not much, if anything. He was GB coach because no-one else wanted the job, and coached a good GB side, against a great Australia side. He was very innovative and especially good at coaching underdogs. I remember a particular game he coached for Dewsbury in a Challenge Cup tie at St Helens. Dewsbury drew (8-8 possibly?) when everyone expected a heavy defeat. In those days surprises especially away were few. On the radio afterwards he explained his coaching methods for the game. It stuck with me what he said and I am sure other coaches copied his methods. Edited May 25, 2019 by Niels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted May 26, 2019 Share Posted May 26, 2019 Maurice Bamford started the revival at Halifax which led to the great team of the mid 80s. His signings of players like Blacker and Loxton laid that foundation. So yeah, he could coach a bit. Always had time for the fans too, especially the young kids. "Freedom without socialism is privilege and injustice, socialism without freedom is slavery and brutality" - Mikhail Bakunin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Roky Erickson. Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanaBull Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Levi Oakes, born in Canada but served with the US Army as a Mohawk code talker died on the 28th May aged 94. He was the last of the Mohawk code talkers from WW2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim2 Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 Former Arsenal Invincible Jose Antonio Reyes, aged 35, in a car crash in Spain. 1 "I am the avenging angel; I come with wings unfurled, I come with claws extended from halfway round the world. I am the God Almighty, I am the howling wind. I care not for your family; I care not for your kin. I come in search of terror, though terror is my own; I come in search of vengeance for crimes and crimes unknown. I care not for your children, I care not for your wives, I care not for your country, I care not for your lives." - (c) Jim Boyes - "The Avenging Angel" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 10 minutes ago, tim2 said: Former Arsenal Invincible Jose Antonio Reyes, aged 35, in a car crash in Spain. I just read that now. Very sad. It's been a sad year for football accidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbruce Posted June 1, 2019 Share Posted June 1, 2019 1 hour ago, tim2 said: Former Arsenal Invincible Jose Antonio Reyes, aged 35, in a car crash in Spain. Shocked at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted June 3, 2019 Share Posted June 3, 2019 Paul Darrow, best known for playing the Blake's Seven antihero Avon. 1 Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted. Ralph Waldo Emerson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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