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  • Gramps49Gramps49 Shipmate
    Sonny Curtis. American Songwriter. Wrote "You are Going to Make It Afterall." Theme song for Mary Taylor Moore show. I watched that in my 20s.
  • CaissaCaissa Shipmate
    edited September 24
    Fond memories of that song.
    https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=qBTVehKssvY
  • North East QuineNorth East Quine Purgatory Host
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    Great to see you posting again, @Telford !
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  • RockyRogerRockyRoger Shipmate
    Amen and amen !
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    North East Quine wrote: »
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    Great to see you posting again, @Telford !
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    Yes indeed - I've been wondering about you.
  • EigonEigon Shipmate
    Katherine Johnson has died, aged 101. She was one of the human computers who did the calculations for the space program, as seen in the film Hidden Figures.
  • EnochEnoch Shipmate
    edited September 26
    I have just heard that Sir Menzies Campbell, Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, known as 'Ming' has died. He was 84. This will not mean much to shipmates outside the UK but he was at one time the leader of the Liberal Democrats (LibDems).

  • CathscatsCathscats Shipmate
    He was my MP in my youth. A well-liked figure.
  • jrwjrw Shipmate
    Eigon wrote: »
    Katherine Johnson has died, aged 101. She was one of the human computers who did the calculations for the space program, as seen in the film Hidden Figures.

    Er, apparently she died 5 years ago. It's probably me who's lost the plot, as usual. 😄
  • TwangistTwangist Shipmate
    Enoch wrote: »
    I have just heard that Sir Menzies Campbell, Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, known as 'Ming' has died. He was 84. This will not mean much to shipmates outside the UK but he was at one time the leader of the Liberal Democrats (LibDems).

    He seemed like a good man
  • Wesley JWesley J Circus Host
    Twangist wrote: »
    Enoch wrote: »
    I have just heard that Sir Menzies Campbell, Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, known as 'Ming' has died. He was 84. This will not mean much to shipmates outside the UK but he was at one time the leader of the Liberal Democrats (LibDems).

    He seemed like a good man

    Weren't there fan t-shirts at that time, saying 'I am a Minger'? Or was that just Jeremy Hardy's suggestion on the News Quiz, Radio 4? :)
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    For any of you from outside the UK who are puzzled, in Scotland the name Menzies is pronounced "Mingis".
  • North East QuineNorth East Quine Purgatory Host
    edited September 27
    Piglet wrote: »
    For any of you from outside the UK who are puzzled, in Scotland the name Menzies is pronounced "Mingis".

    The "z" in Menzies was originally a yogh

    See also - capercailzie.
  • EigonEigon Shipmate
    Oops - I just saw a post on Twitter for Katherine Johnson and assumed it was recent, rather than an anniversary!
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    edited September 27
    North East Quine wrote: »
    Piglet wrote: »
    For any of you from outside the UK who are puzzled, in Scotland the name Menzies is pronounced "Mingis".

    The "z" in Menzies was originally a yogh

    See also - capercailzie.
    Ah - thank you! I'd often wondered why it was pronounced like that!

    Is the name Dalziel in a similar category?
  • TelfordTelford Shipmate
    Nenya wrote: »
    North East Quine wrote: »
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    Great to see you posting again, @Telford !
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    Yes indeed - I've been wondering about you.

    Thanks

    I haven't been very well and I am still not better. Stomach and bowel problems which are baffling the doctors
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    Telford wrote: »
    Nenya wrote: »
    North East Quine wrote: »
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    Great to see you posting again, @Telford !
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    Yes indeed - I've been wondering about you.

    Thanks

    I haven't been very well and I am still not better. Stomach and bowel problems which are baffling the doctors

    🕯
  • HeavenlyannieHeavenlyannie Shipmate
    Prayers for you, Telford.
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Take care, @Telford and get well soon!
  • Nick TamenNick Tamen Shipmate
    Telford wrote: »
    Nenya wrote: »
    North East Quine wrote: »
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    Great to see you posting again, @Telford !
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    Yes indeed - I've been wondering about you.

    Thanks

    I haven't been very well and I am still not better. Stomach and bowel problems which are baffling the doctors
    I’m so sorry you’re dealing with all that! I, too, was glad to see you!


  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Telford wrote: »
    Nenya wrote: »
    North East Quine wrote: »
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    Great to see you posting again, @Telford !
    end tangent//

    Yes indeed - I've been wondering about you.

    Thanks

    I haven't been very well and I am still not better. Stomach and bowel problems which are baffling the doctors

    I am sorry to hear that; I hope you get some answers and relief soon.
  • TheOrganistTheOrganist Shipmate
    Good to see you back @Telford
    I hope the doctors get you sorted out soon.
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    Telford wrote: »
    Nenya wrote: »
    North East Quine wrote: »
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    Great to see you posting again, @Telford !
    end tangent//

    Yes indeed - I've been wondering about you.

    Thanks

    I haven't been very well and I am still not better. Stomach and bowel problems which are baffling the doctors

    🕯
  • Gee DGee D Shipmate
    Enoch wrote: »
    I have just heard that Sir Menzies Campbell, Baron Campbell of Pittenweem, known as 'Ming' has died. He was 84. This will not mean much to shipmates outside the UK but he was at one time the leader of the Liberal Democrats (LibDems).

    (Sir) Robert Menzies, long the Prime Minister here, was known as Ming the Merciless.
  • TelfordTelford Shipmate
    Thanks for all the kind comments
  • ChastMastrChastMastr Shipmate
    I missed this. RIP.

    https://variety.com/2025/music/news/supertramp-rick-davies-bloody-well-right-dead-1236511107/
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    Jane Goodall :(
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    For some reason that link gave me an "access denied" message. :confused:
  • DoublethinkDoublethink Admin, 8th Day Host
    It was the bbc live feed.
  • NicoleMRNicoleMR Shipmate
    Sadness. She will be missed.
  • HedgehogHedgehog Shipmate
    I'll confess, she would have been on my "People I Thought Were Already Dead" list.
  • DafydDafyd Hell Host
    Hedgehog wrote: »
    I'll confess, she would have been on my "People I Thought Were Already Dead" list.
    And mine. A legend in her own lifetime.
  • CaissaCaissa Shipmate
    Balfour Mount who coined the term "palliative care". https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/balfour-mount-death-palliative-care-1.7648430
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