R.I.P.s

[Low D]

Or it may indeed be the fault of the old 'uns who've started reading stuff on bloody kindles because their eyesight isn't what it was and they struggle with the printed page these days...

My better half was in the waiting room at the eye clinic yesterday, where she saw a hilarious site: an old guy with a sparkly new cutting edge smart phone, that he was peering at through a Victorian-esqe detective magnifying glass.

[firehazard]

Or it may indeed be the fault of the old 'uns who've started reading stuff on bloody kindles because their eyesight isn't what it was and they struggle with the printed page these days...

My better half was in the waiting room at the eye clinic yesterday, where she saw a hilarious site: an old guy with a sparkly new cutting edge smart phone, that he was peering at through a Victorian-esqe detective magnifying glass.

Wondering what that old guy was looking at... because looking at stuff affects your eyesight, you know. Or that's what I was told when I was young.

[Ciderman]

My Dad does the same with his smart phone lol

[Toonboy]

Ken Dodd,comedian,singer[huge in the 60's].I loved his radio shows,probably more then his appearances on tv.A very funny man,very much of his time,i don't think the 'Ant and Dec crowd'would appreciate or understand.The only thing i have in common with Ant & Dec is that we hail from North East England,personally i think they are dreadful and not fit to lace Ken Dodd's boots,nor mine for that matter.RIP Sir Ken.

[Low D]

Stephen Hawking, 76.

Not bad for a guy who was told he had only a couple years left to live back in his 20s.

[firehazard]

Stephen Hawking, 76.

Not bad for a guy who was told he had only a couple years left to live back in his 20s.

He's been a familiar site out and about in his big electric wheelchair in the city where I live, always surrounded by his entourage. "Oi mate, are you Stephen Hawking?" I've had shouted at me several times by groups of the local youth when I'm out and about in my (rather smaller) one. It never fails to amuse...

[Villajohn]

Liam O'Flynn,legendary uilleann piper and no slouch on the tin whistle,best known as a member of Planxty,though he achieved so much throughout his career.RIP Liam Og.

[Low D]

Liam O'Flynn,legendary uilleann piper and no slouch on the tin whistle,best known as a member of Planxty,though he achieved so much throughout his career.RIP Liam Og.

I hadn't even heard he was ill! Phil Coulter said "He was a king among pipers and a prince among men. A complete musician and a gentle soul".

He was my first Piper, anyway.

https://youtu.be/YMvBnEvuBuA

[Frances]

He's been a familiar site out and about in his big electric wheelchair in the city where I live, always surrounded by his entourage. "Oi mate, are you Stephen Hawking?" I've had shouted at me several times by groups of the local youth when I'm out and about in my (rather smaller) one. It never fails to amuse...

[firehazard]

He's been a familiar site out and about in his big electric wheelchair in the city where I live, always surrounded by his entourage. "Oi mate, are you Stephen Hawking?" I've had shouted at me several times by groups of the local youth when I'm out and about in my (rather smaller) one. It never fails to amuse...

Stephen Hawking's biographer wrote: "One of Hawking's regrets in life was not having an opportunity to run over Margaret Thatcher's toes."

[Fr. McGreer]

Stephen Hawking, 76.

Not bad for a guy who was told he had only a couple years left to live back in his 20s.

Control Alt Delete

[Low D]

45-year old "Sudan", the last male Northern White Rhino, has died.

[Low D]

Two females, 17 and 27 years old, remain. Sudan's genetic material has been preserved, so there is some faint hope for preservation of the sub species, but it's another sad , totally predictable day in the Holocene extinction.

[Low D]

Linda Brown, the Kansas girl at the centre of the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling "Brown vs. Board of Education" that struck down racial segregation in schools, has died this past Sunday at age 76.

[Wayne Kerr]

Ray Wilkins ,former Chelsea,Man Utd,Rangers,Milan,QPR,Paris SG,Millwall,Wycombe, midfielder,passed away yesterday,the 4th April aged only 61.Ray aka 'Butch' was also a coach at Chelsea,Fulham,Aston Villa,as well as appearing on Talksport radio.Gone too soon,RIP Ray.