Pedro Posted August 30, 2022 Share Posted August 30, 2022 I remember the TV show Head of the Class filmed some stuff in the U.S.S.R. in the 80's and even had the quiz bowl a battle of US Vs Russia. Gorbachev was a complicated man but he knew how bad nuclear war would be and did his damndest to prevent it. RIP 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 Today is the 25th Anniversary of Princess Diana's passing. I was 12 years old, I still remember going into my parents bedroom to inform them having watched the breaking news and heard on the radio. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pete Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 hour ago, The Natural said: Today is the 25th Anniversary of Princess Diana's passing. I was 12 years old, I still remember going into my parents bedroom to inform them having watched the breaking news and heard on the radio. I remember watching AAA when they cut away from the match to broadcast the news for about 10 seconds... only to immediately go back to the match. It's like the network said "HEY! Match first, then Diana's death. Priorities, buster." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLSigman Posted August 31, 2022 Share Posted August 31, 2022 1 hour ago, The Natural said: Today is the 25th Anniversary of Princess Diana's passing. I was 12 years old, I still remember going into my parents bedroom to inform them having watched the breaking news and heard on the radio. I was at home between college semesters, deeply ill with colitis, and remember turning to Mom and saying, "Those poor boys of her's." Just a terrible, unnecessary tragedy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zimbra Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 According to her son sociologist and author Barbara Ehrenreich passed away yesterday at age 81. Reading Nickel & Dimed was a big radicalizing moment for me, as it was for a lot of other people. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLSigman Posted September 6, 2022 Share Posted September 6, 2022 (edited) I probably first saw his name when I was in my Stephen King phase in early high school, and The Talisman is one of the few books of King's I own. RIP Edited September 6, 2022 by JLSigman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) Ok we'll leave it for now Edited September 8, 2022 by SprintingFromAmerica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 41 minutes ago, SprintingFromAmerica said: Pre-emptive...but looks like Queen Elizabeth II is in the final days. She definitely did her thing, and it's gonna be a thing. Oh boy. Yeah, we all know she's not doing great but, dude. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Tone was misplaced perhaps, apologies to anyone who was offended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Technically could go in the other thread too but 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolfan in NYC Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 Technically it did. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) The Queen has died. Just announced now, 96. Thoughts go out to Her Majesty family and friends at this time xxx. Edited September 8, 2022 by The Natural 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dolfan in NYC Posted September 8, 2022 Author Share Posted September 8, 2022 Also, one of those odd things that I have no idea how they'll actually deal with, by British law, all money with the deceased regent's face on it must be returned and replaced immediately. With the literal billions of pounds out there, that's a problem on an insane scale. And another interesting thing, Charles is now king, right? So... his royal name. There have been 2 (or 3!) Charles before him, and their reigns didn't go so well. So he may choose to reign as Charles III (or IV) or, he may take his maternal grandfather's name and reign as George VII. We'll find out soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Answer Me This years ago did a thing on the RATS - the Royal alert transmission system, the bbc protocols for “category 1 Royal deaths.” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Also, one of those odd things that I have no idea how they'll actually deal with, by British law, all money with the deceased regent's face on it must be returned and replaced immediately. With the literal billions of pounds out there, that's a problem on an insane scale. And another interesting thing, Charles is now king, right? So... his royal name. There have been 2 (or 3!) Charles before him, and their reigns didn't go so well. So he may choose to reign as Charles III (or IV) or, he may take his maternal grandfather's name and reign as George VII. We'll find out soon enough. EDIT: so much for that bullshit. Charles is a jinxed name though, as both the other two were overthrown. . . RIP. Edited September 8, 2022 by Kuetsar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 4 minutes ago, Dolfan in NYC said: Also, one of those odd things that I have no idea how they'll actually deal with, by British law, all money with the deceased regent's face on it must be returned and replaced immediately. With the literal billions of pounds out there, that's a problem on an insane scale. And another interesting thing, Charles is now king, right? So... his royal name. There have been 2 (or 3!) Charles before him, and their reigns didn't go so well. So he may choose to reign as Charles III (or IV) or, he may take his maternal grandfather's name and reign as George VII. We'll find out soon enough. Yes. King Charles the III. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kuetsar Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 45 minutes ago, Kuetsar said: EDIT: so much for that bullshit. Charles is a jinxed name though, as both the other two were overthrown. . . RIP. Ugh, again. Charles I was the one who was executed, Charles II was restored. James II was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StretchMediatedHypertrophy Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 (edited) Yeah I jumped the gun, apologies again, but it was very clear that Operation London Bridge was beginning - something I've been aware of for about 25 years, and it is a very odd thing. She's the only Queen I've ever known, and whilst other countries have their Royal Families....I mean lol c'mon right? She is The Queen and she will likely remain so for a long time given that the next 3 generations will likely be male (obv Camilla being the Queen Consort isn't the same thing). Only Beyonce can give her a run for her money. Obviously it has been quite a life. I have no interest in getting mawkish about a lady who got to drink Bollinger every day and seemed to enjoy a pretty damn good life for the most part - it would be nice to think she may have had a glass today, but probably she had to settle for the morphine. It would of course be churlish not to be somewhat admirous of how she has steered the ship of 'The Firm' during the last 70 years, particularly the last 30. So may she rest in peace - no doubt her life will be celebrated in great detail, and no quarrel from me on any of that. Whilst many of our leaders found ways around the rules, she sat alone at her husband's funeral and that cannot have been an easy time. The last few years have seen her faced with British governments that have seemed quite keen on playing their edge with the constitution, and we are now faced with some very grave economic issues - it will be interesting to see how Charles, or whatever he calls himself now, reacts to this. It is increasingly known that he has not been quiet behind the scenes on various matters, normally in ways that are somewhat....self-referential. Cometh the hour, cometh the man (in this case) perhaps - but I live more in hope than expectation. I saw the Queen once. I was in the Aldwych area one random early evening, probably about 15ish years ago maybe a little more. I think I was crossing the road and made it halfway to a traffic island, and but there were some black cars coming. The second one had the Queen in the back, pretty sure she was sat on her own - quite surprising she didn't have tinted windows. It was kind of cool. It would have been better if she had been picking her nose obviously, but she probably had someone to take care of that. If I may be even a little more irreverant, may Earl Robert Eaton welcome her into Eternity. Rest in Peace Liz! Edited September 8, 2022 by SprintingFromAmerica added photo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 2 hours ago, The Natural said: Yes. King Charles the III. Like this post if you're having problems not instinctively adding "Spaniel" to the end of that. Also, this. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 I'm sad that one of her final moments was meeting that fucking idiot Liz Truss. Jokingly, I'd like to imagine after that she said, fuck it, I'm out. RIP 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 1 minute ago, Craig H said: I'm sad that one of her final moments was meeting that fucking idiot Liz Truss. Jokingly, I'd like to imagine after that she said, fuck it, I'm out. RIP At least she outlasted Boris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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