December 17, 20169 yr comment_749447 Port Talbot in Wales is home to a massive steelworks and docks, and has a current population of 30-odd thousand. It is not a particularly nice place, frankly. And includes Aberfan, where the coal spoil heap slid into a school 50 years ago killing 116 children and 28 adults. Yet from it has come a stream of first class actors: Bernard Fox Richard Burton Anthony Hopkins Michael Sheen No one has any idea why this is the case. But in any event - RIP Bernard Fox. Report
December 18, 20169 yr comment_749558 I posted this as an FB status, but it's relevant here as well. I had an hour's conversation with my ma. She'd talked to her friend Alan. Alan is quite a guy. He went to college with my uncle. Alan has been a huge success in life. He runs a company that does (something I don't understand) and has made a small fortune doing so. All this while keeping his business in the US and employing actual Americans. He's owned at least two yachts in the time that my mother has lived on the Vineyard (5 or so years.) On a couple occasions he's sailed in to visit her. His wife took her life this week. She hung herself. Suicide by hanging is particularly brutal on those one leaves behind. Someone has to find the body and cut it down. I explained to me mum that I'm familiar with this concept because it's covered pretty thoroughly in a folk song that I had on a Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem record from about age 4. I still have said record, as well as a clean digitized copy (it has never been released on CD) some saint uploaded to what.cd. There's a moral here somewhere. Listening to folk songs (Irish or otherwise) prepares one for the harsh realities of life. Report
December 18, 20169 yr comment_749560 So sad....do you know how old she was? It's tough to ever know what is in the hearts and minds of people. Hope she found peace. Report
December 18, 20169 yr comment_749587 Dr. Henry Heimlich maneuvered to age 96. 2016 decided that was enough. RIP to a real lifesaver. Report
December 18, 20169 yr comment_749591 RIP Dr Heimlich. We talked about him during lunch this afternoon. He was a thoracic surgeon, he had designed his famous manoeuvre theoretically and hadn't ever put it in practice until he was rather old and living at a residence. He saved the life of an old lady with his own hands even retired Report
December 18, 20169 yr Author comment_749594 What an amazing contribution to the world. RIP, Dr. Heimlich. Also, one of my favorite Beavis and Butthead episodes...https://www.watchcartoononline.io/playlist-cat/126731/beavis-and-butt-head-season-5-episode-4-choke Report
December 18, 20169 yr comment_749601 RIP Dr. Heimlich. I sucessfully used his maneuver a dog . So, his life saving expanded to animals too. Report
December 18, 20169 yr comment_749606 RIP Dr. Heimlich. A lifesaver for sure, but also a pretty weird dude. http://www.radiolab.org/story/273532-heimlich/ Report
December 18, 20169 yr comment_749607 RIP the maneuver man - who lived to a ripe old age, and contributed greatly. Not a lot of people end up with a life saving technique named after them. Report
December 18, 20169 yr comment_749609 RIP Zsa Zsa, at 99. Couldn't let her hit 100, could you 2016?! Report
December 19, 20169 yr comment_749612 RIP Dr. Heimlich. A High School friend saved his grandmother with his maneuver. And RIP Zsa Zsa, a lovely and classy woman. 96 and 99 are great old ages, but 2016 does indeed still suck royally. Report
December 19, 20169 yr comment_749623 2016 ain't over yet. She certainly lived quite a life. I remember an ad that ran on Nick At Nite, in the early 90s. It was a promo for Green Acres. It had a line in it that went something like "Remember, Green Acres stars *Eva* Gabor, not Zsa Zsa. Eva will not harm you." I thought it was pretty funny at the time. Report
December 19, 20169 yr comment_749631 She certainly lived a full life in the fast lane! Quite a character. RIP Zsa Zsa. Report
December 19, 20169 yr comment_749648 RIP Zsa Zsa. What a women you were... RIP Dr. Heimlich. HS Report
December 19, 20169 yr comment_749660 RIP the victims of the Berlin truck attack on shoppers. 9 confirmed dead so far. RIP The Russian ambassador to Turkey, gunned down by an off duty police officer. WTF just happened in the last few hours? Report
December 19, 20169 yr comment_749662 Fuck cancer Fuck terrorists Fuck people who aren't terrorists but still kill people like terrorists Fuck 2016 Report
December 20, 20169 yr comment_749670 The world is getting uglier and uglier. RIP to all. And worried about how Russia reacts..... Report
December 20, 20169 yr comment_749681 Erdogan and Putin have issued similar statements to the effect that the murder of the Russian ambassador is "nothing but a provocation". So, although essentially dictators in their own countries, they are allies and are talking and agreeing a form of words. So there will be no Russian reaction. Report
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