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@pettytalk saidAre you looking for it to happen in the Donne way, or in the Alhazred way?
To put an end to this thread, I'm waiting to post the notable death of Death itself, and hopefully before I die.
@pettytalk saidBy the time that happens, you won't need to post about it here.
To put an end to this thread, I'm waiting to post the notable death of Death itself, and hopefully before I die.
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@ponderable saidI read the newspaper on the toilet.🤔👍
Igor Rausis, former Grandmaster who achieved notoriety for cheating using a smartphone on the toilet.
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@great-big-stees saidTo be accurate he wasn't actually 'on' the toilet, he was hiding in the toilet.
I read the newspaper on the toilet.🤔👍
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@the-gravedigger saidEven worse.😲
To be accurate he wasn't actually 'on' the toilet, he was hiding in the toilet.
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@ponderable saidOMG...Just started reading that book yesterday. It's NOT light reading. Daniel and his partner Amos Tversky were brilliant.
Daniel Kahneman
Nobel Laureate; some here might have read: "Thinking. Fast and lsow"
I did learn a few things from him (via the book).
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@rookie54 saidNoooooooo!
Louis Gossett Jr, the first black man to win an Oscar for best supporting actor, dies at 87
https://news.sky.com/story/louis-gossett-jr-the-first-black-man-to-win-an-oscar-for-best-supporting-actor-dies-at-87-13101956
I hadn't heard.
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@ponderable saidHe was 114, very nearly 115.
Juan Vicente Pérez 113 years old.
Oldest living man for some time before his death. He hailed from Venezuela.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/oldest-man-guiness-world-records-juan-vicente-perez-dies-venezuela-before-115th-birthday/