death tribble

K is for Khan
 

If he'd done it twice in a row I might concede the point but as not Godzilla still holds the crown.
I grant you you that is the best entrance.
 
 Maigret
Maigret sees Double. A seemingly boring accountant is killed but Maigret finds out he was living a double life. He seemed to care nothing for his wife and family. And then Maigret discovers he was out of work so where did the money come from ? Who killed him and why ? Maigret brings in his nephew who was also in the Death in First Class story.
Maigret and the Rich. Maigret is told to drop everything as a threatening letter has been received at the household of a prominent lawyer. There is no crime yet there is the threat of one. Maigret interviews the lawyer, his two working colleagues who work in the same building, his secretary, the staff, his children and eventually the man's wife. Then Maigret receives letters threatening the same and saying that they may be provoked into action earlier. Again Maigret brings in his nephew. So when the death does occur, who did it and why ? It was a surprise the victim and the culprit.
 
Bandido
Robert Mitchum goes South of the border to help Mexican rebels by hijacking an arms shipment. This brings him between the arms supplier and the man's wife. As usual the government troops are seen as the bad guys. It is not bad. Artillery, machine guns and grenades are all put to use.
 
The Queen and her Ceremonial Horses
Made in 1984 this documentary looks at the horses used by the Royal household and what they are used for. It also looks at the people who look after the horses. Fascinating snap shot.
 
Parkinson
This was an episode from 2002 with Paul O'Grady, Paul Whitehouse and Gillian Anderson. O'Grady was recovering from a heart attack and Anderson had just finished the X-Files and was going into a play in the West End. Parkinson was always one of the best interviewers on TV. Closest I have seen was Dick Cavett.
 
Playthroughs
Watched down several board game playthroughs. Two came from Before You Play and were Viscounts of the West Kingdom and Paladins of the West Kingdom. Nice to see how the game works before you spend money on getting it.
Also Wingspan playthrough using the European birds expansion.
 
The Dice Tower's Top 100 Games of all Time 2024 edition.
10 videos covering 100 games from each of three reviewers and also 100 selected by the audience. There were a few crossovers between the three and also the people showing the breadth of taste people have and also what is obtainable either through Kickstarter or the shops. Ark Nova topped the people's choice closely followed by Wingspan. But Lost Ruins of Arnak and other games in my own collection turned up which gratified me.
 
The 39 Steps
This was the 1970s version with Robert Powell playing Hanney. It has the ending with Hanney perched on the minute hand of Big Ben in order to stop the bomb going off. Worth a look.
 
Batman (1966)
The film that was made to help sell the series to foreign markets  it has Lee Meriwether's only appearance as Catwoman  But it has Cesar Romero as the Joker, Frank Gorshin as the Riddler and Burgess Meredith as the Penguin. Only Romero as the Joker does not have a lot to do but the others get chances to really shine. There is so much fun in this even after repeated watches it can still be enjoyed even when you know the jokes. And it just goes to show that sometimes you just can't get rid of a bomb.

Armless
 
Harry Kiri (yes that is his name, his parents have a lot to answer for) has an odd power. He can project an arm hat can hit people at range or can do certain tasks like open doors or open windows or open a safe. When he is doing this he cannot do anything else. He likes pushing people. Like through open windows, off bridges or off a roof. Phantom Limb makes him do more subtle things such as moving a single object slightly to the left or right of where it was previously in order to drive someone mad. He does what he is told as he is safer with the others and is making more money.

The Face of Battle by John Keegan
This looks at military history and then at three specific battles, Agincourt, Waterloo and The Somme. It shows how big the battles were and how large were the forces involved. It also shows how warfare evolved in each case. The Somme covers the most as it is not a simple task to explain what happened and why. It is a fascinating read.

Judges Guild

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song

I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him, to listen for a while
And there he was, this young boy
A stranger to my eyes
 
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
 
I felt all flushed with fever
Embarrassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on
 
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
 
He sang as if he knew me
In all my dark despair
And then he looked right through me as if I wasn't there
And he just kept on singing
Singing clear and strong
 
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly
With his song
 
Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me
 
He was strumming my pain
Yeah, he was singing my life
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song

This is a song for my story and it will serve as the title
 

There is a specific level of Hell for those that squeeze the toothpaste from the middle of the tube instead of the bottom.

There is a specific level of Hell for those that squeeze the toothpaste from the middle of the tube instead of the bottom.

January 22nd 871 AD. Battle of Basing. The Saxons are defeated by the Vikings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Basing
 
January 22nd 1517 Battle of Ridaniya. The Ottomans defeat the Mamaluk Sultanate just outside Cairo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ridaniya
 
January 22nd 1879 Battle of Isandlwana. The Zulus defeat the British army
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana
 
January 22nd 1879 Battle of Rorke's drift begins
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke's_Drift
 
January 22nd 1901 Edward VII becomes king with the death of his mother Queen Victoria
 
January 22nd 1905 Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1905)
 
January 22nd 1915. Railway disaster in Mexico leads to 600 deaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalajara_train_disaster
 
January 22nd 1924. Ramsey MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
 
January 22nd 1927. First live commentary of a football match by Teddy Wakelam at Highbury between arsenal and Sheffield United. This was on the BBC radio
 
January 22nd 1941. Tobruk is captured from the Italians in Operation Compass.
 
January 22nd 1943 End of the battle of Buna-Gona. American and Australian forces defeat the Japanese in Papua New Guinea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buna–Gona
 
January 22nd 1944. Operation Shingle begins with landings at Anzio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio
 
January 22nd 1970. The Boeing 747 starts commercial service flying from New York to London
 
January 22nd 1973. The Supreme Court delivers its decision in Roe vs Wade and Doe vs Bolton legalizing elective abortion in the U.S.
 
January 22nd 1973 A 707 explodes on landing in Nigeria killing 176 passengers and crew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Kano_Nigeria_Airways_Boeing_707_crash
 
January 22nd 1973 George Forman defeats Joe Frazier in the second round to become world heavyweight boxing champion
 
January 22nd 1984 Superbowl XVIII The LA Raiders defeat the Washington Redskins 38-9
 
January 22nd 1989 Superbowl XXIII the San Francicso 49ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 20-16
 
Born this day Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, Captain Kidd, Lord Byron, August Strindberg, D W Griffith. Conrad Veidt, Sergei Eisenstein, Robert E Howard, U Thant (UN Secretary General), Alf Ramsey (England football manager), Sam Cooke, Piper Laurie, Bill Bixby, John Hurt, Malcolm McLaren, Steve Perry , Jim Jarmusch, Tully Blanchard, John Wesley Shipp (he played the Flash and the Flash's father), Linda Blair, , Michael Hutchence and Olivia d'Abo
Died this day Shah Jahan (who caused the Taj Mahal to be built), Queen Victoria, Mike Hawthorn (United Kingdom's first Formula 1 and winner of the 1955 Le Mans 24 race which had a disastrous crash), Lyndon B Johnson, Telly Savalas, Ann Miller, Heath Ledger, Jean Simmons, Ursula K LeGuin and Hank Aaron (baseball player)

I'm pretty sure that Jkeown knows the DESILU link to Star Trek and used the acronym accordingly.

January 22nd 871 AD. Battle of Basing. The Saxons are defeated by the Vikings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Basing
 
January 22nd 1517 Battle of Ridaniya. The Ottomans defeat the Mamaluk Sultanate just outside Cairo.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ridaniya
 
January 22nd 1879 Battle of Isandlwana. The Zulus defeat the British army
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Isandlwana
 
January 22nd 1879 Battle of Rorke's drift begins
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rorke's_Drift
 
January 22nd 1901 Edward VII becomes king with the death of his mother Queen Victoria
 
January 22nd 1905 Bloody Sunday in Saint Petersburg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Sunday_(1905)
 
January 22nd 1915. Railway disaster in Mexico leads to 600 deaths
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalajara_train_disaster
 
January 22nd 1924. Ramsey MacDonald becomes the first Labour Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
 
January 22nd 1927. First live commentary of a football match by Teddy Wakelam at Highbury between arsenal and Sheffield United. This was on the BBC radio
 
January 22nd 1941. Tobruk is captured from the Italians in Operation Compass.
 
January 22nd 1943 End of the battle of Buna-Gona. American and Australian forces defeat the Japanese in Papua New Guinea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Buna–Gona
 
January 22nd 1944. Operation Shingle begins with landings at Anzio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Anzio
 
January 22nd 1970. The Boeing 747 starts commercial service flying from New York to London
 
January 22nd 1973. The Supreme Court delivers its decision in Roe vs Wade and Doe vs Bolton legalizing elective abortion in the U.S.
 
January 22nd 1973 A 707 explodes on landing in Nigeria killing 176 passengers and crew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Kano_Nigeria_Airways_Boeing_707_crash
 
January 22nd 1973 George Forman defeats Joe Frazier in the second round to become world heavyweight boxing champion
 
January 22nd 1984 Superbowl XVIII The LA Raiders defeat the Washington Redskins 38-9
 
January 22nd 1989 Superbowl XXIII the San Francicso 49ers beat the Cincinnati Bengals 20-16
 
Born this day Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, Captain Kidd, Lord Byron, August Strindberg, D W Griffith. Conrad Veidt, Sergei Eisenstein, Robert E Howard, U Thant (UN Secretary General), Alf Ramsey (England football manager), Sam Cooke, Piper Laurie, Bill Bixby, John Hurt, Malcolm McLaren, Steve Perry , Jim Jarmusch, Tully Blanchard, John Wesley Shipp (he played the Flash and the Flash's father), Linda Blair, , Michael Hutchence and Olivia d'Abo
Died this day Shah Jahan (who caused the Taj Mahal to be built), Queen Victoria, Mike Hawthorn (United Kingdom's first Formula 1 and winner of the 1955 Le Mans 24 race which had a disastrous crash), Lyndon B Johnson, Telly Savalas, Ann Miller, Heath Ledger, Jean Simmons, Ursula K LeGuin and Hank Aaron (baseball player)

I'm pretty sure that Jkeown knows the DESILU link to Star Trek and used the acronym accordingly.

January 20th 1567. Battle of Rio de Janeiro. Portugal beat France
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rio_de_Janeiro_(1567)
 
January 20th 1839 Battle of Yungay. This is in South America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yungay
 
January 20th 1929 the first full length talking motion picture filmed outdoors is released
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Old_Arizona
 
January 20th 1936 King George V dies and is succeeded by his son as Edward VIII
 
January 20th 1937 Franklin D Roosevelt begins his second term as President as the 20th Amendment to the constitution take effect
 
January 20th 1942 The Wannsee Conference takes place.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wannsee_Conference
 
January 20th 1953. Dwight D Eisenhower becomes the first President to start his Presidency on January 20th since the 20th Amendment takes place
 
January 20th 1961. John F Kennedy is inaugurated as President as the youngest man to hold the office and the first Catholic
 
January 20th 1980. Superbowl XIV The Pittsburgh Steelers defeat the Los Angeles Rams 31-19
 
January 20th 1981. Twenty minutes after Ronald Reagan is inaugurated as President, Iran releases 52 American hostages.
 
January 20th 1985 Superbowl XIX The San Francisco49ers defeat the Miami Dolphins 38-16
 
January 20th 1986 Martin Luthor King Day is celebrated for the first time as a Federal holiday
 
January 20th 2009. Barack Obama is inaugurated as President and is the first African American to do so.
 
January 20th 2021. Joe Biden is inaugurated as the oldest person to hold the office of President. Kamala Harris is inaugurated as the first female Vice President.
 
Tom Baker the fourth actor to play Dr Who on television is 90 today
Also born this day Lead Belly, Federico Fellini, DeForest Kelley, Slim Whitman, Buzz Aldrin, David Lynch, Ian Hill (of Judas Priest fame), Paul Stanley (of KISS fame), Bill Maher, R A Salvatore and Nicky Wire (of Manic Street Preachers)
Died this day John Ruskin (painter and critic), Andrew Volstead (of Prohibition Act fame), Alan Freed, Johnny Weissmuller, Barbara Stanwyck, Audrey Hepburn, Sir Matt Busby, Etta James and Meat Loaf

Novak Djokovic is the first man to play 100 matches at all four of the tennis Grand Slams.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/68027490

Lay a whisper on my pillow,
Leave the winter on the ground.
I wake up lonely, there's air of silence
In the bedroom and all around

Touch me now, I close my eyes and dream away.

It must have been love but it's over now.
It must have been good but I lost it somehow.
It must have been love but it's over now.
From the moment we touched, 'til the time had run out.

Make-believing we're together
That I'm sheltered by your heart.
But in and outside I've turned to water
Like a teardrop in your palm.

And it's a hard winter's day, I dream away.

It must have been love but it's over now.
It was all that I wanted, now I'm living without.
It must have been love but it's over now,
It's where the water flows, it's where the wind blows.

It must have been love but it's over now.
It must have been good but I lost it somehow.
It must have been love but it's over now.
From the moment we touched, 'til the time had run out.

Yeah, it must have been love but it's over now.
It was all that I wanted, now I'm living without.
It must have been love but it's over now,
It's where the water flows, it's where the wind blows.

(must have been love but it's over now)
(must have been love but it's over now)

The Odyssey which is over 2,500 years old
Oedipus Rex which is nearly 2,500 years old

Well we still like you

Huge ancient city found in the Amazon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67940671

The play off game at Buffalo has been postponed due to the expected storm. It will be played on Monday

Huge ancient city found in the Amazon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67940671

Cape Verde declared malaria free. No cases in three years.
 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67951537
 
Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on the cosmos. (And no Cancer and I had nothing to do with this. This time.)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67950749

Cape Verde declared malaria free. No cases in three years.
 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67951537
 
Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on the cosmos. (And no Cancer and I had nothing to do with this. This time.)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67950749

Cape Verde declared malaria free. No cases in three years.
 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-67951537
 
Huge ring of galaxies challenges thinking on the cosmos. (And no Cancer and I had nothing to do with this. This time.)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67950749

Huge ancient city found in the Amazon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67940671