[QUOTE=pinhodecarlos;372443]I am sorry for you lost. :cry:[/QUOTE]

Thanks!

[QUOTE=ewmayer;372444]Mein tiefstes Beileid, Peter - mein verstorbener Vater war 1938 in Deutsch-Kamerun geboren, auf einer Bananenplantage. Also haben wir beide eine "Africa connection."[/QUOTE]

Danke! Bei uns war es eine Sisalplantage, die der Grossvater im ehemaligen Deutsch-Ostafrika gegruendet hatte.

[QUOTE=Brian-E;372446]Peter, my condolences.[/QUOTE]

Thanks!

Thank you all folks for your kind words, it really does mean something to me.

Colin Pillinger
 

[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27325339[/url]

[url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/veteran-ten-reporter-harry-potter-72-dies-of-cancer-20140509-zr7hx.html]Harry Potter[/url] - His wizarding skills were no match for the grim reaper, alas.

[url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/13/us-people-giger-idUSKBN0DT0HX20140513]H.R. Giger[/url]

Sandy Green
[URL]http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/maths/people/staff/sandy_green/[/URL]

[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Angelou]Maya_Angelou[/url]
[quote]At the age of eight, while living with her mother, Angelou was sexually abused and raped by her mother's boyfriend, a man named Freeman. She told her brother, who told the rest of their family. Freeman was found guilty but was jailed for only one day. Four days after his release, he was murdered, probably by Angelou's uncles. Angelou became mute for almost five years, believing, as she stated, "I thought, my voice killed him; I killed that man, because I told his name. And then I thought I would never speak again, because my voice would kill anyone ..." According to Marcia Ann Gillespie and her colleagues, who wrote a biography about Angelou, it was during this period of silence when Angelou developed her extraordinary memory, her love for books and literature, and her ability to listen and observe the world around her.[/quote]

[URL="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-navajo-code-talker-dead-20140604,0,3497584.story"]Chester Nez[/URL]
The last of the Navajo Code Talkers.

"Black" Jack Brabham. Race car driver extraordinaire from the Land Down Under.
I was lucky enough to see him race in F1 at Watkins Glen, NY and Mosport, CA as a young man.

[LEFT]Rik Mayall
aka Alan B'stard, Lord Flash(h)eart, ...
Anyone remember Kevin Turvey?

[URL]http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27770266[/URL]

[/LEFT]

[QUOTE=Nick;375420][LEFT]Rik Mayall
aka Alan B'stard, Lord Flash(h)eart, ...
Anyone remember Kevin Turvey?

[URL]http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-27770266[/URL]

[/LEFT][/QUOTE]:sad:

I thought his suggestion of B'Stard's Fence had a lot going for it and that it's surprising that UKraP haven't adopted it for their manifesto.

[QUOTE=Nick;375420][LEFT]Rik Mayall[/QUOTE]

One of my all-time fave regular guest stars in the [i]Blackadder[/i] quadrilogy. List of memorable quotes [url=www.imdb.com/character/ch0093836/quotes]here[/url]:
[i]
Lord Flasheart: All right men, let's do-oo-oo it! The first thing to remember is: always treat your kite
[Flashheart taps the picture of the Sopwith Camel with his cane]
Lord Flasheart: like you treat your woman!
[Flashheart whips the air with his cane]
Lieutenant George: How, how do you mean, Sir? Do you mean, do you mean take her home at weekends to meet your mother?
Lord Flasheart: No, I mean get inside her five times a day and take her to heaven and back.
[/i]
[I recall the wording "best girl" instead of "woman", but perhaps my memory is fawlty.]