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Spencer Silver. Inventor of Post-it Notes
Even bland can be a type of character :wave:
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Horse wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 12:52 pm Spencer Silver. Inventor of Post-it Notes
I'll make a note of that.
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gremlin wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 1:24 pm
Horse wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 12:52 pm Spencer Silver. Inventor of Post-it Notes
I'll make a note of that.
Could you just make it a sticky?
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Saga Lout wrote: Sun May 23, 2021 3:58 pm Ron Hill. :(

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/57220289
The legend!

I was immediately reminded of the army joke:

What's the difference between an army wife and an elephant.

Elephants don't wear Ron Hill Tracksters.
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Max Mosley

The Guardian: Max Mosley, privacy campaigner and outspoken FIA president, dies aged 81.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/ ... es-aged-81
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Pirahna wrote: Mon May 24, 2021 4:54 pm Max Mosley

The Guardian: Max Mosley, privacy campaigner and outspoken FIA president, dies aged 81.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/ ... es-aged-81
Co-founder of the March racing team and son of Oswald Mosley. He and Ecclestone were the architects of modern F1 (not to mention press privacy laws).
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William Shakespeare. Only 457 years old. What a sad loss.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-57287764
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Saga Lout wrote: Sat May 29, 2021 3:28 pm William Shakespeare. Only 457 years old. What a sad loss.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-57287764
A Happy Birthday be to him.
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Mr Nozzle wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 2:25 pm
gremlin wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 1:24 pm
Horse wrote: Wed May 19, 2021 12:52 pm Spencer Silver. Inventor of Post-it Notes
I'll make a note of that.
Could you just make it a sticky?
Did he come to a sticky end?
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Ned Beatty.

No more squealing like a pig, boi.
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John McAfee.

Certainly a 'character'.
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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:23 pm John McAfee.

Certainly a 'character'.
Blimey. I worked there 8 years and heard a few tales.

A flawed genius.
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Died in a Barcelona jail while waiting for extradition to the US. Early indications are that he took his own life.
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Image

John McAfee tweet Oct 15, 2020 "I am content in here. I have friends.
The food is good. All is well.
Know that if I hang myself, a la Epstein, it will be no fault of mine." https://twitter.com/officia.../status/1 ... 5083225096
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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jun 23, 2021 9:23 pm John McAfee.

Certainly a 'character'.
Was it a virus?
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Donald Rumsfeld; gone to find out about one of the known unknowns.
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slowsider wrote: Thu Jul 01, 2021 12:31 pm Donald Rumsfeld; gone to find out about one of the known unknowns.
https://www.duffelblog.com/p/donald-rum ... to-live-in
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Paul Mariner has sailed off. Ipswich and England.
Also a son of Lorry driving boxer Chrith Ewbankth.