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Quick little anecdote..

I use a car mechanics they are far from fancy, it's a family run business and you wouldn't know it from the outside they look like any other garage but they are renowned locally for quality and honesty of service. There's a guy who drives over from France every year for example, to get his car serviced and checked over. That's how well liked they are.

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One time I was in having some tyres fitted and there's a chap who kept glancing over at me, he looked familiar but I couldn't place him.

It was Sir Bobby

I don't follow football, so whilst he was recognisable, I couldn't put a name to him.

Anyway point is he was a regular there, he drove an ordinary car (Volvo IIRC), came and sat in the cabin and waited for his MOT like any other customer
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zip accident wrote:My kid brother, Henry.

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I am sorry to hear that.
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Henry Kissinger at age of 100.
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I'm not wishing any peace for that ghoul.
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Shane Mcgowan :( :flower:
To be honest, I'm quite surprised he lasted as long as he did.

But still, rest easy ye glorious man.
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Saw a shot of him in hospital a few days ago and he looked terrible, so it isn't too surprising sadly.
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Yeah, a sad thing, I am a big fan of him and the Pogues still surprising he made it to 65 years...
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Yes, completely stunned he made it this far, he was a top applicant for a 27 Club membership but managed to soldier on this far.
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Fucking brain tumour just took Benjamin Zephania :(
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Ian Gibson, legendary 2000AD "art droid":

https://2000ad.com/news/ian-gibson-1946-2023/
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While I think over time Kevin O'Neill has become my overall favourite 2000AD artist, Ian's artwork was why I fell in love with the comic in the first place. Ace Trucking Co. and Sam Slade Robohunter were the first strips I really connected with, and all because of Gibson's artwork.
Everything was shiney, sweeping curves. It was what I expected the future to look like.

I still regard Halo Jones as one of the best stories they ever published. And unlike other strips, Ian was the only contributing artist.

Goodbye Ian, and thank you for expanding my mind at a young age.
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Just got back from a friend's cremation. Another one who didn't get to enjoy his retirement, spend the first 10 years caring for his wife who is suffering from early onset dementia, and another 2 years of godawful suffering from cancer.

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Carl Weathers has gone.

Go get to the chappa, Carl.. :flower:
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Steve Wright passed away on the 12th Feb.

Sad news used to get me by many a work day afternoon when I first started out. Loved all the phone in characters and his posse for his afternoon show.

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