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    Actress Dame Maggie Smith dies at 89 - BBC News

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      US country music star Kris Kristofferson dies, aged 88 - BBC News

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        Not a celeb but, British coal fired energy, gone after a 142 year innings: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o



        England's greatest sailor since Nelson lost the armada.

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          Originally posted by Uncle Albert View Post
          Not a celeb but, British coal fired energy, gone after a 142 year innings: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o


          And meanwhile the Chinese open hundreds more coal fired powerstations: they produce more CO2 in ten years than the UK produced since 1750.
          When the fun stops, STOP.

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            did anyone notice we can't make steel any more?
            He who Hingeth aboot, Getteth Hee Haw. https://forums.contractoruk.com/core...ies/smokin.gif

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                Loving the units in this one...
                tonnes, density in kg/l, area in km2, result in inches.
                …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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                  Originally posted by DoctorStrangelove View Post

                  And meanwhile the Chinese open hundreds more coal fired powerstations: they produce more CO2 in ten years than the UK produced since 1750.
                  TBF, if we produced over 30% of the world's manufacturing output, our CO2 emissions would probably also be much higher.

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                    Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond dies - BBC News

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                      Can we have a Living Nobodies thread? Joseph Cardill, car mechanic and part time librarian. Damn, can't find a link.
                      bloggoth

                      If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
                      John Wayne (My guru, not to be confused with my beloved prophet Jeremy Clarkson)

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