JCC 2016 Celebrity Deadpool (Congratulations Ramza!)

Huh. Was it a proper news break? I can't imagine they'd hand Norm MacDonald a little note to read on Weekend Update.

 

Her influence is bigger than nearly all of the European Royalties before and after her death. I never understand why did Charles cheat on her, is he braindead or something extremely stupid?

 

He didn't love her. She didn't love him. They just weren't a good match.
Nothing stupid about that.

 

That's extremely stupid

 

It's not like you to wildly exaggerate.

 

Princess Diana wasn't too old.

 

Who is the current dean of "celebrities who are famous for being so old" since Abe Vigoda died? Betty White? Bob Barker is also quickly approaching "Man, that guy is getting really, really old" status.

 

Kirk Douglas is going to be 100 in December.

 

Why is it stupid? He didn't love her. The marriage was arranged but he always had a thing for Parker Bowles.

Charles did his duty as was required of his position, and while I believe he will have felt something for her it in no way will have compared to what he felt for Camilla.


Her attractiveness will have played minimal part in how her felt if he was already attracted to someone else.



If your "stupid" comment is based on her attractiveness then you're a shallow arse.

 

Okay, so he's no Bowie, but he had a massive effect on people's lives, and helped shape the 20th century.

Joe Sutter, 'Father of the Boeing 747', dies

By Tim Bowler Business reporter, BBC News

31 August 2016
From the section Business

Joe Sutter, the man who led development of Boeing's 747 jumbo jet, has died aged 95.

Boeing's commercial aircraft boss Ray Conner said Sutter was "an inspiration" not just to Boeing but "to the entire aerospace industry".

The 747, which ushered in the long-haul travel era, first flew in 1969 before making its commercial debut in 1970.

It only lost its status as the biggest passenger aircraft in 2007 with the launch of the Airbus A380.

Sutter was in charge of the engineering team that developed the 747 in the mid-1960s.

He and his team became known as "the Incredibles" for producing the world's largest aeroplane in just 29 months.

Cautious beginnings

Ironically, Boeing did not initially expect to produce many passenger-carrying 747s.

In the 1960s, the future of commercial aviation was widely expected to be with supersonic airliners. The subsonic 747 was expected to become obsolete after a production run of about 400 craft.



Ironically, in the 1960s supersonic airliners were thought to be the future for commercial aviation, not subsonic aircraft like the 747

Boeing thought it would largely be used as a freighter - which was why the pilots' cabin was placed on an upper deck - giving the aircraft its distinctive humped silhouette.

However, with the oil price rises of the 1970s, noisy and expensive supersonic flight was limited to just one commercial aircraft - Concorde.

The 747, on the other hand, has been continuously updated and improved throughout its life.

Production is likely to last until at least 2019, and so far the company has delivered more than 1,500 of the planes.

Engineering career

Joe Sutter was born in Seattle in March 1921, and took a summer job at Boeing in 1940 while studying for an aeronautical engineering degree.

His first job was working on Boeing's 1940s propeller-driven airliner, the Stratocruiser, and was then involved in most of the company's subsequent commercial aircraft.

After his retirement from Boeing after four decades in 1986, he continued working for the company as a consultant.

He also served on the Rogers Commission that investigated the 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger disaster.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37231980

 

Yeah, that makes it even more stupid.

 

Why?

 

"too old"

 

Cause Diana is great and Camilla, meh?

 

This is all about looks isn't it?

 

A note for UK Gene Wilder fans - Sky Select (channel 312) is showing Blazing Saddles this afternoon at 2:55 PM. Pretty sure this was already scheduled before Gene Wilder died.

 

Jon Polito

 

aw, Crosetti

 

Reminds me of the scene in Happy GIlmore where Happy shows up to a posh golf cocktail bar in jeans and an AC/DC t-shirt.

 

Hugh O'Brian
http://www.tvguide.com/news/hugh-obrian-star-of-the-life-and-legend-of-wyatt-earp-dead-at-91/

 

alexis arquette

she was the dude in the bathroom in pulp fiction who came out and shot at vince and jules but missed, prompting jules' introspection and life changes. she was still a dude at the time.

 

It's sad, because I remember the media coverage (Pre Social Media days) that surrounded her coming out as transgender and most treated it like one big joke. Just completely brutal to her. I can only hope that she found some peace in her life before the end.

 

RIP Zorak.