Just looked up famous people born on the 29th of February.
Joss Ackland was 23 when he died in 2010
Alex Rocco (Moe Greene in The Godfather) was 19 when he died in 2015.
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21st King of England (1154-1189). Me and my mate Thomas Becket, having a good time putting things right that once went wrong. Until he called me Tetchy. TETCHY? I'LL SHOW HIM TETCHY.
Just looked up famous people born on the 29th of February.
Joss Ackland was 23 when he died in 2010
Alex Rocco (Moe Greene in The Godfather) was 19 when he died in 2015.
I remember it being very good indeed.
Oh and I'd recommend reading this as it's much better than it sounds.
I think the only zombie movies I've seen are 28 Days Later, 28 Weeks Later and Night of the Comet, which had Commander Chakotay in it.
05.08.2025 17:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hahaha! Good point!
(I'm adding it to my watch list, as I've never seen it.)
I didn't know that the Star Trek SNW episode "Shuttle to Kenfori" was named after Ken Foree from Dawn of the Dead.
Born on 29/02/1948, that means he's now 19 years old.
Once billionaires figure out how to move to another planet, the brakes will come off for them to REALLY destroy this one.
05.08.2025 15:49 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Nitrate films were sought-after by private collectors, as demonstrated by the recent recovery of a silent short movie:
The Servant Girlβs Legacy (1914)
It is the earliest surviving film performance by Oliver βBabeβ Hardy.
It must be bad being an actor's wife, watching your actor husband kiss other women for his job.
So if you're an actor's wife, who wants to even the score, send me a DM.
Mind the gap. Mind the gap.
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Stand clear of the doors, please.
Thank you Accurist for ensuring that time passed in the 80s.
Everything grinding to a halt was a terrifying prospect.
At the third stroke
The time sponsored by Accurist
Will be
Six, fifty-six, precisely
Bip-bip-beeeep
He received a Β£10 bonus, which was a lot of money... well, a nice chunk... back in 1952.
02.08.2025 13:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The bus driver, Albert Gunter, a WWII tank driver, realised the danger if the bus slid back down into the hinge bit of the bridge.
Passengers would undoubtedly be killed. So he hit the accelerator and jumped the gap.
The conductor broke his leg, but everyone else was fine.
How have I only just found out about when a London bus jumped Tower Bridge?
On 30th December 1952, a bridge worker who was supposed to stop traffic before Tower Bridge raises, somehow let a bus through.
Things that you're liable
to read in the bible...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-szBDby1Zg
Still guilty of Agadoo, though.
01.08.2025 21:40 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0In the death registers of early modern Venice, marginalia often marks the cause of death: drawings of daggers for murders, for instance.
In 1696, Giovanni Battista Rinaldi was killed by a dog. This is the drawing by his entry.
1970s answer:
01.08.2025 16:23 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Boo to Dutch!
We all know who the real Hero was.
Both Ray Vecchios!
01.08.2025 16:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Dark Skies
Babylon 5
My Name is Earl
Kingdom Hospital
Meanwhile, 23 years ago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB_I1YBAozE
It's the same the whole world over,
It's the poor what gets the blame,
It's the rich what gets the pleasure,
Isn't it a blooming shame?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Was_Poor_but_She_Was_Honest
Sent some of that Very Lazy garlic out to the shops to fetch some booze.
Still hasn't come back.
I understand that Alec Baldwin's wife is very funny.
31.07.2025 19:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0don't even get started on the SSD drives and RAM upgrades.
31.07.2025 18:03 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Y'see, the NAS itself is expensive... but then you have to buy the hard drives that go in it. They're about the same price again.
I've started with 2.