Teddy Posted April 24, 2011 Report Share Posted April 24, 2011 Only Fools and Horses writer John Sullivan OBE dies John Sullivan created TV hits Only Fools and Horses and Citizen Smith John Sullivan, who wrote one of the best-loved British sitcoms, Only Fools and Horses, has died at the age of 64. He had been in intensive care for six weeks at a hospital in Surrey, battling viral pneumonia. He also wrote Citizen Smith and Just Good Friends, and the third and final episode of his latest work Rock & Chips will be shown on BBC One on Thursday. Sir David Jason, who played Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses, said he was "devastated" at the loss of his friend. He said: "We have lost our country's greatest comedy writer but he leaves us a great legacy, the gift of laughter. My thoughts at this time are with his lovely family." Nicholas Lyndhurst, who played Del's brother Rodney, said he was "shocked" and "deeply saddened" and described his friend as "without doubt" Britain's finest TV writer. He said: "He was a shy and self-effacing man, but had a huge passion for his work and was looking forward to writing more Rock & Chips, I hope the last episode makes him proud." BBC director general Mark Thompson said: "John had a unique gift for turning everyday life and characters we all know into unforgettable comedy." The son of a plumber, he is survived by his wife Sharon and two sons, a daughter and two grandchildren. Gareth Gwenlan, a producer of Only Fools and Horses, said his widow was "obviously devastated" and had her family around her. The Corporation's head of comedy Mark Freeland added: "No-one understood what made us laugh and cry better than John Sullivan. "He was the Dickens of our generation. Simply the best, most natural, most heartfelt comedy writer of our time." Only Fools and Horses was regularly voted the greatest British sitcom He added: "Everything he wrote was basically about his life and the absurdities he faced, and the great characters he met. "And they just struck a resonance with everyone in the nation - you don't get an audience of over 23 million people if you're not doing something right, and chiming bells with a huge amount of people." BBC creative director Alan Yentob said there was a beauty to his scripts and the Trotter family would provide enjoyment, tears and laughter for generations to come. Stephen Fry said he was "terribly saddened" by the news and described him on Twitter as "one of the great comedy writers of our time". Only Fools and Horses - starring David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst as south London brothers Del and Rodney Trotter forever trying to make a quick fortune - was regularly voted Britain's favourite sitcom. It ran for 10 years between 1981 and 1991, with several Christmas specials in the years that followed. The 1996 special Time On Our Hands, which was billed as the final episode and saw Del Boy come good on his ambition to make himself and Rodney millionaires, was watched by more than 24 million people, a record for a sitcom in the UK. The demand for follow-ups saw Sullivan eventually relent and return to the story of the Trotters from 2001 for occasional Christmas specials. He also wrote a spin-off - The Green Green Grass, featuring Only Fools characters Boycie and Marlene - and a prequel, Rock & Chips, which documented Del Boy's early life. Another show written by Sullivan, Just Good Friends, proved popular in the 1980s. It starred Paul Nicholas and Jan Francis as former lovers who meet up again five years after he jilted her. John Sullivan, who was born in Balham, south London, in 1946, and always said his secret was that he wrote about what he knew, got his first job at the BBC as a scenery hand aged 16. During his spare time he wrote sketches and got his first break when he submitted a script to well-known comedy producer Dennis Main Wilson, who loved it. He was commissioned to write more episodes, given three months' paid leave, and ended up with Citizen Smith - a comedy starring Robert Lindsay as the young communist "Wolfie" Smith. He once described Rodney from Only Fools and Horses as a "teeny bit me" because he was also a bit of a "naive dreamer" as a teenager. And he said Del Boy was an amalgam of many characters he came across while working in the second-hand car trade in the 1970s. He was appointed an OBE in 2005 for services to drama. Personally, I this quite sad. As he wrote a few shows that I still watch to this day. Only fools and horses is a show probably know inside out and watch it regularly. Especially when I miss home or have a reminder of "the old days". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodKarma Posted April 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 The Last Typewriter Factory In The World Shuts It's Doors...:cry:cry: Full story -The Atlantic This is what one looks like if you have never seen one..LOL I've owned at least two typewriters over the years. They were passed down to me from other family members; I think one I discovered in my grandmother's basement and begged her to let me take it home with me. She obliged and I used the thing, banging out random nonsense, until I ran out of tape. There's something about the large, clunky, medieval device that appeals to the aspiring writers among us; they make you feel more connected to your work. When a story is done and has been pulled off the roller, you can still feel it in your fingers. Because I have a mother that loves to collect antiques -- and drag her children with her to the nearest barn sale -- I've seen hundreds of typewriters. (The Smith-Corona Galaxie DeLuxe, made famous among members of my generation by Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous, will always be a favorite.) It never occurred to me that I might not be able to find one whenever the desire hit. Sure, there are thousands collecting dust on thrift store shelves from here to Texarkana, but that will eventually change. Now that Godrej and Boyce, the last company left in the world still manufacturing the devices, has closed its doors, when typewriters make their way to landfills, there won't be any new ones to replace them. With only about 200 machines left -- and most of those in Arabic languages -- Godrej and Boyce shut down its plant in Mumbai, India, today. "Although typewriters became obsolete years ago in the west, they were still common in India -- until recently," according to the Daily Mail, which ran a special story this morning about the typewriters demise. "Demand for the machines has sunk in the last ten years as consumers switch to computers." Secretaries, rejoice. "We are not getting many orders now," Milind Dukle, Godrej and Boyce's general manager, told the paper. "From the early 2000s onwards, computers started dominating. All the manufacturers of office typewriters stopped production, except us. 'Till 2009, we used to produce 10,000 to 12,000 machines a year. But this might be the last chance for typewriter lovers. Now, our primary market is among the defence agencies, courts and government offices." Godrej and Boyce has been around for about 60 years now, having opened in a time when Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru celebrated the typewriter as a "symbol of India's emerging independence and industrialisation." For decades, the company was producing -- and selling -- tens of thousands of units annually. It the early 1990s, the Daily Mail points out, it was still able to sell 50,000 machines. In less than 20 years, though, that number dropped to fewer than 800. There's still a market, albeit a (very) small one. And we're not enough to sustain an industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted April 28, 2011 Report Share Posted April 28, 2011 Gulliver’s Serves 1,000,000th AssholeAsshole Bar Also Popular with Dickheads, Douchebags, Twats KHAO SAN ROAD – Local bar and nightspot Gulliver’s Travelers Tavern celebrated a major milestone Saturday by serving its one-millionth asshole. At approximately 11:32 PM, a large Chang beer was provided to Eric Crosser, a 27-year-old New Zealander who sleeps with Thai women who are obviously prostitutes but then refuses to pay them because no explicit commercial agreement was made. The serving of the beer to Crosser represents the millionth time that the establishment has served an alcoholic beverage to an asshole since its opening in 1995. Read the rest at Not the Nation. Here at TF we're coming up on a similar milestone :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 91 year old lady selling suicide kits I'm for assisted suicide, but I think it's something that needs to be professionally monitored with some rules set in place (ie, you have to be suffering a few months before your death to get it). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodKarma Posted April 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 (edited) Ex-Miss USA upset over TSA pat down at DFW DALLAS—A former Miss USA says a security pat down at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport left her feeling molested and violated. Susie Castillo, who was crowned in 2003, representing Massachusetts, was in tears following the April 21 experience. She did a video minutes later and posted it online. Castillo was searched while preparing to fly home to Los Angeles. The beauty queen turned actress says she decided against doing the body scanner over concerns about exposure to radiation. Castillo says a female Transportation Security Administration worker who checked her touched her crotch area several times. Castillo later complained and was given a TSA comment card. TSA spokesman Luis Casanova says the screener was questioned and did the pat down correctly. Casanova apologized for any discomfort to Castillo. ‘Saddam Hussein’ Is Alive and Prank Calling People? Wtf? -Gawker Gravedigger posed as warlock to rape girls, court is told -The Mirror A GRAVEDIGGER tricked girls into having sex with him by claiming he was a warlock who could give them special powers, a court heard yesterday. William Lambert, 74, lured his young victims to his mystically-decorated church shed and raped one of them on a gravestone, jurors were told. read more... Alabama Eyewitness tornado "How about that?" Calling animals 'pets' now is insulting, academics claim Wtf? in the whurl is wrong with folks...LOL hehehe Animal lovers should stop calling their furry or feathered friends “pets†because the term is insulting, leading academics claim. read more... Edited April 30, 2011 by GoodKarma to insert photo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Facebook users in Thailand fall for scamBANGKOK, Apr 26, 2011 (The Nation - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- Many Facebook users in Thailand recently lost money to scammers who posted messages on the social-networking site claiming that they were selling iPhones at low prices. A 22-year-old woman, who only wanted to be known as Kik has asked The Nation (Thailand)'s sister publication Kom Chad Luek to help investigate the matter and blow the whistle on the scammers. "I saw a message posted by an old friend. We have been keeping contact via Facebook." She said she replied to the message and asked her friend about the iPhone 4, which was allegedly up for grabs at just 18,000 baht (US$600) instead of 24,000 baht. Her friend responded by giving her a mobile-phone number, and when Kik called, the person on the other end told her there were 40 iPhone gadgets up for sale. "She told me to put 15,000 baht in her bank account first and pay the rest after the phone was delivered," Kik said. "After I made the transfer, she never answered my call." Kik later found out that many other Facebook users had fallen for this scam, and her old friend said her Facebook account had been hacked. The victims have lodged a complaint with police. In response to this case, the Office of the Consumer Protection Board warned people to be ware of advertisements offering products for unusually low prices. via TMCNET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted May 1, 2011 Report Share Posted May 1, 2011 Beggar's act of generosity to temple beggars belief Saraburi invalid collects 400,000 baht in one year to make charitable donation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieJR Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden is dead, according to US media reports citing officials. The US is in possession of Bin Laden's body, the reports say. President Barack Obama is due to make a statement shortly. Mr Bin Laden is top of the US most wanted list. He is accused of being behind a number of atrocities, including the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13256676 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_Bob Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden is dead, according to US media reports citing officials.The US is in possession of Bin Laden's body, the reports say. President Barack Obama is due to make a statement shortly. Mr Bin Laden is top of the US most wanted list. He is accused of being behind a number of atrocities, including the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13256676 Not sure if this will reduce or increase terrorism... How many people will be inspired to take up arms to avenge his death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitelotus Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Al-Qaeda founder and leader Osama Bin Laden is dead, according to US media reports citing officials.The US is in possession of Bin Laden's body, the reports say. President Barack Obama is due to make a statement shortly. Mr Bin Laden is top of the US most wanted list. He is accused of being behind a number of atrocities, including the attacks on New York and Washington on 11 September 2001. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-13256676 I can't stand to accept this news , is this true?????? oh no, he is my hero . ho noooooooooo . my poor Binladen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieJR Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I can't stand to accept this news , is this true?????? oh no, he is my hero . ho noooooooooo . my poor Binladen looks like you will have to find another one then ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I can't stand to accept this news , is this true?????? oh no, he is my hero . ho noooooooooo . my poor Binladen Interesting...Imagine if someone KILLED THOUSANDS OF THAIS, changed the way Thais lived for the worse, and then mocked the country for a decade after that. Then I come in and say that he is my hero...joke or not, it's just not right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teddy Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQ47eGSilPc&feature=player_embedded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitelotus Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Interesting...Imagine if someone KILLED THOUSANDS OF THAIS, changed the way Thais lived for the worse, and then mocked the country for a decade after that. Then I come in and say that he is my hero...joke or not, it's just not right. Thx to think it's joke but for me, i have never believed that this guy made that tragedies ;9/11 or killed others human being. i believe that All things have been set up by jewish-american like they did with my Saddam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolbreez Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Thx to think it's joke but for me, i have never believed that this guy made that tragedies ;9/11 or killed others human being. i believe that All things have been set up by jewish-american like they did with my Saddam. It's nice to know that TF is a well rounded community, it even has a brain washed member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitelotus Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 It's nice to know that TF is a well rounded community, it even has a brain washed member. your brain may be washed by american media , but i'm sure it's not mine. Find some evident about sadam case or binladen biography and then u'll understand me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieJR Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 your brain may be washed by american media , but i'm sure it's not mine. Find some evident about sadam case or binladen biography and then u'll understand me Why don't you prove he's wrong then by posting this so called evidence? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitelotus Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Why don't you prove he's wrong then by posting this so called evidence? i have seen and read those evidence for 3-5 years ago and not kept those in this PC. Hence, i think that the one who disagree with me should enlighten himself by self searching not just open his mouth for my food and then split out when he find that it's not his taste even it is the good food ( the fact) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieJR Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 i have seen and read those evidence for 3-5 years ago and not kept those in this PC. Hence, i think that the one who disagree with me should enlighten himself by self searching not just open his mouth for my food and then split out when he find that it's not his taste even it is the good food ( the fact) So to sum it up.....You have no idea what the fu*k you are talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teila Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I can't stand to accept this news , is this true?????? oh no, he is my hero . ho noooooooooo . my poor Binladen I thought that was an attempt at sarcastic humor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitelotus Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 So to sum it up.....You have no idea what the fu*k you are talking about. said it again with your inner and also check if u know about this guy more than me , i know who i talk about and know that i am not just a bullshit westerner who select to believe the voice from USA rather than other part of this world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitelotus Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I thought that was an attempt at sarcastic humor my real feeling teila , he is my hero and i'm quite shock after reading this news from this TF site , then just check with yahoo (but not yet open TV) . i'm really upset teila (not fake or joke but real) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevieJR Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 said it again with your inner and also check if u know about this guy more than me , i know who i talk about and know that i am not just a bullshit westerner who select to believe the voice from USA rather than other part of this world. You quote what you say as 'fact' and then go on to say 'Oh i read it 3-5 years ago but its on another computer' You're right on one thing tho, you are not an bullshit westerner.....You're an ignorant Asian who cannot back up what comes out of her idiotic gob! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 I thought that was an attempt at sarcastic humor Me too...now I can't tell which one is worse. It's sad to know that there are people like this in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_Bob Posted May 2, 2011 Report Share Posted May 2, 2011 Hero or not, I hope he enough time to know what was happening. I hope it was horribly painful and slow. I hope he felt something like his victims felt. And now he's dead, I hope Hell truly exists and he spends an eternity in agony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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