[Durham Giant]

R I P Gerry Anderson and CM Jenkins : Wed Jan 02, 2013 6:50 am  

a couple we seem to have missed although i cannot understand why Christopher Martin Jenkins a superb cricket commentator. I knew nothing about him other than listening to him on radio 4 for years listening to cricket commentaries. A familiar voice now gone. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/20881346 Gerry Anderson. A large piece of my childhood seems to have gone now with the man who created Thunderbirds and many more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20846670

a couple we seem to have missed although i cannot understand why Christopher Martin Jenkins a superb cricket commentator. I knew nothing about him other than listening to him on radio 4 for years listening to cricket commentaries. A familiar voice now gone. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/20881346 Gerry Anderson. A large piece of my childhood seems to have gone now with the man who created Thunderbirds and many more http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-20846670

Re: R I P Gerry Anderson and CM Jenkins : Wed Jan 02, 2013 9:43 am  

Durham Giant wrote:

i cannot understand why

Perhaps the grief whores were on holiday?

Re: R I P Gerry Anderson and CM Jenkins : Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:37 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

... a superb cricket commentator. I knew nothing about him ...

Obviously not. If you did, then on the basis of form, you'd be railing his background.

Re: R I P Gerry Anderson and CM Jenkins : Wed Jan 02, 2013 1:41 pm  

Missed this one as well .. Norman Schwarzkopf http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20855937

Missed this one as well .. Norman Schwarzkopf http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20855937

Re: R I P Gerry Anderson and CM Jenkins : Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:54 am  

p1nkyw1nky1 wrote: Missed this one as well .. Norman Schwarzkopf http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20855937 I imagine few outside of military circles will know who he was. An absolute man-mountain of a bloke, by all accounts. I think his BMI was something like 32, not that this is any reliable indication of how fit or healthy someone is.

p1nkyw1nky1 wrote: Missed this one as well .. Norman Schwarzkopf http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20855937 I imagine few outside of military circles will know who he was. An absolute man-mountain of a bloke, by all accounts. I think his BMI was something like 32, not that this is any reliable indication of how fit or healthy someone is.

Re: R I P Gerry Anderson and CM Jenkins : Thu Jan 03, 2013 11:58 am  

The Video Ref wrote:

I imagine few outside of military circles will know who he was ...

Or unless they've been paying any attention to current affairs/politics for the two and a half decades or so.

Re: R I P Gerry Anderson and CM Jenkins : Sat Jan 05, 2013 9:07 pm  

I would have thought that Big Norm would have been more recognisable than a cricket commentator . Even Mrs BR has heard of Norm . She said ' You mean the fat yank army bloke that wears a green Foreign Legion hat ' . A very accurate description of him in his many TV appearances .

BR

Re: R I P Gerry Anderson and CM Jenkins : Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:26 pm  

Such is life on The Sin Bin that it wouldn't surprise me if someone started an RIP thread for Coleen Rooney's sister.

[Durham Giant]

Re: R I P Gerry Anderson and CM Jenkins : Sun Jan 06, 2013 4:59 pm  

RIP Colleen Rooneys sister

Re: R I P Gerry Anderson and CM Jenkins : Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:00 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

RIP Colleen Rooneys sister

Start the thread. Do it. Do it now.