Shunsaku Tamiya, who was an important part of my middle-teen-years, died at the age of 90. Gift link for the curious:
I stopped making models aged 17 and 3/4, he kept at it until 90.
Wrong thread!
Meanwhile everyone on my list is enjoying a long and productive life.
That’s so weird. I happened to watch her Muppet Show episode today (I’ve been rewatching the series on Disney+), and like I often find myself doing, I looked her up on my phone to see if she was still alive - and found out she died two days ago. I even came to this thread to post it.
Not Tom Lehrer
No!! I guess he’s now off poisoning pigeons in the park. I shall dance the Masochism Tango in his honor.
Hopefully it is not true that “We will all go together when we go”!
Oh shit. Well - as noted with Cleo Laine - 97 is a pretty good lifespan.
In other news, that gives me my first points on the board, even if it’s a meager three, so a tiny silver lining for me.
Lehrer passes? Nooooooooooooooo.
| 1 | Jeezums | 158 | 4 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Kitten Mitten | 145 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Happy Lendervedder | 145 | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Captain Lance Murdoch | 123 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | phungi | 117 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | It’s Not Rocket Surgery | 112 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | Registered at Last | 112 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | Jegpeg | 83 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Reindeer Flotilla | 83 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | RTFirefly | 83 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Wheelz | 81 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | GIGObuster | 80 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Mahaloth | 70 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Culling the Herd | 62 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Dung Beetle | 60 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Wolfpack Jeep | 60 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | RobotDevilDog | 59 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Superdude | 58 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Deanna D | 48 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Lord Feldon | 48 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Maus Magill | 48 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Mona Lott | 48 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Rebo | 48 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Tyronne | 48 | 4 | 2 |
| 25 | Bayaker | 47 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | lel | 47 | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | Pheoinix | 47 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | imthjckaz | 40 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Todesliste | 40 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | RollOutTheBarrel | 39 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Captain Klutz | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Hoopy Frood | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Little Nemo | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | McDeath the Mad | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Queen Anne’s Lace | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Railer 13 | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Loach | 33 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Mean Mr. Mustard | 33 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | SunUp | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Tristan | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| 41 | J-P L | 28 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Brian Wilson | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Allecher | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | Axelwright | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | vivalostwages | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | zadscmc | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | IKnowItsOver | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 47 | SpoilerVirgin | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 49 | biotop | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | xizor | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 51 | Baker | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 51 | Dancer Flight | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | escheral | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 51 | Guano Lad | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | gwendee | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Lancia | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Lsura | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Mrs Ducky | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Paul was in Saudi | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Precambrianmollusc | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 51 | Prof.Pepperwinkle | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | Pardel-Lux | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 63 | commasense | 10 | 2 | 1 |
| 63 | penulrims thule | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | Sternvogel | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | Shoeless | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 67 | Hatchie | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 67 | shageroo | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Stephe96 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | teelabrown | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Czarcasm | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Gyrate | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | Lamoral | 3 | 1 | 0 |
One of the things I can still thank my ex husband for is that he introduced me to the music of Tom Lehrer. My favorite is still Alma.
I had Tom Lehrer on my preliminary list last year, but you reacted so appalled that I thought better of it and took him off in the definitive list. Well, that was last year. There will be some listening on YouTube tonight.
The pigeons finally got him.
I didn’t have him hear but do on the Giraffe board. I love his songs.
He said we would all go together when we go, then he just up and goes on without us.
He waited until 97. I think that’s on us not him.
I stopped making them long ago, but for some reason kept buying them. Pretty much only Tamiya. Got a closet full 1/12 motorcycle and 1/20 Formula One kits. Probably over $1000 worth.
Equal opportunity extremist Horst Mahler dies at 89.
You’ll probably notice his name being mentioned a lot in coming days.
In case anyone has a former boxer list.
Former Major League Baseball player Ryne Sandberg has died at 65.
I believe 35 points are coming my way.
Also for a bunch of other people