Remember him ? David McCallum played him in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. He's still alive and kicking and lives in the US . He celebrated his 90th birthday on Tuesday.
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I thought I know that name. Puzzled until I cracked it before opening. Thanks for the memory. He looks good for 90.
Checked the emporium. Nothing for the series which is hardly surprising (there are still some Sweeney episodes around so it wasn't that forlorn a hope) It seems there was a 2015 film.
When I saw the title I thought it was going to be about a tennis player.
Indeed. The invisible man.
The Man From UNCLE - memoroes
And Colditz. Looks good for 90.
sadly, he has just died
Quote from: klondike on September 21, 2023, 01:12:15 PMThanks for the memory. He looks good for 90.
Not that good, he's dead.
He died yesterday, I must have seen that coming :grin: He had a good innings didn't he ?
I guess so.
To my mind it isn't quite how long you last but how long you can remain independent followed by a swift exit.
Bit morbid I guess.
Quote from: klondike on September 26, 2023, 04:57:33 PMI guess so.
To my mind it isn't quite how long you last but how long you can remain independent followed by a swift exit.
Bit morbid I guess.
But the best way.
Quite. My MIL is also 90 and in declining health. She had a lovely birthday party a few months ago. Since then, she has increasingly "given up" and is ready to go. Her mind is still good, but her body is failing.
My father was ready to go for quite some time. He had gout in his hands for several years but couldn't take the available drugs so had a lot of pain. He used to say "I'm past my sell by" at some point most time we visited. A stroke took him in the end. I often wonder if he could have survived it but didn't have the will.
Quote from: dextrous63 on September 27, 2023, 08:47:14 AMQuite. My MIL is also 90 and in declining health. She had a lovely birthday party a few months ago. Since then, she has increasingly "given up" and is ready to go. Her mind is still good, but her body is failing.
Quote from: klondike on September 27, 2023, 08:59:18 AMMy father was ready to go for quite some time. He had gout in his hands for several years but couldn't take the available drugs so had a lot of pain. He used to say "I'm past my sell by" at some point most time we visited. A stroke took him in the end. I often wonder if he could have survived it but didn't have the will.
I can recall my Dad telling me, as he was getting old, the time would come when I would know it was time to go.
How very strange it all is.. Sam must have known something.. He put all his finances in order a few months before he died.. 53.
I'm going to have a donut today.. sod it..
It's what he would have wanted.
Quote from: klondike on September 26, 2023, 04:57:33 PMI guess so.
To my mind it isn't quite how long you last but how long you can remain independent followed by a swift exit.
Bit morbid I guess.
So redolent of how some of former clients led their lives somehow, on the beach today, in the clink tomorrow :wink:
Quote from: Scrumpy on September 27, 2023, 09:07:09 AMHow very strange it all is.. Sam must have known something.. He put all his finances in order a few months before he died.. 53.
I'm going to have a donut today.. sod it..
My father used to sign his carer's timesheet every Sunday a week in advance. One Sunday, he said he'd just sign it up until the following Thursday. He died on that Thursday.
Spooky
Quote from: dextrous63 on October 18, 2023, 08:39:50 AMMy father used to sign his carer's timesheet every Sunday a week in advance. One Sunday, he said he'd just sign it up until the following Thursday. He died on that Thursday.
Yes, very strange.
It is not uncommon, I believe, for people in old age to be able to accurately predict the time of their death.
In less than good health, although aged only 71, I sometimes wonder when my time will come, particularly on a 'not too good' day.
Following a change to my medication ('maybe' effects were pre-warned) I have felt most odd all today, indeed and couldn't get up off the sofa (room was spinning) until Annie looked in.
At one stage when I attempted the vertical I did wonder, is this how it starts?
Cass, I'm reminded of Bob Monkhouse coming out with this joke shortly before he died...
https://youtu.be/BTUvRW7gtGU?si=M3ebFI_rMLe5N0Ll
oh dear!
Quote from: dextrous63 on October 18, 2023, 10:29:33 PMCass, I'm reminded of Bob Monkhouse coming out with this joke shortly before he died...
https://youtu.be/BTUvRW7gtGU?si=M3ebFI_rMLe5N0Ll
Its like Spike Milligan's last epithet. On his Gravestone are these words
"I told you I was ill"
remember it well
Quote from: dextrous63 on October 18, 2023, 10:29:33 PMCass, I'm reminded of Bob Monkhouse coming out with this joke shortly before he died...
https://youtu.be/BTUvRW7gtGU?si=M3ebFI_rMLe5N0Ll
A very funny and brave man, my father appeared for him a couple of times I recall and was always impressed with his perfect recall of meetings past and what had been said etc.
Quote from: Cassandra on October 19, 2023, 05:41:40 PMA very funny and brave man, my father appeared for him a couple of times I recall and was always impressed with his perfect recall of meetings past and what had been said etc.
He had one heck of a memory. As well as his comedic profession, I recall him presenting Celebrity Squares, and a regular slot of the show was asking him for World Records from the Guinness Book of..
He had a near perfect recall of those too.
Quote from: Cassandra on October 18, 2023, 10:17:53 PMFollowing a change to my medication ('maybe' effects were pre-warned) I have felt most odd all today, indeed and couldn't get up off the sofa (room was spinning) until Annie looked in.
At one stage when I attempted the vertical I did wonder, is this how it starts?
Nah!! I bloody hope not.. I often come over all funny.. and a bit dizzy..
Quote from: dextrous63 on October 19, 2023, 06:39:00 PMHe had one heck of a memory. As well as his comedic profession, I recall him presenting Celebrity Squares, and a regular slot of the show was asking him for World Records from the Guinness Book of..
He had a near perfect recall of those too.
Yes my dad had something to do with a dispute over his intellectual rights to many of the gags he'd written. He reeled them off hundreds of them with perfection apparently.