So farewell then...

**OwlsFan** · 25/04/2018, 9:53 AM

Actor John StrideJohn-Stride.jpg

**nigel-harps1954** · 25/04/2018, 10:42 AM

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.d3825daed895

Oldest person in the world died the other day at a whopping 117 years old. The last known person from the 19th century.

**Mr A** · 25/04/2018, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.d3825daed895

Oldest person in the world died the other day at a whopping 117 years old. The last known person from the 19th century.

That's a real pity. I always feel a real affinity for the oldest person in the world because I used to be the youngest.

**Eminence Grise** · 30/04/2018, 7:07 PM

One time Saw Doctor Tony Lambert.
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/0430...-lambert-dies/

There's a link on that page to Lar Cleary, guitarist with the Blades, who died last month. Don't know how I missed that one.
https://www.rte.ie/culture/2018/0321...-dies-aged-61/

**OwlsFan** · 03/05/2018, 1:08 PM

For James Bond fans, Soon-Tek Oh, a Korean actor who appeared in The Man With the Golden Gun

Soon-Tek Oh.jpg

**OwlsFan** · 11/05/2018, 8:52 AM

A few ones I missed over the past while: Katie Boyle, British model, broadcaster and advice columnist https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-r...boyle-obituary

Former Fine Gael TD, Monica Barnes https://www.independent.ie/irish-new...-36878049.html

**Paddy Garcia** · 12/05/2018, 1:52 PM

Scott Hutchinson of Frightened Rabbit - terribly sad. RIP

**Eminence Grise** · 14/05/2018, 6:59 PM

Margot Kidder.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/201...e-dies-aged-69

**nigel-harps1954** · 15/05/2018, 2:33 PM

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/44127716

Jlloyd Samuel, aged 37. Former Aston Villa and Trinidad & Tobago defender.

**OwlsFan** · 17/05/2018, 9:03 AM

Ray Wilson who was full back in the England World Cup winning team of 1966. I remember him in the Everton team of the same year for other nightmare reasons. Different days then. Of the 22 players who played in the FA Cup Final, 18 were English and 4 Scottish.

**osarusan** · 23/05/2018, 10:10 AM

Author Philip Roth.

Portnoy's Complaint, The Human Stain, American Pastoral would probably be his most famous works.

**the 12 th man** · 23/05/2018, 7:06 PM

Actor Clint Walker who starred in old Westerns.

**dejadem** · 28/05/2018, 6:56 AM

Alan Bean, Apollo Moonwalker and Artist

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/f...naut-alan-bean

**OwlsFan** · 28/05/2018, 1:00 PM

Irishman Brendan Ingle (one of 15 children) regarded by the Guardian "as one of the most important men in the history of the sport (boxing) in Britain". I wonder was he an Owl or a Blade https://www.theguardian.com/sport/20...ingle-obituary

**Eminence Grise** · 07/06/2018, 9:33 AM

Peter Stringfellow, 77. Kept his illness private - didn't want to make a thong and dance about it.

https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2018/0...gfellow-death/

**OwlsFan** · 08/06/2018, 9:30 AM

Originally Posted by nigel-harps1954

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...=.d3825daed895

Oldest person in the world died the other day at a whopping 117 years old. The last known person from the 19th century.

I don't really get this. I always assumed that the new century began when it was 1900 or 2000 etc. but according to the article the 20th century began on January 1st 1901. So we should have all worried about the "millennium bug" on 2001 and not 2000 ?!

**NeverFeltBetter** · 08/06/2018, 11:42 AM

Anthony Bourdain, TV chef/author, dead at 61, suicide.

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/08/u...bit/index.html

Kitchen Confidential is a fascinating read, if only because of his detailed assessment of when the best day to order fish from a restaurant is. His series, most of which are still on Netflix, are quite entertaining. His Irish episode, filmed right before the recession, is interesting viewing if you want a look at what Celtic Tiger thinking was like in the food industry.

**pineapple stu** · 08/06/2018, 12:46 PM

Originally Posted by OwlsFan

I don't really get this. I always assumed that the new century began when it was 1900 or 2000 etc. but according to the article the 20th century began on January 1st 1901. So we should have all worried about the "millennium bug" on 2001 and not 2000 ?!

The first century started in the year 1 AD, and because there's 100 years in a century, it must have gone on to the year 100 AD.

Then the second century starts in 101, and goes on to 200.

But the problem with the millennium bug was Operating Systems programmes dividing the year (or specifically, the last two digits of the year). So dividing by 98 - fine. Dividing by 99 - fine. Dividing by 00 - planes fall out of sky (or not, as the case may be)

**OwlsFan** · 08/06/2018, 2:14 PM

Originally Posted by pineapple stu

The first century started in the year 1 AD, and because there's 100 years in a century, it must have gone on to the year 100 AD.

Then the second century starts in 101, and goes on to 200.

But the problem with the millennium bug was Operating Systems programmes dividing the year (or specifically, the last two digits of the year). So dividing by 98 - fine. Dividing by 99 - fine. Dividing by 00 - planes fall out of sky (or not, as the case may be)

But if the century starts in 0 and ends in 99, is that not also a century ? So the new century can start with 0 ?

**pineapple stu** · 08/06/2018, 2:23 PM

It's a century, sure. Any group of 100 years is a century. 1919-2018 is a century.

But the first century is 1AD to 100AD. So the second century can't start in 100AD, because then 100AD is in two centuries, which can't make sense.

So the second century is from 101-200, and ultimately then the 21st century is from 2001 to 2100