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Peter Corby
Someone you've probably never heard of, but responsible for those perfectly-creased suit trousers businessmen had when leaving their hotel rooms.
Peter Corby, inventor of the famous electric trouser press that became a fixture in hotel rooms across the globe – obituary
Over the years the Corby trouser press became part of British culture, and the target of lighthearted satire
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@victor-meldrew said in RIP 2021:
Peter Corby
Someone you've probably never heard of, but responsible for those perfectly-creased suit trousers businessmen had when leaving their hotel rooms.
Peter Corby, inventor of the famous electric trouser press that became a fixture in hotel rooms across the globe – obituary
Over the years the Corby trouser press became part of British culture, and the target of lighthearted satire
Typical, the man who invented the trouser press prefers to live on a boat with crinkle-free clothing.
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The chat about Charlie Watts is in its own thread now:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4811/charlie-watts -
The chat about Charlie Watts is in its own thread now:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4811/charlie-wattsI don’t recall this happening since Sean Connery passed away, if you branch off into your own thread that proves you’ve made it.
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The chat about Charlie Watts is in its own thread now:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4811/charlie-wattsI don’t recall this happening since Sean Connery passed away, if you branch off into your own thread that proves you’ve made it.
I have no idea what I was doing in October 2020, but registering Sean Connery’s death wasn’t one part of it
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@mikethesnow said in RIP 2021:
The chat about Charlie Watts is in its own thread now:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4811/charlie-wattsI don’t recall this happening since Sean Connery passed away, if you branch off into your own thread that proves you’ve made it.
I have no idea what I was doing in October 2020, but registering Sean Connery’s death wasn’t one part of it
Is he dead? I had no idea
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@mikethesnow said in RIP 2021:
The chat about Charlie Watts is in its own thread now:
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4811/charlie-wattsI don’t recall this happening since Sean Connery passed away, if you branch off into your own thread that proves you’ve made it.
I have no idea what I was doing in October 2020, but registering Sean Connery’s death wasn’t one part of it
Is he dead? I had no idea
Yes
No me neither
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Maybe you had a few drinks when you posted in the thread?
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4278/sean-connery
@mikethesnow said in Sean Connery:
Fucking great innings
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Maybe you had a few drinks when you posted in the thread?
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4278/sean-connery
@mikethesnow said in Sean Connery:
Fucking great innings
First sign of alzheimers
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Maybe you had a few drinks when you posted in the thread?
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4278/sean-connery
@mikethesnow said in Sean Connery:
Fucking great innings
A distinct possibility
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Maybe you had a few drinks when you posted in the thread?
https://www.forum.thesilverfern.com/topic/4278/sean-connery
@mikethesnow said in Sean Connery:
Fucking great innings
First sign of alzheimers
Long time before that
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England 1960s Cricket Captain and later Chair of Selectors, "Lord Ted" Dexter.
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England 1960s Cricket Captain and later Chair of Selectors, "Lord Ted" Dexter.
I remember him on the sports news, I think he was a selector for England during the 93 ashes ? Anyway the old man was watching with me and assured me this guy was a gun batsman back in the day.
Very good record indeed. RIP.
RIP 2021
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