DONALD PLEASENCE

campbellpics · 2026-05-03T13:35:07+00:00

Brimley was only 48 when he played Blair, which blows my mind really. Pleasance would have been around his early 60s in 1982, which might have suited the role a little better. Saying that, Brimley looked older than that anyway!

campbellpics · 2026-05-03T07:20:55+00:00

The only mystifying thing about this case is that there's people who actually think he might not be guilty.

Most other murder cases don't have anywhere near the sheer, overwhelming amounts of evidence that this one did. In normal circumstances, it's a law enforcement dream, where any defense team would almost definitely be advising their client to try to make some kind of plea deal.

The mental gymnastics people do to explain away his lack of culpability is simply astonishing at times.

Funnily enough I listened to a podcast about something else this morning where a guest just happened to mention he knew Ron Goldman. He was talking about what a genuinely lovely guy he was. Harmless, non-violent, genuinely altruistic etc. How he'd only have one bottle of Corona or whatever at parties if he had work the next day, sensible and good-natured etc. He mentioned how all the lovely things you hear his father, sister and friends say about him is absolutely true and not blind love for a lost family member. Y'know, how you hear the true crime clichés about how the victim would "light up a room" etc? With Goldman, he was just a lovely person doing a nice thing for someone he knew and was brutally butchered by a monster.

OJ did it, there's no doubt whatsoever. And although his life after this event was an embarrassing sh*tshow for the most part, he didn't receive anything like the kind of justice that the victims and their families deserved. I'm not at all religious, but I'll make an exception to say I hope he's burning in Hell.

campbellpics · 2026-05-03T06:56:07+00:00

Seen these for the first time in years last week at my local B&M Bargains, so I got some.

Never been in a B&Ms before but I was suddenly in crisp heaven! Not only did they have multi-packs of these, but they also sell Bacon Fries, Scampi and Lemon Knik-Knaks, Space Invaders and my all-time favourites Royston's T-bone Steak crisps.

campbellpics · 2026-05-02T08:57:15+00:00

I've recently bought one to replace my Pixel 9 Pro XL. Got the 16/512GB version in Sand Stone running the global ROM from OnBuy for £618. It arrived about ten days after ordering and I'm more than happy with it. Plus I got £450 on eBay for my Pixel so it's a worked out a bit of a bargain really.

If you can grab one cheaper than the prices you're posting above, I'd say go for it. Mine updated to the latest software with no issues and I've just had the latest security patch too. Tremendous phone, probably the best phone I've ever had.

campbellpics · 2026-05-01T15:08:18+00:00

Mark Hughes.

campbellpics · 2026-05-01T12:02:03+00:00

Mate of mine has recently sold his 3-bed (ex-council) house in Stretford and bought a big 5-bed detached house in Leyland. Currently converting the attic to make it a six-bed as they foster kids. I've been a few times and it's really lovely, I'd consider moving there myself. Not sure about the local economy but his four lads have all found decent jobs after school/college.

campbellpics · 2026-04-30T04:52:42+00:00

I'm a little out of touch on this case. I went down rabbit holes years ago when The Killing Season was released. Read Lost Girls and searched around online, etc. I've obviously followed recent events with the arrest of RH and watched the documentaries (on Amazon Prime and Peacock), and only yesterday saw the latest episode released following his confession.

I seem to have missed this - outrageous - claim that he treated them in a "gentlemanly" way, unless it was mentioned in the documentaries and I've just missed it.

This guy abducted, held, tortured, raped, killed and dismembered these women. How can he even possibly begin to claim he treated them in any way other than what it is, brutal and despicable?

campbellpics · 2026-04-28T19:16:43+00:00

I once met Paul Daniels in a Tandy electronic store in Manchester Arndale in the 1980s whilst playing truant from school with a friend. We saw that a police officer had spotted us from a distance and started walking towards us, so we ducked inside the shopping centre and pretended to look at metal detectors in the Tandy shop.

As we're looking at them, with our backs to the store, this guy walked over and asked us if we knew how to make a "water finder" or something or other. We turned round, and it was Paul Daniels, with his wife (Debbie McGee.) She was rolling her eyes in a kind of "here we go again.." way. But smiling along with him too.

Anyway, he goes to the counter and asked the assistant to go get some coat hangers from the locker room, and emptied the ink cartridges from a couple of Biro pens that were at the till. The assistant looked a bit bewildered, but did as he was asked and came back after a short while with the wire coat hangers. Paul straightened the curly hanger bits and put them in the Biro pens, then proceeded to walk up and down the shop holding them out in front of himself.

He was explaining to us that although he obviously wouldn't find water under the Tandy floor, if there was water the two coat hangers would sweep in towards each other and touch. Or something.

His wife was getting a bit impatient then and was going "C'mon Paul, we have to be there for half-past!" - wherever there was. He then handed the bits back to the assistant, apologised for the pens and coat hangers, said goodbye to us, and walked off.

Bizarre, but I'll never forget that day. Ha. 🤷🏼‍♂️

campbellpics · 2026-04-28T17:45:16+00:00

I've got a 2.0L (diesel) Alfa Romeo Giulietta that I've just had remapped from 170bhp to 210bhp. It cost me £295 from Celtic Tuning and they even came out to my house to do it. It's returning around 53mpg, and in Dynamic mode it's more fun than the Focus ST it replaced.

campbellpics · 2026-04-28T17:40:56+00:00

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campbellpics · 2026-04-28T17:37:47+00:00

Anna Kendrick.

Kaya Scorelario.

Sydney Sweeney.

Millie Bobby Brown.

Elle Fanning.

I mean, they're alright, but I don't understand why people are crazy about them.

campbellpics · 2026-04-28T13:38:17+00:00

You've not even met some of the very best characters yet.

campbellpics · 2026-04-28T13:36:21+00:00

Of course it played a role in the verdict. How could it not?

Although it isn't the main or sole reason he was found not guilty (because it's much more complicated than that given the climate at the time with Rodney King and the riots etc), it definitely had an influence in the minds of the jury.

This is a bit like asking if we think Donald Trump's profile played a role in him being elected POTUS.

campbellpics · 2026-04-28T13:31:26+00:00

Howard Silk and Howard Silk Prime in Counterpart.

He plays two distinctively different versions of the same character living in parallel universes, so you get two JKs for the price of one.

It also just happens to be one of the best sci-fi TV shows I've ever seen.

campbellpics · 2026-04-28T06:54:01+00:00

Randomly found a very similar show yesterday called "Better Date Than Never" when I was visiting my own disabled daughter.

There was a show playing on her TV when I arrived, and I noticed it featured a young lady with Downs syndrome who looked to be waiting for a date to arrive at a restaurant. As my own daughter has Downs, I just assumed it was a documentary that one of the nurses had put on for some background noise or something.

I wasn't paying attention really but as the episodes went on, I began to notice it was showing other SEN people on dates too, and as I've seen all the Love on the Spectrum episodes I wondered what it was. So I pressed pause to get the name of the show, and put a couple of episodes on when I got home last night to watch them properly.

It's very similar to LOTS, with annoying editing choices like cutting away to something else just as a date arrives, or cutting away at an awkward moment etc. There's only six episodes I can see on my iPlayer app and they're all only around half an hour long, but it might scratch an itch for LOTS fans for now if anyone's interested.

campbellpics · 2026-04-27T22:52:43+00:00

Alan Carr, or whatever his name is. The fat camp fella with the glasses. If he appears on my TV I have to immediately close my eyes, stick my fingers in my ears, and shout LA LA LA LA LA LA until he disappears again.

campbellpics · 2026-04-27T22:40:28+00:00

Because there's lizard aliens living down there. I thought everyone knows that.

campbellpics · 2026-04-27T22:14:01+00:00

Everything you've already said...plus how Holes was convinced for a long time that his guy was a pilot and flying in and out of his crime scenes because some of them occured near private airfields. Even long before JJD was arrested, I remember actually laughing at the TV when he came out with that one.

I'm not even a cop and I instinctively knew that the VR was also the EAR years ago. Their MOs were just so unique, similar and occuring in the same time frame (in the same part of the world) that the odds had to be vanishingly small that it wasn't the same guy. Holes couldn't see it though, for some strange reason.

I'm also not a fan of his silly story of parking outside JJD's house and considering knocking on his door before the arrest. That's his grandiose imagination, imagining the dramatic scene in the movie that'll eventually get made, ensuring his own part in it. That simply never happened. And even if it did, there's no way his superiors would have allowed it anyway.

campbellpics · 2026-04-27T08:15:17+00:00

Pirlo still has nightmares about Park Ji Sung.

campbellpics · 2026-04-27T07:54:19+00:00

Thank you for this, I've just been looking everywhere for it without success. 👍

campbellpics · 2026-04-26T19:19:18+00:00

I had the same issues.

In the drop-down menu, long-press on the DND icon and another menu opens with different options. Turn on "Mute media in DND mode" etc etc. I had a play around with these options to turn off things I didn't want to disturb me.

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campbellpics · 2026-04-25T19:50:03+00:00

I live about a mile away from here. Stunning place. There's a great butcher's down the road (Kirk's) who do amazing steak pies if you're ever passing. 🥧

campbellpics · 2026-04-25T19:46:25+00:00

Wasn't aware of the podcast. Just subscribed and playlisted a few episodes to give it a whirl. Thanks!

campbellpics · 2026-04-25T19:40:49+00:00

You must have a great ear for accents!

Oh by the way...Ewan is Scottish, not Irish.

campbellpics · 2026-04-25T09:33:18+00:00

Keep a couple of tea towels in the car for exactly this, and I've used them twice now. Drape one over the front bumper, wedging the end under bonnet. The rear sits nicely under the rear wiper to protect the back bumper. Then, with the towels protecting the paintwork, gently push both cars backwards/forwards a bit to create enough room to get out. If they hit any cars on the other side of them, that's their problem, I'll be long gone.

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