General / Off-Topic It's good night from him :(

[avow555]

A real shame about Ronnie, it was good family viewing when we were kids.

 

[wilkie79]

In Memorium​

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R.I.P. to both legends of comedy

 

[AlexRyder]

While I appreciate the argument that TV celebs shouldn't be included in the station naming memorials, this is someone that was partially responsible for several jokes that are now ingrained in the public consciousness and as many have said was required viewing as a kid. That's my argument anyway.

Certainly no more deserving than Kilmister Orbital or Bowie landing or any other tribute that needs to be added to the game.

 

[Hell Razor5543]

I once was at a branch of Waitrose to resolve a problem with one of their tills (I am a field service engineer, EPoS), when I heard a familiar voice. Looking around, I saw Ronnie Corbett discussing a problem he had with something he had previously bought. He was calm, considerate, and (according to the staff) a lovely person to deal with, and a customer they treasured. I initially was tempted to go over and say hello (and thank him for all the pleasure he had given me), but I then went with the attitude that, at that moment, he was Mr Corbett, a customer of Waitrose, and not Ronnie Corbett, professional comedian.

RIP, Ronnie Corbett, and thank you for all the times you have made us laugh and smile. This is the greatest gift you have given us; laughter.

 

[Patrick_68000]

A very funny man that I got to meet once at the Royal Albert Hall when he presented the Apricot F1 computer. I remember him asking us what on Earth we would do with 10 Mb of space in a PC!

http://www.old-computers.com/museum/photos/act_apricot-f1_1.jpg

NAME	Apricot F1
MANUFACTURER	ACT
TYPE	Professional Computer
ORIGIN	United Kingdom
YEAR	1984
END OF PRODUCTION	1986
KEYBOARD	Infrared membrane keyboard, 92 keys, 10 function keys
CPU	Intel 8086
SPEED	4,77 Mhz
CO-PROCESSOR	Z80 for I/O control and Video
RAM	256 kb, up to 758kb
ROM	32 kb, up to 64 kb
TEXT MODES	80 x 24
GRAPHIC MODES	640 x 200 and 640 x 256 with 4 colors, 320 x 256 with 16 colors
COLORS	16
SOUND	Beeper
SIZE / WEIGHT	42 x 22 x 16 cm / 5,6 kg
I/O PORTS	RGB and Composite video outputs, RS232c, Centronics, Expansion bus, Internal connector for optional RF modulator
BUILT IN MEDIA	3.5'' disk-drive, double sided, 720k RAM disk feature through BIOS
OS	MS DOS 2.11 (Concurrent DOS, CP/M 86 in option)
POWER SUPPLY	Internal PSU
PERIPHERALS	10Mb hard-drive, external disk-drive, infrared trackball, RF modulator for TV output
PRICE	With monochrom monitor : 2370 http://www.old-computers.com/site/graphs/euro.gif (France, 1985)

Happy days

 

[FuzzySpider]

In Memorium​

http://i.imgur.com/kmw9ser.jpg​

I thought of this...

[video=youtube;9cz3ybhsXDY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cz3ybhsXDY[/video]

 

[Steve50]

With the sad news of the remaining Ron passing... Is there a star system with 4 luminous bodies in that can be made to host "Corbett station"?

I'm an absolute MASSIVE fan of the Two Ronnies, we have their complete collection on DVD (which is over 20 dvd's iirc) the stuff is just incredibly funny and their songs well.. just fantastic. It's a huge loss losing Ronnie, very sad indeed :'(

However.. I think you are wasting your time asking for a name, I mean Frontier totally shunned Bowie :'( so what chance does poor Ronnie have?