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Fka Old Meakin's almanac.
Somwhere to put your predictions of the year.
I would suggest a deadline for entries to be this sunday 7.2.2021.
Just for fun
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Okey dokey...

1) Prince Philip to die.

2) Rafa Nadal to overtake Roger Federer for most men's grand slam singles titles.

3) Lillian Priest (b. 07/11/1908) and Gwen Moore (b. 27/11/1911) to become the first siblings ever known to both be living supercentenarians. There are two known cases of two siblings each reaching 110+, but never simultaneously alive. What's more interesting is that they live in separate countries (Britain and Australia) - Lillian is the oldest known person in the UK, and Gwen is in the top ten in Australia. Pretty impressive.

4) On that note, Albano (b. 14/12/1909) and Alberto (b. 02/12/1911) Andrade to become the first ever known brother supercentenarian pair. First and third oldest known men in Portugal, sure is some good genetics they have. This requires Alberto to reach December 2nd - it'd be nice for them to be simultaneously living but I'm not including this as a caveat.

5) Donald Trump to die.

6) Serena Williams to finally get her 24th grand slam singles title, having been trying for so long.

7) Pope Benedict XVI to die. 94 in April and supposedly quite frail, though religious folk do seem to have a tendency to stick around for a very long time.

8) Man City to win the Premier League.

9) A new development to happen in relation to the Andrew Gosden disappearance.

And finally...

10) Me to get a first in my degree (you know, hope and that...)

I realise that three of my predictions require people to die (should have participated in the deaths prediction game) and some of these are also probably rather unlikely and more hope than actual belief. Hoping to beat my score of 4 for last year, though :)
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This sounds like fun.

1. Prince Philip to reach 100, but die before the end of the year

2. Tokyo Olympics go ahead, but mostly in empty stadiums

3. Due to the empty stadiums, London hosts an extended Anniversary Games in 2022, tieing into the 10th anniversary as well

4. Euro 2021 goes ahead, but the whole tournament is relocated to Germany, with no fans (they're down to host 2024 anyway)

5. BBC Three returns as a linear TV channel, but with little budget and often ends up simulcasting red button events or the news channe;

6. Jon Snow retires from Channel 4 News

7. Meghan Markle to announce she's expecting a child to be born in 2022

8. I'm A Celebrity to film another series in Wales

9. Boris Johnson to announce his plans to step down as Prime Minister before the next GE, but doesn't give a date

10. Oasis to reform
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James Laverty wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:41 pm This sounds like fun.

1. Prince Philip to reach 100, but die before the end of the year

2. Tokyo Olympics go ahead, but mostly in empty stadiums

3. Due to the empty stadiums, London hosts an extended Anniversary Games in 2022, tieing into the 10th anniversary as well

4. Euro 2021 goes ahead, but the whole tournament is relocated to Germany, with no fans (they're down to host 2024 anyway)

5. BBC Three returns as a linear TV channel, but with little budget and often ends up simulcasting red button events or the news channe;

6. Jon Snow retires from Channel 4 News

7. Meghan Markle to announce she's expecting a child to be born in 2022

8. I'm A Celebrity to film another series in Wales

9. Boris Johnson to announce his plans to step down as Prime Minister before the next GE, but doesn't give a date

10. Oasis to reform
Cheeky Bonus 11. Another person wins the jackpot on WWTBAM
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I think 10 is already in the pipeline sans Liam
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I am going to post an ammended list here.
Sport. Chelsea to win FA Cup
Man City to win Champions League and the Premier league by at least 8 points
Champions league places for Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea
The Olympics, to go ahead with limited fans.
Team Gb to win more than 10 gold medals
England to reach the finals of the Euros.

Current Affairs
Lockdown to ease after April.
Social distancing and nasks will be the norm until 2022.
Income tax to rise substantially in the budget.
Boris Johnson to be forced to leave government.
Prince Phillip to die from Covid
The Queen to alloe Charles to taje over most duties from the end of the year.
Cinemas to open for the summer.

Celebrity.
David Attenborough to pass away.
Captain Tom to beat Covid.
Badger to win the Nasked Singer revealed as Ne-Yo
Dune to be the biggest box office film in America
James Bond will be Tom Huddlestone.
New Doctor who to be announced as Himesh Patel.
Netflix to win 60% of the Oscars.
More Black and female winners than ever before.

David Jason to die and a shocking scandal to be revealed
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Marc Meakin wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:49 pm I am going to post an ammended list here.
Sport. Chelsea to win FA Cup
Man City to win Champions League and the Premier league by at least 8 points
Champions league places for Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea
The Olympics, to go ahead with limited fans.
Team Gb to win more than 10 gold medals
England to reach the finals of the Euros.

Current Affairs
Lockdown to ease after April.
Social distancing and nasks will be the norm until 2022.
Income tax to rise substantially in the budget.
Boris Johnson to be forced to leave government.
Prince Phillip to die from Covid
The Queen to alloe Charles to taje over most duties from the end of the year.
Cinemas to open for the summer.

Celebrity.
David Attenborough to pass away.
Captain Tom to beat Covid.
Badger to win the Nasked Singer revealed as Ne-Yo
Dune to be the biggest box office film in America
James Bond will be Tom Huddlestone.
New Doctor who to be announced as Himesh Patel.
Netflix to win 60% of the Oscars.
More Black and female winners than ever before.

David Jason to die and a shocking scandal to be revealed
Unfortunately, it only took less than a day for one of these predictions to turn out false. RIP Tom.
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It was wishful thinking really.
It seems if you go to hospital with Covid and you are old then its curtains.
Very sad day all round
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1) parkrun to return by June
2) England win the Euros, provided they go ahead with the last matches at Wembley as planned
3) New slam winners, both in men's and women's singles. (Ok, if you have to push me, Tsitsipas and Sabalenka)
4) While I'm on tennis, Federer and Serena retire
5) CoC XVI announced
6) A new COVID variant discovered which the current vaccines aren't effective against
7) UK to set a new high temperature record
8) Unemployment to rise above early 2010s peak
9) Betty White passes away
10) I get a mortgage 8-)
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James Laverty wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:41 pm 7. Meghan Markle to announce she's expecting a child to be born in 2022
Not quite.
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Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: Sun Feb 14, 2021 7:37 pm
James Laverty wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:41 pm 7. Meghan Markle to announce she's expecting a child to be born in 2022
Not quite.
Mathematically still possible
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Have you seen her bump? She's already 20 weeks plus.
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Sam Cappleman-Lynes wrote: Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:51 am Have you seen her bump? She's already 20 weeks plus.
She could announce on Dec 31 2021 she is expecting a child in 2022 😊
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Damn that Joss Stone 😊.
Was still pleased to have go Ne- Yo right though
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James Laverty wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:41 pm 5. BBC Three returns as a linear TV channel, but with little budget and often ends up simulcasting red button events or the news channe;
I seem to be doing well at getting predictions half-right......
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Marc Meakin wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:49 pm I am going to post an ammended list here.
Sport. Chelsea to win FA Cup
Man City to win Champions League and the Premier league by at least 8 points
Champions league places for Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea
The Olympics, to go ahead with limited fans.
Team Gb to win more than 10 gold medals
England to reach the finals of the Euros.

Current Affairs
Lockdown to ease after April.
Social distancing and nasks will be the norm until 2022.
Income tax to rise substantially in the budget.
Boris Johnson to be forced to leave government.
Prince Phillip to die from Covid
The Queen to alloe Charles to taje over most duties from the end of the year.
Cinemas to open for the summer.

Celebrity.
David Attenborough to pass away.
Captain Tom to beat Covid.
Badger to win the Nasked Singer revealed as Ne-Yo
Dune to be the biggest box office film in America
James Bond will be Tom Huddlestone.
New Doctor who to be announced as Himesh Patel.
Netflix to win 60% of the Oscars.
More Black and female winners than ever before.

David Jason to die and a shocking scandal to be revealed
Im getting more hopeful about some of my predictions now
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Marc Meakin wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:49 pm I am going to post an ammended list here.
Sport. Chelsea to win FA Cup
Man City to win Champions League and the Premier league by at least 8 points
Champions league places for Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea
The Olympics, to go ahead with limited fans.
Team Gb to win more than 10 gold medals
England to reach the finals of the Euros.

Current Affairs
Lockdown to ease after April.
Social distancing and nasks will be the norm until 2022.
Income tax to rise substantially in the budget.
Boris Johnson to be forced to leave government.
Prince Phillip to die from Covid
The Queen to alloe Charles to taje over most duties from the end of the year.
Cinemas to open for the summer.

Celebrity.
David Attenborough to pass away.
Captain Tom to beat Covid.
Badger to win the Nasked Singer revealed as Ne-Yo
Dune to be the biggest box office film in America
James Bond will be Tom Huddlestone.
New Doctor who to be announced as Himesh Patel.
Netflix to win 60% of the Oscars.
More Black and female winners than ever before.

David Jason to die and a shocking scandal to be revealed
I want an autopsy to prove or disprove my prediction
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So who had “Flo Rida to (possibly) win Eurovision for San Marino”?

https://youtu.be/eRAN7AzEKak
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Marc Meakin wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:28 am
Marc Meakin wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:49 pm I am going to post an ammended list here.
Sport. Chelsea to win FA Cup
Man City to win Champions League and the Premier league by at least 8 points
Champions league places for Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea
The Olympics, to go ahead with limited fans.
Team Gb to win more than 10 gold medals
England to reach the finals of the Euros.

Current Affairs
Lockdown to ease after April.
Social distancing and nasks will be the norm until 2022.
Income tax to rise substantially in the budget.
Boris Johnson to be forced to leave government.
Prince Phillip to die from Covid
The Queen to alloe Charles to taje over most duties from the end of the year.
Cinemas to open for the summer.

Celebrity.
David Attenborough to pass away.
Captain Tom to beat Covid.
Badger to win the Nasked Singer revealed as Ne-Yo
Dune to be the biggest box office film in America
James Bond will be Tom Huddlestone.
New Doctor who to be announced as Himesh Patel.
Netflix to win 60% of the Oscars.
More Black and female winners than ever before.

David Jason to die and a shocking scandal to be revealed
Im getting more hopeful about some of my predictions now
Msybe if i said more people of Colour instead of black I would be on the nose
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James Laverty wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 5:41 pm This sounds like fun.

6. Jon Snow retires from Channel 4 News
BOOM! https://www.channel4.com/news/jon-snow- ... -presenter
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Marc Meakin wrote: Mon Apr 26, 2021 11:18 am
Marc Meakin wrote: Tue Mar 16, 2021 8:28 am
Marc Meakin wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:49 pm I am going to post an ammended list here.
Sport. Chelsea to win FA Cup
Man City to win Champions League and the Premier league by at least 8 points
Champions league places for Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea
The Olympics, to go ahead with limited fans.
Team Gb to win more than 10 gold medals
England to reach the finals of the Euros.

Current Affairs
Lockdown to ease after April.
Social distancing and nasks will be the norm until 2022.
Income tax to rise substantially in the budget.
Boris Johnson to be forced to leave government.
Prince Phillip to die from Covid
The Queen to alloe Charles to taje over most duties from the end of the year.
Cinemas to open for the summer.

Celebrity.
David Attenborough to pass away.
Captain Tom to beat Covid.
Badger to win the Nasked Singer revealed as Ne-Yo
Dune to be the biggest box office film in America
James Bond will be Tom Huddlestone.
New Doctor who to be announced as Himesh Patel.
Netflix to win 60% of the Oscars.
More Black and female winners than ever before.

David Jason to die and a shocking scandal to be revealed
Im getting more hopeful about some of my predictions now
Msybe if i said more people of Colour instead of black I would be on the nose
Bloody VAR cost me a win, probably.
Mind you I hope Im wrong about Champions League prediction as compensation
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Marc Meakin wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 7:49 pm I am going to post an ammended list here.
Sport. Chelsea to win FA Cup
Man City to win Champions League and the Premier league by at least 8 points
Champions league places for Man Utd, Liverpool and Chelsea
The Olympics, to go ahead with limited fans.
Team Gb to win more than 10 gold medals
England to reach the finals of the Euros.

Current Affairs
Lockdown to ease after April.
Social distancing and nasks will be the norm until 2022.
Income tax to rise substantially in the budget.
Boris Johnson to be forced to leave government.
Prince Phillip to die from Covid
The Queen to alloe Charles to taje over most duties from the end of the year.
Cinemas to open for the summer.

Celebrity.
David Attenborough to pass away.
Captain Tom to beat Covid.
Badger to win the Nasked Singer revealed as Ne-Yo
Dune to be the biggest box office film in America
James Bond will be Tom Huddlestone.
New Doctor who to be announced as Himesh Patel.
Netflix to win 60% of the Oscars.
More Black and female winners than ever before.

David Jason to die and a shocking scandal to be revealed
Thought this was worth bumping especially the football ones
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Bradley Horrocks wrote: Tue Feb 02, 2021 6:01 pm 9) Betty White passes away
Just about
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2022 predictions.
By May Covid to slowly die out and by Christmas normality to return.
The Queen to pass away a week before her platinum celebration.
Biden to die in Office
Boris Johnson to be ousted by Rishi Sunak.
England to Win The World Cup.
Man City to win the Champions League final against Manchester United.
Raducanu to win 2 Grand Slam Tournaments
Lewis Hamilton to make history and retire.
David Jason.
David Attenborough.
Gene Hackman
Paul Mccartney to pass away.
King Charles to abdicate
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Marc Meakin wrote: Sat Jan 01, 2022 7:11 am 2022 predictions.
Lewis Hamilton to make history and retire.
Lots of drivers have retired in the past.
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Elliott Mellor wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:55 pm Okey dokey...

1) Prince Philip to die.

2) Rafa Nadal to overtake Roger Federer for most men's grand slam singles titles.

3) Lillian Priest (b. 07/11/1908) and Gwen Moore (b. 27/11/1911) to become the first siblings ever known to both be living supercentenarians. There are two known cases of two siblings each reaching 110+, but never simultaneously alive. What's more interesting is that they live in separate countries (Britain and Australia) - Lillian is the oldest known person in the UK, and Gwen is in the top ten in Australia. Pretty impressive.

4) On that note, Albano (b. 14/12/1909) and Alberto (b. 02/12/1911) Andrade to become the first ever known brother supercentenarian pair. First and third oldest known men in Portugal, sure is some good genetics they have. This requires Alberto to reach December 2nd - it'd be nice for them to be simultaneously living but I'm not including this as a caveat.

5) Donald Trump to die.

6) Serena Williams to finally get her 24th grand slam singles title, having been trying for so long.

7) Pope Benedict XVI to die. 94 in April and supposedly quite frail, though religious folk do seem to have a tendency to stick around for a very long time.

8) Man City to win the Premier League.

9) A new development to happen in relation to the Andrew Gosden disappearance.

And finally...

10) Me to get a first in my degree (you know, hope and that...)

I realise that three of my predictions require people to die (should have participated in the deaths prediction game) and some of these are also probably rather unlikely and more hope than actual belief. Hoping to beat my score of 4 for last year, though :)
Had come back to this thread just the other day mainly to laugh at some of my predictions, so this was fresh in the memory. Wow, having started reading the Unresolved Mysteries thread on Reddit during Lockdown, I learnt about this case and it is rather intriguing. Hopefully this is a positive lead that leads to Andrew being found safe and well
Definitely not Jamie McNeill or Schrodinger's Cat....
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James Laverty wrote: Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:57 pm
Elliott Mellor wrote: Mon Feb 01, 2021 4:55 pm Okey dokey...

1) Prince Philip to die.

2) Rafa Nadal to overtake Roger Federer for most men's grand slam singles titles.

3) Lillian Priest (b. 07/11/1908) and Gwen Moore (b. 27/11/1911) to become the first siblings ever known to both be living supercentenarians. There are two known cases of two siblings each reaching 110+, but never simultaneously alive. What's more interesting is that they live in separate countries (Britain and Australia) - Lillian is the oldest known person in the UK, and Gwen is in the top ten in Australia. Pretty impressive.

4) On that note, Albano (b. 14/12/1909) and Alberto (b. 02/12/1911) Andrade to become the first ever known brother supercentenarian pair. First and third oldest known men in Portugal, sure is some good genetics they have. This requires Alberto to reach December 2nd - it'd be nice for them to be simultaneously living but I'm not including this as a caveat.

5) Donald Trump to die.

6) Serena Williams to finally get her 24th grand slam singles title, having been trying for so long.

7) Pope Benedict XVI to die. 94 in April and supposedly quite frail, though religious folk do seem to have a tendency to stick around for a very long time.

8) Man City to win the Premier League.

9) A new development to happen in relation to the Andrew Gosden disappearance.

And finally...

10) Me to get a first in my degree (you know, hope and that...)

I realise that three of my predictions require people to die (should have participated in the deaths prediction game) and some of these are also probably rather unlikely and more hope than actual belief. Hoping to beat my score of 4 for last year, though :)
Had come back to this thread just the other day mainly to laugh at some of my predictions, so this was fresh in the memory. Wow, having started reading the Unresolved Mysteries thread on Reddit during Lockdown, I learnt about this case and it is rather intriguing. Hopefully this is a positive lead that leads to Andrew being found safe and well
I think I can actually count this as an accurate prediction if it turns out to be genuine, since it seems like the men were apprehended in December of 2021. I hope he's found alive, but not sure he'll necessarily be "safe and well" if he's been in some depraved trafficking ring all this time - that's going to need some pretty intense therapy, if he ever recovers from the trauma (assuming of course this is a genuine lead - there was some "lead" on Madeleine McCann that got a lot of publicity and eventually came to nothing, so I'm not too optimistic yet. I'm also not certain he'll be alive).
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