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[crawf]

Sad news, I remember seeing her on Wheel of Fortune

'Adriana Xenides dies'
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/adriana-x ... 5876608696

ADRIANA Xenides, once the glamorous hostess of television game show Wheel of Fortune, has died.

Xenides, 54, passed away in Liverpool Hospital on Monday afternoon after reportedly suffering a ruptured intestine.

She had been admitted with a stomach complaint, part of "ongoing intestinal problems", a few days earlier.

Her former co-host John Burgess, who visited her at the hospital on Sunday, confirmed her passing in a statement issued to the Seven Network.

"It's incredibly sad, she was a great friend and a TV legend," he said.

The former model and television celebrity was born in Argentina and grew up in Adelaide.

She first appeared on Wheel of Fortune in 1981 at age 22.

Her 18-year run on the show is still an Australian record, and she didn't miss an episode until November 1996 when she fell ill with a recurring stomach virus.


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"I have never missed an episode of Wheel but under doctor's instructions, I have to take a break from the show," she said in a statement at the time.

"I have had a gastro viral infection which I haven't been able to shake for several months so it's definitely time to rest."

Xenides went public with her illness in a television interview in 2007, describing the pain as "so hard it takes you down to your knees".

The symptoms caused her stomach to swell to almost double its normal size.

"I looked as if I was nine-months pregnant, and then from then, I thought my goodness what's wrong, and they started investigating," she told the Seven Network.

At one point, she said the digestive disorder almost claimed her life when she suffered hemorrhaging.

"I was dying and I remember being on life support and saying what's going what's happening?"

Xenides retired from television in 1996 but later appeared as a panelist on talk show Beauty and the Beast, and the Australian version of Celebrity Big Brother Australia during 2002.

In 2006 she managed to avoid a fine for dangerous driving when a Sydney court accepted she had fallen on hard times.

Xenides was disqualified from driving for 18 months after pleading guilty to one count of dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm over a crash in Sydney in 2005.

She blamed the head-on crash on an "uncontrollable attack of continuous sneezes" and the glare of the setting sun.

The magistrate decided not to fine her because of her "financial position".

"I don't think I've fallen from grace. I don't feel that way," she told reporters outside the court.

[Wayno]

Every time you join a table against itself like this, you know that your data design has gone wrong.

But as I said above and PG has expanded on, you're doing it wrong, you need to normalize man... normalize...

Yep, no doubt i'm doing it wrong. I'm a novice at this stuff - got it working though (using a temp table and some queries). Thanks for the inspiration. I'll be passing it over to an offical "IT boffin" to streamline & code properly, i just had to get a prototype running by today!

[Somebody]

I'm back!

Last visit was: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:32 pm

[The Scooter Guy]

I'm back!

Last visit was: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:32 pm

Well, stone the crows! Where have you been?

[jk1237]

far out its cold. 5 degrees at 9pm

[peas_and_corn]

I'm back!

Last visit was: Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:32 pm

Well, stone the crows!

Didn't they win their last game?

[rhino]

far out its cold. 5 degrees at 9pm

minus 3 outside at Woodside this morning. Beautiful, but damn cold!

[The Scooter Guy]

Snooze at Modbury, which reclocated to Gepps X HQ is now a Kathmandu!
But what about the former Barbecues Galore at Modbury Triangle? I believe that when Cash Converters next to it relocates, the 2 tenants will become a medical-dental centre!

[The Scooter Guy]

Melbourne citizen goes to jail for chewing bubblegum:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/melbou ... 5881086569
If that bubble popped, the judge woud've thought that it was a gunshot and that, the bubblegum boy would've been put on probation for interupting a trial!

[SRW]

Just an observation:
The credibility of a forum posting is directly proportional to the number of emoticons therein used.

[peas_and_corn]

Just an observation:
The credibility of a forum posting is directly proportional to the number of emoticons therein used.

I thought it was inversely proportional.

[rhino]

Just an observation:
The credibility of a forum posting is directly proportional to the number of emoticons therein used.

I thought it was inversely proportional.

I tend to agree - Inversely Proportional.

[monotonehell]

Just an observation:
The credibility of a forum posting is directly proportional to the number of emoticons therein used.

I thought it was inversely proportional.

No, SRW's right, the more emoticons, the more incredible it is.

[The Scooter Guy]

I know it's something unusual, but I remember in 2006, I saw a small carnival with a few small thrill rides that was in Elizabeth East (next to the oval) and it was situated next to Main North, Farifield & Ridley roads.
It looked like this:

PS: This photo above is not of the actual thing, but similar.

[Nathan]

Thought it might of interest to a few on the forum - I FINALLY got around to sorting and processing my photos from a trip to Japan last year. My partner, Toe, is from Tokyo so we went back for a visit and a break. The main set is taken with my G9, but there's some shots there taken with my Blackbird Fly TLR and also my Lomo LC-A+.

Full album: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathan_ada ... 294046445/

A few samples: