Reid (Part 5– Cork… Oak Floats)

Continuing on with the Reid series, note from my recent November 21st post, Reid (Part 2): 

 Continuing on from my previous post, note this next excerpt from Ken Reid’s wiki  page: 

This was followed by stints as the sports editor, and later editor, of the Sunday News from 1984 to 1987, and reporting for the Cork Examiner from 1987 to 1994.

What stands out is the name of the paper mentioned, the “Cork” Examiner.  The reason being that the word “cork”, is the name of the bark of a tree— the bark oak.  So Given the recent “Pines” and “cone” cropping up in this series of posts, we now have a “Tree Theme” pattern-cluster.   

Note the following information listed on the Deaths in 2024 site this month: 

• Mick Waters, 81, Irish hurler (Blackrock, Cork)

As you can see, “Cork” had cropped up earlier.  With a surname “Waters” I thought his death was also strategic, and it’s true that a special property of oak bark is that it’s amazing floating ability.  Note from his wiki page: 

Michael Waters (21 July 1941 – 5 November 2024) 

On the city of Cork wiki page: 

In 1491, Cork played a part in the English Wars of the Roses when Perkin Warbeck, a pretender to the English throne, landed in the city and tried to recruit support for a plot to overthrow Henry VII of England.

• Perkin Warbeck (c. 1474 – 23 November 1499)

November 23rd is not only TOMORROW, but it’s also my mother’s birthday.  The surname Warbeck is a cryptic “war beck (French for “kiss”).  Given the “beck”, it’s worth noting that my mother is French (Acadian).  

On the cork (bark) wiki page we arrive at:  

Robert Hooke (18 July 1635 – 3 March 1703)

His surname is an addition to the “Remove a Letter Makes a Word” pattern cluster.  

On the Cork (bark) wiki page it mentions that making cork tops for champagne and wine bottles is the most widely use of cork.  I’m now reminded of having recently watched the film “Widow Clicquot”, based on a true story, note from Madame Clicquot’s wiki page:

• Madame Clicquot (16 December 1777 – 29 July 1866)
• Joséphine Bonaparte (born Marie Josèphe Rose Tascher de La Pagerie; 23 June 1763 – 29 May 1814)
• Louis Vuitton (4 August 1821 – 27 February 1892)

Clicquot’s date of birth generates and completes a “December 14, 16, 18/Even Day, Date Sequence” pattern cluster.  December 14 and 16 are the birthdays of my two sisters.  There’s only one cluster in the above that we can now investigate— the “May 29, __, July 29/ 29th Day Date Sequence” pattern cluster.  A prompt for us to investigate the June 29 wiki page.  Using the formula and taking into consideration the “Off By One” pattern cluster, we arrive at: 

From the Deaths section:

• 1998 – Horst Jankowski (30 January 1936 – 29 June 1998) pianist and composer 
• 1999 – Karekin I (August 27, 1932 – June 29, 1999) Syrian-Armenian patriarch 
• 1999 – Allan Carr (né Solomon; May 27, 1937 – June 29, 1999) screenwriter, producer 
• 2000 – Vittorio Gassman (Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000) actor, director 
• 2000 – Jane Birdwood, Baroness(18 May 1913 – 29 June 2000) publisher,politician 
• 2002 – Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) singer and actress 

From the Births section: 

• 1886 – Robert Schuman, (29 June 1886 – 4 September 1963) Prime Minister of France 
• 1888 – Squizzy Taylor ( Joseph Theodore Leslie Taylor (29 June 1888 – 27 October 1927) gangster 
• 1889 – Willie Macfarlane (29 June 1889^[1] – 15 August 1961) golfer

 As you can see, new clusters emerge.  

In 2023, Haley Bennett portrayed Clicquot in the film Widow Clicquot which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival;^[9][10] it had its wide release on July 19, 2024.^[11] The film is "based on Tilar J. Mazzeo's New York Times bestseller The Widow Clicquot: The Story of a Champagne Empire and the Woman Who Ruled It and focuses on "the true story behind the Veuve Clicquot champagne family and business that began in the late 18th century"

The surname Bennett is also the surname of my ex-partner of 27 years, Cathy Bennett, and note the cryptic “hale” in the name Haley— also an addition to the  

Haley Bennett (born Haley Loraine Keeling January 7, 1988)

Her birthday is another addition to the “Off By One” pattern cluster, given that it’s one day off from the birthday of Cathy Bennett’s son, Gillman Payette, born on January 8th.  

Note the following information on the Release Date of the film, Widow of Clicquot:  

	Release dates	September 11, 2023(TIFF) July 19, 2024(United States)

Note the following information regarding most cast/crew: 

• Sam Peter Riley (born 8 January 1980) age 44  as Louis Bohne
• Cara Seymour (born 6 January 1964) as Jeanne-Marie Ponsardin
• Benjamin Charles Miles  (born 29 September 1966) as Philippe Clicquot
• Paul Rhys (born 19 December 1963) as Droite
• Nicholas Farrell (born Nicholas C. Frost of January 1, 1955)
• Chris Larkin (born Stephens 19 June 1967) as Muller
• Mark Napper O’Connor Tandy  (born February 8, 1957) as Magistrate #1
• Joseph Wright (born 25 August 1972) is an English film director
• Erin Dignam (born July 20, 1955) is an American film director, screenwriter
• Caroline Champetier (born 16 July 1954)
• Bryce David Dessner (born April 23, 1976) is an American composer

The following clusters are generated by the above dates: 

•  “May 29, June 29, July 29, __, September 29/ 29th Day Date Sequence” pattern cluster 
• “April 23, May 23, June 23, __ …, November 23/ 23rd Day Date Sequence” pattern cluster 
• “January 1,…, __, 6, 7, 8/ Date Sequence” pattern cluster 
• “December 13, 14, __, 16, __, 19/ Date Sequence” pattern cluster 
• “July 16, __, 18, 19, 20, 21/ Date Sequence” pattern cluster 
• “August 25(x2), __, 27/Date Sequence” pattern cluster.  

August 25th is also the birthday of my grand daughter.  

So where to begin?

Let’s look at the cryptic communication in the surnames: 

rile sea more mile rise far Elle frost, lark, tan, write/right, dig, champ tier.   

To bridge the August 29 gap as per the first cluster, using the formula this one stands out: 

• 1888 – Salme Dutt  (29 August 1888 – 30 August 1964)  politician

His date of death expands one other cluster above and generating another gap re “August 25(x2), __, 27, __, 29, 30/Date Sequence” pattern cluster.

Note the cryptic “salve/same duty” in his name.  

If we bridge the August 26 gap: 

2000 – Bunny Austin (26 August 1906 – 26 August 2000) tennis player

If we bridge the August 26 gap: 

1888 – Evadne Price,  (28 August 1888 – 17 April 1985)  actress, astrologer, author

April 17 is the birthday of my son in law.  Note the cryptic “evade price” in his name. 

Note the following recent addition to the Deaths in 2024 site under November 20: 

Mike Pinera, 76, American guitarist (Blues Image, Iron Butterfly, Alice Cooper)

Note the cryptic “pine/pin era” in his name— another addition to the “Tree Theme” pattern cluster.  Note from his wiki page: 

Mike Pinera (September 29, 1948 – November 20, 2024)

•  “May 29, June 29, July 29, August 29, September 29(x2)/ 29th Day Date Sequence” pattern cluster 

Two others recently added to the Deaths in 2024 site under November 20 also fit in cryptic fashion: 

• Celeste Heloise Barker (7 July 1960 – 20 November 2024) politician
• Marshall Brain (May 17, 1961 – November 20, 2024) creator of HowStuffWorks

Note the cryptic “bark marsh all/mars hall brain rain”. 

Reid (Part 4)

 On the same day that Ken Reid passed away is another notable person who stands out: 

Andy Paley, 72, American musician (The Paley Brothers, The Modern Lovers), record producer, and composer (SpongeBob SquarePants), throat cance

His surname and first name is also an addition to the “Remove a Letter From a Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster, hence providing us with “and pale”.  Note from his wiki page: 

Andrew Douglas Paley (November 2, 1952 – November 20, 2024)

That he was born and died in the same month is a twin heads up— a prompt for us to go back through the Deaths in 2024 site to November 2nd, in search of an intended person.  On perusing the list we come to:  

Yaakov Cohen, 66, Moroccan-born Israeli actor, comedian, and stand-up artist, complications from Parkinson's disease.

Note from my previous post: 

• 1889 – Joseph Cohen, British solicitor, property developer, cinema magnate and Jewish community leader (d. 1980)^[34][35]

The surname Cohen stands out given that it sounds like “cone” and so jiving with “Pines”, note from his wiki page: 

• Joseph Cohen (June 22, 1889– June 22, 1980)

Note from Yaakov’s wiki page: 

Yaakov Cohen (September 27, 1958 – November 2, 2024)

A second Cohen cropping up on following the leads is strategic— a prompt for us to seek out the intended third.  What immediately comes to mind is singer/musician/writer Leonard Cohen, note from his wiki page:  

Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934 – November 7, 2016)

His date of death prompts us back to the list of Notable Deaths under November 7, 2024 for any who stand out: 

• Jürgen Becker (10 July 1932 – 7 November 2024)  
• Joseph T. Maguire (June 10, 1926 – November 7, 2024)
• Henderikus "Pim" Sierks (10 March 1932 – 7 November 2024)

Their birthdays generate a “March 10, …, __, June 10, July 10/10th day Month Sequence” pattern cluster. 

Reid, Read, Reed, Red (Part 3)

 Continuing from my previous post, it occurred to me that the “November 1(x2)” pattern cluster is a means of prompting us to venture back to the notable persons added to Wikipedia’s Deaths in 2024 site under November 1.  I limited my search to those who’s surname is an addition to a name cluster as per my previous post and came to :

• Alexander Pines, 79, American chemist
• Michael Ruse, 84, British-born Canadian philosopher of science 

Both surnames are additions to the “Remove a Letter from Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster and hence we get “pins”, “pies”,  “use” and “rue”(la rue is street in French).  It’s interesting to note that the surname Pines are also two words meaning “pine tree” and “suffers/longs for”… and then the words ruse and roose are two words that sound like the surname Ruse , but have different meanings (ruse — trickery; roose—brag).  

Note from their wiki pages: 

• Alexander Pines (June 22, 1945 – November 1, 2024)
•  Michael Escott Ruse (21 June 1940 – 1 November 2024)

His birthday stands out given the following from my first post in the Reid Series: 

• 2002 – Billy Wilder,  (born Samuel Wilder; June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002)  Austrian-born American director, producer, and screenwriter (*bill lie/lee sample mule wild wilderness*)

And also note the following information on the notable Reid who started this series of posts:

Kenneth Reid (23 June 1955– 19 November 2024)

We have a “ June 21, 22(x2), 23,/Date Sequence” pattern cluster in the works  

We are being prompted to locate the intended third June 22 as per the inner twin worlds propensity for generating cluster of 3 or more.  Using the formula and taking into consideration the “Off by One” pattern cluster we arrive at the following three: 

• 1887 – Julian Huxley, English biologist and academic (d. 1975)
• 1888 – Harold Hitz Burton, American lawyer and politician, 45th Mayor of Cleveland (d. 1964)
• 1889 – Joseph Cohen, British solicitor, property developer, cinema magnate and Jewish community leader (d. 1980)^[34][35]

The surname Cohen stands out given that it sounds like “cone” and so jiving with “Pines”, note from his wiki page: 

• Joseph Cohen (June 22, 1889– June 22, 1980)
• He died in Birmingham on 22 June 1980, on his 91st birthday.

He passed away on his birthday !! The cluster expands:  “ June 21, 22(x4), 23/Date Sequence” pattern cluster 

Note the following excerpt from my recent November 16 post, The Dynamite Kid: 

Note the following recent additions Wikipedia’s Notable Deaths in 2024 site: 

• Elizabeth Kridl Valkenier (13 November 1926 – 13 November 2024) 98, art historian 
• Kalambay Otepa, (12 November 1948 – 12 November 2024) 76,  footballer

The chances of two notable persons dying on their birthdays occurring one day after the other is a twin heads up.  Google brought me to a wikipedia page called “The Birthday Effect”,

This makes it official— a “Died on Their Birthday” pattern cluster.  

There is one other thing to consider in the surname “Reid”— it’s an addition to the “Name Sounds Like a Word” pattern cluster… and hence “read” and “reed”.   The etymology of the name Reid is “red”. 

Reid (Part 2)

 Continuing on from my previous post, note this next excerpt from Ken Reid’s wiki  page: 

This was followed by stints as the sports editor, and later editor, of the Sunday News from 1984 to 1987, and reporting for the Cork Examiner from 1987 to 1994.

What stands out is the name of the Paper re “Cork”, given that it’s a word for one, and because as a name it’s an addition to the “Replace a Letter in a Name Makes a Word” pattern cluster, in this case, giving us words like “core”, “work”, “fork” , “cock”, “York”.  On the Papers wiki page we come across: 

founded by John Francis Maguire under the title The Cork Examinerin 1841

Note from Maguire’s wiki page: 

John Francis Maguire (1815 – 1 November 1872)

His date of death is particularly meaningful given the following my previous post: 

should be noted that the name Reid had cropped up not long ago, see my November 1, 2024 post —  Reynaldo Luz RIIP (Wellington part 61): Lose and Ruse

Also interesting is the cryptic communication in the name “John Francis” that is a form of “Jack Frank” that in turn contains the cryptic “raise up truth”.    Note as well the similarity of the surname Maguire to the word “acquire”.  Note the etymology:

acquire (v.)

"to get or gain, obtain," mid-15c., acqueren, from Old French aquerre "acquire, gain, earn, procure" (12c., Modern French acquérir), from Vulgar Latin *acquaerere, corresponding to Latin acquirere/adquirere "to get in addition to, accumulate, gain," from ad "to," here perhaps emphatic (see ad-), + quaerere "to seek to obtain" (see query (v.))

query (n.)

1530s, quaere "a question," from Latin quaere "to ask, inquire," "much used as a marginal note or memorandum to indicate a question or doubt, and hence taken as a noun" [Century Dictionary], second person singular imperative of quaerere "to seek, look for; strive, endeavor, strive to gain; ask, require, demand;" figuratively "seek mentally, seek to learn, make inquiry," probably ultimately from PIE root *kwo-, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns. Spelling Englished or altered c. 1600 by influence of inquiry. Compare quest.

*kwo-

also *kwi-, Proto-Indo-European root, stem of relative and interrogative pronouns.

It forms all or part of: cheese (n.2) "a big thing;" cue (n.1) "stage direction;" either; hidalgo; how; kickshaw; neither; neuter; qua; quality; quandary; quantity; quasar; quasi; quasi-; query; quib; quibble; quiddity; quidnunc; quip; quodlibet; quondam; quorum; quote; quotidian; quotient; ubi; ubiquity; what; when; whence; where; whether; which; whither; who; whoever; whom; whose; why.

Note how the French retained closer to the original question words whereas English silenced the “K/Q” sound : 

French Question Words Explained

• Qui (who) Pronunciation: Ki (like “key”) ... 
• Que (what) Pronunciation: Keuh (“euh” like the u in “murder” if you stopped before the r) ... 
• Quoi (what) Pronunciation: Kwah. ... 
• Où (where) Pronunciation: Ooh. ... 
• Quand (when) ... 
• Pourquoi (why) ... 
• Comment (how) ... 
• Combien (how much/how many)