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Bosun11

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  1. Finally got round to Oppenhiemer last night...

    Give yourself the time to both watch and concentrate on it and, I'm sure it'll be worth it... Director Christopher Nolan at the top of his game!

    A stellar cast, Murphy and Downey are fantastic, their quality shines through, though I really enjoyed Emily Blunt's performance.

    For me, the film had just about everything, screenplay, history, tension and acting brilliance.

    A couple of points though, not knowing much about the subjects history can make it a difficult follow in parts, and some dialogue can be given with little regard to the viewers volume setting, so crank the sound up.

    But a brilliant watch... 8.5/10

  2. Like a few on here I done the big flash wedding thing first time around, and though that's what her and her family wanted, I believe it contributed to the break up 10 months later.

    Second time round I'd met someone who, though wanting a marriage, never wanted the pomp & ceremony. We had the suit and the dress, but it was the registry office attached to the council buildings where she worked. With all her mates hanging out the windows cheering us on.

    Then over to the boozer next door for a swift half, before heading off to our evening venue, the community association club. No charge for members, and the annual membership fee was 15 quid. A full hog roast was the grub supplied (with the vegetarian option of the bun and apple sauce!)

    Gave the DJ a full set list of our fave music, and danced the night away with about 100 of our nearest and dearest from all over the country... We all had a blast!

    Oh, the rings... She chose what she wanted, the money was there, the wedding cost nothing, and i chose one of those titanium type things, with a large black band around it. Cost me 18 quid and 12 years on, unlike gold, it's hardly marked and still in perfect shape, just like its wearer... 😉

  3. Read The Old Man & The Sea years ago, just before I was visiting Key West. It was OK, but I enjoyed the film more.

    Visited his house and the two bars on Duval Street of the same name, that claim to be the one he frequented. Both have a look alike Hemmingway contest.

  4. Just now, mC HULL said:

    lol that a bite  bosun 

    i jiust imagined you like most bull x owners dreamers along the lines of a brian plummer lol 

    Not really, I've edited it.

    Anyway, I own one of those wedge headed, crying bags of shite you also own. Same as I ran long before those fat heads, and long before you knew what a good hare was... 😉

  5. I'm a fan... A huge fan of the works of David Brian Plummer. I've read and re-read his books many times over the years.

    Sure, they're flawed, massively so, in some cases.... I knew that as a 12 year old kid.

    Legend has it that Jimmy Keeling write R&RD's and Plummer 'stole it' from him. His lamping accounts in Merle are so doubtful, as are his digging tales in Artisan and Omega, as well as a million other faults BUT for me, i don’t care, I'd much rather pick up one of his books for entertainment than most others...

    His books can draw me in so well, draw me to a life in the British countryside unlike any other author on the subject. And I know, for me, it's romance, nostalgia, even when he's writing in 'his' real time. 

    I have little interest in the man. I met briefly him once and he was unpleasant, to say the least..!

    If I was ever to go on Mastermind, my chosen subject would have to be the works of DBP.

    20 years eh... Cheers Brian !

  6. Just now, Blackmag said:

     I was told the same about jays  by my old man years ago 

    And your 'ol man knew his stuff mate... ?

    We just see Jay's as crows and Magpie's BUT BUT they are much more... Much more to woodland habitat, much more to biodiversity and really something to shout about.

    Hats off to your 'ol man mate. He knew his onions, a true Countryman... ?

    Some species make Briton great... ?

  7. Without reading the whole topic..!

    Look after your Jay family's, no matter what they do to the songbirds.

    For about 10 years they will plant you more Oak, Chestnut and Horsechestnut, amongst others, than you could ever do.

    They will provide everything every other species needs to survive....

    We seem to have an inbuilt habit of blasting Jay's and yet these birds are the ultimate in woodland habitat provision.

  8. Right behind Working Terriers, this has to be the most soul destroying topic on THL...

    Now, I'm growing lettuce, three varieties, beans, broad and runner, kale, chard, cabbage, courgette, cucumber, sweetcorn, strawberry, blackcurrants, redcurrent,  gooseberries and more....

    But I'll be fecked putting pics up on here, some of you lot make me look like a laughing stock... 

    Best of luck this summer, one and all... ????

  9. 1 minute ago, chartpolski said:

    Something similar, LDR and I were beating on a shoot with Delta and Bruce, when a roe buck shot out of a dyke. Bruce nailed it and the head keeper came running over. We expected a right bollocking, but all he said was " get it gutted, get it in your motor and I want the liver " !

    Cheers.

    Brilliant... ?

  10. Met SMP a couple of times at the Cup. Bloke would/could talk to anyone and he was always 'holding court'.... 

    My fave quote of his i was not there for. And i'd bet somone can tell it better than me.

    It occured on another coursing field where a Roe buck got up infront of two coursing greyhounds and one turned off the hare and nailed that buck. SMP's reaction to the field was, "that dog doesn't know it yet, but it's got a wonderful carear right in front of it..." Or sommat like that... ?‍♂️

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