Today was the day for the first ever rocket to go into orbit launched from Europe. It was a German Spectrum rocket that was launched from Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway, )I actually wrote a more grounded "treatment" for Moonraker where Andøya was one of the locations back in 2020: https://www.ajb007.co.uk/discussion/comment/640496#Comment_640496
Unfortunately groundbreaking space travel often end explosively, and this was the case today; However the launch was a spectacular sight, creating a scene that would be perfect for a big-budget movie about a British superspy. 😁
My daily routine includes doing the Wordle and Connections quiz in the New York Times. The connections game gives you 16 words in which you need to sort into 4 groups of 4, you get 4 lives to complete the task. In todays connections was James Bond. I couldn’t get what matched it until I had completed the other 3 groups. It’s fun and free so if you like quizzing then go the NYT website.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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The two aren't always compatible- have a listen to Chas and Dave, for example, or Lonnie Donegan. Old stuff, granted, but "Hound Dog" is hardly modern!
I went to this now defunct restaurant at Universal Studios Florida many times, the food was decent enough and the theming was terrific. I especially enjoyed all the old posters and memorabilia, and when Dracula, The Frankenstein Monster etc came round to the tables looking very menacing, it was brilliant 😁
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
Today I was cutting firewood for some future winter. Not very bondian at all. Suddenly I heard a roar and half a dozen Porsches drove past me. Then I remembered I was standing in a fjord landscape with snow on the mountain peaks (jada jada, you've heard it before) and even sun! Suddenly the situation felt a little bit Bondian. 🙂
Actually 'Some Future Winter' is absolutely a Bondian title.
Didn't Craig' cut firewood in that Swedish thing he was in, too tipsy to think, you know was gonna be a franchise but wasn't, Girl With Dragon Tattoo type thing.
I saw this on Twitter @Number24 and thought of you.
I was going to photoshop it down but thought the edging might be interesting in a 'Laboratory, sir. It's not oratory, it's laboratory. Stromberg has one in Corsica.' kind of way.
And this happens in spite of Norway being one of the more flag- waving countries in northern Europe. The photo is from May 1st, the International Workers' Day, not a typical day for using the national flags.
Jens Stoltenberg, who recently ended his ten year stint as the General Secretary of NATO, also held a speech that day. It was his first speech on the International Workers Day in eleven years, he said. "If I did it while I worked in NATO some allies may get upset, if you know what I mean ..". I'm sure I have NO IDEA who he was thinking of. 😂
Today it's 80 years since VE-day, when WWII ended in Europe. I'd like to thank the veterans, alive and dead. Most of all we must remember to protect our freedom, democracy and independence. The extreme right-wing ideology of fascism is rearing its ugly head again!
I'll share a story a story my grandfather told me. Radios were illegal to own for non-nazis during the war, but our neighbour had one hidden away. This way everyone here knew the war was over on the 8th of May. Norwegian flags were illegal too, but our family had hidden the flag in one of the buildings on the farm. Grandpa raised the flag on the flagpole right outside my my window. Then he looked around and saw the neighbours raising their flags too. He also saw that all the farms on the other side of the fjord had raised their flags. We were free!
As if I needed any reminder that I’m growing old, it’s 50 years this year since Fawlty Towers, The Good Life and The Sweeney first aired on British TV. Dr No was also screened for the first time, making it the first Bond film to be shown on British TV, although they had debuted on American TV much earlier in 1967. I remember reading in the papers that cinema managers fought against the showings on TV because the “double bill” re-runs were still packing the cinemas regularly. Five years after release was the normal time period for first TV showings of movies in those days so 13 years was quite a wait.
Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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Today was the day for the first ever rocket to go into orbit launched from Europe. It was a German Spectrum rocket that was launched from Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway, )I actually wrote a more grounded "treatment" for Moonraker where Andøya was one of the locations back in 2020: https://www.ajb007.co.uk/discussion/comment/640496#Comment_640496
Unfortunately groundbreaking space travel often end explosively, and this was the case today; However the launch was a spectacular sight, creating a scene that would be perfect for a big-budget movie about a British superspy. 😁
Bit of an ominous lights out last comment.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
I've been driving tractors for several decades, but for some reason I've never noticed this rather graphic warning on the power transfer axel: 🤯
My daily routine includes doing the Wordle and Connections quiz in the New York Times. The connections game gives you 16 words in which you need to sort into 4 groups of 4, you get 4 lives to complete the task. In todays connections was James Bond. I couldn’t get what matched it until I had completed the other 3 groups. It’s fun and free so if you like quizzing then go the NYT website.
I used to do Wordle & Heardle and even did the connections one for a time…haven’t done them for over a year now…☺️
Crosswords for me, and the version called Codewords.
Yep…love a crossword…I’m now doing the one in The Times Colonist - stupid Canadian spellings 😡🤣
Plus I like a Sudoku 🙂
Lindybeige (Nikolas Lloyd) teaches us how to sing "Hound dog" correctly! 😀
I think it loses something in the translation....
But Lindybeige is grammatically correct, not to mention very British. 👍
Song lyrics are very often not gramatically correct; that's not their purpose.
But Lindybeige's purpose is that everything must be British and grammatically correct! 😁
The two aren't always compatible- have a listen to Chas and Dave, for example, or Lonnie Donegan. Old stuff, granted, but "Hound Dog" is hardly modern!
I went to this now defunct restaurant at Universal Studios Florida many times, the food was decent enough and the theming was terrific. I especially enjoyed all the old posters and memorabilia, and when Dracula, The Frankenstein Monster etc came round to the tables looking very menacing, it was brilliant 😁
Today I was cutting firewood for some future winter. Not very bondian at all. Suddenly I heard a roar and half a dozen Porsches drove past me. Then I remembered I was standing in a fjord landscape with snow on the mountain peaks (jada jada, you've heard it before) and even sun! Suddenly the situation felt a little bit Bondian. 🙂
Actually 'Some Future Winter' is absolutely a Bondian title.
Didn't Craig' cut firewood in that Swedish thing he was in, too tipsy to think, you know was gonna be a franchise but wasn't, Girl With Dragon Tattoo type thing.
I saw this on Twitter @Number24 and thought of you.
I was going to photoshop it down but thought the edging might be interesting in a 'Laboratory, sir. It's not oratory, it's laboratory. Stromberg has one in Corsica.' kind of way.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
And this happens in spite of Norway being one of the more flag- waving countries in northern Europe. The photo is from May 1st, the International Workers' Day, not a typical day for using the national flags.
Jens Stoltenberg, who recently ended his ten year stint as the General Secretary of NATO, also held a speech that day. It was his first speech on the International Workers Day in eleven years, he said. "If I did it while I worked in NATO some allies may get upset, if you know what I mean ..". I'm sure I have NO IDEA who he was thinking of. 😂
Today it's 80 years since VE-day, when WWII ended in Europe. I'd like to thank the veterans, alive and dead. Most of all we must remember to protect our freedom, democracy and independence. The extreme right-wing ideology of fascism is rearing its ugly head again!
People in Oslo celebrating 80 years ago:
I'll share a story a story my grandfather told me. Radios were illegal to own for non-nazis during the war, but our neighbour had one hidden away. This way everyone here knew the war was over on the 8th of May. Norwegian flags were illegal too, but our family had hidden the flag in one of the buildings on the farm. Grandpa raised the flag on the flagpole right outside my my window. Then he looked around and saw the neighbours raising their flags too. He also saw that all the farms on the other side of the fjord had raised their flags. We were free!
That's a wonderful story, N24.
The captain of this ship may have made a slight miscalculation in his navigation. Imagine living in that house ....
I think they’re trying to cut down on the waiting lists…
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As if I needed any reminder that I’m growing old, it’s 50 years this year since Fawlty Towers, The Good Life and The Sweeney first aired on British TV. Dr No was also screened for the first time, making it the first Bond film to be shown on British TV, although they had debuted on American TV much earlier in 1967. I remember reading in the papers that cinema managers fought against the showings on TV because the “double bill” re-runs were still packing the cinemas regularly. Five years after release was the normal time period for first TV showings of movies in those days so 13 years was quite a wait.
I don't know what's happening here, but I LIKE IT!
"Darling, I give you very best duck"
"Such nice cheeks, too".
Just out of interest: is it still common in the US to write checks?