Faces to Names...

[Max-U52]

Hey Highlander, it looks like no one else was brave enough to post a photo of themselves. That's kind of scary. What if we're hangin' out with a whole bunch of ugly bastards? Doh!

[ALPHA]

Hey Highlander, it looks like no one else was brave enough to post a photo of themselves. That's kind of scary. What if we're hangin' out with a whole bunch of ugly bastards? Doh!

Ya Never know lol

ALPHA

[Max-U52]

Oops, so very sorry, Max, I didn't see the bit about Gramps. I'm sure you had a great time together through life, and retain some amazing memories of him, along with his stories and anecdotes. I never knew my scots grandfather. He died in 1940 when the war was raging, and the other (Irish one) was crippled and soured by the Great War; scowling his way out of existence when I was just six. Anyway, sorry again and have a great Christmas, hopefully with the best news possible about Nancy.

Roy.

No worries, Roy, Gramps had over 80 good years and had a lot of fun. He's the guy that married Oma after the war (since Max didn't survive) and brought Oma and Mom here to the states. Oma left us in the 60s but we still yell at her - You couldn't have married a guy from someplace with warm weather? You just had to pick one from freakin' Detroit?!?

This Grampa was in Europe after the war and had some great stories from then. He was a driver for the big shots so he saw some really incredible stuff. One of my favorites was about him and his buddies sitting in King Ludwig's throne at Neuschwannstein (sp?). He's the one I built this jeep for, because he spent so much time driving one around Germany after the war. Never did get him another Thompson, though.

[43rdRecceReg]

Hey Alpha and Max, Diana Rigg's method of holding a gun was decidedly flirtatious; suggestive of trawling through the locks of some captive lover (or pubic hair, if you're an unromantic spoilsport). I have a box set of the Avengers from 1966-1967, and Diana's derriere looked just as appealing in Black & White as it did in colour....and as for the sixties eccentricities; well, I never tire of them. I also have a set of 'the Prisoner' (Patrick McGoohan), and even drove down to the 'Village' once in Portmeirion, to savour the flavour of the setting: an incongruous Italianate village set in a Welsh National Park..(buildings are actually 2/3 scale versions of Italian originals..but OK for small people to dwell in!)
Max, it's obvious that other members of the forum are probably on Interpol wanted lists..for weird offences or, as you suggest, butt ugly!! I jest of course. Would like to hear more of Opa's eye-witness accounts of WW2. My friend in Hamburg (retired Polizei Leutnant), has a wonderful strings of anecdotes from his parents. I met them on several occasions and, while they endured the almost nightly bombings of the city by the RAF, and the eventual firestorm (My friend's dad worked at Messerschmitt, as a skilled machinist), they showed no resentment to a Brit whose father had entered Bremen on a war footing... I also knew Horst, through the family, sadly gone now. He fought at Stalingrad, and lost an arm there (through injury, not carelessness!). He too had much to tell...

[ALPHA]

Hey Alpha and Max, Diana Rigg's method of holding a gun was decidedly flirtatious; suggestive of trawling through the locks of some captive lover (or pubic hair, if you're an unromantic spoilsport).

...LOL...That's one way of looking at her style lol

To me it's like ...........If she pulls that trigger ...she's going to be wearing a serious whiplash smile

I have a box set of the Avengers from 1966-1967, and Diana's derriere looked just as appealing in Black & White as it did in colour....and as for the sixties eccentricities; well, I never tire of them. I also have a set of 'the Prisoner' (Patrick McGoohan), and even drove down to the 'Village' once in Portmeirion, to savour the flavour of the setting: an incongruous Italianate village set in a Welsh National Park..(buildings are actually 2/3 scale versions of Italian originals..but OK for small people to dwell in!)

What can be said...you are a true Aficionado 43...another British series that I think is worth mention is the Man from Uncle...No starring Hot Babes....But dang those gadgets were cool



ALPHA

[43rdRecceReg]

Well, thanks, ubiquitous one. In reality, I enjoy sweeping away the cobwebs of consciousness to rediscover the delights of the sixties.. ; the feel of the velvet pants; the smell of snow jasmine joss sticks; the hollowness of 'peace and love ' protestations; the drug-induced reading between the lines of Beatles' songs; the excessive use of 'far out', 'fab' and 'groovy', and the timeless sugariness of Donovan's lovely "Summer day reflection song'....and, of course, fantasies about Diana Rigg. Of course, I'd much rather hear 'far out'
than sentences peppered with "LIKE'. I'd willingly go back in time, or even come back as Marty Feldman, than endure like, a future, like where like people like say like 'And I was like', and they were like'...... Utter torture..like. If I were in Guantanamo I'd confess to anything if i were forced to modern speech patterns of the under 30s. Like. Worse still, is the combination of 'like' with the total mis-and overuse, of 'literally'..delivered with the so-called Australian Upward Inflection; where every statement appears to end in a question.
Small wonder I retreat to the safety of Diana Riggs' buttocks, and McGoohan's 'No 6'. By the way, The Man from Uncle was actually American, but had strong british input in the form of Leo G.Carroll ,and the Ageless scot David McCallum (Damn, but that bastrad still looks great even in his seventies!)
Now where did I leave that Time Machine...

[43rdRecceReg]

..should read:'..forced to hear the speech patterns of the under 30s". Write in haste; regret at leisure.

[Max-U52]

At the risk of dating myself, Thursday night was a big one at my house when I was 5. Batman was on in prime time on our little black and white 19 inch TV set.

I guess it's just British prejudice that made you guys leave out the IMF. Leslie Ann Warren was my very first celebrity crush, photo on the bedroom wall and all.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it ...

[43rdRecceReg]

From what I can see, Max, Lesley Ann Warren doesn't look that bad, even pushing 70. As for Batman, I was a big fan of Burgess Meredith as the Penguin. He was a brilliant actor, (Terrific in 'Of Mice and men, 1939) and I found myself trying to mimic the way he seemed to rasp, laugh and quack (yep, penguins don't quack, but he did) all at once, when outraged by the Caped Crusader. He also served in the USAF in WW2.Then there was Catwoman... sadly. she lost the last of her nine lives recently. But 19in television, Max? That's huge. The first one we had was 9 inches and was supplied with a large magnifying glass- yes, really. You had to slap it to make it work, and often a family member would have to stand in a favourable position all night holding the aerial, in order to get a picture. Some were better aerials than others.

[ALPHA]

At the risk of dating myself, Thursday night was a big one at my house when I was 5. Batman was on in prime time on our little black and white 19 inch TV set.

I guess it's just British prejudice that made you guys leave out the IMF. Leslie Ann Warren was my very first celebrity crush, photo on the bedroom wall and all.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it ...

FLASHBACK FOR MAX

Spoiler: show

PSYCHEDELIC BABY!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't remember her part in Batman though

ALPHA