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chitoryu12 posted:Oh I wasn’t in a car. I was in a crosswalk and the guy rolled through without looking. Full flip over the hood, shoes flying. Stunt and fight training is the only reason I probably survived. Thanks for posting on the Somethinf Awful forums, Jackie Chan!
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How does one get stunt and flight training? That sounds awesome
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# ? Jul 9, 2022 22:48 |
poisonpill posted:How does one get stunt and flight training? That sounds awesome I grew up doing high school theatre and spent a few years continuing to act in local film and TV.
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# ? Jul 9, 2022 22:58 |
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Hmmm yes that's what all the double 0's say
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# ? Jul 9, 2022 23:39 |
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No, they loudly announce that they are highly trained secret agents with the British intelligence service, then they declare that they think you’re up to something, then they accept your invitation to your remote island fortress
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# ? Jul 9, 2022 23:55 |
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Continuing taking your time and I super hope you start feeling better before too long. IIRC you're in Florida and if you can't get a medical weed card for any reason, delta 8 is legal and has pretty similar effects.
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# ? Jul 10, 2022 05:51 |
In the meantime, C&Rsenal uploaded a quick review of the bizarre first choice Gardner made for Bond’s modern handgun. https://youtu.be/Yh5uO_X741M
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# ? Jul 13, 2022 18:15 |
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okay I know you like 007 and all but you don't need to take it to the level of "I bet bond could survive getting hit by a car, maybe I will too" jeez
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# ? Jul 13, 2022 18:59 |
quote:Fatigue had caught up with him. He had arranged to meet the others for dinner that evening in the famous snug bar around six. Until then, they had agreed to rest. He rang down for a pot of black coffee and a plate of scrambled eggs. While he waited, Bond examined his room and the small, windowless bathroom. There was a neat shower protected by solidly built sliding glass doors. He approved, and decided to have a shower later. He was hanging his suits in the wardrobe when the waiter arrived with freshly brewed strong coffee and the eggs cooked to perfection. A deep look into the mind of James Bond. quote:Bleary-eyed with sleep, he went to the bathroom, turned on the lights and opened the tall doors to the shower. A strong hot shower followed by an icy one, then a shave and change of clothes would freshen him up. Also how I shower. quote:Drenched with the hot spray, and exalting in a sense of cleanliness, he altered the settings on the taps, allowing the water to cool quickly until he stood under a shower of almost ice-cold water. The shock hit him, as though he had walked out into a blizzard. Feeling thoroughly revitalised, he turned off the water and shook himself like a dog. Then he reached out to open the sliding door. But what assassin could have snuck into the shower with him? quote:Bond scrabbled desperately for the door with one hand, flapping the flannel about his face and body with the other to ward off the creature confined with him in the shower. But when his fingers closed over the handle and pulled, the door would not move. The harder he tugged the more vicious the creature’s attacks became. He felt a clawing at his shoulder, then his neck, but managed to dislodge it, still hauling on the door, which refused to budge. The thing paused for a moment, as though in preparation for a final assault. IT'S DA BAT quote:The door began to slide open. ‘Get out of the bathroom, Sukie. Get out!’ Bond wrenched back the door as the bat dived. A MUTANT BAT quote:As though sensing Bond’s thoughts, the huge bat raised its front legs, opening the wings to full span and gathered its body up for the fast attack. Somehow Gardner finds a way to escalate every chapter in this book, and I'm not sure what drugs must have created it. quote:When he had finished, he dropped the baton in the shower, turned on the spray and walked into the bedroom. He had some disinfectant in the small first aid kit which was now Q Branch standard issue.
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# ? Jul 31, 2022 12:35 |
https://twitter.com/PaulTobin/status/1571511842396311553?t=Z4LWiDKF1WetGdErpiH5Ig&s=19
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chitoryu12 posted:https://twitter.com/PaulTobin/status/1571511842396311553?t=Z4LWiDKF1WetGdErpiH5Ig&s=19 #wow #whoa
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# ? Sep 19, 2022 00:19 |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlc0b0DcC_c My bones have been mostly stitched together and I can type long stuff reliably with some actual free time now, so we're resuming posts!
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quote:chitoryu12 had the crawling sensation at the pit of his stomach he knew so well – the signal that he had probably made a dangerous and silly mistake. :-)
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# ? Dec 7, 2022 21:43 |
Chapter 10: The Mozart Manquote:Sukie looked hard at Bond, and then down at the gun. ‘It’s a pretty little thing, isn’t it?’ She smiled, and he thought he could detect relief in her eyes. I can't believe it either! quote:‘A vampire bat?’ Her voice rose in astonishment. ‘James! It could have...’ She's suffering from Movie Bond Girl syndrome! quote:‘I want you to get me some rubber gloves and a large bottle of antiseptic.’ Both of these brands still exist and you can get virtually identical outfits from them. quote:‘Yes.’ Shocking. quote:‘You are to go to Paris tomorrow. It should take you only one day. You must drive on the direct route, and there are rooms booked for you at the George Cinq.’ For those who never recorded on cassettes, they came with a plastic safety tab that could flip between "record" and "don't record" positions to allow you to lock a tape so it couldn't be accidentally taped over. Breaking the tab off would permanently disable the ability to record on the tape. quote:He had just finished this important chore when a knock at the door heralded Sukie’s return. She carried a brown paper sack containing her purchases, and appeared inclined to stay in the room until Bond firmly suggested that she join Nannie and wait in the snug bar for him. Anything goes at this point, my man. quote:Who, he wondered, would have the resources to work on the breeding and development of a weapon so horrible? It struck him that the creature must have taken a number of years to be brought to its present state, and that indicated a large organisation, with funds and the specialist expertise required. The work would have been carried out in a simulated warm forest-like environment, for, if his memory was correct, the species’ natural habitats were the jungles and forests of Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay. I still have some of my Dunhill! quote:Sukie and Nannie were anxious to hear what he had been doing, but Bond merely said they would be told all in good time. For the moment they should enjoy the pleasanter things of life. After a drink in the snug bar, they moved to the table which Nannie had been sensible enough to reserve and dined on the famous Viennese boiled beef dish called Tafelspitz. It was like no other boiled beef on earth, a gastronomic delight, with a piquant vegetable sauce, and served with melting sautéed potatoes. They had resisted a first course for it is sacrilege to decline dessert in an Austrian restaurant. They chose the light, fragile Salzburger soufflé, said to have been created nearly three hundred years ago by a chef in the Hohensalzburg. It arrived topped by a mountain of Schlag, rich whipped cream. Tafelspitz is a simple boiled beef or veal dish with root vegetables, served with a mix of minced apples and horseradish. Salzburger soufflé is meant to invoke the snowy mountains of Salzburg by baking a few pyramidal souffles (optionally serving on a bed of fruit jam, like cranberry or lingonberry) and topping with icing sugar or whipped cream. quote:Afterwards they went outside among the strolling window-shoppers in the warm air of the Getreidegasse. Bond wanted to be safe from bugging equipment. Yeah, that's....clever? quote:It was agreed that they would meet by the car on the stroke of midnight. As they started to retrace their steps towards the Goldener Hirsch, Bond paused briefly by a letter box set into the wall and slid his package from his breast pocket to the box. It was neatly done, in seconds, and he was fairly certain that even Sukie and Nannie did not notice. How convenient. quote:As he waited for the cashier to take his credit card details, he walked over to the internal telephones and rang Nannie’s number. She answered immediately. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p97sxREC00 quote:The Klinik Mozart stands back from the road, about two kilometres on the Salzburg side of Hallein, the seventeenth-century house screened from passing view by woods. "Only three of you, and your electrodes clamped to my balls!" quote:‘We’ve managed well enough so far,’ another voice said. ‘You have been co-operative – to a point – Herr Direktor, but we cannot take chances. We shall leave only when Bond is secure and our people are far away. The situation is ideal for the short-wave transmitter; and your patients have not suffered. Another twenty-four, maybe forty-eight hours will make little difference to you. Eventually we shall leave you in peace.’ It feels like bad planning to tell your prisoner that you need him to pass on one more message before execution and then expect full cooperation. quote:Bond shivered. He had recognised a voice he would never have thought, in a thousand years, he would hear in this situation. He took a deep breath and slowly pulled, widening the crack between the windows. Then he moved the curtains a fraction to peer into the room. Of course it was the most suspicious guy! quote:‘Not quite,’ said Bond smiling, but without triumph. ‘Not quite yet, though I admit I was surprised to find you here. Who are you really working for, Quinn? SPECTRE?’
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welcome back!
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chitoryu12 posted:Shocking. Yeah, he's back alright!
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# ? Jan 6, 2023 04:33 |
Chapter 11: Hawk's Wings And Macabrequote:James Bond was not prepared to waste time. He knew, to his cost, the dangers of keeping an enemy talking. It was a technique he had used to his own advantage before now, and Steve Quinn was quite capable of trying to play for time. Crisply, still keeping his distance, Bond ordered him to stand well away from the wall, spread his legs, stretch out his arms and lean forward, palms against the wall. Once in that position, he made Quinn shuffle his feet back even further so that he had no leverage for a quick attack. The Steyr is probably the Steyr Pieper 1909, which began production in 1908. It's a simple blowback .25 ACP pistol with a tip-down barrel that can be loaded and unloaded by hand without needing to rack the slide, useful if your hands are wet or too weak. The magazine can also be set to sit lower in the magwell, allowing you to load and fire this way as a single-shot pistol. quote:‘Haven’t seen one of these in years,’ said Bond as he tossed the Steyr on to the desk. ‘No grenades secreted up your backside, I trust.’ He did not smile. ‘You’re a damned walking arsenal, man. You should be careful. Terrorists might be tempted to break into you.’ Creative! quote:Quinn grunted and Bond kicked his legs together, viciously hitting his ankle with the steel-capped toe of his shoe so that he yelped with pain. While the agony was sweeping through him, Bond swiftly slid one of the straps around Quinn’s ankles, pulled hard and buckled the leather tightly. Yeah, definitely a much meaner Bond than the previous ones. quote:For the first time Bond had a real chance to look around the room. It was furnished in solid nineteenth-century style – a heavy desk, the bookcases rising to the ceiling, the chairs with curved backs. Kirchtum still sat at the desk, his face pale, hands shaking. The big, expansive man had turned to terrified blubber. Much more accurate. Rats are sweet. quote:‘They asked to see you?’ And cackling? quote:Bond, standing beside the sophisticated high frequency transmitter, saw that the dials were glowing and heard a faint hum from the speakers. He noted the dial settings. They had been talking to someone a long way off – anything from six hundred to six thousand kilometres away. MI6 didn't even bother changing its compromised front for years! quote:‘Were there any other special words?’ You didn't think it was counterproductive when you kept kicking him! quote:He went over and knelt beside the trussed figure. ‘Quinn,’ he said softly, and saw the hate in the sidelong, painful glance. ‘We need your co-operation.’ A very cruel version of Bond. Was Tabby even involved in the SMERSH operation, or is she an unknowing civilian Bond is threatening to torture to death for her husband's cooperation? quote:He manhandled Quinn into the radio operator’s chair, and adjusted the straps from the strangulation position, binding him tightly into the chair. He felt confident, for the fight appeared to have gone out of Steve Quinn. But you could never tell. The defector might well be so indoctrinated that he could bring himself to sacrifice his wife.
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Strategic Tea posted:Hmmm yes that's what all the double 0's say The name is Ryu. Chitoryu. 12. chitoryu12 posted:A very cruel version of Bond. Was Tabby even involved in the SMERSH operation, or is she an unknowing civilian Bond is threatening to torture to death for her husband's cooperation? Well, either way Bond doesn't know.
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# ? Jan 7, 2023 21:30 |
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I like this version. He's the first Bond in a long time that hasn't seemed like a complete idiot.
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# ? Jan 7, 2023 22:04 |
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Hey everyone. I'm the real life best friend of the thread creator Chitoryu, real name Cody. I felt it necessary to let you all know that he passed away this evening. He left in peace, in the company of his mother. If you have any questions or comments, I'll be here. Thanks.
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# ? Feb 10, 2023 08:18 |
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I just want to offer my condolences and sympathies for his family and for you and his other friends. I only really knew him from these threads, but he was a charming and intelligent man and I not only greatly enjoyed these threads, but learned a fair bit too. He will be missed.
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# ? Feb 10, 2023 08:37 |
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I don't know what to say. Thank you for letting us know.
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# ? Feb 10, 2023 08:40 |
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:Hey everyone. Reading this hit me like I'd known him personally. This thread (and its predecessor) were great, insightful trips down memory lane, and I'm grateful to him for sharing them and the little snippets of his life with us. I hope the past month hasn't been too hard on him; he didn't share a lot of details about the accident last year but recovery cannot possibly have been easy. Send all our best to his family for us. Do they have any way for us to send flowers or money for funeral expenses?
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Cassius Belli posted:Reading this hit me like I'd known him personally. This thread (and its predecessor) were great, insightful trips down memory lane, and I'm grateful to him for sharing them and the little snippets of his life with us. Nothing as of yet. He left just last night, but I'll update if I find anything out from his mom.
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# ? Feb 10, 2023 10:19 |
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This hit hard for some reason. You and his family have my sincerest condolences for this sudden loss. I admired most of his posts and threads whenever I saw them and will miss them greatly. I'll have a strong drink in his honor when I'm not very far from home.
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# ? Feb 10, 2023 10:49 |
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Sandwich Anarchist posted:Hey everyone. I'm really sorry to hear that. My condolences.
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# ? Feb 10, 2023 11:29 |
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Fucker is saying some poo poo to James Bond in heaven. RIP to a real one.
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# ? Feb 10, 2023 12:04 |
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WTF. I'm so sorry. My sympathies to his nearest and dearest. I never met him but his posts were always fun and I always rather hoped to be able to buy him drinks some day in thanks.
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I am so sorry to hear that. My condolences with everyone who knew him. I've probably read every post he made about Bond and I always found him to be incredibly thoughtful, intelligent, and honest to read. The Bond books hold a sentimental place for me, and I learned a lot from Chitoryu and I will miss him very much.
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# ? Feb 10, 2023 17:06 |
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Gonna raise a strong martini to a real one next time I get a chance. Thoughtful, insightful, and entertaining. He’ll be missed.
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# ? Feb 10, 2023 17:20 |
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I'm very sorry to hear that. He seemed like an interesting person, and his threads have been great reads.
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# ? Feb 10, 2023 17:27 |
Sandwich Anarchist posted:Hey everyone. Thank you very much for letting everyone know. He put a lot of real work into the posts he made here, the work paid off, and he was one of the most valued posters on this forum. Most people don't put that much work any more into just . . . writing neat things for other people to enjoy, with no profit motive or engagement metrics, just the joy of doing it.
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# ? Feb 10, 2023 21:20 |
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Deepest condolences to his family and friends. He really seemed a wonderful guy, and he'll definitely be missed around here.
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# ? Feb 10, 2023 22:58 |
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That's terrible - I really enjoyed the knowledge and care he brought to this and the Twilight thread and I'll miss seeing him around. I hope his friends and family are okay. Thanks for coming back to tell us what happened.
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# ? Feb 11, 2023 01:23 |
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quote:M.G. writes:
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# ? Feb 11, 2023 12:12 |
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Dammit, now I'm crying again.
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# ? Feb 11, 2023 14:36 |
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I'm gutted to hear this. Chitoryu made this an amazing thread with such great insight and research; really something special. It was his posts that got me into the hobby of big dumb cocktails, and I'm gonna go make a Vesper martini.
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# ? Feb 11, 2023 23:17 |
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everything about this loving sucks and I loving hate it
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# ? Feb 12, 2023 01:33 |
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We still have a thread open that Vilerat posted, so as a memorial this thread will not go into the Goldmine unfinished. Chapter 12: England Expects quote:‘Macabre, Hawk’s Wing, I have you. Over.’ Steve Quinn’s voice sounded too steady for Bond’s liking, but he had to let him go through with it. The voice at the distant end crackled through the small speakers. ‘Hawk’s Wing, Macabre, routine check. Report situation. Over.’ Quinn paused for a second, and Bond allowed the muzzle of the ASP to touch him behind the ear. ‘Situation normal. We await developments. Over.’ ‘Call back when package is on its way. Over.’ ‘Wilco, Hawk’s Wing. Over and out.’ There was silence for a moment as the switch was clicked to the Receive position again. Then Bond turned to Kirchtum, asking if it all sounded normal. ‘It was usual,’ he said with a nod. ‘Right, Herr Doktor. Now you come into your own. Can you get something that will put this bastard to sleep for around four or five hours, and make him wake up feeling reasonable–no slurred speech or anything?’ ‘I have just the thing.’ Quinn looks to be playing ball, apparently he loves his wife more than his country. I have no idea what the doctor is going to use, but that's the sort of facility that'll have good sleeping drugs. quote:‘If you have by any chance alerted Hawk’s Wing, you know that Tabby won’t last long once we’ve found you out. You do everything by the book, Quinn, and I’ll do my best for you as well. But the first person to be concerned about is your wife. Right?’ Quinn glared at him with the hatred of a traitor who knows he’s cornered. ‘This applies to your information as well. I want straight answers, and I want them now.’ ‘I might not have the answers.’ ‘You just tell me what you know. We’ll know truth from fiction in the long run.’ Quinn did not reply. ‘First, what’s going to happen in Paris? At the George Cinq?’ ‘Our people are going for you. At the hotel.’ ‘But you could have got me here. Enough people have tried already.’ That's everything but the exact location of the SPECTRE HQ. I think Quinn may have participated in the sort of operation that is grabbing his wife right now and knows exactly how those go down. The doctor returns and does his thing, quote:He will have a good four to five hours’ sleeping. You are leaving?’ ‘Yes, when I’ve made sure he can’t get away once he wakes up. One of my people should arrive here before then, to see that he gets the telephone call from his watcher and relays it on to his source. I have to arrange that. My man will use the words, “Ill met by moonlight.” You reply, “Proud Titania.” Got it?’ ‘This is Shakespeare, the Summer Midnight Dream, ja?’ ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream, ja, Herr Doktor.’ ‘So, summer midnight, midsummer night’s, what’s the difference?’ ‘It obviously mattered to Mr Shakespeare. Better get it right.’ Bond smiled at the bear-like doctor. ‘Can you deal with all this?’ ‘Try me, Herr Bond.’ The doctor is pissed off. quote:Bond smiled to himself, opened up the briefcase containing the CC500 scrambler and attached it to the telephone. Though he was, to all intents and purposes, on his own, it was time to call for some limited assistance from the Service. “England expects that every man will do his duty” was the signal flown by Admiral Nelson's flagship before the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. This was the height of Napoleon's power on land, and a force had been gathered to invade England. France just had to concentrate their fleet to protect the crossing. Admiral Villeneuve's mixed French and Spanish fleet had been chased to the Carribean and back by Nelson. They wanted to collect the ships they had there, and to try and try to slip away from Nelson. The seas may be trackless, but if you know the prevailing winds, you can do a decent job of predicting where someone will end up and roughly when. Nelson caught Villeneuve of the coast of Spain on 21 October 1805. The put a very interesting story short, Nelson beat the living daylights out of the French fleet but was killed in the battle. There is no Drachinifell did a series on Nelson's career, which was long and colorful, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utQjIWF2Dhc quote:He knew he would need every ounce of luck that came his way. He unhooked the CC500 and dialled Nannie’s room. ‘All set. We’re almost ready for the off.’ ‘About time. Where are we going?’ ‘Off to see the Wizard.’ Bond laughed without humour. ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. RIP Chitoryu e. Goddamnit, it just got really dusty in my living room. mllaneza fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Feb 12, 2023 |
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chitoryu12 posted:I've gotten serious enough about Bond research (including speaking with other people who work on the subject) that I'm probably not quitting until I'm out of books or dead. Oh you thought you could get away with it this easily motherfucker
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