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jetsetwilly

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jetsetwilly
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Favourite Fleming Novel
On Her Majestys Secret Service
Favourite Bond Film
Licence To Kill
Favourite Bond Actor
Timothy Dalton
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  • fanbond123 wrote: » [ I'm merely stating facts. The infection rate has shot up by 200,000 in ten days. That ten days is within the time period when Spain and Italy went into full lockdown. Parts of the US are in full lockdown too. Yo…
  • mtm wrote: » GoldenGun wrote: » mtm wrote: » GoldenGun wrote: » mtm wrote: » I'm trying to remember: is this and A View To A Kill the only time Bond was in proper enemy territory during the Cold War? Was he in the East in From Rus…
  • I'm in the minority here, but I've never been a fan of TSWLM. I like the Lotus Esprit, I like Jaws, I like the parachute jump, and I quite like Moore's performance. But there it ends, for me. I can see why it's a fans favourite (like GF is), but …
  • fanbond123 wrote: » The UK hasn't got a clear lockdown government. The UK construction industry is still active and many workers use the London underground to get to work. The service was reduced and more people are using less trains. That is stag…
  • fanbond123 wrote: » The UK is in lockdown but people are still crammed on the tubes. No-one told Boris and his cabinet that people in train carriages are not two meters away. I guess most politicians have never used a tube train! https://ww…
  • TripAces wrote: » For the first time since this thing started, I am becoming greatly concerned. I didn't take it that seriously myself up until just over a week ago. I thought we were all overreacting, and it was just another strain of flu.…
  • I agree with much of the review on FYEO. Its one of the films that I feel I should like more, because it is a definite approach to going back to basics, and back to Fleming, even following 2 short stories fairly closely. Yet the execution is all …
  • Benny wrote: » As of 12pm Monday all pubs, clubs, restaurants, cafes, churches, cinemas and casinos across Australia will be closed. As of Tuesday all internal boards will be closed to all but essential travel. It was only a matter of time…
  • Thunderfinger wrote: » https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_flu_pandemic Scary when you see the comparison. The final death total for that flu back then was 14,286. CV is currently at 13,598 and counting rapidly each day. We're months away…
  • DarthDimi wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » I'm amazed the moderators are allowing him to remain on this forum without even a warning, never mind a ban. For the umptieth time: how would you know whether we warn someone or not? We never broa…
  • matt_u wrote: » fanbond123 wrote: » There is no coronavirus crisis. I can prove it. Here: https://www.fox8live.com/2020/03/20/us-flu-activity-up-death-toll-reaches-k/ More people have died from the flu in America alone than all the cr vi…
  • DaltonCraig007 wrote: » If we’re going to bring the ‘normal flu’ into the discussion: the normal flu kills 750 people a month in Italy. Coronavirus killed 793 people in Italy in 24 hours. Nearly 3,500 Italians died from coronavirus in the past we…
  • fanbond123 wrote: » There is no coronavirus crisis. I can prove it. Here: https://www.fox8live.com/2020/03/20/us-flu-activity-up-death-toll-reaches-k/ More people have died from the flu in America alone than all the cr victims worldwide. 202…
  • Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » The problem with comparing recovery of UK with China and Italy is that people were far less prepared, because it was a new disease. Corona has only been in UK a few weeks and already there is basically shutdown. Another few mo…
  • DaltonCraig007 wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » The problem with comparing recovery of UK with China and Italy is that people were far less prepared, because it was a new disease. Corona has only been in UK a few weeks and already there is basica…
  • CraigMooreOHMSS wrote: » GoldenGun wrote: » IGotABrudder wrote: » fanbond123 wrote: » I do not regard 11,000 deaths out of seven billion people enough of a reason to lockdown many countries in the world You’ve misunderstood. Cou…
  • IGotABrudder wrote: » fanbond123 wrote: » I do not regard 11,000 deaths out of seven billion people enough of a reason to lockdown many countries in the world You’ve misunderstood. Countries are not in lockdown because of the deaths of …
  • IGotABrudder wrote: » Mendes4Lyfe wrote: » Europe will recover like China. If Europe had copied what China did, then yes Europe will recover like China. But Europe has not done what China did, and so it’s reasonable to expect the outcom…
  • echo wrote: » fanbond123 wrote: » matt_u wrote: » DaltonCraig007 wrote: » To put some numbers in perspective: Italy's first death from coronavirus occurred on February 21st. 28 days later (today), they have 4,032 deaths. 14 days ago, t…
  • matt_u wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » fanbond123 wrote: » matt_u wrote: » DaltonCraig007 wrote: » To put some numbers in perspective: Italy's first death from coronavirus occurred on February 21st. 28 days later (today), they have 4…
  • fanbond123 wrote: » matt_u wrote: » DaltonCraig007 wrote: » To put some numbers in perspective: Italy's first death from coronavirus occurred on February 21st. 28 days later (today), they have 4,032 deaths. 14 days ago, they were still bel…
  • DaltonCraig007 wrote: » To put some numbers in perspective: Italy's first death from coronavirus occurred on February 21st. 28 days later (today), they have 4,032 deaths. 14 days ago, they were still below 200 deaths (196 deceased on March 6th. 80…
  • DaltonCraig007 wrote: » patb wrote: » I think "doing nothing" is a little harsh? It isn't. China totally locked down their country. No buses, no trains, supermarkets closed, food rationing, entire cities being forbidden from going outsi…
  • fanbond123 wrote: » California is now under lockdown! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51970815 California has issued a "stay at home" order to residents as it tries to stem the march of the coronavirus across the most populous US…
  • fanbond123 wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » matt_u wrote: » DaltonCraig007 wrote: » Italy records the single-worst day of the coronavirus outbreak with 475 deaths within the last 24 hours. They are now just under 3,000 deaths, and should …
  • patb wrote: » "It's not helped by Boris and his half assed attempts at advising people" I love some people's definition of "non-political" I apologise sincerely for writing that, and if it deeply offended you.
  • matt_u wrote: » DaltonCraig007 wrote: » Italy records the single-worst day of the coronavirus outbreak with 475 deaths within the last 24 hours. They are now just under 3,000 deaths, and should overtake China as the worst-hit country by tomorr…
  • mtm wrote: » It's the beach from Dr No. Obviously they should never have gone there either. Not Bondian. I've been to Goldeneye (very remote sands) and also the `James Bond beach' in Jamaica. As for that photo, I don't care where t…
  • mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » mtm wrote: » Getafix wrote: » If you know the Jamaica that Fleming inhabited you know it doesn't resemble a Goan backpacker hostel. There are still traces of that old Jamaica left - simple but luxuriou…
  • mtm wrote: » jetsetwilly wrote: » Getafix wrote: » Resurrection wrote: » Getafix wrote: » I found it so bizarre that they have Bond hiding out in some scuzzy Goan backpacker hostel (or wherever it's supposed to be) at the start of …