The Silencer & Black Garter

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  • caractacus pottscaractacus potts Orbital communicator, level 10Posts: 4,140MI6 Agent

    congrats to @CoolHandBond

    of those 5000 posts, my favorites were the paperback book cover thread, and your personal history of the Rise and Fall of a Used BookShop

  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent

    Thank you for the kind words, gentlemen.

    @caractacus potts I will look for those old photographs of the shop when I get back to my house full time - the roof is being repaired now after last year’s typhoon - almost one year to the day - I will update how things have been here on the anniversary in a weeks time.

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,872MI6 Agent

    Congratulations indeed on your 5000 posts, @CoolHandBond. I hope there will be many more from you. As someone who never feels happier than when he is perusing a second hand bookshop, I too loved your thread on owning one. It was nice to see things from the other side of the counter, as it were. Wishing you all the very best with the repair of your roof and I hope that you get back to your house as soon as is practicable.

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,645MI6 Agent
    edited December 2022

    I'm just pondering 5000 thoughts on James Bond. Goodness, I need a drink...

  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,115Chief of Staff

    I'll just sit here very quietly....

  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,872MI6 Agent

    It's a lot to take in all at once.

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent

    I’ve had to do something since I retired 😁

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent

    @Silhouette Man Thanks for your response, work is continuing on the house in typical “Philippine Time” 😏

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,872MI6 Agent

    I was going to say "Egyptian builders" but it doesn't quite work in that context. You get the sentiment though, I'm sure. 😀

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,444MI6 Agent

    Everyone is invited to follow this year's James Bond Christmas story that's being daily updated in the Imaginary Conversations thread. 🎄🌨️🎁

  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 38,115Chief of Staff
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,943Chief of Staff
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,872MI6 Agent

    I'll have a glass of Shloer please, bartender. I hope it doesn't go to my head. 😉

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,820MI6 Agent
    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,872MI6 Agent
    edited December 2022

    White Grape would be great, bartender. Thank you. 🙂

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent

    Shloer, that’s a blast from the past, my grandparents used to serve it when we went for Sunday lunch sometimes. Is it still made?

    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,872MI6 Agent

    Yes, it certainly is still made though the bottles are thinner nowadays and have clear glass as opposed to the green glass of the old bottles.

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,872MI6 Agent

    Indeed, complete with foil wrapping. Those were the days!

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,820MI6 Agent
    edited December 2022

    (Serves a large selection of everyones favorite drinks, and puts a large roast turkey in front of Holly. Her eyes light up appreciatively.)


    Next two rounds are on the house!!

    Happy Christmas Everyone!


    This is Thunderbird 2, how can I be of assistance?
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,444MI6 Agent

    (picks up his Coke Zero)

    God Jul 😊

  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent

    Happy Christmas Everyone!!! Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday.

  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,444MI6 Agent

    Happy new year to everyone!

  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,872MI6 Agent

    Happy New Year 2023 to all on AJB!

    70 years since the publication of Casino Royale will be something good to celebrate this year. 🙂

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,492MI6 Agent

    50 years since this film was released...

    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,492MI6 Agent

    Napoleon wishing everyone had a Happy Christmas... and all the best for 2023!

    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,872MI6 Agent
    edited January 2023

    It must've been one of the first Bond films I saw as a child in he early 1990s on UTV. The beginning of my Bond fandom. Happy 50th Birthday to LALD and the beginning of the Roger Moore era of Bond films.

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • chrisno1chrisno1 LondonPosts: 3,645MI6 Agent
    edited January 2023

    A bit early to celebrate LALD. July, I think, still nothing like a few shandies in preparation

  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,492MI6 Agent

    On a side note, the long-running British sitcom Last of the Summer Wine also celebrates its half-centenary this year.

    "This is where we leave you Mr Bond."

    Roger Moore 1927-2017
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,872MI6 Agent

    Yes, we like to slip it in early when we can. LALD lives on in our collective minds like Baron Samedi. 😈

    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
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