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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    Is there a link between the famous Christmas tree on Trafalgar Square and MI6?
    Perhaps. In 1942 MI6 agent Dagfinn Ulriksen was hiding on an island near the town of Florø in the south-west of Norway. He was reporting on shipping traffic by radio back to Britain. Before Christmas he got new supplies from a submarine chaser, a type of fast navy boat. Ulriksen sent a Christmas tree with the boat on its return voyage. The tree was a gift for the exiled king Haakon 7. Some belive this was the start of the tradition of sending a Christmas tree from Norway to Britain every year :)

    Some facts: MI6 had more than a hundred stations in Norway reporting back intelligence during WWII. 191 MI6 agents worked in Norway during the war, probably all of them Norwegians.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Daily Express: China Moon landing pictures: See Chang'e 5's first images from the surface of the Moon.
    https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1367514/china-moon-landing-picture-chang-e-5-first-images-from-moon-evg

    I wonder when the Conspiracy theories
    Will start over this one ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    'Disruption as 'ThunderSnow' hits Scotland':

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-55184493

    I like the sound of ThunderSnow - is he (or she) a member here? :D
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    'Disruption as 'ThunderSnow' hits Scotland':

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-55184493

    I like the sound of ThunderSnow - is he (or she) a member here? :D

    I'm sure it's only a matter of time until someone thinks of that one before joining up! ;)
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    It also sounds like a cover story
    Excuse from a thriller movie, to
    Explain explosions etc. To us
    The public :D
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,644MI6 Agent
    edited December 2020
    It also sounds like a cover story
    Excuse from a thriller movie, to
    Explain explosions etc. To us
    The public :D

    Yes, just like what happened in the Moonraker novel after the rocket hit the escaping Drax's submarine and still managed to kill lots of innocent people. :o
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    If I ever have to ditch my current forum name I want to be Thundersnow! :007) :D
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    If I ever have to ditch my current forum name I want to be Thundersnow! :007) :D

    A close second is Thunderpants :))
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Great, then we'd be related :p
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    :))
  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,698MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Number24 wrote:
    If I ever have to ditch my current forum name I want to be Thundersnow! :007) :D

    A close second is Thunderpants :))

    If I were to drop my forum name, I'd replace it with Morning Thunder.
    Some people would complain even if you hang them with a new rope
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    edited December 2020
    It‘s the time in the year!

    Hope that everybody has found something for their loved ones!

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    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I asked my wife what she wanted
    For Christmas, and she said a divorce.
    I told her I hadn't intended to spend that
    Much. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
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    President of the 'Misty Eyes Club'.

    Dalton - the weak and weepy Bond!
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 26,414Chief of Staff
    Higgins wrote:
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    If only… :v
    YNWA 97
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    I may have guessed Higgins can't swim. But I didn't know he has the ability to change positions quickly, level the playing field and even dance the romba :))
  • JoshuaJoshua Posts: 1,138MI6 Agent
    I have just completed an extended period of night duties. I was unable to visit AJB to wish you all Merry Christmas, but I hope you all had a good day.

    I will, however, take this opportunity to wish everyone at AJB a happy, prosperous and safe New Year.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    {[] A happy and prosperous New Year to you too Joshua
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,118MI6 Agent
    Wishing you all a very happy and healthy 2021. Fingers crossed for us all. :x
    "Any of the opposition around..?"
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent
    One of my son’s Christmas presents was a James Bond Top Trumps set. We’ve been playing it a lot, it’s good fun but I don’t agree with all of their points rankings!
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    :))
    Several years ago I was given a 007:Scene it game. It was played with once
    Then put away with the family refusing to ever play it again ... with me anyway :#
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent
    True story. Many years ago during a pub quiz the question was: Which was Roger Moore’s fist James Bond film? Then the answer given from the quizmaster was YOLT. Despite my protests LALD was given as a wrong answer! This was before the age of mobile phones so couldn’t prove it. A couple of teams backed me up but to no avail.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • frommeyerfrommeyer ChicagoPosts: 418MI6 Agent
    I've thrown up a vanity website showcasing some of my photography and film work. Photography and film has always been a hobby but, once this run-off election is over, I'm producing and directing my first feature length film. Pictures have always helped me hone my frame compositions. Also played a lot with flash/continuous lighting.

    Anyway, just wanted to share: www.312pictures.com - comments/criticisms welcome; I don't have a thin skin about this stuff.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    -{ Very Nice frommeyer all good commercial stuff, I whish you success in your endeavours {[]
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
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    Back garden this morning.
  • JoshuaJoshua Posts: 1,138MI6 Agent
    I shall never get used to cold, your sort of cold anyway!
  • JoshuaJoshua Posts: 1,138MI6 Agent
    My wife (who will not watch James Bond) has been on night duties all week. I have been at home. ITV4 James Bond films every evening. Last night Thunderball. Apart from the speeded up boat footage and comedy parts of the cabin fight scene (where Bond is being held and Largo is punching him) a good film.

    A good film made better by the actress who played Fiona Volpe!
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent
    Joshua wrote:
    I shall never get used to cold, your sort of cold anyway!

    When Mrs CHB first came to England it was end of summer but still in the high 70’s, temperatures wise, she used to go out in a coat to keep warm :))
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    You should try - 20 celsius (- 4 Fahrenheit I think). I have many times, but not where I live now. That's so cold you can take a bucket of warm water outside and throw the water up in the air, it freezes before it hits the ground. :D
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    :o It's nothing like that cold here!
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