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  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    I'm sure on sunny days it will glimmer

    I was hoping for that.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    The Sun: Supermarket boss refuses refund for hoarder who tried to return 4,800 toilet rolls and 150 bottles of hand.
    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11402033/supermarket-boss-refuses-refund-hoarder/
    This story put a smile on my face.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    The Sun: Supermarket boss refuses refund for hoarder who tried to return 4,800 toilet rolls and 150 bottles of hand.
    https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11402033/supermarket-boss-refuses-refund-hoarder/
    This story put a smile on my face.

    150 bottles of hand? I've never been to a British supermarket and now I'm very happy about that :))
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,107MI6 Agent
    Did anyone here watch the live Q&A/Goldeneye watchalong wiith Pierce Brosnan? He was clearly overwhelmed.

    He says that it isn't easy to watch his own films.

    Also, i think people were sending him questions he'd been asked before.
    Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"

    " I don't listen to hip hop!"
  • welshboy78welshboy78 Posts: 10,292MI6 Agent
    Did anyone here watch the live Q&A/Goldeneye watchalong wiith Pierce Brosnan? He was clearly overwhelmed.

    He says that it isn't easy to watch his own films.

    Also, i think people were sending him questions he'd been asked before.

    I thought he looked rather uncomfortable doing it.
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  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,107MI6 Agent
    Also i think a lot of actors don't like watching themselves in films, because they worry about what they could've done differently.
    Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"

    " I don't listen to hip hop!"
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    edited April 2020
    Finally some good news for Higgins! Berlin Brandenburg Airport opens up in October, only nine years and lots of Euros late. This airport has done more to stop Germany's uncharming reputation of efficiency and being coldly calculating than anything else ever. It even starts up in the middle of an international travel ban. Congratulations :D
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    Today it's 75 years since Hitler made the best decision of his life and killed himself. Not a day too early! :D :D :D
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent
    No, he escaped and fled to Argentina. I love conspiracy theories.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,618MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    Finally some good news for Higgins! Berlin Brandenburg Airport opens up in October, only nine years and lots of Euros late. This airport has done more to stop Germany's uncharming reputation of efficiency and being coldly calculating than anything else ever. It even starts up in the middle of an international travel ban. Congratulations :D

    Thank you!
    We‘ve been working really hard on this :)) :))
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    No, he escaped and fled to Argentina. I love conspiracy theories.


    Yes. He got better from all his health problems and his drug addiction. Earlier this month he celebrated his 131st birthday with his dog Blondi who is now 550 years old in dog years :))
  • JoshuaJoshua Posts: 1,138MI6 Agent
    I hope everyone is well, and that you all and your loved ones are not (and will not be) affected by the virus.

    I have just finished an extended period of 14 hour night duties (plus commuting!) and am completely tired even after sleeping until only a couple of hours ago! At this rate of working I will soon be able to afford to build my own Bond villain lair. I will accept applications for henchmen (and women!) so if you are interested in living in an underground complex, and think you have henchmen skills, please contact me with your details and I will arrange an interview!

    You must not be allergic to cats!

    Uniform, meals and accommodation provided.

    Self employed. You will be paid a commission on any revenge, extortion, and counter intelligence jobs completed (strictly no terrorism though!)

    Until then. Stay safe.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    Good luck with your lair, Joshua :D :007)
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    :)) Good luck, Joshua. Alas, I'm a shade too old to apply for a henchman job.

    Many years ago I did similar work to what you are doing and I know how demanding it can be. All power to you.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    edited May 2020
    I asked a question while some of us watched FRWL last night, bus sadly we were sidetracked by the movie and the sad fact that I wote Fleming wrong :o .
    I wondered how the people who worked on the Enigma code machine reacted when they read or watched FRWL? Many of us know the Germans thought the Enigma code was never broken while the fact that the British broke the code was one of the most closely guarded secrets of WWII. Many of us also know Ian Fleming was one of the few who were allowed to know this. I picture one of those few Germans and British who knew about Enigma sitting in the cinema going: "Hold on, that muct be ……."
    Did they suspect Fleming was in on the secret? Do we know of any reactions to the Enigma/Lektor link?
    What do you think the reactions were?
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    No idea, I'm afraid. I don't know how secret the Enigma was when Fleming wrote the book (1956- he says so in the foreword) or any reactions when it was published the next year.
    In case anyone hasn't read it, Fleming calls the machine the Spektor. For obvious reasons, that's changed to the Lektor in the movie which may or may not have influenced Thomas Harris in naming his Hannibal character years later.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    I've posted a question on a history forum on how long htis was secret. I haven't seen any replies yet, but I feel fairly certain Ultra was secret for years after the war. The question is for how long. I think a Norwegian inteligence organisation called XU was secret until the early 1990's even though XU stopped existing in 1945. Enigma and the methods used to crack it was I should think the basis of a lot of coding and decoding work in the cold war, so there were better reasons to keep that secret.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    Here's the best reply so far:

    "Although some secrets began to leak out begining in the 1960s, at least some aspects were kept classified into the 1970s, others until the 1980s, and others as late as the early 2000s. For that matter there might still be some secrets that haven't been released yet. There was also some successful Soviet espionage as early as 1943 and continuing after the war."
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent
    The first typhoon of the season has arrived.




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    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • BarbelBarbel ScotlandPosts: 36,053Chief of Staff
    Wow, that's impressive (and scary).
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    I hope you (and as many people as possible in the Philippines) have a solid basement.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent
    We only got the outer edge of it, just a bit of rain and a little windy, but it went north and they’ve had it pretty bad up there.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent
    Strange lights in the sky over Cebu last night.


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    These were stationary, so probably some sort of atmospheric anomaly, maybe due to the typhoon that passed.
    Some are saying a planetary conjunction between Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    Strange lights in the sky over Cebu last night.


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    These were stationary, so probably some sort of atmospheric anomaly, maybe due to the typhoon that passed.
    Some are saying a planetary conjunction between Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

    Duh … it's obviously UFOs :D
  • KladdaghKladdagh FrancePosts: 117MI6 Agent
    I want to believe :))
    ~Never Let Them See You Bleed~
  • hehadlotsofgutshehadlotsofguts Durham England Posts: 2,107MI6 Agent
    I'm about to send in a voicemail message to JBR for the upcoming mailbag episode as i haven't done it in ages. Any tips and advice? I have recorded a number of times and nearly bottled it.
    Have you ever heard of the Emancipation Proclamation?"

    " I don't listen to hip hop!"
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 21,699MI6 Agent
    Number24 wrote:
    I asked a question while some of us watched FRWL last night, bus sadly we were sidetracked by the movie and the sad fact that I wrote Fleming wrong :o .
    I wondered how the people who worked on the Enigma code machine reacted when they read or watched FRWL? Many of us know the Germans thought the Enigma code was never broken while the fact that the British broke the code was one of the most closely guarded secrets of WWII. Many of us also know Ian Fleming was one of the few who were allowed to know this. I picture one of those few Germans and British who knew about Enigma sitting in the cinema going: "Hold on, that muct be ……."
    Did they suspect Fleming was in on the secret? Do we know of any reactions to the Enigma/Lektor link?
    What do you think the reactions were?


    One member of the history forum replied:

    I certainly remember seeing at least one interview with an ex Wren codebreaker from the 90s or early 2000s where she spoke of her shock and, to an extent, sense of betrayal when the book came out. She had never even told her own family what she really did in the war.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent
    Boris would look a lot better if he actually lived here!


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    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    Boris would look a lot better if he actually lived here!


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    He looks shocking doesn't he?
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 6,030MI6 Agent
    Some nice lightning last night.


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    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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