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  1. PeterGunnLives

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Oh-kayyy. So I finished the movie, and James Stewart and co. never come back after this sequence! It stands out as its own little completely unrelated "vignette" sandwiched between two sections of the main story. That was weird.
  2. PeterGunnLives

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I love flying. As Superman said, statistically speaking, it's still the safest way to travel. I just hate dealing with airports. I'm thinking of ponying up the $85 for the "TSA Pre" thing to cut down on some of the hassle... though on principle I find the whole arrangement rather distasteful...
  3. PeterGunnLives

    You know you are getting old when:

    To kids, the past is a big, vague blur. When I was a little kid in the late 1980s, I asked my dad, who was born in the 1950s, if he had fought in World War I when he was in the army. :D
  4. PeterGunnLives

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I think they're pretty standard on longer international flights. For domestic flights, you can pay for a boxed cracker and cheese "platter" or something like that. If you long for the first-class gourmet experience of decades past, there's always this: http://panamexperience.com/
  5. PeterGunnLives

    Cold/Cough Remedies?

    When I'm under the weather, in the eveningtime I like to make a toddy with a base of strong tea (using two teabags) with fresh lemon juice and honey, and bourbon. In the daytime, gulping down some Coca-cola (the kind with real cane sugar) somehow makes me feel better. And some Tiger Balm from...
  7. PeterGunnLives

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I'm finally watching John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn, separating it into a few viewing sessions as it is rather long and ponderous. Midway through the movie, there's a shift to a humorous tone with James Stewart as Wyatt Earp and some comical happenings. I find this kind of odd.
  8. PeterGunnLives

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I think Moore and Brosnan's portrayals both went overboard with the "suave and smooth" schtick, almost venturing into self-parody. To me, Connery was just right. Some find Craig's Bond to be a little too brutal, but I think he works very well as a precursor to the Connery version, still kind of...
  9. PeterGunnLives

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I think the Nordstrom shoe department is pretty close to the classic-type shoe store.
  10. PeterGunnLives

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    I know of a couple of cafes that let you take used grounds for your garden, or whatever else you might want to use them for. As far as clothing goes, in bigger cities there are definitely boutique shops that specialize in finer dressier clothing, if you know where to look. It's more of a...
  11. PeterGunnLives

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    To me, FRWL is the quintessential Bond film. Goldfinger was a little too "pop art" for me, and then there was generally too much silliness after that. As far as Star Trek goes, I'm a millennial, and the original series is the only Trek that I really watch on a regular basis. None of the others...
  13. PeterGunnLives

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Was the plot twist something like "It's a cookbook!" :D Just kidding, don't tell me. I haven't seen Arrival yet.
  14. PeterGunnLives

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The DVD of John Ford's "Cheyenne Autumn" that I ordered hasn't arrived yet, so I watched Broken Arrow and White Feather. It's interesting how Hollywood used plenty of actual Native Americans as background extras, but for the NA characters with prominent speaking roles, they used Caucasian actors...
  15. PeterGunnLives

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I'm on a classic western kick... except that I generally avoid Spaghetti westerns; to me, they represent a turning point from grand, idealized fun to a more cynical, nihilistic outlook. I'll be watching John Ford's Cheyenne Autumn in the next few days. I understand it didn't do too well at the...
  16. PeterGunnLives

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    I'm watching Casablanca.
  17. PeterGunnLives

    Verbal anachronisms in period movies

    John Cheever's 1957 novel The Wapshot Chronicle was notable for being the first Book of the Month Club book to use the f-word. I have a copy of the book, but I've never gotten around to reading it, so I don't know the extent of the word's usage within the text. One of the challenges in...
  19. PeterGunnLives

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The Searchers. It's interesting how Ethan (John Wayne's character) is so familiar with tribal ways, languages, etc., but has such animosity toward native people. I wonder if the book sheds more light on his personal history.
  20. PeterGunnLives

    Men rings - How to choose? What do you wear?

    Rings definitely shouldn't be worn all the time. I remember taking a first aid class and watching an educational video that showed the outcomes of workplace accidents, including wearing rings while operating machinery. :eek:
  21. PeterGunnLives

    Men rings - How to choose? What do you wear?

    For manly rings, I think of a stereotypical college class ring (I need to have mine resized; my knuckle seems to have grown a little in the last ten years), or Lamont Cranston's girasol ring. Something like that, something on the larger size.
  22. PeterGunnLives

    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    The Maltese Falcon.
  23. PeterGunnLives

    What do you use to shave?

    Personally, I like to apply a layer of shaving oil and then lather up on top of that. I think I picked up that technique from the instructions on a bottle of shaving oil. I like to use an alcohol-based aftershave (after applying alum/styptic and letting it dry for a few moments) as it seems to...

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