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  1. DNO

    Best Golden Era (up to mid 60s) Westerns?

    Wayne's character in The Searchers is a dark and angry man...really nothing endearing about the character at all. But it was a very compelling character. John Wayne's finest role.
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    airshow spitfire

    I live on the flight path for Toronto's Island airport, so I hear a lot of light planes. That Spitfire, like the Harvards that flew over yesterday, make a distinctly different sound. Can't image what 50 of them will sound like!
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    airshow spitfire

    Just had a Spitfire circling over my house for the past 5 minutes, waiting to make his appearance at the CNE airshow. Lookied like a Mk. IX but I could be wrong. That's nothing, certainly, to the upcoming flight of almost 50 Spitfires and Hurricanes in England, but pretty exciting nonetheless!
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    Definitely an underrated film...and I bought it too! Always enjoy watching it. Certainly better than most films in the last 10 years.
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    Best Golden Era (up to mid 60s) Westerns?

    Aside from High Noon, no one has mentioned the films that I'd consider the real classic westerns: Stagecoach (1939); The Searchers (1956); The Man who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); My Darling Clementine (1946); and the cavalry trilogy of Fort Apache (1948), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949) and...
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    Today in History

    The UK, New Zealand and Australia declared war on Germany in 1939. Never ones to waste time, the German submarine, U-30, sank the British passenger liner S.S. Athenia off the coast of Ireland...the first ship sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic, on the first day of the war. [/URL][/IMG] S.S...
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    Today in History

    September 2, 1898: The Battle of Omdurman in the Sudan when, according to contemporary sources, "we crushed the power of the Khalifa". All crushing aside, I've had a long standing interest in this event, although I'll admit it's hardly 'golden era' material!
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    Tootal - The Company History and its products (ties, scarves etc)

    Terrific scarves!
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    What Are You Reading

    Dashiell Hammett's The Thin Man. Whenever I tried reading this author's Maltese Falcon I found I couldn't get the Bogart film out of my head. As a result I never enjoyed the book. This one, however, is working out just fine...quite enjoyable.
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    anyone else hate 1960's Westerns & WWII movies with modern music soundtracks?

    I've always enjoyed Kelly's Heroes...and its music. That's probably because I view it as a comedy, not a 'war movie'. Anzio, on the other hand, was just a lousy movie. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid has not aged well...you had to be there for that one. Like everyone else at the time, I...
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    Today in History

    After 143 days and over 5,000 km, Terry Fox had to end his Marathon of Hope near Thunder Bay, Ontario on this day in 1980. It was found that his cancer had returned and had moved to his lungs, making further running out of the question. He was an inspiration to all Canadians and I had the good...
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    The Tick is always enjoyable, always funny. I never watched the animated version, just the live action show. Pity it only lasted one season.
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    Just finished the three seasons of Deadwood...now it's the turn of the live action Tick. "Gravity is a harsh mistress."
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    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    In this neck of the woods, Bell Canada only used equipment produced by Northern Electric, so other manufacturers phones are somewhat hard to find. I was really pleased to find this one at the Sunday Market yesterday. It's a Stromberg Carlson model 1543 produced in May 1947. It needs some...
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    Birding - A Civilized Pastime

    Migration has started here...butterflies and dragonflies are passing through. Hawks and eagles passing overhead, as well.
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    What was the last TV show you watched?

    I watched Fear the Walking Dead as well. Although I like the premise of the show, I found it quite the slog. Like Worf, I'll give it a few episodes and see how it develops. I thoroughly enjoyed Better Call Saul, however, and look forward to the second season..."go land crabs'!
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    Today in History

    August 19th, 1942: the Dieppe Raid fiasco. Over 5000 Canadians, 1000 British and 50 US troops landed on the pebble beaches at Dieppe. A disastrous day for all involved...Infantry, RAF and RN.
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    Today in History

    Thomas Edward Lawrence was born on this day in 1888. He became known, popularly, as Lawrence of Arabia.
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    What Was The Last Movie You Watched?

    One of my favourite Bogart films...that and Key Largo and We're No Angels.
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    Who, overall, was the biggest (male) movie star of the Golden Era?

    Edward G. Robinson was also one of the top ranked actors. Bogart often had to play second fiddle to Robinson.

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