I'm really not so sure about these chopper boys? A mate of mine, after a lifetime on Triumphs and Nortons and Harleys, had a mid life crisis and bought himself a Lambretta.

Sorry, back to War series. Last night, for the first time, I watched a couple of episodes of Band of Brothers. Unfortunately I started at the wrong end of the series but........ Anyway, all I can say is WoW!!!!!!!!.

How in the hell can you start a series backwards??? ... IS THERE A DOCTOR !!!"

kram .. see you have me doing it now!!!

If you can sit and watch a series backwards how are you spelling WoW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mick

Steve, these are the only two 'Vietnam'[ films (That I know of) that have been shot in England. Its a weird world.

Mark.

Oh, it's quite easy, the Australians do it all the time,............ oh no! that's upside down isn't it?????????.
No, I was just looking for something to watch and thought I'd give that a try, then I realised it was the last couple of episodes.

Anyway, have you never read the last page of a book first to find out what happens????

If I was upside down, ... it would be MOM! .. I need her guidance at this moment.

Mark.

That's the beauty of words like Wow, being illiterate doesn't matter .

What like 'Tit'.. Any which way its the same! ... I love that word.

Mark.

Just catching up with this thread--and it's fascinating. Back in the mid-'50's, whilst staying with my Mamgu (Grandma) in Aberystwyth, I was bought a tommy-gun- like gun for my birthday. It was metal, red and black, with a folding skeleton stock, clockwork(remember that?) and sounded absolutely brilliant. Called a 'burp gun', it was the envy of my cousins and friends when we played up on the old castle ruins. Sadly, I can't remember now what happened to it, just that it worked until rust set in.
As for "The Rat Patrol", recall this in the '60's; can't comment on its production values,but liked the theme tune and the geezer's confederate cap in one of the jeeps. My old Pop, ex- RAMC/ LRDG was dead by then, but would have chucked something large and heavy at the screen, I'm sure.

Alan

hi all a bit late to this but do remember Rat Patrol & combat when I was a kid. back then you thought it was great lol. my friend who collects old 6o's 70's tv shows a bit like myself managed to get both series on a US web site. we wached a couple of epesodes the other week god they were bad but it was of the time. so meny good programes from the time which would give the tv today a run for it's money. I have just got the entire series of F Troop now that still makes me laugh.

Ian

www.elliesminiatures.com

Hi Steve

yes I remember Branded when they stripped him of his rank and broke his sword very dramatic. Ellie love's F troop as much as I did when I was a kid. we have a old tv night once a week and it's fun anything from Man from Uncle to lost in space. it's great and for the time they were the business. bought the entire series of Batman from Amazon a few weeks ago can't beat Adam West as batman and Burt Word as robin.

cheers

Ian

www.elliesminiatures.com

I don't think "Rat Patrol" was all that bad. I don't think we watched it, expecting a documentary. It was an action-adventure series, set in WWII. When I wanted to watch a documentary on WWII, I watched "The World at War", which PBS aired here in the States.

I understand your reaction, though. It's natural, given our hobby and our interest in history. We have to remember not to let it spoil things that are meant to entertain, rather than present unalloyed fact. As an example, when "The Patriot" came out, I saw it, and I hated it. I found so many things wrong with it, starting with melting down semi-round German toy soldiers from around 1900 to make musket balls in the Carolina swamps in 1780, and with the depiction of Cornwallis as a fop. But a couple of years after that, I happened to catch "Northwest Passage" (1940), and as I watched it and noted the many, many errors and distortions (like the Rangers all uniformly uniformed, forming a marching column and marching off in step), I realized that it wasn't a documentary, it was an adventure film. And it occurred to me that so was "The Patriot". Once I remembered that, I was able to watch "The Patriot" again and enjoy it for what it is.

Or another example--do you watch "Kelly's Heroes" and nitpick about the details, or just sit back and enjoy Oddball?

"Don't hit me with them negative waves so early in the morning."

Prost!
Brad