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good link flash.... reminds of the restaurant in londons chinatown. 'lee ho fuks' is the name and name-dropped in the late,great warren zevons song 'werewolves of london'. have a photo of myself and friends in front of it somewhere....

not a film but a musical. read a comic book version of les miserables before i was a teenager and i read the book at a young age. i was entranced by the book and class it among 2 of the best novels written. i have seen the stage show many times and never fail to cry at the story and the songs sung. went to london this week and saw it again and was spellbound as usual. watched a tv programme about the show last night and just sat on my bed with tears in my eyes as they told the story............brilliant.

agreed,i've definately seen worse..... sorry mr.munchmaster if the truth hurts

had a feeling it was R.L.Stevenson and i seem to remember much memrobilia in the pub. i liked it there and a nice place for a pint in the evening..

yes i know the rail bridge is the FORTH bridge,but you know what i mean about my comments. the pub i'm thinking of is probably the one you posted the photo of but i've never seen it from that view and it was normally dark when we got there. it's many years since i've been there but i have a vague memory of it being associated to a scottish writer. maybe RLS? and some of the writers most famous works were partly written there?. or maybe a myth?.

i like the forth bridge. have driven over it many times and crossed on the train bridge a couple of times. i've always liked the scenary around the firth of forth and have spent a few balmy nights out in the queensferry inn?.

thanks julian....i

plan 9 from outer space.. claimed to be the worst film ever released and while i think it's up there,it is so wonderful. ed wood was a genius is my eyes. totally off his head in his film making days/personnal life but his films are great viewing for cringe value. the tim burton/johnny depp film is so wonderful as well.

bought the series on DVD while in LOS. got it more for my mum as we have to pay for it in the UK. watched the 1st 2 episodes and found it confusing,too many characters and i just lost track of the story.

flamboyant as ever is our Jim. his coffin will be laid on the bar in his favourite hostelry so that people can pay their respects. followed by a funeral procession to his burial site. and he will be buried upright with him facing the sea which he loved...... what he wished and a lovely send-off....

never a boxing fan,but i grew up admiring his generation in the ring. i remember as a 13/14 y.o. some of the highlights of my year was going to watch the big fights at a rich persons house. they had a swimming pool and after a big meal we all sat down to watch the fights. i remember the fights against Ali with fading memory but a great day out. the house where we watched the fights had a mynah bird which would replicate the doorbell/telephone at various times but i remember it would imitate the ring of the ringside bell during the fights. great memories.

watched 'air america'last night. i know a whimsical film featuring 2 of the bigger stars of the day(mel gibson and robert downey jr.) and i imagine people from that era will slag it off as crap and totally unrealistic. but who knows if things shown in the film are sorta true?. i treat it as a fun film to watch and just enjoy the fantasy, little scenes of ladies dancing and a few language phrases i understood. just a good way to spend a couple of hours and not think too much.

it's assault and seems planned. 3 day suspension?,i'd string the barstard up...... i wonder if the police were called in or wether it was dealt in-house? anyone who treated a relative of mine like that would soon be taught a lesson outside the law and then let the law prove anything without video evidence............

just seen this news. when i was growing up he seemed to be on tv all the time. certainly a colourful character and led an interesting life. despite his tv persona he raised many millions of £ for charity with his fundraising and was well received by many people of note. at my age now i would not be keen on watching him but as a child he was fun. RIP sir Jimmy.....

i thought of rammstein immediately.........excellent group. saw them live once and while awesome they certainly have a weirdness about them. introduced to them in 2001 when many of their songs were played in a certain go-go i frequented. funny to watch them trying to work out how to dance to some of their songs....

just watched 'my cousin vinny' again for the upteempth time. funny film and marisa tomei is fucking hilarious......

i watched Jaws recently and throughly enjoyed it again. dated by modern standards but a shocker at the time. i remember walking about 3 miles to the local cinema with a group of friends to see the film on the first day of release aged 15/16 and the audience jumping out of their skins at certain scenes. always good to sit next to a lass as the first thing they grabbed was you and that warm feeling occured.....

thai? men in skirts,where have i seen that before.........

i loved the original franchise(well the first 3 at least). hopefully it will be showing on the plane to/from thailand when i go in a couple of weeks,seems a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours. otherwise i'm sure i'll it get on DVD whilst in thailand. things are a lot easier these days with all the computer graphics which enable more spectacular scenes. i've read the plotline and seen the trailers and it seems to me to be an amalgamation of at least 2 of the original films.

what is it with the age 27 and musicians? janis joplin,brian jones,jimi hendrix,kurt cobain and now amy winehouse all dying at that age...

watched The Road Home again. Zhang Ziyi stars in this film which has me in floods of tears everytime. before that Hachi: a dog's tale with Richard Gere,based on a true story,again i was in tears. first watched this while on a night shift with 5 other blokes and at the end we were all struggling to not show any tears.

'the big man' was certainly a legend within the music industry. last saw the band in 2008 and he was certainly frail back then. spent most of the concert sitting down and not getting involved as much as i had previously seen. but when his party pieces were performed he was up and performing like a teenager.