michele Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Anyone watch it. I think it's good but then I have a interest through my husband of the war namely No 2 for me. Him all of it . can't remember the company name but makes good watching .God you cannot imagine it . It has been well put together IMHO . Anyone care to comment Also what about Dealiest Catch ..Those men risking life and limb on the Alaskan sea's amazing to watch .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carioca Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 :-D yeah agree band of brothers is brill, seen it loads of times on different channels but never in the right order. fixed that now got the box set for xmas (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 What Documentaries do you all watch?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest peter Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 What's it got to do with you?. (lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 Oh just interested pete .............Desperate housewife?. no pun ha ha ........... ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usinmyknaus Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Hi Michele, I last night finished watching the last part of the whole box set, which I started about a fortnight ago. I think its excellent and its the third time I have watched the series through since being given the set a couple of Xmas' ago. The only niggle is the very occasional dig at the brits but our American cousins can't seem to resist that! If you can get hold of the box set (now often sold off cheap) the extra features and the documentaries are actually worth watching to give more background to the story and how the production was made. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolh Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 The book is good too. Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frank Wilkinson Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Once again we invented it! The phrase 'Band of Brothers' comes from Henry V's stirring speech on the eve of the battle of Agincourt (well, Shakespeare's version of it anyway).Faced with a French force five times the size of his own small army, Henry enthused them with a magnificent oration. These are just the last three verses.This story shall the good man teach his son,And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go byFrom this day to the ending of the worldBut we in it, shall be remembered.We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. And he today that sheds his blood with me,Shall be my brother, be he ne’er so vileThis day shall gentle his condition. And Gentlemen in England now abed,Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks,Who fought with us upon St. Crispin’s Day. As you all know, that was an away match that England won, mainly due to the English longbow, which was the fifteenth century equivalent of a Cruise missile.Crispin Crispian by the way refers to St. Crispin's Day but Crispin also had a brother, Crispian, and in those days they both shared the honour! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 Very nice Frank enjoyed reading that . I forgot the name but it has come to me now EASY Company... Guy's what was so special about a lugar . was it just a hey look what Igot from a German thing or where they special better made worth money ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 sorry wont let me attach a picture Robert it has just been shown again on the history channel ... I think it was good as well . Saving private Ryan whilst I thought for the poor family to americanised for me. Last night I watched about the World at War and the Mulberry Harbour . Brilliant .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted February 21, 2007 Author Share Posted February 21, 2007 Question, Why was Winston Churchill not allowed to go to the D Day Landing untill after a couple of days ... silly question but, eizenhour was there and monty. Is it only because he was a priminster and not a fighter so they had to protect him ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Watched the Docu last night called ? Brit's in debt to the yanks. now it becomes clear what Brian & Howie were on about a few weeks ago sorry wayne as well. Staggering ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W3526602 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Hi, Agincourt, the Brits were letting off about 2000 arrows per minute....about the same rate of fire as four bren guns, and arrows hit harder. Nobody has yet recounted how the two finger salute originated. 602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Usinmyknaus Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Apropos Frank's quote from Shakespeare: ....and if you would like to hear an American actor completely murdering those lines then "Renaissance Man" is the film for you. Highlights include the inevitable "Glowwster" instead of "Gloucester". To paraphrase Spock "It's English Jim, but not as we know it." Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 W3526602 - 2007-02-23 4:43 PM Nobody has yet recounted how the two finger salute originated. 602 Sorry are you saying you do not know how it came about the two finger salute ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frank Wilkinson Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 When the French captured an English (or Welsh) bowman they would cut off the two fingers with which he drew his bowstring. The longbow was greatly feared by the French who had never mastered the technology.The English archers would taunt the French by holding up their bowstring fingers in what has become the classic 'V' sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W3526602 Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Hi Michele, No, I know how it came about, its just that I type with one finger, so you tell them. :-D Nobody has mentioned pitchfork (singular). Do a google for "Jemima the Great" then have pity on us men in Wales. It like to lend my box set of "Sharpe's Rifles" to my neighbour in France, but I don't know how well it would go down. My wife has just bought Henry V on DVD. isuppose she'd better close the shutters when she watches it. 602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michele Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 Quite correct Frank . I wasnt sure if 602 knew that ? I wasn't sure if he was asking or knowing if you understand me and my english again. Yes we used to taunt them that's the English for you we never back down. What we didn't know was the Henry the v part ..My husband was suprised it was from him .... well done you . This is a history house .. as much as can be. Frank tell me more ..............about any world war 2 bits please .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Man must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W3526602 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Hi, Just a bit more to the long bow theme. When an archer ran out of amunition, he would pick arrows off the ground, and fire them back. But the English bow strings were thinner than the French, so the English could return French arrows, but the English arrow's notches would not fit onto the French bowstrings. 602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W3526602 Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Hi, A camping site keepier in Brittany showed me a ring he was wearing. It was engraved "2nd Armoured Division" and "Hell on Wheels". He said he found it on Omaha. 602 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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