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  1. POSTER-THE-BRIDES-OF-DRACULA-2.jpg

    Got to be the most misleading title for a film ever. Though Peter Cushing appears as Van Helsing in this 1960 Hammer film, Dracula doesn't appear at all and David Peel makes for an insipid Baron Meinster vampire. Terribly miscast. It's a good Hammer film apart from that but it's got nothing to do with 'Dracula'. Christopher Lee wouldn't return to play Dracula for another 6 years after this film (in the 1966 follow up to the 1958 Dracula.)

  2. RateBeer.com maintains a list of the world's top 50 beers. Here is a list of how many beers each of the countries I listed have in the top 50

    -Belgium: 7 beers

    -Britain: 1 beer

    -Canada: 1 beer

    -Germany: 0 beers

    -United States: 37 beers

    I think that's probably nonsense. 1 beer from Britain and ZERO from Germany? :o Come on, Germany and Britain are two of the best places anywhere in the world for beer. I've been all over the world so I know from personal experience.

    37 American beers and 0 from Germany? Something is wrong there. That's just insane.

    :unsure:

  3. American beer has the same reputation as British food. Both are unfairly criticised by outsiders. When you actually sift through the good stuff you'll be surprised. :)

  4. This really exists and is no joke? Can I get it anywhere in the US imported?

    Yes it really exists and it's no joke. I have only had it one time when it was a guest ale in a pub in London (Kingston I think). I doubt you can get it in America. I haven't see it since. It's probably a very localised brew that isn't seen much outside the Midlands area. :(

  5. Well I would love to try some. I know they import more than this one but I have only tried Boddington's and Bass from England. Like both.

    I was probably a bit harsh. I mean I have drunk it but I just meant that it's not the best. Bass is alrright.

    John Smiths and Tetleys are also similar. Big brand brews that (I think)are exported. I like John Smith's Extra Smooth and Tetleys Smoothflow. But again they aren't as nice as the brews you will get in the pubs here.

    I also love Guiness but I hate beers like Labatts and Budweiser.

    I like Guiness too and I've found Labatts and Budweiser to be alright. I guess I will just drink anything. :)

    I have to try this Yuengling, Im sure its piss water, but Ill try it. I dont know why it was chosen as America's world cup beer? In case you missed my other post earlier in this thread, they have chosen a beer from each of the 32 countries. A battle of the beers if you will.

    Yuenling sounds Chinese LOL. I could only find the Group A beers on that site. :(

  6. Crack! Gulp! Boddingtons! Nice nice nice!!!! ck.gif

    Boddingtons is the so so ale we like to export. I don't really care for it. We keep the best ales for ourselves. If you ever visit an English pub (a proper English pub that is, not a touristy one or some inner city dive) then you'll have far better ales to choose from than Boddingtons. The old pubs out in the countryside usually have some great local brews.

  7. I got (most) of my Christmas tree taken down--the ornaments and other decorations were taken down and put away. We will put the the tree away tomorrow, and my house is semi-clean. (We found places for almost everything we acquired yesterday.)

    Already? :o

    I'm leaving my tree up until next weekend.

  8. Hi mangani,

    Just send me your address and I'll send you a shit load. :lol:

    Thanks but shit load to me is a foot at least. A few inches is meh! Still, better than nothing..............which is what I have.

    Winter is the best season, it has my birthday, Christmas, and keeps the muggers off the streets for a while, and without winter there would be no spring would there?

    Agreed. I like to have a proper all four season year.

    But at the moment London has had its fair share of snow, about 2 to 4 inches, that's all we ever get, i cant wait for this global warming to kick in though, Christmas dinner on the Thames Beaches, i cant wait. :lol:

    It's already kicked in though Dan. That's why it makes such headlines when it does snow. Snow used to be ten a penny up to two decades ago. Now it's such a rare event that when there is a day or two of snow everyone gets worried, can't handle it and don't know what to do in it.

    Climate change is turning Brits into softies with snow coz we just aren't used to it much these days.

  9. Hi Mangani,

    Funny that you mention "Isandlwana", my Great Great Grandfather died in that battle you know? :o

    He wasnt in the Army though, he was out camping in the next field and went over to complain about the noise. :lol:

    Howdy Big Dan.

    Hehe, very funny. :D

    PS, "one of the most fascinating battles in history" eh? well Grandaddy didnt think so, the Zulu's steamrollered over us, well the Welsh Regiment, 24th Foot that is, first raise as Dering’s Regiment in 1689, the South Wales Borderers. If you ever get the time go to Pluckley Church in Kent you can see the inscription on the wall in there, because thats where the Dering family resided.

    My grandfather was in the South Wales Borderers and served with 6th battalion in Burma during WW2, fighting the Japanese. :) That's how I have my Zulu history.

    At the time of the Zulu War it wasn't a Welsh regiment yet and was called the 2nd Warwickshire. There were 2 battalions and only the 2nd battalion were based in Brecon, Wales since the 1870s. Most of the troops were still English though. The 1st battalion were separate from the 2nd battalion and had been abroad for a decade and had been in South Africa for years. The vast majority of 1st battalion were also English. It was the 1st battalion that was wiped out at Isandlwana, with only 1 company of the 2nd battalion. The rest of the 2nd battalion was out with Lord Chelmsford ten miles away looking for the main Zulu impi. There was also one company of 2nd battalion standing guard at Rorke's Drift.

    It's a fascinating battle due to the mistakes and wrong doings (in hindsite) that lead to the defeat and at one point the outcome hung in the balance. I completely believe that if the firing line wasn't so far away from the camp and so spread out that the Zulus probably wouldn't have won. :)

    After all closed in proper defences stopped the massed Zulu attacks at Rorke's Drift and Khambula

  10. Just finished "Isandlwana" by Adrian Greaves and now I'm reading "How Can Man Die Better:The Secrets of Isandlwana Revealed" by Colonel Mike Snook.

    Isandlwana is one of the most fascinating battles in history. Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 for those who don't know.

  11. Well slap me round the face with William Wallace's sweaty sporran!! I do wholeheartedly apologize to you Juliet! :slapface:

    PS Mangani and Big Dan..I love your posts....I take my logon name from one of Shakespeare's female characters as a tribute to the bard..my real heritage is British ...On the CBC last Thursday there was a debate about changing Canada to a republic...it would seriously affect almost everything in our laws and parliamentary system..it was a fascinating debate/history/political science lesson..The show is called AT ISSUE ..it happens every Thusday..there are three debaters..including a female journalist from Quebec..

    Thank you very much for your sweet reply. I appreciate the nice words. As for what you Canadians wish to do with your future well I will support you fine folks whatever you decide. It's your business after all and the majority wins. Same with Australia. No doubt in time when both countries have even further history between being a British colony and being their own independant nations, you will find yourself eventually becoming a Republics. LOL, probably as soon as Prince Charles take over the monarchy. B)

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