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Star Trek
I first saw Patrick Stewert in I Claudius (which is the best TV drama I have ever seen), and he was awesome. Stepping into the captain's role in Star Trek was some task! Filling Jim Kirk's shoes was a tall order, but I think he made the role his own. I remember when he first started, someone at...- Big J
- Post #374
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What was the last TV show you watched?
@Ernest P Shackleton, With respect, you've only addressed one of the questions I asked; on what basis did Sansa become a queen? Answer; she made some speeches. Wow. What a sacrifice for someone who was essentially a spoilt child who willingly met her abusers half-way until the end of season 6...- Big J
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What was the last TV show you watched?
A spin off prequel?!? Lord, no! They've squandered my goodwill, they won't get a second chance. I was happy with Jon Snow's ending; he was too stupid to amount to anything, being a Tygerion had dramatic potential but it was never developed, and the hero who slopes off into obscurity is...- Big J
- Post #16,860
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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Cockpit 100 Mission G-1
'One man, alone, betrayed by the country he loves!'- Big J
- Post #243
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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What was the last TV show you watched?
@Edward, I don't want to give George Martin (?) a hard time, he's the creator of an icon that will likely (and not undeservedly) stand next to LOTR in the fantasy genre. He took it that one step closer to reality by making it for 'grown ups', BUT... IIRC he hasn't written an installment since...- Big J
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What was the last TV show you watched?
Game of Thrones finale (no spoilers). Advice! Watch the first ten minutes or so. Turn it off as soon as Denny finishes victory speech. The end. Infinitely darker and much more satisfying conclusion. Or... Watch the remaining hour which takes the series of trash can fires season 8 has been and...- Big J
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- Forum: The Moving Picture
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What car to go with your flight jackets?
@Imuricecreamman; Saabs! Yes! Excellent choice! I've always had a soft spot for the little curvy early ones that won rallies! Awesome! But yes, they do make jet fighters too, and that was certainly imprinted on the mind of my generation by this ad campaign; Directed by Tony Scott who directed...- Big J
- Post #91
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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L2B Flight Jacket.. Who Sells..??
@Blackadder, That's interesting, I never noticed MASH selling those before. I wouldn't mind having a look at one of those.- Big J
- Post #27
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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The Flathead Rider Jacket (Last Ever?)
@Mich486, yeah, I only use my plastic for internet shopping now and do everything else with cash (which I never did back home) and I like it too. @Edward, yes, I think you're right. The Japanese system has inadvertently 'caught up' with the future; I was just reading a couple of days ago about...- Big J
- Post #37
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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Simply about leathers
We here in the west share some responsibility for whatever is happening elsewhere in the world. For example, we gave postwar Japan an image of our society and life. That's part of the reason they obsessed over US flight jackets and workwear. How sustainable is it for the world's two most...- Big J
- Post #24
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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The Flathead Rider Jacket (Last Ever?)
Yeah, absolutely. I have no difficulty nor worries about paying online for my Rakuten and Yahoo Auction Japan purchases, but I think you'd be surprised by how many people pay cash on delivery or have their purchases delivered to their local convenience store where they go to pay cash when they...- Big J
- Post #34
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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The Flathead Rider Jacket (Last Ever?)
@Edward, the Japanese just don't do e-commerce. It's still a fax and name stamp business culture. Yahoo auctions Japan is a Japanese majority owned outfit, and is seen as 'safe' which is why eBay has never caught on in Japan whilst yahoo auctions was destroyed by eBay in other markets. Even...- Big J
- Post #31
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The Flathead Rider Jacket (Last Ever?)
Notoriously fickle Japanese fashion sense pendulum swings away from heritage work wear towards fast fashion? Yeah, probably. Over saturated market. Plummeting population. Increasing taxes and decreasing wages. Currency manipulation impacting quality of life. When I arrived here twenty years ago...- Big J
- Post #28
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What was the last TV show you watched?
I've been watching GoT as each episode was release over the years, but my wife just caught on to the hype over season 8 a couple of months ago, so we watched the whole thing from the beginning so she could catch up. Now watching season 8. I feel cheated. Like the end of Lost. They're just...- Big J
- Post #16,824
- Forum: The Moving Picture
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wash your jeans?
@rocketeer, nah, I don't particularly think the scruffy look is good (I don't wear ripped jeans or t-shirts with holes in), but I was just trying to say that if you do wear clothes like that because of your lifestyle (riding every day, arc-welding, or something like that) then it's really 'you'...- Big J
- Post #169
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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wash your jeans?
@Seb Lucas, I haven't read everything by Ballard, but he's written about the 'peculiarities' of life as a white anglophone in Asia, and the unreliability of your own perceived experience. And (of course) he was born and grew up here in Asia during the Golden Era. Although, now I think about it...- Big J
- Post #159
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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wash your jeans?
@rocketeer, there's absolutely nothing wrong with growing old disgracefully (coz if there is, I'm screwed), but I think that zebedee was saying something about how when you separate people from their culture, they kind of get stuck in a time warp emotionally, and I was thinking that in addition...- Big J
- Post #158
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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wash your jeans?
@zebedee, I'm worried about derailing this thread, but yes, your comments are spot on; many westerners who come to Asia seem to lose their sense of time, and maintain a style that was popular when they left their country of origin, and continue wearing it everyday for 20 years or so...- Big J
- Post #155
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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wash your jeans?
zebedee has said it all. When I first got to Japan, it was the start of an October, and I used to wander round in shorts and a t-shirt at night sweating. Now I wear a jacket and jeans and feel fine, and that's despite 20 years of increasing temperatures. Last month I was wearing jeans and a...- Big J
- Post #148
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
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wash your jeans?
Maybe I've already said this (I don't remember, dementia is kicking in), but I think the only metric that matters on the issue of unwashed jeans is what wives/partners/girlfriends/love interests think. Sorry, but I have walked away from models because of poor personal hygiene that made me gag.- Big J
- Post #140
- Forum: Outerwear and Workwear
