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  • CommanderRossCommanderRoss The bottom of a pitch lake in Eastern Trinidad, place called La Brea
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    RichardTheBruce wrote: »
    Live and Let Die, Ian Fleming, 1954.
    Chapter 5
    ...
    Bond suddenly felt the force of what Leiter had told him. They were trespassing. They just weren't wanted. Bond felt the uneasiness that he had known so well during the war, when he had been working for a time behind the enemy lines. He shrugged the feeling away.

    'We'll go to Ma Frazier's, further up the Avenue,' said Leiter. 'Best food in Harlem, or at any rate it used to be.'

    As they went along Bond gazed into the shop windows.

    He was struck by the number of barbers' saloons and 'beauticians'. They all advertised various forms of hair-straightener — 'Apex Glossatina, for use with the hot comb', 'Silky Strate. Leaves no redness, no burn' - or nostrums for bleaching the skin. Next in frequency were the haberdashers and clothes shops, with fantastic men's snakeskin shoes, shirts with small aeroplanes as a pattern, peg-top trousers with inch-wide stripes, zoot suits. All the book shops were full of educational literature - how to learn this, how to do that - and comics. There were several shops devoted to lucky charms and various occultisms — Seven Keys to Power, 'The Strangest book ever written', with sub-titles such as: 'If you are CROSSED, shows you how to remove and cast it back.' 'Chant your desires in the Silent Tongue.' 'Cast a Spell on Anyone, no matter where.' 'Make any person Love you.' Among the charms were 'High John the Conqueror Root', 'Money Drawing Brand Oil', 'Sachet Powders, Uncrossing Brand', Incense, 'Jinx removing Brand', and the 'Lucky Whamie Hand Charm, giving Protection from Evil. Confuses and Baffles Enemies'.
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    Jinx. Fruity.

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    Then there are the remedies.
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    See what happens if you drink that while watching DAD.....
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Well, this doesn't seem possible.
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    Paradise Vesper 0,5L
    https://luxuriousdrinks.com/en/paradise-vesper-05l.html
    Country: Finland
    Content: 0.5 liters
    Alcohol percentage: 22%

    Paradise Vesper is a sharp spicy, serve-ready cocktail whose recipe
    is based on the James Bond novel Casino Royale by Ian Fleming.

    Cocktail is produced by the family business Lignell & Piispanen from Finland, known by various well-known classic Scandinavian drinks.
    The company was founded in 1852 and always use local ingredients and various arctic berries in the foreground. The Paradise Series (Vesper, Saderad, Negroni) to influence their ambitious project that aims to track the cocktail world.

    In the novel Casino Royale orders the secret agent and protagonist James Bond classic martini cocktail. The recipe consists in the book into three parts gin, one part vodka and one half of Kina Lillet, a bitter aperitif wines and fruit liqueurs.
    Vigorously shaken on ice, Vesper is the basis for the later phrase "shaken, not stirred." The name refers to the agent Vesper Lynd, where Bond falls in love in the novel.

    Paradise Vesper is ready, you just need to be cooled.
    Aroma: fruity, floral, citrus, lava-shuttle, wormwood and other herbs.
    Taste: full, complex, harmonious and spicy.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    I bring good news!

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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Interesting book, but I'm starting at the beginning and just recently received Mr. Amis' own volume.
    Of course he'd approve.
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    Radio advertised low-calorie wine for the holidays on my drive home. Seemed like a good idea.

    The martini drinker's diet. I'm thinking the substitution of a slice of lemon peel for the olive is acceptable.

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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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  • noSolaceleftnoSolaceleft
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    Thunderfinger wrote: »
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    Brilliant (and so true as well)!
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Pineapple Martini
    Yields 1 https://recipeshubs.com/pineapple-martini/48244
    A deliciously sweet and slightly tart martini filled with the tropical flavors of pineapple.

    Ingredients
    - 1 1/2 Ounces of Fresh Pineapple Juice.
    - 1 Ounce of Vodka.
    - 1 Ounce of Orange Liqueur.
    - 1/2 Ounce of Lime Juice.
    - Sugar for the Glass Rim (Optional).
    - Pineapple Wedges for Garnish (Optional).
    - Cocktail Shaker (Optional).

    Instructions
    - Chill your martini glass in the freezer.
    - Fill a glass (or cocktail shaker) with ice.
    - Add your pineapple juice, vodka, lime juice and orange liqueur,
    if using a shaker, shake vigorously, or stir until well combined.
    - If you would like to put sugar on the rim of your glass
    place sugar on a plate, wet the rim of the glass and dip into the sugar.
    - Now pour your drink into your glass and enjoy!
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  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
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    Never had a martini (blasphemous 'Bond fan' here), but I do love a vodka with pineapple and coconut juice during the sweltering summer!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    @PropertyOfABrady , check it out

  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    With respect, @Thunderfinger, I think you need to stop by the misspelling message thread on this one.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    RichardTheBruce wrote: »
    With respect, @Thunderfinger

    I dig some respect.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Still on the pineapple bender.
    Pineapple Coconut Martini with gin, lime juice, vanilla and Lillet
    ∙ Serves 2 http://theframedtable.com

    Ingredients
    - 1/2 oz Lime juice
    - 1 drop Vanilla extract
    - 2 oz Goya pineapple juice
    - 2 Ice cubes
    - 1 oz Coconut rum
    - 1 oz Gin
    - ½ oz Lillet

    Standard martini prep in effect.
    Online comment: Pretty sweet :)
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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Peter Lorre. Virginia Dare Wines. Popular with friends.
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  • sirseanisbondsirseanisbond
    edited December 2017 Posts: 2,189
    You just can't beat drunk Orson Welles:
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Le Chiffre goes drinking after getting beaten at the cards by Bond.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Well, he's definitely a beaten man there.
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    The guy holding the bottle's being a sport—strictly professional and all that. But you can see a big "you gotta be effing kidding me" smile on the gal's face, especially as they begin the second take.
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    Shared interest.

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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited December 2017 Posts: 13,901
    Five-star Hennessy, of course!

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  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Ah, two of my favourite things together: booze and dogs!
  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    Agent_99 wrote: »
    Ah, two of my favourite things together: booze and dogs!

    Never drink and dog-walk.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Some_Kind_Of_Hero wrote: »
    Agent_99 wrote: »
    Ah, two of my favourite things together: booze and dogs!

    Never drink and dog-walk.
    :)) Good one!
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
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    This seems like a good idea. Definitely ahead of its time.

    Ad copy from 1967. Wonder what inspired it. Beyond the US and Soviet space programs, I mean.

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    Veronica Hamel.
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  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    Skyball—once enough titles have been run through, I’m sure that’ll be the name of a James Bond film some day.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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  • Master_DaharkMaster_Dahark
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    It was expensive but the collector & whiskey lover in me couldn’t say no! Had to order it

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  • Some_Kind_Of_HeroSome_Kind_Of_Hero
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    !!!

    Where did you find that?

    And is that something you intend to actually drink or keep on the shelf until, say, the year 2049? (I do know whiskey unopened is supposed to keep for a very long time...)
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