Recent content by Doc Average

Yes - well, one of them anyway! :D ;)

Yes, that's right, the scene where Jessica Rabbit pays him a call after he's just come out of the shower. Only Hoskins could pull of a bold look tie and hairy chest! In another scene there's a nice bit of animation when Jessica pulls on Eddie's tie then lets it slowly slip through her fingers...

Yep, stumbled onto it. I'd been on the lookout for one since the movie came out, but had pretty much given up and forgotten about it. Years later at the end of the '90s I was visiting a friend in Scarborough on the north-east coast of England when I happened on this one buried amongst a load of...

My tie of the day is a little tribute to Bob Hoskins... "Didn't you used to be Eddie Valiant? I heard you changed your name to Jack Daniels!"

Parade Gloss (and spit) for shine, Sno-Seal for waterproofing.

Last night I went to a Vincent Price double bill: The Tingler and The Pit and the Pendulum. I thoroughly enjoyed them both. The venue was my favourite 1930s cinema, the Stockport Plaza. Before the movies began, the organist regaled us with a fine selection of Baroque favourites, including (of...

I have very thick wiry facial hair, a-la Desperate Dan, and I spent a long time (from my teens to my late 30s) looking for that perfect shave. Then for Christmas in 2010, my girlfriend gave me a Merkur Adjustable. It's absolutely the best razor I've ever used. To get the best out of it I use...

Aha! This is the place on Cross Street near the Royal Exchange Theatre! I have some items that need repairing and I knew there was a place in town, but couldn't remember the name or the exact location. Thanks for jogging my memory.

I've been cuffing my jeans since about 1984. Being on the short side, I usually do it for practical reasons, but I also liked the vintage vibe right from the get-go. I would've been about 13 when I started, and was just getting into the vintage styles of the '20s > '50s. I'd usually do my...

:D My partner, who's Spanish, has been reading the Rebus novels recently. Most of my evenings over the last few months have been spent translating lots of Scots (and English!) words and phrases for her. :rolleyes:

To confuse things further, in Scotland a close is the ground floor hallway in a block of tenements, or a small passageway between buildings and courtyards. Think Edinburgh Old Town.

I visited Islay last week. While I was there I popped into Bruichladdich and picked up a bottle of a one off blend created by Jim McEwan. It's called Symphony Number 1: Conception, and it's a blend of Islay, Speyside and Highland malts that were knocking around in the warehouse. It's absolutely...

Passport to Pimlico. I re-watched it at the weekend for the first time in years. I'd forgotten just how witty it is. "Blimey! I'm a foreigner!" Oh and Two Types, you may have already posted on this in the suits section, but I noticed that "That Jacket" (you know the one - as worn by Dirk...

The Abominable Dr Phibes is one of my all time favourite movies. I've watched and re-watched it many times, yet I can pop it in the DVD player any time, and it never fails to raise a smile. It's especially fun to watch on these long, dark winter evenings. You can keep Citizen Kane! ;)

:cheers1: Slainte mhath! Or, as we Lowlanders say "lang may yer lum reek"!