Recent content by JohnnyL

I was enjoying this until I realized that it was German propaganda concerning their "revenging Jew" fantasy. The average Wehrmacht dogface had little to do with the final solution. It was designed to elicit sympathy for the German soldiers in portraying the glee with which they were offed by the...

Baracuta makes two versions of the G9. One MIE and the other made in Romania. Both use the same materials and the sizing is the same. I've bought the Romanian version for $95 plus shipping from StyleVaultformen (Ebay) and the construction, as I stated before is superb. I would have liked the...

I just purchased a black G9 from the ebay store "stylevaultformen", BNWT, for about $95, made in Romania, that has the left hand zipper. Took some getting used to. Mine looks to be of the same materials as the made in England and the construction is superb. I went over ever bit of stitching...

Movies from the Past Week 1) New Star Trek - pays homage to the series in the right amount. special effects great. Good dialogue. Loved it when the younger Spock tells Kirk to get out of the captains chair. A very few purists to whom the original series is a canon that should not be violated...

In Bruges - Tarantino type dark crime comedy. Colin Farrell was good. The Soloist - makes me want to read the book currently in the middle of The Big Red One - the reconstructed edition

Taken with Liam Neeson. Pleased to see that Luc Besson was a co-writer. Great action. A plus with this movie is the plot was easy to follow. The Lives of Others loved this especially the ending. Read an article in Wired magazine about how they pieced together a lot of the old STASI files...

I don't have what you would call a favorite beer as my tastes seem to differ depending on season, mood etc. My favorite always seems to be what I'm drinking now. Here's a short list in no particular order: Sam Adams (almost any variety except for the fruitier seasonal beers). I really like...

Watched Changeling for our movie club on Friday night. Didn't seem like 2 hours. good movie. Nice period piece. Some details altered but pretty much true to the actual events. Other than the lips, which were made more prominent by her bright red lipstick, I forgot I was looking and Angelina...

Went to the theater to see "Miss Pettigrew lives for a day". Don't take it seriously as its somewhat of a farce. Just enjoy the good performances from Frances McDormand and Amy Adams. Nice period piece taking place around the immediate pre-WWII period. Somewhere between 1939 and 1940, I'd guess...

Just watched Kite Runner yesterday afternoon. Wonderful movie. Very true to book. Performances were excellent all around. The father was close to how I pictured him mentally from the book but my mental image was a little burlier.

Waistcoat Conumdrum I'm in the process of actually buying my first tux for my wedding near the end of April. Its a 1 button, peak, black. I was going to get a black waistcoat until I saw this picture at www.blacktieguide.com [/URL][/IMG] The picture was accompanied by the following caption...

Hard to believe she was just 19. Also notice how Walter Brennan looks old even back then.

I've always thought Holiday Inn superior to White Christmas and it is always on my list of holiday movies every year. Astaire and Crosby...can't beat that....plus you get Astaire's dandy 4th of July dance.

Just watched ShopGirl based on the Steve Martin novella last night. Enjoyed it. If it hadn't been for watching this, then the last movie watched was Gosford Park with the English subtitles....almost a necessity for an Altman flick, especially since for Gosford you had to contend with the...

You can find very similarly styled bags here but not exactly like the one you posted....but close. http://www.theterritoryahead.com/jump.jsp?itemID=192&itemType=CATEGORY&path=1%2C2%2C4%2C192