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>>By Da Blues (Friday, 12 Jan 2007 18:32)
Hmmm.... let me make sure I'm accurately understanding you, Da Blues.
patronising (adjective):
-- characteristic of those who treat others with condescension
condescension (noun):
-- affability to your inferiors and temporary disregard for differences of position or rank
-- the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior
-- a communication that indicates lack of respect by patronizing the recipient
twat (noun):
-- obscene terms for female genitals
-- a man who is a stupid incompetent fool
Yep, you're right -- takes one to know one! And, as we all know, I'm certainly no gentleman...
:o)
*Source: http://www.onelook.com/
>>By am-i-binned (Friday, 12 Jan 2007 20:45)
HAHAHAHAHAHA!! You Sir, have just gained a lot of respect with that last post!!
I salute you!! =o>
>>By Da Blues (Saturday, 13 Jan 2007 01:08)
WOW
Quite a (pleasant) surprise here:
New Year, New Dramas For Daytime TV
Leopardrama has been commissioned to dramatise Andy McNab's stunning action thriller The Grey Man.
Starring Olivia Colman (That Mitchell & Webb Look, Green Wing), Daisy Donovan (Daisy Does America), Billy Murray (EastEnders) and Daniel Ryan (The Government Inspector) and directed by Declan O'Dwyer (Robin Hood) it tells the story of a man driven to an extreme course of action as he attempts to escape the humdrum of his respectable but boring life.
The Grey Man was originally a Quick Read written by McNab as part of the BBC's RAW (Reading and Writing Campaign) and will be shown on World Book Day, 1 March.
See article:
http://www.easier.com:80/view/Lifestyle/
Entertainment/Staying_In/article-93001.html
* MURRAY to star in new daytime drama *
Ex-EastEnders actor Billy Murray is set to appear in new daytime drama The Grey Man.
The programme, to be shown on BBC One, revolves around a man trying to escape a humdrum existence.
Written by Andy McNab, it co-stars Daisy Donovan and Green Wing's Olivia Colman.
See article:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/14012007/344/
murray-star-new-daytime-drama.html
Daniel Ryan (Kevin) see:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/
daniel_ryan.shtml
Olivia Colman (Linda) see:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/04/
Harriet_Schulenburg_Green_Wing_Series_1.jpg
Daisy Donovan (Jessica) see:
http://www.angelfire.com/tv/11Show/
Daisy/Information.html
Billy Murray (Mr.Rowlands) see:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/eastenders/backstage/
cast/cast_content/cast_billy_m.shtml
For the IMDB site:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0934452/
>>By Lynn (Sunday, 14 Jan 2007 14:58)
Also about TGM:
Go to:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/raw/quickreads/
then 'launch' the RaW reader.. select TGM and you can hear a 'quick sell' by McNab and also hear Andy read from his book (01.15 min)
>>By Lynn (Sunday, 14 Jan 2007 22:13)
And also...
Leopard Drama is to make a one-off, 45-minute drama based on a novella by ex-SAS author Andy McNab for BBC1. Called The Grey Man, the programme will air during the day on 1 March.
March 1......That is quick!
>>By Lynn (Tuesday, 16 Jan 2007 12:33)
Also ran into a funny article:
** SAS Hire Ross Kemp As Shouting Coach **
The UK's elite Special Air Service has hired TV star Ross Kemp, who played the lead character Henno in the television series Ultimate Force. The actor will be in charge of teaching SAS soldiers to shout, which will help the UK's special forces adapt to the new post 9/11 world
(..)
In the modern world, where the special forces are widely used for counter-insurgency missions, it is crucial that their soldiers should stand out from the crowd and take control of any situation. This is best achieved by being bald and constantly shouting as loudly as possible, and Ross Kemp will bring his expertise in this field to the SAS.
When confronted by an angry mob armed with rocket propelled grenades and assault weapons, the old-style grey man SAS soldier would remain calm, and say, "Come on now, lads. You don't want to do anything hasty," in an unthreatening voice, all the time calculating how to escape. However, a new SAS soldier, modeled after Ross Kemp's character "Henno", would tackle the situation more aggressively. First of all, he would be bald and stride around giving everybody the evil eye. When he spotted the angry mob he would scream, "Oi! If anyone fires a bloody AK47 at me, I'll come over there and shove it right up where the sun don't shine! Now, sling yer bloody hook! NOW!!!"
(...)
Some SAS sources fear that the changes will scare off potential recruits. SAS wannabes might not want to join a regiment that spends most of its time shaving its head, shouting, practising the evil eye, shouting, training to invade the Iranian embassy three times a day and shouting. Others however point out that most nightclub bouncers fit this description, and most of them could be persuaded to join "The Regiment" if they were allowed to bring their own camouflage face paint and Samurai swords.
Kemp will start work on transforming the regiment early next year. When asked for a comment, he gave our reporter the evil eye, and looked like he was about to start shouting. Our reporter then ran for his life.
For full article see :
http://www.oddnews.co.uk/defence/
2006/sas_hire_ross_kemp.php
That would be 'oddnews.co.uk' - yes. Known for - you guessed - 'fakery, falsehoods and fabrication' Pfff, kind of a relief, right? ;-)
>>By Lynn (Tuesday, 16 Jan 2007 14:00)
Ahead of the field
Ex-SAS Andy McNab guides us through must-have camping gear
And that goes like this:
“The whole basis of camping is not getting cold, wet or hungry,” says McNab. “How you do it doesn’t really matter.” Well in that case, we’ll do it style! Okay, so this designer sleeping bag would be useless on Everest, but when Sienna Miller sidles up to ask where you got it, you won’t care (£50, Ted Baker, www.blacks.co.uk). “And by the way,” adds McNab, “nobody ever rolls up a sleeping bag – just shove it in, alright?”
Full camping-gear-must-haves guide:
http://www.menshealth.co.uk/
index.php/v3/Ahead_of_the_field
>>By Lynn (Wednesday, 17 Jan 2007 15:33)
Here's a challenge: just got Stephen Leather's latest, 'Hot Blood', which is the fourth novel featuring Dan 'Spider' Shepherd, ex-SAS, now a police detective, really very good, superb character, wonderful stories. However, on the book is a small sticker: 'Better than McNab or your money back', what a cheek! Peeling it off, on the reverse side it says "We believe that 'Hot Blood' is more thrilling than Andy McNab. If you disagree, please write to us explaining why, send your receipt of purchase, a stamped self-addressed envelope and your undamaged copy of 'Hot Blood' to the address below, in order to claim your refund". Regretably, this offer only applies to UK residents and finishes on 1 April, an appropriate date perhaps. Given that Andy was actually in the SAS and Stephen was a journalist, albeit with access to insiders, will this be a compelling reason alone? I mean, how exactly can one define 'more thrilling'? A nebulous concept at best. Any suggestions gratefully received. But if it makes you read the new book you are unlikely to be disappointed, at least judging by the previous three.
>>By camban (Wednesday, 24 Jan 2007 12:07)
Hmmm.... sounds like an easy way to get a free book...
Dang, tho, how to define "thrill" Andy McNab-style? Maybe "onelook.com" can help:
(noun):
-- something that thrills (eg: "The thrills of space travel") << reading AM = "mind travel", right? >>
-- an almost pleasurable sensation of fright << argh! I'm almost to the last page! >>
-- the swift release of a store of affective force << oops, sounds kinky -- but it applies (wink!) >>
(verb):
-- cause to be thrilled by some perceptual input (eg: "The men were thrilled by a loud whistle blow") << like that flashbang going off in my mind's eye? >>
-- feel sudden intense sensation or emotion << Dark Winter (sniff, sniff, sob)... >>
-- fill with sublime emotion; tickle pink (eg: "The children were thrilled at the prospect of going to the movies") << my book is coming, my book is coming! >>
-- tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement << my book is here! my book is here!)
Dear Sirs:
"Hot Blood" may be an excellent read, but, for me, it just doesn't have that AM thrill... ;o)
As always,
tickled pink for AM,
am-i-binned
>>By am-i-binned (Wednesday, 24 Jan 2007 15:30)
Ok Cam, send them back this book:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/
Hot-Blood-Stranger-Night/dp/0671537547
and say it was not the thrill you expected!
;-)
>>By Lynn (Wednesday, 24 Jan 2007 15:45)
Is anyone here the guy at Bangor Train station waiting for the delayed 17:04 train last thursday, reading Bravo Two Zero??? I hope you both managed to get home!
>>By Ctina (Wednesday, 24 Jan 2007 16:57)
I got home just fine...Yes was re reading the God Himself!! I can't get enough of this guy!!
>>By My Point (Saturday, 27 Jan 2007 19:44)
I definatley know it wasnt you DTO,
>>By Ctina (Sunday, 28 Jan 2007 01:12)
Old article (2004) in Nuts Magazine:
"Nuts raids the Big Brother house with Andy McNab"
"I'd be out of the house and eating a sandwich at that branch of Tesco's over the road in minutes," Bravo Two Zero hero Andy McNab tells Nuts as we scale the outer perimeter of Elstree Studios, home of the Big Brother house. The mission is simple" for Andy to survey the Big Brother compound and use all his military training to advise the housemates how to survive...."
Subjects: 'plan your escape' - 'avoid alcohol' - 'smuggle your mobile in' - 'toilet training' and 'murder a housemate' (really!)
The complete article (scanned) with pictures is on AMFT (AM photos, album Nuts), if you have trouble reading it (you can use 'large' in the picture section but at largest it's still not that big) - let me know and I'll email it to you.
:-)
>>By Lynn (Monday, 29 Jan 2007 17:17)
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
A former police officer who drew inspiration about creating new identities from an Andy McNab novel used the Friends Reunited website to assume the identities of 12 men, a court was told yesterday.
(...)
Judge Burgess said: "This is a bizarre picture of someone living in a fantasy world or indeed fantasy worlds."
article here:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/
news/local-national/article2245836.ece
Nothing wrong with a good fantasy, just have to make sure the real world don't catch up ;-)
>>By Lynn (Wednesday, 7 Feb 2007 20:08)
Switching gears for a moment, this is in response to a question Nick raised in the McNab, etc. chatroom (www.chatzy.com/936403132436):
Nick: AIb What did you mean when you talked about the snake story in IA?
From IA, Chapter 19, AM/SAS training in Botswana:
"... Then, of all things, an ice-cream van turned up one day. It was just like Blackpool, with the old ding-dong chimes. He must have traveled at least a hundred miles to get there; perhaps he’d heard that 7 Troup was in town.
We spent a week planning and preparing. A character called Gilbert, the snake man, was brought in to show us all the different types of snakes – the ones that were poisonous and the ones that weren’t.
“There are two ways of dealing with a bite,” he said. “The first is to dress the wound and try to get an antidote. The second is to lie very still in your sleeping bag and wait for death.”
We were standing around in a circle while this boy brought different snakes out of their bags. All of a sudden a particularly mean-looking fucker with a deep hatred for men in shorts and flip-flops hurled itself out of Gilbert’s hands and was off, spitting venom in all directions. Within seconds all the rough-tough SAS men were hanging off trees and vehicles or sprinting toward the perimeter fence. This was one very pissed-off snake; when it couldn’t find a man to attack, it started to eat one of the vehicles, trying to sink its fangs into the tires. I had no idea how it was recaptured and put back in its bag; my view was a bit restricted from the roof of the ice-cream van a hundred meters away. ... "
LOL! I love AM's humour!
>>By am-i-binned (Thursday, 8 Feb 2007 15:51)
So basically he's funny telling the truth? Perhaps all men should try this ;-)
EXCEPT when we ask..does this pants make me look fat... of course
>>By Lynn (Thursday, 8 Feb 2007 18:33)
hello to you all. Long time no speak.
I'm glad you're still on form lynn. Thought it about time I posted again, especially after reading McNab's Remote Control again. Still as good as the first time. I see Reg is still about and still cant get over meeting him that time. He's certainly proved his status as to what he does but I cant understand that he's a polite soft spoken gentleman. Hey Reg, how are you?
Speak soon
>>By Nomad (Saturday, 10 Feb 2007 15:32)
Hey Nomad, nice to see you back :-)
>>By Lynn (Friday, 16 Feb 2007 00:21)
Missed this one in Nov - but I liked the China part.
Boys will be boys? ;-)
Andy McNab visits Emanuel
International best selling author Andy McNab made a surprise visit to Emanuel last Thursday, ac-
companied by the co-author of his recent 3 children's books Robert Rigby.
Obviously Andy is most famous for his exploits in the first Gulf War, documented in the best-seller Bravo Two Zero, but more recently, his "Boy Soldier" series has been winning over a new age-group of fans.
Emanuel was very lucky to have him, as after the pub-lication of the fourth "Boy Soldier" novel he will cease to visit schools as the series concludes there.
In his talk he explained to the pupils how he was recruited into the army, at 16, whilst serving time in a
youth detention centre. At this time he was almost lliterate and he explained how the army taught
him to read and write, and how to do simple things like write a letter home.
He was to spend 18 years in the army and the SAS.
His co-author Robert Rigby first met McNab whilst working as a script-writer on Thomas the Tank Engine and their friendship grew as Andy was really keen to have a secret look at the Thomas set!
It was a really great motivational talk as Andy McNab showed that, even though he came from
humble beginnings, couldn't write, and had a troubled youth, great things could be achieved if you
put your mind to it and believed in your own talents.
When not writing he currently spends a lot of time working as an technical expert on action films, he
said "next week I get to go to China and blow up a bridge!"
This was a very successful and enjoyable event and most of the children present were also given a free signed poster and represented the school with distinction with the intelligent questions they asked.
>>By Lynn (Friday, 16 Feb 2007 10:52)
Hi nomad, welcome back.
"Soft-spoken".............not too soft I hope, sir.
>>By Reginald (Friday, 16 Feb 2007 20:44)
NEW BOOK!!! ******* CROSSFIRE ******* NOVEMBER 2007
Synopsis
Bodyguarding a TV crew on the streets of war-torn Basra, ex-deniable operator Nick Stone's life is saved by a reporter's swift action as a roadside bomb explodes. When the man later vanishes, Stone is asked to find him. The trail leads from Iraq to Bermuda, London and Kabul, the dark and brutal city where governments, terrorism and big business inexorably collide. Caught in the crossfire, his nightmare is only just beginning - for the hunter has suddenly become the hunted...
:-) Good news !!!
And AIB...he may 'talk' about it 'somewhere' - safe your money!! ;-)
>>By Lynn (Monday, 19 Feb 2007 00:15)
SAS founder's life story to be made into a film
By Richard Alleyne
Most people who knew Sir David Stirling, the maverick aristocrat who founded the SAS, would agree that he was slightly mad.
But as Field Marshal Montgomery, his superior, pointed out: "In war there is a place for mad people."
Now the extraordinary life of the man who coined and lived by the phrase "Who dares wins" is to be made into a film.
Article at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/
main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/02/19/nsas19.xml
>>By Lynn (Wednesday, 21 Feb 2007 14:59)
E-petitions:
We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to awarding Andy Mcnab(pseudonym) with a knighthood for his commitment and dedication to our country's armed forces.
More details from petition creator:
I believe Andy Mcnab should be given a knighthood for his amazing achievements, and for his commitment to the Special Air Service. I believe that Andy Mcnab is someone who trully deserves recognition for his work, and for his brilliant accounts of his life in his 'Immedate Action' and 'Bravo Two Zero' books, and also his very gripping fictitious novels. Thank you for taking the time to hear my views and I hope they are taken seriously.
Submitted by Jonathon Whelan – Deadline to sign up by: 14 May 2007
See: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/AndyMcnab/#detail
Note:
"You must be a British citizen or resident to sign the petition."
Just British???
:-pppp
That's discriminating!!! ;-)
>>By Lynn (Thursday, 22 Feb 2007 18:07)
the grey man is on bbc1 thursday afternoon 2'30pm straight after doctors, so happy viewing..
>>By Bookish Geek (Saturday, 24 Feb 2007 17:54)
Oh WOW Gosh-Willy Gee!, I wish I could see it! Now I have to wait for the CD version and ebay!
>>By My Point (Sunday, 25 Feb 2007 14:08)
OMG...
just got in the house...
and it is about to finish :(
i missed it.. why didnt i come on here more often...
**i gonna cry now**
:'(
S2K
>>By Shoot-To-Kill (Thursday, 1 Mar 2007 16:18)
Loved the McNab response to this...
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/
0,,2-2007060783,00.html
He says, "The soldiers' use of Bisto gravy as a substitute for camouflage cream is ingenious.
The problem with Fast Tan cream is that it can be streaky, like any tanning products."
So he does still chat to the tantastic Mr Ryan....
"So clearly Our Boys have come up with their own version. I find this sort of thing hilarious."
Yep, me too...
"And it is typical of how inventive the SAS can be. They refuse to grumble - but instead they just get on and do the job."
Indeed, using whatever's to hand...lucky it was the gravy...
Like a true scientist, I'm off to investigate the silly string thing now...
>>By B.A.B.E.S (Sunday, 4 Mar 2007 20:41)
Nice one B ! :-)
Where did you read his response?
Tonight finally had time to watch BBC's The Grey Man, apart from some minor changes it was very much as the book - really enjoyed watching the book come to live :-))
Anyone else seen it?
>>By Lynn (Sunday, 4 Mar 2007 22:19)
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