Recommend me something to watch!

[Howmanheyman 38185]

53 minutes ago, Alex said:

I think you might be thinking of this:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vietnam_War_(TV_series)
It was definitely shown in BBC4 and then I think it was on Netflix or Prime. Not sure where you can steam it now, possibly on YouTube though? 
Ken Burns has made some great documentary series. There was a one on Ernest Hemingway and another one on Muhammad Ali that were excellent. I’m only really into late 50s / early 60s Jazz (and even then only a little bit) but I even thought his series in the history of Jazz was well worth watching. There other ones like a series about Prohibition and the American civil war which were pretty epic. What really sets that Vietnam War one apart though is all the contemporary footage available due to the unprecedented access (not seen before or since) that journalists and filmmakers had. 
Absolutely superb is 100% spot on. 

 

Aye that's the one, saw his civil war one as well and I think it was him who did a shorter one about buffalo and them being almost wiped out?

[Alex 37960]

3 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

 

Aye that's the one, saw his civil war one as well and I think it was him who did a shorter one about buffalo and them being almost wiped out?

Yes, saw that too. 

[PaddockLad 19808]

13 hours ago, Howmanheyman said:

 

Not sure what month it was but I've a memory of that year playing subbuteo in the dining room with lampshades as floodlights and listening to the recently taped top ten featuring talking heads, fergal Sharkey, Jennifer rush, Madonna, Elton John and aha. It's funny what sticks.

Jennifer Rush was no. 1 on my 16th birthday…. I fuckin detest that fuckin song  

 

edit: I’ve never flicked to kick in my life. Think I missed out there somehow   me and my brother had a lot of Lego and meccano though… 

Edited 4 hours ago by PaddockLad

[Howmanheyman 38185]

10 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

Jennifer Rush was no. 1 on my 16th birthday…. I fuckin detest that fuckin song  

 

edit: I’ve never flicked to kick in my life. Think I missed out there somehow   me and my brother had a lot of Lego and meccano though… 

 

I couldn't get away with Lego or Meccano at all. Probably why I had no interest in DT at school which I wished I had of shown more interest for being an adult. My patience with stuff like that was nil, same with art. If it didn't look right straight away I'd go in a huff with it.

[Toonpack 12255]

Huffmanheyman is SOOO fitting.

 

"The stripes are missaligned, sent it straight back"

 

"Why didn't they mention the badge to me and my fellow veterans first"

 

 

[Renton 24584]

2 hours ago, Howmanheyman said:

 

I couldn't get away with Lego or Meccano at all. Probably why I had no interest in DT at school which I wished I had of shown more interest for being an adult. My patience with stuff like that was nil, same with art. If it didn't look right straight away I'd go in a huff with it.

 

I'm beginning to sus out why you struggle with job applications and interviews.....

 

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Interviewer: Do you see yourself as having any weaknesses?

 

HMHM: [Shakes head] Oh yes! Cause like I'm a bit of a perfectionist, actually. Yes, I am. See, for me it's got to be the best or is nothing at all. Like, things get a bit dodgy I just cannot be bothered. But here I've got good vibes about this interview thing today, mate. Seems to me that it's going pretty well, eh?

 

 

[Howmanheyman 38185]

27 minutes ago, Renton said:

 

I'm beginning to sus out why you struggle with job applications and interviews.....

 

 

 

 

I have no problems with interviews. 

[Monkeys Fist 46618]

48 minutes ago, Howmanheyman said:

 

 

I have no problems with interviews. 

Aye, it’s the other stuff isn’t it?