 The Man Who Taught 007 to Drive on Ice, Erik Carlsson biography |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras  |
15 March 2004 - 23:22
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Lt. Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 10 November 2002 From: Montreal, Canada |
16 March 2004 - 02:43
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cool! I didn't know he existed!
 Daniel no longer uses this account. |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
16 March 2004 - 02:56
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I didn't either.
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 11 August 2003 From: H O L L Y W O O D |
16 March 2004 - 05:07
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suprizing how interesting this is
 The G33K Goddess (A woman should be two things... Classy & Fabulous!) "Someone that you think that you can trust is just another way to die." |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
16 March 2004 - 05:08
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You're so good to your man...
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Commander RNR Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 22 February 2002 From: New York City |
16 March 2004 - 05:13
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I've heard tidbits here and there about authors living what they write (the late George Plimpton being the key example), so it doesn't surprise me that Gardner did learn how to drive on ice so he could write about it.
It also doesn't surprise me that like Bond, Gardner wanted the best, and found it in Erik Carlsson. Finally, it doesn't surprise me one bit that the ever awesome writer John Cox found this key detail, and was able to make the most out of it for the enjoyment of all Bond fans. It's nice to see legends in their fields remembered appropriately. -- Xenobia President, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Roger Moore
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
16 March 2004 - 05:42
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Thank you. Xen.
So many supportive women in my life.
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 17 April 2002 From: West Los Angeles, California USA |
16 March 2004 - 05:56
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Just bought my copy.
Growing up in Washington state, I've had my share of winter driving. My Dad taught me two skills. - Pre-skidding a turn using the E-brake. - Left-footed double-clutching in both an automatic AND manual. I'm anxious to see what can be gleaned by reading "between the lines". Very cool.  "When it comes to Bond, You've gotta do it" "There's a reason spies don't have many parties. Everyone has a history with everyone else." Bryce (003) - Living Bond so you don't have to. |
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Commander RNR Group: Veterans Reserve Enlisted: 22 February 2002 From: New York City |
16 March 2004 - 22:49
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Just remember Zencat, behind every great man, are even better women.  Congrats again on the article. -- Xenobia President, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Roger Moore
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 30 August 2001 From: A secret hollowed out volcano in Sydney (33.79294� South, 150.93805� East) |
17 March 2004 - 00:46
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Behind!? I've been doing it wrong.   You're born, you take [censored], get out in the world, you take more [censored]. Climb a little higher, take less [censored]. 'Till one day you're in the rarified atmosphere, and you've forgotten what [censored] even looks like. Welcome to MI6 007. |
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Commander RNVR Group: Commanding Officers Enlisted: 26 June 2003 From: New York |
4 February 2006 - 05:49
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Was glancing through the Icebreaker section and caught this. Interesting article, John.
 ~ Nobody Knows Me Like You Know Me ~ 'People Look Up. Things Fall Down. And When It Rains, It Pours' Moving at the speed of life, we are bound to collide with each other ♦ ♦ ♦ Are You Ready To Go? ♦ ♦ ♦ |
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Midshipman Group: Crew Enlisted: 15 January 2006 From: Vancouver Island, Canada |
4 February 2006 - 14:58
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That's an interesting bit of info, and I think it's quite neat. Gardner's novels seem to be a lot more "down to earth" than Fleming's works of art. Even though Gardner had the meloglamatic (did I spell that right?) villians, some of the things in his books seemed more believable than other Bond novels. (Well okay, not everything his Bond got himself in to, but a good deal of it)
Some things that come to mind are: The SAS Belt in Icebreaker The issued escape/evasion kit in "No Deals" The money belt with razor blade hidden inside buckle in "License Renewed" The chewing gum sized sticks of plastic explosive inside his trouser hems - "No Deals" again Making a flash bang grenade from a flare and lightbulb while imprisoned in Venice by Wolfgang Weisen - Death is Forever Obviously, the driving on ice from Icebreaker (An absolutely fantastic novel) And best of all: The Seventrees ASP 9mm pistol. I've absolutely researched that pistol to hell and back, and I can definately say that it IS (and still is) the best firearm for Her Majesty's Servant to carry. Forget the outdated PPK, the overly large P99, the polymer framed VP-70, or even the H&K P7, the ASP is THE best choice for Bond. And that's probably why it's still out there, being used in small circles. "Unseen in the best places." Cheers, Adam |
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Commander Group: Veterans Enlisted: 20 July 2002 From: Washington D.C.. USA |
30 March 2006 - 20:53
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This is an interesting article.....how did I miss it when it first came out?!
 Robert Brown was Admiral Hargreaves in TSWLM, OP, AVTAK, TLD and LTK damnit Enforcer, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Roger Moore Proud defender of Barbara Bach, Carole Bouquet, Barbara Carrera, Maryam D'Abo, A View to a Kill, Never Say Never Again and The Spy Who Loved Me. |
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Commander GCMG Group: Veterans Reserve. Enlisted: 5 June 2001 From: Lagrimas Negras |
30 March 2006 - 22:40
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Wow. Blast from the past.
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