Q+A with............... ME
OK, Carl – game on! Here
are your questions!
What have you been up to during lockdown?
Trying to catch up on the
huge pile of unwatched dvd’s and unread books I’ve got lying around the place
but I keep buying more so it’s a losing battle. I’m in the middle of doing a roundup of
everything I’ve watched and read over the last 9 ( is it week 9 now?) weeks so that’s coming soon .
I’ve got a couple of book reviews to
finish off and I’m also going to be reviewing some more movies since they seem
to go down quite well.
You’re a huge fan of James Bond, so which Bond actor
is your favourite and why?
I absolutely love all the Bond’s but…. It’s
Pierce , I just love the how he can go from being charming and sophisticated to
being a cold hearted assassin . So he’s slap bang in the middle between Moore
and Connery. Probabaly best to pretend Die Another Day never happened.
There’s a graph somewhere
online that charts every Bond’s kill count and Pierce came out on top , If you
look at him that way he’s the best Bond we’ve ever had so I’d like the next
fella to be more like Pierce than Daniel Craig.
And favourite Bond film to date?
Goldeneye. Everything just seemed
to fall perfectly into place with that film. From the direction , to the cast
to the stunts . its one of the few that can’t be faulted
If you could, which Bond car would you buy? I
wouldn’t say no to any of them apart from the 2CV but Purely because of the
noise it makes, the DBS from Quantum Of Solace
Where did your fascination of collecting
watches come from, and which one in your collection has the most fascinating
history?
I like mechanical stuff and I
like taking them apart to fit new batteries and straps , which incidently is
pretty much the only skill I’ve acquired during lockdown.
My Grandad has a gold Rolex Oyster
Perpetual which I fell in love with at an early age . So that’s probably where
it comes from. I buy and sell a lot of
watches so I tend to forget what I’ve owned but old seiko’s are good fun.
As to which one has the best history,
probably my Casio F91-W digital, everybody’s had one of those. I’ve got a Tissot Courtourier but that’s away
at the moment, it was sent off for a new battery the day before the lockdown
DOH! . My favourites probably an old Accurist I bought when I was 14. I’ve got
one of the limited editon 007 swatch watches on order as well ,they’re going
for silly money but I found one for a good price.
Can you share a photo of your dog, so everyone
can see how cute Pip is?
Where can we find you?
(e.g. blog, social media)
Blog
twitter
Instagram
bookbloke
Film_bloke
From the
books you've read to date in 2020, what are your top five recommendations? (And
they don't have to include mine!!)
Die Alone by Simon Kernick
Only Fools And Stories By
David Jason
On Her Majestys Secret
Service by Ian Fleming
The Wrong side of goodbye by Michael
Connelly
False Witness By Andrew Grant
How Not To Be A Professional
Racing Driver by Jason Plato. ( worth buying for the JCB story alone)
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