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I read all the books by Ian Flemming when I was a teenager. If I remember correctly, only one was similar to the movie. I do remember that The Spy Who Loved Me (the book) was basically some low level Mafia thugs come to a hotel in Canada that James Bond is staying at. He kills them and saves the receptionist. Throw in some flashback scenes in London. That's it - the whole story.
For me James Bond from the movies is the famous one everyone knows and loves. James Bond from the books is just a bird watcher from the Caribbean.
Bond
Keep all things as simple as possible, but no simpler. -said someone, somewhere
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The first Bond movie I saw was Moonraker, sometime in 1982/83. First time i saw such stunts. Especially the centrifuge scene.
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Probably the first one I saw in the cinema.
But Thunderball was on TV periodically.
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I'm sorry. Moonraker was one of the worst ever Bond movies.
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Quote: Yesterday was James Bond day
New Bond movie coming out: "Yesterday is Tomorrow"
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My last visit was about 5 years ago, in Virginia mostly, but everything was super duper delicious (Yes! I gained a lot of weight here  ).
5 years later, I come back here, this time Chicago, and I've tried from takeouts to fancy dine-ins but everything sucks, and all the places stink. What happened to all the good food? 
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It's probably a combination of being in Chicago and your palate having matured. 
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Everything has gone to the dogs here.
So sorry.
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Yes, love me a good Chicago dog.
Time is the differentiation of eternity devised by man to measure the passage of human events.
- Manly P. Hall
Mark
Just another cog in the wheel
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The South = great food (Virginia is just barely in the South)
The North = they eat what?
Seriously, you never see a restaurant with Northern Style cooking.
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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There's the Michigan delicacy, pasties. Pronounced with short a like in the past, not like the dancer adornments. Some of the most bland, boring food you'll ever eat. They'll defend it by saying that you need to put ketchup (catsup?) on it.  On the plus side, our sausage game is excellent and, supposedly, the hamburger was first made in a small city in Wisconsin[^].
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Wisconsin cheese, sausages, and beer *chef's kiss*
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I've never seen a recipe book titled 'Northern Cooking'or'English Cooking'. Could there be a reason?
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Except for that Chicago style pizza!
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Some American cities do certain foods better than others. IIRC Chicago is known for its style of pizza. And Harry Caray's Italian Steakhouse is excellent.
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Whew! thank goodness I lost most my sense of taste years ago, I eat crappy Chicago food daily, it all tasted the same to me! Woo Hoo!
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We have a glimpse of what you eat every day!
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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Well, the way Chicago is pronounced is actually a sentence in Italian and it means "I s*** on it", maybe it is a warning?
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And it's famous for pizza.
There was me thinking that putting pineapple on pizza was as bad as it could get ... 
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Right... because the Brits are famous for their cuisine! 
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Of course we are: four-hour boiled cabbage, mushy peas, battered saveloy ... the list is endless.
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Uuugghhh... I've been to your little island nation... Shepard's Pie and Fish & Chips are the only 2 palatable meals. 
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