604 - The Bacteria Drank Too Much, Funding Bond, "Lemons Of The Caribbean"

 [10:47 AM]   
Hmmmm
Well.   We'll be getting an odd email soon on it anyway
[10:48 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
hopefully
or possibly we wont
won't
wonton
loo
[10:49 AM]   
Wontonloo
Where Napoleon had bad Chinese food and ended up spending the afternoon on the toilet while his army lost the battle
[10:50 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
lol
[12:11 PM]   Mr. Blue:   
Woke up Sunday feeling like garbage
Achy, chills, headache and sore throat
Was gone by the next morning
[12:12 PM]   
(Muddy Waters guitar) Na na NANNA na nah
So whatever bacteria you picked up while you were binge drinking Saturday night was gone by Monday?   Good immune system.
[12:16 PM]   Mr. Brown:   
lol
[12:17 PM]   Mr. Blue:   
Yeah not sure what it was
It felt like it was gonna be a 5-dayer
Still not 100% but I'm at about 90%
[12:18 PM]   Mr. Brown:   
Bad digestion
Body going “What do i do with this?  Well, better make him feel sick so he don't eat it again.”
[12:19 PM]   Mr. Blue:   
heh



[9:39 AM]   
Finished about 1/2 of Thunderball last night
Mrs Silver's pick
"We didn't do anything for Mardi Gras.   Didn't James Bond go to Mardi Gras?"
"In a couple of them, yeah."
"Well let's watch one then."
Always liked that one.   Was my favorite for a long time.
Looking back the tiny seeming ransom is the most amusing
"100 million pounds sterling in diamonds or we blow up a city in the US or the UK"   
Current money values with inflation...the ransom for 2 nukes was 2.5 billion dollars
A bargain vs a major city
[10:23 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
But Bond can get it done and it will cost us just his pay check
lol
[10:24 AM]   
Operation startup would probably cost that much now
(M) "We'll need to send out all 9 double O's."
(MI6 Treasurer sharp breath) "Ehhhhhh.  Isn't the CIA going out on this?"
[10:24 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
I have wondered the cost of all his gadgets he uses and breaks and costs of him getting here and there and things he damages vs the payment to the Villain
I bet paying is cheaper, as long as the villain will actually stop after payment
Some of the jobs make sense because they are going to do it no matter what
[11:14 AM]   
Wonder how many diamonds it takes to make a 2.5 billion dollar pile
[11:16 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
And who are they re-selling those to?
[11:16 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
About a cup and a half?
lol
[11:16 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
Diamonds aren't like gold where you can melt down and re-sell and they are, practically, worthless
[11:17 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
I want diamond bars!
[11:17 AM]   
Gems are/were apparently the best way to smuggle anonymous bulk value
At least up until (tries to recall National Geographic year) 2003?
Probably bottomed out with virtual currency though
One of my favorite bits from "Dodgeball" was the suitcase with a couple bundles of bills in it.   
"Betcha never saw $100000 all in one place like that before."
[11:21 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
heh yeah
[11:22 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
I want 1,000,000 dollars in 5's
if somebody was diabolical they would ask for it all in pennies



[8:03 AM]   
We watched the rest of Thunderball, and then Goldfinger a couple days ago
"This was back when the women in the credits still wore something."
[8:17 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
heh
Goldfinger is considered one of the best and i liked it. But for a long stretch Bond is just kind of there, not doing much
[8:18 AM]   
(M) "You'll be signing that gold bar out with the quartermaster 007...it's worth 5000 pounds."
(me) "HA!"
That's $35.50/oz back then.
Not that 5000 pounds was anything to sniff at back in those days...very nice chunk o change
Meanwhile Bond and villains were making 500 pound bets at cards
Which is $342,500 in gold in 2017 dollars since I can't get this calculator to do 2019
1965 (Largo, frustrated losing at cards)
"Anyone object to raising the bet limit to 500 pounds?"
(chorus of "no"s)
2019 (Largo, frustrated losing at cards)
"Anyone object to raising the bet limit to $34,250?"
(chorus of "Fuuuuuuuck Youuuuuu”s)
[8:37 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
lol
[8:41 AM]   
Side note... the bar was supposed to be from the Lake Toplitz Nazi gold dump.
That's never been found that anyone ever admitted.   (wink wink)
So according to the Bond universe, the Brits nabbed it and never told anyone without clearance.
[8:45 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
I see
That sort of thing would've been recovered in... months.. if not weeks or days.. by one of the many people who either handled or knew about the dump.
Then smelted it down and stored or immediately resold
[8:49 AM]   
Some, sure.   
People still find Nazi caches



[10:15 AM]   
Speaking of incoherent weirdness...
Finally watched the last Pirates of the Caribbean movie
[10:16 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
I have not watched that yet
[10:16 AM]   
I always thought it didn't do any good because of Depp's scandals
It turns out it was because it wasn't very good
It had good elements.   Story core was fine to me.
Poor writing though
Weak characters and relationships
Jack was a dull fool
[10:22 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
I saw the 1st one and felt like it was enough
[10:23 AM]   
It's amazing how Jack Sparrow went from deceptively brilliant and capable in 1 and 2,  to a fool in 3 thru 5.
Perhaps death gave him brain damage
Anyway...I'd rather watch Captain Barbossa.
[10:26 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
Yes
He has more story
[10:27 AM]   
He's consistent and well written.   They stuck to his rules.
[10:27 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
I'm still waiting for the Master & Commander sequel
Both came out at the same time and audiences decided to give their money to the Disney ride one over the real one
[10:32 AM]   
I have a copy at home.   Have to watch it again.
The issue with the real one is that its a military drama vs ghost pirates!
Coming this summer:  
"Master and Commander 2: The F-n' Bermuda F-n' TRIANGLE Man!"
(headline) "New Period Naval War Film Breaks $1.5 Billion At Box Office!   Historians PISSED."
[10:37 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
"Where we're going were we don't NEED compasses"
[10:54 AM]   
(interviewing director) "There are some people who feel the laser battle between the ship and the alien spacecraft as they were approaching light speed in the warp from the 28th century back to 1810 was unrealistic and too CGI heavy."
(director) "Well, it comes down to the desire to move the story forward versus the sort of exposition that would be required to explain the period weaponry at those speeds.   obviously they couldn't be lasers."
"R-right..."
[10:56 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
You could add some supernatural stuff into M&C without it being too much.  Lots of superstitions when you're on a boat in the middle of nowhere and things are happening that can't be easily explained
[10:56 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
Kraken
Mermaids
Ghost ship
[10:57 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
And the job of the captain to reign people in and make sure they don't get caught up in the spooks
[10:59 AM]   
M&C did have the old brain-damaged dude ranting about someone being a Jonah
[10:57 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
Scurvy
Need to add the scurvy
[10:58 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
Scurvy was probably cured by then
[10:58 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
Not really Cured
[10:59 AM]   
Yes, they knew how to prevent scurvy long before that movie
Called 'em Limeys for a reason, sir
[11:00 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
OK
Well if all the limes fell off the ship
[11:01 AM]   
lol
[11:01 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
and kraut
[11:01 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
That will be the story
They lose all their limes
[11:02 AM]   
"Captain!   The 3rd Lt. sends his compliments and reports that all the limes fell off the ship."   
"Fell off, Mr. Jones?   They're in the hold.   How is that possible without a massive hole?"   
"Aye, captain!   He also requests you be made aware that approximately 1/3 of the starboard hull is missing and we are taking on water."
"Mmmm.   Send my compliments to the Lt. and that I will be coming to inspect the issue after I've finished my tea."
[11:12 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
Maybe they have a girl-drink-drunk on board that used all the limes to make frilly drinks
[11:13 AM]   
"Eh...we just dumped it.   Don't like lime."
[11:16 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
" Aye Captain remember you told us to reduce the cargo weight?  Uh well we threw out all the limes"
[11:28 AM]   Mr. Blue:   
Crazy that scurvy cures were known in the 1400s but not really widely implemented until the 1800s
[11:28 AM]   Mr. Brown:   
lol
Life secrets of the long term pirate