Battle for Azovstal.
Thu 8:27 am Europe/London, 5 May 2022 1





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Is it really 4th May already? Crikey! Having said that, wifey asked me what year it was yesterday! I looked at her aghast but she is losing the plot somewhat. She’s lovely really. We’ve been wed for over 60 years – a few of them good.
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Anyway, we were watching a superb but obscure Cold War movie ‘The Bedford Incident’ (1965) which somehow reminded me of the troubling times we are now living through.
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The US ship’s captain (Richard Widmark) has intimidated the Fire Control Officer (Danno from Hawaii-5-0) to the point that he is a hopeless nervous wreck.
“If he fires one, I’ll fire one.” “Fire one!” 1:46
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOll3v55Dmo (includes comments)
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Fire One! 5:14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBu3JBLWsXE