Your top ten...

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  1. one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    The concept is pretty simple.
    You name the subject and then give your personal top-ten list for that subject.
    I’ll start with: Favorite Movies:

    My top ten favorite movies* in no particular order:

    Fight Club
    The Breakfast Club
    The Birdcage
    Young Frankenstein
    Casablanca
    The Royal Tenenbaums
    Amélie
    Silence of the Lambs
    The Omen (original 1976)
    Kukushka (The Cuckoo)


    *List is subject to change at any time for any reason – this reflects a moment in time in my life and personal preferences.

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  3. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    My top ten favourite eats

    1. Dal rice - I can eat this every day [really!]
    2. Fish curry, Malvani style
    3. Prawn pilaf
    4. Raw green mangoes with salt and chillies
    5. Ice cold lassi
    6. Buttermilk
    7. Hot fresh chapati lathered with butter and sprinkled with sugar [sinful]
    8. Black forest cake
    9. Kheema Pau
    10. Malpuas [deep fried egg and milk pastry stuffed with clotted cream]
     
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  5. draqon Banned Banned

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    Favorite spaceships/planes:

    1. SpaceShipOne (Scaled Composites) with WhiteKnight module
    2. Soyuz Spacecraft
    3. ISS (International Space Station)
    4. SR-71 Blackbird
    5. Su-34 (Flanker Sukhoi corporation)
    6. Helios (NASA solar powered aircraft)
    7. Proton Space Rocket (Energia/Roskosmos)
    8. An 225 Cargo Plane (Antonov design bureau)
    9. Buran (Russian Space Shuttle)
    10. Cessna Citation Jet
     
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  7. superstring01 Moderator

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    Top ten favorite foods:

    1. Paella
    2. Pad Thai
    3. Cheeseburgers
    4. Sushi
    5. Peanut Butter
    6. Chocolate
    7. Rice Pudding (vanilla/cinnamon)
    8. Roasted Bone Marrow
    9. McGriddles (yeah, trashy. . . but so good)
    10. Yellow Dal Lentils (cooked in chicken broth w/ turmeric & spices)​

    ~String
     
  8. codanblad a love of bridges Registered Senior Member

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    top ten top ten lists in this thread (i'll come back and edit)

    1. one raven's movies list
    2. string's food list
    3. sam's food list
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    Last. anything dragon comes up with.
     
  9. Grim_Reaper I Am Death Destroyer of Worlds Registered Senior Member

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    My top ten Cars.
    1) Ford V8 Mustang any of them I really love the old ones.
    2)Chevorlet Corvette one mean Auto.
    3)New Ford Raptor Puckup something to be said for a Truck named afater a bird of Prey.
    4)Chevy Nova SS any year
    4)Ford Cobra
    5)Ford GT 40
    6)Ford GT
    8)Ford Capri the German made years those were kicka ass cars had a 73 fastest 4cly I have ever seen.
    9)Sunbeam Tiger mean litte som bitch
    10)Saleen S7 would love to just sit in one of these.
     
  10. Acitnoids Registered Senior Member

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    Top Ten Animated Movies
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    1) Grave of the fireflies
    2) Perfect Blue
    3) WALL-E
    4) 5 Centimeters per Second
    5) Spirited Away
    6) The Rats of NIMH
    7) Waking Life
    8) Vexille
    9) Akira
    10) Tokyo Godfathers
     
  11. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    Didn't you like Howl's Moving Castle?
     
  12. hypewaders Save Changes Registered Senior Member

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    Zlin 50
    Pitts S1C
    Zlin 326
    Starduster
    Decathlon
    T-34
    Citabria 7KCAB
    Tiger Moth
    Acro Sport
    Super Cub
    Discus
    Schleicher K-6
    Douglas DC-3

    there are many more, and more to come- but I have loved flying (& flown loving) these. Life has been very good to me, alhamdulillah.
     
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  13. Thoreau Valued Senior Member

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    My favorite top ten Bands/Musicians are (in no particular order):

    1) Slipknot
    2) Rammstein
    3) Led Zeppelin
    4) Amr Diab
    5) Elvis Presley
    6) Metallica
    7) George Strait
    8) John Denver
    9) Peter, Paul and Mary
    10) Ziggy Marley
     
  14. Acitnoids Registered Senior Member

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    SAM,
    I never saw that one. It looks entertaining. Truth is I try to stay away from Disney.
     
  15. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    Its not Disney, its Miyazaki. Studio Ghibli. You'll love it.

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  16. (Q) Encephaloid Martini Valued Senior Member

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    Most everything by Miyazaki is excellent. One of my faves is The Red Pig.
     
  17. one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    What are your other 9?
     
  18. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    I haven't seen that one, I'll order it.
     
  19. one_raven God is a Chinese Whisper Valued Senior Member

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    Top Ten movies on my NetFlix queue right now:

    The Exorcism of Emily Rose
    Bhool Bhuliyaa
    Ron White: They Call Me “Tater Salad”
    A Mighty Wind
    George Carlin: New Jersey
    Eddie Izzard: Definite Article
    Little Miss Sunshine
    Rabbit-Proof Fence (seen it before)
    As You Like It
    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (seen it before)
     
  20. (Q) Encephaloid Martini Valued Senior Member

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    That was one of my Miyazaki faves. There are too many good movies to make a top ten.
     
  21. superstring01 Moderator

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    Top Ten Favorite Books
    [David Letterman Style]

    Number TEN:
    "The Looming Tower" - Lawrence Wright

    Number NINE:
    "Ghost Wars" - Steve Coll

    Number EIGHT:
    "Atlas Shrugged" - Ayn Rand

    Number SEVEN:
    "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle" - Haruki Murakami (not finished reading yet, but when I finally get around to it. . . I know I'm gona' love it!)

    Number SIX:
    "The God Conspiracy" - Richard Dawkins

    Number FIVE:
    "Total Money Makeover" - Dave Ramsey

    Number FOUR:
    "Conduct Unbecoming" - Randy Shilts

    Number THREE:
    "Return To Sodom & Gomorrah" - Richard Pelligrino

    Number TWO:
    "Don't Sweat The Small Stuff" - Richard Carlson

    Number ONE:
    "Dune Chronicles" - Frank Herbert

    ~String
     
  22. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    Top Ten recently watched good movies

    1. Amelie [French, seeing it right now, seen before many times]
    2. Three Colours: Blue [French, awesome]
    3. Your name is Justine [Polish]
    4. The White Balloon [Persian]
    5. Song of Sparrows [Persian]
    6. A Very Long Engagement [French, seen before]
    7. Mi Shivajirao Bhosle Boltoy [Marathi]
    8. Lives of Others [German, seen before]
    9. Kikujiro [saw tail end, but liked it, Japanese]
    10. The Band's visit [also saw tail end, waiting to see it, Arabic]
     
  23. draqon Banned Banned

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    Finally! Someone who appreciated air vehicles/planes/spacecrafts! Yay! I thought this pathetic forum was doomed...
     

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