for reasons i am not prepared to go into right now, i was inspecting a box set of the tv series Buck Rogers In The 25th Century. Mervin saw this, and started a conversation around the half man, half hawk character that was in it. i told my learned friend and respected colleague that he was much mistaken, and the half man, half hawk character was in fact in the film Flash Gordon. with rather passionate language, Mervin said no, that is not the case, and there was such a character in "Buck". like an unstoppable force of nature, Mervin quarrelled this point until such time as i did a search on the matter via the interwebnet to reveal the truth. and the truth was to be revealed :
it would appear that there was very much indeed a half man, half hawk character in Buck Rogers, apaprently a predominant character in the second series. as a consequence, i was thus in the wrong.
Mervin, my apologies. i will never again quarrel nor question your impressive knowledge of the Buck Rogers saga.
my view is that the hawk-bird thingie in Flash Gordon was much more impressive and interesting, but that does not in any way change the great act of folly i engaged in by arguing with Mr Fraser.
be excellent to each other, and respect the wisdom and knowledge of Mervin Fraser at all times.
