jonthebhoy

Happy birthday you lucky lucky sod!

I remember being richer than a king The minutes of the day were golden I recall that when the joint passed round My body felt a little colder But now I'm like a sewer channel - running lime and scag Let me get at the master panel - let me at my stack The sea refuses no river And right now this river's banks are blown The sea refuses no river Whether stinking and rank Or red from the tank Whether pure as a spring There's no damned thing stops the poem The sea refuses no river And this river is homeward flowing I have seen a trace of strain In other's eyes not spoken I must admit that I enjoyed their pain But this time it's me that's broken I demand for you and His This must be the time When we decide what freedom is Turn water into wine For the sea refuses no river We're polluted now but in our hearts still clean The sea refuses no river We tried not to age But time had it's rage We're washed over stones From babes into clones of the mean The sea won't refuse this muddy river Nor deny the sulfurous stream There was a fool in a dressing robe Riding out the twilight hour Lonely and cold in an empty home Trying to assess his power But now he's like a stream in flood Swollen by the storm He doesn't care if he sheds his blood Let him be reborn For the sea refuses no river Remember that when the beggar buys a round The sea refuses no river And rain fills the gutters No time for stutters This is our chance To sing and to dance and to clown The sea refuses no river And rivers were sprung to drown The sea refuses no river No pecking code respected for the damned The sea refuses no river Whether starving or ill Or strung on some pill Just 'cos you own the land There's no unique hand plugs the dam The sea refuses no river And the river is where I am The river is where I am

I would have thought your first question would have been "Who has the best Mickey Mouse watch?". BTW.......Welcome. JTB

Alas, the foibles of internet communication - misinterpretation of emotions and misunderstanding of sensibilities. Let's not get into a political argument. If the joke offends anyone (and I know now that it doesn't offend eddhead ) then I'll remove it. "Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone." Someone once said. JTB

...eh...strangely enough...humour!

Maybe (and only maybe) had the dealer accepted the charge and package, he may have got himself into a whole lot of bother and therefore took the “safe” option. You need to continue discussions with your dealer to try to resolve this. Also 4 watches with faults is pretty bad luck. Was it 4 from 4 ordered? JTB

I was a twenty a day man but I had to give up. JTB Hope you had a laugh on your birthday Ape?

This particular discussion – i.e. member consultation for a new standardised dealer description format – only started yesterday. Hardly “never ending”. I would have thought that the membership would be delighted at being given the opportunity to get involved in bringing their own ideas and input to the table – democracy at it’s best, some might say. Some other forums would probably ignore you, whereas here we like to think that you form an integral part of the development of the site and furthermore, the Admin have worked extremely hard at getting this particular ball rolling. Your post adds nothing to the discussion and frankly is disappointing. JTB

Remember.........you are a married man!

Wise decision.........you will go far. JTB

This requires a whole lot more input if we are to arrive at a concensus. There is no more important thread at the moment so please keep this bumped up in order that the maximum proportion of active membership gets an opportunity to read and contribute. JTB

The best way?...........Time! The cheating way?.........I did a quick search and got a start here: http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showto...15&hl=aging JTB

A warm welcome to you and an excellent first post. JTB

I have it on fairly good authority that, in the UK, the British Horological Institute are stepping up their campaign to warn their members against working with "fake" watches. Indeed my trusty reliable, and local watchsmith, on whom I depended greatly, has now informed me that he can no longer service or repair my reps. In my opinion it will become increasingly difficult to find High Street watchsmiths who are prepared to work on our reps and as such we will have to rely, even more, on our own "in-house" repair guys. JTB

This is the members and dealers call and any "standardised policy" will be their creation by agreement. If standard terms, such as you cite, are the will of the many then why not. JTB

Excellent news! I was wondering when you would finally get a start. No greater feeling than seeing it all develop out the ground. Good luck and keep us posted with some more pictures. JTB

"Common" as I am...........I'd say that's fargin' nice!

Dunno What do you see?

I just couldn't make it through the day without................... JTB

Seeing as I'm late to this............congrats on 1002 flav! JTB

Welcome...........you've done this forum thing before then? JTB

TTK's first dispatch finally made it then? (sorry Neil, couldn't resist) JTB PS - seriously Rob, this is a real find. Good luck with the work.

Edited out. JTB