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Ok, so I've been here, in the rep world for a while now, and I've come to a fork in the road and would like to ask your opinion. Here are my choices... 1. I've talked to a few moders and I've been told that they can custom build me the "best" rep available for about $600 to $850. Most likely a PAM111H or 111E. 2. I've already put in X $$$'s, so I can probably round up about the same amount of $$$ I've put into reps so far and possibly buy a clean used gen PAM and forget this quest as it'll never materialize. Plus I'll never be happy with a rep. 3. You guys are tired of my pesky questions and requests for advice and you'd like for this noob to sit quietly by the wall like the rest of the noobs. So what do you guys think I should do? I'm really particular due to the fact that this is my first journey into reps and I've seen people wearing some bad reps before and that has always left a bad taste in my mouth for wearing something that'll be spotted as a rep easily. I know that there are dealers with good reps out there, but so far I haven't had the pleasure of ordering from one and I don't think I want to run through everyone of them till I find one (see #2 above). Plus, all the negative posts I see from others who've ordered from dealers with negative outcomes don't help either. Not to mention that I've already had a not so good experience with a purchase from a forum member. So what do you guys think? I've got thick skin so lay it on me. Thanks in advance. z

A Jewish woman says to her mother, "I'm divorcing Sheldon! All he wants is anal sex and my [censored] is now the size of a 50 cent piece when it used to be the size of a 5 cent piece." Mother says "You're married to a multi-millionaire businessman, you live in an 8 bedroom mansion, you drive a Ferrari, you get $1000 a week allowance, you take 6 vacations a year and you want to throw all that away for 45 cents ?!!!!!!!!!" The Smartest Girl in the World! 4 distinquised ctizens were on a plane to pick up their nobel prize. There were 5 people on the plane. 1) The Pilot 2) The President of the USA 3) A boyscout 4) A Preacher 5) And the Smartest girl in the world While flying, the pilot came in and said, "we're having some engine troubles, and we're going to have to jump, BUT, there are 5 of us and only 4 parachutes). And since I'm the pilot, I get to have one. So, he took a bag a jump off. The president said, "well, since i'm the president, the worlds needs me", he grabbed a bag and jumped off. The smartest girl in the world said, well, since i'm the smart one, the worlds need me, so she grabbed a bag and jumped off. Then the preacher said, "boy, you can have the last parachute, since i'm a man of God, he will take me home". The boy scout said, "no need sir, theres 2 parachutes left, the smartest girl in the world jumped off with my backpack". A Black, Mexican and Iraqi men are on a plane flying over the Atlantic Ocean. Suddenly, the pilot comes to the passenger area tells everyone that they

A Japanese doctor says, "Medicine in my country is so advanced That we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks." A German doctor says, "That is nothing, we can take a lung out of One Person, put it in another, and have him looking for work in four weeks." A British doctor says, "In my country, medicine is so advanced that we can take half of a heart out of one person, put it in another, and have them both looking for work in two weeks." The Texas doctor not to be outdone, "You guys are way behind. We took a man with no brains out of Texas; put him in the White House and now half the country is looking for work. A man takes his son with him to a horse farm where he has an appointment to look at a horse he intends on buying. The father looks at the horse's hoofs, his teeth, his mane and tail. He then proceeds to feel the horse's muscles in his chest, back, shoulders, front and rear. 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Driving behind the couple was a man and his 6-year-old daughter. The little girl was chatting away at her father when all of a sudden the penis smacked their car windshield, stuck for a moment, then flew off. Surprised, the daughter asked her father, "Daddy, what the heck was that?" Shocked, but not wanting to expose his little girl to anything sexual at such a young age, the father replied, "It....it was only a bug, Honey." The daughter sat with a confused look on her face, and after a moment said.. "Sure had a big [censored], didn't it?" WHY YOU NEVER QUESTION A DRUNK A woman was shopping at her local supermarket where she selected: A quart of orange juice A half gallon of 2% milk A carton of eggs A head of Romaine lettuce A 2 lb can of coffee and 1 lb of bacon. As she was unloading her items on the conveyor belt to check out, a drunk standing behind her watched as she placed the items in front of the cashier. While the cashier was ringing up the purchases, the drunk calmly stated, "You must be single." The woman was a bit startled by this proclamation, but she was intrigued by the derelict's intuition, since she was indeed single. She looked at her six items on the belt but saw nothing particularly unusual about her selections that could have tipped off the drunk to her marital status. Curiosity getting the better of her, she said, "Well, you know what? You're absolutely correct. But how on earth did you know that?" The drunk replied,"' Cause you're ugly." Why females should avoid a girls night out after they are married... The other night I was invited out for a night with "the girls." I told My husband that I would be home by midnight, "I promise!" Well, the Hours passed and the margaritas went down way too easy. Around 3 a. m., a Bit loaded, I headed for home. Just as I got in the door, the cuckoo clock In the hall started up and Cuckooed 3 times. 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"Good question", noted the Rabbi. "We save them up and send them back to the candle makers, and every now and then they send us a free box of candles." "Oh", replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer. But on he went, in his obnoxious Way: "What about all these biscuit purchases? What do you do with the crumbs?" "Ah, yes", replied the Rabbi, realisin g that the inspector was trying to trap him with an unanswerable question. "We collect them and send them back to the manufacturers, and every now and then they send a free box of holy biscuits." "I see!" replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all Rabbi. "Well, Rabbi", he went on,"What do you do with all the leftover foreskins from the circumcisions you perform?" "Here, too, we do not waste", answered the Rabbi. "What we do is save up all the foreskins and send them to the Tax Office, and about once a year they send us a complete [censored] ." Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. Jim and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital. One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there. Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out. When the Head Nursing Director became aware of Edna's heroic act, she immediately ordered Edna to be discharged from the hospital, as she now considered Edna to be mentally stable. When she went to tell Edna the news she said, "Edna, I have good new and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged. Since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of another patient I have concluded your act displays you have a sound mind. The bad news is Jim, the patient you saved, hung himself in the bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him. I am so sorry, but he is dead." Edna replied, "He didn't hang himself, I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?" I, the Penis, hereby request a raise in salary for the following reasons: I do physical labor. I work at great depths. I plunge headfirst into everything I do. I do not get weekends or public holidays off. I work in a damp environment. I work in a dark workplace that has poor ventilation. I work in high temperatures. My work exposes me to contagious diseases. Sincerely, P. Niss The Response: Dear Penis: After assessing your request, and considering the arguments you have raised, the administration rejects your request for the following reasons: You do not work 8 hours straight. You fall asleep after brief work periods. You do not always follow the orders of the management team. You do not stay in your designated area and are often seen visiting other locations. You do not take initiative - you need to be pressured and stimulated in order to start working. You leave the workplace rather messy at the end of your shift. You don't always observe necessary safety regulations, such as wearing the correct protective clothing. You will retire well before you are 65. You are unable to work double shifts. You sometimes leave your designated work area before you have completed assigned task. And if that were not all, you have been seen constantly entering and exiting the workplace carrying two suspicious-looking bags. Sincerely, V. Gina A cowboy from Texas gets pulled over by an Arizona State Trooper for speeding. The trooper started to lecture the cowboy about his speeding, and, in general, began to throw his weight around to try to make the cowboy feel uncomfortable. Finally, the trooper got around to writing out the ticket. As he was doing that he kept swatting at some flies that were buzzing around his head. The cowboy says, "Y'all havin' some problem with them circle flies?" The trooper stopped writing the ticket and said, "Well, yeah, if that's what they're called. But I've never heard of circle flies.." "Well, sir," the cowboy replies, "circle flies hang around ranches. They're called circle flies because they're almost always found circling around the back end of a horse." The Trooper says, "Oh," and goes back to writing the ticket. But, a moment later he stops and asks, "Are you callin' me a horse's ass?" "No, sir," the cowboy replies, "I have too much respect for law enforcement officers to call ya a horse's ass." "That's a good thing", the trooper says and goes back to writing the ticket. After a long pause, the cowboy, in his best Texas drawl says, "Hard to fool them flies though." A cowboy from Texas gets pulled over by an Arizona State Trooper for speeding. The trooper started to lecture the cowboy about his speeding, and, in general, began to throw his weight around to try to make the cowboy feel uncomfortable. Finally, the trooper got around to writing out the ticket. As he was doing that he kept swatting at some flies that were buzzing around his head. The cowboy says, "Y'all havin' some problem with them circle flies?" The trooper stopped writing the ticket and said, "Well, yeah, if that's what they're called. But I've never heard of circle flies.." "Well, sir," the cowboy replies, "circle flies hang around ranches. They're called circle flies because they're almost always found circling around the back end of a horse." The Trooper says, "Oh," and goes back to writing the ticket. But, a moment later he stops and asks, "Are you callin' me a horse's ass?" "No, sir," the cowboy replies, "I have too much respect for law enforcement officers to call ya a horse's ass." "That's a good thing", the trooper says and goes back to writing the ticket. After a long pause, the cowboy, in his best Texas drawl says, "Hard to fool them flies though."

As my dearly departed grandfather used to say... "Occasionaly everyone steps on some s**t. Just can't be avoided somtimes. The only thing to do is to put as much distance between you and the s**t so as not to bring it back to your home, family and friends. There is really no reason to pick some up and carry it back home with ya, cause there will probably be more on the way and some at home. Not to mention... there is surely no reason to circle back around to the pile of s**t on the ground only to stare and deduce why it was there in the first place. Much better to let the next guy handle that one". Cheers all it's TGIF!!!!

By the way, sorry if I sounded all negative about your new watch. It wasn't my intention. Enjoy it and congrats. My hunt still continues. My kingdom, my kingdom for an Ultimate rep!!!

I'm no expert mind you, but the dial seems way off. The 6 seems off and the Swiss L's are way too close to the 6. The Luminor Marina & Panerai seem to use the wrong fonts and the crown seems to be too far from the case. The crown itself looks fairly good and fat though, but please I'm still a noob and still learning so you might want to hold out for the "experts" to chime in. Good luck.

I'd think I'd strangle a few chickens dead if I were to find out that these things were as acturate as a Rollie, but that's just me.

Awsome! Love that case back engraving! Enjoy!

It's sort of what I saw in downtown Los Angeles a while back. They were selling knock off Versace t-shirts but it said, "VERSAGE" on them. LOL.

Wow, PAM's have an increase greater than most other Swiss manufacturers.

Is that why, the reps are so flawed compared to the gens? I've always wondered that. Is it because they're repping them from pictures rather than a real model? I just thought they're working on the reps after the factory closes and the happy hour ends.

I'm sorry as I don't have an answer for you, but I really think it'll be difficult to answer your question. I've found that people have varying levels of what's acceptable and what's not. Also, some have keener eyes than others. Good luck.

I'm in Finance/banking and I've always either worn my Omega SMP or, currently, my Omega Planet Ocean. Both gens. I've found that the majority of the jr. guys wear "off the rack" (if you will) or wear Tag's often. The mid to sr. guys wear lots of different Rollies. Personally, I've always felts that my Omegas split the middle and have never felt over dressed nor underdressed, which I think is a positive.

How about Eterna's new Kontiki Diver? I'd love to see the rep'd.

I think you and I are on the same quest. Good luck. z

I think most watch repair places can get that fixed in a jiffy. Try your local watch smith. Good luck.

I just want to publicly say how awsome of a gesture this is from both Hike and Victoria. Thank you both. I'm taken aback by both of your generosity and I hope to be able to return it to the both of you soon. I've been a member of many forums, but this is certainly the tops! Just when I felt like drowing in the sea of the rep world, I feel as though I'm seeing silver lining. You guys, all of you, are great people!!! A great big thanks to all.

Looks like it. I guess as long as there are buyers who still pay for reps that are faulty, dealers don't have any motivation for taking on such projects.

Looks good to me, but can't really tell without seeing a sample.

Hey Feta1, do you have a Z8? They're very nice. Not many around either.

^^^ Sorry MB really doesn't do it for me. Good cars though. My bro got a S55 AMG after his ordeal with his 745i. He loves it, but I still think that it doesn't drive as well as a Bimmer, but that's just me.

Just to give you an idea of my problems with Bimmer... '01 E46 M3 --- entire tranny replaced under warranty '03 E46 M3 --- motor replaced (TWICE!!!) under warranty. forced dealer to buy back under lemon law My brother's '04 745i --- returned to Bimmer under lemon law '07 Z4 3.0Si --- motor replaced under warranty. I'm about to lemon law this sucker too!!!

As a diehard Bimmer fan (too many Bimmers owned to mention), I'd suggest you stay away from an '02 iteration of the 7 series. They're known to be very problematic and if you don't have factory warranty you'll be up a creek without a paddle. My 2 cents.

Sorry for the tangent post, but Angus has a web site? Could you please post a link? Thanks.

Great post and good luck in your future endeavors. One thing though, if my progression from gen to rep says anything, I might wager that you "might" find your way back here some day.