Willith

I liked the photos (yes I own many guns too). I also thought this thread was funny as hell as people got more creative and took other photos. This gives me an idea for a new contest......

Not unless they were posted before January because that's where the posts start. Unless Blade has an updated database somewhere and he's not using it. I guess he could have chosen that point to start from because it was before he disappeared. Must ponder these things.

I'd be all over that thing. Or the Panerai sex clock, it would only have a second hand.

Sorry, I can't do much except read posts (from January) and see what Blade is doing over there. The mods there never had many "powers" anyway. Sorry I can't help, but maybe soon the doors will open up again and you can jump over and grab your stuff.

I was just thinking the exact same thing about the BBQ thing. And like was mentioned it's a fantasy thing anyway.

Oh, that's good, now I remove you from one list and put you on the "other" list. Just kidding with you.

Will a Willith do?

For importing in the US, drugs seem to do well for a while and you can make a lot of money really fast. @Thomas, sorry to hear about you loosing your job. As mentioned earlier, it's good to see you have a positive outlook on the situation and that is the best thing you can have right now. Just keep your eyes open and looking forward and you'll do well (again). In the mean time if you want to sell off some of your collection let us know.

Well, I also noticed the dial is upside down as well the crown and date are on the wrong side. See if Ziggy has any ideas, he might have a way to work his "magic" on it for you.

I use this one for my 44mm Panerai: LG Master Hand Wrench for Screw-Case Backs Model: CO-600 I'm guessing some of the larger more expensive ones can be used on 47mm Panerai as long as you order the right suction adaptor.

Good work Thomas and by the rest of the jurors. It's too bad the max they could get is only 25 years, from what you said earlier I think they deserved more, but at least they were convicted. So, do they do 25 years and then face the sentencing for the rest of their crimes or just the 25? Since this is all over you can get back to some seriously expensive watch shopping?

Wow, lots of hostility here. What's going on?

I just saw a post from Dirk on Paneristi, it looks like he's keeping his sense of humor through all of this. It's too bad he can't keep his name. Linky to Dirk's post

Congrats! Good luck and all the best to both of you. Have fun and I'm sure you'll be back, can't let her tell you stop this hobby.

Just FYI: ® = registered trademark ™ = unregistered trademark So, it appears he is working toward getting it to be a registered trademark, might just be a paperwork issue.

Here is a quote from Dirk himself: "My full name on my passport is D*** Hendrik Maria Grandry. If you want a first name for straps, grab one while stocks last... Cheers, Grandry" Notice his name is *** out and now he signs his post "Grandry" because Dirk isn't available anymore.

I'm a fair guy, so here's Elliot's post on his site to explain why he did what he did. I'll give you a hint it revolves around $$$$$: Elliot's Explanation It doesn't look like his explanation is going over very well there either. If you go into the main forum there are more threads dealing with this topic.

Do a search for "Dirk" on there and it will appear.

It looks like a lot of people on the Panerai forums are leaving VP and moving for good to Paneristi: Paneristi Link... I met the guy that started this thread, pretty cool guy and has (or had) a nice Mare Nostrum. I guess there aren't a lot of people who are on Elliot's side on this one.

Aren't you part of the Elliot Fan Club?

Though it burnt my fingers to type in the URL for you here's a link: Notice the little tm ? I know it's hard to see, but you can see the registered trademark symbol.

Whew, i was scared for a moment reading your title, I thought Taiwan was down.

Well, most of us have heard of Dirk straps, named after the fine gentleman who makes them Dirk Grandry. He never thought to trademark his own name for the straps he made. Well, someone else did and is using him name now to market his own line of crap, I mean straps: Link to Paneristi How low do you have to be to take another man's name and use it to make money under false pretenses?

Oh, I dream of the day. I only need about 10000 more posts because with the tax rate here, I can barely keep up to keep any money.

US (been to 49 of the 50 states, only missing Alaska) Canada (Vancouver, Windsor & a few other places) Mexico (TJ, Cozumel, Rosarito, Ensenada, Cancun) Columbia (Cartagena) Cuba Puerto Rico St. Thomas St. Marteen / St. Martin Bermuda Azores Spain (Malaga) France (Nice, Monte-Carlo, Marsellies) Monaco Italy (Trieste, Venice, Naples, Rome) Vatican City Austria (Graz, Salzburg) Germany (Munich) Israel (Haifa, Jerusalem, Bethlehem) Greece (Rhodes, Corfu) Malta Bahrain UAE (Dubai) Malaysia (KL) Singapore Hong Kong South Korea (Pusan) Australia (Perth, Hobart) I'll be going to a few new places in the coming months, so I'll have to update.