Pugwash

I can plink a bit on a sequencer. Does that count?

My Thermodynamics argument only completely works on a Macroeconomic scale. If you're getting wealth, it's coming out of someone else's pocket, either today or tomorrow.

No, I do not think they created wealth. These are great innovations that make life easier, but they do not create wealth. Here's the thing: Money does not exist; bear with me, answers like 'then give me all yours' will be treated with the disdain they deserve. Money is trust, faith and force. I have a tenner in my pocket and you accept that for goodsandorservices (Thank you, Anyanka) believing that when you pass it on to the next person they will accept it at a fixed value. I have faith in the currency and it's backed by force, meaning if someone tries to claim my cash as theirs, it will be defended by force, usually from the government that authorises the issuing the notes. When the faith and trust go, you get a crash, much like Germany before the 2nd world war. Resources the day before the crash were the exact same, and everyone had just a day's more food in the cupboard and a day's food in their bellies. Did the wealth disappear or did people simply stop believing in it? Wealth is like thermodynamics: You can't create energy or wealth out of nothing: All you can do is take it from somewhere or even somewhen.

Great examples of where the management are major, major shareholders. That's an entirely different microwave of hot-dogs.

Ok, that raised a smirk.

That's some questionable maths. Say you spend $350 ... no, more like $250 for a chrono, and you then get it serviced by the best for $200, followed by a $100 strap. You then have a $450 watch and a $100 strap. If the whole thing breaks, you can drop in a gen 7750 for whatever that costs you. Just because a watch breaks doesn't mean the strap is ruined or that you can't get it fixed cheap. If you choose not to buy 7750s because you don't get the maths, that's perfectly fine. I'd never dream of spending $700 on a rep, either, unless I got the Frankenbug.

... and I hope my post means it stays this way.

Thanks, that's my iPod sorted for mulch.

You can't 'create wealth'. It's a myth.

For me, it was a gold Pulsar digital in the 70s. However, since then, it was a SS Daytona that got me into reps. Yes, I know, I've still not got one.

Our replicas are finished up to the point they work and look good. If you want quality control, you need to get it serviced, as many here say. Personally, I'm happy to spin the wheel on a few of my 7750s, but others get serviced.

I believe that there is no money changing hands over on RWI for banners, and that the list of five-stars will increase. I believe no impropriety is going on. Surely, however, once a dealer has passed probation, surely they're a five-star? I don't like going on one forum and spouting off how other forums should run themselves, especially when I'm neither a mod nor an admin on either. I love both RWG and RWI and treat both as home and I, as an active member on both forums, believe there is enough room for the four boards we have today, and maybe more, without the need for name-calling or poaching. Everything I've said on this subject over here, I've said already over there.

Mrs Pugwash leaves for Scotland next Monday. I'll be back to my usual proliferation that evening.

They're not incorrect, they're merely from a different part of the world to you.

If you want to be picky, in the US Navy, it used to be pronounced marEENer but they eventually, I believe, adopted the UK pronunciation of MA-riner. Rolex, being in Europe, would have taken the UK pronunciation. Or so goes my understanding of it.

Exactly. Submarine-er isn't a valid pronunciation. Sub-MAH-rih-ner, like those underwater crews, is the only valid pronunciation, because it's the same word. Check it out here: Submariner. Is it Sea-Dweller or Sead-Weller? That's how daft the question sounds.

What he said.

Yeah, I've had to slow down to 240, too.

British.

The day the UK gets the Euro, it counts.

I'll lend you my Ducati if you put a nice vintage rolex in your will for me before you set out ... Have you tried a motorbike? It's extraordinary and I think you'd like it.

Wow, imagine making that thinking someone would want it!

I'd say one without the stupid logo on the dial.

Survival is one, ecological advances is another ... Alternate Energy doesn't make shareholders jump for joy, unless they can see an immediate return. I'll try to find you an example, somethign like Bose's work on car brakes, for instance.

I'm in the EU. My general rotation has 3 IWCs and 2 Rolexes. I have two other Rolexes in a box, but they're not there to be worn. When I buy a Gen, it'll probably be an IWC. I believe some brands just work better in Europe, and this is not shocking.