Pugwash

Time flies ... you cannot: they take off at irregular intervals.

You can, however, easily spend $20,000+ on a replica car.

The advantage of living in France as an Englishman is I don't get 1966 TV [censored] and every time a frenchman starts saying 1998, I just ask them how many goals they scored in the last world cup ...

Um, we won? It's commentary, not excuses, if you win.

Which gen was the one with the working swan's neck?

England need to play evening games. Afternoon heat favours the south-american and african teams. See how quickly they wore out in the second half? I sure hope they don't have to play in 35deg heat against a dangerous team. Oh, and Lampard is looking good. Put Rooney on the pitch just to get the heat of Lampard and we'll put a few in the backs of nets.

Cool. So the patience advice at least is good.

Did you paypal Admin here ... you know, the guy who's on a 2-week vacation? Mods can't do anything, I'd advise patience.

Nope, but history does support the theory horses are the best form of transport. Time to move on.

No-one thinks you shouldn't have them ... we just don't want you flaunting them.

That's not it. You invade, they burn your money.

Why replicas are not exact copies: An opinion. The Chinese counterfeiters make reps that will sell, then another factory goes one better. The distributors go with the better quality and the first factory then has to up its game. If there is no competition, they sell the reps regardless of accuracy and never improve. It's neither us nor the factories that demand changes. It's the middlemen and the competition. They don't deliberately keep replicas sub-par to force us to upgrade every 3 months. If it weren't for competition, they'd never make them better as the market buys what's available regardless of accuracy. The incentive for a factory to make 100% reps just for us perfection hounds is so small it's not even worth considering. The crown-guard/cannon-pinion crowd are so insignificant to their real market that we cannot ever expect our demands to make that much of a difference, apart from in specialists like Davidsen who hand build their reps or Precious Time and Josh who offer pre-modded reps.

I wasn't aware that it had. I just made an 'artistic statement' for fun, and everyone thinks I hate Americans. I don't hate Americans at all, for the record, and I don't object too much to gun pics, but I know plenty who do.

Oh, in case it went un-noticed, the creepy (I hope) Stanley Knife photos are how we Europeans see gun pics. I'm not going to over-analyse it myself. Gun pics don't offend me as much, but there's something very American about them. Most Europeans will never touch, own or need a gun in their entire lives.

Ah yes. Play Dead, an 80s Goth Band, wrote a song about that film. Just thought I'd throw that in for giggles.

It's a frankenknife. The case is gen, but the blades are aftermarket. I do have the original oiled brown-paper blade inserts, though ... let me get my caseback tool out. Oh, wait, you were joking, weren't you. Damn, I need to be more careful.

Your taste is very similar to mine, I see. I rate Overnite Sensation and Joes Garage (apart from Green Rosetta, but I realise you could never end an album on Watermelon as it'd far far too depressing) and think that Peaches en Regalia is a top track and it was the track I used to test Hi-Fis when I shopped for my current one. I mentioned Hot Rats vs Trout Mask as they are the opposite poles of Beefheart's style, in my opinion.

Ok, you stole my Frying Pan idea too ... grrr. Ok, Stanley Knife it is ...

I agree. In fact I applaud it.

It's an American thing. Just leave them to it, they'll never understand. I'm considering doing a photo-shoot with a frying pan or claw hammer, as a homage. Or maybe a bottle of bleach and a stanley knife. Or, in true Scum style, maybe a Snooker ball in a sock.

There is only one man that doesn't look like he's trying too hard wearing two watches: Jack Swigert. Rolex GMT on the left, Omega Speedmaster on the right.

Note the Mont Blanc cufflinks. That says he ... um "writes a lot of contracts, capisci?"

I picked one up for 35€ myself, and the weight is a huge difference. The real thing is so heavy it feels like it's got its own gravity well. Gold on gold with added gold and gold bits tends to weigh quite a bit, see.

Only Thirty Bucks? "These sick spinner watches are the next thing to get you noticed and help you get yo shyne and spin on! The BLING on these is incredible and the spinner mechanism gives you OVER 2 MINUTES OF BLINGIN' SPIN!"

Looks like pimped rims, transformed to a watch. Stupid and crass.