Pugwash

The Bonkle Bus.

Your lot deep fried battered mars bars.

Ah, that patter reminds me of Niddrie. I worked there for a while and we had a local doing his YTS to get his extra tenner on his brew, as they say. He was a Niddrieite to the full. He described his girlfriend as "A barry wee shaggin' machine" and used "c*nting c*nt" as a term of endearment reserved for his closest work colleagues. Even the edinburgh scots found him hard to understand. "aye, but wees goat a castle, ken?"

Blue Lagoon under the Glasgow Central bridge, "Pizza supper and a glass bottle o jeg big man, nat noo" and you'll get your pizza folded over and dropped in the deep fat fryer (I call it the Argyle Street Calzone) without batter (batter's for the east-coast salnsosoanyesupper schemies) served with chips and a bottle of the finest Irn Bru invented: the 75cl glass ginger bottle.

I have a Ducati 748. If I were 22, I'd need to sell it to pay for insurance. My advice, for a Ducati feel, but a lot easier for a beginner/newbie: Suzuki SV650. You can get older ones (a few years) for good money and they have that twin feel.

Buxton pop festival, 1973. I was very young, there with my parents... I don't remember much, if anything.

...and checking the EXIF, Cwai02's pics were done on a Rebel XT and cropped in Potatoshop CS2. Cwai02, did you need to use Noise Ninja, or is the CCD/Lens that good?

I like it.

Bought from Watcher71, it's cheap new watch time:

Mogwai: Mr Beast Joanna Newsom: The Milk-Eyed Mender.

HAL is Blade.

Because this is prettier?

Anyone reading this would get the impression you've done this before ...

Now that's a good idea.

You're about to spend that again, but this time you're going to get a pile of good stuff.

You mean like the "From" field in their profile? It's there, you just need to set it. However, you really want nationality and location, as the two can be different, like TTK being a Weegie in Thailand or me being a Brit in Paris ...

Frankenwatches aren't reps.

I'm glad to see you're well enough to post, Joe. Welcome back. The one outstanding thing that niggles me, and it appears to heve not yet been discussed, is the work waterproofing the watch. Did you test the watch after performing and charging someone for the work? If the crystal came loose in transit from US to EU, it's quite unfortunate, but I suppose it is possible.

This is, as far as I can tell, the only way a Rep fan can actually write a book about Reps and not get sued from here to Timbuktu. As for the fact that it was written by people on these forums, that is a legitimate complaint, but not one I have a strong opinion either way about. Still, if he ripped off my photos or articles, I'd not be happy at all, so I can understand the gripe.

I really is superb, but it's not an Anti-Virus.

See, here's where the pic is cleverer than it seems ... The watch is a fake, the orange is a fake (It's a grapefruit) and the orange oil paint isn't orange, either. It's Yellow Ochre. And I didn't set the hands to 10:10:40 because ... because it simply never occured to me. It's a photo, not a watch-seller (even though the watch is for sale) so I didn't think to prep the watch much past giving it a quick wipe with a lens cloth.

Of course it's your business and you can run it how you want, ethically or otherwise. And of course we're allowed to comment as we wish. Providing "gifts" for reviews is usually frowned upon and this is what I'm commenting on. Have a day. ps. I guess this means my Planet Ocean photo or my latest how-to will not be getting best post of the month from Paul.

The IWC GST Chrono 3703 has the 7750@28800

Yes me talk limitid. not big word. At this point, my retort should be something about your limited reading and comprehension ability, but that seems too ... old RWG. Here's what I was trying to say: Any review written about Asspire may, or may not be the result of an offer of a free watch. I am not questioning your principles or honesty because I don't know you. However, the fact that there may be payola reviews out there means we have to look at every review as possibly tainted. This is why the concept of "Watches for good reviews" was marketing suicide. You're not unprincipled and stupid, but whoever came up with the bribery plan may well be. Please re-read my post as questioning Paul's integrity, not yours.

This is a good example of why I can't trust Paul. He bribes people with a free watch for a good review. This means every review of Aspire has to be tempered with the thought that maybe it's "sexed-up" a little just to make sure that free watch arrives in the post. If I have reason to doubt good reviews, it kinda puts me off and makes me wonder if that is merely the tip of the iceberg. How much is he paying for reviews? What other dirty tricks is he using? The emperor is indeed naked, and he's not even a real emperor. Caveat Emptor.