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nxuan

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  1. You wouldn't BELIEVE the stuff I have in my Rover. My license plate is BPRPRD (of course) and I've got a case of Snickers bars (nobody should have to starve in a snow cave!) an ice axe, 7 knives, 3 cans of bear spray, a bow saw, a Sven saw, 2 tow straps, jumper cables, two sizes of lug wrenches, a 5# single bit axe, 2 hatchets, a recording thermometer, GPS, Kestrel 4000 weather tool, 3 compasses, Leatherman, 2 butane fire starters, a magnesium fire starter, 3 lengths of rope, emergency first aid/water/vaseline+cotton kit, and carpet strips so I can get traction when I'm pulling someone out of a ditch.

    BE PREPARED!

    Do you still have enough space to go inside? :blink:

    Snickers rule in winter camping! Here's why... you eat one before you climb in your sleeping bag, then the sugar metabolizes quickly, for quick warmth. Then the heavier sugars and chocolate metabolize slower... that heat shows up later. Then the fat from the peanuts and caramel metabolizes last and it heats you up latest of all. The benefit of the calories is spread out over a long time.

    Thanks for reminding. I'm having one right now. :g:

  2. Disappointed. :thumbdown:

    I was looking forward to the "Upgraded" Davidsen's dial. He has gotten almost everthing right. With such printing, it is not better than his old dial and certainly worse than Jos's and Andrew's.

    All in all, the best option is still to get Jos's or Andrew's watch, install Davidsen's high canon pin and hands, and then send it for The Zigmeister's relume work.

  3. I find myself frequenting and posting on this forum less and less because of some of the avatars and sigs. I just don't feel it is a necessary part of a watch forum. Every month I pay my membership I wonder why I continue to support a site that allows porn to be linked to watches...be it soft porn, hard porn or pictures items of a general sexual nature. Some offends me, some I just find in poor taste. There are time can't help but wonder why I am part of a community where some of the members obviously have very little respect for women.

    Posting an avatar with one woman's hand on another woman's genitals is classless. A way to express yourself? Please. :yucky: :blink: How about expressing yourself through your posts rather than a girl's crotch?

    :thumbsupsmileyanim:

  4. Okay I'll go again.

    A gentleman walks through a crowded airport terminal lugging a heavy suitcase that he drops with a thud. Holding his arm up at an angle, he pulls a pen shaped stylus from his pocket and begins to do something mysterious with his wristwatch. A man sitting nearby is interested in what's happening, but simply observes quietly, all the while wondering what is going on.

    The gentleman quietly taps the thin watch, and it begins to radiate colored light. He taps the screen to read some email, grumbles beneath his breath at his connection speed, then cruises the web for flight arrival times. By this point the observer is fascinated. Rising to his feet, he strolls past, glancing at the marvel of engineering on the gentleman's wrist.

    A waiter from a nearby kiosk asks the obviously well-known gentleman for local restaurant wait lists. The gentleman holds up the watch and taps in the air. The terminal lights dim. “Bluetooth” he states, rather quietly. He points the watch at the nearest TV screen with flight arrivals, all of a sudden his face appears on the screen as seen from the watch. “Attention,” and a crowd gathers to watch. The gentleman speaks to the watch, “I want to see all good dining establishments within a 10-mile radius” A colorful map appears on the TV, and zooms to the nearby hotel district where icons are lit with people dining. “Locality by GPS” He taps an icon on the watch and a telecast from a kitchen cam comes up. “WiFi” In comes a call, so the gentleman excuses himself, flips the watch over, and briefly holds a video conference call while the gathering crowd studies the map. “Hold a second,” he flips the watch over and speaks, “print six copies of the map from here”. The Fax machine at the nearest arrivals desk whirs to life, printing the map with directions. The crowd gasps as he flips the watch back over and finishes his call, flips it back and taps the TV icon to switch to nearby traffic cams, with an overlay of the weather channel. He mixes in some background XM satellite music “for a relaxing driving experience.”

    People start asking excitedly if he has any more watches like that for sale? The casual observer can stand it no more, and pulls out his checkbook. Pushing through the crowd he excitedly exclaims “I’ll write you a check right now, how much do you want for it?” The gentleman says, “Well you see, this is the only one I ever made. It still has a few bugs..." but the observer will not be disuaded. "Name your price. Right here, right now. I MUST have that watch!" The gentleman thinks out loud... "well, with materials and R&D expenses, I supposed fifteen thousand dollars would be in the ballpark...” and before he is finished speaking the observer tears off the completed check and grabs his new watch. Trembling with anticipation he begins walking off with his new acquisition.

    The gentleman calls after him, “Excuse me, you forgot something. It’s part of the deal” and points down at his suitcase.

    “Well what in the world is that for? I have no need of luggage!”

    Says the gentleman, “those are the batteries.”

    Good one. 15 grands is still a bargain. :D

    Perhaps, one day our grand children will use such watch.

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