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good to see you taking this one to new heights!! looks great R -- congrats deltatahoe

exciting stuff lani -- great to see it all coming together. looking forward to the finished product deltatahoe ps, i've been busy at work & distracted -- haven't gotten to the post office to post your parcel yet (just wanted to let you know so you aren't concerned that it has been lost).

wow -- complete with a minty fresh dial and hands just because a watch is old doesn't mean the dial and hands have to look destroyed deltatahoe

thanks for the review lani; quick question -- tell me about the datefont: is it an improvement over previous versions? i saw from josh's page that it has open 6 & 9's; the font looks a bit bolder too. are we talking flat top 3's? any comment on the silver/brushed appearance (relative to the genuine article of course)? thanks in advance deltatahoe ps, i sent you a PM last week & haven't heard back

dangit!! i was too late to see it deltatahoe

wow -- they look fantastic leo you have PM deltatahoe

the genuine strap is pretty much bulletproof; i'd say it is definitely worth the upgrade deltatahoe

fellas check out oren's youtube videos (he posted his youtube review of the watch he ended up buying in the thread that allergydoc posted above). it puts it all in perspective -- he's just a kid one day he'll grow up and realize he should have been nicer to those helpful guys at the replica watch forum upwards & onwards deltatahoe

did anyone else check out the youtube video(s)? deltatahoe

thanks for the responses guys -- i really appreciate the advice & feedback. @lani, i was joking about roses being for sissies -- honest but i was relatively serious about wanting a masculine looking garden -- i'm a single guy and the last thing i need is potential girlfriends raising an eyebrow because of my fabulous, colorful garden. i have considered adding some color with something like impatiens in a couple pots though. also, interesting idea re: the the dwarf banana tree inside -- do they do well with indirect light? @dems, your picture isn't working (or at least i can't see it). you should read this thread about image hosting seriously though, throw the pic up on imageshack and repost -- i'd like to see your garden that was harvested from the wild. btw, would you mind explaining to a noob how you go about doing that? i have this image in my head of you digging up fully grown plants out of the forest, but i'm guessing that isn't what you mean by "harvesting". if that is what you're talking about, i'm not sure the state of california would be ok with me pulling up plants from our natural habitats (i know, we're a bunch of hippies). btw, funny you should mention gardenias -- i have gardenias planted on my front patio @dluddy, you should definitely take some pics -- would be cool to see your garden. re: the brick work, funny you should ask -- when i moved into the house about half of the bricks on the back patio were dislodged and strewn all over the place. so my dad and i re-bricked everything last time he was in town (admittedly he did more of it than me); we were really pleased with how it turned out. one other thing i forgot to mention was the one thing that has made a huge difference in my garden since i discovered it: the DIG watering system. essentially it is a system that connects to your water faucet that allows you to create a customized watering system for your garden. there is a battery powered control unit that allows you to program your system to water up to four cycles per day (at specific times/intervals) and choose which day of the week you want it to water, and there are tons of different water delivery mechanisms (drippers, misters, etc) that you can use, each of which are individually adjustable (so you can regulate the amount of water that each plant gets). i travel a decent amount (both for work & pleasure) and have a somewhat unpredictable work schedule, so this system allows me to program my watering system and then go about my life and not have to worry about my plants dying if i go away for a long weekend. anyways, keep the responses coming & happy gardening deltatahoe

hmmm...perhaps my u2 deserves an evil brother? thanks for the helpful post euno which reminds me, i owe you a PM deltatahoe

since moving into a house with a little outdoor space, i've discovered the joy of gardening. similar to the marvel of the intricacies of a mechanical watch movement, there is something fascinating to me about planting something and watching it grow. anyways, i spent some time over the last couple days working on the garden in my back patio, so i figured i'd see if there were any other people here that enjoy gardening and share a couple pictures of my back patio. my first foray into gardening began back in june when i first planted a white mandevilla on a trellis on my back patio. this plant has really thrived (i am continually amazed at all the blooms), so i've been excited about adding some additional plants to complement the mandevilla and make the space feel a little more complete. however, as a complete noob to gardening, combined with hundreds (thousands?) of different plants to choose from, trying to decide what to plant in the space was a pretty daunting task so in order to get some inspiration, i went on a walk around my neighborhood to see what types of things seemed to thrive in the area. there were lots of rose bushes everywhere... but everyone knows roses are for sissies ---> so i went off to the nursery in search of something a little more masculine after a little searching, i ended up finding a plant that i really liked -- apparently in the summer it takes on a whitish color, and in the winter it is a rich dark green. the plant also has some nice rich maroon accents that i thought looked pretty unique. so i picked up a couple of these guys and paired them with some hairy looking grasses that i think work pretty well with the plant: next up on my list: something to go in front of the mandevilla. i was told that when trying to plan a garden you should try to have several different textures, so i found something shiny that seemed to fit the bill nicely: here is a closer up view of the plant i like to call mr. shiny: now you may be wondering what the patchwork of squares surrounding mr. shiny is all about. if all goes as planned, eventually these little squares: will grow together and look something like this (from a picture i took of another garden in my neighborhood): the final thing that i wanted to do was to figure out something for a planter that is located along the west wall of my patio (this wall separates my patio from the walkway to my neighbor's house). given the wall is made of cinder blocks and kind of an eyesore, i decided to put something in the planter that would climb the wall and eventually cover it up completely. so i ended up getting a couple climbing fig plants to put along the wall, and topped it off with a red bushy guy. here you can see the ugly cinder block wall: hopefully this little guy will go to work and cover it up soon... finally, here are a couple pictures of the (almost) finished project: i'd love to hear any thoughts or suggestions, and be sure to post pics of your own gardens thanks for looking deltatahoe

dangit!! i've been asleep at the wheel and somehow missed out on this good luck to all who entered deltatahoe

ok i'll give it a shot: i) the crown ii) the hour hand iii) the HEV (shouldn't have the slot) iv) not too sure about this last one, but the seconds hand just looks off oh, and the watch was on that shady auction website; i guess the good news here is the buyer got the watch he bought... so, how did i do? deltatahoe

welcome to RWG timo and hold onto your wallet -- if you're obsessed, this could get expensive quick deltatahoe

hmm...i got a spyware-esque pop-up when i clicked on that site. this happen to anyone else? deltatahoe

nanuq, your BL seems to be causing a negative allergic reaction to your skin; you better send it to me before that rash get more serious deltatahoe

you sure did -- impressive. i wonder how much the buyer was willing to pay? imho he definitely had a value in excess of what it went for as his max bid. deltatahoe ps, take a peek back at my previous post (i just finished editing it). pss, this review on the auctioneering company certainly didn't make me feel any safer

well the auction has finally closed (at $3,905); oddly enough, it was supposed to close at 7:00 pm EST, but kept extending (10 minutes at a time). the text saying "buyers premium is in effect for this auction" is also interesting (considering they don't state what the auctioneer's fees are). in the end, i took myself out of the game on this one -- too many wierd things about it for me to take the risk. however, i did have a conversation with the owner, who was previously a diver. he of course bought this watch for his diving years ago. bad (expensive) decision on his part -- should have bought a comex....err, i mean rolex i have a feeling this is the real mccoy and somebody (amzglass) just picked up a very rare watch. what do you guys think? deltatahoe

looks like i was late to the game but right on my guessing nice collection deltatahoe

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one thing i think can be misleading about polls is that a lot of times the results can be skewed by the type of person that is likely to take the time to respond to the poll, and therefore isn't a representative sample...i'm having a hard time thinking of a good example this morning; hopefully someone else can chime in and give more color on my train of thought... deltatahoe

fwiw, simona's anticata strap (i think that is what it is called) looks similar to this strap... deltatahoe

only one picture??! we need more!! deltatahoe

for whatever reason the PVD isn't doing it for me for the FM. if they were to do a ss version with a nice plain black dial (without red markings....i can't see why they wouldn't), well then deltatahoe