irongambit

Man, how I enjoyed the quiz thread. I think I saw it being resurrected recently. I'll have to drop in and test my mettle. Best Regards, IG

So I was officially fooled today. My wife gave me a few gifts this morning for my birthday that were quite nice (a couple of polo shirts and a kitchen knife) and I thought that was it. At dinner this evening, my two year old daughter comes up with a box...in it was a beautiful gen Oris Williams F1! Too damn cool. I'm not sure what I'm happier about...the watch or that my wife got it for me on her own. Pics to come soon. IG

I know it's not the same, but I'd be happy to host a tour of Kentucky Bourbon and Whiskey distilleries Always looking for any flimsy excuse to visit Maker's Mark, Woodford Reserve, Weller, Jim Beam, Booker's, Baker's, Buffalo Trace, Four Roses, etc., etc. We can even cross over into Tennessee to check out Jack Daniels. Maybe we can try to pretend it's Scotland when the Ryder Cup is played at the Valhalla Course in Louisville.

I've got the same problem, but with My Little Pony.

I too have the Panny Lumix FZ20 and for me it's the perfect "middle ground" between point and shoot and SLR. Frankly, it just gets used to take shots of my daughter, but for that, it's all I need.

Fake...hands are too short.

My thoughts and prayers go out to you Neil. IG

Happy Birthday Pugwash!

I'm in for $20

Forget the sequin fashion clash...does it go with your buttless red chaps?

well done

Happy birthday KEN!

Ubi, IIRC, once you have removed the two screws that secure the movement to the ring, the ring just pull right out. I think I used two small screwdrivers and lifted it right out. I don't recall it being anything to write home about. IG

due to a leap year?

Yeah...problem was that all he brought were sticks and serpents. It was called "SNAKES ON AN ARK" and will be rehashed by Michael Bay starring Ben Affleck.

OK, how about this? based on the hint from Cornerstone, I think the trick might be the second use of "per hour". If a knot is defined as a measure of speed equaling one nautical mile per hour, then the phrase "proceeds at 1 knot per hour" is essentially stating "proceeding at one nautical mile per hour per hour" which implies acceleration. Thus, hour one would be 1 knot, hour 2 would be 2 knots, etc., etc. Based on that, it would take 34.5 hours (or 1 day, 10 hours, and 30 minutes) to cover the 612.5 nautical miles. What do you think?

Man Ubi! I got tricked into reading this post...based on your post title, I was looking for something else. But I digress... You've got this looking quite sharp. I'd love a dealer to notice that to source a newer case and an older bracelet would make the ULTIMATE RO! Then if they would preservice and then have priests of several religions pray over it, we could have the ULTIMATE AAA+++ RO GRADUATED SUMMA [censored] LAUDE! (Sorry, it's been a long day here so bad humor seems to be the prescribed medicine for me).

mmmmm....fresh nerd blood. I can smell it. Welcome!

I've gone ahead and asked to switch to the blue face serie special. That way I can do a 7750 swap later to swiss if I feel like it, plus I'll be moving in about a week or so, so time is of the essence for me. Perhaps I'll pick up that white 3-6-9 setup later on.

In my Jules Borel catalog, the price range for ETA quartz movements are $7 - $220 (under 1 mm thick), however the vast majority of them are in the $19 - $27 range. I bought my wife a new gen silver-face Tag Heuer Aquaracer Quartz last Feb. and the quality and craftsmanship is VERY nice...I think I paid $795 on the bay. The ticking of the second hand isn't exactly pretty to look at, but the fit and finish of the watch is impressive. You've got to remember how much marketing and distribution costs figure into the price as well. If you really want to get sick, wrap your head around the actual material and production costs of your favorite soda or even worse, bottled water.

Ok...I'll admit that I have cheated somewhat on the following answer (I couldn't help it)... I looked up the word desert to find alternative meanings and found that although the common usage of the word desert means a hot, sandy area that we normally think about, the true meaning is an area of land that receives less than 25cm of RAINFALL annually that appears to be devoid of life. Digging a little more on that premise, I discoved that areas such as Antarctica and the Arctic Circle are actually classified as "cold deserts." The diversion in the riddle is the name Abdullah, which draws our thoughts to persons of Middle Eastern descent, thus plants our thinking to the Middle Eastern desert region. Had the name been something more obvious like Rear Admiral Richard Byrd or something , I might have had a legit chance. All this being said, provided Abdullah had one hell of a coat and a kindly polar bear to snuggle with, he could have survived eating snow and ice. I will take no "Winner!" prize for that...I only accept the "Participant" ribbon

oh yeah...duh!

Is abdullah a goldfish in a bowl?

Agreed...this has been a very nice little morning pick-me-up lately and it's been nice tossing the jokes about as well. I have plenty more as well, so we can do this for some time to come.

I'm in with you guys...this is for whatever reason, one of my absolute favorites.