ok, let the laughter die down first....
now, I read through veni12's thread on HOW TO FIT A THICK STRAP TO THE PANERAI DEPLOYMENT
It is all pretty straight forward. but I'm stuck on post #7, the tircky bit
I am unable to remove the pin. Trying to push the pin out from the "P" side it won't move. But pushing it on the I side (the top side as in the picture above) the pin would move with a click, and the other end would be sticking out just a bit. But I still cannot move the pin to fit the strap in.