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Great Watch . !!.. and superb shots Laz Live Strong and Wear it Well L

Doxa 600T ~ Friday Thank you Nanuq !!! Aloha~Cheers L

So much great info and history here.. thank you guy's you've given me much more insight into the "Culture" of the game.. which in History is more than a "game".. in some parts of the world .. it's a "way of life" and source of pride for regions and families.. so it is in America.. like with the Pittsburg area.. working class steel mills .... Green Bay .. Wisconsin ... The State of Texas.. sheesh,.. football is a religion .. "Friday Night Lights" Religious sporting events.. that goes back centuries I would think into wars with different countries... I did not grow up with soccer.. only American Football.. being your favourite player in the backyard game as a kid .... American Football has developed into a coaching game.. like with Pittsburgs confusing roaming defense last year.. giving offensive coordinators .. nithgmares.. and speed and more speed.. 4.3 second 40's .. Peyton Manning threading the needlw with his "rope" passes.. I love American football like you all love your National sport. It matters not (to me) who started what.. 1892 marks the start of football in America.. and all the games will be started with America's "theme, Patriotism".. the 4th of July was when America was born.. ergo it is what we base everything on.. being only a couple hundred years old.. and formed by immigrants.. this is our heritage .... Notre Dames .. "touchdown Jesus".. so cool .... yes, college sports has become corporate America.. Millions made on the BCS.. sadly why we will never see a true playoff.. Soccer to me is like the NBA.. or MLB.... when the final playoffs happen I am keenly interested.. but for some around the World it is more.. and should be if you have grown up with it from generation to generation .. it is a source of Pride and Family.,... what more could there be when that much Passion is poured into a love of ones efforts.. Thank you all again.. this was really a joy and education to read...!!!! Aloha~Cheers Lani

the IQ test have proven to be worthwhile.. Peyton Manning score was like 36 I beleive.. and Matthew Stafford scored about the same.. extremely high.. but still QB's in the past few years have proven a crap shoot regarless of the testing and combines .. Vince Young is a prime example.. his comprhension for complex Pro formations and reads is incredibly lacking.. he was great on the College level .. but a real bust as far as a NFL QB.. his wonderlick test was below average.. I think a 12 or lower.. Going to be interesting to see how Sanchez from USC will do .. especially when Carroll chastized him for leaving,.. saying he is not ready... but he proved time and again in the big games that he could handle the pressure and be clutch when it counted.. that made Pete Carroll look very self serving..

Thanks siesta I'm getting an education .. first hand.. ergo a better understanding of your game.. I like the fact that your athletes have to prove their worth.. kinda like the NBA rookie cap.. the NFL will someday (hopefully) follow the NBA's lead ... it's getting that no one want's to gamble on the first pick of the draft... it ties up all the salary cap and if the draft is a bust.. they suffer for years with that pick. The Patriot's have proven that it can be done.. They "create" great athelete's and "Team" they are already the "model" ..IMO for the rest of the league.

Thank you miagi.. you draw a better picture for me.. coming from Hawaii where all we really have is High School rivalries.. inner city rivalries that go back generations must be complex to say the least. As siesta points out .. generations in one community .. must make for loyal and intense pride.. do the players get paid as much as the pro's in America?.. IMO it has gotten out of hand.. although the players deserve a cut of the profit for laying their bodies on the line.. I disagree with players coming out of College .. (Unproven).. making millions from the start.. then proving not to be worth the money.. it has become too "Hollywood" with fireworks and all... I guess it's all about the money ... I mean that player that came from UK to play for the LA Galaxy (Beckum)... being paid millions to try and bring attention to the sport.. and not really contributing anything .. but being treated like Royalty and claiming to be injured most of the time..

now that sounds like great entertainment... hey Kenners ... I never noticed your post count before A religious Soccer game.. sheesh.. what next..

Good call !! if you add a gen... crystal, dial and bezel the price comes very close to a used genuine..

Thanks Siesta... I guess when you talk about Countries that have centuries of history and Classes .. it makes a difference .... today's gladiators are athletes.. L Domino Optimo Maximo ~

The PO on the left of center is the rep.. the other two have genuine dials.. but both still with the rep hands (they're just as good as the gen.) the PO in the middle has a genuine crystal the PO on the right has a Chief T. AR'd crystal Left to right.. rep xtal... genuine xtal..... ChiefT. Ar'd xtal Ofrei sells the dials (hands if you feel you need them) the rep hands work just as well IMO.. the genuine dial is around 200 usd.. the genuine xtal around the same ... Chiefs AR'd around 60 usd .. pssst. .. get Chiefs !! L

what's a Poms ??? Oh, Oh.. think that may start somethin hea...

I have always wondered about the history of the European Football.. or as we say in the USA ... Soccer ~ Are the traditions steeped in History ? Growing up as a kid in different Countries that hold football as a National tradition.. were you socialized at a young age to believe it is your communities "Honour" ?? I heard on the ESPN radio Station today .. that a survey showed Men in the UK think more about soccer than sex.. ... so I really would like to hear WTF .. is it really about... ?? for example .. I love the commercial that shows a couple smoozing on a couch.. and when the camera pans back the gal is wearing an Ohio State sweater and the dude has on a Michigan (Wolverine) sweater... I mean we here in the USA hold traditions in American Football from the High School level through College.. de. .... Notre Dame.. USC rivalries .. the Super Bowl is a Nationally viewed and may as well become a National Holiday ... but nothing like the rivalries that I read about.. people getting stampeded to death.. riots.. etc. in Soccer Stadiums .. So please enlighten this member who would like to know "what is it about really"?? I mean I am about winning just as much as the next guy ... but never thought of rioting when the team I want to win looses... so members from around the World.. what do ya think.. and who has the best team and WHY ??? Aloha~Cheers L

Not only darkens the dial.. but "sharpens the details" There is Strong Hawaii Sun on the dial.. In the worse type of glare.. indirect light through the window any more questions?? Nuff said!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Aloha L

Yup.. listen to asim !!.. fyi.. make sure the policy covers anything you take out of your home.. incase .. something unforeseen happens and your precious watch is stolen from your car ..etc.

There is a very simple , logical , and readily available answer to this statement of yours Prsist !!! Buy more reps !! .. More reps ~ more choices !!! Yesterday's super rep is today's beater.. cause there will alway's be...... "Just one more" From: "Lanikai's book of Rep. Logic" Aloha~Cheers L

Welcome Big Blue !!! congrats on your first and I'm sure not your last rep ... you posted right at a time when we're changing the guard from opposite ends of the planet.. I'm in Hawaii.. and I believe5 hours behind you.. or is it 6 now ? The makers have just come out with another modded movement that will put the dials at the correct spacing.. so the moon watch will probably be redone in another version some time .. Good luck with your reps.. and you have come to a very special community of watch enthusiasts ... Live Strong and Wear it Well Aloha~Cheers Lani

I feel the same way.. be it rep. or gen.... especially if your type A personality.. which I think you'll find a lot of us have this in common .. IMO it's part of the culture of our hobby For me I pick a rep that has flaws.. right now I wear an SD from 1am until today.. 4am .. and now that my physical work side of the business is done.. I have on my BP 5004 for breakfast.. and will put on my 1655 a little later... on and on we go... I doubt that helped answer your quere.. but that is how alot of us roll ........ Aloha~Cheers L

Wednesday~ Thursday .. back to my 1655

Tuesday ~ love the dome crystal on the 1665 DRSD..

Yes, both are treated thanks all !!.. I will enjoy them cheers L

These are the xtals you mailed out a few day's ago.. the BP is the largest to date that I have had AR'd..

Still Monday.. but this evening I put Chiefs AR coated crystal in ma 5004~

Have you ever tried to focus your lens on a Chiefs AR'd lens... fogetaboutit .. .. ya just can't .. there is hardly any reflection for the focus to bounce off of.... but I gave it ma best shots... (get it ) I left on some "prints" just so you know there is a crystal there.... In some of the pics the crystal now "sharpens" the lines of the dial and makes it appear darker Thanks again for viewing and thanks Chief for the service Aloha~Cheers Lani