Desuetude

Oh they do that with Krav Maga, there is a decent amount of full contact training that's done, all intended to teach you how to act under pressure/anxiety. Actually, the Human Weapon show on History Channel had a decent report on it, showed the training, etc. Def worth a look.

In that pic, JFK's grandson reminds me of Andy Samberg.

No no no, they are not intimidating at all, they just like to make you think they are! They need to be in groups of 5 or more to actually act upon all of the trash they talk. And if you are in the company of a few capable guys, it'll take a small army of them to really act. They'll hoot, holler, shout incoherent phrases in a vain attempt to sound tough/Italian, and occasionally try to grab you due to their repressed homosexuality, however, they really can't be taken seriously. Come on, they want to eliminate as much risk of their hair and face getting messed up as possible! See the video, where he is in the bar, saying if some guy looks at him funny, he's going to start a fight? The guy walks by, looks at him funny...then after the guy walks away, he then starts talking trash? Those guys in a nutshell. He hit the nail on the head. For example, take the time when a friend of mine (ex-marine, billy badass underneath, velvet glove on the outside) and I were at a club, he was talking to some girl who must've been with someone...3 guidos approach, start talking tough, that they wanna take it outside, that they're going to whoop his ass, etc. I preemptively went outside, had the valet get my car. Perfect timing...as I'm getting in the car, the guidos walk outside, my friend behind them. Two guidos take swings, one tries to tackle him... without losing step, he drops all 3 with single shots to their respective jaws, continues walking to the car, nonchalantly gets in, and says "Dude, what did I tell you, enough of these gay bars, the joke is getting old!" I can't really think of too many times in my life where I've laughed so hard. That's a tough one V, I can't think which accent annoys me more. And by the other difference between Damon and O'Donnell, do you mean that one has a larger penis than the other? V, I didn't know that you got engaged! Congrats! Or is it an assumption at this point? For the record, I have no problem with Italians...I have a problem with guidos...it's a term that transcends ethnicity. Here, here! The world would be a much better place if the societal pressure of maintaining PC (status quo) didn't exist. Suppressing feelings/emotions only exacerbates problems. Wow...he's straight up OG, huh! Ah, the plight of man! We're always trying to assert ourselves, our superiority over our fellow man! When there are people who wish to assert themselves, but do not posses the intellect, capability or charisma to do so, they band up, assume a common identity and become guidos! Personally, I think it's much more of a problem in the UWS...the UES seems to attract less of that, at least in my experience. It's not to say that there aren't many obnoxious, bratty kids with an overwhelming sense of self-entitlement in the UES...I just don't see them gravitating toward guidos as much. The girls in their late teens/young 20s seem to gun more for the young professionals trying to act like hot shots, unable to see through the thin facade of ballerificness they put up. I lol@both...the men and women of true distinction stand above everyone else, without trying, however, there are very few people in their 20s who are keen enough to recognize that...hell, not too many people at any age are keen enough to see it. Usually, the ones who can identify it are individuals of true distinction themselves. Since distinction by nature requires a small minority, we will always have the silly young girls chasing after the guidos, and wannabe hotshot young professionals acting like owners of the world...when they are shady brokers, salesmen, etc. And let's not forget the guidos! *disclaimer* No offense to brokers/salesmen...however, like any walk of life, every group has it's black sheep

V...it's Bead Blasted, and SD4000, it looks DOUBLE sharp! Very nice! Ah, I see you also know where it's at for an indestructible beater! Correct! That said, I would not call it a martial art, I would call it a system of self-defense. It is certainly not artistic, lol. Martial arts have a basic choreography to them, which is why they can be called an art. Krav Maga does not have that. In a nutshell, Krav Maga is a method of fighting as dirty as one can. The object is to inflict maximum damage in as short a time as possible, in any disadvantageous situation, including surprise attacks, multiple assailants who may be equipped with knives, firearms, or any other object that can be used to injure/kill. If one wanted to learn self-defense, it's the way to go. It was developed for an army that often found/finds itself in CQ/H2H combat, where there are no rules, except survival by any means. I had done Tae Kwon Do for some time during my teenage years, and had done it for 4 years prior to starting Krav Maga last year. While it did provide me a good platform of basics to build on, there really is no comparison between the two. A TKD expert would get destroyed in a sparring match with a KM expert. Not to mention the fact that if the TKD expert were put in a situational exercise (single/multiple assailants with rubber knives, rubber batons, etc), he would be killed (if the knives and blunt objects were real) in a matter of seconds. Honestly, I find it so much more exhilarating than TKD. Not to mention the fact that I feel a little bit more comfortable if I am in an area that could ever be considered hazardous/dangerous.

LOL, that's also my favorite line from it! Also, the gym bit is hysterical...I'm sure many of us know those exact types, the ones who look like they should be putting up solid weight, yet they're putting up MAYBE half, and letting EVERYONE know how cool they are for doing so! Your haircut sounds quite unique! Yep! See the end of the video, where it says "Coming to a Queens or South shore bar near you"? South shore refers to the south shore of long island. The home of tastelessness, where young teenage males run around rubbing more artificial tanner on each other than girls, spend more time plucking their eyebrows, doing their (identical) haircuts while sexually abusing hairgel, the manditory "italia" jacket, headband, etc, and if the parents are well off and equally mentally incapacitated, driving around in the Merc or BMW their parents bought, acting like pseudo-gangsters, fronting like they actually have the money to maintain their depraved lifestyle. They are called "Guidos". Where the young women use almost as much artificial tanner, use enough hideous makeup to ice a cake, nails that you could use as a spoon, and attire that one would expect a blind drag queen to wear, whose primary goal in life is to marry a guido and drain his parents' resources. They are called "Guidettes". If anyone here is from the south shore, I'm sorry, but you'll have to punch your south shore neighbors, because they earned your area the deplorable reputation it has, which, admittedly, it has had for quite some time. I make no apologies for my generalizations above. Unfortunately, this plague, which grew out of the south shore and queens, has begun spreading to once-classy places like many areas of the north shore (the 5 towns are no longer safe), and in many parts of the Hamptons. Regrettably, it has also grown beyond the boundaries of Italian-Americans (BTW, real Italian-Americans despise these clowns), infecting almost any race that settles in the south shore/astoria, queens area. Thankfully, the true upper echelons of society in the 5 towns, and in most nice parts of Manhattan have not been infected...yet. http://www.getoffourisland.com

I do rigorous activities with most of my watches, rep or gen. The rep that has singlehandedly taken the most abuse is my A21J Omega SMP GMT. I've used it at a Habitat for Humanity event, moving (new apartment, house), working on cars (only if it's prudent to do so), tennis, golf, krav maga, and the list goes on. My railmaster XXL was also subject to plenty of abuse, including skiing (I'm not exactly a saunterer), krav maga, lifting, shooting range (200-300 rounds using both a 50AE, and various .45 ACP and 9mm pistols belonging to friends), and more. Last I checked, IIRC, the SMP was at about 4-6+/day, XXL was about 10-12-/day. All of my other pieces have been used for the aforementioned activities, but not with the frequency that these two have. All have performed admirably. Maybe I'm just lucky.

He's always been an eclectic, interesting jack of many trades. I didn't know about his extensive watch collection, but needless to say, I'm not at all surprised. Very cool!

Homer offers a 1 year warranty on his. Just do yourself a favor and buy yourself a new deployant clasp in anticipation of its arrival. Take it from me...great watch, but man did they cheap out on the clasp!

Sage, my man! I should practice what you preach!

Couldn't agree with you more! I wish I was hardcore enough to go there...I'd shrivel up and die without internet!

Nanuq, you will forever be way more L337 than me. That place looks gorgeous...looks sorta like the scenery surrounding my cow dung hut getaway.

It's a shanty I'm renting from local cows.

Spoiled rich is kinda implied with "nouveau riche". I kinda infer both whenever I refer to someone or something as "South Shore." Sucks that they can't be avoided in the big city. And that's so funny...I don't see a defacto in the members list...I only see...ME!

God willing, the house in UT will be done before the new year...my vacation will supremely suck otherwise...

Negative, that wasn't me; My shirtmaker thought it was great. In his broken English, he said "better to have a bigger cuff that covers properly than look like a clown!" Whoa, whoa, am I being called nouveau riche for wanting to have a properly functioning shirt and not look like an idiot? Lookie here now, I'm not one of these guys: ACK! My eyes!!! A peer group that would rip the [censored] out of anyone attempting to show off...you do realize that you're on a replica watch site, right?

Isn't that the venga boys?

Hey, come on now, Agnelli is a suave debonair! If I can, I try to keep a watch mostly beneath a sleeve, just enough so that half is visible when my arms are at my sides. I started having shirts tailored with larger left cuffs to accommodate some of the watches I wear. However, I like them tight enough so that I can totally hide the watch if need be. Also, since I am a stickler about having 1/8 of an inch of shirt cuff showing past my jacket sleeve when my arms are at my sides, my watch pokes out just a bit beyond that. Having a touch of cuff is a sign of distinction.

Camille Fournet straps are pretty difficult to top. I absolutely love their stuff! That beaver strap looks double sharp!

Kiehl's FTW. I stocked up on the lip balm and moisturizer at the family and friends sale at Saks. Everything else sucks. Raw winters suck more. And the price hikes really suck.

Idk, I always polish watches without using gloves, and although I thoroughly clean them thereafter (don't want any residue on 'em), I never have any reactions. Ironic considering that my skin is allergic to many kinds of moisturizers.

I wish I had taken pics of my heavily toasted PO! After the back shot off dramatically, little pieces of the movement started shooting off! What great fun! That said, I think I am the starter of the crucified PAM trend: That said, I did buy my first gen pam in '03, well before the masses knew what that hunk 'o metal was on my wrist. Nobody has any idea what I'm wearing when I tote my Benzingers around. Nor does anyone have any idea what this old piece of junk is when I wear it, and I prefer it that way: Yes, I have no shame.

Jubilee. I just bought a Jubilee to give the oyster a rest.

Vicki, my dear, you never asked! I don't wear it terribly often since I don't keep it on the insurance policy; I decided to get it when they announced that the 210 would no longer be produced. I keep it in the safe more often than not, but I picked it up to wear around this weekend when I went on friday. I'll probably bring it back by this friday.

Giving the old piece of junk a rest for today

Mine never came anywhere close to water; still didn't stop the AR from seceding from the crystal