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I figure society is lost one person at a time as mores and culture and simple principles of integrity are not passed on to our youth. That's why I'm a strong supporter of the Boy Scouts. We do our best to help boys grow and mature, one at a time. I spotted these fine young men at the Isle of Man last week and shook their hands. What a great bunch!

If only it was that simple. And it's not isolated to America either. "In 2013, knives or other cutting instruments were used to kill 1,490 victims. In contrast, rifles were the cause of death of 285 murder victims. 2009, the ratio was very similar: knives were used in five times as many murders as rifles." http://thefederalist.com/2014/11/11/knives-kill-more-people-each-year-than-rifles-time-for-knife-control/ "On Saturday, more than 130 people in a train station in Kunming, China, were injured when about ten men and women wielding knives began stabbing others at random." "It’s unclear exactly how many knife attacks have taken place in China over the years, but the almost regular media reports of the attacks suggest that efforts to regulate the purchase of knives or punish offenders haven’t been successful. Most recently, targets for these knife attacks have included schools and shopping centers. Last June, knife-wielding assailants killed nine policemen and 17 civilians at a police station in Lukqun Township in Xinjiang." http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/outside-americas-knives-are-often-weapon-choice-homicides-180949953/ It seems to me the problem is not that guns or knives or hammers are so readily available. It's that society is becoming more and more "broken". Why is that? I'm sure there are myriad reasons. But it also seems if people could find a place where they are welcome and wanted, accepted as valued members, and find ways to vent anxieties and mutually rub off good vibes on each other instead of bad, maybe we'd see fewer solitary troubled people striking out in violence. That's another good reason to call this place home.

Pizza? did someone say pizza?

Can anyone identify what these tools are for?

Good to know, thanks!

Messing with the Big Gonzo while the rest of the plane slept.

And the factories will have it repped in 3... 2... 1...

Yes you read that right... this bad boy is carved from transparent sapphire. Read about it here: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-16/this-1-275-million-new-watch-is-made-from-transparent-sapphire

Great advice, J. I hadn't thought of doing that to drill bits. Alum also works.

Yep! We still play at midnight. Why go to bed when it's light out?

It makes my gen Nastymariner look like a wart on an ill frog.

Hey DTM how about if I send you a couple Yukis for the magic end link mod? I really like them but that end piece just drives me bananas.

What is the source for that band?

Definitely the right bracelet in the 1st photo. The left is a Yuki with that disastrous misshapen endlink (flattened at the hole where the connector link protrudes). Ditto the question, where did you find the other band? I'd buy 3 of them right now if they were available. To get the polished underside, use Flitz metal polishing paste.

There's just one word for this.... magnificent.

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Vintage Subs? Let's see what we got here...

Yep it's a 6536/1 from about April, 1958. It was issued to a spec-ops diver and when he died his widow gave it to me. It was beat to hell and took over 20 years and a lot of watchmakers to pull it back from the brink. Tom Nesbitt and George Kajanoff in Seattle, our own Ubiquitous and The Zigmeister, and now my local AD watchmaker all breathed new life into it.

Did somebody mention Omegas at midnight??

At home again, and still savoring the Isle....

Hey Meadow! Thanks, that's a very rare D70 there, completely restored but I left the finish gnarly. I'm out of the good stuff so I'm back to my usual favorite, the Bulleit.

Here's our Triumph 675, and our rider Gary Johnson

You got that right! Many a summer eve has been spent on the deck watching the sun go down on Denali with a fine guitar and an old bourbon.

Oh, those are the small rats. The big ones get close to 1,500 lbs.