HaydenM

As somebody who has read much of the Quran and many of the hadiths I have to disagree with these actions being incompatible with Islam, I don't know of a single thing that ISIS does that the prophet himself would not have. As for being nicer to people, absolutely. I come across many Muslims every day, currently living in a heavily Muslim populated area and I've no issue with many of them and if they do me no wrong then live and let live as far as I'm concerned. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Once again I'd have to say I partially agree. There is of course no shortage of violent tossers around just jonesing for a fight, one need only look at American AntiFa movements but it is a common talking point that amongst these immigrant communities that as time passes they grow more mellow and more assimilated which I would say some statistics point to the inverse. As for the "if they act on these thoughts" logic it simply doesn't work with a Muslim terrorist, they have to seriously screw up their MO for you to catch them alive when the goal is martyrdom. Saying "if they act on it we'll prosecute them" just leads to a pile of young dead girls and a dead terrorist too. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Though I agree to a point it then just raises the point of why Oft Arab, African or certain parts of Asian men cannot suppress these urges of terror while the rest of us do. Not really a line of reasoning I think bears fruit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If that were the case would we not see the exact same distribution of terrorist attacks as the population of any place? If terrorism is just a natural occurrence of any group of people then why do we not see a whole bunch of Aussie farm blokes blowing themselves up here down under? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I most certainly agree that it is not all Muslims. One of the people with whom I live is only a recent apostate but to say that it is only a few vermin is a gross under representation of the amount who justify their actions. I believe it was pew polls which places it at 20% of British Muslims believe that suicide bombing against the kaffir is justifiable, and the numbers get worse when looking at younger generations. 1 in 5 Muslims in the U.K. Thought the 7/7 bombings were justified while 31% of British young Muslims thought they were justified. In Austria 1 in 5 Australian Muslims believe the death penalty should apply to apostasy, 25% in the US think that violence is justified for blasphemy and offending the Islamic faith. I 100% accept that it is not a problem of 1.6 billion people. Many, especially in the west are Muslim effectively in name only but when 20+% of those living in the west hold imho disgusting views as to what should be done to the kaffir the problem is not "a few thousand vermin" it's many thousands of vermin and even more who will not be vermin, but will be happy when vermin do what vermin do. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've currently got a rather limited budget but I don't think that my taste has overly changed. All of the reps I have purchased / built so far were in the rolex / tudor family. Only way my tastes have changed is that I very much prefer smaller watches after starting with the Tudor BB and now mainly either wearing a 40mm rolex (16610 or 1675) or a 36mm 1016. Though I've no doubt that my tastes will change somewhat when I've a bit more disposable income to experiment with different watch brands.

The difference being that in WW2 the people had no qualms saying that the problem was germans. The UK has a modern history of suppressing justice for fear of being called "racist" for investigating adherents to a religion, just look at Rotherham, 1400 young girls and it was known about for years but the police did not want to be called racist. The current status quo is not working, but national newspapers like the independent and mayors like Kahn say that the British people need to accept that the masses of people with a frankly disgusting ideology that the political and financial elite have brought in for decades will try to kill you, the same thing has been said in France. Well I can't say I'm sorry to Kahn to say that young girls being slaughtered should not be "part and parcel" of life in the west, we're better than that. Though I myself am certainly not religious and advocate against many of its tenets I accept as a rational pragmatist that it's not going anywhere, but I have yet to see buddhists blow up the tube or sikhs bow down people on the streets of London. Not all religions are equal.

Somebody thinking there are fairies in their garden probably won't kill me for it. Just pragmatic. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Yep, but if one is to take the irrational step to believe that their deity is perfect, as is pretty much commanded by the first pillar, then the logical step is to follow the perceived immoral command at the instruction of the divine moral arbiter, as that would make it moral. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Very sad to see the death of a great man and one of the great Bonds. A loss for the world.

Main difference being that when a nutter in prison hears voices he's just that, a nutter. When a person can read a holy book or the example of a prophet and be told to kill kaffir it's surely insanity, but of a different sort. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've always had a soft spot for the sea wolf class submarine, but different strokes for different folks. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Nah mate, definitely no apology needed. In your defence, you didn't ask who makes the best sub Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Apologies to @First timer if I came off a little brash, no insult was intended and I've no issue with questions (trust me, I have damn well asked enough in my time here and very very much continue to do so haha), just took issue with the sites used to gain that more than of you having been caught out by them. I also look forward to hearing of your first review (just remember to post pics ) and I assure no wrath haha. Best of luck with your purchase for PT, I've not dealt with them yet but they're one of the old dogs around here so should be fine, just remember that everything's on china time and you may be waiting a little while haha. Now welcome to the insanity of this addiction we are all afflicted with.

You could go on and probably should. I've only had marginal dealings with Josh personally but the trusting of sites like SiteJabber for something like this is frankly moronic. The process of buying a rep is different from purchasing almost anything online as we must accept given the legal area in which this hobby is operated. There are plenty of noobs that expect to get a gen watch for <10% of the price in a process akin to ebay or amazon and then get huffy at the TD because of their own ignorance. No TD is perfect but trusting sites like you have to get any semblance of an accurate picture is daft. Some TDs accept PP but it's fewer and fewer, especially for newbs as they are too high risk for little reward. Where you are depends where you can find a watchsmith, throughout the many rep fora you'll find plenty of lists based upon location. EDIT: Yeah, SiteJabber appears to be worthless. I've dealt with Andrew numerous times without issue as many have and he has a 0% rating. The site is angry noobs with overly high expectations.

Where are you reading these negative reviews? Personally I've always dealt with trusty as opposed to perfect but both have been around for eons so surprises me that you see many negative reviews.

Hmmm... Would I like to purchase a brand new car or a 1 gram piece of aluminium worth about $2? That a very tough choice

Thanks automatico. I'll give it a look in the morning to see if I can find anything. Your held is extremely valuable. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Bugger, I missed that. Maybe shoot raffles a message and see when he'll get them back.

Already did that "mod" ages ago. Pretty sure it was this back from Rafflestime that I replaced it with: http://rafflestime.com/submariner-watch-case-back/

Okay, well down the rabbit hole it seems like I am going, would something like this be superior with the metal dies? http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Watch-Back-Case-Press-Kit-Set-Closer-11-Dies-Watchmaker-Repair-Plastic-Crystal-/132157784461?hash=item1ec537c18d:g:FdkAAOSwAANY7xpP I don't need to worry about any front removal stuff as it's a rolex 1675 rep, so I'll have easy access through the caseback.

So just checking, a cheap press should be adequate?

Almost done with fixing my 1675 up.

Hi all, I'm currently in the process of fixing up my 1675 and the next thing to be fixed is the crystal. I have ordered what I believe to be the correct crystal for the watch and now am just waiting for it to make the long trip down under. I have not had to install a crystal yet in my watch exploits and was wondering how to best go about it. Although I acknowledge this is obviously cheap would something like this: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Watch-Crystal-Back-Press-Opener-Case-12-Dies-Watchmaker-Replacement-Tool-Kit/252844298694 be adequate to install the crystal. I would prefer not to get too deep into the purchase of a tool I will honestly use only a handful of times no doubt. Are there any other parts I need to pick up besides the crystal and the crystal press? Any glues? Thank-you all in advance for any help -HaydenM

Wearing my 1675 for the first time in ages, the GMT hand is already annoying me so looks like I'm going to have to pull it apart when I have time