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Today in Australia and New Zealand we commemorate the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps landing at Gallipoli on 25 April. What was supposed to be a quick military strike dragged out to an eight month battle which in the end saw the loss of more than 8,000 Australian and 2,700 New Zealand soldiers. In Flanders’ Fields In Flanders’ Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved, and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders’ Fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders’ Fields. Ken

Hey Chilli a very long time no see. Most certainly you are welcome back to the fold, you can never completely leave because RWG gets into your blood so bad the cold turkey lasts a lifetime. Ken

Aha! Just because you keep a low profile Mike don't think I wasn't waiting for you to pop up, you're going straight into the pro level my friend Ken

Cmon Pho nobody ever remembers who came second. Ken

Oops did Lani forget to mention the past winners clause? Ken

Well lets face it folks after our watches our second most favourite thing is taking pic's of them.......so now you get a chance to win prizes for doing what you enjoy. I wonder if we can talk Lani into a watches with naked girls section? Ok I was just leaving anyway Be in it to win it Ken

You will need A4 paper, envelope and ball peen hammer Put a piece of A4 paper on the table then holding your watch above the paper give the crystal a sharp with the ball of the hammer....*side note: this is a good way to test crystal, glass will shatter sapphire breaks in chunks*....Now carefully turn watch around so all pieces of the crystal fall onto the paper (you may need to give the back of the watch a bit of a tap to get all the piece out, I find the flat hammer head useful for this), once all the pieces are out put the watch aside and get someone to hold the envelope open for you, your wife/girlfriend or the cute chick next door that you never had the guts to talk to will work, then lift the edges of the paper so all contents fall into the center and simply pour your crystal into envelope. Seal and send to Chief, he will glue all the pieces back together, AR it and have it back to you within a week. Use this week to work out how you will refit the crystal. Or whether it is even worth doing so to the now non functioning watch Ken

Sorry to hear, I hope you make a speedy recovery. Ken

One day a rabbit managed to break free from the laboratory where he had been born and brought up. As he scurried away from the fencing of the compound, he felt grass under his little feet and saw the dawn breaking for the first time in his life. 'Wow, this is great,' he thought. It wasn't long before he came to a hedge and after squeezing under it he saw a wonderful sight -- lots of other bunny rabbits, all free and nibbling at the lush grass. 'Hey,' he called. 'I'm a rabbit from the laboratory and I've just escaped. Are you wild rabbits?' 'Yes. Come and join us,' they cried. Our friend hopped over to them and started eating the grass. It tasted so good. 'What else do you wild rabbits do?' he asked. 'Well,' one of them said. 'You see that field there? It's got carrots growing in it. We dig them up and eat them.' This, he couldn't resist and he spent the next hour eating the most succulent carrots. They were wonderful. Later, he asked them again, 'What else do you do?' 'You see that field there? It's got lettuce growing in it. We eat that as well.' The lettuce tasted just as good and he returned a while later completely full. 'It's fantastic out here in the world!' he told them. 'So, are you going to live with us then?' one of them asked. 'I'm sorry, I had a great time but I can't.' The wild rabbits all stared at him, a bit surprised. 'Why? We thought you liked it here.' 'I do,' our friend replied. 'But I must get back to the lab. I'm dying for a cigarette.' Ken

There are some very good looking Fortis quartz reps floating around so it's not impossible that this may pop up in quartz too. Ken

The writers were asked to come up with two words that sounded like real words, embiggen and cromulent are what they ended up with. Welcome back Puggy. Ken

*pokes head in* Do I smell Fosters? G'day Tav and welcome to RWG as stated there are many of us Aussies here including 3 Mods so I'm sure you will soon feel right at home. So Tav how do you like your guana? Medium? Well done? Ken

@baglc1 if you are looking for a fight I will give you one........cool it. @By-Tor, easy on those Billions man theres only 6 Billion people in the world and half are women. Maybe I'm biased ...ok I know I'm biased...but I still believe AFL to be the best game of footy in the world, it's just everyone outside of Oz still needs to be educated. Ken

Going by the shape is it a movement for a B&R tourby? Ken

So after 2 weeks of holidays the little blighter goes back to school on Monday.... Oops in my excitement I seem to have posted the wrong pic. Ken

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Ok seeing as your..*ahem*...new here Watchdog I will give you the quick basics. Quartz go tic, tic, tic Auto's go whiiiiirl Got it? Ken

Celtics vs the Rangers More than a soccer game....a bloodbath Ken

I thought it grew out of the Poms love of kicking heads I'll get my coat Ken

It does look good, I take it that it is just camera angle and not alignment with that cyclops. Ken

Pretty hard to say without close ups, the overal price should give you a clue though. Ken

Boom boom Ken

Just took a look on the Gucci homepage and no the gen doesn't have those visible welds, your friend is going to have to ask herself if she can live with them or not. Ken

Look I am not blaming any one dealer or factory or whatever what I am saying is that whoever is responsible for releasing a $400 non Chronograph watch, especially with the current economic climate, should really take time to think about what they are trying to achieve. Big profits come from many sales not few with very large margins. Oh and please lets not have another story about white gold coatings and such. Actually CBR I was referring to member username Carl. Ken

Well G'day there Bruce...ahem...I mean Dan and welcome to RWG You will find lots of us Aussies here, in fact many will post in this intro, so I am sure you will feel right at home in no time. Ken