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Victoria

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  8. Ashton Kutcher...

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    Jon Lovitz and HBB...

    JL HBB

    He is soo drunk that maybe somebody took him the watch off of his arm while he was coming back home... :lol:

    Wearing an Argentina shirt, WTF! I just lost all respect for him. :p

    Dadog, could you share your link to the main site where you're getting these photos? "That page" you mentioned didn't give me any info.

  9. Ashton Kutcher...

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    That's a great high-definition shot!

    Wow, I can actually see the dandruff on Demi Moore's black jacket...no, seriously check it out...

    I actually tried this exact watch on at the AD a few days ago... it really wasn't in my taste as I found the strap to be very uncomfortable but this bracelet version looks very elegant, though I would probably prefer a Patek if I was in "Ashton's" financial "situation"

    I'm just shocked Ashton likes the JLC Memovox enough to know of it, let alone buy it. He's gone up the tiniest notch in my estimation, after his disastrous outting in "Bobby" (and pretty much the rest of his career, save Butterfly Effect).

  10. Take care when fitting an SS bracelet

    in The Panerai Area

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    V.....great avatar of our hero John Terry. Playing with a fractured cheekbone....i've had one of those from a clash of heads on the soccer pitch....it hurts and normally takes 3 weeks to mend at least. JT broke his last Saturday! What a great result tonight. Chelsea are back!

    ps Sorry to crap on this thread but an explanation of the avatar was needed on this fantastic night for the Blues.

    Hey! I don't even like John Terry, or the Rentboys! But I'm glad you're happy, and that a British club did well, so there. :)

    (I also don't like the slight whiff of anti-Semitism about the whole Avram Grant situation, so the Blues have my sympathy for now)

  11. Nothing out of China October 1st through October 3rd

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    Finally? olivia has been on the boards longer than I have ;)

    So has Clive! But he doesn't usually post here...

    What upsets me about the title of this thread is that it was based on a speculative google search and I had already posted the correct information for my clients within my sales section, the correct info is of course that China is open for business as from today.

    How about using your magical super-duper califragilistic powers and alter the title? Or at least PM the member to do so. :)

  12. OJ Simpson, Rep Collector

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    I walked his Ex-girlfriend/Raiderette/Lingerie Model down the isle a number of years ago and everything on her was fake. I would say he didn't have any issue donning replicas. ;)

    Wow, wait Chicken Manny! Your good lady wife once dated OJ Simpson??

    Be gentle in replying. My head is still fuzzy with the antibiotics. ;)

  13. Is Paypal Dead?

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    It works on my ends but I'm starting to realize why people hate it so much... I let customers now pay me through PayPal but it takes 4.9% interest rate and a fee to transfer the funds! It's bananas!

    I'll take PayPal anytime to the way we used to do it -- haul our backsides to the nearest AmEx or Western Union and send a money wire.

    Or the fun times of standing in queues at the Post Office to buy a Postal Money Order, some of which cannot be cashed outside of the US.

    That's worth 4.9% for me, especially since they've always sided with me during a PayPal conflict. :p

    ...to actually answer your question, Bertie, works for me too. I know you know, but clear your cookies, reboot, and clear your cookies again.

  18. Take care when fitting an SS bracelet

    in The Panerai Area

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    Or this will happen:

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    :lol::o:angry2::cry::doh:<_<

    OMG. I am so sorry, TeeJay. Bracelets are cursed. Look what they did to my diamond scratch on the PAM 111h crystal. <_<

    Okay, not cursed. But bloody inconvenient things. Meh.

    P.S.: I read about the Fiddy! Yay! If you confirm, I can change one of the straps I was going to throw in extra, to a Fiddy strap. :)

  19. Ken Burns' "The War"

    in The looney bin

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    ryy.

    For clarification, yes, WW II was a "good" war in the sense that we fought and defeated pure Evil, that our cause was, undeniably, a good one in every moral sense. My point was that perhaps "necessary" was a more accurate description in that, if any war ever HAD to be fought, it was this one. To echo a point made by another member in this thread, I think too many Americans look back and see ONLY "goodness" in our effort during WW II, ignoring the unconscionable treatment of African-Americans and Japanese-Americans by our government and many of our people. I think our disagreement here is more one of semantics than of substance; in the latter, we are, I'm sure, on the same page.

    Definitely.

    However, for every negative, I can show you a positive, especially as compared to the treatment doled out in other places.

    In Brazil -- a country I know very well, having spent a chunk of my youth there --, ships full of Jewish refugees were pelted with rotten eggs, and sent back by orders of President Getulio Vargas (despite being a dictator, seen as a leftist by his countrymen). Many Jews were interned in camps in Rio Grande do Sul until the end of the war, despite the fact that Brazil wasn't in it until later when they went to Monte Cassino -- the only South American country to enter WWII, BTW.

    In the UK, German cousins of the King were interned in camps and prisons until the very end of the war, a fate which almost befell his Aunt Beatrice (a daughter of Queen Victoria...) and her sister's daughters, simply because though they were 100% British by allegiance, they had all married Germans, save the eldest.

    Though not interned, unlike Japanese-Americans whose country after all had bombed Pearl Harbour, thus accounting for the difference, Joe DiMaggio's parents had to present themselves to officials every week, something which happened to many Italian-born natives (as well as Germans) until Italy changed sides. One hears very little about that these days.

    And integration in the Armed Forces was but a Potemkin village in such Armies like Brazil and Cuba at the time. To this DAY, there has never been a black Admiral in the whole of the history of Brazil. Only recently did they have their first black General...I doubt they would've let any black man fly a plane, like the Tuskegee Airmen did in the US at the time.

    People in America have justifiable claims when they mention that not all was good in WWII.

    But compared to other countries' histories at the time, man, you had it GREAT.

    To have a conscience, and feel bad about certain things which happened is precisely something which should make you proud to be American -- it's what separates you from the Brazils and other countries who have yet to feel sorry for anything they did on an official level, let alone populist level. On the contrary, Brazilians blame Americans for so many things during that War...

    But when people beat themselves over the head, thinking that fire-bombing Dresden or interning foreign aliens is equivalent to anything Hitler did, that is nonsense and post-modern revisionist tripe.

    I thought the final 10 minutes or so of last night's final episode was heartbreakingly poignant.

    Yes, there was one veteran in particular, the rosy-cheeked white-haired chap (still full head of hair, bless him!) who broke down because he rarely speaks of his WWII experiences.

    And whichever vet from that war that you speak to, you'll get the same silent treatment on the topic. I used to think it was macho stoicism, which our generation simply doesn't have or need anymore. Now men blub as easily as women do, and part of me thinks that's okay.

    But part of me admires the heck out of men who didn't discomfit their families with combat experiences which they could never understand, and would possibly misinterpret as whinging about such a noble war as WWII.

    There is one exception. I used to do volunteer work as a kid whenever I visited my parents here in the US. I volunteered at Veteran's Administration Hospitals, as a candystriper.

    I would go, fluff up their pillows, open their curtains and before you knew it, I'd be holding some WWII vet's hand in mine, as his eyes streamed in tears down his face, recalling his buddy who died in front of him, aged only 19.

    That they apologised for letting their emotions get the better of them, something with respect no Vietnam veteran ever did to me, tells you something of the personality of a bygone era. I respected them the more for it.

    And I cried too...

    Didn't cry last night. That last chapter was indeed harrowing, especially Eugene Sledge's memoirs about the war. But maybe that's what was missing in this documentary -- a little more heart.

  20. Ken Burns' "The War"

    in The looney bin

    Posted

    My point about households is that the average US household has 2.6 people in it. 300 million people = 115.38 million households. 115.2 million of those have a TV in them. So that's not less than half - more like all of them, as you would expect. :yeah:

    LOL! Clearly posting at night affects one's rationale. Good point. ;)

    The "Ken Burns effect" is the name given in a lot of video software to panning a still image, especially when the entire video ends up being panned photos - e.g his Civil War documentary.

    Ahh, the days of early online Britannica. I swear I saw more of President Lincoln's feet than Mary Lincoln did.

  21. MidWeek Wrist Check

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    I forced my self in to a change today so it is a 177h with bob buckle from Rolli with a homemade black strap with orange stiching

    That strap looks great! Maybe it would look better with a Ferrari PAM, or perhaps a vintage one, but nicely done. :)

    @ Vic Congrats for passing 2k, by the time i get back at the end of the month you will be near 3k i expect

    Gosh, I hadn't noticed. I am (after posting this) 14 past 2000...sheesh. This enforced confinement at home has really eaten up my boyfriend/reading/movie/friend time, since all I do is read the forum. And still no Caper!

    Ah well. Where you going?? Why a month? Are you on manoeuvers? Stay safe, boyo. :)

  23. 100 Most Popular Watches

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    So the 00127 didn't make the list?

    Ah well, as you can imagine with such a limited run (1950) there are so few of these that got bought, let alone are seen by others.

    Another huge difference between the rep world and the gen world, where almost everyone seems to have Fiddies, gets one eventually, or at least has easy access to getting one.

    I've noticed more and more young successful types wearing PAM's here in the states now. A couple of young lawyers in the same building as I wear them and they also have matching Aston Martin's so I would venture to say they are gen.

    As mentioned, I live in a condo full of models and their high-powered boyfriends, amongst others (Thalia once lived in the Penthouse...) And I have yet to see a FRIKKIN PAM on anyone's wrist! WTF!

    That's just me blowing off steam, not doubting you in any way. :p

    I also watched this new TV show called "Life" about some cop sent to prison wrongfully so he got millions and was set free and he was driving a Bentley and wearing a PAM.

    Heh. Most of the cops I've seen down here wearing Casios or MAYBE if they're a detective, a Seiko. :)

  25. 100 Most Popular Watches

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    I would also be curious to see a Rep Top10 popularity poll. Not by accuracy - we've been over that many times before- just by popularity.

    I posted something similar on RWI itself.

    I realise it cannot be done on RWG, and I think other rep forums should be allowed to vote, but is there a polling site which could stand such a lengthy list of choices? At least 50.

    I wonder: Submarine, PO, SPM, Speedy, PAM111, Fiddy, SFSO, Chronomat Evolution, Link Chrono, Carrera, 3717, Cousteau Divers , Big Bang.

    Sounds spot on for a potential Top 13. If you include DJs and SMP Chrono, as well as perhaps a few PAMs like the 177, and that could be our Top 20.

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