Victoria

If you're going to eat steak then it's got to be La Bomba.

Ken

For me, in order:

1. Seiko (Orange) Monster

2. PAM 187 (Laa laa BOMBA, Laa laa Bomba)

3. PAM 024

And I would have the steak raw, just as is pictured. Flame-broil is overrated.

P.S.: GREAT PICS!!

Since registering, I've wonder about this stat.

"Most members ever online in one day was 1205, last accomplished on April 12th, 2007"

What happened on that day, that was so special for 1205 earthly souls to log unto this great site?

- Did Kenberg come out with a new line in men's Calvin y-fronts?

- Did Ryyannon post a particularly funny bon mot?

- Did "adult finders" just mean people looking for a really cool watch to buy (good times)?

By the way, I notice that the most ever people online at the same time were 294 peeps. That was in January. Winter can be hell.

Fugly watch if you ask me.

Wow, it looks like a Franken project by a particularly mad Panerista. A marriage between a PAM 187, a T3, and do I see a bit of Corum too?

It's been quite a mixed week for me watch wise. I stated off wearing my the Aqua Terra I customized for my dad, then wednesday, put my 2900.50.91 on for wednesday and this morning, swapped to my 2531.80 at lunchtime, and have now swapped to 'The Patient' to wear tomorrow

Hey TeeJay!

Long time no see, boyo. Hope you get your Franken done, so you can return to posting about your watches a bit more.

That's what I thought... but other countries in the same situation don't have it like this. You get it half-and-half elsewhere, but Ru$$ians are a different level altogether!

From what I've seen, that is VERY true.

Apparently there is a tradition in Russia that the man pays for everything for the woman. Now when they see a Westerner, multiply by big number how much they expect you to spend on them. Russian men know how Russian women are and so don't get fleeced as much, but they still do. A guy I know had one beautiful girlfriend start stealing money out of his wallet when he realised how futile it was and stopped spending money on her!

Heh, wow. Well, what you say conflicts a bit with their recent history.

Every Russian (in the entire sense of Old Russia) woman was expected to work, hold a job, contribute to the family finances. Many times she had a higher-paying or ranking job than her hubby, and was expected to do all the household duties in their entirety, as well.

The wonderful book by Hedrick Smith, "The Russians", shows one example of this, when Russian women were astonished that Mrs. Smith didn't have to work in Moscow. They were jealous she stayed at home all day, taking care of their kids.

In old Tsarist Russia, the custom of rich women, including "Kulak" peasant women, marrying men who were poorer than they was quite common. The men even adopted or incorporated their wives' family names when they were from uneven backgrounds. Not unheard of in other parts, but it was taken as a matter-of-course in Russia.

Russian women also have the reputation of being incredibly sweet, maternal, and non-challenging. But they were bombarded with visuals after the fall of Communism -- much more than other Soviet-bloc countries, because of their special isolation.

Is it a wonder they all want to be Paris Hilton, I mean...Xenia Sobchak?

EDIT: One more thing -- the newly-minted Russian millionaires are concerned their daughters will not be accepted into European and American high society because of this consumerism trait. Back in the 1990s, when these Courses were dying, girls were not sent to finishing schools ("charm schools" in American usage) any more. But there is a meteoric rise of them, especially in Switzerland, filled with Russian "oligarch"-type daughters.

Do you know what they do all day? Sometimes teach them deportment, such as how to make conversation, carry oneself, and conduct oneself in society. But after this, they let them have free time. From what a friend tells me, who briefly worked in one Swiss finishing school, all the Russian girls did was shop. And shop. And shop some more.

It's a big problem.

[url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article1980101.ece]Tollvesenet fikk fra september utvidede fullmakter til

Just read yourself trough this PDFs and you will know it

http://navigater.na.funpic.de/PDF/

You're the most helpful guy on this board. I love you, Navigater!

*reads*

EDIT: Maybe my eyes are tired, but I didn't understand a thing. All I got was that I had to excite my watch for it to lume brightly. Well, heck, that sounds like my boyfriend. Can't I just wear Victoria's Secret undies instead?

@Raymond: I got it. Hmm, check your .pdf settings?

And if she's a Ru$$ian woman, you may as well hand over your bank account and credit cards at the beginning, save you a lot of heartache!

Wow, and here I always thought I was half-English, half-German!

(A very small minority of Russian women are thankfully not like this, wanna search for a needle in a haystack?)

If you starve people of Capitalism for 70 years, this is what happens. Now Russians are amongst the most money-hungry, and ironically, religious people in Europe. HAH-BLOODY-HAH.

P.S.: Still love my Poljot watches, though.

Sometimes the end results are worth showing off, as in your example, or they are not ... as in my example

WOW! Someone busted up Teddy Roosevelt's watch REAL good on Mt. Rushmore. Damn hippies.

Just read on a website that you need to charge it for 30min to get a full charge, can someone please explain this to me? I really don't know how much time to charge it, how much it will last, etc. I searched to no avail, if anyone could chip in I would appreciate it!

Yeah! Good question, Guanaco. I've been meaning to ask this but was newbie-shy.

P.S.: Please let the answer not be Russian Father Bombs. Please let the answer not be Russian Father Bombs.

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TADA!!

THANK YOU SUBZERO1! I can live with the gap.

I'll borrow one from a neighbour tomorrow, and see. THANKS SUBBY!

"1 pair of rusty pliers, new men (cads!), no baby (alas)"

Dear Diary,

Just when I though I was licked (hah!), I ran to get an old pair of pliers I remembered we'd gotten from the Red Cross during Hurricane Andrew (nightmare).

I gently tilted the under-lugs, or whatevs, and tried to screw in the bracelet again. IT WENT IN, HUZZAH! Hugh would be so proud. What a gripping life I do lead!

This just goes to show RWG is worth the VIP upgrade, because men here are not all alcoholics, workoholics, sexaholics, commitment-phobics, peeping toms, megalomaniacs, emotional [censored]wits, or perverts -- unlike at other forums."

There are small metal tabs at the bottom of the endlinks on the bracelet. Take some pliers and bend them down about 30 degrees, then try installing it. Worked like a charm for me. If it causes a gap between the case and the top of the endlinks, take it off and bend them back to around 15 degrees. By adjusting these tabs you can adjust how tightly the top of the endlinks fit against the case.

NICE! It's worth a try.

The only problem is there is not a blue-collar instrument in the house, not even a hammer. My dad doesn't know how to change a lightbulb.

I'll borrow one from a neighbour tomorrow, and see. THANKS SUBBY!

The other point of course is that despite being the creation of an Indian cook there is nothing else even slightly Indian about Chicken Tikka Masala, a dish developed entirely to please the British palate.

A bit like "Chinese" food, or indeed "Italian" food here, much of which is a mix of old recipes joined to local foreign tastes, and don't exist like that in their countries of origin.

I give you Crab Rangoon.

And also, hey Gio, did you eat Chinese in Paris? They call Won Ton, Wan Wan soup. A freak-out.

My first Panerai steel bracelet is on the way. Wanted to try something different and the look of it is great. I had no idea it was more difficult to install than the leather straps? Just screw and slide right? Anyway, the bracelet is for my 111 and from the same dealer so hopefully it won't be a problem.

This is the deal, Hambone.

I didn't want to tear up my DSN PAM 112, so I used one of my two Andrew PAM 111hs to test out the bracelet. Nitchevo. Took me half an hour just to align the bracelet to the lugs. That's when it dawned on me that, hey!, maybe Andrew's version isn't a 1:1 casing like Davidsen's is said to be.

So off I went to the PAM 112. To my UTTER joy, the bottom lug screw slid as easy as Jackie Robinson stealing home. WOO! I was in with a chance, I thought.

Top lug, 1 hour and counting...tried WD-40, the works. Meanwhile, I chipped two nails, broke the tip of 7 screwdrivers (the cheapos, not the Bergeons, or the DSN ones), and still that screw is popping out.

I know when I'm licked. Never thought that make me feel bad.

VB, sounds like you need a watchsmith to do that for you. Maybe a spring bar is the answer? Good luck

Thanks...yeah, I thought of the springbar on the PAM 111, but usually when I uninstall a springbar screw, I gently push out one side of the strap to take it out. With metal bracelets, there is no "give", of course, so I'm scared it'll get stuck there for eternity, and my 2 million straps will sit there mocking me.

Life sucks.

Careful. At least that what my jeweler said. Took him two hours on and off while I waited for my new 090 to get a new Davidsen bracelet fitted.

He broke two bracelet/case attachment bars claiming very little tension causes them to break. I think I read this was a common problem.

Well at least I finally got a bracelet PAM thanks to WBK's exceptional deals.

You know how you read stuff on the forum, process the info, but really just move on? That's my case with the metal bracelets. I remember reading a few threads about the suckability of DSN metal bracelets, but I wanted one anyway, so I got me one.

I LOVE my PAM 112. Already I have scratched outside the lugs, not badly, but enough so that something is telling me, stop. If your WATCHMAKER took 2 hours, I don't feel so badly, so thanks so much for telling me that George.

I might seek out the naked chick on RWI, and see what happens.

@Jiro: Thanks, babe! Nice to see you around these parts too.

2 hours, and counting.

V's Diary, starring Ren

I did it with a car once. Back in 92 I bought a brand new TransAm. I was married within three months.

...but considering how that turned out, maybe you should've stuck to the Rollies.

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Is this adultfriendfinder banner really necessary?</rant off>

The natives are getting restless, Chieftang! Always a bad sign.

There are two issues roaming the threads this week.

1) Porn-like Avatars

2) Adult advertising

Subcategories of irritation include:

Ads slowing down the site; unable to view RWG during work hours; VIPs who thought they at least could get some special treatment, as their upgrade may imply.

That's a lot on the RWG plate, I would say. But just throwing this out there.

Don't the Google Ads slow down the site too, when they load slowly? How come no one ever mentioned them before, because of that, especially VIPs?

*shrug*

Didn't they give you the RWG Hotline number when you upgraded?

Oh, was that it? Kenberg gave me an obscure number, no explanations. When I rang up, a lady answered in a low sexy voice. "Adult Finder, how can I make your dreams come true, bad boy?".

I hung right up!

2 hours, and counting. What the hell!?!

That is all.

EDIT: All I need are some cats, and right now, I'd be the perfect crazy lady.

...mind you, Davidsen did warn me I needed "skills" to mount his bracelets, but did I listen? No.

PHOTO EVIDENCE:

I call this the "Tools of Destruction".

"Screw me!"

(Note to self: Manicures and watch hobbies do not mix)

Does any one have or know how thick a gen vintage buckle is??? also how thick the tang is on the buckle.

Nix, on either question, but I do know VDBroucke (who mostly posts on RWI) has reproductions for sale. I hope he won't mind me posting his photo from a German watch forum, here:

I get around.

EDIT: Reading one of the replies about this combo, a member said, "Heilige Maria ... Mutter von Jesus !". LOL.

More than 200 000 people died on December 26th. But who cares 3 years later ? They had the misfortune not to be westerners

One hundred years later, and we still talk about, remember, and read books about Krakatoa.

Your comments were good, Pix. Thanks for providing us with the much-needed opposing viewpoint, if you will, although there was absolutely nothing "oppositional" about your reply. It was just an elucidation.

But to end such a reply with a slap to the collective...I don't know...Western...white persons'?...faces, well, I personally feel that was an overreach. It reminded me of Hotel Rwanda, when the Nick Nolte UN-troop commander character said, "They don't care because you're black."

That's nonsense. Armenians are Caucasian too, and WHEN in the history of the world, white, black, yellow, has any nation paused to say a prayer for their 1 million people slaughtered? Maybe, who knows, when 2015 comes around, we might remember.

Talked him down to $650

Oh well done! I was just about to post a reply suggesting you offer $700 AT LEAST, when I read down to the other posts.

Mind you, if it had been me, I would've offered $600.

and will pick it up this afternoon. Meeting at Ben Bridge of course to make sure its not an Andrew Special!

Take your laptop and digicam. Take a snap, and post it here in case you have any doubts. I'm sure the Tag specialists up top will let you know if it's worth it/gen, IN CASE you don't.

Like Scoobs said, WTG. Santos pays off immediately!

I like the SC skull, but the anger is growing on me.

Yarrrrrrr! Hehe.

By the way, the poll will officially "close" on Friday. Oh, it'll still be on forever, but I'll post the official results at the end of the week. Even pirates need a weekend off.