Victoria

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

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.

#1 #2 #3 TADA!! THANK YOU SUBZERO1! I can live with the gap.

"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."

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!

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.

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. 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.

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.

V's Diary, starring Ren

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

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*

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)

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.

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.

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. 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!

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.

Beautiful. Where did you get the PVD PAM, Chubbchubb? Yes, yes, I'm finally caving in. I said they're too masculine for me, but I see so many on these wrist-checks, and me wants... (Great strap too! Distressed by you?)

Thanks, prof! Guys! Just to note that Tootall and Savage are IMHO, the best bang for buck guys out there. Gregoire and Zeugma charge $200+ for their straps, and both of these guys are just as good. However, honestly, I wouldn't pay $200 for a handmade strap. That's PAV or Metta Catherina country for me.

So I read, Andreww! The second time, I just copy/pasted unto my Notepad, but I still forgot to save a lot of what I had written, so I had to re-write everything. The first version was better...I'm sure yours, no matter how good it turned out, was too. It's always the way!

Oh thank God. We have something other than watches, and photography in common, Pugwash. Gourmands scoff all you want. There is nothing more satisfying than Shepherd's Pie, except maybe mushy peas (and chips & gravy). I've been using this phrase We Brits or British (normally which would make me cringe if back in the UK, don't know why) a lot recently. I prefer potato to rice, and never being a fan of curry (because I cannot stand spicey foods), I have rarely understood the pull of Indian food. Pizza, oh God, yes. And "Chinese" food, too. Although I prefer Szechuan to Cantonese. Yes. But then the British cultural imagination is stuck in the 1860s. Just like the Italian is in the 1500s. Bradford for me. And Wolverhampton, oddly enough.

Awesome. BTW, I've been lightly interested in Alice Cooper since finding out he's a scratch golfer some years ago. I'm too young, and too uninterested in that era's music to have known about him in his heydey. But each time I hear of him, or he gives an interview, I'm more and more impressed by the guy. He's VERY cultured, immensely well-spoken, and turned an NPR interview I heard with him recently (I believe with Terry Gross) into a panorama of vaudeville history. Love him! FOLLOWUP: Yep, he was on "Fresh Air" on Sep 3. Here is the interview in mp3. He was actually promoting his newly-launched autobio, Golf Monster. Heh.

You're right (French media). Thanks for the understanding though.

Match.com founder, Gary Kremen. Stephane is not only handsomer, I'm sure, but wears a better watch. Aww, man.

ZainoDetail, if you give me one day, I will add my PAM 177h/Carbon strap shots to the ones no doubt coughed up soon, by other members. I'm expecting a Toscana one (like Stephane's!) any moment. @Erwinner: Fiero/177 UPDATES??? Puhleazzze.