Victoria

Ok ... upon urging from interest parties I will acquiess (sp) and post the pics as soon as i get home from the country..took a drive to see the sunrise on the windward side ... pics to follow ...

No offence, but that's incredible. It's the internet equivalent of looking at a trainwreck long after the passengers have been taken to hospital. It is both unfair to Flavour Flav and to yourself, because to my understanding, matters were handled privately, and both of you have moved on. Don't cave in under "popular" pressure, just to assuage a few people's curiosities that could well be done via email.

Look at the under-title.

"Settled".

Once the aggrieved party said that, this thread should've been closed down. I have no idea why it wasn't, although Nanuq tried to, but either way, it's very disappointing.

Best of luck and happy birthday, our Ken! See, not all Poms are bad?

Why not use the internet and "borrow" a film from the Piratebay?

May I suggest the brilliant "This Is England"?

Thanks for the pirating suggestion (yaaaarrr!). Nice to see you around, again, too Fitmic.

I have indeed seen "This is England", and it was absolutely jarringly brilliant. Inconsistent in timeline, but the acting performances were streets ahead of similar plotlines. That kid is amazing, and Stephen Graham just ate up the screen.

But I am a true cinephile, and the cinema-going experience, from start to finish entrances me.

I love overhearing people's commentaries as we file out at the end of the film. Standing in the queues for the popcorn (or in my case, Coke and hot dog). I especially like the shared laughter during a really funny film.

I have a very nice home theatre, with all the latest gadgets and 5.1 surround sound, but to me, a picture isn't really a picture unless you get off your duff and watch it with 200 other souls.

I'm off! I'll be checking the poll results on my laptop in the cafe.

I haven't recieved it yet. I think I will be very happy. I just have read more threads on the UPO. this is my first Omega rep and I am looking forward to it.

I got mine in the member trade area here, from a very nice Belgian chap. His girlfriend didn't care for it, though it was a summer surprise for her.

Well, though after my PAMs it fits "strangely" on my wrist now, it's plenty big at 42.5mm. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

Ah, good to see you finally narrowed down the choice for us!!

Stupid confusing poll options...made me look stupid!

I read that the Bourne Ultimatum is all right - although that was the Guardian being excited because the film portrays a heroic Guardian journalist (albeit one with a man bag)

Heroic Grauniad journalist?? That I'd like to see.

http://film.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/Crit...2150073,00.html

THANKS! However, I rarely read a review before I go to watch a film. I want my impressions to be completely fresh, and this my friends, is why this girl whose favourite directors are Carl-Theodor Dreyer, FW Murnau, and Jean Renoir...loved the Wayan's Bros' White Chicks.

Keep voting, peeps, please! Don't need to reply here -- just, as Paris Hilton urged, vote or die!

(Turns out she didn't vote. So I'm waiting)

Seen just about everything else. TIA.

(EDITTED)

Yeah thats crazy stuff.. what was that other bug spray stuff they used in orchards? Diazanon or something.. its just deadly apparently. You used to be able to buy it everywhere in huge pails.. and i remember as a kid running around spraying apple trees and just getting soaked with the stuff

Well do I remember as a child being on my father's lap as he drove (neither himself nor my mother wearing seatbelts)...

I also remember eating paint flecks from the wall, which I'm sure contained lead in them...

And oh yes, I used to drink Yoohoo a lot...

Not sure why I mentioned that last bit, but it seemed

I agree with you... this website is the second place I go right after checking my e-mail every morning I turn the computer on. I used to be an active member on the other rep sites as well, but I find the atmosphere over here to be a little calmer and kinder. I purchased my first rep almost a year ago, and have caught the bug ever since. RWG is the place to be when it comes to good advice from friendly and knowledgeable people.

RWG is less hierarchical than another board I am thinking of, and that accounts for its more friendly atmosphere, IMO.

Also, other boards are very Anglo-centric, whereas the wealth of countries represented here (just by you, Corgi, and I who replied so far, for example!) is fantastic. We all speak English, but instinctively one feels it's like a Tower of Babel too.

And the wit and imagination...well, as Tony Soprano says, fuggedaboudit.

The smallest of examples:

I was showing my boyfriend Euno's What the Hell??! thread, and we were laughing our fool heads' off on the phone, over it. He loved it. I loved it.

And I know such a thread was really only possible here because one great characteristic of this forum is its sense of silliness.

Never underestimate the power of "silly", as Peter Sellers once said.

Wow, seriously? Davidsen's doesn't look as good as the one, yours, on the right!

I was thinking my next DSN might be the 112 too...

@Pix: I have that "waffle" pattern strap, and though V is right, it's not OEM as I had once thought, and yes, the leather is not great -- it still looks very cool.

/mini-vent mode on

At first, I was going to post this in the Off-Topic area, then in the VIP area, and then finally I thought, no let me post it in General Discussion because RWG isn't an inert, amorphous idea. It's a place where life-and-blood people gather, and I love being a part of it.

Let me explain.

I was reading the Swemoose thread over at another forum, which doesn't have to be named. The point of this post isn't to rag on them, though. Each forum has its own dynamic, given it by the intelligence, wit and maturity of its most outspoken regulars.

And since I'm a regular in 3 rep forums, and lurk in 2 others with great intensity these past two months, I think I have a good handle now for what each offers. Each gives me a lot, and I'd like to think I give a little back in return.

RWG is just in a class above the rest, full stop.

Now you may think that after the Flavor Flav-Lanikai thread how can I say this -- since many think that wasn't our finest hour. But on the contrary, I SWEAR to you that that thread would still be en fuego today if it were on another forum.

Just read the difference between the Swemoose thread elsewhere and here for proof positive that this would be the case. Some of the stupidest, less supportive, inane opinions I've ever read anywhere are on that thread, and for what reason would someone post these things? God only knows.

I love RWG for providing me with co-members who are absolute in their knowledge of this hobby, and if not, they don't speak up just to put in an opinion, for show, for brio, for the sake of being heard.

I love this forum for its sophisticated tone, I love this forum for its international flavour, I love this forum for reuniting all these people together.

Thanks, RWG, just for being there.

/mini-vent mode off

Got myself 2 similar AP ROO(MBW)..... amazing..... the watch is just simply so stunning that i have to break away from my obsession with Pams get it..

That's very beautiful. No wonder you sounded excited about them.

Drive to airport

Ahh. Ah, I see they drive on the correct side. I always knew I liked Thais for a reason!

victoria where did u get this rep from? the one u called the fantasy model and one u said could pass as a gen? thanks

OH ARMIN! I'm so sorry -- didn't see your reply until now.

I got it from Narikaa. Still works like a charm.

@P4GTR: WOW! Love your swords! I tried to take down my dad's regimental sword from the wall for the "What do you carry Daily?" thread, but thought it best not to mess with that...

Yeah, it's Mademoiselle Sniff Strap.

I'll take it!

ps. Looking forward your Monday strap series.

Aww. Thanks. I appreciate that.

@Slai: What the heck is a swarf?? That CD looks gorgeous! Don't see anything wrong.

Now i would like baggy trousers and long pockets stood by that table!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm more fortunate. C-cup. I can slide down all those Gregs no problems.

(Kollektor, sorry to hear about that)

My 127 from Andrew has great lume on the dial, the DSN hands are better but not that much, i have to say that it is not far behind my Seiko chrono, and the lume on that is outstanding, at the end of the day if you can read your watch when you wake up in a dark room 8 hours later then it is fine, or you can read your watch after 8 hours laying under a bush in the rain in november it was proberbly too bright to start off with, a comon fault with luminover watches. People tend to give them of good blast of white light last chance they get and then walk out in the dark 5 min later glowing like a fire work display. Certain units are worse than others particularly the ones who have to have there sleves rolled half way up the forearm so "I can see my altimeter" Now if i was still doing this line of work i would be all over a GTLS watch like a traser. always just bright enough!

Thanks for the reply!

I remember Raymond, the young kid from Hong Kong, saying when he entered a dark room his PAM 113 glowed like a light sabre from Star Wars, and it made him very happy for whatever reason.

I think I know that 'reason', and it has to do with the coolness factor.

But I have had universal opinions from DSN Fiddy owners that for whatever reason, this isn't the case with his Fiddies. Since it's my first watch from him, and my first "modded" one if you will, I wanted to feel that same feeling. But nada.

8 hours? Try 8 minutes...I was really disappointed in that.

My only concern is that the lume on the gen Fiddy is said to be lower than other PAMs, so is my insistance on more lume going to look freakish, or just right, hmm. We'll see!

P.S.: Just before I got into this rep racket, I had bought my boyfriend an early Christmas gift -- a gen Seiko. I am very impressed by the Seiko. Keeps beautiful time, is a solid feeling watch, almost indestructible feeling, and the lume is fantastic and long-lasting. I believe his is also water-proof, so all in all, despite that it's not one of the trendy models I've seen here like the Monster, I think he's going to love it. Hope he won't read this, though.

there ain't Hello Kitty watch but my wife bought my daughter the full Hello Kitty kit and Eva hates it...

There's a whole shop in downtown Miami with Hello Kitty from shoelaces to luggage.

:wub:

I had a Hello Kitty theme-bedroom when I was 5, and I don't think I've ever really recovered...

EDIT: I once took a photo!

Your daughter would hate me if I dragged her there...

She's walking around on the beach with "Hello Kitty" on her bikini

Dad, common, I'm almost 12!

I know my dear...

Awww. You just want your little girl to be a little girl all her life.

Now, Mademoiselle Strap (Melle Strap in short)...let me get you a Swatch for rainy Florida.

Mlle Strap, I think, sans "e"! Melle Strap makes me sound like one of the Spicegirls, aka, "Strappy"

I'll shop and send it to you once I am 100% convinced it's the right one for you

Merci! And remember what the Duchess of Windsor once said: you can never be too thin or too pink.

My Davidsen PAM113H on a Greg Stevens' Crazy Horse

My fave.

Which of your DSNs do you like best? This is very important, since it may determine my next watch purchase after the Fiddy.

Back from shopping !

My daughter's new Swatch:

I WANT! If it only that were a Hello Kitty swatch...

My son's new bracelet

Cute too!

But you named your son after Manu Petit, admit it.

P.S.: Also went shopping, until it started to rain. Fortunately, I had on my PAM 210 with mili strap rather than a pricey leather one, which would've been ruined. I need me a Swatch, Stephane.

GASP. The Great Tanfoglio!

As a language challenged American (including english), Miss Barrett please translate?

Hey DET11.

Don't be down on your language skills! At least not because you're an American. You think we British are any better? Ever tried to speak Italian to an average Frenchman on the street? HAH!

"Les gens heureux n'ont pas d'histoire" is translated as Happy people have no history, but I would say further, and say, happy people don't make history.

Or as Don Henley also famously sang, "Get the widow on the set, we need dirty laundry". So if you've got nothing bad going on, people don't care, and these stories rarely get told.

Who knew Don Henley was one of the foremost philosophers of our times, huh?

I'm trying to improve. Just preparing 60 pics of my 112H

They were a beautiful, comprehensive pictorial, Ptolomeo. Finepics did a "fine" job (groan), and the Aaron strap fits it perfectly!

Can't wait for the 112h, since I think that's the next one from DSN from me.

Laz, I'm always apprehensive about reading your posts because it seems something bad happens to you all of the time!

Not that you were scolding, but some people have worse luck with reps than others, or they post to share these specific experiences.

As Ryyannon once quoted, "Les gens heureux n'ont pas d'histoire", so too happy people posting on rep forums often have little to add which can ultimately be of service to others in terms of hard knocks.

Soon, I will take the Silix AP ROO which I have, and try to size the new case he sent me, to the older watch. I will have Laz' experience fresh on my mind, and in fact, yours too.

These threads are thus invaluable.

We have two watchmakers of confidence. One is a nice fellow, charges cheaply, but I often think he's limited in his skill. The other is a little resentful of his customers, and charges a lot, but is proficient (we'll see if he balks at fixing reps).

Who shall I choose? Dunno.

But if I feel a bad vibe, I'm walking out.

@Laz below: Right, and that's what makes what this watchmaker of yours did even more despicable. He knows you are entirely in his power, and messed with you ON PURPOSE, it seems to me (the dust, the dial, etc.) I don't believe in karma, but if I did, this guy will have some bad karma coming his way...

By the grin you mention, you know this man wished you badly, Laz. Maybe he wanted to teach this "foreigner" a lesson, since what could you do -- hardly report anything to any authorities, or sue, etc.

Goes to show it's not JUST big companies that are thieves, or unscrupulous like so many people think. The worst part is when there are small business owners who abuse their clients with just the same lack of regard, and cynicism.

Yuck.

Laz, your attitude is an example for me, since I am often hot under the collar when something like this happens (rarely).

The always soign

Ah, well, I guess I couldn't get better advice but from Mademoiselle Strap!

My new .sig, ladies & gentlemen!

Many thanks for the time spent Vic.

Nice to see members who takes so much time and spend such an nrg to help!

Why not? I am up awaiting an email from Davidsen (who is being more and more gentlemanly about everything. I love it!).

Chapeau!

Merci!

Too bad you missed the earlier conversation Phantom of the Router, Ryyannon, Xim, and I had about Chartres, Rheims, and other wonderful cathedrals around France (Shoutbox).

PS: no Mario Pacci ???

I check Elliot's webpage every morning for specials, RELIGIOUSLY, speaking of cathedrals...but I didn't think you would like his Daily Special price at the moment or the colour:

http://timeconnection.biz/page/timeco/CTGY/Special

"Officine Firenze by Mario Paci "Medici" in Tan with sewn in MP buckle for panerai watches

Una Nueva tradizione......Hand made in Italy Code:OF_TC_1

Price:$99.99"

However, both RWI and Repgeeks currently have an unmissable special from him with two different straps, called "Overnight Specials". One has to buy them before he wakes up, his time in Texas.

Two straps which cost U$109/119, being sold for less than $25 with BUCKLE.

@Stephane, below: Pay only one S/H fee! Even if you purchase them separately, he combines several straps in one package. And yes, if YOU MENTION that the Friday Special was there when you checked it, he honours the price until the website changes.

1) http://www.rwg.cc/members/index.php?showtopic=44836

2) Go with GPF polished for the buckle.

3) I am not going to make the common mistake of giving you what I think YOU should buy. If you want a Bob strap, fine.

Having seen you in Wrist-Check action these two months (my anniversary yesterday!), I see you favour darker, more elegant colours in watch faces than your usual guy here.

So of the choices of Bob straps you gave us, I'd say you and Vintage choco are made for each other, Stephane.

Interestingly, though it's not a personal favourite of mine at all, I think your skin tone and dress sense would go very well with that first Carbon strap. It would look sporty-chic on you.

Please consider buying from these RWI forum strapmakers, who will custom-make you a strap to your wrist size. It's like being fitted at Maison Chanel!

All for the same price, ultimately, as the Bobs. $65-$85.

Tootall: http://www.network54.com/Forum/353393/thre...riety+of+colors

(You and that "Blue Steel" were made for each other. I am getting his Moroccan Sunset, by the way)

Savage:

http://www.network54.com/Forum/353393/thre...+%26amp%3B+26mm

(Look at that British Tan. Fantastic for you, Stephane)

And:

FxrAndy: http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g199/fxrandy/DSCN3074.jpg

(Beautiful work, and since he is starting, should be reasonably priced for you, and in the EU, too)

Of course, V who comes back today!

So there we are. Wear your new strap well. That 112 base is BEAUTIFUL.