HauteHippie

Yea, I think the new one is probably a downgrade. But change is always nice, too.

Hmm, the reflection of the overhead light doesn't look yellow in the 3717 crystal.

Let's take it a step further. The free market is the solution to recession and depression. The solution is never brought by politicians seeking votes, but rather by entrepreneurs seeking profits (wealth creation enriches everyone). And it is, in fact, scary how utterly clueless our latest crop of central planners appear to be. It's bad enough that they're going to take the Bush fiasco and multiply it by orders of magnitude with Geithner's $2T bank rescue plan on top of the $800B "stimulus" set to pass imminently, on top of the already spent $700B from round 1, on top of God only knows what else. But what this one-trick fraud Geithner wants to do now is once again prop up the market for asset-backed securities. Unbelievable!! News flash: the securitization of mortgages, and credit card debt, and all that other garbage paper is exactly what caused this problem! And so how anyone can go along with this plan to recreate the exact same bubble in the exact same manner is absolutely beyond me. And, besides, why would the hedge funds and foreign investors buy back in?! Especially after they hear Geithner on CNBC actually state that we need the government to supply the demand that is missing in the economy... Cue John McEnroe. Putting the repetition of epic failure and catastrophe aside... for the love of all that is sacred and holy.... did this guy even take Econ 101? I mean, to come full circle here, it is the productivity of the free market (not the government) that supplies goods which creates demand. Supply creates demand. But when you've got the government propping up companies that were too unproductive to survive on their own and should have gone bankrupt, then what you're doing is preventing economic recovery by diverting resources to companies that should have gone under, and away from new companies that could have been viable, thereby preventing business expansion. And therefore we should not be thinking of this as a rescue plan. But rather, quite the opposite. There was a real opportunity here to slam on America's brakes as we head straight towards a cliff and steer us back on course, but without any question at all, what they're doing instead is nothing short of stepping on the gas pedal. Scary, scary stuff brewing. No two ways about it.

And politicians wouldn't get reelected, and on and on....

You guys have it all wrong.... 1. Van Cleef and Arpels 2. Montres Allison 3. Dubey & Schaldenbrand 4. Vulcain 5. Kelek

Timothy I-Dont-Pay-My-Taxes Geithner, who reportedly finished filling out his 1040-EZ late last week, now wants to spend upwards of $2 trillion on the bank rescue plan. The credit markets aren't functioning, we're being told. People can't get loans and therefore can't spend money and therefore our economy is in dire straights, we're being told. (As if the measure of a sound economy is the amount of money exchanging hands). So, OK, why is this case and what are we *not* being told? Well, the global credit crunch is a result of all the extra money the US Government is now borrowing and the fact that all the countries who were loaning money to Americans in the first place are not and will not be getting paid back, and whatever money they now have left over is being loaned to the US Government. So the real crisis here is that the US economy simply can not continue to exist if it can not continue to go further in to debt, which means the rest of the world has to supply us with loans that we can't pay back. But leading up to where we are now, we've borrowed all this money that can't be paid back by relying on the rest of the world to save and produce and give us their accumulated wealth so that we could continue to enjoy the living standards that we've come to expect. And so what do the Obama and Geithner plans do to address this, the REAL crisis?? Simple. They magnify that ridiculous dynamic to unprecedented proportion... Oh and meanwhile the rest of the world is suffering tremendously while they subsidize us. So, let's be realistic. This scheme is wholly unsustainable, these "plans" are only going to make things worse, and are going make the eventual economic collapse - which hasn't even yet really begun - that much more catastrophic by further delaying the restructuring of a service sector economy which doesn't produce and can not accumulate its own wealth. And if you can't believe me, maybe you can believe a guy with actual "cred" like Jim Rogers....... http://www.cnbc.com/id/29114947

Hey, thanks for the ad hoc drawing! I'll take a closer look tonight.

Most likely not on the bezel.

Gorgeous!

Drill press + cheap HSS drill bit. Practice on a couple throw-away tubes first, and before firmly clamping down let the drill bit "wander" to dead center... Love the lathe idea, though.

Could someone describe how to remove the A7750 dial clamps? Thanks. Chief

How cheap is cheap? I've got one in perfect condition that I don't need.... How about $50?

Looks great! Motivation for me to get on the ball with mine!!

Unreal. The talking heads, of course, were calling for age limits on commercial pilots the day after... long before having any details other than..... the pilot's age. *sigh*

Wow, what an amazing and surely satisfying project and end result! Thanks for sharing the details... I'll have to read the writeup more closely when I have more time.

What's up with all the scratches? This might be another defective UPO coating... UPO crystals have been a little problematic in the past and sometimes need to be recoated to fix. I may actually stop doing UPO crystals in the future to avoid further complications, but any that are not performing properly (scratching too easily) from past runs can be fixed.

I'm willing to give the guy some more time, but so far, he most definitely is looking like the inexperienced candidate I was worried about....

The worst part of it all is the clear implication from Obama that there are two sets of rules when it comes to paying taxes - so much so that he felt compelled to address this notion forthright on NBC. All socialists seem to think that paying taxes is for the little people.

I am sure it varies based on circumstance, but I do know several people who have taken the implantation and in vitro route (it's surprisingly common these days), and the most any of them had implanted has been 4 at a time. Usually it seems that 3 is the magic number.

No question about it. The doc's license needs to be pulled. Implanting 8 kids in a single mother of 6?? WTF was he thinking? The bigger issue here, though, is that the leeches really have taken over. And that's why this sh*t is being pulled as well as why we're in so much trouble now.

Part of the point being, if it wasn't going to cost the taxpayers a dime, then this probably wouldn't have happened in the first place... or at least that appears to be the case.

Doesn't bother me one bit, as long as it costs the taxpayer $0. Unfortunately, though, it looks like this crazy broad is going to cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands at a minimum. Here's a great analysis: http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archive...Up-Against.html

The bezel is a no go. But to get the gen insert you do have to buy the bezel+insert combo since they're not available separately. And once you have a properly positioned pearl on the insert, the bezel itself really doesn't matter.

Very nice price and a great watch... Tempting.

While we're at it, why not demand that voting on measures dealing with tax revenues and distribution be limited to those who actually pay taxes?