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Here is how Nate Silver at fivethirtyeight.com has things pegged with his meta-analysis of polling data: It's a lock for Obama. Even abject racists don't want the US to fall any further down the crapper. Virginia should be called at about 19:00EST, and Indiana soon after. If either one goes for McCain, it will be mathematically impossible for Obama to lose.

I didn't see that there had been a raffle until just now. Do you send out emails informing the membership of this? Do we just have to keep checking this forum every day?

It looks like Liberace threw up on it.

I love it. It's exactly right.

>That's my birthday, and no better way to celebrate than seeing Bond get some bad guys Mine too, I'll either drag the Mrs. or leave her with the kids.

Thanks for letting us see what a PO with sword hands would look like. My preference is for the 45mm PO. I wear mine frequently with rubber and with ss. It just looks more utilitarian, which is the aspect of the Bond character I prefer. It is kind of a large watch, but just think of it as 220 grams of training weight for your off hand. My boss wears a gen SMP and prefers that, but his wrists are smaller. That is a consideration. At least you have the consolation of knowing there is no wrong choice. And why hasn't anybody spoken up for George Lazenby??!!

Ouch! Would James Bond wear this?? No, because then everyone would say: "Hey, you're 007! That English secret agent from England!"

I've seen some on the checkout counter of a local liquor store. They looked like absolute hell! I had the same incredulous reaction. I have a couple of automatic Seikos, and I like them a lot.....but a replica??? Strictly for cracksmokers. I'll photograph and post them if they're still there.

Just a quick situation report here...it's been a few months now, and my UPO still shows no problems from my improvised acetone AR removal. Hopefully I won't have to do that again, I may have simply gotten lucky to not mess it up.

You raise good points that I hadn't considered. All I can say is that I got the kimwipe a little damp with acetone, and buffed the AR off. I didn't submerge the watch and kept the acetone mostly on the crystal. The watch seems no worse, but is now AR-free.

Regarding removal of AR coating-- I just received a 45mm UPO with AR coating that looked to only cover about 60% of the crystal. I may send it in for a re-do at some point in the future, but right now I just want the AR stripped. Having read here to not clean your AR coated crystal with acetone, I tried using acetone to dissolve the coating. It went well. I work in a laboratory, so I have access to acetone, Kimwipes, and a fume hood. Those make this a bit easier. I soaked a Kimwipe, and buffed the crystal for about 10-15 minutes. All the AR is gone now. Acetone is not abrasive, like jeweler's rouge, so I could do it with the crystal installed, yet not worry about scratching the bezel. It does not seem to have affected the black of the bezel. I recommend this method.

I once ordered a fauxlex folding clasp leather band from them. They sent me 18mm instead of 20mm, the thing was cheap-ass looking and it was too short to go around my wrist. Run and Hide.