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by Martin
Sat Mar 16, 2024 8:05 am
Forum: Offtopic
Topic: Happy birthday Dancematt and missF!
Replies: 27
Views: 342

Re: Happy birthday Dancematt and missF!

Have a great day, both of you.
by Martin
Fri Mar 08, 2024 2:25 pm
Forum: Offtopic
Topic: Happy birthday Martin!
Replies: 13
Views: 169

Re: Happy birthday Martin!

Nothing special planned, we are going out for lunch tomorrow with the whole family.
I have visited the cellar to pick out a couple of quite special beers for later though
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by Martin
Fri Mar 08, 2024 9:31 am
Forum: Offtopic
Topic: Happy birthday Martin!
Replies: 13
Views: 169

Re: Happy birthday Martin!

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Thank you.
I thought that after sixteen years I should post a photo of the watch I bought back in 2008. Alongside is my current watch. One of them cost £157!
by Martin
Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:06 pm
Forum: Other Brands
Topic: ONLINE DATING...... FOR OMEGA MODELS
Replies: 4
Views: 338

Re: ONLINE DATING...... FOR OMEGA MODELS

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Late 19th century Omega in the hand.
by Martin
Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: Offtopic
Topic: A question for the retirees
Replies: 29
Views: 630

Re: A question for the retirees

Sounds perfect, Downer. Your point 1 reminded me that the first thing I did was book a holiday to Cuba.
by Martin
Tue Jan 16, 2024 5:02 pm
Forum: Offtopic
Topic: A question for the retirees
Replies: 29
Views: 630

Re: A question for the retirees

I retired from teaching in 2015. Some people seem to want detailed plans for day 1 onwards: that is not (was not) me. It took eighteen months to get the teaching mindset removed. Thinking about school, the curriculum, the kids - the whole thing. I nwould pass on one piece of advice: don't rush into ...
by Martin
Mon Jan 01, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: Offtopic
Topic: Best live albums
Replies: 32
Views: 1360

Re: Best live albums

Some personal favourites here: Weld Neil Young Crazy Horse Minimum Maximum Kraftwerk Lament Einsturzende Neubauten Live at Birdland John Coltrane Band of Gypsys Roxy and Elsewhere Zappa/Mothers and an album Rolling Stone magazine described as 'more a crime scene' Live at the Star Club Jerry Lee Lewi...
by Martin
Sun Nov 26, 2023 10:58 am
Forum: Offtopic
Topic: Happy birthday Bahnstormer_vRS!
Replies: 32
Views: 688

Re: Happy birthday Bahnstormer_vRS!

Have a great day!
by Martin
Thu Nov 02, 2023 7:22 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Twelve years on - what’s changed?
Replies: 51
Views: 2705

Re: Twelve years on - what’s changed?

@Martin For all the convenience, I still dislike buying things online. I like to go to a bricks and mortar establishment, be served by a flesh and blood human and, for less expensive things, pay with folding and jingly stuff! :D The irony being you are a moderator on an online forum of a watch comp...
by Martin
Thu Nov 02, 2023 5:35 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Twelve years on - what’s changed?
Replies: 51
Views: 2705

Re: Twelve years on - what’s changed?

Thinking back to 2008 when I joined, one factor so far not mentioned is the tools available to someone searching for a new watch. In my youth, one went to town and visited a jeweller. In 2008 I wanted something a bit different, something a bit more special. By then, we had the internet and google wa...
by Martin
Wed Nov 01, 2023 5:33 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Twelve years on - what’s changed?
Replies: 51
Views: 2705

Re: Twelve years on - what’s changed?

I joined in March 2008, quickly buying a quartz C1 and an automatic C5 Aviator. The latter costing £157!
by Martin
Thu Oct 12, 2023 7:48 am
Forum: Offtopic
Topic: What are you drinking right now....?
Replies: 3216
Views: 253752

Re: What are you drinking right now....?

¡Cerveza española! After a day of dinning their lingo into recalcitrant youth, along with associated admin, I deserve a bottle of their finest. Lovely beer, Dibley Co-op has been selling it for a while. IMG_0694.jpeg Glad you enjoyed it. Unfortunately it is as Spanish as I am. A triumph of very cle...
by Martin
Tue Sep 05, 2023 4:35 pm
Forum: Straps
Topic: Peccary and alligator straps?
Replies: 13
Views: 422

Re: Peccary and alligator straps?

What you get for driving a volkswagen.
by Martin
Thu Aug 31, 2023 1:09 pm
Forum: Offtopic
Topic: Digging the escape tunnel
Replies: 28
Views: 967

Re: Digging the escape tunnel

It strikes me you have already answered your own question. Keep the IWC and El Primero. Sell the rest.
by Martin
Sat Jul 29, 2023 11:37 am
Forum: Offtopic
Topic: Pet Pronunciation Hates
Replies: 67
Views: 1723

Re: Pet Pronunciation Hat

iain wrote: Sat Jul 29, 2023 11:19 am I’ve always struggled to correctly say the ‘th’ sound, it comes out sounding like ‘F’

As my wife wife keeps telling me “I can’t say fairer than that then”…..
Which one?
The third man.
The first sound in the first two words are different.
Just for clarification.(!)