OK, so I may not be a gentleman 100% of the time, but I know how to put on a pretty good act...
Anyway, a few tools of the trade that I've recently acquired:
(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w317/spcterry/IMG_20100813_211616.jpg)
A Pfeilring 3-way cigar cutter, with Solingen blade. The fixed blade is a Raleigh Tabor custom.
(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w317/spcterry/dunhill2.jpg)
This is a serious big boy toy. A 14k gold plated Dunhill Rollagas lighter. Retail is ~$650, I paid $50.
Very nice, but I wonder why this is on a motorcycle forum. Something tells me your lighter is a knock-off. That's too cheap for something that retails for six bills. If you paid three hundred I'd be inclined to believe it's the real thing, but not for fifty bucks.
It's not in a motorcycle forum, it's in an Odds and Ends forums. That's fair game. I've gotten some pretty nice stuff for cheap, and I've sold nice stuff for cheap just because someone was a friend, or I didn't feel like dealing with it. I've also sold plenty of junk on ebay for 99cents that I wanted a LOT more money for, but if no one bids, that's what I end up with.
You're obviously not familiar with Dunhill. There are no respectable knock offs. It is quite real.
It was a thrift shop find, just like my Hugh Mesibov one-off etching for which a gallery offered me $2000. I assume you'll think that the etching is fake as well since I paid $5?? You would, again, be quite wrong. Actually, the artist was rather excited to see that this piece was still alive when I contacted him for authentication.
Evening refreshments
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GW, thrift, flea and CL is full of clueless morons. Sadly this can work both in your favor, or completely against you.
You can pick up seriously cool stuff for dirt cheap, better yet, they cannot tell when its working and not working. I bought a "dead onkyo integra tx sv 909pro" for cheap with original remote etc etc ... it is a 262 watt a channel home theater amp that will blow away 5g stuff made today. Its a 01-02 make super cool, and it was dead, cos in 1 of the surround modes it didn't send sound to the rear channels that the genius connected hin speakers to. Yes, in "live" mode, it doesn't send sound to rear. Gee ... maybe its meant to make you think you're standing @ a "live" concert where all the music is in front of you. Oh, yea, the guy never tested it in any other mode. I fixed it in his driveway with his little speakers still connected by pressing a button, the right arrow button. I then left it sitting there while the fool cranked it to 8 and had his speakers decimated.
I got those free ... guess what they were ... bang and olufsen. I come home and remove the covers and ruin the glue on the cover ... they look fine. I open them - fuse - blown. I go huh ... sure enough put the right 7.5 amp one in, and it works perfect. Metal cabinet little guys that really sound great albeit handle less than 50-60W.
Of course for every one of those, there is 10 clowns selling white van garbage for 1500 bucks cos the cover says retail of 3500. Better yet is the fool that says, man this thing sells on fleabay for 1000's, and he has the printout. Except he's missed the model and the thing is sitting there asking 1000's ... completed auctions barely break a few 100. I know one guy who's selling a pioneer sx-890 with a printout from a SX-1980. Not even close, 1980 is 260 watt a channel 6 speaker output made in very small numbers and an 890 is a 40 watt POS. Yea, the "pichuuurrr loook jus liek dat" yea ... sure. 1000 bucks @ your podunk town flea market ... aint happenin even if you did have a 1980.
Anyway I navigate around the greedy fools, and buy from the clueless.
Old electronics is where there is a lot of ignorance, and I can easily see how it translates to art/accessories like these. Some GW and thrifts set a policy - if it doesn't sell in 2 weeks price gets 1/2 ed. Sorta find its market if you will.
Anyway getting educated is the key. You like somehting, better bone up on it. The pretty stuff may be over produced and worth a lot less than something that was not that common but uglier.
Cool.
Buddha.
I too have found some great deals on used electroics. Recently had my crappy sub blow in my home surround system. It was a pawn shop find that was crap when it was made but gave some low end.....very little.
Anyway, cruising CL for more stuff I don't really need....
Found a velodyne 12" powered sub. The guy said he wanted $100 which was fair enough. Went to see it and he was an audiophile since way back when. We shot the breeze about electronics and the progress made from pro logic to AC3 to 7.2. Anyway, The guy was cool as a fan and had serious coin. The sub that replaced this one was $3000.
He sold me that sub for $75 cuz it was going to a good home.....and gave me a TV stand to get it out of his office.
Good stuff!
I used to go to the pawn shop and see the clearance table of "broken-as is" stuff. Bought 4 car amps that were "damaged". No fried smell....took them apart and it was fuses inside (tube type) One was DOA......but 3 good amps for 12 bucks is not bad. I like messing with the stuff even if I can't fix em all. The success rate is pretty high considering my minimal test equipment. Multi meter and a soldering iron....magnifying glass at times...
Anyway, had to throw my $.02 in there.
Congrats on the Dunhill..... :cheers:
Oh Firewalker you're gonna cry ...
I too have a velo - SC1250i is the name 12inch active front firing woofer and a down firing 15 passive, watch the July 4th fireworks in it and it will change your life ... well you need a good amp like my oink or the dsp 3090 yammie I am currently using.
Here is why you're gonna cry.
I got that in close to good shape ... but rear legs missing, esle perfect, a 4 pack of linaeum optimus'es, 2 floor standers wiht 2 8's and top firing linaeum tweeter, in perfect shape wth 1 edge broken on 1 top cover - that's it and a set of the 12 X 12 X 16 size with 10 inch kevlar woofer top firing linaeum in perfect shape and all this cost me the healthy amount of 50 bones. GW clowns ... BTW I snagged them 5 mins after they put em out. The guy in back as he was loading said, "oh man I just sit these out front".
It replaced the Polk psw 50 sub which frankly was out classed by the 20 buck 1958 Electrovoice sp12's ... so bad that I had to swap the EV's for an ess tempest pair just so it will have crappy bass, so the polk sub wont feel rattly ...
Now I had to pull the sub deeper into the room, sitting the thing closer to the fronts made it feel like the house was going to fall down.
I love buying audio that "dont work" and fixing it in front of them. I bought an onkyo tx3000 for $5 that wasn't making sound ... and fixed it ... by pressing the Tape/monitor button. I also fixed another by pressing the "fm mute" button and a third by pressing the "mute" button. That guy said, man at full volume it make very little sound, you barely hear it. I said OK sure 5 bucks its worth it in parts. Mute is 20 db down, not shut off in most amps. My kenny was full shut off though ... most of the rest is -20db.
Your dead sub - was it a KLH ? I had one of those sizzle upon plug in. What a POS. Suposedly it can catch fire @ operation. WTF ??? if you were out, and left it powered on like people mostly do ... you could come back to see a burnt down house.
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Buddha.
Oh test equipment ... I bought a oscilloscope, a cap/resistor machine, a transistor tester ... all for 5 bucks with user manual, never mind I cant use a scope yet. The guy I bought it from says when I ask him how to use the scope ... you want me to show you how this big thing works - I say yes, he says, so you knwo what the little ones do ... I said yea ... he says teach me man, I dunno, I got all this crap from my old room mate who skip town. I went ... "dude you do electrical work" he said ... hell no. I said, dont worry about it then it take me too long to explain it.
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Buddha.
Quote from: The Buddha on August 23, 2010, 01:05:24 PM
all this cost me the healthy amount of 50 bones.
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Buddha.
:icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek:
Wow!!!
Love that.
This sub that krapped on me was a Phillips or Magnavox that would have been included in a cheap theater package. About the only sound you heard was "thump on" when you powered it up. Picked it up for maybe $5 .... many years ago.
I think the velo I have may have the passive driver in it as well....not sure. Even at 1/3 volume it's more bass then I would ever need. Amazing!!! She's a pig too....weighs around 80#.
Man, the scope and all the other test equipment would be cool to learn how to use. I am setting up my barn to have a few different areas of work. My main hobby is building furniture out of wood. My woodshop has been in storage for 6 years so I am pretty jazzed about getting it out. The main section will be for mechanics...wanting to restore an old muscle car with each of my sons....the other section will be straight up man cave/sports bar/grill. It's a 40x40 barn so it should be plenty of space.
We totally hijacked this thread BTW. Not very gentlemen of us???? Sorry OP :embarassed:
There is a audio meetup group in charlotte.
That velodyne seriously has handed me bragging rights on a platter.
However cool the heil's are, there is another guy who has a much much nicer set. Except he has 5-600 bones in it, including the cost of mailing the damn things to CA to get them all "factory right". Fine ... except the idiotic 12 woofer they put in it was crappy by 1977 standards, and today's 40 buck dayton dc300/315 will bury it.
The coolest crap I got is the velo, the oink 909, and the grommes g75. Cos no one has nothing even close. Home theater receivers, I got #1, #2 and #3 in our little group. No one knows what to buy, what to look for, and what to avoid. They cannot understand how a marantz 580 sounds better than the dsp 3090 for music, but gets killed in a HT setup by the yammie.
Look under the velo, 15 inch passive. Y'know you could put a high compliance 12 passive in front, and a high spl 15 in place of that passive. Or find a high spl, high Qts passive and put it in, and seal the front with a bar stool seat. Sealed cabinets sound waaaaay better if you have the woofer that is built for it. Qts of near about 1 should be a good starting point.
Y'know speakers are all about moving air. Much like a motor/carb/pipe combo. No wonder these things seel to speak to me ... oh wait a sec, that's zepellin saying "buying a stairway to heaven". Oh ... OK.
Spc we oughta thank him and apologise for the hijack ... we're talking man toys still.
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Buddha.
I just sold 5 pressurized security camera housings for $500 that I paid $15 for at an auction.
Good flip Holmes! :woohoo:
Quote from: Firewalker on August 24, 2010, 09:43:09 AM
Good flip Holmes! :woohoo:
Its not a flip. In fact I hate the word flip. Flip is when you buy something and sell it hoping to make $ at the time of sale mainly cos the market has changed not at the time you bought it cos you bought a under valued item.
Spc made his $ when he bought it. Its hard to describe it any better, but its totally counter intuitive. I have tried to explain it to my friend who seriously seems to get stupider by the minute. He also finds "water wetter" funny and a scam. Water is already wet ... how does this make it wetter. same clown also thinks "Pakisthan is in India".
Anyway, knowing what you're looking at is the key. Spc did in this case, several times what the seller knew.
BTW spc I thought you were all about drinking and chasing russian chicks. WTF happened to you.
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Buddha.
I still enjoy a few drinks and a fine Russian specimen, I just enjoy some of the finer things as well these days :thumb:
Quote from: spc on August 24, 2010, 05:07:23 PM
I still enjoy a few drinks and a fine Russian specimen, I just enjoy some of the finer things as well these days :thumb:
Good to know you do count those 2 as 2 separate 1/2's of your preferences.
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Buddha.
Quote from: The Buddha on August 24, 2010, 02:07:45 PM
Quote from: Firewalker on August 24, 2010, 09:43:09 AM
Good flip Holmes! :woohoo:
Its not a flip. In fact I hate the word flip. Flip is when you buy something and sell it hoping to make $ at the time of sale mainly cos the market has changed not at the time you bought it cos you bought a under valued item.
Spc made his $ when he bought it. Its hard to describe it any better, but its totally counter intuitive. I have tried to explain it to my friend who seriously seems to get stupider by the minute. He also finds "water wetter" funny and a scam. Water is already wet ... how does this make it wetter. same clown also thinks "Pakisthan is in India".
Anyway, knowing what you're looking at is the key. Spc did in this case, several times what the seller knew.
BTW spc I thought you were all about drinking and chasing russian chicks. WTF happened to you.
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Buddha.
I think it is your right to hate the term flip.......but it is the same concept as turning...... such as I am going to buy these rifles to turn. Same exact thing but different wording. I see it as buying something that is undervalued with no other intent but to sell it for a quick profit. He gained the potential for making money when he bought them...but he certainly spent money at that moment. As you said, we look at it differently and that is why the world is not so boring of a place.
As far as water wetter, I am not sure how it actually gets wetter but there are products that decrease surface tension that help water to be more effective at what is is supposed to do. Surfactant is one that comes to mind. It is used by farmers as well as in the medical industry for treatment of premature neonates to get their lungs working.
I can't believe we are talking about this......! Tired/worn out/gonna "flip" off the lights and go to bed. Later man.... O0
Quote from: The Buddha on August 24, 2010, 09:39:49 PM
Good to know you do count those 2 as 2 separate 1/2's of your preferences.
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Buddha.
Gotta keep em pretty separate, those Russky's will drink you under the table and if you're not on your guard, they'll handcuff you to their bed and leave you there for a day with a note about hoping they got pregnant so they can stay in the country... :icon_rolleyes:
Actually, it was recently pointed out, that based off my last several lady friends, I might have a death wish.
The current is an 18 year old with a Ranger, SGM father :mad:
The one before that I broke things off with pretty quick, 17 (she lied about her age, I don't go below 18) and her dad was a SEAL :mad: :mad:
The one before that was a shrink and I'm almost positive that her dad was a spook :cookoo:
Oh Fluck spc - now imagine what are the various other things that would fit in that cigar cutter you just bought for 5 bones. Now It dont seem like such a bargain now would it.
Firewalker: I wont say it was undervalued that was the whole point. In the situation it was in or owned or sold by the guy that it was currently owned by it was undervalued maybe. I just say, it was owned by someone who was clueless.
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Buddha.
This one told me that Ranger/Dad smokes cigars as well. Think that when I finally have to meet him, I'm gonna bring one the Cohibas made in Havana that I've been stashing in my humidor for an emergency. That should be a decent peace offering.
Goin to the auction tonight. Hopefully, I'll score more shaZam! to turn over for $$$$$ :thumb:
What audtion is this ?
I am stalking old people for their audio equipment. That after one old guy told me "you can get it after you pry it from my cold dead hands".
I said OK then next week ??? I was good friends with him ... so we kid around. he had to sell his 80 watt amplifier, cos when he turned it up to full volume, he could not hear it. Now he needs a 150 watt amp turned up to 8. His neighbors would complain, but they know he cannot hear it.
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Buddha.
It's way down in the bowels of Georgia. I've gotten some sweet finds to turn over there. Bought a pristine 1951 Black's Law Dictionary for $2, sold it for $80 inside of a week
You find audio equipment ?
I am looking for old ... 70's 100 watts a channel and up amps. These guys are easy to find, they are big, heavy and are metal and wood. Shiny aluminum, wood and steel.
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Srinath.
Never know what they'll have. I'll keep my eyes open though!
Oooo this one is a score, heck scoooooooooooooooooooooooooooore ... not enough o's in the world ... for this score.
I got a pioneer elite 49 TX with original remote for 40 bucks, cos the rich people that bought it new in 03 were "upgrading" to HDMI. So they bought this sleek tiny (or did she say tinny ... not sure) some of other ... so they dont need this one cos it wasn't hdmi. It was too heavy that with her bad back she could not lift it. Better yet, she listed the model wrong - dsx 49 TX instead of VSX, and completely forgot to write that it was a "elite" series pioneer. With original remote, in cherry condition. The remote alone is worth 3X what I paid ... I love the HDMI thing, people think they have to "upgrade" to it, and naturally I end up with their "old junk".
Yea yea HDMI is great ... dont bash me with that, I am a student of technology too. Except, you can run video via hdmi, and audio via a real receiver amplifier and have the beast ... HDMI still isn't any better than component video, though it is capable of ... wait till the technology catches up ... and even so, sound is a whole other animal. Anyway The 1200 watts I connected up today and blasted a couple of Led zeppelin songs and it was so loud, people the next street over couldn't hear their thoughts.
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Buddha.
Hahaha.......I love rich people! (or their hand me downs)
Yeah, the current set up I run uses HDMI for vid.......Optical for sound. There is NO benefit or upgrade on sound quality using HDMI instead of optical cable. Once they do come down in price I hope to find one with HDMI pass through to keep source selection tidy.
Sadly though I am trying to sell some stuff and all I get asked is - does it have hdmi.
However it was cheap enough that it finally sold.
The 49tx needed massive ass speakers, so I got these dj/band ones in trade for some stuff from my friend. 300 watts of clean crisp and loud sound, and 101 db sensitivity. The bloody thing will now deafen people in africa.
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Buddha.
Here are my gentleman's toys:
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Quote from: bombadillo on August 31, 2010, 02:56:16 PM
Here are my gentleman's toys:
(http://i95.photobucket.com/albums/l122/bombadillo08/guns/100_3043.jpg)
ooooooooooh!!! I approve!
Nice Wesson!
The one on the left sporting Colt grips? Is it a heavily modified Colt or just a build on a Colt Frame? In the pic, it almost looks like the barrel has been jeweled...
Its an Eddie Jiminea Custom. Its a Series 70 with a TON of work done to it. Its got a hand flared magwell, those grips are hand carved to match the flare, hand checkered front strap, mainspring housing, trigger guard, slide stop, recoil spring cap, fitted barrel, fitted bushing, tuned trigger/sear/hammer, custom front sight, Bo-Mar rear sight, checkered rear of frame, titanium firing pin, Swenson Ambi safety, Safari grip safety, chamfered slide stop hole, stepped barrel over the chamber, Gold Cup trigger, and it feels as though I'm leaving some stuff out but I can't remember off the top of my head. Anyway, its a REALLY nice gun worth in the $2400 ballpark. Its in the shop getting the sear angle adjusted right now by a smith in Redding, CA but I can't wait to get her back to shoot again. The Wesson is just stock with a Wilson Combat "speed chute" and 47d magazines which I run in all my 1911's. Glad you like them. :cheers:
I really like the 1911 and I'm looking to owning one myself when I'm old enough
Haha, don't do it. They're like potato chips and crack; once you get one, you get 9 more!! Same thing with AR-15's mine keep multiplying.
It didn't look particularly stock for any brand so I was figuring it to be a custom. The Wesson is a fine looking gun as well, I've not owned one (almost got a Dan Wesson .44mag with the interchangeable barrels though) but I've heard nothing but good about them.
Still, you've not shot 'til you've shot a fixed barrel H&K.
Quote from: bombadillo on August 31, 2010, 06:20:04 PM
Haha, don't do it. They're like potato chips and crack; once you get one, you get 9 more!! Same thing with AR-15's mine keep multiplying.
You know the ARs used to be stocked all the time at academy etc. After the change of office they seem to be rare as hell. You finding the same thing?
Have you ever had one chambered in 308? Might be a good all around gun....dunno...just a thought.
Speaking of AR's - I got a set of AR TSW 910's yesterday. The rumors about their weight - absolutely true. 5ft 3-4 in and 135 lb. Scareeeee ...
You meant acoustic research right ?
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Buddha.
Well, I'd say that all of my hobbies, (Sound included, which i've cut way back on because I have a baby on the way) are all equally potentially expensive. I can drop a couple hundred or a couple thousand on the same thing and it all boils down to how much you really really want to spend on it. Motorcycles, cars, guns, audio, (insert your hobby here) all end up costing too much if you let it.
I've been done in by free stuff. The first 3-4 pieces of good audio I got were free ... but in the end I prolly have a few 100 in it, atleast partially cos I fixed and sold a few. Like a drug addict becoming a dealer to recoup some $.
BTW I saw a set of jbl 4311's @ GW on the way back form work yesterday. 10 bucks, but they were sold.
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Buddha.
Quote from: bombadillo on September 03, 2010, 08:10:23 AM
Well, I'd say that all of my hobbies, (Sound included, which i've cut way back on because I have a baby on the way) are all equally potentially expensive. I can drop a couple hundred or a couple thousand on the same thing and it all boils down to how much you really really want to spend on it. Motorcycles, cars, guns, audio, (insert your hobby here) all end up costing too much if you let it.
Try booze and cigars. I was seriously considering buying a Glenfiddich 40 year the other day....... I must have been drunk. I did buy a VERY nice cigar from our friends down south the other day...... $50 for 1 cigar...
Damn.....that is an occasion cigar for me for sure. The most I spent on one was for a highly anticipate Monte #2 if memory serves. Torpedo.....rated like a 97 or so. Bout 25-30 at the time. Pissed me off!!! Wouldn't draw worth a crap. Ended up running a coat hanger through it just to smoke it. Best I ever smoked was a Cohiba 5/50 robusto. Loved every one I smoked. The cuban version is what I had. Haven't tried the Dominican.
Thank ya baby Jesus for not letting my taste buds acquire a taste for scotch. Have tried a few but it's not my thing. Easier on the wallet though. Have had a couple friends who thought "Scotch or nothing".
What has been the best cigar you ever smoked?
Not me - I love scotch. Thankfully I think its too pompous to be drinking scotch unless @ a celebration of some kind ...
I prefer beer or a thrown together cocktail, like throw in what you have - vodka, lemon juice, ginger ale ... actually I make long island ice tea with sugar, lime and ginger ale instead of coke + the liquor mix that comes in a bottle - quite good if you ask me.
The jokes about buddha's cheap ass beer aside, I really like hefeweizen, used to love shiner hefe, till IMHO, Trader joe upstaged that.
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buddha.
I get into the amber ales/porter/stout........
There is a brewery here that makes chicken killer. Two pint max heavily enforced. I was thinking c'mon now. Lemme tell ya something. I had a ale......then two pints of CK...... took a 3 hour unplanned nap.
I think it's 11 or 12 percent. (it's just below the level where beer won't carbonate) Classified as a barley wine ale. If you see it grab a bomber or two. Stay home to do this!!!
Enjoy. :cheers:
Firewalker: It was a properly aged 1980 vintage Cohiba from THE island. Absolute bliss. For more frequent, quality, I alternate Gurkha Warlords and Joya de Nicaragua Dark Corojos. The JdN dark corojo is a serious kick in the pants if you're a neophyte cigar aficionado.
As for beer, my guilty pleasure is Duvel. It's a Belgian concoction and ridiculously smooth. They sell it by the 750ml for ~$10 per. One of those and a JdN dark corojo is all you need to make your night calm.
Scotch: I keep wondering what Amex would do if I ordered a bottle of the 55 year Macallen in the lalique bottle :icon_rolleyes: :icon_rolleyes: I bet it's smooth as butter, but I could buy a well sorted 996 for the same price...
Trappistes Rochefort #10 or Westmalle tripel Are my beer guilty pleasures.
There was a super cool beer thread, we prolly need to add these to that, though its spc's thread, so I'd just let the idea out there and hey ... this is O & E, besides searching and breaking it and adding etc etc sounds like real work.
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Srinath.
Well, sold the dunhill.......for $200, then bought a tortoise shell one on ebay for $50... Just bought the super fagdeluxe 16 sampler on Thompson as well, a 16 count long fill sampler of Gurkha, CAO, RP, etc.
Nice, very nice, much like the 10 buck reel to reel I unloaded on friday for 250. Better yet, I have 2 others that work. Better pic them and sell em. I got 2 more tha tdont work but they got these insane tube pre amps in them and one have effects with tubes, though it got a bunch of hard to find tubes in the effects, the 12ax7 I got but there is a few I have never heard of.
In any case ... keep on trucking SPC.
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Buddha.
I picked up a small set of Naval Aviator Wings today. Paid $5 and was a little hesitant to pay that. Get 'em back and do a little digging. They're Balfour, gold plated, pre-WWII and worth about ~$100 :thumb:
Those came from the same shop where I got the personal scrapbook of Frank Buchanan. Any old school aviation buffs here should know the name. I've got pre war letters of reference, tons of photos and even the telegram he received informing him of his father's death. Also have a small plaquard reads "Frank Buchanan Happy Landings The Crew" Made out of sheet 1/8" steel
Oh, love it when you tell Idiots something and they "get" the exact opposite.
Today I walk into one of my old favorite hole in the wall thrift stores. Gone is the 6ft 6 southern dude called reverend and his brit wife I believe called flower, and there is a southern lady. Now get this, the store looks just like my friend except 1/4 of the stuff was there and it had been rearranged. So I ask her, where is the reverend ... she said, oh, he still does wood and auto out in the other 1/2 but we're just moving in. I say, but this looks like the stuff he had, same old furnitire, tv and bs and assorted stuff from local yard sales. She goes ... nope, this was all hers. I tell her, well there was all of this and 3 X more ... and after checking her prices, I told her, I bought some coffee tables form him for $10, this and that for $1, or records for 50 c etc and he still had trouble getting rid of this crap, and she is 3-4 X more ... she goes, oh now that I know you're a collector I'd get some more. I repeat to her, no that's not what I'm saying, he was selling this same type of stuff and had a lot more of it, and he managed to sell very little. She goes, great, I'll get more when I find it. Some people are stupid. It was a junk store with low prices. It flopped, now a junk store with high prices, yea that's gonna work.
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Buddha.
Quote from: bill14224 on August 21, 2010, 06:50:01 PM
Very nice, but I wonder why this is on a motorcycle forum. Something tells me your lighter is a knock-off. That's too cheap for something that retails for six bills. If you paid three hundred I'd be inclined to believe it's the real thing, but not for fifty bucks.
He attends many auctions. items like htat dunhill. (ive got one, was my grandmothers) as well as a 14k gold pocket watch ( maker yet unidentified unsigned, its a mystery) :technical:
Quote from: bombadillo on August 31, 2010, 06:20:04 PM
Haha, don't do it. They're like potato chips and crack; once you get one, you get 9 more!! Same thing with AR-15's mine keep multiplying.
Aint that the effin truth >:( :2guns: :2guns: :2guns: but it can be a good thing
Dammit yama, take care of yourself. If you were here, I'd refer you to a VERY good free clinic that would get you the care and even surgery you might need.
Brighter note: a guy from my church gave me a few 'La Gloria Cubanas' today and they're not made in the DR.
Just got this little Beauty in the mail a few days ago.
She's a 1942 Rolex Oyster Essex 15J hand wound.
(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w317/spcterry/rolex.jpg)
I also ordered a box of Gurkha's from Thompson that should be showing up tomorrow :)
Ooooo I got an omega for my wife ~2 years ago @ a yard sale, $10 for a jewellry box with 1/2 full of jewellry. 2 days later when opening and clearing it I come across this beauty. My Wife said its "not real" very dismissively. But ... as a proud owner of a drawer full of fake watches ... I tell her, no way this is a fake. Correct I was. Not very valuable, maybe a 40-50 buck fleabay item in the condition it was in ... but very real and well worth the $10 we forked for the thing and the box. The rest was rhinestones and junk. We handed it off to the fruity wanna be music producer along with a "Prince naked on the cover record " ... ewwwww ... ghastly. I loved hiding it in something like a book or news paper/mag and handing it to my friend to "read".
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Buddha.
Quote from: spc on October 10, 2010, 07:57:16 PM
Just got this little Beauty in the mail a few days ago.
She's a 1942 Rolex Oyster Essex 15J hand wound.
(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w317/spcterry/rolex.jpg)
I also ordered a box of Gurkha's from Thompson that should be showing up tomorrow :)
That is a nice watch SPC
I'm loving the watch. As long as you keep it wound, it keeps perfect time as well. War era Rolexes aren't exactly common either.
Quote from: spc on October 13, 2010, 10:09:33 AM
I'm loving the watch. As long as you keep it wound, it keeps perfect time as well. War era Rolexes aren't exactly common either.
What is one worth thereabouts? Or I should say, what should I be expecting to pay for one?
I paid $1k though it's worth about twice that. You can find older oyster hand wound models for $1500 all day and perpetuals pretty reliably for $2k.
Wow dude ... a G ... anyway the old had wound rolexes are pretty good, personallt I'd stay away from any automatic tha tuses a 28 series movement. Especially a 2824. Oh a 2896 too, many bells and whistles but no better reliability. New 28 series ones were going to 300-400, tissot and tag especially. Now rolex and omega buy the movements and mod them heavily. Some others like tag and tissot do not. You need to get a 75 series auto if you're getting one ...
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Buddha.
I went down to the watchmaker with it looking for a new band (17mm is an odd size and it's a beotch finding long bands) My future landlord (new business I'm starting) was there with his ceramic bezel GMT II, said it usually comes in every 6 months :cookoo: I'm not sure which movement the GMT II uses, but I've heard of a lot of people having issues with the newer ones.
I'm pretty sure a 70's Omega Constellation and a Gruen Curvex are coming to my jewelry case pretty soon.
New Neighbors! I didn't even know the house was on the market, but it wasn't for long. The bright side: The new neighbors have a very cute 20 year old daughter. The bad: she's 20, there's opportunity for me to get in trouble over that fact, thus I will, most likely, get in trouble...
Holeeee cow ... I am tempted to call this the most underrated piece of audio equipment ... though in my heart of hearts I'd give that to the heils. Behringer 1954 tube processor.
The complaints about it are numerous ... mostly that they do nothing. Worse yet they get used by DJ's as mixers and they get fiddled and hammered like it was a rapper's beeeyotch.
The trick is - turn it on a good 20 mins before you run music through it ... mine is 20 mins, others may be more. Then dont majorly fiddle with it. Run a very accurate and analytical amp ... and this will come through and make the analytical amp get soft and pleasant but still not lose the good highs. My nad 2400 produced glittering highs, even had good bass, it may just be the perfect amp to run with the 1954.
My neighbors told me you can jam with the best of em, but the good thing is you play good music on some good equipment. Not just loud trash on trash.
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Buddha.
Quote from: The Buddha on September 03, 2010, 07:39:49 PMI love scotch. Thankfully I think its too pompous to be drinking scotch unless @ a celebration of some kind
Drinking Scotch IS a celebration of some kind.
As luck would have it, I just happened to be finishing off a little right now... Mmmm... Celebration....
And... Special Terry... We've known that smoking is bad since 1954... Dude... It's 2010, get with the times.
Quote from: A Non eMouse on October 21, 2010, 02:21:06 AM
And... Special Terry... We've known that smoking is bad since 1954... Dude... It's 2010, get with the times.
Ai ai ai ... with all the other crap terry does you are picking on smoking ...
I think he only does cigars though ...
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Buddha.
Y'know what else is bad for you? Breathing, drinking water, eating, typing at a computer. You're gonna die one day, why not enjoy the finer things in life for the duration?????
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Tonight's indulgences, enjoyed while listening to Buddy Guy's new album.
This gentleman just picked up a fine new tool, been looking for a nice pocket carry pistol, found a mint condition S&W model 36 nickel plated in the box with it's original sales receipt from from 1972.
It's almost a shame to carry it or shoot it but nothing I own will ever go unfired.
Now with pictures :)
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Excellent choices for EDC kit.
Quote from: k.rollin on November 16, 2010, 07:30:18 PM
Excellent choices for EDC kit.
Yeah I can drop the smith and 2 speed strips in a pocket where my 1911 is not feasible even IWB.
That's a beauty BP! Congrats!
I picked up a late 19th century Thomas Turner straight razor at auction the other day. It needs a bit of rejuvenation, but it's pretty solid and at 7/8, it's a hefty blade.
Also, got a few boxes of stogies comin' in tomorrow. A box of Gurkha Triple Ligero, a box of JdN Feurte and a box of JdN Antano DC along with a handful of loose cigars :D
Quote from: bettingpython on November 16, 2010, 07:40:37 PM
Quote from: k.rollin on November 16, 2010, 07:30:18 PM
Excellent choices for EDC kit.
Yeah I can drop the smith and 2 speed strips in a pocket where my 1911 is not feasible even IWB.
I definitely need a smaller piece for warm weather carry. This past summer I open carried my full size M&P 40, but I have to take it off if I go to Costco or some other anti-rights establishment since my summer attire isn't going to conceal it. A J frame or CZ 2075 RAMI seems to be the ticket at the moment.
Warm weather is actually easier for me to carry my 1911 or XD. Hawaiian shirts are acceptable attire, it's winter time when I wear long sleeve dress shirts that have to be tucked into my slacks that causes me problems.
We have no open carry in OK only CCW. Maybe this year we get that changed.
Python, where do you live?? Are you in California like me?
Oklahoma, indian territory you know where we still have problems with the natives burning down wagon trains.
Actually I kid about the indian troubles part but I had a lady ask me about that last year when we were coming back from Maine on a flight.
I carry my P9S in a MSOB (basically kidney carry with a SOB cant) almost exclusively, but I don't really bother with true concealment. As long as the weapon is covered by cloth, I'm GTG.
The JdN Corojos are just excellent. A connecticut wrapper smoking neighbor was over when I lit one up and had to leave because the smoke was too much for him! :o Definitely not a cigar for neophytes...
Checked out a S&W Bodyguard in .380 today. Seems pretty solid and has a laser built in... I might have to get one before summer comes again, for now, the P9S stays comfortable tucked on my waist.
Bought a box of Gurkha G5 Avenger and a couple 5 packs of Gurkha Triple Ligero the other day. I need to finish up converting this old (I'm guessing 1880's to 1900's) night stand into a drawer humidor. I finished the structural repairs, just need to cedar line it, drill out some stabilization holes in the top drawer, season it and GO!
Still haven't made up my mind on the Smith, but I did go ahead and upgrade phones today. I went into the Verizon store and messed with 'em all, finally settling on the Droid Pro, went home and ordered it so I would get the rebate instantly rather than via mail-in. Should be here in the morning as all phones have free overnight shipping. The one I played with in store was blazing fast, a few reviews I've seen show it as one of the fastest phones on the market.
The phone kicks A$$! very fast and I love the keyboard. Gonna head outside, light up a Kristoff Sumatra, pour a few fingers of Talisker and relax.
SPC you order from Thompson for your smokage? I get their catalogues and have yet to be able to nail down a decisive sampler. Previously I got a small cherrywood humidor(which needs some repair now, the humidifyer portion was supposed to stick to the roof of the box but does not now) and a handful of their "house" brand cigars. My father orders from Thompson as well and seems to like everything. However, he doesn't drink so he can't really give me pointers on good cigar/drink combos.
I order from cigarsinternational.com these days. Thompson has issues keeping their warehouse properly temp/humidity control. CI does a great job with everything and has some incredible deals. They have a 'make me an offer' section that's a haven for dirt cheap, yet quality, cigars. For humidification, CI has tons of options, I would suggest one of the gel compounds, they come in tubes or tubs. Two tubes or one tub should be more than enough to keep that small thompson special properly humidified.
Great brand at a fair price suggestion: La Aroma de Cuba. It's a newer blend with a lot of flavor, but not overpowering strength.
I'm a fan of the darker blend Gurkha's....... G5, Triple Ligero, Assassin, etc. They're, retail, 8-12 a stick, but using the MMAO option on CI, I've gotten them as low as ~$3 a stick. Hard to beat at that price.
As for drink combo's, one of my favorite things to do is grab the Sam Adam's 24 pack seasonal samplers from Sam's club and experiment. It's reasonably cheap and SA makes a decent brew. Scotch tends to go well with almost any cigar and the Glenfiddich 15yr is easy to find at ~$40 a bottle and pretty good, step up would be the Talisker 10yr at ~$60 a bottle and one of my personal favorite picks. The Talisker is by far worth getting if you're at all a fan of Scotch, all of the flavor of Laphroig without the bitterness.
First time with an AVO LE10 tonight. The price is a little intimidating, but it's easily the best non-island cigar I've ever had. Couples nicely with a 15yr Tobermory.
Oooo man I got my carvin speakers installed (had em since mid sept ... just was being lazy carting the 80 lb monsters from the back of the truck to the house. Then I had to run and the whole day and the next I never got to hear em. Then friday evening I came home to find that this guy had dropped off the petula clark reel he had.
So I throw that on the sony and crank up the amp to 3 (yes I am a wimp) and set it in warehouse loft and play.
Her "My love" is the first song and seriously its super super cool. Caught me by surprise too cos I didn't remember.
Loud and clean and simply mesmerising. Of course I've run Issac Hayes hot buttered soul, ozzy osbourne etc through that setup, except I used to have the acoustic speakers before these carvins, which while good, these are louder and much cleaner. No wonder they call the 1204 carvins RE mach 1 killers. 18 inch metal horn will kick the mach 1's 15 inch plastic horns all the way to timbuktu and back.
Now if only between the 3 bloody reel to reel's one of em would record. I'd happily rip off the reel and hand it back to my friend. That dude has reels but no player. :cookoo: ...
Cool.
Buddha.
Buddha: Do the different styles of music you listen to require much in the way of tweaking your system in order to have the best quality sound? I'm no audiophile personally so I don't really know much. I guess what I'm asking is if you go from Ozzy to Mozart do you have to change much in the way you have things set up in order to get quality sound?
Yes but its not that straight forward. Rather you can get something that works for nearly all types of music. The governing factor when it comes to speaker selection and to a smaller extent other equipment too is the room's acoustics and furniture. As is the fact that you dont want sound to go where you need silence. Like I want to watch and listen to stuff when my son is upstairs sleeping. That means the speaker should not wildly radiate in all directions. I dont need a 90 degree spread, I'd like a 30 degree spread only.
OK so here is the run down. The bass is almost in consequential cos its non directional. Its good with a good sub, and even bad speakers dont matter much, of course good/great fronts add to the experience a wee bit.
Mids and highs are where it makes a real difference. I have noticed that horns sound fantastic in the front position in my family room.
However they are not the best by any means. The absolute best for music I have ever heard are the infinity type ribbons - emits. Emits or even the new chinese copy cats available for 3-5 bucks on ebay work great, However they are very very directional, and are very subjective to furniture smear. But of course you could at the $ they sell em at buy a good 1-2 dozen in 120 ohm impedance and build a line array with 15 per cab and put em on a curved baffle and get great all round dispersion etc ... but I digress.
In the fronts in my fam rm, really horns have proved themselevs to be near failure proof.
For the mids which literally go smack in the middle of the room - I run ess heil amt 1b's. They are bipole tweeters and after my modification the woofers also are dipole. They you get plenty of volume from very little wattage enabling you to listen from the second 1/2 of the room without cranking the volume. Google em up, you'd see what they are, in short, that speaker gives me bragging rights in the speaker war. There are 2 other guys that have em in charlotte and I know both of them quite well. These absolutely decimate anything under the 5G martin logans, and ML's need a lot of power and they are very hard on an amp cos they have wildly varying impedance.
Then rear. Clean and straight shot to you wherever you are in the viewing/listening area, so I got baby advents with the ebay $5 ribbons in them in place of the tweeters, and an RCA linaeum fitted center. No problems with them ever, they never over power the fronts and sound great when they are called upon to deliver effects like a helicopter flying overhead.
Also the mode of the amp is important here. In warehouse loft the amp sends much less power to the mids and rear. In movie-spectacle its full power all around. I watch movies in that mode. But music is warehouse loft for old or dolby enhanced if its new cd based.
Home theater is very different from music, HT is very sub oriented. the rest of the speakers are almost secondary, sub and center channel will make or break it. Music is very different. The fronts are key for that, as is the amp. My dsp 3090 amp while its very good, isn't as great at music as my marantz 580. They both push the same 80w but the marantz is much more musical. However the dsp3090 is so far better in decoding dolby that the 580 is an awful HT amp. In music it will kill the dsp3090 but not by much, but it loses to the yamaha by a wide margin in HT. That is huge. I have an onkyo tx-sv909 waiting in the wings that I believe sounds like the marantz 580 while being as good @ dolby as the yamaha or even better. @ 262 watts a channel into 4 ohm its not hurting for power either.
Cant believe I typed this much. I also need to get a life.
Cool.
Buddha.
BTW you have heard chicks dig bikers right - OK that's a lie.
On the other hand you've heard chicks dig music and by extension the guys that provide them with music right ? Yea, that's a lie too.
Oddly my wife has no desire to move these things around, she doesn't see the point at all. Except after I do she goes man that sounds so much better, or why is 1/2 the music missing in this cd all of a sudden. Or That sounds damn good. However she doesn't see a point in swapping things round. :cookoo: ...
I surprised her with Petula Clark's "My love" and she too melted. I'd say that Sony TC-580 will wipe teh floor with the pioneers 707 any day - which is highly sought after. However a 707 looks fantastic and I suspect it needs very little to no tinkering. The TC580 will not go even 1-2 weeks without me cracking it open ... or maybe cos its been sitting for centuries it needs that now ... maybe I think I've got through 3 weeks with it seeing pretty heavy use and its not stuck open/shut or lost a channel ... maybe its all good now.
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Buddha.
Quote from: The Buddha on December 20, 2010, 12:54:16 PM
BTW you have heard chicks dig bikers right - OK that's a lie.
I don't know... what about this then... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qHRCSoxFkA
Michael
Bikers catch their eye. But once you've been caught and locked, they want you to spend all your time and $ with/on them. Of course then they will squeal and say you're smothering them.
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Buddha.
And, oh only some chicks dig bikers, the rest dont care, or hate em actively. Hope that defines chicks completely. Yea it does.
Cool.
Buddha.
Ooooo I scored a carver preamp for next to nothing about a month ago (along wiht the bose and crown) and finally got a chance to try it out.
Cool thing is, its a HT preamp, meaning its got 6 outputs including sub, so you can have line level amps and control them all with this guy, and it is awesome. I want to run it with the crown 402 (350 a channel into 8 ohm) for the fronts, the nad 2400 (100 a channel into 8) to the rear and a onkyo 5150 (125 watts I think) for center and sub.
Sadly the wife is adamantly nixing it.
However the carver is actively screaming away in my room.
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Buddha.
And another watch in the stable, just picked it up today
(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w317/spcterry/glycine.jpg)
Oooohh daddy likes ^
terry if you ever decide to sell any time pieces, say within next 6 mos. LMK. 1 is on my short list. BTW may i ask what you gave for it?, is a NICE example. i have a efw at shop im repairing for a client ( cleanouts mainly)
I gave $250 for the Glycine. It was a no brainer at that price, lesser condition specimens that haven't been serviced go for 5-600 on ebay and it seems the 'shop' price is anywhere from 1200-2000.
I may sell the Glycine sometime soon, but I definitely won't be selling the Rolex Oyster Essex. I've grown very fond of that watch.
Quote from: spc on January 12, 2011, 08:19:34 AM
I gave $250 for the Glycine. It was a no brainer at that price, lesser condition specimens that haven't been serviced go for 5-600 on ebay and it seems the 'shop' price is anywhere from 1200-2000.
I may sell the Glycine sometime soon, but I definitely won't be selling the Rolex Oyster Essex. I've grown very fond of that watch.
Damn man you scored on that glycine. i was lookin on the bay, and hell 6 times higher was the norm. a few years back, i had scored a submariner for 500 sans stem. found stem on teh bay, repaired it, and sold it for 1750. wish i could score like that more often. but here in east tn. not many have timepieces of that calibre.
The newer Glycine stuff goes for serious $$$, but then, the newer airmans have 4 separate movements.
The cheapest Airman 1 I saw went for $600.......not serviced and with no band.
aye. to be honest i had not heard of the maker too often, a rare bird i guess. until recently
My guy has this kick a$$ Citizens diver watch. I was messing with it one day and exclaimed "Hey your watch is broken!" He runs over to me saying "WTF" I pointe at it and say "see the second hand isn't working" He shakes his head and walks out of the room. Now I know why and felt stupid. How bout you guys?
Mary
My Rolex has a hack. It's a tensioned hack, you have to maintain pressure/pulling on the crown to engage the hack.
The glycine has a wire hack for the second hand at the 24 mark. It engages everytime the crown is moved to set mode.
Quote from: Toogoofy317 on January 12, 2011, 09:53:22 PM
My guy has this kick a$$ Citizens diver watch. I was messing with it one day and exclaimed "Hey your watch is broken!" He runs over to me saying "WTF" I pointe at it and say "see the second hand isn't working" He shakes his head and walks out of the room. Now I know why and felt stupid. How bout you guys?
Mary
Aye. was looking at one not too longago. lol i did the same thing
So, why was I an idiot?
Mary
Well I'd like to know too ...
I also have this 200m citizen monster - seriously its called monster. It weighs almost 1 lb.
Its got timer dial and a screw in crown and a second hand that does move ... so what gives.
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Buddha.
I hope you are not luring me on but anyhow. If it is a diving watch and that "second" hand you set so you know how much gas you have in your tanks. It is a back up in case the one on thank fails. He set it and like magic the second worked!
Mary
Quote from: Toogoofy317 on January 13, 2011, 07:29:51 PM
I hope you are not luring me on but anyhow. If it is a diving watch and that "second" hand you set so you know how much gas you have in your tanks. It is a back up in case the one on thank fails. He set it and like magic the second worked!
Mary
that part i didnt know for sure ( never tried), buti liked it cause im a fan of mechanical watches, not digital. citizen makes some beauts. the diver sold, but ill show a pic of anotherone we got in stock, only gripe is its an eco drive
No I am not luring you Mary. However the dial that turns counter clockwise is a timer and minutes are what it signifies, not seconds. You turn it to coincide with the minute hand, then when its 15 mins later, the minute hand points to the 15 on it.
However, my watch has a second hand one that works quite well. So what is the dealio ...
BTW yamahon - you can fix an auto watch.
The problem I am having with that seiko - I think the water proofing gasket under the divers dial is messed up. I sent it to seiko in 2008 cos that thing used to feel notchy in 1 spot. They "fixed" it, and it now feels loose and will turn clockwise as well albeit its a bit tighter than counterclockwise. So WTF did they do, and I guess can I open it and check and replace the gasket ?
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Buddha.
It is a chronometer he does not have a second hand on his.
Mary
Citizen doesn't produce any watch that is tested and certified as a chronometer.
Hmmmm, seems COSC has folded and has set forth quartz chronometer standards, however meeting those standards would require a second hand. Classically, a chronometer consisted of a spring balanced oscillating movement at 28.8hz. Quartz crap just doesn't cut it in my book.
Usually a chronometer or ehh, most of the cits have a second sub dial, not a second hand perse, like a rolex or my old tissot auto. and buddha, those things are designed to only turn in one direction. ive seen some that turn both, but they were fubar tho
I know for a fact he used it for diving watched him do it. the watch is at least 10 years old. I'll have to look at it closer tomorrow. All, I know is that it is a citizen has a very bright yellow face.
I could care less about watches to be honest. I always wear Nike watches. they are the only ones I haven't short circuited. I can't wear metal band ones. Have killed two Fossils, a lot of timex, lorus, and various others. Don't know if it's the defib or what. My dress watch is a leather band backwards Goofy watch. As if anything is better than that!
Mary
Quote from: Toogoofy317 on January 14, 2011, 10:53:31 PM
I know for a fact he used it for diving watched him do it. the watch is at least 10 years old. I'll have to look at it closer tomorrow. All, I know is that it is a citizen has a very bright yellow face.
I could care less about watches to be honest. I always wear Nike watches. they are the only ones I haven't short circuited. I can't wear metal band ones. Have killed two Fossils, a lot of timex, lorus, and various others. Don't know if it's the defib or what. My dress watch is a leather band backwards Goofy watch. As if anything is better than that!
Mary
i bet that has somethign to do with it. ( the defib unit.) had to replace a movement in a fossil this week. ( hated it) idk what killed it to be honest.
So, should your watch be an investment, an accessory or merely a time piece? Or all 3? :dunno_white:
To me merely a time piece. Now in case of my guy he depended on it so yeah i could see spending more money on it. But, my $29 Nike outlet watch is going to do the same job as that $10,000 rolex!
Mary
(http://www.princetonwatches.com/images/watches/BJ2117-01E.jpg) referring to teh second dial at 6 oclock
I prefer vintage watches.
Girard Perregaux, ca 50's I think.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/pantablo/watch1.jpg)
Longines, ca 40's I think.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v505/pantablo/0017.jpg)
Also, no one that I saw has mentioned a Gentleman's shave...
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs231.snc4/38884_1482678581443_1068194831_1373697_4554761_n.jpg)
(http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash2/hs093.ash2/38003_1493141323005_1068194831_1400702_4675465_n.jpg)
:D
i do like the perrigaux, i did for a long while have a wittnauer, also had my moms tag heuer alter ego ( mop dial, and diamond bezel. had to sell it. am taking a mental ass kicking for that tho. cause i broke the 1 promise i promised her id never break. it was one of these
(http://i.ebayimg.com/22/!CDCg5EgEGk~$(KGrHqN,!jME0DorDv!jBNNNHWS6o!~~0_3.JPG) in a few months, once i have my situation on the road to be straightened out, am going to purchase a timepiece to take its place. granted not a 10k rolex, although i have a lead on a gold president, just something. i know she understands, BUT still i tell someone im going to do somethign, or NOT do something, i do my best to keep my word
Pablo, you're doing it wrong
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One is a Dovo Best Quality carbon steel, the other is a Cattaraugus Cutlery Green Lizard....also carbon steel.
This is my daily wear watch
(http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w317/spcterry/rolex3.jpg)
It's a '42 Rolex. Pretty rare model, not a lot were made, it was a specifically UK market watch and many of what were made ended up destroyed.
I had an opportunity to buy a dateless Sub today for 2500, but passed. The Sub and GMT just never really did it for me and I'd just come from buying a box of Partagas D No. 4's of the communist variety.
Not doing it wrong, just different. Never was enticed to go straight blade. Yet. I'd be more impressed if you'd actually said you use it regularly, or use it at all. Its just a pic at the moment, lol...
I've been shaving with a DE (pictured) for about 6 months now and am amazed at what a great shave it is compared to my old mach3. making your own lather rocks too. Impressed to see another guy who goes old school. I was afraid the whole "gentleman" thing was all about cigars and cronos, at least from reading the first page or two of this thread, lol.
That Rolex is nice, but I prefer a less known brand. Every squid with a crono the size of his head knows what a Rolex is, lol. I still have my dad's Rolex from the early 50's. Hate wearing it because its gold. I prefer silver.
Terry THAT is a gorgeous watch. have always loved thevintage watches. trying to restore a hamilton curvex, and a gold lord elgin, both movts were destroyed by moisture when i wrecked teh car in december of last year. ihad forgotten where i had put them, ( wreck amnesia?) anyhoo by time i was searching through car for other thigns ifoudn them, and water destroyed both movts. thank GOD ebay has parts for them fairly inexpensive to boot. and easy to work on. my daily wearer is a gucci but its a quartz
(http://i.ebayimg.com/13/!CCYibv!!2k~$(KGrHqF,!lsEz+4J5i0DBNK6veO+9g~~_3.JPG)
Quote from: pantablo on January 18, 2011, 12:22:19 AM
Not doing it wrong, just different. Never was enticed to go straight blade. Yet. I'd be more impressed if you'd actually said you use it regularly, or use it at all. Its just a pic at the moment, lol...
I've been shaving with a DE (pictured) for about 6 months now and am amazed at what a great shave it is compared to my old mach3. making your own lather rocks too. Impressed to see another guy who goes old school. I was afraid the whole "gentleman" thing was all about cigars and cronos, at least from reading the first page or two of this thread, lol.
That Rolex is nice, but I prefer a less known brand. Every squid with a crono the size of his head knows what a Rolex is, lol. I still have my dad's Rolex from the early 50's. Hate wearing it because its gold. I prefer silver.
I've been shaving almost exclusively with straight razors for a little over a year now. I think I've only nicked myself once or twice. On the other hand, last time I used a DE safety, I must have nicked myself a few dozen times :icon_rolleyes:
I'm pretty sure my next watch will be another vintage Rolex. The early 50's Speed King really catches my eye. That or an A Lange & Sohne.
Petey Pablo - that razor and its ilk, is well, what I started shaving with.
You like those - check this out my friend - well I cant post pics from work, but google these - pioneer sx1250, sx1980, also for good measure google marantz 2500, 2385, etc, I just got my second sx1250, and this one isn't 1/2 badly busted as the first one I fixed and gave back to my friend. He's been promising to bring over his 1980 for a year now. Sigh ... when ever I see it ... is fine with me. I am patient.
Oddly this sx1250 weighs atleast 8-10lb more than the previous one. Time to check if someone has a brick taped in the case of this one.
Cool.
Buddha.
Quote from: spc on January 18, 2011, 08:00:19 AM
I've been shaving almost exclusively with straight razors for a little over a year now.
I figured as much. I was just giving you grief, lol. I also couldn't see a conversation about "gnetlemanly" things going the way of the chrono, lol, so I had to post the vintage watches. I love mine. All the ones pictured are beautiful IMO.
Srinath, dude, Those shavers were well before my time but I remember my dad shaving with them, lol. I was hoping my mom still had my dad's old razor around but no luck.
Those are some classic stereos too. Reminds me of the ones we used to have...
Ya know, the pioneer fan following is huge. And IMHO completely pointless, sorta like the harley craze.
The Pioneers IMHO look OK, but yamaha from that vintage look a lot better. Worse yet, they also sound better and even worse for pioneer, they used better capacitors in them and as a result, they last longer and dont need as much maintenance @ any time in their life. Now the pioneer top dogs were rated @ 165 watts like my 1250, and 260 watts like the monster sx1980. Yammies trailed off @ 125 or so in the 1250 type (round power transistors - pre 1975-6 type) or 160 watts in the post 1975 type - chip based. So Lower power than the pioneer top dogs.
Anyway I plan to get my 160 watt yammie working and run it head to head with the 1250.
Cool.
Buddha.
Are firearms still considered to be tools of a gentleman? If so, allow me to introduce my Ruger Redhawk. A magnificent magnum six-gun, of caliber 41.
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa210/VikingKarl/DSC_0235.jpg)
(http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa210/VikingKarl/DSC_0232.jpg)
A couple gentleman tools I'm currently using are as follows:
- Hamilton Khaki Officer Auto Watch (http://www.hamiltonwatch.com/gents/khaki/field/?id=H70615133)
- Lamy Studio Fountain Pen (http://www.lamy.com/eng/b2c/studio/065)
- Murkur (http://www.dovo.com/_english/merkur.html) Progress and Futur Razors
Rogue, have you tried the Feather blades? I like Murkur blades but the Feathers are sharper and give a better shave in my opinion. I have a sample collection of blades...Sharks are pretty good too.
the gold elgin i have is identical to this one. although in far worse condition ( in need of overhaul). if it werent for sentimental reasons, id junk it
(http://i.ebayimg.com/15/!CCJV2KQBmk~$(KGrHqF,!k8Ez+t1BmuzBNKMpD,0og~~0_3.JPG)
(http://i.ebayimg.com/01/!CC2dZqgBGk~$(KGrHqZ,!i4E0F777CgLBNMklBpHD!~~_14.JPG)i miss this one also. anyhoo, mary, if your watch ever shorts out, what about a mechanical watch, ( aka a windup) many can be had for good prices. even some of the russian units. decent workers they are. and rugged as a tank
yeah, i have one always forget to wind it LOL
Quote from: pantablo on January 19, 2011, 04:35:31 PM
Rogue, have you tried the Feather blades? I like Murkur blades but the Feathers are sharper and give a better shave in my opinion. I have a sample collection of blades...Sharks are pretty good too.
The Merkur blades are ok, but I've been using Sharks for a while. They seem to be just as good for a whole lot less. Been wanting to try out Feathers for a while now. Maybe I'll go grab a pack.
Both of you guys need to go get yourselves a Dovo Best Quality in 5/8 a strop and strop dressing.
spc, not interested in straight blades. yet.
Would this be th watch fou us????????????????????
http://forums.watchuseek.com/f17/recent-arrival-splendid-giez-gs-500-a-454356.html
This is the watch for me! I'll take 5 please
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Patek-Philippe_MG_2584.jpg)
DUDE!. WTF with that humongous pic???
Michael
Yes patek Phillipe I believe @ one time I knew the name - I have a very close and quite good fake to this.
The thing is its a 28 series movement if I recall. Very service heavy, and if ignored or not used the exact way it was meant to be, like regular use as a dress watch - wear it every day to work, and every weekend evening for a party - not wear it and get on your dirt bike and splash through the mud and jump over logs ... it wont work very reliably for too long.
I'd take a 75 series watch any day and oddly bigger the better. The 44, 48 and 50 size watches - like the 48 panerai power reserve that I do have a real one of, and the ferrari (made by panerai) that I got a very good fake of that I gifted to my BIL, and the 50's are the standard breitlings etc those guys are rock reliable no matter what you do.
Added bonus, the panerai fits my hand well, looks right on my hand and will perfectly stand to the abuse I dole it out, in fact it will last longer and work better and need less service with the sort of use I subject it to. Of course it also is no where near as good looking as this one. Its good looking in an industrial sort of way. Not ornamental sort of way.
Cool.
Buddha.
(http://www.poweredbymario.com/breitling/breitling_emergency_mission_007.jpg) i do want one of these. but ive set my spending at 2k max. when the disability starts
this is understated aka doesnt make one look like a pimp
(http://i.ebayimg.com/15/!CBVY4CQCGk~$(KGrHqQOKjYEzowe7Z(7BNHM6Y3Vw!~~0_3.JPG)
Quote from: Toogoofy317 on January 24, 2011, 12:31:38 PM
yeah, i have one always forget to wind it LOL
get an automatic then, ( only time you have towind it is if you forget and it dies. an auto will wind via motion. many many inexpensive models invicta makes several
I don't own one, but I've always been impressed by the build quality to price ratio with them.
So, I was sitting there this morning thinking 'it's time to get a better holster for my p9s seeing as it's my daily these days' click to ebay.........junk, junk, junk, nylon junk, unmolded generic holster junk and BAM!!!!
There was a Galco (actually, pre-Galco) Jacka55 holster for the P9S!!! I clicked buy and now it's down to the waiting game. I'm heading to Jax tomorrow, I'll have to pick up the harness to match at one of the 9 trillion gun shops down there.
Awaiting pics my friend. ive got plans in the near future once everythign gets sorted out, since i sold off everythign i own, 1. get an upper tier watch, ( no more than 2k) to replace moms tag i had to part with. 2. build a good pc, spending no more than 800. 3. friearms. am looking at replacing my 4" smith 500, and if price is right, pair it with teh 10". found the two together for 1500 not bad imho
Sounds like a pretty solid deal on the SW's
I'd like to pick up a ported, snub 629 at some point.
My next firearm purchase will probably be a 4.5" barrel to have threaded and get a suppressor or an 8" target barrel. With the 8", the pistol can get solid groups at 100yds!!!
teh smith and wesson survival kit offers a 2.5" bbl in teh 500 cal. or the 460 or even teh 45. id like to get ym hands on a 2.5" and fire 1 shot. after that id say no more id guess. because of this\
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9fK3IYxwC0 2.5"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSeFZ1r-SzA 4"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gfw0MMd7bQ 10"
I've been attempting to find an Omega Speedmaster Pro with a c.321 movement for the last couple of months at a decent price. The search continues.
Back to audio gear. Does this thing look worth the $1800 price? I have HD digital audio out (24/192) on my Dell laptop and some nice Nohr 5.1 SM speakers in my office. It's a "near field" setup in a small square room with a high ceiling. I'm using a Sony receiver now with 24/96 dac. I do have an iphone. I usually listen to Radioparadise (192k MP3 stream); but if I got the HD gear I would start buying recorded music again (and ripping lossless).
http://signalpathint.com/index.php/iNova/iNova-55hty.html
Quote from: karatechop5000 on January 28, 2011, 05:04:23 PM
Back to audio gear. Does this thing look worth the $1800 price?
No, absolutely not.
Quote from: roguegeek on January 28, 2011, 04:30:49 PM
I've been attempting to find an Omega Speedmaster Pro with a c.321 movement for the last couple of months at a decent price. The search continues.
Just out of curiosity, what do you consider a decent price?
I keep my eyes on a few different venues, both physical and online, and would be happy to point you in the right direction if I find one that meets your needs.
I ended up just ordering a galco half harness for the jacka55 holster. Both of 'em should be here early next week, hopefully before I leave town for Vegas. A lot of people aren't fond of shoulder holsters, but it meets my particular needs. I'm almost always wearing a button up shirt that would suitably conceal, but almost never one that's tucked or that would continue to conceal should I bend down.
The P9S is going to the smith while I'm on vacation, he's gonna smooth out the SA pull and try to tighten up some of the overtravel.
@spc:
Great find! Shoulder holsters suit me fine; in fact, had I not spent all my discretionary money on new leathers and increasing my bike's security, I would have bought a Galco Miami Classic for my M&P 40 (which usually rides in a Comp-Tac MTAC), and a Kodiak bandolier holster for the Redhawk. Oh, would have bought a CZ 2075 RAMI too, but a new jacket, pants, and gloves ain't cheap, and neither are the guns and stuff.
Yeah, I'm pretty excited. Finding a quality holster for the P9S is pretty tough. There are a handful of guys that custom make them, but they're all $200 and 8-10 month wait times.
I jumped when I saw this on ebay. I went with the half harness because I don't carry spare magazines often enough to justify the fuss of trying to keep it balanced when I don't. I also prefer, when I do carry spare mags, to carry them weakside on the belt or back pocket.
Had a funny incident regarding spare mags a few weeks back. I was downtown in Savannah with a date and she decided that she wanted to go for a walk around........at 10:45PM. I said, 'OK, let's just stop by my car first' Chucked one double mag carrier in my back pocket (BTW, most states don't regulate ammo/magazines re concealed carry) and handed her another to put in her purse. She almost had a seizure. She got over it quick though when I told her the alternative was her carrying my .38
I really mess with the heads of these poor art school girls :icon_rolleyes:
They just can't comprehend a guy being witty, articulate, urbane and selfless..........and being willing to defend themselves.
They really get confused when I tell them that they are not, by definition liberal if they support Obama...