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Bad beards and ill-fitting plaid shirts are embarrassing, in my opinion. Especially when the person with both thinks they are "cool."

What is the most embarrassing pic you have where you are wearing a nice watch? I bet I win.

She's probably too busy with her new house to use her influence.

I'd have a hard time arguing, being the holder of a good one. What did I do today? There is a new Massdrop drop, if anybody here wants a Pico Slim or DAC/Amp, but also I set up a date with a professor at my alma mater whom I've been flirting with for four months (she's finally back in town, now that school has started again). I guess this has been the long-game. We'll either get along or hate each other, but I'm looking forward to finding out on Thursday night.

I'd love to hear those. A repair, maybe? I'd certainly argue that the RS-1 was too.

We got about 92% coverage here in Cincinnati. It was fun. My pinhole camera worked great, and people in the school across the street let me use their glasses, which was fun. Taken right after maximum coverage.

Happy birthday!

There is a lot of marketing speak on that website. As somebody who works in marketing, it makes me suspicious.

Well, it worked!

Close enough for me! I only have it on CD.

What 6-eye do you have spinning there? Edit: Never mind, I zoomed in.

Did you buy a Galet, Stretch? That micro-rotor is so sexy.

Those tomatoes look fantastic, Al!

I got routine blood test results. My triglyceride levels were 489 mg/dl, right before I became a vegetarian. Two years later, it's at 160. Still a little higher than I'd like (high triglyceride levels run in the family; for instance, my mother weighs a hundred and twenty pounds and has as pretty low calorie diet, but has a triglyceride level over three hundred, despite statins), but I think that's a pretty darned good result. Everything else in the lipid panel were squarely in the "normal" zone. Fasting blood sugar is under 100 (everybody on both sides of my family over the age of 30 has diabetes except for me and my mother, so I think this is a triumph!), my resting pulse has fallen under 75 (again, still higher than I want, but it was over 100 two years ago). Blood pressure has been good despite reducing the amount of medication I take. I think I'm doing pretty darned well.

Well, I mean, there is no guarantee that a time traveling dinosaur won't sit on your bicycle tomorrow. Old watches can be made waterproof the same way new ones can. The watchmaker fucked up. That sounds shitty all around, though.

The brown lume plots put my teeth on edge. I do hope whoever serviced that watch paid for repairs.

Well, Pieces of Time, who I bought the watch from, is going to take a look at it for me for free. That's a load off my mind.

It was a small amount of water ingress, but it needs to be serviced post haste.

Well, so much for the Omega. Condensation showed up inside the crystal, this morning. Having the watch sit in silica gel with the crown open didn't fix it, so off to ABC Watchwerks. They are going to let me pay whenever I'm able to, which is awfully nice, but it means I won't have it on my wrist for at least a month. My guess is a gasket is already going (seems kinda soon, since it was serviced when I bought it, Spring 2015). I was soaked by a sudden rainstorm a few days ago. I dried the watch off completely before activating any of the complications (I think I timed something Friday, so it was perfectly dry), and that is the only time I know the watch encountered significant moisture since I bought it.

Have you looked at Ikea? They have rubber mattresses that don''t have any foam, or at least used to. Well, it probably depends on what you call "foam." Most mattresses probably have some foam on the top and bottom, for the quilted layer.

That kinda sounds like a "traditional" mattress, unless I read that wrong. Do you want something without any of those?

You aren't weird. Omega makes wonderful watches, and this '69 is as good as my '68 Rolex. I have always had trouble with this watch, though. Obviously I love my pre-moon Moonwatch, but it has always been an issue for me, having it fit just right. The bracelet that came with it has been problematic (it grabs arm hair), and I never found a leather strap that I absolutely loved, even with custom straps, and I never found a Milanese style strap I loved with it. I love this strap. I think it's perfect, like you say.

Thanks Steve! I'm rather fond of it myself.

I don't think I'll be taking the Speedy off the NATO anytime soon.