Hopstretch

Happy birthday!

Story of the (watch) service industry! Really is amazing how bad both the manufacturers and independents can be. Maybe the current sales slump will help -- fewer pieces going out the door to come back for service. But they'll probably also eliminate watchmaker positions to cut costs, so who knows?

Remember very similar discussions around the Metric Halo stuff not that long ago when it was FOTM. Similarly inconclusive.

Nah they backed out of the deal for him to review it.

Old house and we're camping out in it sharing one teaspoon for the next seven weeks. Apparently London to SF takes a while in a boat. I kept a corkscrew, too.

Guess!

The Yoders and MAKs etc. are just a bit too oo-rah (in design terms). I think a Memphis is likely to garner higher WAF as part of an artfully California Eclectic patio arrangement. Then just need a cashmere half-zip and huge honking rib of beef.

Happy Birthday Shelly!

Nice one Kerry!

Such as? Not trolling -- just like to learn!

Seems like everyone is chasing the holy grail of the single box that can do everything (pretty) well. So you get smokers-that-can-also-grill (like Traeger/MAK) and grills-that-can-also-smoke (like Memphis). And apparently you need to be able to log into the grill remotely from the golf course to see how your meat is coming along ...

OK, but no tongue.

Slowdive -- S/T (2017)

Budget flexible, the more idiot-proof the better -- for obvious reasons. Pellet seems like the lazy fucker's way to go and MAK and Cookshack get good reps online. Opinions?

See page 6 below. PCM1704.pdf

More "of it's time" goodness came up on shuffle today.

I wonder how much of a discount he negotiated in return for a lovingly hand-crafted review?

I'm currently picturing all the animated discussions of this issue taking place across the Internet.

Robyn Hitchcock - S/T

Who doesn't like 80s pastiche? Not me.

The Fall -- Hex Enduction Hour

Happy Birthday!