Crazy US Prices

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Originally Posted by Welder

Shackle on a slave seems more appropriate. :)

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I have a very good friend of mine who wears watches well into five and sometimes six figures. He always takes hem off at work and puts hem on his desk not to prevent damaging them but so that he doesn't become a slave to time. I have thought about this and realise that I use a watch, by and large, as a tool. Something I suppose it is really.
The best part of owning a watch and being able to quickly tell the time for me is that I can calculate if I am going to make the early, or the late train home.
Tomorrow is already decided - it's the late train on a Friday night:(

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Originally Posted by northwest

I have a very good friend of mine who wears watches well into five and sometimes six figures. He always takes hem off at work and puts hem on his desk not to prevent damaging them but so that he doesn't become a slave to time. I have thought about this and realise that I use a watch, by and large, as a tool. Something I suppose it is really.
The best part of owning a watch and being able to quickly tell the time for me is that I can calculate if I am going to make the early, or the late train home.
Tomorrow is already decided - it's the late train on a Friday night:(

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If I had friends who had watches worth five and six figure sums, that’s multiples of of ten thousand and one hundred thousand if my math is correct, who still went to work I would be awfully tempted to rip the piss out of them.
Does he have a body guard by any chance?:D

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Originally Posted by AlexM

I was taught that being on time was a matter of common courtesy and personal integrity and that being late indicates that you think that you don't feel that others time is valuable to them or to you, which is disrespectful. I also enjoy not having to rush and get myself worked up because I have allowed sufficient time.

I really dislike it when others are late and don't even bother to acknowledge it. Very rude IMHO

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I hear you.

Btw, did you watch the cycling the other day, on Portsmouth road?

I've just realised that I've never actually bought a watch for myself - they've always been presents. Cheap ones, mind.

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Originally Posted by Joe

I've just realised that I've never actually bought a watch for myself - they've always been presents. Cheap ones, mind.

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Both mine were gifts Joe.
I keep one for sentimental reasons. I think it's older than I am and definitely a lot prettier. :)
The other is the only watch I know off that can survive being driven over by a one and three quarter ton 4X4. :D

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Originally Posted by Welder

Both mine were gifts Joe.
I keep one for sentimental reasons. I think it's older than I am and definitely a lot prettier. :)
The other is the only watch I know off that can survive being driven over by a one and three quarter ton 4X4. :D

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My watches tend to come a cropper. When I was a nipper, I had several Timex watches for Christmas. Invariably by Easter they'd have fallen off my wrist and smashed in the school playground. Then for my 16th birthday, I got a 'proper' watch with a 'gold' face and metal strap. I overwound that one. Then I got a digital Casio watch that looked horrible but kept going for years till the strap broke and the watch itself fell down a drain. The watch before my current one was never the same after going through a 50 degree wash.

Touch wood, my Swiss railway watch is still going strong after 8 years.

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Originally Posted by Joe

My watches tend to come a cropper. When I was a nipper, I had several Timex watches for Christmas. Invariably by Easter they'd have fallen off my wrist and smashed in the school playground. Then for my 16th birthday, I got a 'proper' watch with a 'gold' face and metal strap. I overwound that one. Then I got a digital Casio watch that looked horrible but kept going for years till the strap broke and the watch itself fell down a drain. The watch before my current one was never the same after going through a 50 degree wash.

Touch wood, my Swiss railway watch is still going strong after 8 years.

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Sundials when I was a kid. :D

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Originally Posted by Welder

Sundials when I was a kid. :D

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Mine used to run fast.

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Originally Posted by MartinT

Mine used to run fast.

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:eek::D

You must have bent the sail bit messing about with it Martin. ;)

It never would adjust properly :rfl:

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Originally Posted by AlexM

I was taught that being on time was a matter of common courtesy and personal integrity and that being late indicates that you think that you don't feel that others time is valuable to them or to you, which is disrespectful. I also enjoy not having to rush and get myself worked up because I have allowed sufficient time.

I really dislike it when others are late and don't even bother to acknowledge it. Very rude IMHO

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I would agree with that in general Alex. I’m very rarely late these days mainly because I keep a realistic schedule.
I particularly dislike it if I’ve been cooking for a couple of hours and my dinner guests are late. :steam:

I just noticed on your signature John, that the disblock that you use is custard wired - what benefits would you say that gives your system over something like standard angel delight wiring? Has it ever given you better definition on your spotted dick?

Spotted dick? Not really. But then it's not something I keep an eye out for, to be honest.

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Originally Posted by The Grand Wazoo

I just noticed on your signature John, that the disblock that you use is custard wired - what benefits would you say that gives your system over something like standard angel delight wiring? Has it ever given you better definition on your spotted dick?

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Now that’s a very good question Chris and a topic that has produced some polarisation of opinion in the many threads pertaining to it.

Tbh the first thing that needs to be established is just how spotty your dick is, before you start lashing out in rather expensive custard wiring as opposed to the common packet angle delight.
My dick was nearly spotty enough.

After seeking expert advice from the local snake oil vendor (Subject and Subjectivists and Son) and having him come for a rather pleasant bake off where he not only demonstrated the most noticeable superiority of his free range egg custard but was also able to demonstrate to my entire satisfaction that his use of carefully selected ingredients enabled him to produce perfect hard custard quicker than I could whisk Angle Delight to a similar consistency.
Needless to say I was extremely impressed, my mouth falling open along with my wallet.

Naturally enough I was rather keen to know exactly what benefits such an approach would have for my spotted dick. Would it I wondered give me cleaner currants, maybe even more currants?

Well I’m very pleased to report that I got an order of magnitude more currants in my spotted dick using the superior free range egg based hard custard.

Of course, these findings may not be the same for everyone with this problem. One would of course need a discriminating pallet to be able to discern the difference.

Imo, you still can't beat baking your own, but I appreciate not everyone has the necessary skills.

A cautionary tale for those who might be tempted to save a few quid by buying Instant Custard to wire up their disblock to their Spotted Dick... DONT!!! Your 'Dick' will droop under the strain.

1: Sure, it is quick but it certainly isn't 'instant'.

2: When first installed it has a higher currant rating than the very best custard wiring money can buy, which is a good thing. Unfortunately, very soon after installation the consistency deteriorates and goes all wishy washy and as a result the amount of currant it can support falls drastically.

3: Admittedly there is less colouration when using Instant Custard but that isn't necessarily a good thing as I find the product injects a harder, less natural flavour into the mix... :D

US pricing into custard thread drift :doh:

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Originally Posted by MartinT

US pricing into custard thread drift :doh:

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Sorry Martin.:(

It sort of slithered from bent sundials. I'm going to blame Chris for the custard though. :D

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Originally Posted by MartinT

US pricing into custard thread drift :doh:

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Via watches!
Yep, sorry about the custard thing!!

Sorry for the smut. But being exposed to Benny Hill at an early age, it tends to scar you for life.