Helping people up there is a difficult question. Not even sherpas have a lot of extra energy beyond dragging themselves and the necessary gear up and down. Traditional wisdom says trying to help someone up there is a good way to die yourself. If the scenario was two brave explorers like Hillary meeting while doing something pioneering and meaningful than sure help the other guy.
But why would anyone take on additional risk of dying (and throwing away years of preparation and lots of money) to save a Darwin award contestant from his unpreparedness or wrong decisions on a commercial trip.
This is now a trend. Roasties looking for a provider are trying to jawbone being well-used into an attractive feature. I doubt they'll succeed since this goes against male instincts since the dawn of time.
It's probably hard for present day audiences to watch Rocky Horror in a 1975 context. It's not tranny propaganda. It's making fun of how outlandish, otherworldly, weird idea it is. Frank and the freaks around him are aliens.
The average nigger robber on the street will recognize a Rahlex or a Panerai. He's unlikely to be familiar with old Seikos, even if they are collectible.
I got a watch similar to the one you linked. A 7a38 with black subdials and a different bracelet. A few years ago you could still find these on eBay. But it took a long wait until one showed up in decent condition. Not exactly like this one, 7a38s also have day and date windows.
I love old Seikos and the 7a series is great. The Collector's Guide article you linked describes why these movements are special.
ETAs movements are not sold outside of the Swatch group any more. Microbrands switched to Selita and similar. There are chink ETA clones, but the 500+ fakes come with cloned Rolex movements. Last I checked the balance wheel adjustment mechanism was still different though. Otherwise at first glance it looked like a Rolex movement even if you took off the back.
If you love a mechanical watch and want to keep enjoying it you should have it serviced at least once every 7-10 years. (rebuild, and oil change) Otherwise the metal parts will wear out and it'll eventually die.
The perfect 80s retro watches. Seiko "Ripley" and "Bishop", worn in Alien. And my favorite the "Royal Oak". All with Seiko's excellent 7a28 and 7a38 movements.
The higher end fakes do look really good now. If nothing else, you can still tell the difference by turning the crown to set the time. It feels "rough", while the gen feels like butter. Also the edges of bracelets feel "sharper". The chinks pay less attention to the bracelets than the watches themselves.
That Rolex Pan Am on the right must be a fake. Nobody has seen one IRL for a very long time, and rumor has it maybe a dozen were made for Pan Am's management way back in the day. They'd be well into six (or more) figures at auction.
>Half of what I love about watches is that they can be passed on to family, a logbook of your life and adventures that they can wear and treasure.
These days you can't really wear them around because the chances of getting robbed in broad daylight went up considerably. So the cheap watch becomes the logbook while the heirloom is a safe queen.
>As of January 1, 2022, the experimental peptide BPC-157 is prohibited under the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Prohibited List.
Looks like regular people got fucked out of a potentially helpful medication because of muh sports. Playing baseball or soccer with friends in the local league is fine, but fuck professional sports, seriously.
>adults are their own people and should be allowed to do whatever they want as long as that doesn't mean hurting anyone else.
The problem with this is that it's not without externalities. Some/many become addicts and a burden on society. Just look at what goes on in pretty much every major US city.
I expected them to be more careful about such a high ranking officer. This is basically payback for the time when the Ukrainians killed Russian generals based on location info from the US.
He who dares not offend cannot be honest. - Thomas PaineThe object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. - Marcus AureliusThe closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are. - Marcus Tullius CiceroThe more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. - Tacitus