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  1. elbert

    Talk to Me About Wrist Watches

    When I say "log-book time", I mean the timezone that my company is headquartered in. The watch would always be in Central Time (good old Lincoln, NE), because then there's no uncertainty about the data. I wouldn't have to wonder which time zone is being reported (I know it sounds stupid, but I...
  2. elbert

    Talk to Me About Wrist Watches

    Oh, it does that by default. The problem is that I don't know whether it's already done it or not. Generally speaking, the local time of my appointment matters way more than the time in the time zone I happen to be in.
  3. elbert

    Talk to Me About Wrist Watches

    I used to wear a wristwatch all the time when I was a kid. Not sure why I needed to know the time; but then again I also used to carry a wallet even though I had no job and no money. When I did get a job the day I turned 16, my parents gave me a cell phone, the better to keep track of me. Since...
  4. elbert

    Meet the New James Bond

    Also I wasn't going to say it, but...but yeah, I'm gonna say it. It would be 0014. Fleming did mention a 0011 in one of the novels.
  5. elbert

    Meet the New James Bond

    I would go anywhere else if they would take me :puffy:
  6. elbert

    Meet the New James Bond

    As a subject for comparison, here's a graph of the overnight ratings for a few recent series' of the BBC's Doctor Who. The season 11 spike coincides with the much-poo-poo'd debut of Jodie Whittaker in the title role as the first female Doctor. There are a number of caveats here; maybe overnight...
  7. elbert

    Meet the New James Bond

    I'm no expert, but I'm not so sure it will flop. Consider; 1. She isn't playing James Bond. She's playing a separate character taking over the codename "007". Will they handle the hand-off well? 2. The highest-grossing non-ensemble superhero film of all time was Black Panther. This change will...
  8. elbert

    What Book Are you Reading? - 2019

    Foundation and Empire, Asimov.
  9. elbert

    Sherlock Holmes smokes VA and VAPer / Dr. Watson smokes Latakia and orientals

    Holmes only used opium as part of his mask when he was blending in on one case ("The Man with the Twisted Lip"). He used cocaine (a 7% solution injected intravenously) and morphine recreationally. He was a junky; if you'd like to replicate, get the cheapest shag cut you can find without any...
  10. elbert

    My Online Off-line Vacation

    And if he goes AWOL, the whole Platoon is out with full kit until he's found!
  11. elbert

    My three rules of pipe smoking

    Sounds to me like it's all that 'thinking' gettin' ya in trouble!
  12. elbert

    18th Century Meerschaum???

    http://tobaccopipeartistory.blogspot.com/2014/06/norwegian-pipe-models-with-acanthus.html?m=1 Some info about the shape of the pipe? The author calls it "Norwegian style"
  13. elbert

    18th Century Meerschaum???

    https://m.ebay.ie/itm/LARGE-ANTIQUE-CARVED-MEERSCHAUM-PIPE-BOWL-STAG-AND-VILLAGE-SCENE/123778996085?hash=item1cd1cd9775:g:m0MAAOSwUV1c2JZj Similar bowl and motifs, but the carvings are different.
  14. elbert

    My Online Off-line Vacation

    Laptops really have become fit-for-service when it comes to casual desktop-ish computing these days. I would only bother with a tower and monitor set up if I wanted the customization; more ram, larger screen, solid state drive, gaming rig, etc. For anyone else I say laptop. Also easier to carry...
  15. elbert

    American Airfields.

    What I'm learning here is that a lot of people need to brush up on their Caesar! De Bello Civili is a classic text of strategy, diplomacy, and high political theatre. (Although I preferred the De Bello Gallico myself).
  16. elbert

    Only Three Containers Of Tobacco

    Sir Walter Raleigh's aromatic restorative. Accept no substitute! Actually, you should listen to guys with more blends under their belt. But I do love SWRA.
  17. elbert

    Rare Military Careers

    Ha! Good to know, I'll skip it. (If they screw up Dune, heads will roll...)
  18. elbert

    Rare Military Careers

    This thread could get interesting! I recently finished reading Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein. Despite being science fiction, the core of the novel is really Military organization, rank, recruitment, training, etc. Probably a subject I wouldn't have delved as deeply into if it weren't...
  19. elbert

    Smoker's Rights ?

    I was a vegetarian for 14 months, and much preferred it to the way I'm living now. I only mention it as a preface to this; Every second you spend "worrying about the vegans" is a second consummately wasted. They're a fringe minority, and the economic clout against them holds as its subsidiary...
  20. elbert

    Time to Take Weight Loss Seriously

    I can't believe how genuinely addictive I've found soda to be. I can smoke two or three cigarettes in a day, and then not notice or care if I don't smoke for another week. But the soda just tugs at my brain. I spent 14 years working in restaurants in one capacity or another, and so had free...
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