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Here’s the real low down:
For whatever reason, in 2015 a group of alumni determined that Baton Rouge was the ideal retirement locale. The ringleader was an Ernest Hemingway impersonator.
The chapter had been severely lacking in alumni support and there was a general malaise, which Ernest and his ilk promised to remedy.
Once they realized the levels of debauchery the chapter had descended to, they thought to remake it in their image. Unfortunately, they began doing so by naively blowing the whistle to Greek Life, who promptly called Nationals. That was 10 strikes too many and Nationals pulled the plug.
The house was sold to Pike for something like $800k, plus a substantial donation to TAF, which I’m 100% positive that none of the aforementioned alumni benefited from.
RIP in Peace Uzi

re: TGIF Watch thread

Posted by Santiago_Dunbar on 7/17/26 at 9:47 pm to
I hear ya, I’m used to a date. It’s been tough when you glance down at the bank or wherever and your watch provides no help. I’ve definitely learned to appreciate how clean a no-date look is though.
Just picked up this Pelagos MN. The lume on these is pretty rad, will probably end up spending as much on straps as I did on the watch.




Argentina is fake Italy without the currency. Those who support over England are traitors to our Founding Fathers.
I’ve seen enough of these to know it should be a tight one. This has reverse ‘14 all over it.

If we deliver then sky’s the limit


Certainly not a luxury watch, but rolling with the SKX009 today. The Uncle Straps FKM rubber is super comfortable.

re: TGIF Watch thread

Posted by Santiago_Dunbar on 2/20/26 at 2:35 pm to
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Seiko SPB143j1


Really cool watch, all of the 62MAS reissues are great. I passed on a SJE093J1 a few months ago. It had been sitting in the display case for a few months at the AD, I guess no one really knew how rare it was. Couldn’t justify dropping $3,500 on one but saw that they’re on Chrono24 for almost twice that now.

Rolling with the SPB381 today. The color variation really shows out in the sunlight:


It’s definitely worth taking the drive up 400, vs slogging it up I-85. Dahlonega is a Hallmark movie town and is worth taking an hour to walk around the square. There’s a few good wineries as well, Kaya is a solid spot.

Do you like hiking? Looks like clear weather on Thursday and Friday. Mt Yonah is very close to Cleveland and has incredible cliffside views of the whole GA Blue Ridge. Plenty of shorter hikes off the AT and waterfalls as well. If you’d rather take it easy, you can drive almost to the top of Brasstown Bald. There’s a shuttle to the summit.

The drive over the mountains on the Richard B. Russell Parkway is beautiful with tons of views. Sunrise Grocery is close to the parkway and has killer boiled peanuts.
I’d be shocked if the Forge ever actually breaks ground, would be cool though. Just did a hard hat tour at the new Rockefeller building, 1072 Peachtree. It’s been a while since Atlanta had a legit skyscraper go vertical. View of the Midtown cluster, pretty wild when you can see the Blue Ridge on a clear day:



Haven’t read through the whole thread, but it’s always interesting to see folks from economically stagnant places dogging on a southern city that is pro-business and making things happen.

That Tennessee game was insane. From what I recall there was no lightning so there were no delays.

Getting an uber out of there was life or death since temps were dropping like 30 degrees within an hour and everyone was soaked
Went in to potentially snag a Pelagos FXD, ended up leaving with the Seiko SPB381. First GMT in the collection.

Coach Chris will get special teams back to serving up grill nutt in ‘26. Can’t afford not to bring him home.
Awesome lume patina on those, looking at Tudor milsub content is crack for me.

There’s a few cool homages out there, ordered a Watchdives WD 5513 to scratch the itch.

re: Coach Chris Update

Posted by Santiago_Dunbar on 11/22/25 at 8:52 pm to
You really can’t underestimate how huge of a hire this would be. Someone with this level of competency, not to mention the community impact, gets us well on the way back to LSU standards.

re: TGIF Watch thread

Posted by Santiago_Dunbar on 11/21/25 at 11:26 pm to


SARB017 Alpinist on a mustard nylon nato.

Giving strong consideration towards a SPB381 in the immediate future

re: Anyone remember Gay Nate?

Posted by Santiago_Dunbar on 11/21/25 at 11:17 pm to
Gay Nate got it done 9/10 times at the Chimes locale, thought I feel like he started slipping around ‘14-‘15.

Told me I looked like a baby polar bear and botched my buddy to the extent he called home in tears
This is how you know most of these folks never actually spent much time in Athens, probably pissed it’s not Gavin Adcock out there instead of JB.
Caught them last night in Atlanta. Was expecting a legit production but wasn’t sure how Paul’s voice was holding up. Granted I never saw him back in the day to compare, but he sounded really, really good. Can’t believe he can still push 3 hours at that level, especially standing up on the bass. A lot of guys his age would be on the keys most of the show and stand up to sing a couple.
Band was very dialed in, his core guys have been with him since the early 2000s and it shows. Though as a touring musician, I can’t imagine you’d want to make a move after you land the McCartney gig.
Live and Let Die was absolutely nuts.