theantiquetiger

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Read a book a long, long time ago before I went to Vegas the first time. Written by some famous pro gambler. One line stuck with me. Dumbest thing ever said in a casino is “I am playing with the houses money.” When they hand you a chip, it’s now your money. Point being, when you are “up” and you lose it. That’s your money you lost. You lost $900 no matter what you tell yourself.

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That’s how I see it. It’s not what is in your pocket as you walk in vs what’s in your pocket when you walk out, you need to count the rake. You could have walked out with $1500, but you lost $900 back, walking out with $100 more than you came in with, in stead of $1000 more than you walked in with.

My recent pick up. A Soviet-made works, 17J Cornavin Pentaflex with a Pinwheel second hand display.



I didn’t like the cheap Speidel bracelet, so I ordered a couple replacements. The lugs are only 18mm, so even these replacements look too small for this case. I just ordered an adapter to go from 18mm to 22mm, and an another stainless bracelet.

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Don’t know if I’d call this a “luxury” watch

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I see this thread as a “watch” thread, anything from vintage to luxury.

Awesome watch BTW

Decided to keep the Mido automatic. Put it in a wide band, to kind of mimic Brad Pitt’s Citizen Bullhead from “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

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I'm in a Family Mart on average 2-3 times a month in Sendai and Tokyo and I can honestly say I've never seen a chicken sandwich in there, not that I've ever been looking.

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The chicken patty is at the check out counter, clerk has to get it for you. In front of the hot box (where the chicken patties are located), there are buns prepackaged.

The “shirt” Godzilla is wearing in my OP, it the package the clerk puts the patty into.

Omega SeaMaster 300M.

Just bought it!!!

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Nice find! Do you plan on selling or keeping it a while?

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Both, it’s on eBay already for $300, if it doesn’t sell, I’ll keep it. I’m buying a Seamaster 300M next week, so if it sells, it’s going toward it.

I was never a big coffee drinker, I don’t even care for a regular cup of coffee even now. I couldn’t tell the difference between a good cup of coffee and a bad cup, they all tasted bad to me.
With that being said, I have always liked espressos, lattes, cappuccinos, etc. A couple years ago I bought a Ninja Cafe Lux. I drink a hot or iced latte everyday. Since I’ve owned it, I’ve only bought Lavazza coffee beans off Amazon.
I bought a bag of Community this week, and man, the difference is night and day.
I’m hooked, but Community whole beans are about $15 a pound, and Lavazza is about $8.50 a bound.

Any other beans I should try?

My latest addition to my new addiction

A mid-60’s Majestime 17 jewel automatic. Just had it serviced. It weighs quite a bit

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I sure as shite ain’t going. I have people telling me two beers and some chicken wings will run you over $50 on the strip.

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Yes, if you are not gambling, everything on the strip is high as frick. I’m talking $25+ a person for a shitty fast food meal.

We did have “decent” meal on Fremont St, that was about $80-$100 for 4 people. It was a BBQ place, it was ok, basically a Sonny’s BBQ level food (I like Sonny’s BTW)