Meh.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by NotFromHere
What the fuck is wrong with you? Did you just give up paying attention?

Do we have 3 things in common?

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by bold_n_brazen
End of April. On a Monday. Every year. It's called Patriot's Day and Boston actually shuts down for it.

I believe the Marathon is run on the Monday in April which is closest to April 19 (Patriot's Day proper). It is a statewide holiday. There is also always a game at Fenway. Plus all the re-enactments. Imagine the traffic problems if it were not a holiday. If y'all really show up, I will arrange the Palooza.

As for whether people in Boston party, I offer you this:

Today's Boston Globe:

In a nondescript Boston apartment amid small businesses and artists' lofts, authorities this week found what may have been one of the largest methamphetamine manufacturing operations in the state after the discovery of the body of an admired local artist who apparently moved in a world of clandestine sex and drugs.

Responding to a call from the man's friends, police said they found the body of 29-year-old Kevin D. McCormick in his Congress Street apartment in the Fort Point district, the victim of a heart attack suffered during sex acts.

and Boston Herald :

Investigators believe five people were squatting in the nondescript building, which some neighbors described as “quiet.”

That changed Sunday when police found McCormick, 29, dead in a room called “The Dungeon.” He was wearing a mask and wetsuit-style body suit. Police have not identified McCormick as the dead man, but Bachrach said it was him.

A man whose employer rents space in the building described “group bondage parties” and other “weird (expletive).” He also said hamsters had been found in the basement.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
I am a very loyal person when it comes to shopping. I'd rather pay a little more and go somewhere where I like the people. This particular shop is the oldest jewelry shop in DC. It's wedged in on Conn. Ave. between a Thomas Pink's and Burberry. I've broken my Tag about 10 times and they've fixed it for free every time, simply saying "just remember us when it comes time for your next purchase"--so, I'd really like to give them the business, because I like to reward good service. I'm just curious how much I can expect it to come down in price, so I have an idea when i shouldn't work at it anymore.

So, price the watch on the internet, and then go back to them and ask them for a discount because of your loyalty. Decide whether your loyalty is worth the difference between their best price and what you can get it for elsewhere.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Sparklehorse
I believe the Marathon is run on the Monday in April which is closest to April 19 (Patriot's Day proper). It is a statewide holiday. There is also always a game at Fenway. Plus all the re-enactments. Imagine the traffic problems if it were not a holiday. If y'all really show up, I will arrange the Palooza.

As for whether people in Boston party, I offer you this:

Today's Boston Globe:

In a nondescript Boston apartment amid small businesses and artists' lofts, authorities this week found what may have been one of the largest methamphetamine manufacturing operations in the state after the discovery of the body of an admired local artist who apparently moved in a world of clandestine sex and drugs.

Responding to a call from the man's friends, police said they found the body of 29-year-old Kevin D. McCormick in his Congress Street apartment in the Fort Point district, the victim of a heart attack suffered during sex acts.

and Boston Herald :

Investigators believe five people were squatting in the nondescript building, which some neighbors described as “quiet.”

That changed Sunday when police found McCormick, 29, dead in a room called “The Dungeon.” He was wearing a mask and wetsuit-style body suit. Police have not identified McCormick as the dead man, but Bachrach said it was him.

A man whose employer rents space in the building described “group bondage parties” and other “weird (expletive).” He also said hamsters had been found in the basement.

With this place busted, and Kev dead, do you think Penske is still going to want to go to Boston?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
I am a very loyal person when it comes to shopping. I'd rather pay a little more and go somewhere where I like the people. This particular shop is the oldest jewelry shop in DC. It's wedged in on Conn. Ave. between a Thomas Pink's and Burberry. I've broken my Tag about 10 times and they've fixed it for free every time, simply saying "just remember us when it comes time for your next purchase"--so, I'd really like to give them the business, because I like to reward good service. I'm just curious how much I can expect it to come down in price, so I have an idea when i shouldn't work at it anymore.

Loyalty and prestige (npi) are the two most overused and irrational justifications for stupid decisions.

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
With this place busted, and Kev dead, do you think Penske is still going to want to go to Boston?

Maybe he is retiring temporarily from the board in order to sit shiva.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Loyalty and prestige (npi) are the two most overused and irrational justifications for stupid decisions.

2 and 2. When I hear the old fucks who tried to clip us on bonuses and pay so they can suck a few bucks more to put their talentless little shits through the same private school their neighbors' kids go to (and their naighbors, unlike them, can easily afford), I'm reminded of that drug commercial where the parent confronts his son with the crayon box full of weed and bowls:

"You kids are just not loyal in any regard. You're mercenary. Where did you learn to be so selfish?"

"I learned it from you, old man. You short term-thinking cash whoring egomanical consumption machine. I learned it from you."

[sunnybunny]

Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Well, for 3400, I'd hope you're not buying another Tag. Most over marked up watch ever.

The Tag was a Christmas present from a high school boyfriend. For whatever it cost, I'd say it was worth it. has lasted longer in my possession than any other watch. I'm hell on watches...my horse back riding, mountainbiking, large dog owning lifestyle beats the shit out of watches. I'm not getting another tag, but I'd never turn my nose up at another free one.

[Sparklehorse]

I just learned a new word reading the America's Next Top Model recaplet on Television Without Pity:

lesbirginity

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
So, price the watch on the internet, and then go back to them and ask them for a discount because of your loyalty. Decide whether your loyalty is worth the difference between their best price and what you can get it for elsewhere.

All this frittering about and maneuvering is tripping over dolars to save nickels. Just wait till the holidays are over and buy the fucking watch. The most you were ever going to save was a couple hundre anyway, and your time is worth more than that.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
The Tag was a Christmas present from a high school boyfriend.

Ever have the feeling there are people living lives you can't even imagine?

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Ever have the feeling there are people living lives you can't even imagine?

Exactly. I received The Clapper (not the clap) from a HS girlfriend, which was actually a pretty funny gift.

[sebastian_dangerfield]

Originally posted by sunnybunny
The Tag was a Christmas present from a high school boyfriend. For whatever it cost, I'd say it was worth it. has lasted longer in my possession than any other watch. I'm hell on watches...my horse back riding, mountainbiking, large dog owning lifestyle beats the shit out of watches. I'm not getting another tag, but I'd never turn my nose up at another free one.

Oh, I'm not knocking its dependability. They run.

But so does a Timex.

What I am knocking is how Tag has marketed itself into a new price category. Much like Absolute vodka, it is justifying high prices based on clever marketing. The product remains a solid product, but its not deserves the price its getting.

But I guess that could be said for a lot of watches. Unless you're getting a crazy high end patek or Audemars or some such thing, you're proabably buying an overpriced mass-produced item. Rolex is a huge joke. They've been pumping out a solid, mid level quality watch at outrageous prices for years. I dig old school cartier Panthers, but they are wickedly marked up. And those Dunhill and Montblanc watches... I don't get that at all.

I've heard from a jeweler friend that IWC is supposed to be the most durable item out there, fwiw. But they're pretty damn expensive. But they look really nice. Very conservative lines.

BTW, whats with those Panerais or whatever they're called? Those things are too big for a gorilla. They look pretty silly on the average man's wrist.

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Ever have the feeling there are people living lives you can't even imagine?

My highschool boyfriend gave me a coral ring he brought back from a trip to Jamaica. My active lifestyle is hell on cheap coral rings, but I still have it!!

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Did you just call me Coltrane?
Exactly. I received The Clapper (not the clap) from a HS girlfriend, which was actually a pretty funny gift.

We knew how you felt about "prestige" brands after you confessed to being an Oil of Olay user.