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  • Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 6,587 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That really sucks Frank. It’s a great looking watch. I agree with Edward, if it’s still turning I’d say it can be fixed.

  • YaksterYakster Posts: 27,640 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Aw, geeze!

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  • VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 18,179 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I put the movement on a time checker and it's keeping pretty good time. The hands are just not turning and I can't get the second hand back on.

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  • silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 20,887 ✭✭✭✭✭

    sounds like a gear popped out of its pivot hole. Be careful when you take the movement out of the case to not dislodge or lose it.

  • First_WarriorFirst_Warrior Posts: 3,429 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2023

    Keep a magnet handy to find small lost parts.

  • ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 9,578 ✭✭✭✭✭

    And when nothing else works.....
    Hammer time.

    Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.

  • peter4jcpeter4jc Posts: 16,527 ✭✭✭✭✭

    An auction for a jar of sand from the spot where Tom Brady retired has reached nearly six figures. The ebay auction is at $99,000 as of right now, with six days left before it closes. Good thing the shipping is only $5.10.

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  • CharlieHeisCharlieHeis Posts: 8,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2023

    @CharlieHeis said:
    Ok, the one thing that probably comes to most of our minds if asked what does the US actually use the metric system to measure? Booze.
    So I just heard a Canadian call a handle, half gallon, whatever else you prefer, a 66. They go by ounces and call a 1.75 liter a 66. Wtf.

    This was bothering me today and I googled the conversion. Now it makes even less sense.
    And I can't find the video now. It was a Canadian in a US liquor store flipping out at the cheap prices. Maybe he said 60 which would be closer to that actual conversion of 59.whatever ounces.
    Either way the point was metric vs. standard being switched.

  • silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 20,887 ✭✭✭✭✭

    actually, it is called a 60, not a 66 according to the scholars on reddit:

    grampapinch
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    10 yr. ago
    Canadian here. Most commonly called a "60", as it is 59.**** ounces. Especially since some liquors (just bought a 60 of baileys, in fact) come in this size, but don't have handles on them.

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    Charmandior
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    10 yr. ago
    Shame it's not just a round 64 ounces, then we could call it a "growler" which is definitely the coolest unit of volume.

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    muaddib99
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    10 yr. ago
    The Scotch must flow
    yeah a 60 is all I've heard up here for bottles of that size (not specific ot whiskey mickey - 375ml, 26er - 750ml 40 - 1.14L 60 - 1.75L texas mickey - 3L

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    Clobberknockers
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    10 yr. ago
    Handle, half gallon, 60-pounder, and grip are all ones I've heard. Northern California, if it matters.

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    djauralsects
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    10 yr. ago
    60 pounder in Vancouver Canada as well, must be a west coast thing.

    http://www.reddit.com/r/Scotch/comments/1aag82/stupid_question_what_do_you_call_a_175_liter/

  • ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 9,578 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I call it a 1.75 liter and I hate metric.

    Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.

  • silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 20,887 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 18,179 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • dirtdudedirtdude Posts: 5,838 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @CharlieHeis said:
    Ok, the one thing that probably comes to most of our minds if asked what does the US actually use the metric system to measure? Booze.
    So I just heard a Canadian call a handle, half gallon, whatever else you prefer, a 66. They go by ounces and call a 1.75 liter a 66. Wtf.

    I call a 1,75 not enough. Retirement sucks.

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  • ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 9,578 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @dirtdude said:

    @CharlieHeis said:
    Ok, the one thing that probably comes to most of our minds if asked what does the US actually use the metric system to measure? Booze.
    So I just heard a Canadian call a handle, half gallon, whatever else you prefer, a 66. They go by ounces and call a 1.75 liter a 66. Wtf.

    I call a 1,75 not enough. Retirement sucks.

    Don't say that. Let the rest of us have something to look forward to.

    Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.

  • Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 6,587 ✭✭✭✭✭

    These guys are good…

  • CharlieHeisCharlieHeis Posts: 8,538 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 2023

    @dirtdude
    I call a 1,75 not enough. Retirement sucks.

    Dammit Randy, find some hobbies and projects. Anything is better than having to go to work every day.

    Edit: that was my wtf

  • silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 20,887 ✭✭✭✭✭

    $485.00! Lol Almost as stupid as the $200 pre-ripped kind.

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  • VegasFrankVegasFrank Posts: 18,179 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 6,587 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The price was capped once; however, as one of its first acts the current administration did away with that.

  • silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 20,887 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ford is seeking a patent for a system that would enable its cars to annoy users with endless notifications and constant beeps and chimes or even lock owners out of the car entirely if they miss a payment, according to a patent application published last week.

    https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkg7nm/ford-seeks-patent-that-turns-car-into-dystopian-nightmare-if-you-miss-a-payment

  • silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 20,887 ✭✭✭✭✭

    we are our own worst enemies:

    "Still, even if only a small fraction of that acreage is planted with neonic-coated seed, it is reason for concern. Every single neonic-coated seed carries a toxic load. Scientists found that a single corn kernel can have enough insecticide on it to kill 80,000 bees, and a newer unpublished review found that a single seed could kill 250,000 bees."

    https://xerces.org/blog/will-california-be-first-state-to-ensure-oversight-of-pesticide-coated-seed

  • Amos_UmwhatAmos_Umwhat Posts: 8,848 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @silvermouse said:
    we are our own worst enemies:

    "Still, even if only a small fraction of that acreage is planted with neonic-coated seed, it is reason for concern. Every single neonic-coated seed carries a toxic load. Scientists found that a single corn kernel can have enough insecticide on it to kill 80,000 bees, and a newer unpublished review found that a single seed could kill 250,000 bees."

    https://xerces.org/blog/will-california-be-first-state-to-ensure-oversight-of-pesticide-coated-seed

    :'(

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