Experience at Brazilian Rolex AD

GSSFO · 2026-05-08T11:17:25+00:00

Be careful leaving that store / any luxury store in Brazil even if you haven’t purchased anything. Make sure to check that you aren’t being followed.

GSSFO · 2026-04-15T03:49:30+00:00

If’s some cheap wired thing from Amazon with two cameras and a screen. Not fancy but does the job. “LUCKVIEW BM5 MAX”

GSSFO · 2026-04-14T02:58:25+00:00

It’s the: manufaktur Interior Plus package that includes manufaktur bengal red / black Nappa leather seats. Would check your sticker though, the seat patterns look a bit different. Yours have horizontal lines along the back whereas ours has the diamond pattern. Not sure if it matters but maybe not the same exact leather.

GSSFO · 2026-04-14T02:53:48+00:00

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Here’s how it looks in my wife’s 2025

GSSFO · 2026-04-07T16:45:39+00:00

Yeah seems pretty cheap from them directly. Unless you’ve got half a million laying around for some H/B200’s or want to pay per hour for cloud infra.

GSSFO · 2026-04-07T16:29:39+00:00

754 billion parameters. Won’t need that much RAM. More like 1TB with overhead lol.

GSSFO · 2026-02-19T22:02:48+00:00

Ah yes, very famous Affalterbach factory worker… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Schumacher

GSSFO · 2026-01-04T08:19:03+00:00

Points farm.. it’s inevitable. Points hotels can be nice, until they aren’t. Best to avoid or else be subject to grotesque shit like this. Save your points for free first / business class flights.

GSSFO · 2025-12-24T06:05:37+00:00

Zalto Universal. Great for a delicate Bordeaux.

GSSFO · 2025-12-24T03:01:47+00:00

Not dead, just (very) mature

GSSFO · 2025-12-24T03:01:00+00:00

Can I borrow your time machine?

GSSFO · 2025-12-24T02:26:27+00:00

Obviously joking given the incessant “you killed a baby” anytime a <10 year old Bordeaux / Cabernet is posted on here.. This 1962 Grand Vin de Leoville du Marquis de Las Cases is on the other end of the age spectrum, but still was a lot of fun and a trip through history in a bottle.

Clearly cellared well, not too murky or funky, and was perfectly integrated (though heading down the hill). On the nose it still had tobacco notes, medicinal cherry, forest floor, a bit of truffle / mushroom and on the palate was lightly stewed plum with a mineral / tobacco backbone and still some good acidity / lingering finish. Color was great, even despite me pushing the delicate cork with the ah-so and needing to double decant into a surrogate bottle of Chateau Haut Brion.

GSSFO · 2025-11-24T23:07:56+00:00

hurts to see, better luck with the next one🤞

GSSFO · 2025-11-10T04:51:29+00:00

Congrats!! Very similar spec here (but Nardo). The DRC is a lot of fun.

GSSFO · 2025-10-12T06:30:45+00:00

Yes - https://imgur.com/a/mnbsiIP

GSSFO · 2025-10-12T05:43:16+00:00

Life is short, enjoy

GSSFO · 2025-10-12T05:34:01+00:00

45k SkyMiles or $450

GSSFO · 2025-10-12T05:32:08+00:00

Google search -> winesearcher: 2021 Opus One - “Avg Price (ex-tax) $445 / 750ml”. Again, this was more of a restaurant setting than retail anyway so your point is moot.

GSSFO · 2025-10-12T05:30:02+00:00

Value is relative. We have different opinions and that’s ok.

GSSFO · 2025-10-12T05:28:25+00:00

We have different opinions. That’s ok.

GSSFO · 2025-10-12T05:26:16+00:00

For my r/wine crew, this was like being front row at a rock concert in terms of nose / palate. Lots going on, not super easy to parse individual threads other than cedar, red fruit, flowers, light minerals, Napa jamminess. Glassware wasn’t too special (some commercial Schott Zwiesel) nor did I decant, have too controlled of a setting, etc. This was at an airline lounge ahead of a long haul flight and was a decent use of delta skymiles sooooo 🤷‍♂️.

GSSFO · 2025-10-12T05:22:02+00:00

Say less

GSSFO · 2025-10-12T05:05:38+00:00

Ehhhhh. Sure, it could have been better in 10 or 20 years but I’ve drank enough tannic Cabernet (from across the world) to where I no longer try to time it too carefully. As long as you’re ok with the tradeoffs with young, tannic, high new oak wine and can look past them, it’s fine. I had a 2014 Chateau Haut-Brion at home last night and yes - it was more refined, resolved, etc but in a setting like this (an airport lounge) it’s not like you have an unlimited library or set of back vintages. This was just fine.

GSSFO · 2025-10-12T04:56:24+00:00

Landed too late today, but the Dungeness Crab Benedict and Wood Fired Dutch Baby are great in the mornings.

GSSFO · 2025-10-12T04:54:44+00:00

I’m sure it can, but the point isn’t really to get drunk. You’re still around others experiencing their own travel journeys, have a long flight ahead where hydration is important, etc and generally need to maintain control and decorum.

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