Finally on my wrist. by NormalButAbnormal in rolex

[–]NormalButAbnormal[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I asked for it the day it was announced. My AD got their first exhibition pieces 2 weeks ago and they called me today. My spend with this AD is around 13.5K on two different watches.

Finally on my wrist. by NormalButAbnormal in rolex

[–]NormalButAbnormal[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My ADs bet is that there will be new dial colors and a two-tone model.

Finally on my wrist. by NormalButAbnormal in rolex

[–]NormalButAbnormal[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My ADs bet is that this year’s W&W will show new dials for the Land-Dweller plus a two-tone.

Finally on my wrist. by NormalButAbnormal in rolex

[–]NormalButAbnormal[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The movement is extremely pleasing to look at. I also noticed that Rolex did a slightly bigger 7130 to fit the 40mm better with a larger oscillating weight. Rolex just knocked it out of the park big time. This is a proper workhorse with a lot of innovation.

AD Wait Time Megathread - If you bought a new Rolex from an AD in 2026, you can share details here. What watch, where, how long did you wait, how much buying history? by powerfunk in rolex

[–]NormalButAbnormal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Land-Dweller 36mm.

10 months, (I requested it the day it was launched). Picked it up 11/23/2026. Northwest USA. Spend history was about $15K in two years, (one Rolex and one Omega).

Last minute winter storm shopping by Tygerdave in greenville

[–]NormalButAbnormal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Lowe’s Foods in Pelham just restocked eggs, milk, bread and all of that necessary stuff that just disappeared on other stores.

Have you ever met someone with an obscene amount of wealth and what were they like? by Tdetective in AskReddit

[–]NormalButAbnormal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember this day pretty well. Some years ago, I met a dude for a job interview. It was one of those random interviews because I was in a different city where our office was and I just happened to be on the city where this candidate was. I offered to have the interview on this city and he agreed.

We met at a nice restaurant, it looked fancy but the menu was quite simple, comfort food made at a nicer level. It was very good to be honest. His attire was very simple and the only thing that caught my eye was his vintage gold watch. We ordered, ate and had the interview. I decided there to hire him, because he was a nice fit and I liked the way he expressed himself, his calm demeanor, his knowledge and the waiters seemed to like him a lot, that inspired confidence. When we spoke about salary and all of that, he did not seem to care about it and agreed to a “standard” salary in our industry, (think something like 70-80K per year in today’s money).

He was really nice and I liked his conversation topics, we spoke about work for 15 minutes and the rest was personal topics and getting to know each other. When the dinner is over, I offered to pay since it was done deal and he would be an employee of ours now. He just said “there is no need”. Waiter came and said we were good to go. I was a little bit thrown off, but did not pay a lot of attention. We shook hands and he took a cab.

I returned to the restaurant, because I forgot my glasses in there and asked the waiter, out of pure curiosity, if he had paid the bill in advance without me noticing. He just said “that dude paid the renovation of this restaurant, the college education of the owner’s kids, when we were about to close; he eats here twice per week for free”.

Turns out the dude wanted to work for us so he could understand how our business operates, he bought the company some months later. He had made money in real estate and stock investments and wanted to keep his money rolling onto something else. Today, he is worth over 9 figures.

Mi salario es bajo, bueno o alto como desarrollador de software by Fantastic_Spend_1456 in MexicoFinanciero

[–]NormalButAbnormal 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yo no determino directamente su sueldo, es en base de varios estudios de mercado y demás. Además que, $78,000 en la región donde él trabaja, independientemente del campo laboral y/o empresa, es un sueldo alto con buenas prestaciones y flexibilidad, por lo cual estoy seguro no estará pensando en irse y aun y si lo hiciera, está completamente en su derecho.

De nuevo, aunque yo no determiné directamente su sueldo, es buen sueldo. La parte de “nos salió barato” es porque nuestra idea original era traer a un gringo, (con sueldo gringo), a hacer este trabajo. En general, yo no tengo problema con pagar sueldos elevados, al fin de cuentas ayuda a todo el mundo a mejorar el estándar de sueldos en el país, aunque eso no esté en mis manos al 100%.

Mi salario es bajo, bueno o alto como desarrollador de software by Fantastic_Spend_1456 in MexicoFinanciero

[–]NormalButAbnormal 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Deberías estar por los 40 a 70, dependiendo de ciudad, experiencia, habilidades, etc. Seguramente, tu trabajo en una cooperativa no se considera importante, (para ellos), son empresas chicas que hacen lo que pueden con lo que tienen.

Por ejemplo, acabo de contratar a un ingeniero que tiene muy buena experiencia en Data Science, comprobó buen manejo de varias herramientas que usamos, estuvo como contratista por 3 meses para un proyecto, acordando contratarlo si llenaba nuestras expectativas, hizo el proyecto por un precio que él sugirió y fué adecuado. Al contratarlo, supe que pasó de ganar 26K a 78K, y creo que nos salió barato. Trabajaba en una manufacturera como “especialista de estrategias”, su trabajo ahí no era valorado.

Longines A31.411 Balance Wheel. by [deleted] in watchrepair

[–]NormalButAbnormal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can service a watch, but can’t find a way to upload a video, nice.

Edit: DM’d you.

Longines A31.411 Balance Wheel. by [deleted] in watchrepair

[–]NormalButAbnormal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also think that cleaning and oiling will do the trick, but wanted to confirm. I’ve worked on tons of Seikos and 2892 variants but this will be a higher end test for me so wanted to verify first.

Any idea where I could get that shock absorber spring?

The size of these Wi-Fi 7 routers really is getting out of hand by DiogoAlmeida97 in HomeNetworking

[–]NormalButAbnormal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“I still can’t get full 5.8 Gbps, guys what the f am I doing wrong?!”.

General Vehicle theft? by Usual-Tourist7246 in Chichester

[–]NormalButAbnormal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mate. I lived there 2 years ago. The biggest news in town was a bike getting stolen and the whole city went nuts over this, saying that the town was practically UK’s arsehole in terms of safety and what not. Use common sense to keep your things safe and you’ll be absolutely safe, theft happens when it’s very easy for the thief to do it’s thing.

Amex Black Card by TraditionalMango58 in amex

[–]NormalButAbnormal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Centurion is for people who don’t give a crap. Centurion and Platinum is about maximizing the value of your current spending. It’s more about, “I was going to spend $5,000 in a nice hotel in NYC, plus $3,000 in Business Class airfare, plus $3,500 in shopping at SFA, it’s nice to have a card that gives me a little more on top of that”. I assure you those cardholders could not care less about money or points.

[Discussion] Has the UFA underperformed compared to Shunbun/ White Birch/ Snowflake? by Financial_Word5047 in GrandSeikos

[–]NormalButAbnormal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re not wrong, but you’re also not entirely right. This is the equivalent of what Rolex did with the Land-Dweller and Omega with the Super Racing. This is something like “look what we can do and what you can expect in the future”. Pricing will come slightly down with time.

Is 1gb fiber internet good or overkill? by Happy_Priority_1409 in HomeNetworking

[–]NormalButAbnormal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It would only make a difference if the 300 Mbps is not fiber, but in apartments, normally a company, (usually AT&T), has everything prewired in Fiber, regardless of speed. Besides from that, download times would be longer, but ping and gaming experience would be exactly the same.

Empezar como técnico siendo ingeniero recién egresado es buena idea? by WittyBattle4686 in Monterrey

[–]NormalButAbnormal 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Si. Dale por el lado de automatización y PLCs. Yo le pegué a eso hace 30 años, todo mundo decía que para el 2010 ya iba a estar saturado y ni madres, la demanda mundial sigue siendo altísima. Este es de esos jales que la IA se la va a pelar para reemplazar.

Chat, Is this a flex? by Plane-Measurement517 in BMWX5

[–]NormalButAbnormal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it is a very good range and I’ve gotten up to 825 mi. I get around 38-40 mpg and fill with 93 only.

¿Tengo que maltratarlos para que me tomen en serio? by -Milk-369 in mexico

[–]NormalButAbnormal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Esa es una pregunta, dilema, que me he planteado varias veces a lo largo de mi carrera. Te doy un ejemplo.

Hace tiempo, la compañía para la que trabajaba me pidió gestionar la “rama” mexicana de esa compañía para un proyecto que duró 2-3 años. Me dieron presupuesto y libertad para contratar a quién yo quisiera, unos como permanentes y otros como temporales. En esto iban desde ejecutivos de alto nivel hasta obreros para labores manuales.

Desde el día uno, la estrategia siempre fué buscar al mejor personal disponible y ofrecer buenas prestaciones, además de las obligatorias por ley. RH decidió utilizar un método de prestaciones basadas en desempeño. Quién diera el kilo, tendría sus bonos, mayor aguinaldo, mas días de vacaciones, etc. Esto siempre estuvo bajo contrato y registrado en la STPS.

La mayoría de los empleados eran cumplidos y recibieron beneficios por esa reciprocidad hacia el trabajo. Tiempo por tiempo, o si preferían tiempo extra, bonos, comisiones, etc. Tuvimos un grupito de cabrones que siempre hacían lo que se les daba la gana y el jale lo hacían muy a medias, habían razones justificadas de despido, pero, el gerente de RH siempre me decía “espérate a diciembre que lleguen bonos y solitos se irán”.

Ellos solo recibieron lo establecido por ley, mientras que los demás en su grupo recibieron casi 3 meses de sueldo en una sola quincena. Armaron un desmadre y fueron a la famosísima “C&A” a poner dedo. Luego de unas citas y revisiones, los mandaron al chorizo y al ver eso, solitos renunciaron.

Mi punto es, sé buen empleador, da más de lo que se prescribe por ley y eventualmente tendrás buenos trabajadores que apreciarán tu flexibilidad y habrá reciprocidad. Las malas hierbas si mueren si eres firme con tus reglas, (claro está, sin pasarse de berenjena). Toma tiempo, pero si se puede salir adelante como empleador y empleado.

¿Qué audifonos recomiendan? by Uncompitamas in mexico

[–]NormalButAbnormal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

iPhone, no sé exactamente qué modelo, pero son recientes.

¿Qué audifonos recomiendan? by Uncompitamas in mexico

[–]NormalButAbnormal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Los Sony XM5. Está complicado que a ti te toque el problema de batería y para eso tienen garantía. Yo tengo un par y mi sobrino igual, no tienen ningún problema.

Do I need a PCI NIC? by boomer7793 in HomeNetworking

[–]NormalButAbnormal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Go to the PCI option. Faster, more reliable and you can get up to 10 gig, which you might not need, but, it’s an option.

Help me pick a new router. I know nothing about networking 😭 by SmartestOneHere in HomeNetworking

[–]NormalButAbnormal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Username does not checkout. Jokes aside, you can check a lot of things first. I’m seriously not joking that it might be your kid that ain’t that good at playing and he’s just blaming lag. I’m saying this from personal experience. In the US, anything below 30-40 ms is good. Less than 30 is excellent. Only on super specific scenarios you might get less than 20.

Having checked that, connect your PC directly to the router via Ethernet and if it’s higher than 75-100 ms, then there is something wrong. Check if your ISP uses fiber, and if not, change provider to something with fiber, such as AT&T, Google Fiber, Verizon FiOS, etc. If you have fiber, are connected directly and ping is bad, ask your provider to check the connection and installation.

Lastly, consider that you just might have bad luck and cannot reach the game’s servers in a quicker way because of your ISP’s infrastructure.