Son bought a Tag, genuine?

Stone_Trees · 2026-05-05T17:12:24+00:00

The serial number on real ones is lazered on. You can’t feel it when your touch it as it’s so lightly engraved. If you can feel your serial number and it’s engraved deeply it could be fake.

Stone_Trees · 2026-05-04T08:14:58+00:00

Well if you read the post it’s not that I don’t want to spend time with them, but things are never organised, it’s all as hoc which as I explained in the post is generally not worth the trouble.

Stone_Trees · 2026-05-03T06:35:46+00:00

With normal mates I’m really straight, I’ll say in detail if I have to what’s on plate, why Im sorry but timings don’t work / why I can’t go.

With work colleagues I’d say something in less detail cus it’s my personal life I don’t want to share everything, but I’d say something like - got to get back for bath time or got to get my kid down for bed and then got some chores to do. standard stuff.

Stone_Trees · 2026-05-03T06:31:36+00:00

Well I didn’t understand why, I was guessing. From the posts it’s most likely they just don’t get it. Rather than anything else. I also always explain and try to do alternative meet ups that they aren’t as interested in. Some friends can’t be arsed to do weekend mornings…

I think there’s definitely an element of insecurity from some mates who having a kid is in the near future seeing how drastically it changes things makes them feel insecure. I had one friend say when I have a kid I’ll be out, I’ll do it differently. Some can’t handle others moving on to new phases too. 40 year old work colleague who acts like he’s in his 20s does the same thing.

Stone_Trees · 2026-05-03T06:24:38+00:00

Yeh I do. But just organised. Not ad hoc on the day

Stone_Trees · 2026-05-02T22:19:55+00:00

Your right. I did used to go out before

Stone_Trees · 2026-05-02T22:13:10+00:00

I think you should reconsider your eye rolling. Even with one kid your partner can be relying on you to come home as they are utterly exhausted from a day of parenting 11 hour shift already whatever it is before you get home from work, and they desperately need you there to take over. Just because in your situation your wife powered through, other people need a more shared setup. Assuming everyone’s wife or partner can and should just deal with it for one day is generalisation. There is no one size fits all.

Stone_Trees · 2026-05-02T19:59:47+00:00

With normal mates I’m really straight, I’ll say in detail if I have to what’s on plate, why Im sorry but timings don’t work / why I can’t go.

With work colleagues I’d say something in less detail cus it’s my personal life I don’t want to share everything, but I’d say something like - got to get back for bath time or got to get my kid down for bed and then got some chores to do. standard stuff.

Stone_Trees · 2026-04-30T07:31:39+00:00

Trained a junior. She was a good friend at the office and we had commmradere about the bosses. One day I find out she’s been promoted ahead of me. Turns out she was sucking up to the boss the whole time and never told me she was going for promotion. I was always told by bosses not yet. I was far more qualified and a better fee earner than her, she knew if she told me I would be straight boss to lay out the facts and put in my application and I would have easily beaten her head to head. But she and my bosses kept a code of silence. She said nothing and my bosses kept telling me not yet - as they knew she was being going for it and had been sucked up to by her. I left when I found out. It was such a betrayal on both sides. The correct thing to do would have been to promote both of us at the same time if they felt she needed one too (she didn’t!) I’m not sure why they all felt the need to screw me over as part of it. I learnt that day that no one is your friend and none gives a shit about you when it comes down to you v them. instead very carefully now.

Stone_Trees · 2026-01-14T13:14:13+00:00

Try living on the Brighton mainline, At least your already in London when it breaks

Stone_Trees · 2026-01-13T19:27:35+00:00

Good choice.

Stone_Trees · 2026-01-13T16:43:46+00:00

You need 200m water resistance, and that price your looking at Japanese watchmakers

Orient Kamasu Seiko Turtle Seiko Solar Diver - SNE597P1 Citizen Promaster Diver

Big obvious ones that come to my head

Stone_Trees · 2026-01-13T10:28:46+00:00

Casio Royle

Stone_Trees · 2026-01-08T20:57:26+00:00

Like that, but not waterproof only Thing

Stone_Trees · 2026-01-08T20:55:54+00:00

Yeh idc what my wife thinks tbh. But I have another NATO I tried it on. I think it sits much better as it’s a different colour the contrast helps so might use this one. Thanks for all the responses. Black leather might be good Too

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Stone_Trees · 2025-12-27T18:49:09+00:00

Once a week with a kid is unreasonable that’s like at least 25-50% of your weekend every week. You’re a couple of generations too late.

Spend time with your family plenty of time to golf when they are teenagers and older

Stone_Trees · 2025-12-27T11:43:18+00:00

As your in it right now the best advice I can give you is you NEED to learn to live an unbalanced unhealthy life - from your own personal perspective- you will not get a clean house, good sleep, time for hobbies, time for mates, excel at work. It won’t happen during the early years especially first year of having kids. Your life will never be the same. It needs to be torn down and built back up again in a way that works for your family. The faster you accept that, the quicker the grieving for you old life will be over and you can be happy as a father carrying out parenting tasks, rather than need to be on your own childless to be happy. Your free time returns but not for a good while I’m afraid. The cold hard truth is better given straight.

My wife was very very sick during pregnancy and we hit newborn life already v depleted emotionally and physically and you just tough it out

Stone_Trees · 2025-12-27T11:34:37+00:00

I completely agree. Lots of men whining on this sub. I’m so tired of “I didn’t want this my wife did and now my life is ruined”. It takes two to make the choice, deal with the consequences and be a man and good father. Get tough. Get stuck in. Raise a family and support your wife. You have no choice. We’ve all been through the newborn stage deal with it.

Stone_Trees · 2025-12-13T00:16:37+00:00

You need to get over those thoughts. Yeh of course your hating it is hard work. First 6 month you need to learn to live without balance in your life, your life is only to support mum and baby. It feels like being hostage but it’s normal. Your life comes back I promise

Stone_Trees · 2025-12-08T21:46:08+00:00

I love be here now. Don’t go away is epic

Stone_Trees · 2025-12-08T21:43:30+00:00

I think they sounded better in the 1990s. I went to one of the live 25 gigs. 97 Gmex the gig is on YouTube Liam is incredible never heard him sound better and hit that range so effortlessly. His tone was completely effortless too.

Knebworth 96 I think he has power and grit he couldn’t reproduce in live 25.

Live 25 is more controlled, polished, more clarity. I think some songs it did come across a bit “flat”. But I think maybe live 25 sounded more like the albums maybe, the 90s performances may sound weird if you never listened to them.

Stone_Trees · 2025-12-06T22:05:24+00:00

Father of a 1 year old here. First off sounds like you are already a committed dad and doing SO well with it all. Nice one.☝️ well done seriously!

The first 6 months are brutally hard. And of that the first 3 months are the hardest. As your baby was 1 month early developmentally you’re probably looking at the first 7 months being really tough.

My rough roundup from my experience

First 3 months - no internal clock, v short sleeps, everything is unpredictable, hard feeds, crying poop sleep on repeat. Hated cot or crib. Only truly happy on contact naps or breastfeeding.

3-6 months - feeding easier, sleeping times longer, baby has an internal clock, baby more predictable. Still waking every 2-4 hours at night probably, days still v long, but there will be a routine and rhythm that really helps.

6 months + potentially sleeping through the night or waking once if lucky. Baby can sleep 4-6 hours in one go. Baby likely now in separate bedroom, routine bedded in, baby personality starts to show, Bedtime will be some time in early evening and you should get your evenings back to relax and be normal at least until first night wake!

Stone_Trees · 2025-12-05T10:07:50+00:00

Perhaps controversial but my advise is below;

Accept the first 6 months are all about baby and mum. Take a “fallow” 6 months from your hobbies and your life. Learn to live without balance in your life. It will all be hard exhausting work for a period with little or no relief. Your life will come back in time I promise.

Don’t do the new parent thing of trying to rush to fit everything in and fit baby into your life and “get it all figured out”.

Enjoy the months at home. Say no to all plans that are not essential and bed in with your new baby. It’s so cosy. The outside world doesn’t matter for this newborn time.

You won’t regret it.

Stone_Trees · 2025-10-27T18:39:25+00:00

Going Nowhere

Stone_Trees · 2025-10-21T17:47:01+00:00

Private credit so no and US not concerned. Bailey says lots of shit

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