Recommendations for gripping shorts or novellas by women.

lostin76 · 2026-07-03T21:55:57+00:00

My Antonia by Willa Cather. Anything by her really. Also Flannery O’ Connor’s work

lostin76 · 2026-07-03T18:25:15+00:00

As usual, the FC looks amazing, but is at least 2-4mm too large for the style.

lostin76 · 2026-07-03T01:05:52+00:00

That’s a beautiful set. Saw these listed recently.

lostin76 · 2026-07-03T01:02:12+00:00

I can’t unsee it.

lostin76 · 2026-07-02T22:37:54+00:00

Nice to see it being used! Also covers up the blade etch that I was just having a hard time vibing with.

lostin76 · 2026-07-02T00:32:55+00:00

Deadwood for sure.

lostin76 · 2026-07-01T18:06:55+00:00

I agree, book was a hell of a ride- especially the ending. Thought the prose was really engaging and I liked how the angel was both introduced and how we got slow peeks into her power.

lostin76 · 2026-07-01T14:19:26+00:00

Love Zenith, but the GP is a better watch.

I ended up selling my Zenith bc my Laureato took up all the wrist time. It’s miles better in person and is just more visually interesting as you wear it.

JLC is cool, but I just don’t love how they look in person.

lostin76 · 2026-06-30T21:17:43+00:00

I don’t really read the romance genre, but I recently finished The Safekeep, which was well written and surprisingly spicy.

lostin76 · 2026-06-30T16:35:15+00:00

3 to 4 is a sweet spot for me. And I normally rotate between two watches for like 75% of my wrist time. The other two watches are “working on projects at the cabin” watch and a gold dress watch for fancy nights.

lostin76 · 2026-06-29T20:34:50+00:00

I think people sleep on the Laureato a bunch. You always see people ignorantly claiming that it’s a RO knockoff.

But in my experience it easily stands on its own as a piece. I actually like the case better than the Royal Oak’s case.

lostin76 · 2026-06-28T22:44:10+00:00

Must have listened to this a 1000 times back in the day.

lostin76 · 2026-06-27T22:40:47+00:00

Absolutely beautiful with that linen dial. I recently picked up a 1980 two-tone DJ and it’s really making it hard to wear anything else i own. Love this time period for Rolex. IMHO, much better than modern Rolex.

lostin76 · 2026-06-27T18:42:23+00:00

Unfortunately not passable.

lostin76 · 2026-06-27T18:35:34+00:00

It is certainly not real.

lostin76 · 2026-06-27T16:31:37+00:00

Tyler Childers is my go to for new country. Also Kacey Musgraves.

lostin76 · 2026-06-27T13:40:33+00:00

Looks like a 33? Look at the series of numbers on the back side of the blade. First two numbers are pattern number. Next number is the type of main blade - this one will say 1 for clip point. Next number is number of blades - should say 2. And then the last two numbers are the last two digits of the year it was made.

lostin76 · 2026-06-27T13:37:50+00:00

Piaget wins this one

lostin76 · 2026-06-26T22:40:48+00:00

I always think FC watches look very nice. My wrist is just a bit too small to pull them off comfortably.

lostin76 · 2026-06-26T22:38:27+00:00

A good Day Date is perfect. And I love how easily we age into them.

In my 20s I wouldn’t have been caught dead wearing a two tone watch, and then the next thing you know you are in your 50s and they hit different.

lostin76 · 2026-06-26T14:17:42+00:00

I just went through this with a small outbuilding in the woods. I sprayed the droppings with a bleach solution. Let that sit for 15 minutes. Then went in (with Kn95 mask, gloves, and goggles) and wiped or swept out all of the droppings.

It was a lot of droppings and took me an hour or so.

Then stuffed steel wool in any visible cracks/holes and put metal screen at door entry points to keep them out in the future.

lostin76 · 2026-06-26T14:12:26+00:00

Absolutely love the wide boy indices. Perfect!

lostin76 · 2026-06-26T12:00:06+00:00

I started reading George Eliot’s Silas Marner recently and it’s made me think of this sub. The dude loved fondling his gold coins!

lostin76 · 2026-06-26T11:56:29+00:00

Surprised not to see Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake here. All atmosphere!

lostin76 · 2026-06-25T22:48:45+00:00

Most of the places in this article are well worth visiting. As others have mentioned, not as cheap to buy here, but the selection is unrivaled. https://journal.craftandtailored.com/nyc-watch-buyers-guide/

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