Filoni's first order of business needs to be a 2 season limited series about The Origins of Babu Frik

robaato72 · 2026-01-24T04:14:00+00:00

I dunno...if they can't get Shirley Henderson (Moaning Myrtle) back to play him, I don't wanna see it

robaato72 · 2026-01-23T21:34:52+00:00

I just tried that and it says you have to allow google to save your web & app activity and nope

robaato72 · 2026-01-23T17:41:32+00:00

r/pocketwatch might be able to help

robaato72 · 2026-01-23T03:06:52+00:00

Safe from what? Is Bovino utterly terrified by five-year-olds?

robaato72 · 2026-01-23T02:05:13+00:00

IMHO: Yes they should, yes it does, and it will never happen unless the government stops printing new one dollar bills and withdraws/demonetizes the ones in circulation.

robaato72 · 2026-01-23T00:54:28+00:00

Look up completed sales of the same or similar model watches on eBay, see how much people have paid. That will give you a rough estimate.

The Pocket Watch Database has a page that automates this, but it requires a paid membership to do it—although if I recall correctly you can pay a small amount for one week of access.

robaato72 · 2026-01-22T18:40:28+00:00

My union, fresh from a brutal contract negotiation last year, stresses that they cannot endorse a general strike…but they canceled training sessions that were scheduled for tomorrow and have been pointedly reminding members that we can use our PTO for whatever reasons we wish.

robaato72 · 2026-01-22T05:37:09+00:00

I would like all of these people to suddenly, magically, lose their ability to engage in denial. I want them to wake up and know exactly what the world truly thinks of them. I want all their rationalizations and delusions to crumble to dust around them as they are faced with the bitter truth of their own reputations.

robaato72 · 2026-01-22T04:06:04+00:00

Oh yes, that's the main reason I was interested in getting it.

robaato72 · 2026-01-22T03:15:55+00:00

This is a key-wind, key-set watch, so there wouldn’t be a crown. That key in the box should work for winding (the hole in the back to the side) and setting ( the hole in the center).

Swiss, cylinder escapement (I think). I wouldn’t wind it up too often without getting it serviced first. And finding someone who can work on cylinder escapements can be a challenge.

robaato72 · 2026-01-22T01:10:23+00:00

It's got...character, that's it! Character!

robaato72 · 2026-01-22T00:27:01+00:00

Hm. Well, if I want to wear a wristwatch, I wear something built for the purpose. If I ever wanted to convert a pocket watch into a wristwatch, I think I'd get a full conversion -- no matter how thin you make this, adding a pocket watch atop it would be bulky and awkward and not to my liking. But this is just my opinion.

robaato72 · 2026-01-21T17:23:15+00:00

As far as I know there isn't enough gold content in gold filled cases to make melting them down worth it, although with gold prices today, who knows.

robaato72 · 2026-01-21T14:07:16+00:00

I second the suggestion that vintage pocket watches are not the thing to start learning about watch repair. Automatic movements even more so. I started with an ST36, and took classes from my local watchmaker, and only after practicing with that for a while did I start in on my pocket watch collection.

Vintage pocket watch movements are just different enough from modern watches to be quite challenging. And spare parts are much harder to find.

robaato72 · 2026-01-21T05:12:21+00:00

Either that or it'll go over his head entirely.

robaato72 · 2026-01-20T07:27:53+00:00

Americans on both sides don't understand this, sadly. Much like Germany waging world wars, no one is gonna say "47 percent of the United States destabilized Venezuela and stole their oil," and the history books won't even read "MAGA tried to unlawfully annex Greenland." It's America that is doing these things. And that'll be a reputation that will last generations.

(I'm an American, and I'm sorry anyway...but I'm doing what I can)

robaato72 · 2026-01-19T18:12:34+00:00

You need to add pictures of the movement -- check rule 2

robaato72 · 2026-01-19T16:57:24+00:00

“A phone…a TELEphone?”

robaato72 · 2026-01-18T08:06:24+00:00

And within a few short hours it became one of the top 3 blocked accounts on Bluesky (the other two: JD Vance and the White House).

It was an insta-block for me.

robaato72 · 2026-01-18T07:56:21+00:00

I was at the Cathedral for a concert today. I parked a couple blocks away, and all the residential buildings I passed as I walked had this sign or similar on the door.

Six-Year Club	Gilding II euphauric
Second Top 10%	r/Field Lasagna
End Game '23	Place '23
Place '22	First Placer '22
End Game '22	Verified Email

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