Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 400455)

What else am I going to lift in? My weight belt fits perfectly over them.

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 400473)

i also question even wearing a watch in aworld where everyone carries a cell phone. at least wearing a watch and carrying a cell seems weird. it's like driving a Model T wearing chaps.

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 400462)

Granted. But women are nuts when it comes to shoes.

And sneakers are most comfortable for me to walk in. And generally, the more expensive sneakers are more comfortable and last longer than the cheap ones.

TM

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 400473)

i also question even wearing a watch in aworld where everyone carries a cell phone. at least wearing a watch and carrying a cell seems weird. it's like driving a Model T wearing chaps.

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 400413)

I agree on the "look at me - I got a bonus in excess of $15k!" Rolex Submariner every moderately successful male between 25 and 35 seems to buy. But a decent Day/Date or Datejust in solid stainless steel with a conservative band is a classic look that goes with everything. It's got great snob appeal as well, as it consciously notes, "No, I did not go with the diving watch because, as we both know, neither one of us goes diving, you ass."

NTTAWWDiving watches. The Submariner just irks me. It's too big and showy - looks as big as a dinner roll plate on all but a morbidly obese man's wrist.

Originally Posted by ironweed (Post 400470)

I kid because I love, but you seem to have a medium grade, durable but inexpensive chip on your shoulder. What's up? This board is all about the display rituals.

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 400471)

My dick is bigger than yours.

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 400463)

The first are jogging pants, or warm ups.

The latter are sweat pants. And they are Wrong. In addition to the outlining of the penis, when people work out in them, those grey ones show off all the asscrack sweat. "Hey, check my shlong out from the front... And my anal perspiration on the back side."

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 400483)

I'd rather spend the extra few grand on a vacation or something. Or in the case of scotch, on two instead of one.

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 400477)

You're really livin' life to the fullest, Adder. Must be nuts when you head out to paint the town beige.

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 400469)

I feel naked without one. I have a compulsion about being able to know what time it is wherever I am. Which is odd, as I'm usually late for everything, a condition I hedge against by setting the watch a few minutes fast. Problem is, since I've gotten used to the watch being ahead, I feel no compulsion to race anywhere and overestimate the hedge, which keeps me late.

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 400423)

Of course you are, but that's because you're a jackass who can't see past your own two feet.

I am fairly certain I walk more than you, but if I don't, then you walk a whole hell of a lot. Well-made shoes (and these tend to be more expensive) do not give at the seams, do not have soles that wear out as quickly and quite simply, last longer. I do the same things in my cheap shoes that I do in my expensive ones and there is a significant difference. Just like there is a significant difference between an expensive tv and a cheap one or an expensive toaster and a cheap one. Cheap things are made cheaply.

TM

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 400483)

I'd rather spend the extra few grand on a vacation or something. Or in the case of scotch, on two instead of one.

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 400465)

You've reminded me (you can do penance for the rest of the board later), that scotch is another area where I will not spend my own money to go from good quality to high end. A 25 year old (or older) scotch may be a beautiful thing, but it is the kind of beautiful thing I will only enjoy when someone else (aka the firm) is buying.

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 400483)

I'd rather spend the extra few grand on a vacation or something. Or in the case of scotch, on two instead of one.

Originally Posted by ironweed (Post 400470)

I kid because I love, but you seem to have a medium grade, durable but inexpensive chip on your shoulder. What's up? This board is all about the display rituals.

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 400427)

I'm with you. I was in court this morning and peeling those goddamned lace-ups and socks off my feet at the gym afterward was near orgasmic. Reminds me of taking off boots after a day of skiing. Release.

Originally Posted by ironweed (Post 400492)

Sure. But what makes the satisfaction you derive from a vacation or pouring doubles of Jim Beam qualitatively more valuable than the joy Wonk gets from jerking off over pictures of expensive watches? The point I am making here is a subtle, philosophical one.

Originally Posted by ironweed (Post 400492)

Sure. But what makes the satisfaction you derive from a vacation or pouring doubles of Jim Beam qualitatively more valuable than the joy Wonk gets from jerking off over pictures of expensive watches? The point I am making here is a subtle, philosophical one.

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 400490)

How many sexual positions do think there are?

Originally Posted by ironweed (Post 400476)

Mine is inexpensive but durable. Just ask Penske's wife and/or mother!!!

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 400494)

wait until you're old enough to take your teeth out after oral argument- that's some relief right there.

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 400497)

He'll tell you one day when he gets past the first 5 minutes of his worn out Red Shoe Diaries VHS tape.

TM

Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy (Post 400491)

It's a cheap luxury. What's a top-flight 25 year old scotch - maybe $20 a drink? $30?

That's not much for something extraordinary, even if it doesn't last that long.

Adder, take the money you save on shoes and enjoy a good scotch once a week. I'll bet your wife notices the difference.

Originally Posted by ironweed (Post 400492)

pouring doubles of Jim Beam

Originally Posted by i was penske (Post 400472)

A lot of times you're wife gives those items to me, some swag for the effort. So sorry :o:(

Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield (Post 400477)

You're really livin' life to the fullest, Adder. Must be nuts when you head out to paint the town beige.

Originally Posted by i was penske (Post 400501)

2. Same with old bordeaux.

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 400479)

If the cell phone has a camera, I can't bring it into court.

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 400502)

Woooh, now. I said good quality scotch. Not mediocre burbon. We're talking 10 or 12 year old single malt vs. 25 or 30 year old single malt.

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 400505)

http://www.wineintro.com/movies/jerk/jerk1.jpg

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 400502)

Woooh, now. I said good quality scotch. Not mediocre burbon. We're talking 10 or 12 year old single malt vs. 25 or 30 year old single malt.

Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski (Post 400506)

which is why they're some of the rare buildings that still have a clock on every other wall.

Originally Posted by i was penske (Post 400508)

FWIW, I'd wear that jacket.

Originally Posted by Did you just call me Coltrane? (Post 400510)

I would never trust a Cook County clock.

Right, Penske?

Originally Posted by Adder (Post 400511)

As if you don't already wear it every Tuesday and Thursday during your shift as sommelier at Macaroni Grill in the Northgate Mall.

Originally Posted by ThurgreedMarshall (Post 400497)

He'll tell you one day when he gets past the first 5 minutes of his worn out Red Shoe Diaries VHS tape.

TM

Originally Posted by Flinty_McFlint (Post 400515)

Fuck, it's Bitchy Man Day on the FB and no one warned me? I have so much to share with all of you, and more than half the day is gone. I guess I will just summarize it since time is short: You are wrong. About everything. You have no taste and no one (with taste) loves you. Die, you pathetic fucks.

Though I will note that I will be trademarking the phrase "Painting the town beige" and not paying any royalties whatsoever.

Originally Posted by ironweed (Post 400517)

What kind of watch do you have?