The Off Topic Topic

[The Brain]

My watch is also titanium, which is nice. Tyr, stylewise it works with both casual and formal dress, which is a requirement.

[katmai]

watches, how 20th century.

[Admiral Yi]

Her job, as far as I can tell, is to greet customers, wash/massage the customers before they get haircuts, and to serve drinks. She doesn't get tipped directly.

You go to a hair place that serves drinks?

[Sheilbh]

Weird.  It is not like Disraeli is obscure, he is one of Britain's superstars.  Of course neither Milibrand or Disraeli actually do any Jewish stuff like observing the religion or anything.

Yeah Miliband's an atheist and Disraeli a childhood convert to Anglicanism. The last Tory leader was Jewish as well though I don't think he was observant. Apparently the last observant Jewish party leader was a Liberal in the 30s, but he was also an atheist

Apparently Disraeli described himself to Queen Victoria as 'the blank page between the Old Testament and the New'.

I'm sort of with CM. I had a watch I loved, but it was stolen. So now I just use an old fashioned digital one until I can afford a decent normal one.

[Josquius]

Jews in Britain really seem to be all or nothing.
They're either hyper orthodox or utterly irreligious.

[Malthus]

Ed Miliband's in Israel. His latest slogan is 'One Nation Labour'. He said he hopes to become Britain's first Jewish Prime Minister.

Weird.  It is not like Disraeli is obscure, he is one of Britain's superstars.  Of course neither Milibrand or Disraeli actually do any Jewish stuff like observing the religion or anything.

Disraeli was an Anglican convert (he had to be, to enter politics).

Interestingly, he wrote the very first alt-history book: The Wondrous Tale of Alroy, about a Jew who founds a world-spanning empire in the middle ages (!).

[Caliga]

You go to a hair place that serves drinks?

We have those here now.  You get your hair cut and can drink while watching sports on big screen TVs, and the hairdressers are all hot chicks with big tits.  It's like Hooters pretty much.

[The Brain]

You go to a hair place that serves drinks?

We have those here now.  You get your hair cut and can drink while watching sports on big screen TVs, and the hairdressers are all hot chicks with big tits.  It's like Hooters pretty much.

They cut your hair at Hooters?

[garbon]

For lunch one day, I went with my friend to her hair appointment and sat sipping champagne while flipping through magazines.  I felt like a cliche on one of those reality shows.

[alfred russel]

You go to a hair place that serves drinks?

We have those here now.  You get your hair cut and can drink while watching sports on big screen TVs, and the hairdressers are all hot chicks with big tits.  It's like Hooters pretty much.

This place doesn't have TV and the hairdressers are mostly men. They just have beer, wine, champagne, soft drinks, etc.

It seems like a good idea. If you are stuck there for a while, why not have a drink?

[Josephus]

There seems to be an abundance of "luxury" watches that try to look fancy and give themselves an expensive sounding name:

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f2/mushroom-brands-german-french-sounding-names-988507.html

Their trick seems to be to set a high base price and then sell them at "80% off" on places like Amazon which is probably still overpriced.

Interesting.

So the watch itself is not a knock off. The watch brand name itself is a scam.

Wow.

[Malthus]

I go to an onld style barber shop with a red and while pole out front, probably hasn't changed since the 1960s. Two old dudes who cut men's hair. There is a stack of tattered old Time magazines to read while you wait. If they are feeling sociable, they may chat about sports and the weather.

[Josephus]

I do like watches, as someone else pointed out they make for good men-jewelry, and serve a function.

My ultimate dream is to own a Vacheron Constantin which has the Maltese Cross as its logo. But alas, a newspaper man can never afford that.

[CountDeMoney]

For lunch one day, I went with my friend to her hair appointment and sat sipping champagne while flipping through magazines.  I felt like a cliche on one of those reality shows.

  What reality show?  This Gay Life?

[DGuller]

You go to a hair place that serves drinks?

We have those here now.  You get your hair cut and can drink while watching sports on big screen TVs, and the hairdressers are all hot chicks with big tits.  It's like Hooters pretty much.

They cut your hair at Hooters?

You'd be surprised who cuts hair here in US.  Even Mitt Romney did it while working his way through prep school.