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I think the large Santos was the right decision. The Santos is gorgeous, and is extremely comfortable (I was able to size it just right). The strap might even be vegetable tanned, but I can't figure out how to get the deployant buckle on (it was not installed from the jeweler). The bracelet is what I'll wear it on, but I'll stop by after my move, next week. My mother also gave me back my dad's watch.

I had meant to put "quality Eames clone."

Friends are giving me a quality Eames lounger and ottoman pair as an apartment warming gift. I'll let you know how it works out. It's from the 80s, but looks similar to a lot of what is currently made.

That was a fucking funny special.

I took a leave of absence from work. It was a pretty painless process. I'll be back after my surgery. I feel much, much better.

I am at work. I had a panic attack on the long drive in. I meet with my boss and her boss in an hour, or so. I'm unsure of how that is going to go. I would like to just leave and never come back.

My stepson wants a tarantula. Can we have that one?

You couldn't be more right, Nate. I'm going to do my best to find employment that doesn't drive me crazy, and let's me actually spend time with my stepson. He needs it and deserves it.

Oh, that carrier is long gone. The pic I used was from about 2 seconds after we got him home. Thank you, that looks like an excellent book for me. Our two adult cats are wonderful, but that is because my wife (who used to run a small-to-medium mammal shelter, in your city actually!) had time to train them and work with them, when they were kittens, and knew what she was doing. She goes to grad school, in two weeks: I'm going to need to do some of the lifting, and she can't always be there to tell me what to do.

Colie turns 30 on the 4th. She has never been what she calls "spoiled" before. I don't call it being spoiled, I just like buying things for people I care about . Well, new apartment, a rather significant shopping spree at Anthropologie and Nordstrom (some of that was yesterday), shit tons of Harry Potter items (she's obsessed with Harry Potter), and this: This is Toulouse-Lautrec. He is 10 weeks old, and came from our vet as an adoption. Apparently it takes about 20 minutes and $35 to adopt a cat. I did not know that. My mother’s Wire Fox Terrier rescue, almost 10 years ago now, took months of negotiations and hundreds of dollars. Anyway. It’s not much of a picture, I know (and that is not my painted toenail, thank you very much). He is very skittish. Mostly White Cat and Mostly Black Cat have been having some issues, though Mostly Black Cat ate treats right next to Loosey’s temporary enclosure, and just kinda did some desultory hisses in between bites of Party Mix, so they are coming around (I heard some very, very strange cat sounds, today, which my uncle and the attorney we were talking to could hear in the background, and were concerned about). He is very, very shy, and very, very beautiful. This was a gift for my wife, nominally, who turns 30 on Saturday (sometimes I feel like I married a child, when I think about that), but I’m the one who had this little cat (who did freak out, at first, and gave me a good scratching, but calmed down) on my lap, safely scruffed and purring like a lawn mower. I don’t know what I had done to deserve that. I had never held a kitten before, though I have petted a bonafide kitten on occasion; it was a magical thing for me. I think I needed a little bit of life added to mine, with everything going on (I have been on bereavement leave, this week; a cousin, one who looks more like my dad than I ever did, and who left the world in the same manner, and I have my own stuff, of course. I had a little bit of a nervous breakdown, I think). I realize that this all sounds weird for bereavement leave. I am not going to the funeral (I am helping my uncle out, from a distance, as best I can). I've been set back significantly, personally, in my own journey, and I need to heal a little before Fall rush and my surgery. I am essentially in the ambulatory (and expensive) version of forced bedrest, if that makes sense. I have worked myself to the bone, and I have not caught a break, other than being hit by a car showing the thyroid issue.

happy birthday Todd!

I honestly like having a date window. I did try it on, and it wore about like this GMT Master, to be honest. It wasn't too big. I feel like the medium also wasn't too small. It was a hard choice.

When I say it's much nicer than a 1675, I mean simply the build quality. I switched the Santos to the large. I hope it was the right decision.

I think I'm going to call in the morning and get the large, instead. ? I haven't worn anything but this new GMT Master since i got it. It feels like part of my body. I haven't even taken it off to shower. I don't even like this watch, but I love it. It's a much, much nicer watch than a 1675. It might be a "one watch" watch. Too bad I have a lot of watches.

Well, I chose the medium. I'll show pics in 8-10 business days. I'll pick it up from the store, so I can show pics of the large, in gold.

Pics will be forthcoming. I think I'll probably do the medium, but I haven't had the large on my wrist. The Medium has more surface area than my reverse, but the Grande Reverso is nearly as tall as the large Santos. I'll likely give the Reverso to Colie after I get the Santos, so I have to really think about it!

Yes, the medium or the large. Brain fart.

Happy birthday my friend!

My mother wants to buy me a Cartier Santos, this coming weekend, apparently. She bought herself a medium (along with a Tank A), and wants a matching watch with me (which she already has, as we now both have and wear Rolex GMT Masters and Speedmasters, but whatever). I'm not going to complain. I dunno if I'll choose the medium or the small. I go to try them on tomorrow after work. I'll take my GMT and my Reverso, to help me decide. I feel like I'm right in between. The bold choice would be the medium.

No, the chauffeur is a bunch of overworked and overstressed programmers.

Nesbits. Just out of curiosity, how old is the watch now (or how long since last service) and how is it running? If this is for the Aqua Terra, you haven't had it that long, right?

What do you need done? Yes, it’s a 42. This one is basically the same as my pre-moon. The new Rolex GMT, at 40, actually seems larger, due to the lugs and crown and crown guards. Omega hasn’t really changed the dimensions on the Professional, though the bracelet is much more substantial. Most of the other Speedies are larger. I’d love a FOiS. That is an awesome watch.

It looks like every other Speedy, including my other one! Thanks though. I have it on the grey and black NATO, now. Wow the NATO strap is so much nicer on a 6.5 inch wrist than on an 8 inch wrist. It actually fits and adjusts correctly, on my wrist now, so it lays much flatter at the lugs.

Oh, way thinner. It is about 6.5-6.75 (depending on temperature and activity level) these days. A "regular" strap is a little too long, now.

The packaging for this Speedy is beyond absurd. I'll document it, if I get my table cleaned up some day soon. The screws on the bracelet are either over-torqued or had too much locktite applied. This is a brand new watch, and apparently this isn't uncommon. I'll take it to an AD, where I bet they just swap the bracelet. Otherwise, it wears pretty much just like the vintage one. A little shinier, a more curved crystal (I polished a ding out of mine), and I doubt any friends would notice that it's different.