Dingdongler

I might be stupid, I'm not sure. So which bit do you not understand?

Btw, you didn't make a statement you asked a question.

EH52WRX

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OK

JTaylor

Mine comes back like new, to be fair, but so does my MD's and he hands over £80 to an independent in High Wycombe. Perhaps the latter simply give it a polish rather than open it like the Swiss claim they do. It's the not knowing that bugs me.

DCI Gene Hunt

I suppose it boils down to peace of mind.... it's not saying that Rolex do a better job than Yozza would've but you know that it'll be done to the correct tolerances and backed up with the manufacturers guarantee

JTaylor

That's unfair, DD. I've not read a single post ("thinly veiled" or otherwise) by TDW that challenges someone based upon the colour of their skin. Thoughts? Yes. Beliefs? Yes. But, not genetics. The guy might pîss you off owing to his combative posting style, but you will not be able to quote a solitary post that's definitively or even implicitly racist. No beef with you, by the way, you seem like a good chap, but this "racist" thing is a cheap shot.

JTaylor

Yeah, you're probably right, £300 cheque in August it is then.

f1_fan

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veiled 
 
–adjective
1. having a veil: a veiled hat.
2. covered or concealed by, or as if by, a veil: a veiled woman.
3. not openly or directly expressed; masked; disguised; hidden; obscure: a veiled threat.



Source: dictionary.com (I like to quote mine )

DCI Gene Hunt

I love my watch... I just hate continually paying for it

JTaylor

TDW is socially conservative and patriotic, in my judgement. He challenges belief structures but, he's never criticised someone based upon the colour their skin. I challenge you, too, to quote just one post that even hints at racism. If you do, I'll concede.

Source: JTaylor.

FlightMan

Why we're talking veils.

njkmrs

I am feeling a lot of love in the air guys !!

If its any use my 12yr old Breitling (chronmat automatic )has never been serviced ,has never kept good time (loses about 5 mins a month ),is hardly off my wrist and I was recently quoted £350 ish for a service on it at a high street jeweller who sends it off to Breitling .I thought this was dear which is why I have not had it done ,but thats cos im a skin flint .!!!
It comes off at night and will last 8 hours or so without needing vigorous wrist movement !!

hodgy0_2

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Originally Posted by tony de wonderful
"and when I have come back you see gangs of dodgy eastern euro men wearing leather jackets roaming about...they have a certain look"

Quote:
Originally Posted by tony de wonderful
"plus endless illegal types from places like Pakistan/Afghanistan...."



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Originally Posted by tony de wonderful
"most of them need to learn English."

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Originally Posted by tony de wonderful
"and how to wash"


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Originally Posted by tony de wonderful
"The area where I am from is now less white than it was and it is not unusual to see Pakistani types walking about in those white cloth pajama outfits."


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Originally Posted by tony de wonderful
"I'm not saying it is bad per se, but I prefer to live in an area with people I can speak English to and who were born here."


Quote:
Originally Posted by tony de wonderful
"I plan to move to an area which is 99% white according to the last census. Make of that what you will but 'white flight' is real."


a few thinly veiled comments of a racial tone

JTaylor

What a beauty! She looked so composed and elegant; effortlessly graceful...

JTaylor

Doesn't read well, does it? I'll concede and let Tony jusify these!

f1_fan

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donny andi

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Did someone mention a watch
Gone a bit off topic here

JTaylor

Leslie

Well it sounds like its a problem with the bit that should keep it going when you take it off. Maybe there is a spring which has gone weak or even broken so that it has a lower capacity than normal.

Must be worth getting a competent watchmaker to at least check it and tell you what is wrong.

Les

Hysteria1983

Mr P owns a couple of TAG's. Recently some of the paint inside the fingers has corroded and cracked, it's now resting inside the watch! (It's vintage so yes, it was literally a slick of paint inside the finger back then).

Anyway, this job is probably only small, cost of a new set of matching fingers £30-£40 plus the labour. BUT... the movement of the watch cannot be guarenteed afterwards without a service, so basically let's stick another zero on the end of the original price, and that's closer to what it's going to cost!

I think watchfinder is the best place for good honest advice. And as much as it's a pain to pay the servicing cost it's got to be done.

Dingdongler

Thanks guys I will take it to a Breitling dealer and if it can be done for around £300 I'll do it. If not, it maybe time for a new watch

Dingdongler

I could also find a couple of homophobic ones as well if you like JTaylor.

And there was that classic whole thread that had TDW state that a brown faced taxi driver had over charged him at the airport. His conclusion? He would no longer ever get in a taxi if the driver was Pakistani. He didn't even know for sure that the driver was Pakistani, just that he had a brown face ffs.

Now if that isn't judging a whole community by the colour of their skin I don't know what is.

I do take your point though, the term 'racist' can be abused and targeted at anyone who questions immigration policy or multi culturism. I personally hate people who do that, we should be able to question these things and act on them without being called racists.

I myself have huge issues with the level of immigration to this country but would like to think that I'm not a racist.

Will

And, once again
































In before the lock






Tick tock, tick tock


Gets coat!!

DCI Gene Hunt

alanbell

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watchfinder do part ex.

JTaylor

I think I missed the taxi-driver thread. Where is it, sounds like a good read? Who posted the highlighted paragraph?

Turbohot

EH52WRX

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Come on fella LOCK IT

SpecDscooby

"JTaylor, lending his ill informed support to racists since 2005"

Great defense, really well done. Starts with a COMPLETE lack of understanding of the word "Veiled", and ends with being proven completely wrong shortly after.

Good work there Hodgy, loved that.

tony de wonderful

To be honest I'm a little uncomfortable with the effort you must have gone through to search all my posts.

tony de wonderful

I don't need to justify anything. Let the accuser prove I am a racist. A few quotes of a racial tone do not necessarily = racism.