Re: [Rollei] Gotta love EBAY

[Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh >]

GK.

I can understand the lack of funds, but I don't get the ethnicity reason
you expressed.  Could you please explain that?

Jerry

TrueBadger   wrote:

> In a message dated 5/29/2003 6:15:26 PM Eastern Standard Time, dwilli10   writes:
>
> > I would guess it's the same reason we spend our hard-earned money on superb mechanical watches when we can only wear one at a time.  The rest of the time they sit in their original boxes, with original documents, except when we wear one to make sure it doesn't dry up.
> >
> > I can't afford enough winders to keep them all running so I sort of work through them, wearing one (carefully) for a
> > couple of days, then put it back in a safe place.
> >
> >
> >
> > Don Williams
> > La Jolla, CA
>
> Gratefully I never got into the watch-collecting thing.  I visited a shop with a friend who WAS hooked on it, and nearly bit on a Chas. Frodsham (hope I spelled that right) pocket watch, but sucessfully resisted.
>
> When I turned 50, however, I did buy two Rolex Presidents, one for myself an one for my wife, since our anniversary was also imminant.
>
> Since I'm an engineer and not a lawyer or physician, this was one of my larger extravagances, but I've never regretted doing it.
>
> I even went for a bit beyond the standard mid-life indulgence and picked one for myself with a bark design bracelet and a walnut face. (I felt I had neither the funds nor the ethnicity to justify the optional diamond bezel or bracelet).
>
> However, it's been on my wrist ever since then, except for cleanings, and not sitting in a drawer.
>
> G. King
>
>

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