Sam the Octopus @troubleMoney@computerfairi.es

they should really rename "diver's bezel"s on watches

times I've used them to time dives: 0
times I've used them to time stuff that's cooking: many

Ooh, shiny, Bell and Ross have just announced the new BR05 collection

Really quite like these

Altogether very Gerald Genta-y

yeah, while y'all are going on about your sony direct or microsoft switches or whatever I'm playing games you could play on a teletype, this is how I roll, as the youths would put it

the trek game in the bsdgames package is actually surprisingly compelling

tired: parasols are sun umbrellas
wired: umbrellas are wet parasols

if everyone could agree on just, like, two types of disposable battery to use that'd be great

sitting here on a pile of AA, AAA, A23, AG0, 2032, and 2025's

there are two hedgehogs outside having what can only be described as a massive row

this is what they sound like when they're arguing

NOT A GOOD START BORIS

wereslugs

every full moon: "well, I ain't doing shit tonight"

it has a roof!

also, something for @noelle , the Bvlgari Serpenti Misteriosi Romani

you lift up the little snek's head and there's a watch under there!

The GPHG finalists for 2019 have been announced!

It basically the oscars for watchmaking

https://monochrome-watches.com/gphg-2019-finalists-announced-full-list-news/

Personal favourites are the Grönefeld 1941 Principia Automatic, Hermès Arceau L’heure de la Lune, Ressence Type 5, and Bereve Timepieces Numbers – Enamel Grand Feu

poor Reggie's got an ear infection so we're going to have to clean his ear out every day while they run the tests to figure out which particular brand of beastie to give him antibiotics for

he's probably not going to enjoy us doing that but we do always bribe him with milk so he doesn't mind too much

BIG HEDGEHOG

🦔

my kingdom for an auto-updating "these are the instances what we block" list

This is cool, Hamilton are doing a re-issue of the W10 watch that was issued to the British military in the 1970's

I've been informed that yelling "WHEEEYYYY!!" any time a waiter/barman/etc. drops a glass on the floor, thus smashing it, is not a universal response

What do you lot in other countries do?