|
|
ROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEX
ROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEXROLEX
|
|||||||
 |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
17 January 2013, 01:04 PM
|
#1 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2007
Real Name: R.J.
Location: Canada
Posts: 1,546
|
Geert (Steveclocks) - Is about to be the most PM'd TRF Member of all time...
What can I say...
This site is amazing.. When I first joined, I expected some watch talk, and a way to pass idle time, I never would have expected to develop long distance friendships... Many out there are probably already familiar with Geert/Steveclocks, and have noticed what a contribution he is to this site... But he touched me personally recently this Holiday season.. I have been off the boards lately - a busy cold and Flu season, plus the arrival of our second child ( a BOY!! - someone to actually inherit the madness that my obsession has amassed).. But, I have still managed to communicate through a few pms.. just when I thought that I was being burnt out and falling into a world of constant taking...a package arrived Special delivery all the way from Belgium...  ...     Belgium chocolates!!! You hear people talk about Belgium chocolates....but WOW! I am not one to often indulge...but WOW...like nothing else I have ever tasted.. I had bought my Wife a ladies mid-size YG presidential for Christmas....Believe me.. she was more excited by this package !! Geert... you have no Idea how perfect and generous this gift is...At a time when I thought that everyone I encountered just wanted to take from me...You restored my faith! Plus the chocolates are just out of this world ( going especially well with Amarone! ) The best part of it all, is that I got to tell my little girl that these came from my friend in Belgium - and we looked at it on the Globe and maps, and it became a little geography lesson and isome special father daughter time that had been lacking since the newborn, it became such a special evening that I would have never expected... ...and she went absolutely nutty for the chocolate and now refers to him a 'uncle Geert'... |
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 01:07 PM
|
#2 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: N/A
Posts: 11,137
|
Great! Nice gesture!
__________________
Instagram: @watches_anonymous |
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 01:48 PM
|
#3 |
|
Banned
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Canada
Posts: 26,846
|
Geert is a very nice guy
|
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 02:57 PM
|
#4 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Real Name: Andrew
Location: johannesburg
Watch: ROLEX
Posts: 4,407
|
Great gesture, its this spirit that makes TRF what it is
|
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 03:49 PM
|
#5 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Real Name: Alex
Location: Chicago
Watch: AP,PP, Rolex
Posts: 37,156
|
Very cool!
|
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 04:42 PM
|
#6 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Sydney
Watch: ing you...
Posts: 3,775
|
Great gesture indeed!
__________________
'I am easily satisfied with the very best' - Winston Churchill |
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 04:44 PM
|
#7 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: New Zealand
Watch: Day Date
Posts: 1,409
|
Awesome, what a nice person...
|
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 05:28 PM
|
#8 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Real Name: Will
Location: land of oz
Watch: sundial
Posts: 2,219
|
 enjoy your chocolates
|
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 06:22 PM
|
#9 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Real Name: TSW
Location: Le Brassus
Watch: Rolex & AP's
Posts: 27,449
|
Beautiful gesture by one of the good guys here on TRF
__________________
 AP Owners Club IG @swiss.watch.connection |
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 07:09 PM
|
#10 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Australia
Watch: 116610LN
Posts: 15,802
|
Nice work Geert and congratulations on your new child Superdoc.
|
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 09:04 PM
|
#11 |
|
TRF Moderator & 2024 SubLV41 Patron
Join Date: Dec 2007
Real Name: Ken
Location: SW Florida
Watch: One on my wrist.
Posts: 64,010
|
Very nice of him--classy! Cheers,
__________________
 SPEM SUCCESSUS ALIT |
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 10:19 PM
|
#12 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: May 2010
Real Name: Dan
Location: USA
Watch: This N That
Posts: 34,253
|
Very cool.
__________________
When it captures your imagination, that's when you know you have found your passion. Loyal Foot Soldier of The Nylon Nation. Card Carrying Member of the Global Association of Retro-Grouch-Curmudgeons |
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 10:44 PM
|
#13 |
|
2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Feb 2010
Real Name: Neil
Location: UK
Watch: ing ships roll in
Posts: 59,369
|
What a forum! Its like we are... real people...
|
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 11:04 PM
|
#14 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Real Name: john
Location: Scotland
Watch: sub 16610Lv
Posts: 13,523
|
well done geert.
__________________
"AFTER DARK" BAR AND NIGHT CLUB GM. |
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 11:11 PM
|
#15 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: USA
Watch: Not enough ;-)
Posts: 21,232
|
Knap Geert . . . weer iemand gelukkig gemaakt
Willen we ergens in de loop van dit jaar een Belgisch quizke doen voor de TRF leden en de winnaar sturen we wat chocolade op ? Great gesture of a Belgian member ! We'll I went to LA and Palm Springs and believe it or not . . . I lost 10 lbs of chocolate under way . . . everyone was so pleased that I brought some . . . HAGOne
|
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 11:23 PM
|
#16 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2009
Real Name: Leo
Location: Midwest
Watch: GMT-II 16710 PEPSI
Posts: 21,461
|
We do have many thoughtful and considerate men and women on this Forum...which does make this place a lot fun and a place to meet and start long-time friendships!!!
It's alway nice to see a member, Geert, doing a good deed and sending out a gift to another Forum member!!! Take it easy.....Leo
__________________
 SS GMT-II 16710 PEPSI(Z-serial#) THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THE TOYS!!! MontBlanc Meisterstuck Doue Silver Barley MontBlanc Meisterstuck Solitaire Doue Signum Proud Card Carrying Member of the Curmudgeons.....Yikes!!! |
|
|
|
|
17 January 2013, 11:54 PM
|
#17 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2013
Real Name: Pieter
Location: Netherlands
Watch: Explorer 214270
Posts: 234
|
Very thoughtfull And indeed a great gesture !!
I've visited Belgium quite often and still do, great city's especially Gent. The chocolatmaker is one of the best, maybe even the best !!! |
|
|
|
|
18 January 2013, 12:02 AM
|
#18 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jul 2011
Real Name: Serg
Location: US of A
Watch: AP
Posts: 7,437
|
That is awesome!! I lived in Belgium for 4+ years and can attest to the "human quality" (don't know how to put it) over there! And the chocolates ... and the beer ... and the food ...
Way to go Geert!
__________________
How can you have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat???? |
|
|
|
|
18 January 2013, 12:36 AM
|
#19 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Dec 2008
Real Name: Greg
Location: Cincinnati
Watch: I like to...
Posts: 18,567
|
what a gesture!
__________________
Instagram - @CaliberSwiss “A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.” - Hunter S. Thompson |
|
|
|
|
18 January 2013, 01:38 AM
|
#20 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Mar 2010
Real Name: Tony
Location: Ontario, Canada
Watch: 16610
Posts: 3,290
|
Very nice gesture
Great site, even greater people
|
|
|
|
|
18 January 2013, 01:44 AM
|
#21 |
|
2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: USA
Watch: 126600, 116500LN
Posts: 12,849
|
Great guys!! really nice gesture!
__________________
"I'm kind of a big deal... on a fairly irrelevant social media site that falsely inflates my fragile ego" |
|
|
|
|
18 January 2013, 06:58 AM
|
#22 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Feb 2009
Real Name: Junkyard Dog
Location: The Doghouse
Watch: I can't tell time
Posts: 6,822
|
What a gesture
|
|
|
|
|
18 January 2013, 07:17 AM
|
#23 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jan 2012
Real Name: Jon
Location: Iowa
Posts: 288
|
Great gesture Geert!!
|
|
|
|
|
18 January 2013, 07:20 AM
|
#24 |
|
2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member
Join Date: Dec 2007
Real Name: Peter
Location: Sydney
Watch: The Game
Posts: 17,415
|
PM sent
 What a great story, this is what TRF is all about. Congrats on the birth of your son and enjoy those chocolates
|
|
|
|
|
18 January 2013, 07:47 AM
|
#25 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: May 2011
Real Name: Geert
Location: Belgium
Watch: rolex/JLC/panerai
Posts: 5,612
|
R.J./Superdoc
My dear friend, what can I say.... you re-touched me now with this thread We normally PM eachother as we both are carefull guys. I admit, I wasn't expecting much of this Rolexforum, but there are some really, really good guys on here. TRF is a site not only for people who like wristwatches, it's also about real life ! Thank you all for the warm reactions to R.J.'s thread and towards myself. I will continue to be the long distance "uncle" to R.J.'s offspring
|
|
|
|
|
18 January 2013, 07:56 AM
|
#26 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Sep 2011
Real Name: Carl
Location: Always moving
Watch: If you wish...
Posts: 22,039
|
Talk about a great gesture, well done Geert, big kudos to you!
__________________
Mon corps c'est un pays en guerre sur l'point d'finir, Le général de l'armée de terre s'attend au pire, J'ai faim, j'ai frette, je suis trop faible pour me lever debout, On va hisser le drapeau blanc un point c'est tout. - André Fortin |
|
|
|
|
19 January 2013, 05:31 AM
|
#27 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2011
Real Name: Matt
Location: London
Watch: Submariner-16610LV
Posts: 1,798
|
Great gesture ! !
__________________
Rolex Submariner - 16610LV |
|
|
|
|
19 January 2013, 05:34 AM
|
#28 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Jun 2010
Real Name: Paul
Location: UK, Dorset
Watch: and learn
Posts: 2,636
|
I have had the pleasure of meeting Geert in person at the London winter GTG. He is as nice a guy in person as he is on TRF. And those chocolates are amazing.
Does anyone know what he does for a living? It will take quite a few guesses  I know we will be catching up again at the summer London GTG for sure. Such a nice gesture Geert, oh and I will be getting a new arrival in April too   Hint Hint
__________________
 Rolex Sub 1680, Rolex GMT 116710LN, Rolex Datejust 16220 Salmon Dial (the Mrs), Tudor BB58, Tudor Pelagos Blue and Several Seiko's ************************************************** ***************** "last one in the chopper is a rotten egg" Jonathan Quayle Higgins III |
|
|
|
|
19 January 2013, 05:36 AM
|
#29 |
|
2024 Pledge Member
Join Date: Oct 2011
Real Name: Seth
Location: nj
Watch: Omega
Posts: 24,834
|
awesome!!!
looks tasty too.
__________________
If happiness is a state of mind, why look anywhere else for it? IG: gsmotorclub IG: thesawcollection (Both mostly just car stuff) |
|
|
|
|
19 January 2013, 05:58 AM
|
#30 |
|
"TRF" Member
Join Date: Apr 2010
Real Name: Vittorio
Location: Italy
Watch: SeaDweller Deepsea
Posts: 1,001
|
in 2 words : a friend :)
|
|
|
|
|
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests) | |
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
|
|
*Banners
Of The Month*
This space is provided to horological resources.
Linear Mode
