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HRV · 2 February 2013, 06:47 AM

we both have a clan crest and tartans and coat of arms

HRV · 2 February 2013, 06:48 AM

lets not forget what started this thread

Grumpy Badger · 2 February 2013, 06:50 AM

Andrew, you talked about my falcon looking like a thrush/Robin but in the black and white pic of your crest it looks more like the Hiroshima mushroom cloud than an oak tree!

Grumpy Badger · 2 February 2013, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by HRV

lets not forget what started this thread

Cool! Mines a bit more beaten up. So is that your old ring?

HRV · 2 February 2013, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Grumpy Badger

Andrew, you talked about my falcon looking like a thrush/Robin but in the black and white pic of your crest it looks more like the Hiroshima mushroom cloud than an oak tree!

steveclocks · 2 February 2013, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Grumpy Badger

Andrew, you talked about my falcon looking like a thrush/Robin but in the black and white pic of your crest it looks more like the Hiroshima mushroom cloud than an oak tree!

yes that true

HRV · 2 February 2013, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Grumpy Badger

Cool! Mines a bit more beaten up. So is that your old ring?

no a pic from the INTERNET, my old one was a hand me down from my grandfather....stolen years ago i am afraid...similar

steveclocks · 2 February 2013, 06:57 AM

Andrew and Mark, how old are you?
I am 38

Grumpy Badger · 2 February 2013, 06:57 AM

34

HRV · 2 February 2013, 06:58 AM

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Originally Posted by steveclocks

Andrew and Mark, how old are you?
I am 38

i will be 45 in 6 days, the world changed for the worst on 07/02/68

Vincent65 · 2 February 2013, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Sarajevo

I guess the two main categories of person who wear signet rings are those who are given them by family and those who purchase them for themselves. Signet rings, in my book, should never be purchased. I know a few people who have purchased them and they are, without exception, people who have notions about themselves. As for those who are given them, they are fine in my book as they invariably represent a family tradition being passed on, which is a wonderful thing. I have never been given one so I won't be buying one!

I was given mine by my family, and I just had a hand in the design process with the family jeweller in Bern.

steveclocks · 2 February 2013, 07:02 AM

I am just wondering if we are dying species.
Most young people don't seem to like old traditions.
Then I suppose it's something you grow up with.

Grumpy Badger · 2 February 2013, 07:04 AM

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Originally Posted by steveclocks

I am just wondering if we are dying species.
Most young people don't seem to like old traditions.
Then I suppose it's something you grow up with.

I think you've got a point. Sad but true.

But we're still young, right?....RIGHT?!?!?!?

steveclocks · 2 February 2013, 07:07 AM

yes Mark we are !!!!!
For ever young

....or is that a song

HRV · 2 February 2013, 07:12 AM

young for sure, but each generation changes things a wee bit.
i quick story, my 19 year old daughter says to me the other day, dad what cell phone did you have when you were my age? i said i didnt have one, in a shocked voice she says, why not, wouldnt grandma buy you one? i said no there werent any cell phones...a few seconds silence...she says what do you mean?

steveclocks · 2 February 2013, 07:13 AM

Andrew, at 45 you're also still counted as young

( at least in my book

)

HRV · 2 February 2013, 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by steveclocks

Andrew, at 45 you're also still counted as young

( at least in my book

)

thank you very much sir

steveclocks · 2 February 2013, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by HRV

young for sure, but each generation changes things a wee bit.
i quick story, my 19 year old daughter says to me the other day, dad what cell phone did you have when you were my age? i said i didnt have one, in a shocked voice she says, why not, wouldnt grandma buy you one? i said no there werent any cell phones...a few seconds silence...she says what do you mean?

Ok, that sounds OLD !!!

I didn't had a wristwatch when I was 19, I had a sundial

Grumpy Badger · 2 February 2013, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by steveclocks

Andrew, at 45 you're also still counted as young

( at least in my book

)

Copy that.

At first I was amazed by the cellphone conversation. Then I realised I got my first in '95 and that Andrews daughter would only have been 2 or 3...

Now I'm sobbing quietly!

steveclocks · 2 February 2013, 07:20 AM

Andrew and Mark, I hope that this thread isn't noticed by a lot of people.
Because this is getting way out of hand !

HRV · 2 February 2013, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by steveclocks

Ok, that sounds OLD !!!

I didn't had a wristwatch when I was 19, I had a sundial

thats how i felt for sure

HRV · 2 February 2013, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by steveclocks

Andrew and Mark, I hope that this thread isn't noticed by a lot of people.
Because this is getting way out of hand !

sshhh dont tell anyone

steveclocks · 2 February 2013, 07:30 AM

I remember the phone at my grandparents' house.

One of these in bakelite.
By the way the material bakelite was invented by the Belgian, Leo Hendrik Baekeland in 1907

Grumpy Badger · 2 February 2013, 07:32 AM

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Originally Posted by steveclocks

Andrew and Mark, I hope that this thread isn't noticed by a lot of people.
Because this is getting way out of hand !

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Originally Posted by HRV

sshhh dont tell anyone

Hey, in the words of the old song, "it's my party and I'll cry if I want to!"

steveclocks · 2 February 2013, 07:35 AM

START CRYING MARK

and it all started with you and your ring ... I think you did this on purpose !

Grumpy Badger · 2 February 2013, 07:42 AM

To steer it back roughly on track here's the Douglas coat of arms with the burning lizard crest...

steveclocks · 2 February 2013, 07:45 AM

I agree, better the singing bird as a lizard crest

steveclocks · 2 February 2013, 07:47 AM

and that's coming from someone with a sheaf of corn as a crest

Grumpy Badger · 2 February 2013, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by steveclocks

I agree, better the singing bird as a lizard crest

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Originally Posted by steveclocks

and that's coming from someone with a sheaf of corn as a crest

I wonder what "mushroom cloud boy" thinks?!

steveclocks · 2 February 2013, 07:53 AM

yes, why did he exploded ?

2 February 2013, 06:50 AM	#63
Grumpy Badger "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Real Name: Mark Location: Bonny Scotland Watch: 14060M Sub (cosc) Posts: 5,280	Andrew, you talked about my falcon looking like a thrush/Robin but in the black and white pic of your crest it looks more like the Hiroshima mushroom cloud than an oak tree! __________________ Don't mind me. I'm full of scotch, bitterness and impure thoughts! "You have enemies? Good! That means you stood up for something, sometime in your life." Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS.

2 February 2013, 06:57 AM	#69
Grumpy Badger "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Real Name: Mark Location: Bonny Scotland Watch: 14060M Sub (cosc) Posts: 5,280	34 __________________ Don't mind me. I'm full of scotch, bitterness and impure thoughts! "You have enemies? Good! That means you stood up for something, sometime in your life." Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS.

2 February 2013, 07:42 AM	#86
Grumpy Badger "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Real Name: Mark Location: Bonny Scotland Watch: 14060M Sub (cosc) Posts: 5,280	To steer it back roughly on track here's the Douglas coat of arms with the burning lizard crest... __________________ Don't mind me. I'm full of scotch, bitterness and impure thoughts! "You have enemies? Good! That means you stood up for something, sometime in your life." Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS.

2 February 2013, 06:57 AM	#68
steveclocks "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Geert Location: Belgium Watch: rolex/JLC/panerai Posts: 5,612	Andrew and Mark, how old are you? I am 38

2 February 2013, 07:02 AM	#72
steveclocks "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Geert Location: Belgium Watch: rolex/JLC/panerai Posts: 5,612	I am just wondering if we are dying species. Most young people don't seem to like old traditions. Then I suppose it's something you grow up with.

2 February 2013, 07:07 AM	#74
steveclocks "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Geert Location: Belgium Watch: rolex/JLC/panerai Posts: 5,612	yes Mark we are !!!!! For ever young ....or is that a song

2 February 2013, 07:12 AM	#75
HRV "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Real Name: Andrew Location: johannesburg Watch: ROLEX Posts: 4,407	young for sure, but each generation changes things a wee bit. i quick story, my 19 year old daughter says to me the other day, dad what cell phone did you have when you were my age? i said i didnt have one, in a shocked voice she says, why not, wouldnt grandma buy you one? i said no there werent any cell phones...a few seconds silence...she says what do you mean?

2 February 2013, 07:13 AM	#76
steveclocks "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Geert Location: Belgium Watch: rolex/JLC/panerai Posts: 5,612	Andrew, at 45 you're also still counted as young ( at least in my book )

2 February 2013, 07:20 AM	#80
steveclocks "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Geert Location: Belgium Watch: rolex/JLC/panerai Posts: 5,612	Andrew and Mark, I hope that this thread isn't noticed by a lot of people. Because this is getting way out of hand !

2 February 2013, 07:30 AM	#83
steveclocks "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Geert Location: Belgium Watch: rolex/JLC/panerai Posts: 5,612	I remember the phone at my grandparents' house. One of these in bakelite. By the way the material bakelite was invented by the Belgian, Leo Hendrik Baekeland in 1907

2 February 2013, 07:35 AM	#85
steveclocks "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Geert Location: Belgium Watch: rolex/JLC/panerai Posts: 5,612	START CRYING MARK and it all started with you and your ring ... I think you did this on purpose !

2 February 2013, 07:45 AM	#87
steveclocks "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Geert Location: Belgium Watch: rolex/JLC/panerai Posts: 5,612	I agree, better the singing bird as a lizard crest

2 February 2013, 07:47 AM	#88
steveclocks "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Geert Location: Belgium Watch: rolex/JLC/panerai Posts: 5,612	and that's coming from someone with a sheaf of corn as a crest

2 February 2013, 07:53 AM	#90
steveclocks "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Geert Location: Belgium Watch: rolex/JLC/panerai Posts: 5,612	yes, why did he exploded ?

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