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gulfstream69xr7 · 31 May 2013, 03:50 AM

My Gulfstream Metallic Aqua 69 Cougar XR7 Convertible sitting in my driveway.

Hence gulfstream69xr7.

Boothroyd · 31 May 2013, 05:04 AM

"Major Boothroyd" was a real-life munitions expert that Ian Fleming knew, who advised him on armaments James Bond would use and encounter in the novels. The character otherwise known as "Q" in the movies.

Fleming wore an Explorer as his only Rolex, so took the name from there when I got interested in acquiring mine.

patrike · 1 June 2013, 08:40 PM

Family coat of arms. Given to my family in 1544 by king Gustav I (Vasa) of Sweden.

Lisa · 1 June 2013, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FNFZ4

Why Lisa, whats your secret? You have never aged!

I'm pickled... I mean, well preserved.

HRFdez · 2 June 2013, 01:16 AM

Mine was a mistake picture taken by a friend in Paris. The picture was supposed to be in color and, for some reason, it came out in black and white. My wife liked it, so there it goes.

rahible · 2 June 2013, 01:23 AM

This thread inspired me to add one! My wife secretly took this of me ordering a drink for her at the Wynn in Las Vegas on our anniversary in March.

Thatguy · 2 June 2013, 02:40 AM

Tossed sub into snow bank and took pic. Maybe I need a summer pic now....

b06tmm · 7 June 2013, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GradyPhilpott

Your post made me do some research into your avatar.

That is of course Terry-Thomas, but I did not know that it was from the film "School for Scoundrels," which I ordered immediately.

That also caused me to do some research on the author Stephen Potter, so I ordered The Complete Upmanship: Including, Gamesmanship, Lifemanship, One-Upmanship, Supermanship.

I'm looking forward to reading these works and watching the film.

Thanks for piquing my interest.

Grady, have you watched the movie or read the book yet?

Like you, I ordered both and just finished watching the movie. They don't make 'em like this this anymore, and it was the best thing I've seen in a long while. The book I received is like new from 1971 and is a hoot right from the beginning!

GradyPhilpott · 7 June 2013, 02:04 PM

I haven't watched, yet. It will definitely be next week before I can get to it, but I'm really looking forward to it.

GermanyMatt · 7 June 2013, 07:26 PM

All I know is my avatar and my username aren't going to work so well when I move back to the USA - whenever that is..

beaglehusky · 7 June 2013, 07:52 PM

A wolverine for my alma mater

cop414 · 7 June 2013, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GermanyMatt

All I know is my avatar and my username aren't going to work so well when I move back to the USA - whenever that is..

Matt,
Your username maybe not, but please keep your avatar!

GermanyMatt · 7 June 2013, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cop414

Matt,
Your username maybe not, but please keep your avatar!

I'll do it just for you!

cop414 · 7 June 2013, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GermanyMatt

I'll do it just for you!

linesiders · 7 June 2013, 11:22 PM

I updated my Avatar to reflect one of my childhood heroes of creepiness

Quote:

Originally Posted by cop414

Matt,
Your username maybe not, but please keep your avatar!

That Avatar has made it well around the Web. Wish I knew her when I lived in Stuttgart

(but she probably wasn't born yet

)

GermanyMatt · 8 June 2013, 12:56 AM

Eh, come to any bierfest and you'll see a thousand of her.

If you're a single fella, and look successful, you'll need a stick to beat the single ladies off. No, I'm not kidding either. LOL!

linesiders · 8 June 2013, 01:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GermanyMatt

Eh, come to any bierfest and you'll see a thousand of her.

If you're a single fella, and look successful, you'll need a stick to beat the single ladies off. No, I'm not kidding either. LOL!

Bad Cannstatter Volksfest was 20 minutes or so from my High School, knew it well back in the early/mid 80s

soho · 8 June 2013, 12:44 PM

Just a shot of my motorbike during a break on a nice Sunday morning ride.

yessir69 · 10 June 2013, 10:27 AM

Um...yea.

HRFdez · 10 June 2013, 10:36 AM

Just changed mine. CDG airport while on a business trip a few weeks ago.

Ristretto · 10 June 2013, 11:09 AM

my all time favourite movie series.

chieftd · 10 June 2013, 04:12 PM

My TT Blue Sub basking in Hawaii sunlight. :)

polarinda · 10 June 2013, 09:46 PM

Well done guys!

Cru Jones · 10 June 2013, 10:45 PM

mine used to be the mascot (a racoon named Roni) of the 1980 winter olympic games (lake placid, where i lived for a time) doing what i love (downhill skiing).

these days, i live in a city (paris) and do a lot less skiing, but i do get to eat a lot of amazing food.

so, i've switched to a photo of foie gras.

lavaman · 11 June 2013, 01:25 PM

umm, lets see.

Thomas Sullivan Magnum is an honorary member of the family. For one thing, I am part Hawaiian, so there's that. My father was a SEAL and did a couple of tours in Vietnam. The show was one of the first to portray vets from that era in a respectful manner, i.e. not drunk under a bridge, as was the stereotype of the day. I was always grateful to Don Bellesario for doing that.

In the days after 9/11 when I was working 70-90 hours a week and going nuts from lack of sleep while on the job, A&E used to run Magnum episodes at 14:00 when I was just coming off or getting up. Anyway, those little episodes about four guys and their friendship (as well as the decent writing and brilliant acting of Hillerman and Selleck) kept me sane as I simultaneously tried to do my job as a LEO/EMT-P and also worried sick about my buddies in NYPD/FDNY.

So, yea, Tom Magnum is a friend of mine.

BH13GMT · 12 June 2013, 02:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lavaman

umm, lets see.

Thomas Sullivan Magnum is an honorary member of the family. For one thing, I am part Hawaiian, so there's that. My father was a SEAL and did a couple of tours in Vietnam. The show was one of the first to portray vets from that era in a respectful manner, i.e. not drunk under a bridge, as was the stereotype of the day. I was always grateful to Don Bellesario for doing that.

In the days after 9/11 when I was working 70-90 hours a week and going nuts from lack of sleep while on the job, A&E used to run Magnum episodes at 14:00 when I was just coming off or getting up. Anyway, those little episodes about four guys and their friendship (as well as the decent writing and brilliant acting of Hillerman and Selleck) kept me sane as I simultaneously tried to do my job as a LEO/EMT-P and also worried sick about my buddies in NYPD/FDNY.

So, yea, Tom Magnum is a friend of mine.

Great explanation.

Being quite young when watching Magnum PI for the first time, I missed a lot of the subtleties that went on between Thomas and Higgins. Having watched it more recently I totally get it and it still stacks up 25 years later.

Trying to convince the Mrs that we need 2 Pinchers which is proving hard to sell to her at the moment

I wonder what names they would have if I am successful?

figbo · 12 June 2013, 03:21 AM

Me on a good day.

JCW1980 · 12 June 2013, 06:49 AM

Running has been my favorite hobby for 20 years, and I don't see an end in sight.

Swearengen · 12 June 2013, 07:05 AM

Ellis Albert "Al" Swearengen (b. Oskaloosa, Iowa, 8 July 1845 – d. Colorado, 15November 1904

I am a big Deadwood fan, just in case you didn't guess

Ted Shred · 12 June 2013, 07:23 AM

Tom Waits. My favourite singer/ songwriter of all time.

31 May 2013, 05:04 AM	#122
Boothroyd 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Daniel Location: Minneapolis, MN Watch: Wilsdorf(s) Posts: 10,259	"Major Boothroyd" was a real-life munitions expert that Ian Fleming knew, who advised him on armaments James Bond would use and encounter in the novels. The character otherwise known as "Q" in the movies. Fleming wore an Explorer as his only Rolex, so took the name from there when I got interested in acquiring mine. __________________ Explorer 214270 MK I/Datejust II Black 116300/Tudor Heritage Black Bay Black 79220N

1 June 2013, 08:40 PM	#123
patrike "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Real Name: Patrik Location: WISland Watch: The sun go down. Posts: 895	Family coat of arms. Given to my family in 1544 by king Gustav I (Vasa) of Sweden. __________________

7 June 2013, 02:04 PM	#129
GradyPhilpott 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: New Mexico Watch: Seiko #SRK047 Posts: 34,460	I haven't watched, yet. It will definitely be next week before I can get to it, but I'm really looking forward to it. __________________ JJ Inaugural TRF $50 Watch Challenge Winner

10 June 2013, 10:36 AM	#140
HRFdez "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Real Name: Hector Location: Lake Placid, NY Watch: Rolex Day-Date Posts: 390	Just changed mine. CDG airport while on a business trip a few weeks ago. __________________ Owner's Club "Jealousy won't get you a thing"

10 June 2013, 11:09 AM	#141
Ristretto "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: GMT + 3 Watch: Platinum Daytona Posts: 1,322	my all time favourite movie series. __________________ “What the mind can conceive, it can achieve.” – Napoleon Hill

31 May 2013, 03:50 AM	#121
gulfstream69xr7 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Medford NJ Watch: TAG Rolex Posts: 948	My Gulfstream Metallic Aqua 69 Cougar XR7 Convertible sitting in my driveway. Hence gulfstream69xr7.

2 June 2013, 01:16 AM	#125
HRFdez "TRF" Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Real Name: Hector Location: Lake Placid, NY Watch: Rolex Day-Date Posts: 390	Mine was a mistake picture taken by a friend in Paris. The picture was supposed to be in color and, for some reason, it came out in black and white. My wife liked it, so there it goes.

2 June 2013, 01:23 AM	#126
rahible "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Real Name: Aaron Location: St. Louis, MO Watch: Ref. 214270 Posts: 325	This thread inspired me to add one! My wife secretly took this of me ordering a drink for her at the Wynn in Las Vegas on our anniversary in March.

2 June 2013, 02:40 AM	#127
Thatguy "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Real Name: Wayne Location: California Watch: Rolex, PAM Posts: 3,302	Tossed sub into snow bank and took pic. Maybe I need a summer pic now....

7 June 2013, 07:26 PM	#130
GermanyMatt "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2012 Real Name: Matt Location: Northern VA Watch: 126711, 126610 Posts: 1,803	All I know is my avatar and my username aren't going to work so well when I move back to the USA - whenever that is..

7 June 2013, 07:52 PM	#131
beaglehusky "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Real Name: Adrian Location: Tanzania Posts: 1,553	A wolverine for my alma mater

8 June 2013, 12:56 AM	#136
GermanyMatt "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2012 Real Name: Matt Location: Northern VA Watch: 126711, 126610 Posts: 1,803	Eh, come to any bierfest and you'll see a thousand of her. If you're a single fella, and look successful, you'll need a stick to beat the single ladies off. No, I'm not kidding either. LOL!

8 June 2013, 12:44 PM	#138
soho 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Planet Earth Watch: Varies Posts: 2,057	Just a shot of my motorbike during a break on a nice Sunday morning ride.

10 June 2013, 10:27 AM	#139
yessir69 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: May 2011 Real Name: Kevin Location: Tornado Alley Posts: 3,289	Um...yea.

10 June 2013, 04:12 PM	#142
chieftd "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Real Name: Tim Location: Kapolei Hawaii Watch: Blue Sub, YM16623 Posts: 1,369	My TT Blue Sub basking in Hawaii sunlight. :)

10 June 2013, 09:46 PM	#143
polarinda "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Real Name: Trav Location: singapore Watch: it Posts: 2,316	Well done guys!

10 June 2013, 10:45 PM	#144
Cru Jones 2024 SubLV41 Pledge Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Paris, France Posts: 35,301	mine used to be the mascot (a racoon named Roni) of the 1980 winter olympic games (lake placid, where i lived for a time) doing what i love (downhill skiing). these days, i live in a city (paris) and do a lot less skiing, but i do get to eat a lot of amazing food. so, i've switched to a photo of foie gras.

11 June 2013, 01:25 PM	#145
lavaman Banned Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: The Airport Watch: what happens next Posts: 1,942	umm, lets see. Thomas Sullivan Magnum is an honorary member of the family. For one thing, I am part Hawaiian, so there's that. My father was a SEAL and did a couple of tours in Vietnam. The show was one of the first to portray vets from that era in a respectful manner, i.e. not drunk under a bridge, as was the stereotype of the day. I was always grateful to Don Bellesario for doing that. In the days after 9/11 when I was working 70-90 hours a week and going nuts from lack of sleep while on the job, A&E used to run Magnum episodes at 14:00 when I was just coming off or getting up. Anyway, those little episodes about four guys and their friendship (as well as the decent writing and brilliant acting of Hillerman and Selleck) kept me sane as I simultaneously tried to do my job as a LEO/EMT-P and also worried sick about my buddies in NYPD/FDNY. So, yea, Tom Magnum is a friend of mine.

12 June 2013, 03:21 AM	#147
figbo "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Real Name: El Raf-O Location: florida Watch: tt GMT2c,Omega Posts: 19,687	Me on a good day. __________________ member # 9862 Best bartender in the world!! Last of the Bastid Tossers p club member #9

12 June 2013, 06:49 AM	#148
JCW1980 "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: DFW, TX Watch: Speedmaster Posts: 672	Running has been my favorite hobby for 20 years, and I don't see an end in sight.

12 June 2013, 07:05 AM	#149
Swearengen "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Real Name: Gabriel Location: London, UK Posts: 1,859	Ellis Albert "Al" Swearengen (b. Oskaloosa, Iowa, 8 July 1845 – d. Colorado, 15November 1904 I am a big Deadwood fan, just in case you didn't guess __________________ 1680 1675 16800 16570 16710 17000 16613 17013 Gone but not forgotten 16610LV 1016 16234

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Ted Shred "TRF" Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Real Name: Kevin Location: Canada Watch: Rolex/ Ω Posts: 658	Tom Waits. My favourite singer/ songwriter of all time. __________________ Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so

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