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Old 26 January 2010, 04:51 PM   #1
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Just knocked a Sub 16610 off the list...

Okay, so I've knocked another one off the 'to do' list. Bought it right here on TRF of course... trouble is I have to wait for a whole 5 or so days for it to arrive in Sydney, Australia from the US.

Anyway I need some suggestions on how to pass the next 120 or so hours by as quickly as possible, does anybody have any secrets for killing time while you wait for your watch to be delivered - spend more time with friends, family, religion, focus on my business, watch paint dry?


How do you keep yourself sane while you wait? :)
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Old 26 January 2010, 05:48 PM   #2
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Too easy mate - start planning the next one



Congrats on the 16610

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Old 26 January 2010, 05:49 PM   #3
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120 hours to change your avatar??
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Old 26 January 2010, 06:17 PM   #4
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No advice. But congrats on the sub !
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Old 26 January 2010, 07:12 PM   #5
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120 hours to plan the Sub arrival BBQ party!!!!!!
Get to work on the invites.
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Old 26 January 2010, 07:42 PM   #6
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Too easy mate - start planning the next one



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120 hours to change your avatar??
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Old 26 January 2010, 08:51 PM   #7
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Why not do what I always do?

Search the web for every single picture of the watch (year/model/config) you have coming, then print thousands and thousands of pictures of it and cover the walls of your "secret room" with them.

Just like my "Pamela Anderson" room....
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Old 26 January 2010, 08:52 PM   #8
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Why not do what I always do?

Search the web for every single picture of the watch (year/model/config) you have coming, then print thousands and thousands of pictures of it and cover the walls of your "secret room" with them.

Just like my "Pamela Anderson" room....
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Old 27 January 2010, 12:44 AM   #9
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Why not do what I always do?

Search the web for every single picture of the watch (year/model/config) you have coming, then print thousands and thousands of pictures of it and cover the walls of your "secret room" with them.

Just like my "Pamela Anderson" room....
Wow so you had Pamela Anderson coming at one time? How did it go?
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Old 26 January 2010, 09:02 PM   #10
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lol =]
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Old 26 January 2010, 09:27 PM   #11
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What?

(and now everyone backs slowly away from Rscmaine)
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Old 26 January 2010, 11:45 PM   #12
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What?

(and now everyone backs slowly away from Rscmaine)
haha... this isn't wierd at all
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Old 27 January 2010, 12:40 AM   #13
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How do you keep yourself sane while you wait? :)
You'll have to ask Steve (Nicko)!

I've heard he's the master of patience these days.

http://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=111448
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Old 27 January 2010, 12:53 AM   #14
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drink
& work out a retort to the avatar comment
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Old 27 January 2010, 12:58 AM   #15
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I didn't think that a comment so devoid of wit warranted a retort in this instance :)
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Old 27 January 2010, 12:58 AM   #16
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I didn't think that a comment so devoid of wit warranted a retort in this instance :)
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Old 27 January 2010, 01:03 AM   #17
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I didn't think that a comment so devoid of wit warranted a retort in this instance :)
Hope you have it in time to show me in PERSON in a Sydney bar!!!!!!!

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Old 27 January 2010, 01:07 AM   #18
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by the way Dave...now the retort is complete....you only have drinking left while waiting for your prize to arrive....and congrats on that watch by the way
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Old 27 January 2010, 01:08 AM   #19
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Nice...looking forward to the pics
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Old 27 January 2010, 01:43 AM   #20
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Old 27 January 2010, 01:46 AM   #21
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congrats looking forward to photos...
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Old 27 January 2010, 01:48 AM   #22
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Dave, just relax and enjoy life in Sydney while you are waiting!
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Old 27 January 2010, 01:58 AM   #23
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Congrats on the Sub, it'll be there before you know it.
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Old 27 January 2010, 02:17 AM   #24
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Take up cigar band art. Sit in your dining room pasting cigar bands to some poor object until it arrives. I'm currently making a collage made of old Hemmingway pictures, cigar bands, and shredded us currency. Try not to make a collage of a Pepsi GMT every time you make a piece of art. Those get a little old after 3 or four.!!! Eventually the doorbell will ring, and the mailman will give you the watch. 119 hours to go!
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Old 27 January 2010, 03:34 AM   #25
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If you're like me, there's nothing that's going to stop the suffering and anticipation! You'll just have to grind through buddy!
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Old 27 January 2010, 03:43 AM   #26
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