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I've always understood that "glassing" someone means that they have a glass shoved in their face, which makes an awful mess, but hitting someone with a bottle usually means the bottle stays intact, so not much mess and few, if any stiches needed.

I will follow up my post with this....... On Saturday, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy revealed that Russia – already accused of sharing military information and hardware with Iran during the war – had taken satellite images of the Saudi base in the days before the strike. “Do they [Russia] help Iranians?” the Ukrainian President said in an interview with NBC. “Of course. How many per cent? One hundred per cent.” It is the latest of several successful Iranian hits on US bases in the region which, it emerged this week, had forced some personnel to evacuate to the relative safety of nearby offices and hotels. Coming almost four weeks since the launch of Operation Epic Fury, a war US President Donald Trump promised would enable the Iranian people to overthrow the regime, the attack suggests the Pentagon underestimated the potency and resilience of Tehran’s offensive capability. The destruction of an E-3 Sentry is a particular setback for US Central Command (Centcom) and whilst US personnel are being injured and killed by the Iranians, with help from the Russians, trump lets Russia do what it wants.......shame on donald trump.

Many thanks for the heads up on this movie and I thought it was great. Normally I'm not a fan of Angelina Jolie, however I thought she was terrific in this movie.....all round it was a good "watch". Thanks again.

What a load of tosh/b.s and nonsense, you need to seek help.

This clearly shows the difference between the hero Mueller and the idiot coward trump......

Had enough of your support for Russia, so this "uninformed mind" is putting you on IGNORE so I won't see any of your nonsense!!

Following on from my last post, I downloaded and watched a movie starring Nicolas Cage, called "Pig". I did see a few reviews which were very complimentary to Cage and his acting ability, but that didn't come through for me in the movie! It is a very different kind of movie with no real action in it and I really didn't see the point in it, so at the end I got on the Internet to try to find out the "story" behind it, and I won't give it away here, but for me it still remained a pointless movie with no real story/thread running through it, although the critics would say that there was! It seems we are all different in the way we look at movies, and long may it continue.

I don't recall ever having complained about "nothing to watch", more that I have found nothing interesting to watch, even though I do sort out a few movies from the past which are most satisfying. As I have said previously I'm not keen on long-running series because for me they get tiring so I'd rather find something which is two or three episodes long and I do that quite often on BBC iPlayer where there is an array of films and docos, which I often watch for their interest – – for example anything by David Attenborough and also there was one series called "Wolf Hall" which I found interesting. I can find plenty to watch if I want to and going back to watch selected episodes of "Only Fools and Horses", "The Thin Blue Line", "Fawlty Towers" etc give me a chuckle although I have found that the later episodes of "Absolutely Fabulous" are a bit boring! And of course recommendations from AN are always good to follow up on, so plenty to watch if I put my mind to it!!!!

Doh..........because Russia started a war by invading Ukraine!!! Then trump eased sanctions on Russia so that they can provide Iran with military info to help kill American soldiers. As has been said many times before, Putin has something on donnie so donnie does what Vlad tells him.....sad, so sad that the folks in the US can't see this.

I look at it differently........"A 401(k) is an employer-sponsored retirement savings plan that allows employees to invest a portion of their paycheck, often before taxes are deducted, to save for the future. It offers significant tax advantages—either immediate tax breaks or tax-free withdrawals in retirement—and often includes employer-matching contributions, essentially providing free money. In addition the majority of the money is invested in Passive funds, rather than active funds and over time Passive funds tend to outperform Actively managed funds. "Over a 20-year horizon, passive funds (index trackers) generally outperform the majority of active funds, primarily due to lower fees and consistent market-tracking returns. Studies, such as those from S&P Global, show that less than 5% of U.S. active managers beat their benchmarks over 20 years, largely because higher fees, such as 0.75% for active vs. lower for passive, compound over decades".

MYTH: The COVID vaccines were not rigorously tested, which is why they have only emergency authorization approval and not full Food and Drug Administration approval. (Update: Pfizer’s vaccine received full FDA approval on August 19) FACT: “Vaccine developers didn’t skip any testing steps, but conducted some of the steps on an overlapping schedule to gather data faster.”—Johns Hopkins Medicine MYTH: The technology used to create the COVID vaccines is too new to be safe. FACT: The technology used, called messenger RNA, or mRNA, is not new. Research on it actually began in the early 1990s, and two diseases that are very close to COVID—SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) in 2003, and MERS (Middle East respiratory syndrome)—helped bring the mRNA vaccine development to present day use.—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Understanding mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines AND plenty more here………https://www.bu.edu/articles/2021/myths-vs-facts-covid-19-vaccine/ It is also worth noting that some vaccines can result in myocarditis, which is not fatal, except in rare cases, and that has been known even before Covid and mRNA. Result= millions of lives saved and a rare few lives lost, mainly due to other factors..........I am eagerly awaiting the results of an mRNA vaccine being tested as an anti-cancer treatment!

Many, many thanks for your analysis and information on my watch, it is much appreciated and thank you for taking the time to do some research for me. Having said that, there are a few things that don't "compute", inasmuch as the watch was for sale in 1982 (or thereabouts) and was new then, so doubt very much whether it was a 1962/65 model. Furthermore, my own research shows that it is certainly not a vintage Eterna Matic watch, especially as this one is a quartz movement. It is however a "dress watch" style, as you quite rightly say and I have seen the back of the watch when it has been taken off to fit a new battery, and there is no evidence of steel therein, and a previous post from @billythehat has suggested that the watch has a solid gold case with the S denoting a sapphire crystal glass, and that would fit the bill because it has what looks to be a "hallmark" on the back casing and a watch repairer who gave it the once over said it was 18 carat gold! So good information from both you and BTH and I need to follow that up with a reputable watch seller/repairer in Phuket town on my next visit there. In addition to all this, it keeps excellent time, even when sitting in my desk drawer! Once again I thank you for your detailed response and the research you undertook on my behalf, and I will keep you informed as to what my further research shows. PS. I'm not sure that the mods will be too happy with me continuing this "watch saga" as it is not really about Patong per se, so I'll see what they say about this, and if necessary perhaps we can continue on a different/new thread??

Thanks for the info BTH and so sorry to hear about your broken hip, I just hope that it mends soon? What is the outlook for you re this?? All the best, Xylo.

Fortunately those years have long gone for me and walking around in a T-shirt and shorts, getting soaked by idiots with very large water guns, very often filled with bacteria laden water, is not my idea of fun. My madness days are well in the past and did include making bombs, travelling to Libya at the end of the Gadhafi revolution (which was madness in itself) and after that, working in Nigeria at the end of the Biafran war, and getting shot at. Oh, and I forgot to mention having a pistol pressed against my head by an angry Libyan soldier and then being lined up against a wall with a few other expats and having rifles pointed at us, which I truly thought was the end of my life at that time. There are many other "mad" exploits I have undertaken and I now leave that to other idiots, and whilst they are "embracing the madness that is Songkran", I shall be sitting comfortably at home having a nice evening meal with a lovely bottle of red wine, and then watching a good movie, whilst the madness goes on outside – – ah, heaven!

Great to hear from you BTH and I hope you are well, and also thank you for the information which I will go into shortly. Firstly I have contacted ETERNA in Switzerland, via email, but after three attempts, I have had no reply (great customer service!!!!) And I've also contacted a few other Eterna agencies around the place, but again no reply! I've also contacted Chrono24 on a couple of occasions, but their very helpful answer was: "take it to an Eterna dealer", which of course is not really feasible here in Phuket as there are none, although I do know of a watchmaker/seller/repairer in Phuket town, so he will be my next port of call. The amount of watchmakers/dealers/second-hand sellers I have contacted is immense, and I can only assume that this watch is so rare that nobody knows about it, or that it's not very valuable at all! Having said that, I have been told that it is solid 18 carat gold, so it's got to be worth something. It also keeps precise time. One other angle is that I have two potential "serial numbers" to play with, because on the back of the watch is the number: 1226155 62 S and in the guarantee booklet that came with the watch when I bought it, is a "reference" number: 729411862, so not sure which one to use although I will Google both of them after your message. Once again BTH thanks for your very helpful email and it has given me new hope in finding out what model it is and if it's worth anything. I stopped wearing it a few years ago now, mainly because I was worried about falling off my motorbike and damaging it, and it's such a beautiful watch (IMO) that I didn't want to damage it so it's been sitting in my desk drawer all that time. I've now come to the conclusion that it is such a lovely watch that it needs to be worn by someone who is proud of it, hence my investigation on it and its value. I will let you know how it goes BTH and when you are next in Patong, make sure to look me up because I will shout you a lovely meal and a great bottle of wine. Take care old friend and stay in touch from time to time as it's always good to hear from you.