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·And another welcome, Jorque! How about posting a photo of your watch? We like pics!
The DOs & DON’Ts for new members…a semi serious thread!
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Aroxx
·Fred needs to go tier 2 and make his title “Champion of the Wayward Watch Newbie, Watch Slinger Extraordinaire, Defender of Men”.
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·Fred needs to go tier 2 and make his title “Champion of the Wayward Watch Newbie, Watch Slinger Extraordinaire, Defender of Men”.
Without new members there won't be new opportunities to harass.
Like the old west saying..."sometimes ya gotta prop 'em up so ya can shoot 'em down" 😁
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·DO check out this thread if you are serious about gaining knowledge and picking the best watch.
https://omegaforums.net/threads/learn-how-to-fish.52603/
To the non collector who is simply looking for their next watch, spotting a redial, even one with serious flaws, is not even a consideration.
I am still learning also.
Consider this.Yes, your eyes will play tricks on you. I failed this one too. Learn before you buy.
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·Without new members there won't be new opportunities to harass.
Like the old west saying..."sometimes ya gotta prop 'em up so ya can shoot 'em down" 😁
Fixed:
Fred, “Champion of the Wayward Watch Newbie, Watch Slinger Extraordinaire,
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·Wait, I thought you were against the harassment?
you gotta read more carefully. I'm against harassing newbies. Once they are established is a different story. Established members like gbesq are fair game 😁
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·you gotta read more carefully. I'm against harassing newbies. Established members like gbesq are fair game 😁
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·you gotta read more carefully. I'm against harassing newbies. Once they are established is a different story. Established members like gbesq are fair game 😁
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MRC
·Consider this.Yes, your eyes will play tricks on you. I failed this one too. Learn before you buy.
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·If you read complete or part phrases at a time this will always fool you -- and you will be a lousy proof-reader. Professional proof-readers will often read backwards from the end to the beginning but the method I like ('cos I speed-read) is to have a text to speech program read it out loud. Bypasses the normal visual brain process and mistakes kile these really stand out.
Great tips though. Thank you. I proof read large documents for my boss before I retired. These tips would have helped. The documents were decisions on police misconduct complaints. It was amazing to read about some of the dumb things that cops did.
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·Not so easy to do. You Canuks are too polite 😁
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Twocats
··Married... with childrenOh My God let's create a special safe room for all established members to recover from such trauma.
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Aroxx
·There is some pretty cool speed-reading software out there that converts text to take advantage of tricking your brain. This is one I tried although I didn't stick with it for various reasons. https://bionic-reading.com/
Ahhh thread drift.
Ahhh thread drift.
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·Mistakes KILE these. I KILE it! I hope this was a test and that I am not making fun of @cej2007 and his condition.
Great tips though. Thank you. I proof read large documents for my boss before I retired. These tips would have helped. The documents were decisions on police misconduct complaints. It was amazing to read about some of the dumb things that cops did.
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··Nowhere near as grumpy as he used to be...HI - Just joined the forum. Introducing myself - 40 something watch fan / repair hobbyist from Scotland but now living in Australia. Came to hear about this forum after buying a vintage Omega 166.0170 from one of the members. Interested in vintage watches mainly and prefer mechanical to quartz movements. Lots to learn on the forum and looks like a great place to be notwithstanding the usual personalities, and egos seen everywhere on the internet. Hello everyone.
I have an ego that some might say is problematic.
