u/IllegalGeriatricVore

Never even done a battery change but replaced the capacitor in my wife's pawn shop kinetic last night

Never even done a battery change but replaced the capacitor in my wife's pawn shop kinetic last night

It was weirdly harder than the men's one which I watched a video for.

There were two separate saddles you had to remove with 2 screws each AND you had to take out the plastic movement holder, then two insulators and a plastic spacer for the capacitor.

But it works!

PSA don't buy the cheap watchmaker screwdrivers from walmart. The smallest ones all deformed under the slightest pressure. Chinesium...

DO buy plastic tip tweezers, a good light, a case holder, and a magnetic dish for holding your screws.

I won't say "If I can do it anyone can" because I am somewhat handy despite lack of experience in this area, but it's not hard, just a bunch of very tiny, delicate things you can break or lose.

Don't do it if you're impatient or have shaky hands.

But for <$50 you can restore a kinetic at home, so if you can score a deal on a dead one go for it.

u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 15 hours ago

The green/gold alpinist has "middle class cosplaying new money" vibes

They're the kind of watch that belongs to the kind of person who, if they ever got money, they'd go grab a mcmansion in a homogenous suburb with a giant glass foyer and park a white super duty next to porche cayenne or an escalade in front of the 2 car garage.

They would put pillars at the end of the driveway.

They'd get books by the foot to fill out a den because they don't actually read enough to know what goes on book shelves but want that image.

They'd get a dry bar in the basement and stock poor man's idea of expensive liquor for when they host their only visitor, their brother and get "whatever you'd recommend" from a cigar shop because they just want the image.

They'd get a golden doodle or whatever is currently trendy and make sure to mention it's AKC certified in every conversation.

The kind to take the family to Disney at peak season because "it's just what you do" then complain non stop that it's busy and there's too many people.

And if they ever did get that kind of money they'd sell the alpinist and get a green and gold speedmaster and 2 tone daytona and reference their AD as often as possible.

But thankfully for the world, they'll never actually get there because they have too much student loan debt and are woefully under employed.

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u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 4 days ago

Help me build the perfect 5 watch collection

I bought a Casio F91w and now I'm looking for the perfect 4 watches to complete my collection.

Here's my criteria for each:

  1. Watch that will get me the most attention on reddit. Budget - $2500

  2. Watch that will get me the most attention from the public Budget - $5000

  3. Watch that will get me the most attention from other watch enthusiasts who aren't on reddit Budget - 10,000

  4. Watch that looks exactly like one of the first 3 to try to re-capture how I felt when I bought that one. Budget - it should 1 up whatever watch it's recapturing

Thank you

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u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 6 days ago

This guy loves to sit on the glass and watch us

He went on a brief hiatus this winter and hide for like a few months and I'm not sure why.

Why he's back to his usual self and comes out at night and stares at us, especially during nightly misting time when everyone is getting their misting and check ins.

u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 6 days ago
▲ 33 r/spiders

I need some other folks to test something with jumping spiders and report back

There was a bronze jumping spider on my trash can.

I tried getting him to jump on me and he wouldn't.

I had an idea though.

I put my hands next to my cheeks and did the "wavy pedipalps" thing they do when excited.

He watched me, and when I offered my hand again he jumped right on it.

Am I crazy person or did I just learn to talk spider?

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u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 7 days ago

My super power is that my pattern recognition makes finding four leaf clovers trivial so I can harvest ALL of the world's luck. 5 leaf clover - any argument you have is invalid.

What my luck has gotten me:

- Debilitating illness

- An oppressive government

- Surgeries and now I shit in a plastic bag glued to my stomach

- 90% of normal food makes me violently ill

u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 7 days ago

Observation / question regarding behavior and ovarian cancer

I lost one chicken to OC and have another who just got diagnosed.

Both were my main bullies before showing signs.

I'm wondering if anyone else has noticed this and it may be a pattern?

u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 8 days ago

A few weeks ago I asked for input choosing my next. The winner arrived!

Citizen AT8300 radio controlled, eco drive, perpetual calendar, sappire glass, with slide rule bezel for mathing!

I'm stoked for how feature loaded it is while being class looking and wearing really nicely.

My #2 choice it narrowly beat was the Prospex Samurai. I already have two great mechanical dive watches and really wanted something super reliable and low maintenance this time.

They're hard to source these days but I found one new online from a Slovakian site. There was also the IP coated black one at a nearby jeweler but I was set on the stainless / blue.

u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 8 days ago

First day wearing new toy

Got it as a gift to myself for a promotion at work.

Feature loaded as heck.

Eco drive, sapphire glass, chronograph, day/date, radio powered so it keeps perfect time, perpetual calendar, and a slide rule bezel you can use for doing basic multiplication and division.

I especially like the seconds hand is always in use and only stops when you engage chronograph mode.

u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 9 days ago

God damn it looks good in person. AT8300-58L

After a long process of narrowing down my top pick for next watch, this was the winner, then 11 days in shipping later and here it is.

Eco drive, radio controlled, chronograph (but the second hand keep ticking until you need the chrono feature), slide rule bezel for easy multiplication and division on the go, 200m water resistance, sapphire glass.

It feels like peak Citizen.

Was hard to source. Joma was out but Watchexclusive in Slovakia thankfully had it NIB for just over $500

u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 10 days ago

Hmacs are definitely one of the harder females to sex

One on the right is confirmed F.

The one of the left I'm still not 100% sure. Owes me another molt but literally never see it.

Viewing it from the butt-end is hard to tell much, but viewing from the fangs you can see under the flap and the spermathecae really pop out for you.

u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 11 days ago

Any post that's just a picture and "Thoughts?" or "Thoughts on X?"

How about you start an actual fucking conversation?

What are your thoughts? What do you want to discuss?

Stop making low effort posts and expecting everyone else to fill in all the blanks for you.

Are you just desperate for attention? A bot account?

Surely, SURELY, you have something to contribute beyond just "Thoughts?"

Are you afraid to think for yourself or voice an opinion online?

What a bunch of lazy bullshit.

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u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 11 days ago

How much of our misery comes from media programming us to think "Happiness" comes from having grandiose dreams and achieving those in one triumphant moment?

Media is full of it.

The person who wants to be a musician and gets their big break at the end, now they are happy!

The person who wants to get into sports and at the end they make the winning touchdown in front of the college talent scout.

The person facing grandiose world ending oppression from some overarching evil and at the end they defeat them and now they're happy.

I feel like too many people think happiness is what you get from doing the big thing and they're always looking for the big thing.

Even if they reach the big thing, it never lives up to their expectations and they think, "That must not have been it. It must be something bigger." and move onto the next goal because that one didn't make them feel how they thought it should have.

But in real life, whether it's landing the first date, the job, the promotion, it's just the start of the journey. it's never the destination like it's made out to be in movies, TV and books.

We've lost our sense of grounding because we're looking for something that only exists in fiction.

Happiness comes from celebrating little things every day, not from expectation of a big thing that will fix you and make you feel right.

If you keep saying "I can't be happy because this triumph wasn't big enough" not only will you never be happy, but even if you reach that triumph and it is everything you hoped for, once it's passed you'll be left feeling empty because now it's behind you. You no longer have that moment to look forward to, which keeps you going and drives you forward. All you have is the memory of how it was that day it happened.

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u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 11 days ago
▲ 5 r/Jokes

Two men are having a drink discussing recent events

The first man say, "Did ya hear about the icident down at the ol' church on main?"

The second replies, "No I haven't. What's happened?"

The first tells him, "A guy got caught fucking the gargoyle. Guess his willy got stuck."

"His willy got stuck?" the second asks.

"Sure did. Now to prevent it happening again they've filled the hole!" the first man explains.

The second man snorts, "Well that's grotesque."

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u/IllegalGeriatricVore — 11 days ago