What did you BUY today?

[ben2go]

Originally Posted by Darkrider

Careful...you will want to avoid wearing out the "charging" equipment

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I was trying.

Originally Posted by BlackBike

I'm shocked..withe the health insurance saleswoman?

No. He's fugly but a great help though.

Originally Posted by cheesy

I bought this last month but it only arrived yesterday. It's a box from Russia.


What's in it? Hmmm. Russian Newspaper. Don't know if it's Tass or Pravda.


What looks like maybe a chocolate bar and, yes, a red box.


There's a watch in the red box.


It's a Vostok Commander Watch. 17 jewel, manual wind.



Been looking at this watch for months and finally pulled the trigger. I'm on vacation for the next week and will wear it while I'm off just to see how well it keeps time aaaaaand to see if I can remember to wind it. The chocolate bar was tasty.

Oh, yeah. This came too. It's a Russian model kit of a Russian Ural M72 but it came out of Janesville, Wisconsin.


I'll compare it to the Ukrainian BMW R71 kit I got a few months ago.

What did the watch cost? I would actually wear one like that.

[cheesy]

This one was $48 from Amazon.

Search Russian watches on Amazon and ebay. Most of the Vostok wind up watches are under $50. The self wind Vostoks can be had between $70 and $100. The Vostok Europe models start getting into Citizen Eco-drive price territory.

[ben2go]

Originally Posted by cheesy

This one was $48 from Amazon.

Search Russian watches on Amazon and ebay. Most of the Vostok wind up watches are under $50. The self wind Vostoks can be had between $70 and $100. The Vostok Europe models start getting into Citizen Eco-drive price territory.

Thanks.

[kirbo7106]

Just a little trivia about Russian watches and their military. Back in 1996, I was in the 82nd Airborne and we did an airborne op in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. I got the chance to meet and hand out with some of the locals. The enlisted Russian army are not taught how to read maps and do land navigation and they don’t have watches, only the officers do. Talk about being forced to follow!

Have a great day!

[ben2go]

Originally Posted by kirbo7106

Just a little trivia about Russian watches and their military. Back in 1996, I was in the 82nd Airborne and we did an airborne op in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. I got the chance to meet and hand out with some of the locals. The enlisted Russian army are not taught how to read maps and do land navigation and they don’t have watches, only the officers do. Talk about being forced to follow!

Have a great day!

I bet some of the sharper people learn how and keep it to themselves.

[cheesy]

Interesting. I would have thought that navigation would be near the top of a list of required skills.

Liking the watch. Most of the time I don't know I have it on. Old habits die hard, and I haven't yet forgotten to wind it. Going back to Standard Time last weekend threw off my comparison with my Casio Atomic but back on track. The Vostok loses about 20 seconds a day and that's pretty good for a fairly cheap mechanical watch. My Casio, on the other hand, is supposedly accurate to 1 second per year. Don't really need that kind of accuracy but it's good to know I have it.

[pete]

2 tins of JSB Exacts.....
2 tins of H&N FTTs



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[Darkrider]

Not so much buy...but brought a new family member into the home in the form of a 4 month old kitten named Marcus.

[cheesy]

A new pair of Columbia winter boots to replace the 10 year old Field & Stream boots that were pre bunion surgery. These fit nicely between the 511 cop boots I wear daily and the 20 year old Sorels that are only worn when absolutely necessary.

Also picked up a pair of full size microfiber bath towels for camping.

[Azhule]

Spent some $$ on replacement parts for our Drier... the motor decided it has worked enough and gave up the ghost... I quickly chose to buy the parts and repair it after looking for new washer/drier sets that match, would have been over $3,000 for a new set

Cost to repair was only $148 for a new motor, roller bearing kits, a belt, and a few other small parts that I wanted to replace due to the 15+ years of use

[JerryHawk250]

Originally Posted by Azhule

Spent some $$ on replacement parts for our Drier... the motor decided it has worked enough and gave up the ghost... I quickly chose to buy the parts and repair it after looking for new washer/drier sets that match, would have been over $3,000 for a new set

Cost to repair was only $148 for a new motor, roller bearing kits, a belt, and a few other small parts that I wanted to replace due to the 15+ years of use

I do the same. Much cheaper to repair than to replace. Last washer I had lasted 26 years. got to the point of non repair.

[bogieboy]

bought a new fuel pump, strainer and fuel filter for the Subaru

[kirbo7106]

I’m always asking other members to show us the pictures AND JerryHawk250 called me out for not showing a picture of my last purchase! Here’s a picture of my new tires, tubes and rim straps.
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Have a great weekend!

[JerryHawk250]

Originally Posted by kirbo7106

I’m always asking other members to show us the pictures AND JerryHawk250 called me out for not showing a picture of my last purchase! Here’s a picture of my new tires, tubes and rim straps.
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Have a great weekend!

Ohhhh! Pretty.

[kirbo7106]

Originally Posted by pete

2 tins of JSB Exacts.....
2 tins of H&N FTTs



.

Hey Pete,

Ok, I know what a tin is, but what’s inside and what do you use them for?

Have a great weekend!