My Harland Brown stuff showed up today.
Ammo can humidor, CRA 2021 Sampler, Opus X Oro +Shark Kit, & two ashtrays still wrapped in cloth.
Gold Money Guns limited edition Brasstray featuring 24k gold, shredded currency, and 9mm casings.
Chef’s Choice ashtray
Persian rug superiority guy.
Stocked my Harland Brown on-wall humidor a couple hours ago. Yes, shitheads, the humidity level was at 53% when I was putting in the cigars. It's sitting at 63% right now. I have around 10 cigars that I couldn't fit in here and they'll have to stay in the ammo can humidor until I go through some of the sticks in here.
Harland did a great job. The craftsmanship is excellent. I like the built-in LED lighting, which comes with a remote control for turning on/off and adjusting the brightness level.
Stocked my Harland Brown on-wall humidor a couple hours ago. Yes, shitheads, the humidity level was at 53% when I was putting in the cigars. It's sitting at 63% right now. I have around 10 cigars that I couldn't fit in here and they'll have to stay in the ammo can humidor until I go through some of the sticks in here.
Harland did a great job. The craftsmanship is excellent. I like the built-in LED lighting, which comes with a remote control for turning on/off and adjusting the brightness level.
100% certainty that he didn’t consider humidity when it came to shipping cigars, as a result of being Moldovan and independent of wealth.
I bet he keeps them in a humidor at home, but he does this for no reason other than this is an expensive device for storing cigars - that one is a combination of being rich and Moldovan. He doesn’t ponder the point of it, he just knows that it costs more than a regular box and no further questions are necessary. When presented with something new most people will wonder why, or how. Moldovans have survived by not concerning themselves with such questions.
It reminds me of this joke about what we called “new Russians,” the nouveau riche that appeared in the 1990s. No formal manners, bad taste, and an obsession with having the most expensive everything:
Two Russian businessmen bump into each other, and one compliments the others bright yellow neck tie. The one wearing the tie thanks his friend and tells him he just bought it at the store down the street, it was $5,000. The other one just laughs and tells his friend he was ripped off. The store a few streets over has the same exact tie for the much better price of $10,000. [/i]
Semi related note, but EE love them some watches. My dad included. He liked his watches big and gaudy, which is standard for the region. His favorite; a Breitling the size of a dinner plate.
Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian church. His people Photoshopped his watch off his wrist, but forgot the glossy table reflection. God pays well, and that Breguet is nothing compared to the vintage Daytona his underling the Metropolitan of Moscow wears.
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The vow of poverty doesn’t extend to Putin’s long time press secretary Dmitry Peskov. That’s a $620,000 Richard Mille watch, not bad for a government employee. He’s been photographed in a much more casual one from the same watchmaker, a simple $100,000 one he was wearing while gardening. At work he prefers a Rolex or Omega, to not draw attention.
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The flag raising over the Reichstag was staged, as the photographer brought his own flag, and unhappy with the Asiatic looking original flag hoisting Red Army private, he picked out a photogenic Ukrainian who had managed to do some looting. Either that or he needed to know the time badly enough to wear multiple watches.
100% certainty that he didn’t consider humidity when it came to shipping cigars, as a result of being Moldovan and independent of wealth.
I bet he keeps them in a humidor at home, but he does this for no reason other than this is an expensive device for storing cigars - that one is a combination of being rich and Moldovan. He doesn’t ponder the point of it, he just knows that it costs more than a regular box and no further questions are necessary. When presented with something new most people will wonder why, or how. Moldovans have survived by not concerning themselves with such questions.
It reminds me of this joke about what we called “new Russians,” the nouveau riche that appeared in the 1990s. No formal manners, bad taste, and an obsession with having the most expensive everything:
Two Russian businessmen bump into each other, and one compliments the others bright yellow neck tie. The one wearing the tie thanks his friend and tells him he just bought it at the store down the street, it was $5,000. The other one just laughs and tells his friend he was ripped off. The store a few streets over has the same exact tie for the much better price of $10,000. [/i]
Semi related note, but EE love them some watches. My dad included. He liked his watches big and gaudy, which is standard for the region. His favorite; a Breitling the size of a dinner plate.
Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian church. His people Photoshopped his watch off his wrist, but forgot the glossy table reflection. God pays well, and that Breguet is nothing compared to the vintage Daytona his underling the Metropolitan of Moscow wears.
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The vow of poverty doesn’t extend to Putin’s long time press secretary Dmitry Peskov. That’s a $620,000 Richard Mille watch, not bad for a government employee. He’s been photographed in a much more casual one from the same watchmaker, a simple $100,000 one he was wearing while gardening. At work he prefers a Rolex or Omega, to not draw attention.
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The flag raising over the Reichstag was staged, as the photographer brought his own flag, and unhappy with the Asiatic looking original flag hoisting Red Army private, he picked out a photogenic Ukrainian who had managed to do some looting. Either that or he needed to know the time badly enough to wear multiple watches.
Deeply impressed you worked a nice watch segment into a treatise on dumb Moldovans. YBE!
Also, speaking of Russians and big gaudy watches...Ulysses Nardin had made an absolute mint off oligarchs, as has Hublot. In the case of Hublot there are enough shit for taste Premier League footballers to keep them in business, but without the eastern Euro trash and Russians, UN would be defunct. Which is a shame, because I really like the Freak as a marvel of watchmaking, and some of their more restrained Maxi Marines are quite nice, but I always think if I buy one someone will assume I'm all mobbed up Soviet style. I feel like I'd need stars on my shoulders, or pay with wheelbarrow loads of rubles, just to buy it.
My Harland Brown stuff showed up today.
Ammo can humidor, CRA 2021 Sampler, Opus X Oro +Shark Kit, & two ashtrays still wrapped in cloth.
Gold Money Guns limited edition Brasstray featuring 24k gold, shredded currency, and 9mm casings.
Chef’s Choice ashtray
Persian rug superiority guy.
100% certainty that he didn’t consider humidity when it came to shipping cigars, as a result of being Moldovan and independent of wealth.
I bet he keeps them in a humidor at home, but he does this for no reason other than this is an expensive device for storing cigars - that one is a combination of being rich and Moldovan. He doesn’t ponder the point of it, he just knows that it costs more than a regular box and no further questions are necessary. When presented with something new most people will wonder why, or how. Moldovans have survived by not concerning themselves with such questions.
It reminds me of this joke about what we called “new Russians,” the nouveau riche that appeared in the 1990s. No formal manners, bad taste, and an obsession with having the most expensive everything:
Two Russian businessmen bump into each other, and one compliments the others bright yellow neck tie. The one wearing the tie thanks his friend and tells him he just bought it at the store down the street, it was $5,000. The other one just laughs and tells his friend he was ripped off. The store a few streets over has the same exact tie for the much better price of $10,000. [/i]
Semi related note, but EE love them some watches. My dad included. He liked his watches big and gaudy, which is standard for the region. His favorite; a Breitling the size of a dinner plate.
Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian church. His people Photoshopped his watch off his wrist, but forgot the glossy table reflection. God pays well, and that Breguet is nothing compared to the vintage Daytona his underling the Metropolitan of Moscow wears.
View attachment 48739
The vow of poverty doesn’t extend to Putin’s long time press secretary Dmitry Peskov. That’s a $620,000 Richard Mille watch, not bad for a government employee. He’s been photographed in a much more casual one from the same watchmaker, a simple $100,000 one he was wearing while gardening. At work he prefers a Rolex or Omega, to not draw attention.
View attachment 48740
The flag raising over the Reichstag was staged, as the photographer brought his own flag, and unhappy with the Asiatic looking original flag hoisting Red Army private, he picked out a photogenic Ukrainian who had managed to do some looting. Either that or he needed to know the time badly enough to wear multiple watches.
Deeply impressed you worked a nice watch segment into a treatise on dumb Moldovans. YBE!
Also, speaking of Russians and big gaudy watches...Ulysses Nardin had made an absolute mint off oligarchs, as has Hublot. In the case of Hublot there are enough shit for taste Premier League footballers to keep them in business, but without the eastern Euro trash and Russians, UN would be defunct. Which is a shame, because I really like the Freak as a marvel of watchmaking, and some of their more restrained Maxi Marines are quite nice, but I always think if I buy one someone will assume I'm all mobbed up Soviet style. I feel like I'd need stars on my shoulders, or pay with wheelbarrow loads of rubles, just to buy it.
As someone who just can’t wear a watch, mostly because it makes me feel off balanced - but also because it makes slipping my hand down my pants to adjust my balls more difficult, I’ve never been a big fan. But I can see the appeal.
Hublot gets a joke in the Ukrainian president’s sitcom, as it sounds very similar to the word for dickhead - huylo. Which is also Putin’s nickname. I’m not kidding, for the last eight years if you say huylo anywhere in Eastern Europe, even with no context, everyone knows who it’s about. On his TV show Zelensky is getting a makeover to be more presidential, and they tell him he needs a luxury watch. As they’re showing him watches “Patek Phillipe is what Putin wears, Hublot” to which Zelensky says Putin, huylo?
As for cigars there, friendly trade relations with Cuba and a nearly non-existent tobacco tax means I get to bring back as much as I think I can get past customs. Looking online a box of 25 limited edition Cohiba Piramides is ~$150 from a Ukrainian retailer, and it might even be cheaper from the stores the Cuban govt tobacco monopoly operates there.https://ua.all.biz/en/cuban-cigars-of-cohiba-piramides-limited-edition-g11408040
100% certainty that he didn’t consider humidity when it came to shipping cigars, as a result of being Moldovan and independent of wealth.
I bet he keeps them in a humidor at home, but he does this for no reason other than this is an expensive device for storing cigars - that one is a combination of being rich and Moldovan. He doesn’t ponder the point of it, he just knows that it costs more than a regular box and no further questions are necessary. When presented with something new most people will wonder why, or how. Moldovans have survived by not concerning themselves with such questions.
It reminds me of this joke about what we called “new Russians,” the nouveau riche that appeared in the 1990s. No formal manners, bad taste, and an obsession with having the most expensive everything:
Two Russian businessmen bump into each other, and one compliments the others bright yellow neck tie. The one wearing the tie thanks his friend and tells him he just bought it at the store down the street, it was $5,000. The other one just laughs and tells his friend he was ripped off. The store a few streets over has the same exact tie for the much better price of $10,000. [/i]
Semi related note, but EE love them some watches. My dad included. He liked his watches big and gaudy, which is standard for the region. His favorite; a Breitling the size of a dinner plate.
Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian church. His people Photoshopped his watch off his wrist, but forgot the glossy table reflection. God pays well, and that Breguet is nothing compared to the vintage Daytona his underling the Metropolitan of Moscow wears.
View attachment 48739
The vow of poverty doesn’t extend to Putin’s long time press secretary Dmitry Peskov. That’s a $620,000 Richard Mille watch, not bad for a government employee. He’s been photographed in a much more casual one from the same watchmaker, a simple $100,000 one he was wearing while gardening. At work he prefers a Rolex or Omega, to not draw attention.
View attachment 48740
The flag raising over the Reichstag was staged, as the photographer brought his own flag, and unhappy with the Asiatic looking original flag hoisting Red Army private, he picked out a photogenic Ukrainian who had managed to do some looting. Either that or he needed to know the time badly enough to wear multiple watches.
Deeply impressed you worked a nice watch segment into a treatise on dumb Moldovans. YBE!
Also, speaking of Russians and big gaudy watches...Ulysses Nardin had made an absolute mint off oligarchs, as has Hublot. In the case of Hublot there are enough shit for taste Premier League footballers to keep them in business, but without the eastern Euro trash and Russians, UN would be defunct. Which is a shame, because I really like the Freak as a marvel of watchmaking, and some of their more restrained Maxi Marines are quite nice, but I always think if I buy one someone will assume I'm all mobbed up Soviet style. I feel like I'd need stars on my shoulders, or pay with wheelbarrow loads of rubles, just to buy it.
As someone who just can’t wear a watch, mostly because it makes me feel off balanced - but also because it makes slipping my hand down my pants to adjust my balls more difficult, I’ve never been a big fan. But I can see the appeal.
Hublot gets a joke in the Ukrainian president’s sitcom, as it sounds very similar to the word for dickhead - huylo. Which is also Putin’s nickname. I’m not kidding, for the last eight years if you say huylo anywhere in Eastern Europe, even with no context, everyone knows who it’s about. On his TV show Zelensky is getting a makeover to be more presidential, and they tell him he needs a luxury watch. As they’re showing him watches “Patek Phillipe is what Putin wears, Hublot” to which Zelensky says Putin, huylo?
As for cigars there, friendly trade relations with Cuba and a nearly non-existent tobacco tax means I get to bring back as much as I think I can get past customs. Looking online a box of 25 limited edition Cohiba Piramides is ~$150 from a Ukrainian retailer, and it might even be cheaper from the stores the Cuban govt tobacco monopoly operates there.https://ua.all.biz/en/cuban-cigars-of-cohiba-piramides-limited-edition-g11408040
Sounds like I need to put in an order on your next trip to Ukraine.
