There Are Pandas, and Then There Are Pandas.
And this isn't either of them! The Pandas we're talking about here, are watches, not bears. And what got me thinking about them (again) was a link posted this morning by @cm.rook who pointed a few of us to the very attractive (and not terribly priced) Yema "Rallygraph" Panda which, in it's most traditional arrangement, looks like the one on the left, but can also be had in the version on the right: The model on the left is a true Panda, while the model on the right is called a reverse Panda. The reason for that distinction is clear--Panda bears, only come in the first arrangement. Now at this point, everyone should be thinking about the most well-know Panda, The Rolex Panda, which is actually a Daytona, and among Rolex Daytonas, the most famous of which is the Paul Newman Daytona, which was famous first, because it was Paul's, and second because it sold at auction for $17.8 million (US Dollars). The story of that auction is well-known so I'll only...
Nov 8, 2019
Everyone loves to see how things are made! And it eases the burden of waiting haha
"Knives to Massdrop in two weeks"1 would put them right on track to be shipped at the end of the month as projected, so that's cool. I would still like an "official" statement from MD though, given that we were told one would be made "mid July" and it will very shortly be a date that wouldn't be encompassed within even the most generous interpretation of the prefix "mid".
*A totally irrelevant tangent:
Hmmm..."'mid July" makes me hear a song in my head...cant quite remember...ah, now I do: it was Gatlinburg in mid July / I just hit town and my throat was dry / thought I'd stop and have myself a brew. In an old saloon on a street of mud / there at a table dealing stud / sat the dirty mangy dog who named me Sue.
Best $58 I ever spent was for the final tour of Johnny Cash (and Family!) at Kingsbury Hall, U of Utah, 10/1997, 2nd row, dead center. I was the youngest person in the building by at least three decades, other than my friend, and we did not give the slightest goddamn. We cheered and danced and sang along; it was awesome. After playing the aforementioned song for the second encore, as the crowd applauded, Johnny turned and applauded each musician and family member on stage in turn, recognizing and thanking them so audience would too. Finally, after everyone on stage got their applause and literal moment in the spotlight, Johnny pointed as us--at me!--and the spotlight lit us up, and Johnny himself clapped and bowed and mouthed the words "thank you" for our very noticable enthusiasm. Wow..I'd almost forgotten about that but I read "mid July" and BAM! came back like a flood. Not a month later Johnny announced he was sick (we could see he didn't feel well at the show) and was done touring. Never skip a concert from a great musician you want to see because you're too cheap or too busy or to lazy to go. Never say "I'll catch them next time", because sometimes there is no next time.
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