Headlining the typical watch reviewer’s list of “watches to avoid” are fashion style luxury watches, a lower-quality watch that’s been branded by some fashion house (e.g. Gucci), manufactured in China, with not a lot of regard for what makes a good, and most times not even a good-looking, watch. In this case, it’s a particularly
Abuse of power. Intimidation. Framing. Hypocrisy. Isolation. Negligence. Corruption. Cronyism. This is what softball in Ireland involves. We suffered it all, called it out, have not been publicly vindicated, and probably never will be.
I’ve been revisiting the watches in the collection more than ever, selling back those that don’t get worn, or might be redundant (do I need three watches for walking the dog?). The process of freeing up space in the watch box has much improved in the past year; thank goodness my tastes are aligned with
After Denise’s recent foray into the “gravel bike” world with the acquisition of her 2022 Cinelli Zydeco, I thought it would be fun to make the city-smasher 1998 Klein hardtail mountain bike to be more gravel-friendly. I had long gotten rid of the knobbly off-road tyres, using very fat 2.2″ Maxxis “Holy Roller” street tyres,
In case the size of the frame wasn’t a giveaway, this one ain’t mine. Looking for a bike that can handle the mean city streets and luas tracks of Dublin, this was bought “sight unseen”, purely based on lust – and is there anything wrong with lusting after a beautiful Italian? Obviously, yes. One can
When I see a watch I’m lusting after, I try — I really do! — to go through a process of waiting for a few months, to know that it’s really a watch that deserves a place in the collection, that I’d wear, that I don’t already have basically the same thing, that isn’t just
It’s been a while since my last watch post, and I’ve added, and subtracted, a few from the collection. Looking at the watches in the box, when there are more than a couple that just never find their way into the rotation, it was time to do some thinning. There was some redundancies in features,
Is there any point to trying to change the status quo, when those in positions of authority don’t follow their own rules, abuse the power of their position, their governing body doesn’t find anything wrong with not following their own rules or any of their clear unethical behavior, no one is ever held accountable and,
I am no longer a Bearcat. What exactly is a “bearcat” anyway? Apparently there is such an animal, called a binturong (Arctictis binturong), in southeast Asia. Related to neither bears nor cats, we are also alike in that we no longer play softball for the team of the same name. Firstly, it is very unfortunate
Don’t piss in my ear and tell me it’s raining. I have no confidence in anything the league (Softball Leinster) or national governing body (Softball Ireland) says, and below you’ll see why. They twist words and spin meanings to manipulate and obfuscate, and it doesn’t bode well in the search for truth or justice. Please