Guest alex Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Well, I did put a wink next to it, but since you insist... It's actually originally a wine made in a specific year / harvest. It was often (say for example in the case of champagne) only the best harvests or 'vintages' where you made a wine only consisting of grapes from that year. In other cases you would make a blend of more than one year including the best 'vintages' to mask any short comings in a particular harvest (or 'vintage' ) and also to maintain a standard, i.e. Moet NV tends to have a consistent taste irrespective of when it was made. Hence 'vintage' in the wider use of the term has come to mean both something of a certain era and also something that is quality. So its dubious to use it when referring to a Swatch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I had a pop swatch, I think it was called. Stylish. Had you down as a Flik-Flak man tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobH 0 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 The jacket not the shirt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13836 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 If it doesn't fit you can always sell it on to a borrower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobH 0 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Haha, didn't realise that had come so small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5903 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Well, I did put a wink next to it, but since you insist... It's actually originally a wine made in a specific year / harvest. It was often (say for example in the case of champagne) only the best harvests or 'vintages' where you made a wine only consisting of grapes from that year. In other cases you would make a blend of more than one year including the best 'vintages' to mask any short comings in a particular harvest (or 'vintage' ) and also to maintain a standard, i.e. Moet NV tends to have a consistent taste irrespective of when it was made. Hence 'vintage' in the wider use of the term has come to mean both something of a certain era and also something that is quality. So its dubious to use it when referring to a Swatch. Words have been known to evolve and pick up meanings from time to time. As the definition I was referring to is included in the Oxford English Dictionary that was enough for me. Unless you have an olde worlde dictionary that only includes the original definition of every word ever. But then obviously that would pose its own problems as we pillaged a lot of them from other languages ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 The OED eh?: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/vintage?q=vintage noun 1the year or place in which wine, especially wine of high quality, was produced: 1982 is one of the best vintages of the century a wine of high quality made from the crop of a single identified district in a good year. [mass noun] literary wine. the harvesting of grapes for winemaking: the work songs of the scything and the vintage the grapes or wine produced in a particular season: they have released the 1988 vintage of their best-selling red wine he never lost a vintage through frost 2the time that something of quality was produced: rifles of various sizes and vintages adjective 1relating to or denoting wine of high quality: vintage claret 2denoting something from the past of high quality, especially something representing the best of its kind: a vintage Sherlock Holmes adventure Struggling to see how that disagrees with what I said like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5903 Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 I made it up you sad fucker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 + games and accessories HTC Sensation XE + And hotel and train tickets for next weekend so I can see some friends. Don't want to look at my bank balance now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Bought a black suit from Next for my job. £130. Nicely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTF 6145 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 @ that watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 86 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Difference being these have risen in price year on year for 25 years. Only going to make money on it when I come to sell it. Same with pinball machines. Made 2k on the last one I sold. If you're going to have a hobby it may as well be a profitable one true that. analogue synths and drum machines are what i did a short while back. found a cr-78 drum machine and sold it on for £480, had a moog synth i restored and sold it for double bubble. just taken a 303 off a friend for £400, will make sure its working, tart it up and flog it for £1200.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 2 Memory foam pillows for £4.99 (inc P&P) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barney 0 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Nice watch Fishy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetleftpeg 0 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 One of these bad boys; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Nice watch Fishy. Cheers, got to admit it's kind of weird wearing a watch after nigh on 2 decades without. But this is the price you pay for being bored at work with a working bank account Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gejon 2 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Nice watch Fishy. Cheers, got to admit it's kind of weird wearing a watch after nigh on 2 decades without. But this is the price you pay for being bored at work with a working bank account You'll still get your phone out to check the time on a regular basis. I have worn watches for years and still do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 8989 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Nice watch Fishy. Cheers, got to admit it's kind of weird wearing a watch after nigh on 2 decades without. But this is the price you pay for being bored at work with a working bank account You'll still get your phone out to check the time on a regular basis. I have worn watches for years and still do it I was genuinely mocked for doing just that, last night. Rightly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4217 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I wear a watch every day and always have. I still use my phone to check the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Worst is when you take your phone out to tell the time, put it away and then realise you didn't register what time it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gejon 2 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Worst is when you take your phone out to tell the time, put it away and then realise you didn't register what time it was. All the time This is one of the reasons I am glad I don't have an iPhone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 One of these bad boys; You could fit in that yourself like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catmag 336 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Fraggle's birthday next week.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CleeToonFan 1 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 (edited) Edited March 2, 2012 by CleeToonFan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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