MTF
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2008: Simpler Times
Before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in Autumn 2008 and all the troubles we've had till now, the Times were simpler then.
We only had to choose Red or Blue.....like Neo, we could chose the blue pill
Red or Blue?
Red
Blue
Diet Pepsi, Blackberry and AP Royal Oak
The best three objects a PuristS could have........
Simply the Best!
Do you agree?
Regards,
MTF
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2008: Simpler Times
Before the collapse of Lehman Brothers in Autumn 2008 and all the troubles we've had till now, the Times were simpler then. We only had to choose Red or Blue.....like Neo, we could chose the blue pill Red or Blue? Red Blue Diet Pepsi, Blackberry and AP Ro...
I, on the other hand, am with you on the Blackberry.
The other 2, I can live without. I am not giving up my BB.
We were young! And you were there with me.
As the song goes: We were young We were dumb We would do it all again We will never sleep We will stay up with our friends Where we go we don't know These memories will fade But we'll do it again We will haunt our youth searching for a happy end Where we ...
That WOULD be a surprise, and an unwelcome one for me.
I'm just an old geezer. Plain meat and potatoes for me....but they can be pretty tasty and, in my limited experience, quite satisfying. Have you read Bangkok 8 by John Burdett? Kindest regards, Antony
If you like detective thrillers
but quite unlike any others give it a go,,,quite exotic and JB writes beautifully. Kind regards Antony
Simpler times indeed :)
While Diet Pepsi never did it for me and the Blackberry went the way of the dodo in the meantime the RO is certainly timeless 👍🏻
It's about context
At that time Diet Pepsi was rare in Singapore. In fact, there were few sugar-free drinks of any kind and Pepsi was largely overwhelmed by Coke. Blackberry was King and I had all the models even back to the black & white LCD screens... I was tight with Aud...
Fully understand :)
Simply that the only Pepsi I generally can get behind is that on the bezels of the odd watch - certainly none in my glass Personal preference issue - a big Coke consumer