Dr No
[Moderator Omega - Wristscan]
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A snippet . . .
. . . from grade school:
Teacher to class: Is there a Fourth of July in France?
Young Dr No: Umm, the French celebrate Bastille Day, don't they?
Teacher: Well, what day do you suppose is on their calendar between July third and fifth?
A valuable lesson in listening that left its mark on young Dr No.
Years later, an especially dim co-worker was irritating our boss to no end.
The pithy jewel from grade school suddenly came to mind.
"Hey, Maria - is there a Fourth of July in France?", smirked I.
Sensing a trick question, she slowly drawled, "Umm . . . yes, there is."
I was astonished. Boss was, too.
"Good going, Maria!", our boss exclaimed. "How did you know the right answer?"
Pause.
"Ummm . . . doesn't the whole world celebrate the Fourth of July?"
The occurrence of Nicolas' two hundred thousandth post . . .
. . . is upon us. Everyone, get . . . Tempting fate? . . . ready for the final . . . Is Europe in France? . . . countdown. [photo credit: Damjan] Art ...
The words 'phenomenal' and 'iconic' . . .
. . . are the most overused and undeserved in the English language. Except in this case . . . they're truly deserved.
I think you are right...
It’s a phenomenal achievement by Nicolas with some iconic watches amongst his posts.
Hi Nicolas, 200,000+ is just too amazing ! Do you work...
3x full time with Watchprosite and only part time as a famous lawyer ??
Congrats to Nicolas...
You look so young in this picture maybe Vlad never get old. LOL
Thanks to Nicolas for the time and talent invested in this site.
And thank you for The Temptations song. Motown at its best! Have a terrific Monday. M4
Rarely does a tribute exceed, let alone equal, the original . . .
. . . but Rare Earth's . . . . . . is that rare exception ;-) . . .
I think we are celebrating too early.
If we wait until Thursday, we can celebrate a quarter of a million posts 😜😀 Seriously though. That is an AMAZING achievement, Nicholas! Thank you on behalf of the community here. This place would not be the same without you! Bravo!
Nicolas… Holy Smokes! What an inspiration for those of us who are relatively new here! You once patiently explained to me that they long ago ran out of stars to place under your name.
Now I understand what an enormous understatement that was. I'll raise my cap for all of us in the Midwest. Chapeau! FH ...
Nico is a living legend in the watch community ...
Good call, Art! ..He is friendly and easily approachable and as we can see from this incredible number - a geyser of horological knowledge and enthusiasm for watches. There is no one like him or even similar to him. He is unique. With a fine and very huma...
Nico Prolifico! I remember 100K well, and other milestones before that.
Amazing that we’re almost at 200K so soon.
Mega congrats to Nico!
What an achievement. Really appreciate what he had done to this community. Fantastic
What can I say
He has been a teacher, a friend, an advisor, and most of all a true apasionado. Thanks to him for all the knowledge he has shared without any envy. I hope to get to know him in person some day. Gracias amigo Nico!!!
You’re very welcome Nico
Please, drop me a message if you come by. We will arrange a mini Mexico GTG! You will taste some representative dishes (including delicious tacos) and I can probably recommend you some places to visit. Best. René
I had my honeymoon in playa del Cármen
Life is so relaxing there! You can slow down and enjoy life! And you have watch boutiques also with duty free prices and vintage watch sellers also I want to take Bruno to Cozumel to start learning snorkeling and latter scuba diving. Best. René
Is Europe in France?
If you ask most American high school kids the answer would be a resounding YES! According to my geographically-challenged countrymen, Europe comprises three main regions: Lon-DIN, Pear-RIS and It-LEE. Yep, it’s like that. God bless the English, the French...
A snippet . . .
. . . from grade school: Teacher to class: Is there a Fourth of July in France? Young Dr No: Umm, the French celebrate Bastille Day, don't they? Teacher: Well, what day do you suppose is on their calendar between July third and fifth? A valuable lesson in...
Art, that punchline made me LOL!!
It’s just a little better in the U.K. I remember in 2nd year geography (12 years old) some wag took the world map and drew a to-scale Portugal on about 8 different West coasts. We then all got to play “locate the real Portugal” and, um, we didn’t bat 1.00...
I remember once an american family who went in Croatia. It was a shock for them, while it is a paradise for us. But let's not generalize. I know many others who know and / or appreciate
Things abroad. Thank you so much for your kind words, Big Moustache. Nicolas
I think he has rigged our counter
so that his millions of posts won't itimidate anyone. That's my opinion and I'm sticking with it. Cazalea
I sometimes wonder how he can manage to do something else apart from being present here almost 24/7/365...
Unbelievable milestone! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You've already passed it, so huge congrats!
As I said before, unbelievable milestone my friend, Bravo!!!
congratulations
and many many more to come but it is so easy to achieve if you do just 5 a day you need only 110 years or so amazing
Well done. Lots of hard work and research.
And a gentleman as well Thank you sir Julian
i'm more impressed by the consistency over all these years...
i doubt if there is a day which goes by for Nico, when he didn't log-in or post something in this forum but quickily after i met him during couple of occassions my doubt have faded away.... i can pretty much say Nico is a mere mortal but his passion for w...
My road has just started to begin
I can not fathom how somebody would get to such a number, but congratulations. regards Jason
A little premature, don't you think, Art??
Nico has 13 more posts before he reaches 200K. That could take seconds, for gosh sakes!
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