:

: No not at all!!!

: Chuck, i honestly never took your reply as
: talking down in any way, my apology was just
: in case the question was not put in the
: right place or specific to this forum,
: Ah good. I didn't think I had, but it is
: easy to mistake someone's meaning in a typed
: means of communication. We don't convey
: visual or audial cues like we would on the
: phone or radio or in person that will give
: one a sense of the manner in which the
: person is conveying their thoughts.

: And we do need to revise the masthead to be
: more open and less exclusionary for both
: older (than 1930) and newer (TAG-Heuer and
: 1985) timepieces... We talked about doing
: that in the past, but haven't gotten around
: to revising the masthead. Our error, not
: yours.

: i have been on many sites where you get major
: grief for posting in the wrong place and ask
: questions that sound dumb to those that
: obviously have the knowledge but not the
: manners, which i know you do have.
: Hopefully that will never happen here, and
: hasn't happened here. The only really dumb
: questions are a) the one you don't ask, b)
: the one you should already know the answer
: to because of common sense (The question
: "are you busy? in the workplace will
: likely never be answered with "I have
: no idea why they are paying me to exchange
: oxygen for CO2 for that's all I'm
: doing!") or that it was already because
: it is in a FAQ (which we don't have yet) or
: was just answered within the last day in the
: forum.

: Neither is the case with your posting, so
: you're in the clear! =) And for shame to all
: those other sites where people lambast
: people who make such queries. Helping each
: other out should be one of the major reasons
: for participation.

: Thanks for firing the questions back at me,
: it will give me something to mull over, will
: let you know if i commit, speak soon, James.
: If we can't answer them outright, or
: direct you to more information on the
: subject, if we can provoke greater thought
: or insight for topic at hand, we'll take it!

: For what it's worth. I doubt you'll find a
: nicer example of this model, you might find
: a similar condition for less money after a
: prolonged search, but you might not as well.
: If you really like the watch, the enjoyment
: of ownership will last far longer than you
: miss the money that you think might be a
: premium to purchase it, if my experience is
: any guide.

: Best of fortune with whatever you decide.

: -- Chuck

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Thanks Chuck, appreciated, James.