Investing megathread extravaganza

[DaFace]

A place to talk about investing stuff.

[Nirvana58]

Originally Posted by Bearcat

If I somehow ever see someone wearing this watch, I'm gonna be like, cool watch, did you get that at the outlet mall? They have some killer watches!

That seems like a good way to get robbed.

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Which of these would impress chicks more at a party?

Option A - You wear this watch.
Option B - You have a guy in a tuxedo who follows you around everywhere solely to tell you the time if you ask. ("Who, him? That's Carruthers, my time guy.")

Is Carruthers wearing that watch?

Or perhaps he always knows what time it is without needing to look?

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Which of these would impress chicks more at a party?

Option A - You wear this watch.
Option B - You have a guy in a tuxedo who follows you around everywhere solely to tell you the time if you ask. ("Who, him? That's Carruthers, my time guy.")

I read this post before I even knew who wrote it and I was like this is a Rainman post.

[tooge]

LOL, but I wear a Timex Ironman. It never comes off. I'm in and out of creeks, fields, rivers, the woods, garden, etc. I have a Rolex my dad had but I'm afraid to scratch it up or break it or something

[RunKC]

Apple is getting butt****ed

[Bearcat]

Originally Posted by RunKC

Apple is getting butt****ed

Their watches seem nice.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Woogieman

Garmins, Casios, Apple watches are perfectly good and for most serve many functions...they are handy even for luddites, although having vid capability is like paying extra for a tourbillon, the device that was used in pocket watches to compensate for the fact they were always in the same basic position.

I second all of this... While I where a Garmin Mk3i as my primary dive computer and my day watch, and use my Garmin Mk2i as my backup dive computer, I use a brand of computer named "Ratio" for more technical diving, it's also nice to know there are other timepiece buffs out there who know what a tourbillon is..

Rep..

[SHOWTIME]

Apple makes great products, but there is no innovation. My laptop, watch, and iphone are basically the same as previous versions from 3 years ago.

[tredadda]

Originally Posted by SHOWTIME

Apple makes great products, but there is no innovation. My laptop, watch, and iphone are basically the same as previous versions from 3 years ago.

That’s definitely an issue with them. The closest thing they have to “innovating” is the Vision Pro which was an awful idea and an even more awful cost.

[Buehler445]

Originally Posted by SHOWTIME

Apple makes great products, but there is no innovation. My laptop, watch, and iphone are basically the same as previous versions from 3 years ago.

And they still had a higher PE ratio than a bunch of established large cap companies that are rolling out new products.

[Woogieman]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

I second all of this... While I where a Garmin Mk3i as my primary dive computer and my day watch, and use my Garmin Mk2i as my backup dive computer, I use a brand of computer named "Ratio" for more technical diving, it's also nice to know there are other timepiece buffs out there who know what a tourbillon is..

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Holy crap, I didn't even know Garmin made a dive watch! Those are the cat's ass. Great investment...see I brought it back to investments.

[SurroundedByMorons]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Which of these would impress chicks more at a party?

Option A - You wear this watch.
Option B - You have a guy in a tuxedo who follows you around everywhere solely to tell you the time if you ask. ("Who, him? That's Carruthers, my time guy.")

Thanks dick, now I want a Carruthers.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Woogieman

Holy crap, I didn't even know Garmin made a dive watch! Those are the cat's ass. Great investment...see I brought it back to investments.

They are indeed the foshizzle for diving. Outside of all the BS you get from "but we're better at this and that" others offer, Garmin is what you can wear 24x7x365 and pretty-much want for no feature others offer. That said, Garmin might need to figure out how Suunto (Ocean) has figured out how to give a 3D map of a dive, but it's still not got all the other features of the Garmin, but that's a cool feature. Again, when I'm diving into the abyss, I dive a Ratio computers, but at my age that doesn't happen as often as it used to.

But Garmin is the foshizzle to say the least and has rendered sooooo many of my other time pieces, well, display pieces..

All good, I'm happy to have them all and wear them when I feal like it..

[Woogieman]

Originally Posted by GloryDayz

They are indeed the foshizzle for diving. Outside of all the BS you get from "but we're better at this and that" others offer, Garmin is what you can wear 24x7x365 and pretty-much want for no feature others offer. That said, Garmin might need to figure out how Suunto (Ocean) has figured out how to give a 3D map of a dive, but it's still not got all the other features of the Garmin, but that's a cool feature. Again, when I'm diving into the abyss, I dive a Ratio computers, but at my age that doesn't happen as often as it used to.

But Garmin is the foshizzle to say the least and has rendered sooooo many of my other time pieces, well, display pieces..

All good, I'm happy to have them all and wear them when I feal like it..

That's incredible! I just googled 3-d dive maps nad the fact you can see them on a watch is phenomenal. I lived on Roatan for a few years, I'm sure you've dived down there...

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by Woogieman

That's incredible! I just googled 3-d dive maps nad the fact you can see them on a watch is phenomenal. I lived on Roatan for a few years, I'm sure you've dived down there...

Five trips there since 2020, it's a gem. Mrs. GloryDayz and I will be back there in July so I'm hoping the reefs have continued their recovery as I saw last time I was there last April.

And I'm not sure how Suunto is achieving their 3D mapping (Dive Route) <- click that link, but another diver was diving the Suunto Ocean in Fiji last month, and it was way cool. Garmin gives you entry and exit GPS locations, and obviously a depth/time profile, but to topological map is freaking cool.

Clearly I prefer the Garmin offerings in the Mk3i (and the older Mk2i) because I can use it for all recreation dives and many less challenging technical dives, but Suunto has up'd the challenge to Garmin for route mapping.

And yeah, while Bonaire is still my favorite and go-to caribbean island, and Cozumel is an easy in/out for quick and/or training trips, I still love me some Roatan and Utila.