I didn't know about Alba before but after doing some reading I'm really liking their vintage watch lines. I wish I had paid more attention to the buckets of "as-is" watches in the markets.
Exactly! The speaker sounds like crap, but it may need a thorough cleaning when I get back home.
Alba Y823-5000 Flea Market Find
The Alba Y823-5000 is a neat little digital watch I picked up at a flea market in Osaka Japan for about $10. Beside the usually quartz watch offerings, this one had a button that will read the current time to you in Japanese with a button push.
Iceland is quite beautiful, I didn't camp but I recall the park areas being quite fierce about not venturing off of walking paths to protect sensitive things like moss that take forever to grow. That may be a reason why they don't allow dispersed camping. I'd say still go, it was beautiful in the winter and I didn't find it too crowded or unbearably cold.
If you like to talk to tomatoes...
I was new to a school and decided to skip class with a bunch of classmates I barely knew. One guy goes to the bathroom and comes back and stands right behind me. I look up and he is completely naked except for a sock on his dick hovering right above my head.
We've been great friends for close to 18 years and I just got to meet his two kids.
Well it had a lock icon. You can't just make those up!
Took a visit to the Killing Fields in Phnom Penh, it was horrific.
Jesus Christ. What was the prompt, faces like melting mozerella?
Unrelated, but Native Americans did this in the US to mark trails. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_trees
It's cool that you can still easily identify them to this day.
Weird take but definitely gonna be unpopular, haha. Does that apply to tooth whitening?
This game is awesome and hasn't aged at all. If you can, definitely give it a go!
I used to rent this game from the base video store when my parents would let me. It was always for a two day period and it took a ton of rentals to beat. I went through a lot of paper writing down those codes. I also really love the box art for the X series.
Yeah so an example of throwing on aftermarket parts:
Start with your base watch, I picked up a cheap Invicta dive watch like so https://files.catbox.moe/bnxgcp.jpg
Slap on some aftermarket hands, bezel, faced, and sand the bracelet for a nice brushed finish. https://files.catbox.moe/mo52xw.jpg
This is a watch restoration I was attempting. Did a poor job but learned quite a bit. https://files.catbox.moe/9bv3pa.jpg https://files.catbox.moe/2kwaka.jpg
If you're interested, check out /r/seikomods. Reddit has a pretty awesome community for it.
It could be a lot of things ranging from state threat actors looking for a toehold into a network or to cost the government time and resources or people doing it for the lulz.
Not too quirky or obscure but I really just like to fix shit. Clocks, washing machines, cars, crooked door, hole in a sweater, electronics... Nothing is outside of my interest.
On the more obscure side I like to fiddle with wrist watches by adding aftermarket parts and modifying their overall look.
You'd hate a lot of bathrooms in Asia, the majority of them are wet baths.
A post touting rural and suburban North Korea as a capitalist-free, pedestrian friendly utopia full of happy people.
It depends entirely on the bug and moreso the seasoning. I've eaten my share of ants and crickets in Mexico and South East Asia and the taste can vary wildly. I recall tasting the seasoning more than any buggy flavor.
On a side note, raw goat blood soup tastes exactly like you think it would... never again.
Nan province is also a beautiful part of the country to cruise through as well.
Abandoned Water Park at Thuy Thien Lake, Vietnam
This one is cheating a bit. This abandoned water park in Thuy Thien Lake has fallen into disuse but had found its second life as a tourist attraction. While the park project has been abandoned, on any given day you’ll find a number of tourists wandering around taking pictures. The best part is riding a motorbike down the decaying sidewalks between former attractions. The former aquarium inside of the dragon body held three crocodiles that were only recently removed from the premises.
https://files.catbox.moe/tnrgho.jpg https://files.catbox.moe/1ws9t1.jpg https://files.catbox.moe/wcpb6h.jpg
More information can be found here: https://www.expatolife.com/thuy-tien-lake-abandoned-water-park-hue-vietnam/
Abandoned Water Park at Thuy Thien Lake, Vietnam
This one is cheating a bit. This abandoned water park in Thuy Thien Lake has fallen into disuse but had found it's second life as a tourist attraction. While the project has been abandoned, on any given day you'll find a number of tourists wandering the premises in their rental scooters taking pictures.
Interestingly, the former aquarium held three crocodiles that were only recently remove from the premise.
https://files.catbox.moe/tnrgho.jpg https://files.catbox.moe/1ws9t1.jpg https://files.catbox.moe/wcpb6h.jpg
More information can be found here: https://www.expatolife.com/thuy-tien-lake-abandoned-water-park-hue-vietnam/
My favorite part was management saying "Wait, why do we have so many redundant tools?"
Time to put a team together to "rationalize" our tools then rinse and repeat.
Road Number "3"
An interesting road in the Nan Province of Thailand. You can see why the road got its name.
Good Kid - Pox (2021)
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One of my favorites from this band. They just released a new album.
What are your favorite retro PC games?
For me, it was the game Rocket Jockey released by Sega Soft in '96. It was perfect. The game featured a surf rock soundtrack by Dick Dale. The entire premise of the game was to ride around on rockets and using long cables to yank your opponents off theirs. Referees were also fair play. I don't think I've met anyone else who has played the game, so if you have, let me know!
Grupo Frontera - No Se Va (2022)
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Great band I found out about in Mexico.
Overgrown Temple Gate in Angkor
A shot of an overgrown temple entry gate in Angkor Archaeological park. I suck at taking photos, so this is a rare one I'm quite happy with. Side note, that tree was damaged and actually cut down right over where the frame ends, haha. So slightly less magical, but still cool!
Temple in Angkor Archaeological Park
I'm no photographer, but it's hard not to find a photo worthy spot here. Angkor, Cambodia