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  2. How small the world is

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    Sydney, 2008 I hooked up with a chick from Peru that now lived in Hawaii on her last night in the city. I asked another tourist to take a snap of the both of us and he turned out to be the girls brother in law's brother, out there with his concubine hahaha!

     

    Barcelona last month, we found out a client of my Dad's that we met, used to travel to a local town in England and deal with my uncle (Dad's older brother) some 40 years ago.

     

    A few weeks ago I spotted a couple of people hanging around our gates at around midnight. Went to investigate as you do and they were from the local council's environmental agency investigating the light pollution from my asshole neighbours spotlights. After a minute or so of questions one of them and myself pointed at the other and said each others names exactly like Allan. We went to school together 12 years ago!

     

    My fiance's cousin just got married and moved to Australia, same city and within 10 mins of me. The cousins new father-in-law used to be in school with my mum in Zimbabwe 50 years ago!

     

    With today's ease of travel, you can jump on a plane within 30 mins and the fact that people are only a phone call, skype, email, txt or whatsapp away, the world really is a small place.

  3. Landing planes in Spain (WINDY)

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    I was landing in Barcelona a couple of weeks back with winds at 60mph it was my roughest landing for a long time, not quite as nuts as those in the video but rough nonetheless!! I remember landing in Zurich years ago, 90mph winds!!! We approached twice and missed. Almost identical to the video above, on the 3rd approach I actually saw the runway out of my window, people screaming, kids going nuts and the FEMALE Captain set it down perrrfectly, it was astonishing. I have it on film somewhere I'll try and dig it out.

  10. R8 GT

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    So hopefully my bro is picking up an R8 GT in Black at some point next month and I want to get some rims organised for it. As much as I like the stock rims we both agree they are far too subtle for the car.

     

    Throw up some ideas chaps :icon_thumleft:

  14. Diamonds as an investment?

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    Ha didnt even see this!

     

    Interesting reading guys. Clarity rather than simple carat size is the way to go it seems. I've been looking for nice Diamonds to make an Engangement and Wedding set for over a month now and it's amazing to see how much price difference there is with different retailers and online stores!

  21. Glasses & Sunglasses

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    People spending a shit-ton of money on sunglasses is asinine, simply because they will always, 100% of the time, be lost at some point or another.

     

    I go relatively cheap and understated as there's already too much douchebaggery out here in LA with every numbnuts flying their designer brand on the sides of their head like a billboard, and I try to stay lightweight as well.

     

    Porsche Design 8407 fits that bill pretty well, don't cost a fortune and provide solid performance.

     

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    Those are very nice and I did look at Porshe Design even for my normal glasses but I can't live with the nose pads so opted for plastic frame.

     

    Chrome Heart sunglasses and prescription

     

    Modo are these your own label? Very stylish!

     

     

    IMO Polarising is worth it if you are in a sunshine climate or a glare prone environment. No need for it otherwise.

  23. Glasses & Sunglasses

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    $5K? Sounds like a rip off to me. Especially when you consider how easy and often glasses break. Within a year you or someone you know will most likely sit on them and fcuk them up/break them.

     

    So you need glasses that double as prescription and sunglasses, or you just want sunglasses suggestions?

     

    I have no idea about the former. Most people I know who need glasses also have contacts. If they are wearing sunglasses, they usually have their contacts in. Guess it depends how impaired your vision is though.

     

    If you just want cool sunglasses, well, no idea about that either. All depends on your face. Some styles look good on some people and bad on others. I wouldn't spend more than $250 on them though. I'd say you can buy every major high-end brand for at most $250. I just buy what looks best, but I've never paid over $250. Currently I have some Armani ones. Look really good, nothing fancy about the lenses. They do the job just fine. Even bought a backup pair which I just bent the other day when I sat on them.

     

    Anything much more than that is probably just contributing to profit margin. Pretty much every major brand is made by one of these two companies, so they are all probably of similar quality:

     

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxottica

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safilo

     

     

    I wasn't really looking for suggestions per se, was more curious as to what you guys are wearing thats all. Feel free to post up pics :)

     

    And as you mentioned, finding a good shape of glasses that suit your facial structure and "look" is generally difficult for most people, , personally quite a small face, which is why I tend to look for wrap around type frames, that being said I'll go with whatever suits my face and feel comfortable.

  24. Glasses & Sunglasses

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    I had an eye test at the weekend and found I need glasses. I just ordered a pair of Oakley Bucket in Polished Steel. Unsure what glasses to go for but was leaning towards a pair of custom Oakley Antix with polarised lenses. C-SIX look incredible but $5k for sunglasses seems just a little excessive.

     

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    Was curious as to what you guys wear?

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