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mad dog

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Speedy Thursday! Once again using the old 1861 to time a +50 minute effort on my old Schwinn Sprint fixed gear time trial bike today. Also, wore my old Ohio time trial state championship jersey today since I won the jersey riding my old Schwinn Sprint fixed gear…and the TDF is going on…

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zipmartin

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For all of you watch aficionados out there, I was going through some of my late dad's possessions and in the bottom of the box was this watch. I remember him wearing it when I was a kid. It's kind of beat up and needs a good cleaning, but it still runs. I've determined that it is a Leonidas Triple Calendar Moon Phase watch from the '40's. My dad served with the Coast Guard in WWII and was an enlisted seaman aboard the USS Wakefield, a troop transport in the North Atlantic. I remember him telling me his job was manning twin 50 cal. guns amidships. He passed away in '95 and I wish I'd asked him more questions about his service time. I'm guessing he picked up the watch during his time in the Coast Guard. I do remember him telling me he managed to get an inter-service transfer to the Navy as a Naval Aviation Cadet and was in Naval Flight Preparatory School at St. Olaf College in Northfield , MN when the war ended and he was discharged and sent home.
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zipmartin said:
For all of you watch aficionados out there, I was going through some of my late dad's possessions and in the bottom of the box was this watch. I remember him wearing it when I was a kid. It's kind of beat up and needs a good cleaning, but it still runs. I've determined that it is a Leonidas Triple Calendar Moon Phase watch from the '40's. My dad served with the Coast Guard in WWII and was an enlisted seaman aboard the USS Wakefield, a troop transport in the North Atlantic. I remember him telling me his job was manning twin 50 cal. guns amidships. He passed away in '95 and I wish I'd asked him more questions about his service time. I'm guessing he picked up the watch during his time in the Coast Guard. I do remember him telling me he managed to get an inter-service transfer to the Navy as a Naval Aviation Cadet and was in Naval Flight Preparatory School at St. Olaf College in Northfield , MN when the war ended and he was discharged and sent home.
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You should get that cleaned and wear it. Very cool.
 
wink

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AllAmerican75 said:
Why do these guys seem so nerdy and uncool. They lack all of the swagger of say Chuck Yeager or Gene Cernan or Alan Shepard.
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Because these guys don't have The Right Stuff? I mean really, it may be an E ticket ride, but all you have to do to ride is buy the ticket. I guess that is what they want, space tourism. But of course, none of these guys comes close to being an astronaut regardless of crossing the demarcation for space. I guess being a billionaire alone just doesn't give you "that" swagger. Even the cowboy hat doesn't help these guys.
 
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That is a really beautiful time piece. How long did you sit an polish that thing before heading out for the day? Looks flawless.
 
mad dog

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wink said:
That is a really beautiful time piece. How long did you sit an polish that thing before heading out for the day? Looks flawless.
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Thanks, wink. I don’t polish it. It’s a chrome plated base metal case, so it appears to be fairly blingy all the time.
 
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