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@anishmoonka But can it change the channel on the Science class TV like this Casio bad boy?

A standard Rolex has about 200 moving parts. The Patek Philippe on Jay-Z's wrist at the Met Gala has 1,580. Patek spent 8 years designing it. Then over 100,000 hours building the first one. About 11 straight years of someone working 24 hours a day, no breaks. It's called the Grandmaster Chime, the most complicated wristwatch Patek has ever made. The inner mechanism alone has 1,366 parts. It fits in a circle smaller than an Oreo cookie. The outer case adds another 214 parts, and the case alone took four years to design. In watchmaking, a "complication" is just any function beyond telling you the time. Most watches in the "grand complication" category have 5 to 7. This one has 20. When it launched, no wristwatch in history had combined that many. It tracks the phase of the moon, accurate to one day's drift over 122 years. It also has five different ways to chime: one that automatically rings the hours and quarters, one that rings only the quarters, one you press a button to hear the current time, one that rings whatever alarm time you set, and one that chimes today's date on demand. The last two had never existed in any watch before. Both were invented by Patek's own president, Thierry Stern, a trained watchmaker himself. The chiming makes this watch nearly impossible to copy. Inside each one are tiny coiled steel wires called gongs. A single watchmaker shapes and tunes each gong by hand, testing every note with their own ears. Just putting one chime mechanism together takes 200 to 300 hours. Then the watch goes into a soundproof chamber where the chime gets recorded and compared against decades of past Patek chimes. Only then is it brought to Thierry Stern. He listens. If he doesn't like the sound, the watch goes back. Sometimes more than once. A rejected watch can take 500 hours of rebuilding before he approves it. This watch holds four power springs in total. One is dedicated to the chimes alone, separate from the spring driving the time. Inside the mechanism is a ball bearing 7.2mm wide. It holds seven steel balls, each 0.3mm across, smaller than grains of fine sand. They handle 1,700 gram-millimetres of twisting force from the chime springs without slipping. The case has 11 holes drilled through it for buttons and pushers, and somehow none of them ruin the chamber that lets the chimes ring out clearly. The case itself flips around to show either of its two different dials. Fewer than five workshops on the planet can build something at this level. Patek Philippe is the one all the others measure themselves against. Jay-Z's version lists at $6.5 million. The unique steel version sold for $31 million at Christie's in 2019. It still holds the record for the most expensive watch ever sold at auction.

This is such a bad idea, it doesn't even compute in the universal vortex of good ideas. Scenario: @theSNP government loan you £10k to buy your first house, 'Bless the SNP and all their free things!' Says you... It's a 2 bed and you and your boyfriend / girlfriend are happy making it a home. It was a meagre purchase, all that you couod afford as a young couple on the living wage. But then you get married and start a family... You have 1 child, and you make do with your 2 bed for a while, but then another sproglet pops along. You need a bigger house and by this time, you've only paid back 5 years of the 25 year mortgage. (That's only interest on the loan, that you have paid in that time.) You want to sell your 2 bed and look for something bigger, to accommodate your happy little family, living in this utopia of unicorns and free things. So you market your 2 bed and you find a buyer pretty quickly, because they too have been bestowed such riches of socialist SNP... £10k (it's their first home) but you get pretty much the same as you paid for that 2 bed, because the property boom is well over and landlords have flooded the market rather than abide by SNP / Greens rent controls. Now you need to settle your mortgage and retain a deposit for the new place... The SNP in it's infinite free things, take their £10k back, via your solicitor. Ouch. Your mortgage isn't quite paid in full. In fact, it's £10k short. And... You now don't have enough of a deposit for the new place, so the mortgage needs to be another 25 years at the same or higher rate, and the SNP won't sub you another £10k, because you're already on the property ladder. You're in a worse place than when you started off and if that 3 bed falls through. You end up with a family of 5, living in a 2 bed house, until you can hammer the overtime, enough to get a bigger mortgage, to cover that £10k loss. Such a poorly thought out idea @KateC_SNP. I don't believe any of you cretinous MSP's have ever existed in the real world. £77,711 per year is the only reason you strive to do, what you want to do. You are clueless. Absolutely without common sense and your policies prove it.

Brilliant, well said that man 👏👏

@Wisdom_HQ 2, he's the only one with grease marks on the back of his jeans where he's wiped his hands.

@TansuYegen Phones should be banned in there.

@Craig_Dennett @ScottBurns75 Knowing us.

According to @ScottBurns75, Rangers have transfer listed 6 players. 🇧🇷 Danilo 🇦🇱 Nedim Bajrami 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kieran Dowell 🇫🇷 Clinton Nsiala 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Rabbi Matondo How much do you reckon we can get for each player?

@catherine_6907 Big brother trying to keep it together but the tears of happiness hold back from no one 🐶💙

The way they hug each other too 😢 this dog is going to be loved forever!!

@Wisdom_HQ What's a pichnic? However it was only the couple that went for a picnic, so 2.

@cjnovo992 And it's the wrong foul that didn't even happen. Unbelievable

@ibroxrocks How much would these pair be on a year.

At best, most generous possible reading, both Gerrard and now possibly Muscat have sat down with Stewart and Thelwell and thought ‘I can’t be successful here with these people around me’. If that doesn’t tell the owners the reality, nothing will.

@AlanC_44 Happy birthday Alan. Hope you have a cracking day.

Today is my 81st Birthday and I thank GOD for all HIS blessings. I number every day and continually count my blessings.

Statement from Colin McInnes, CEO of Homeless Project Scotland 7 October 2025 “Today, I am deeply disappointed and disgusted to have watched @theSNP and @scottishgreens councillors vote to reject permission for @hp_scotland Homeless Project Scotland ’s night shelter a vital facility that provides warmth, safety, and dignity to those with nowhere else to turn. This decision has left the homeless and vulnerable once again facing uncertainty and fear about their future. It is not enough that they have already endured sleepless nights worrying about where they will go now they must wait yet another year or more for the next planning application. It is clear where the priorities of the SNP and Greens lie. On the second day of Challenge Poverty Week a week meant to highlight the fight against hardship those in power have chosen to reject a shelter and hot food service that exists to protect people from poverty, hunger, and cold. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to the Labour councillors who stood up for what is right today, who supported our facility fully and voted to approve. Your compassion and integrity shine through on a day when others turned their backs on the people of Glasgow. What was even more shocking was how the meeting was closed with Councillor Ken Andrew saying, ‘Let’s go and get that lunch.’ To end a meeting that determined the fate of homeless people in such an insensitive manner, on a week dedicated to tackling poverty, is nothing short of horrific. While people across this city struggle to eat or find a safe place to rest, that remark spoke volumes about the disconnect between decision-makers and those they are meant to serve. To our incredible volunteers, our service users, and the members of the press who came out today thank you. You stood tall in the face of injustice, and your strength gives me hope. I will keep fighting for you, for our service, and for every single person in need with every breath I have.” Colin McInnes CEO & Founder Homeless Project Scotland

@OK_Loyal_RFC Announced just now, official statement on website.

Didn’t watch the game. Heard it was shite. Didn’t win the club championship. Played like shite. Weekend in one word - SHITE! Just read he’s sacked and we’re announcing it tomorrow. ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTED!! 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@MrStevieSouness So so proud of the group today, they ran for each other and ran some more and the energy levels were really high so its something we can work with in training cos the dressing room is in high spirits, even though we lost we can see that we are willing to run for each other.

The year is 2050. Russell Martin's Rangers are still looking for our 1st league win of his tenure. He is convinced after a draw against Clachnacuddin F.C. last week after a late penalty that this is the perfect time to learn and grow. He claims he is enjoying the challenge.

Anyone else get £60 taken off them for Rangers TV today. I haven't had it since 2023 and the email says thanks for joining for period 4 Jul 2022 to 4 Jul 2023 #RTV #rangers

@DirtyFootbaIIer Dad's still got it.

The best things you’ll watch today 😭🤣

@ibroxrocks Shame it didn't say Coach: TBC

Euro squad out. uefa.com/uefaeuropaleag… No place for Dowell or Bajrami.

@OswaldsBar he got new arms for his Christmas.

Exactly what we said when we seen Tav launch them in. Was anyone else thinking this ⁉️🤯

@CyrielDessers All the best Cyriel. Once a Ranger always a Ranger.

Páme Panathinaikos ☘️

@declan_19 Special trophy for running, especially running for each other.

Do we get a special trophy if we draw every game this season btw