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As you may have noticed, we we're offline this morning. This was caused by the "Thanks" plug-in going rogue and using up way too many server resources. This triggered an automatic suspension by our hosting provider as they thought it was a malicious attack. The "Thanks" plug-in has been disabled, hopefully temporarily so I can determine if that was indeed the cause, and take steps to prevent it from happening in the future.
I apologize for the disruption and for any confusion that may have caused.
I just returned from an epic 6 day/5 night backpacking trip in the Grand Canyon. I put in a lot of miles and perspired a LOT. This is the watch I wore for the trip, a Casio Protrek with a nylon ArtStyle (Amazon brand) NATO converted to a zulu. I melted notches in the sides so the 22mm strap would fit the Casio lugs. It's a fairly floppy typical nylon strap, but this is what it looked like when I finally took it off at the end of the hike to have my first shower in 6 days. There was so much salt/dust hardened in the webbing it would stand on its own!
Because it's not removable without unscrewing the bars I just soaked the whole thing in a glass of water overnight. Now it's floppy again but it still stinks a bit so I guess it's time to break out the bleach or just throw it in the washer with my dirty socks.
Boourns wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:32 am
Well you weren’t lying. That is gross. I might just retire that strap all together.
But it sounds like an epic trip!
The trip was amazing: once in a lifetime!
I hate to retire it because it’s customized to the watch. I would either have to find the original Casio plastic strap (which I didn’t really care for) or fire up the torch and melt another one. I’m going to remove it and send it thru the washer/dryer and see what happens.
