Watching watches

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Good idea.

I'm lost all day if I don't have my watch. I always only have one at a time though. Which doesn't work in all dress situations but that doesn't bother me. I could care less if my watch is suitable for any occasion. My son is constantly asking the time (especially during church) but he won't wear a watch himself. My daughter will only wear one if it has Cinderella or Tinkerbell on it. My husband has one that he wears for work and one for all other times.

Does anyone else set their watch 5 minutes ahead so they aren't always too late going places? I have to or I am constantly late.

I have a plain black digital Casio watch that a friend of mine said looks like one of those things you send away for with cereal-box tops, but that I think looks very nice, thank you. I also have a hippopotamus watch from the British Museum that my mother got me for my thirteenth birthday. I'm immensely proud of it and keep it for special occasions.

When I was younger I used to wear my watch halfway up my forearm instead of round my wrist, and had no clue that this looks stupid.

I consult my watch all the time- so much that I've learnt to tell time without it. Well, that is, I can tell when five or ten or forty minutes have passed- I can estimate time to the nearest five minutes, up to an hour. And that's just because I look at my watch so much. Because I'm always on time for everything I expect everyone else to be, too, and am surprised when they're not. And for the longest time I thought that when somebody says "The dance begins at seven-thirty" they mean "The dance begins at seven-thirty." So I'd show up on time and end up hanging round by myself for an hour.

So yeah, OK, I have a bit of a time-neurosis...I get very anxious if I'm running late.

Oh, and several times I've done my watch-strap so tightly that it cut off the circulation to my hand, and I've sat there vaguely wondering what that tingling feeling in my hand is, until suddenly I've realized.

Still waiting for my watch... tick tock tick tock...

But if you watch the watch, who watches the watcher watch the watch???

the watch watcher watcher.

Congratulations! (gives Morlock the twisted tongue twister twirl).

I received my watch, got it altered, and am watching my watch now. And my cats are watching me.

I have been watching this post, very time consuming.

But it seems to have fallen down the charts, so nows the time to respond. Its taken its licking and it keeps on ticking.

Poor Sophist, you won't appreciate my taste in watches. I have a Citizen Eco-Drive Sky Hawk, Blue Angels Edition' for all thats worth.

My pet peeve used to be when my battery would run out on my iron man watch. I felt lost for days until i could put in a new battery and be moments away from knowing the time, again. I get nervous when i don't have a working watch. I got to the point where i would keep a spare battery in my wallet.

The ironic thing about me and watches is that, i must always have one on, but, i always lose track of time. I am constantly either late, or barely getting there on time. I could get on the internet when i get home from work at 3:00 am and plan on getting to bed by 5:00 am. Even though i am constantly looking at my clock (bottom right hand side of my monitor) i get shocked when its 8:00 am. What's up with that?

Eco-Drive technology has saved my life. You never have to wind it, nor replace its battery. It works on light, or motion. I guess if i defined Eco i would know for sure.

It is time to wind down this post and click, click, click, click submit.

Eco drive is light. i too have a citizen eco drive - never would have afforded it (a $600 watch); was a gift from my then partner.
seiko makes a kinetic watch which is self-winding. they used to be called automatic i have one (maybe two) of those, and another no-name that is automatic. i have two alarm clocks and one pocket watch that require hand winding.
i intend never to be dependent upon electricity...

but, the hybrid vehicle. with the scam that has been going on at the fuel pumps i am seriously considering giving those greedy oil barans a little cause and effect by purchasing an ugly 60-70 mile per gallon mode of transport.

i'd like to watch their profit margins plummet.

That's funny. I'm obsessively time-anal and always need to get to places early. Otherwise, I start going into grumpy, semi-grown-up-tantrum mode. Not pretty.

I need time to get to a place, even if I've been there before, so I can get used to it. I can't just arrive and immediately start a class or go straight into an appointment. I need to get used to the surroundings again.

And if somebody is late for picking me up (usually my mother) I start getting panicky.

Yes it is!

The clasp on my watch hasn't been clasping very well lately.
Yesterday at work I tried to fix it. In the process of doing so, the critical part I was focused on broke off and went flying across my office. It's a tiny little stud that I'll probably never find. But I'm going to look for it Monday when no one is here.

But for the time being, all is well because I have my spare identical watch now on my wrist.
But this one isn't going to last forever and it's no longer produced.
I've already started looking for a replacement.... it'll take forever because I'm so picky.

Be forwarned, your actual mileage will vary. Most of them aren't coming anywhere near their EPA rated milages. Most are falling in the 35-40 range. Nice, but not worth the higher cost.

I have 2 watches. A Casio (don't remember the model) which I thought I lost so I bought a Timex Expedition to replace it. I prefer an analog face, but my job at the time required that I always have a stop watch available so I needed one with an inset digital display. I guess technically I have 3 because I inherited my grandfather's when he died. I don't remember the brand, but its a kinetic shake-it-up-to-wind-it watch.
My wife has several. Not because she collects them, but because a battery only lasts 6 months tops on her. I guess its something about her body's EMF.

I can vouch for that. Many hybrid owners are complaining their not getting anywhere near the MPG's thats noted on the window sticker.

Something like a Scion, echo, or early 1st generation VW TDi would return the same MPG if not better. I'm partial to the VW TDi's. I average high 30's, low 40's with close to 50 mpg on long highway trips. I honestly belive there isn't anything on the market in North America that can deliver the power and economy that the TDi offers.

Sorry for the thread hyjack.....please resume normal posting activities.

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I hate how those mileage listings don't ever seem to be true to real life driving. It's like they tested the car in the lab on those roller thingies...

That shouldn't be allowed. That's misrepresenting a product.