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I don't wear a watch. I've lost every watch I've ever owned in my life. Every. Single. One. And i've had many.
This lack of a time piece became much less of a problem with the advent of cell phones(i've lost less of those). Because now i always have the time on me without the need of a wrist watch.
So i have some questions, and this is all just pure curiousity.
Do you wear a wrist watch?
If you don't do you own a cell phone?
And actually, if you do wear one, do you own a cell phone, and what is it that keeps you wearing a now technically unnecessary time piece?
However, I'm not disposed to losing to my watch, and turning my hand to look at the time is easier than taking my cell phone out of my pocket, so I keep the watch.
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I wear a watch, but I despise cell phones. I'll eventually get one after I buy my first car, to keep handy for emergencies, but other than that my view is that if I go out of the house I don't want to be reached, because I'm probably doing something fun or important.
I used to have a problem with losing watches. I lost three or four in a row. But the one I have now I've managed to keep for almost four years, so I'm doing well .
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I wear a watch, but I'm constantly taking it off.. I can't type with it on. Still, I'm rather hopeless without it, so I make sure not to lose it.
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I own both. I've had the same watch for about 6 years, and I only take it off at night when I sleep, and when I shower. To check your watch requires a simple turn of the wrist. Checking your cell requires a whole lot more movement! I have a very nice watch, so there's also some aesthetic value.
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I both wear a wristwatch and carry a cell phone. A wristwatch is, in my opinion, much more convenient for checking the time than a cell phone. A cell phone has the same problem as a pocketwatch: you have to go to the trouble of taking it out of your pocket to look at it. Not always a problem but when driving or if you have both hands full, this can be problematic. (I do also have a pocketwatch, but I only wear it on very fancy occasions).
The other reason I continue to wear my watch--other than habit, I suppose--is that it was a graduation gift from my stepdad and I value it.
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quote:my view is that if I go out of the house I don't want to be reached, because I'm probably doing something fun or important.
Frankly, I think this is kind of a silly reason not to get a cell phone. That's why they come with off switches.
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I don't lose watches, they die. Every year for 4 years my wife would get me a watch for Christmas and every year by Easter it was dead. The males in my family are not know for their grace or coordination, and watches are one of the victims of that. Fireplace mantel pieces seem to take great delight in killing my watches. So for at lest 10 years now I have not worn a watch and have developed a pretty good time sense. I usually know to with in 10 minutes what time it is. Of course I have the clock on my computer at work, a clock in the car, a clock on the VCR at home and plenty of clocks around the house for me to verify what time it is.
I do not have a cell phone and have no plans on getting one in the future. Wife has one that I will borrow if I think I might need it.
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I used to wear a watch all the time, but lately I've not been wearing it so much. Partly because I've gotten a couple bracelets from people that I can't fasten very well on my right wrist, so their easier to wear on my watch hand, so I trade off. And partly because I found myself looking at my watch a lot (mostly because I wanted so badly to leave my job, I think), and wondered how I would get along without it.
I do occasionally use my cell phone as a substitute, if I'm out and find that I need to know what time it is.
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I'm inclined to agree with you Zal. but sometimes knowing the time *is* necessary.
(I'm assuming you were refering to being a slave to the time however it manifests itself, and not the actual physical piece of hardware around your wrist.)
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I wear a watch all the time. Well, except for when I'm in the shower. But I even wear mine while I'm asleep. Unless I'm bathing or swimming, it's on my wrist. Mostly, I'm sure, because I go nuts without it.
And yeah, I carry a cellphone, but I never look at it for the time. Cellphones annoy me.
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I have alternated between wearing and not wearing a watch. I do own a cell phone, but my wife usually has it. It would not be an impediment to having a watch, though. I am not currently wearing my watch, as it needs a new battery and I need to lengthen the band a bit (stupid weight gain).
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I started writing an article about this subject soem time ago, and didn't finish.
I used to wear a wrist watch until it finally died.
Now I wear a pocket watch.
It is allowing me to live longer. It cuts stress. Its more relaxing.
We cannot control time, yet a watch gives us the illusion that we can. We stare at a watch when things are going slow. We check our watches when we are running late. We get so wound up in each minute, second, fragment of time that we loose the chance to live during that time.
If I need to know the time, there are more clocks around than I care to count. Every radio, computer, cell-phone, TV, and TV Device digitally shouts the time at us.
If I am away from these things, I can reach into my pocket, find my watch, pull it out, open it up, and check the time.
I do so less than once a week.
Even better. I can meet people. Do you know how easy it is to break the ice with strangers? Just ask them for the time.
"Does anybody really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?" (I forget the name of the song)
One final note: There was an expert working for the US Weights & Measures Bureau who was being interviewed about a new atomic clock. He made this realistic statement. "The only way to be 100% sure what time it is, is to have only one clock. The second you get a second one, you've created doubt."
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I refuse to wear a watch. I don't have a cell phone.
I'm of the "if you're charming enough you can get away with always being late and irresponsible" school of thought.
I also never check my bank balance when I withdraw money from an ATM.
And I believe that rule and regulations are a conspiracy made by morning people who quickly hopped out of bed and started dictating everything before evening people could get out of bed and stop them.
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quote: I also never check my bank balance when I withdraw money from an ATM.
My sympathy for dek just shot up astronomically.
I lose watches frequently, but I always wear one. I just buy cheap ones. I think cell phones are far more of a shackle than watches are.
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I hate cell phones and the only watch I want is a 100 year old pocket watch with a hunting case.
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I haven't worn a watch in a few years and I've never owned a cell phone. I usually have cash on me so I don't go to the ATM too often. Last time I checked my balance I was pleasantly surprised. Alas, school is back in session, and I will have to buy books, so that extra money that I didn't think I had will soon be gone. I'm going to get a cell phone soon (I've been saying this for a year), but I don't expect to use it much or carry it with me everywhere.
As for watches, when I'm taking long car rides, I find it goes alot faster when I avoid looking at the clock. This is, of course, a pyschological illusion, but oh well.
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What's funny, Strider, is that just yesterday I was thinking there is a dichotomy (thanks Kevin!) between watch-wearers and non-watch-wearers, or The Time Piece Liberated. (We get a cool, romantic name because I'm writing this post.)
Watch-wearers are the people that complain about how disorganized they are as they have yet to alphabetize their cereal boxes. They schedule in recreation. They're usually five minutes early for everything (I mean, not by accident) and they get anxious when it's been three thousand miles and they haven't had the oil changed.
They're fascinating, exotic creatures and one of them makes my insouciant lifestyle possible. I appreciate watch-wearers, even if I don't quite understand them.
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I am shackled to a watch. I am also shackled to a tie and dress shirt at work. These facets make me very uncomfortable each morning, but after a while, I can wear a shirt, tie and watch from 7AM until midnight and not flinch. But then, vacations or weekends come along and I have to reset my tolerances for the shackles of the industrialized world.
I do have a problem with buying too many watches. I probably have at least a dozen nice ones, and at least 8 of them need batteries. I generally buy a nice watch just about every year or so. If I forget my watch, it tends to mess up my entire day, because I rely on a quick way to know what time it is to manage over a staff of about 10 people.
If I ever become independently wealthy, or get one wish, I hope to spend it wisely, but I do have some wants in life. One of them is to live a lifestyle where I do not have to work and I have no need to know what time it is. Ever.
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Alucard - I've read your landmark thread. There's now way you'd ever NOT be a watch-wearer, even if you happened to not be wearing a watch at the time.
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I was a watch obsessive for years, until I went to Greece. I was on a small island with a beautiful woman I had just met, and somehow during a day of hiking, I lost it. I freaked out momentarily, and she said "Think of it this way - you're no longer a slave to time."
I haven't worn a watch since.
That was three years ago.
And no, I don't own a cell phone, but I'm thinking of getting one. I've found that without a watch, I pay more attention to time, and more attention to random clocks I see. There's no safety net.
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quote:I am shackled to a watch. I am also shackled to a tie and dress shirt at work.
One of the perks of being a dirt engineer is that I am rarely expected to wear a tie and dress shirt. It's kind of pointless when I might be expected to run out and play in the dirt at a moments notice. That and the fact that my biggest client, FDOT, consider themselves dressed up if they wear something other than T-sirts and tennis shoes.
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Ralphie, that's part of the reason I think i lost so many watches. I just didn't care. When i had them i would take them off and put them in my pocket because I didn't like having them on. And they'd end up either falling out of my pockets(i was pretty active) or i'd just place them somewhere and foget them. I don't know why people kept buying me new ones.
I'm bad with stuff like that in general. I've losts so many personal items that way. If I take something out of my house or let someone borrow it, i'd say there's a 50% chance i'm never getting it back or will lose it somehow.
I'm also always late on monthly payments, renewing stuff like car inspection or registration, etc. Why must society make it so hard for me to do things at my convenience?
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I wear a watch. but i only own one out of habit, not necessity. and for some reason i enjoy having similar things that i put on every morning...i wear little to no jewelry, but every morning i put on my silver ring from Williamsburg and my watch. i do use the watch. it is useful when i'm bored to death at work and want to watch the seconds tick slowly by. I never use it, however, when i'm actually enjoying myself. At a theme park, say. Or visiting my boyfriend. there, all time stands still...
The cell phone i never use for the time. I can't carry it in a pocket or what not, and my purse is one of those clump-purses...as in, there aren't neat little spaces for all my various sundry purse-things. So it's kind of a hassle to try to find my cell phone, if i wanted to know what time it was.
I am in no way addicted to my watch. If i was asked to give it up by a person who loved me and was worried about me, i would. It's just something i like having, okay? I mean, it's no big deal. Why should i give it up? THere's nothing wrong with a little ornamentation here and there, i mean, you wouldn't want me looking all naked and stuff, just walking around in my bare SKIN or what have you...DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?!?!
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The cool thing is that watch-wearers are generally really attracted to the Time Piece Liberated because we're just so quirky and lively. Or summin.
Two watch-wearers can get together, and their life will generally be in order and competant, if somewhat repetitive. But when you get two Time Piece Liberateds together... whoa mamajama. That just rarely works to anyones benefit. (Except the Repo man.)
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I, MojoJojo, have had much trouble in finding a watch, because it is so hard to find a watch which will not get stuck in my fur, which is where the watch will become stuck in, that being the band of the watch, and how it becomes stuck in my fur.
As an EVIL GENIUS I find it difficult to get along without a watch, being that an EVIL GENIUS such as myself, MojoJojo, must always be able to time his villanous schemes with precision, which is why that I find it difficult to be without one! I have often thought that I, MojoJojo, could possibly use a pocketwatch instead, as that would also be a good way, as an EVIL GENIUS, of timing my villanous schemes. But I do not have the money right now, and, as such, cannot afford to buy such a pocketwatch to further my villanous schemes.
As for a cell phone, I, MojoJojo, would not need to use one, because that is not something that I, MojoJojo, would need to use, as I have no need for the things. I have thought in the past of using one in my villanous schemes against those wretched POWERPUFF GIRLS. It would be truely ingenious of me to use such a villanous scheme, but I, MojoJojo, have no need to use such an evil ploy as that, because I do not need to.
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Ralphie knows so much about watch wearers. She must be a watch-wearer watcher, watching the watch wearers from her watchful watchtowers. Watchy-watchy watch watch.
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I wear a watch, and have a cell phone. The watch comes in much more handy than the phone as a time keeper: it has a second hand, which can come in handy at work (and I don't have to turn it off at work which is also useful )
Unfortunately, I also lose watches all the time. To balance this, I buy the cheap $10-$15 ones at Wal-Mart...that way, at least I haven't lost much when I lose one. I don't usually care what time it is unless I have a class or something coming up (at which point I turn freakishly neurotic about not being late), but I'll never be able to get completely away from wearing a watch.
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I lost my last watch 6 years ago at the end of highschool. And that was my longest held watch at 2 years(approximately 1 year and 9 months longer than any other previously held watch), but i used it mostly for time keeping while running, not for every day wearing. After i stopped running competitively it became unnecessary, and i haven't needed a watch since then. And i've only had a cell for 3 years, so i did have a 3 year period with no concept of time. Ahhh...those were the days. Posts: 251 | Registered: Mar 2002
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I wear a watch when I'm at work, it helps with keeping track of experiments. Otherwise, it's a crap shoot each morning. There's no point to me wearing a watch to try and coordinate things, something will always go wrong and I'll be several hours early or several hours late. If I'm several hours early I'll go off to entertain myself for awhile and be several hours late.
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It seems as this is a good time to post a reply to this topic, as now the time is right to do so, even though I do not have a watch, because I do not have enough money to buy one, being that I need a pocketwatch because wristwatches get stuck in my fur! I have seen much of this Ralphie on this forum, and, as I, MojoJojo have been lurking in this forum, I have heard alot about this Ralphie. So I am posting a reply to this topic.
Does it seem to you Ralphie, that you could possibly help me, MojoJojo in my evil scheme to vanquish the cursed POWERPUFF GIRLS and achieve WORLD DOMINATION? That would be helpful to me, in my evil scheme, so that is why I, MojoJojo am asking you this question, about my evil scheme of WORLD DOMINATION?
Edit: It seems I am rather slow in posting a response, as I am not as fast as I would wish to be in such respects, even though I, MojoJojo am an Evil Genius, because I am superior to humans in all ways, being an Evil Genius!
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Whats wrong with you people! I just draw a watch my wrist everyday,much easier, and you can't lose ir either!
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quote:Whats wrong with you people! I just draw a watch my wrist everyday,much easier, and you can't lose ir either!
I tried that but I couldn't figure out how to set the alarm, so it just kept going off at weird times. It was annoying. My doctor gave me some medication for it though, and so now I don't hear it anymore.
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Would that be a decaf, or full-on espresso, because I need know whether or not you take caffine with your hot brewed beverage, because some people do not like caffine in their beverage.
We only have blueberry scones.
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quote:you fail to mention the times you've lost your cellphone, as well, babycakes.
actually, i mentioned the loss of some cell phones in my opening post. but yes, i'll agree with Ralphie. Stop being such a SQUARE.
My best cell phone loss ever was at the top of a ski slope, while skiing. Which then proceeded to be found in perfect working condition by another skier, who phoned the number for "Mom", and got my address to send it back to me. and he only ran me up $30 in long distance fees for his effort...
now losing cell phone chargers...that's a different story alltogether.
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I always used to wear a watch, and have it set to the exact right time. I had a watch tan line and all. Now, I never do, I don't think I've even owned a watch for the past five years. Not because I don't need to know the time (and yes I do use my cellphone for that) but because I find a watch gets in the way too much. Especially when I'm riding (horses) or, well, doing anything really. I don't know how people (particularly guys) wear those huge watches with all the gadgets - it would just annoy me. Not knowing the time annoys me, but not enough to make me wear a watch.
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