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?
[ August 21, 2003, 03:23 PM: Message edited by: Sho'nuff ]
Posted by Emperor Palpatine (Member # 3544) on :
I own both a cell phone and a watch.
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.
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
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 .
[ August 21, 2003, 03:24 PM: Message edited by: twinky ]
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
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.
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
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.
[ August 21, 2003, 03:25 PM: Message edited by: Fitz ]
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
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.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
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.
Posted by Sho'nuff (Member # 3214) on :
Does anyone not wear a watch?
I didn't think i was in such a minority...
Posted by msquared (Member # 4484) on :
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.
msquared
Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
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.
Posted by Sho'nuff (Member # 3214) on :
quote:That's why they come with off switches.
and vibrate features or silent ringers(so you won't be bothered but can still see who called later)
[ August 21, 2003, 03:31 PM: Message edited by: Sho'nuff ]
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
The watch is the shackle of death.
Posted by Sho'nuff (Member # 3214) on :
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.)
Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
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.
Q.
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
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).
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
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."
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
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.
Posted by asQmh (Member # 4590) on :
I always check my balance at the ATM (or with the account info phone number) 'cause I suck at balancing my checkbook.
I mean, I suppose it'd be easy if I, you know, ever wrote anything down or kept up with receipts and stuff. . . but who has time for that??
And just because I wear a watch doesn't mean I'm not always charming and/or late. ^_~
Q
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
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.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote:And just because I wear a watch doesn't mean I'm not always charming and/or late. ^_~
Watch-wearers always say that.
zan - Ralphie is a package deal. You take the bad with the rac- er, good.
[ August 21, 2003, 03:52 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
I hate cell phones and the only watch I want is a 100 year old pocket watch with a hunting case.
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
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.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
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.
[ August 21, 2003, 04:10 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by Alucard... (Member # 4924) on :
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.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
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.
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
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.
Posted by zgator (Member # 3833) on :
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.
Posted by Sho'nuff (Member # 3214) on :
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?
[ August 21, 2003, 04:23 PM: Message edited by: Sho'nuff ]
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
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?!?!
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
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.)
[ August 21, 2003, 04:30 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by MojoJojo (Member # 5570) on :
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.
::Maniacal Laughter::
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
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.
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Boy, don't make me watch you upside yo head.
edit: dammit, Bob t. Lawyer, get out of the way of my post to jehovoid.
[ August 21, 2003, 04:35 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by matt (Member # 236) on :
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.
Posted by Sho'nuff (Member # 3214) on :
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. Posted by Bob the Lawyer (Member # 3278) on :
BAM!
Your wish is my command, Ralphie.
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.
Posted by MojoJojo (Member # 5570) on :
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!
::Maniacal Laughter::
[ August 21, 2003, 04:48 PM: Message edited by: MojoJojo ]
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Whoa!
That was easy!
Bob t. Lawyer - I desire a raspberry scone. Please deliver one accompanied by a double 12oz. Americano with cream.
And then give me a footrub.
edit: MojoSumminSummin - Maybe. For a scone and a cup of coffee.
[ August 21, 2003, 04:49 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
quote:And i've only had a cell for 3 years, so i did have a 3 year period with no concept of time.
you fail to mention the times you've lost your cellphone, as well, babycakes.
::coughrollercoastercough::
Posted by Lee M. (Member # 5203) on :
Whats wrong with you people! I just draw a watch my wrist everyday,much easier, and you can't lose ir either!
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Leo - Only a watch-wearer would keep such tabs.
quote:Whats wrong with you people! I just draw a watch my wrist everyday
That's actually pretty funny.
[ August 21, 2003, 04:51 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
*sigh*
You're Right.
*hangs head in shame*
*notices watch on wrist*
Ooh....shiny...
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
I still think Ralphie and I were sisters in a previous life.
I, too, own neither a watch, nor a cell phone. And those of you who do are suckers. Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
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.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Princess Ralphie takes over the thread, right on time.
Her plan for world, well Thread Domination moves on like clockwork.
Yes--Its Time Pun Time.
Posted by MojoJojo (Member # 5570) on :
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.
Posted by jehovoid (Member # 2014) on :
Watch you mean, "pun time?"
It's about time you watch what you say!
Posted by Sho'nuff (Member # 3214) on :
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.
Posted by tonguetied&twisted (Member # 5159) on :
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.
EDIT for elimination of potential embarrassment.
[ August 21, 2003, 05:06 PM: Message edited by: tonguetied&twisted ]
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote:We only have blueberry scones.
Well, then, no world domination for you.
Dan - "Princess Ralphie?"
(I tried, like, forty puns to follow that. Apparently I'm pun-disabled.)
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Greg, are you sure your best cell phone-loss story isn't the one where you lost your cell phone on a roller coaster.
Twice.
On the same rollercoaster.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
I wear a watch constantly, except for when I'm swimming. I sleep and shower with my watch on. I have a blindingly white space where my watch is, which is always commented on when I am swimming (being the only time people can see it). Being a disorganized sort of person, my watch does not rule my life because I'm not really worried about being late. I just being the one with the time when no one else knows it. It must be something to do with power.
Posted by Sho'nuff (Member # 3214) on :
i got it back one of those times.
and that's technically two stories that combine to quite an amusing overall story.
get your statistics right Watch-Wearer!
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
It was the amusing overall story I was referring to.
Don't toy with me Watchless Wonder!
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote: Being a disorganized sort of person, my watch does not rule my life because I'm not really worried about being late.
What is it with watch-wearers and their insistance that they're disorganized?
Us Time Piece Liberateds don't have to advertise that we're disorganized. We're comfortable in our disorganization. It's self-evident.
[ August 21, 2003, 05:18 PM: Message edited by: Ralphie ]
Posted by Damander (Member # 4439) on :
Is waiting for hansenj to post about her watch quirk.... *rubs hands together in anticipation* Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
Amanda, you crack me up!
I actually saw this thread just after it was posted, but I didn't have time to write up my quirk because I had to go to the dentist.( )
Anyway, my watch thing is different than anyone I've met except my dad (we decided it's genetic ). Oh where to begin...
First of all, I wear my watch everyday. When I forget to put it on in the morning I feel lost all day. It's not that I always need to know what time it is, I just always have to be able to find out what time it is at any point.
I not only can't sleep in my watch, but at some point every night I take off my watch because it becomes offensive to me. (That's the only word I can think of to describe it.) It's a different time every night, but it just happens. Suddenly I can't stand to have my watch on my wrist anymore. If I were to talk to my watch (which I don't ) I would say something like "How dare you still be on my wrist!" It's actually quite aggravating. If it's particularly bad I'll literally throw my watch across the room. (Damander can testify to that one.)
Also, I never take off my watch when I'm taking a nap. It's probably because that way I won't sleep for more than a couple hours. But nap sleeping is definitely different that real sleeping.
The other weird thing is that I take off my watch when I'm studying or doing homework, but I've found quite a few people who do that. I just take it off and set it next to the books or the computer or whatever.
Yeah, I'm weird...
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
I used to always wear my watch. After a couple years, the strap broke, so I got a new one. Three weeks later, the new one broke. I got another new one. This one lasted, oh, a few months. From that point on, I've kept my watch in either my pants pocket or in my outside purse pocket.
I do own a cell phone, but it's one of those ghetto analog ones that don't tell time, don't take messages, and don't give you phone numbers for people who've called. It's basically worthless, except for emergencies (which, in retrospect, is exactly why I got it ).
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
I don't wear a watch, and I don't own a cell phone. And I like it that way, thanks very much.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Ralphie, I'm a watchwearer (I have to, I have many appts I must keep) but I don't have any of the traits you listed for watch-wearers.
*confused*
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
OH OH OH OH!!!!!
I just recently got a really nifty watch! The display is inverted, so the numbers are white instead of black, because the background is being displayed with the liquid crystal instead of the numbers. Looks really cool and impresses people. Posted by LadyDove (Member # 3000) on :
I lost every watch and cell phone I owned until my kids were born. Previous to this, I would wear a watch as an accessory and my cell phone, if not lost, always had a dead battery.
These days, the only time I am without my watch or cell phone is when both kids are with me.
I fear I am becoming an official watch-wearer. As proof, I apologized at least three times today for being disorganized. Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
I am time piece liberated.
I operate on a direct link with the earth's rotational rhythms.
I haven't worn a watch since 7th grade, yet I am anally organized and always 10 minutes early. To everything.
I recently acquired a watch from a moving-out roommate. I wear it, but only because I have it set on military time, and I'm trying to become adjusted to it so I can know what time 21:35 is without having to do any math. After I have fully converted to the 24-hour clock, I shall stop wearing it, which I look forward to since it is ugly and has a bulbous head.
My roommates and I talk about my watch's bulbous head quite often. It's very funny.
I also enjoy saying "Lumos," and then pushing the indiglo button.
However, I encourage all of you to LIBERATE YOURSELVES FROM WRIST SLAVERY! There are enough clocks in the world that you can glance from time to time and develop a sense for your cicadian rhythm (I know cicadian isn't the right word, but it sounds snazzy) and learn to tell your own time.
Free yourself from the bulbous head!
Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :
Alas! My poor watches! I knew them half past as well as I would have liked and only a quarter of which I didn't. I've lost them. I've dropped them. I've crushed them under foot looking for them after thinking I lost them and actually had only dropped them. I've made them stop, and no matter how much winding I do they just won't tick again. I've tried a digital one, hoping I would fair better with electronics (the lcd face cracked). I've even tried a pocket watch because I thought the curse was only with wrist watches. Nope... the curse continued.
I just have to admit it. Watches and me just can't get along.
However, I do have luck with clocks in cellphones and timers on vcr's. They have not failed me, yet.
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Live near somewhere with a bell tower. You'll never need a timepiece again.
Posted by Lazer King (Member # 4580) on :
I wear a watch sometimes.
[ August 22, 2003, 02:30 AM: Message edited by: Lazer King ]
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
"Lumos..."
Holy gosh! Why am I not in bed yet???
Posted by Godric (Member # 4587) on :
It's good to know I'm not the only one who loses watches. I usually remember all my other assorted accessories but the watch always manages to disappear. I gave up even trying my senior year of High School. Now time only exists in other people's minds... Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
With a watch I am often late, and constantly lose track of time. I shudder to think what I would be like without one!
quote: 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.
Uh, nope, nope, I wish!, and a definite nope.
But my watch does have a calculator in it, so I can figure out which size of cereal to buy at the supermarket. Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Mack, rivka - Bah! I don't buy it for a second.
Christine - In my heart you will always be a Time Piece Liberated.
Annie - You're a watch-wearer. Actually wearing the watch is neither here nor there.
Posted by Sho'nuff (Member # 3214) on :
quote: I am time piece liberated.
I operate on a direct link with the earth's rotational rhythms.
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I encourage all of you to LIBERATE YOURSELVES FROM WRIST SLAVERY!
Question though. Ralphie, is he the champion of our cause or our nemesis? I can't figure it out.
[ August 22, 2003, 09:24 AM: Message edited by: Sho'nuff ]
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
Ouch - that site hurt my head.
Maybe if I, too wrote in a REALLY BIG FONT people would listen to my inane, disorganized babble too. I shall look into that.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
quote: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.
I've never felt more accurately described by a general statement. I wear a watch. While awake I synchronize my watch with the official U.S. time on the hour, every hour. However, I've noticed that the java applet at that site is only accurate to a few hundredths of a second and the possibility of error vexes and worries me. I wear my watch centered on my arm exactly 1.80 inches from the end of my tibia (I use a micrometer for bi-hourly checks [still, I'm a little worried about the precision offered by that instrument so I'm saving up for a laser rangefinder]).
I carry my cell phone with me everywhere, and it is always on. I still use the first phone I ever got, because the thought of the downtime involved in switching the SIM card to a new phone is too horrifying to contemplate. This is mildly inconvenient, as my phone only barely fits in my backpack and weighs 76.3 pounds, but it's a small price to pay for connectivity. The off button is so underused that it has now completed the process of petrification. The battery has become so worn out that it no longer holds a charge and I have to carry a portable gasoline-powered generator with me at all times. I keep my phone on in movies, restaurants and funeral homes, with the ringer at the maximum volume and the vibrating alert and flashing lights enabled. I take my phone with me to bed, to the pool, to the beach and in the shower. I don't sleep through the night because I wake up every half hour to check to see if I missed any calls.
I honestly have no idea how anyone could live with unalphabetized cereal boxes. In fact, my cereal boxes are also color- and size-coordinated. I get a complete oil and filter change every 65 miles when I get home from work; it's better safe than sorry. I vacuum between the keys on my keyboard at the beginning and end of every work day. At any given time my pockets contain my cell phone, my keys, my wallet, Listerine Flash Strips, hand sanitizer, a full setting of silverware, a Red Cross-certified first aid kit complete with automatic external defibrillator, three pens (black, blue and red), two sharpened #1.5 pencils, a pencil sharpener, a collection of spices, contact lens solution (I don't wear contacts), eye drops, nasal spray, laxatives, antacid and a condom (I have a lot of pockets).
Now, if you'll excuse me, I've just noticed that someone has used one of my #2 pencils and put it back in the jar that has the #1.5 pencils. I'll have to completely reorganize my entire drafting set.
Posted by Sho'nuff (Member # 3214) on :
ok, sax, i think you atleast deserved a or maybe even a
[ August 22, 2003, 02:40 PM: Message edited by: Sho'nuff ]
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Saxon:
I wear a watch and am copmletely ruled by time, thank-you very much. I always arrive early, I get really anxious when I think I'm not going to make it (if I'm ever late to go somewhere, make sure your no where near). I update my computer clock to the atomic every day or so using a program called NistTime and set my watch to the computer around once a week. When someone asks me the time I read it off to the nearest second.
Hobbes Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
<-Saxon
although Hobbes reading off the time to the second is pretty as well.
[ August 22, 2003, 03:04 PM: Message edited by: Leonide ]
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
I am strangely haunted by the "cicadian rhythm" outside my window in the summer time.
Yes, I wear a watch and, yes, I own a cell phone.
My cell phone I use almost exclusively for work. I turn it on when I head to work in the morning and turn it off when I get home. It carry it in my pocket or put in my cupholder (when I am driving between sites). On the weekends it usually stays off (unless I need to go somewhere and am expecting a family member to call me).
I put on my watch when I go to work in the morning and I take it off when I get home. I sometimes wear it on the weekends while running errands (if I have a schedule I need to keep).
I like having a watch in addition to a cell phone, because I often need to time tests that are running at work and it is a pain to contantly pull the phone out of my pocket and open it to see what time it is. I also need my watch to tell me at a quick glance the date so I can write it on my paperwork (again without the hassle of removing the phone from my pocket and opening it).
[ August 22, 2003, 03:18 PM: Message edited by: ludosti ]
Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
Mike - Okay, I deserved that one.
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
Ya know I loves ya, kiddo.
Posted by wieczorek (Member # 5565) on :
Who wouldn't wear a watch? *Staggers backwards* You mean walk around w/o having any sense of time besides that of the sun? I'm just kidding. Although I do always wear a watch. However, I tend to swim with my watches on and you know what happens to the curious watch. You would think that after enough times, I'd remember to take it off.
"Remember, the enemy's gate is down"
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
I wear a cheap, $8 sports watch that I picked up this summer for camp. I never take it off. I swim in it and shower in it and sleep in it. The showering part helps keep it from stinking. Posted by JaneX (Member # 2026) on :
I always wear a watch, because I always like to know what time it is. If I forget to put my watch on in the morning, I feel lost all day.
~Jane~
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
quote:although Hobbes reading off the time to the second is pretty as well.
It's be funnier to me if it weren't true.
Hobbes Posted by Maccabeus (Member # 3051) on :
I wear a watch constantly, not because I am organized, but because I am utterly disorganized. I know, I know, we all say that, but in my case it is true. My home has dirty clothes all over the floor; the entire couch is filled with things I didn't put away, as are several chairs and my computer table.
Nor do I have any appreciable circadian rhythm. I literally cannot tell the difference between five minutes passing and an hour passing--I must look at a clock to tell this. This was true even before I began to work nights; now I do not even know what day it is half the time. It drives me crazy that Cracker Barrel will not let me wear a watch while I wash dishes; I cannot tell how much longer I have to work, which drives me loopy. (There are clocks on the walls, but I can't see them from where I'm usually standing. It's when things are at their worst and I can't move a step from my position without plates crashing to the floor that I most want to know when I can go home.)
Therefore I wear a watch whenever remotely possible (and allowed)--swimming, showering, in bed--always. (Though otherwise clearheaded immediately on waking, I have been known to get up in the middle of the night because I thought it was time to get ready for work or school.)
My watches have typically rewarded me by living long, healthy lives, albeit not without occasional repairs. I wore one particularly long-lasting watch for over ten years through two watchbands, perhaps three. Unfortunately, I eventually forgot to remove it before going into the water at a lake. I took it off first, then replaced it when I got out, and later returned to board a canoe. The canoe toppled over, my watch (as well as myself) was soaked, and soon thereafter a black digital stain began spreading across its face. Still, I wore it for another year or so before the stain reached far enough that I could no longer tell the time and I had to buy another.
One is always a slave to time, but wearing a watch will help one avoid beatings.
"The enemy's gate is down...in fact, the whole gate system is down! Is there an electronics technician around?"
Posted by dannyXcore (Member # 5332) on :
quote: I don't wear a watch, and I don't own a cell phone. And I like it that way, thanks very much.
quote: The watch is the shackle of death.
...same goes for the cellphone... Posted by ravenclaw (Member # 4377) on :
My dad bought me a watch for my birthday and it was stolen at 6 flags like 3 weeks later :'(
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
saxon75.
"Anal? Ha! That's a polite word for what you are" -Annie Hall
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
I've owned plenty of them, but I never feel motivated to wear one very often. I'll start, and then one morning I'll forget to put it back on and suddenly realize I haven't seen it in three months.
I do have a black leather watch I keep for sentimental reasons and wear when I dress up, but that's mostly for the pun.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
I wear a watch and have a cell phone. Always good to have both! And my watch is also half jewlery...it's one of those really super cool solid metal band watches. So cool!
Posted by Tzadik (Member # 5825) on :
I wear wristwatch all the time, except for when I am asleep and home (have clock in every room to check time). I would go crazy if I didn't wear my watch. I also carry cell phone, actually 2 cells phones (one of them is business). Used to hate cell phones, but became to like them Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
How random. This Sho'nuff guy seems pretty cool. Wonder why he doesn't post more.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
quote:This Sho'nuff guy seems pretty cool. Wonder why he doesn't post more.
He's probably a little busy getting beat up by Bruce Leroy.
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So, it's been like 8 months since I wrote that post and I just realized that there's an error in it that no one ever pointed out. Five points to whoever finds it first.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Well, the pocket that holds your cell phone must be fairly large . . .
And why the heck is your watch on your LEG?
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
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as well.![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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there, all time stands still... ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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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.![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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Yeah, I'm weird...
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