Watches

[ramanth]

I wear a watch (cheap "dressy" looking one). I feel naked not wearing a watch personally, but a watch is never the first thing I notice about a person. With students handing me books, I notice watches on guys more often than gals.

And I wouldn't be able to tell an expensive watch from a cheap knock off.

[Edwina's Secretary]

I really wish guys would come back to the old fashioned pocket
watches. I always thought they looked so neat. My Grandpa had a
beautiful gold watch that opened up to show time.

Why only guys? I have a lovely one that was my grandmother's. Have it in a display holder in my living room....

(Women wore them on a chain or a pin...)

[blue]

I really wish guys would come back to the old fashioned pocket
watches. I always thought they looked so neat. My Grandpa had a
beautiful gold watch that opened up to show time.

Somewhere around here I do have a Russian Officers pocket watch.

[kokopup]

I do not wear jewelery of any kind. I worked around High Voltage before I retired so wearing any jewelery was a no no. I stopped wearing a watch as a teen when my stretch band of my watch got shorted across the starter selenoid of my car. When 75 amps travels through a gold band it turns cherry red instantly. Needless to say I had evidence of a stretch band on my arm and back of my hand for quite a while. When i got Married I told my wife I would wear a wedding band if she could find one made of jade or plastic.

[Killearn Kitties]

I have never got into the habit of wearing a watch. When I was young they used to stop within about 10 minutes of me putting them on. Once I started work, there were clocks, time display on phones, PCs etc.

I bought one a few years ago when I was travelling on my own, realising it might be useful to know the exact time even though I was away from my desk. I don't wear it normally, but I do try to remember to take it on holiday.

[Barbara]

I
I bought one a few years ago when I was travelling on my own, realising it might be useful to know the exact time even though I was away from my desk.

Was that after you missed the flight to LA to the PT BBQ?

[Killearn Kitties]

Was there really any need to bring that up?

As a matter of fact, it was on my journey to LA. I have never been able to remember where it was that I had to re-route through, but as I went through the terminal, there was a stand selling watches and I thought "what a good idea!"

That is a completely different issue to the inability to set an alarm properly.

[Edwina's Secretary]

As a matter of fact, it was on my journey to LA. I have never been able to remember where it was that I had to re-route through, but as I went through the terminal, there was a stand selling watches and I thought "what a good idea!"

It was Pittsburgh. Very unusual routing....UK to Pittsburgh to LA...

[Killearn Kitties]

Well remembered! You've got to take whatever route you can get when your plane took off 20 minutes before you woke up.

[Lady's Human]

UK to Pittsburg?

You need to find a new travel agent as well as a watch, KK.

[RICHARD]

Somewhere around here I do have a Russian Officers pocket watch.

Umm,
What did you do with the Russian that previously owned the watch?

[Edwina's Secretary]

Umm,
What did you do with the Russian that previously owned the watch?

As you may recall...Ms. Palin can see Russia from her front porch. I'm guessing a passing Russian dropped it.

[Lady's Human]

Those things were CHEAP in East Berlin in the months after the wall fell. I have a Soviet General's hat. It cost me 5 deutchmarks.

[RICHARD]

Those things were CHEAP in East Berlin in the months after the wall fell. I have a Soviet General's hat. It cost me 5 deutchmarks.

Great for 'role playing' with the babushkas?

If I would have known I would have sent you the money for a Russkie tanker's hat/helmet.

[davidpizzica]

Well remembered! You've got to take whatever route you can get when your plane took off 20 minutes before you woke up.

KK, Pittsburgh always has been a great city to buy a watch!