On 03/13/2011 01:40 PM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu<noozguru@...> wrote: >> I don't live by clocks so I don't get disoriented at all. >> One thing they talked about this morning is because of >> cellphones fewer people have watches. > I've noticed this. You of all people may appreciate > this, but I wear a watch because of its "survivalist > value." It's a Breitling, and is worth considerably > more than my car. I got it back when I was going out > with a woman who worked for Breitling, and who could > get it for me at 30% of list price. I keep it because > it's way cool, keeps reasonable time, and because at > any point if the world *really* went to hell in a > handbasket I could walk into a storefront in almost > any city on earth, sell or pawn it, and walk out with > enough to live on for a few months. Nothing quite as > cool as "instantly liquidatible assets" in a fragile > economy, eh?
The watch I'm wearing now was really cheap. Got tired of even paying $25 for a watch. And given that I usually do have the phone with me maybe when this $9 one dies I won't get another.
