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From: The Reid on 14 Aug 2006 05:05 Following up to Mxsmanic >My watch is accurate to 1 second in three million years. No cellphone >does better than that. why do you care? -- Mike Reid I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
From: The Reid on 14 Aug 2006 05:05 Following up to Mxsmanic >> What do you care if it's only 1 second in every year? > >I'd have to reset it yearly. you could wait 60 years, till it boke, was stolen, repaired..... -- Mike Reid I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
From: The Reid on 14 Aug 2006 05:05 Following up to Hatunen >>Apparently (and this still surprises me) mobiles have replaced the old fob >>watches. People actually pull them out and look at them to ascertain the >>time, rather than looking at their wrist. I have NO idea why. > >I'm not following: fob watches aren't worn on the wrist. I can easily fob you off with the fact phones areent either. -- Mike Reid I will agree bendybuses are a good idea when they build bungalows on Mayfair Walk-eat-photos UK "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk" <-- you can email us@ this site Walk-eat-photos Spain "http://www.fell-walker.co.uk"
From: Mxsmanic on 14 Aug 2006 05:40 The Reid writes: > expensive watches seem to have some sort of reversed logic. Watches over $200 or so are essentially jewelry. All mechanical watches keep extremely poor time, no matter how expensive they are. And all expensive watches seem to be mechanical. Clearly time-keeping is not a priority for people who spend a great deal of money on a watch. A $40 Casio watch will keep essentially perfect time indefinitely. I saw a Chopard watch recently for $110,000 that looked very pretty, but had a mechanical movement. Even if someone gave me such a watch, I'd still have to wear another watch on my other wrist in order to have the correct time. -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail.
From: Dave Frightens Me on 14 Aug 2006 06:05
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:28:31 +0200, Mxsmanic <mxsmanic(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Dave Frightens Me writes: > >> What do you care if it's only 1 second in every year? > >I'd have to reset it yearly. Why would it be necessary? -- --- DFM - http://www.deepfriedmars.com --- -- |