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On Thursday, October 10, 2013 3:04:45 PM UTC-4, Califbill wrote:
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On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 11:59:52 -0500, Califbill

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The last time I wore a watch it was a stainless digital LED. When the

battery died they wanted $40 to replace it (that was before they sold

them at the drug store)

I put the watch away and never wore another one.

If I was at work I could walk up to any console, type DT and get the

time. If I wasn't at work, I didn't care what time it was.

I am not even interested in what day it is now.



I seem to wear a watch these days only when traveling. Need to know how

long before a flight, etc. at home, I either look at the truck clock if

driving, or the phone, if I need to know the time. Have to keep track of

some of the days, as we have ROMEO breakfast last Friday of month. For

the knowledge lacking: retired old men eating out.



If I am actually traveling (airplane), I have my phone in my pocket

and that gives me the time. I have had a decent clock in my car since

I got rid of my watch.

I came up with a great retrofit for the old, bad GM mechanical clock

using the MA1003 module. I probably made a dozen or more of them for

myself and friends.

I still think that may have been the best clock module ever made rip

http://www.seekic.com/circuit_diagra...UTO_CLOCK.html



I really have a no metal policy anyway since I saw a guy damned near

cook a finger off because his ring got across a 1.5v power supply (at

about 100a).

It got red hot in a fraction of second before the breaker tripped

If we were not allowed to have coffee in the computer room, he may

have lost the finger. Three guys threw their coffee on it immediately.

They cut the ring off in the ER.



I wear no jewelry and my glasses are plastic.



We do quite a bit of international traveling, and at roaming cell costs, I

turn the phone off. Mine was supposed to be unlockable but Verizon says my

Droid phone can not be unlocked. Missing hardware. I used to put my ring

on keychain when working on airplanes. USAF knew rings were bad.

Shop class in high school had a poster on the wall with a picture of a wrench with a ring welded to the handle of it. It was welded in place while using the wrench to remove the positive lead of a car battery.

The unlucky person holding that wrench did two things wrong.

Don't know about shop class, but I seen what it will do with my own
eyes!