I just ran my watch through the wash. Well, that one didn't last long.
I probably should support my own watch habit rather than encourage people to give me things that, going by my history, I can expect to kill pretty quickly.
Part of it's that I type a lot and I used to play the drums. Both activities are hindered by wrist weights, even if those weights are only a few ounces.
The other part of it's that I, too, was a destroyer of watches. I used to go through about one every other month. Unless it was a really good watch. Then, I'd wreck it in a week or two.
Now, I have a pocketwatch for formal occasions (though I think it needs a new battery) and the rest of the time, I rely on one of my electric doodads or companions to tell me what time it is.
Maybe you -should- encourage people to buy you watches with the understanding that you'll burn through them quickly.
I've been doing pocket-watches for years, too. At first I would break, corrode, or otherwise jinx the band of my wristwatch, and so it would live in my pocket. Then I couldn't get used to having a dangly thing on my wrist again.
Maybe what I need is to buy my watches in sixpacks.
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Date: 2002-02-22 06:40 am (UTC)Part of it's that I type a lot and I used to play the drums. Both activities are hindered by wrist weights, even if those weights are only a few ounces.
The other part of it's that I, too, was a destroyer of watches. I used to go through about one every other month. Unless it was a really good watch. Then, I'd wreck it in a week or two.
Now, I have a pocketwatch for formal occasions (though I think it needs a new battery) and the rest of the time, I rely on one of my electric doodads or companions to tell me what time it is.
Maybe you -should- encourage people to buy you watches with the understanding that you'll burn through them quickly.
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Date: 2002-02-22 10:37 am (UTC)Maybe what I need is to buy my watches in sixpacks.