Re: [at-l] Hellooooo!

I don't wear a watch now for a couple of reasons: 1) I become a slave to
time when I wear a watch. I check it every five minutes, and I find myself
being entirely too preoccupied with time. 2) They give me a nasty rash

On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Mara Factor wrote:

> >From: "Billie H. Cleek" <cleek@csc.smsu.edu>
> >Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 12:34:50 -0600 (CST)
> >
> >...One thing I definitely will not have: a watch.
> 
> Hey!  I liked having my watch - and all those hikers without watches liked 
> my watch, too.  :-)))
> 
> It is a mostly useless piece of equipment unless you know how to tell 
> direction by the time and the sun.  Or, you are trying to get to the PO 
> before it closes.  As a timepiece, it was mostly useful in towns, especially 
> when you had to be able to meet a shuttle at a certain time.
> 
> Then again, mine also has barometer and altimeter functions which are either 
> fun or a curse.  I like them but some folks just don't want to know that 
> they are only 1/3 the way up the hill or that the barometer has been 
> dropping all night and those clouds really are likely to dump during the 
> day.
> 
> Just another perspective.
> 
> Mara
> Stitches, GAME99
> 
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To:            "Billie H. Cleek" <cleek@csc.smsu.edu>, W F Thorneloe <thornel@attglobal.net>
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