[at-l] "any watch will do..." ???

[daveh at psknet.com (David Hicks)]

Sorry!

I messed it up.

Should have been NBNN (Nice But Not Necessary)

Chainsaw

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shelly Hale" <shellydhale@earthlink.net>
To: "'David Hicks'" <daveh@psknet.com>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 12:45 PM
Subject: RE: [at-l] "any watch will do..." ???


OK, that's a new one on me...what's NNBN mean?  LOL

I have to agree that a watch with so much functionality may not necessarily be 
needed.  However, I do plan on hiking several other
trails that aren't as well marked as the AT over this next year, and I do 
think that these features may come in handy.  Plus, it's
something to play with!  :-)

Tenacious Tanasi
   (Shelly Hale)


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/hiking_backpacking_events/



-----Original Message-----
From: at-l-bounces@backcountry.net [mailto:at-l-bounces@backcountry.net] On 
Behalf Of David Hicks
Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 12:02 PM
To: at-l@backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [at-l] "any watch will do..." ???

In my case, "any watch will do..."  will not do -- as most who have camped
(usually trail workers) with me know.  In fact, most watches will not do -- at
less as far as my getting up late is concerned.

I have a three different watches my kids gave me because, "This one is so loud
that it has to work."  Wrong!

The frequency used for alarms by nearly all watches is in a dead zone, for me.

So a tad of advice for anyone who even suspects that they may have some
hearing loss -- have the store personnel set off the alarm for you before
buying "any watch."

Chainsaw

BTW -- as this is primarily an AT list I agree that the many neat features now
available to wear on the wrist may be fun, but fall well into the NBNN
category, as far as the AT, itself, is concerned.  However, on other less well
traveled,/marked trails everything from elevation to GPS can be helpful --
very helpful in some cases.


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