Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Need a geek watch

[Bryan Venable <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Or you could just get a cell phone with an external display.  Then you
will always have the correct time, and you can subscribe to any number
of information services.  Plus can even use it to, you know, call
people :-)  You can get a nice phone with all kinds of geeky features
for under $500 easily.

Better yet, isn't $0.50/day what it costs to feed a starving child in
Africa?  You could do that for 10 years and you wouldn't even have to
shell out all the money at once.

On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 11:20:48 -0500, Jerry Gamblin
<EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> First let me say I am a watch geek.
> 
> You have 2 choices in this matter.
> 
> 1) Get a big ol' geeky watch
> 2) Get something with style that you'll have for years.
> 
> If your going to go for the Geek look you should check out the Fossil
> Abacus. It's a decent watch with the cool geeky features you want:
> http://reviews-zdnet.com.com/Fossil_Abacus_AU4000/4505-3512_16-30671349.
> html
> 
> If you want to take the next step, you need to buy you an everyday
> Rolex. Don't let the name scare you off, spending a $1,000-2,000 on a
> watch that you will wear everyday for the next ten years is worth it.
> The average Rolex Oyster will sit you back $1500. So that's around $.50
> a day for the next 10 years.
> 
> I was given a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Air King for my High School
> graduation that I wear almost everyday. It's a purchase you won't be mad
> that you made and you will have something very nice for a long time.
> 
> You probably spend more per day on shoes then you would on a very nice
> watch.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jerry Gamblin
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan King [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 10:58 AM
> To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion
> Subject: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Need a geek watch
> 
> OK, so my latest Timex Expedition (with indiglo!) has finally bought
> the farm.  (One knob is missing, my manly sweat has corroded the base
> metal bevel, and the broken band can't be replaced because one of the
> "prong" thingies is twisted.)
> 
> What I need, before the beginning of the school year, is a watch that
> makes the only fashion statement that you folks have any expertise
> with, which is why I ask your help.  This watch must say:
> 
>      I am a geek.  So much geekier than you, that you should bow down to
> me.
>      Right now, please. I'm waiting, you technology-impaired little
> git, and my watch's
>      blinken lights only entertain me for a few seconds.
> 
> OK, so the statement need not be that strong, but you get the picture.
>  So I've looked at your USB watches (hot!).  Also your 138 LED watches
> (very hot, but too expensive!)  And your more plain jane Indiglo
> models.  These days, I am even willing to leave the analog world if I
> could get 4 or more event timers with a decent interface.  But I
> really do like the idea of USB.  I also like the idea of a built in
> laser pointer, but that's not a feature I've seen yet.
> 
> Anyway, please feel free to make suggestions.   There's no way I'm
> spending more than $100-something on this item unless it is truly
> spectacular.
> 
> jking
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