Isn't there an electrical current created when nickel (on the backs of watches) is exposed to salt/sweat ?
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 2:04 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > > I gave up on wrist watches for that reason. They would stop running. I'd > take it off, put it on the dresser, look at it a couple days later and it > would be running again. Totally weird. > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 8:44 AM, GMoney <gm0n3...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Has that phenomenon ever been studied? > > > > I know several people who cannot wear watches....they quit working after > > several days of touching their skin. My mom for one cannot wear a watch, > > never has been able too...they all die within a few days. > > > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:24 AM, William Bowen <william.bo...@gmail.com > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Pocket watches for me, too. > > > > > > Wrist watches, mechanical, battery and even digital do not function for > > > long when attached to my wrists... dunno why... > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 7:40 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I always did like you Jerry :) > > > > On Sep 10, 2014 10:22 AM, "Jerry Milo Johnson" <jmi...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I carry a pocket watch. Swiss army. For the same reason. > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 10:19 AM, LRS Scout <lrssc...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I wear a winding mechanical watch on purpose. > > > > > > > > > > > > I can tell direction and relative piston in day and night with > it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Time I can guess t mate if need be, for a period > > > > > > On Sep 10, 2014 8:48 AM, "Cameron Childress" <camer...@gmail.com > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 9:50 PM, William Bowen wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Also... it's a fucking phone. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I need a new phone and have an iPhone. I'll buy the 6 (the > > smaller > > > > one) > > > > > > > when it's available to buy online but I am not standing in line > > and > > > > if > > > > > > the > > > > > > > site crashes due to traffic I'll wait a few days. I do like the > > > Apple > > > > > > > ecosystem though. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > oh and a watch. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Okay, so I was totally meh about the watch before the event but > > > it's > > > > > > > actually impressed me more than I expected. Did you guys watch > > the > > > > > event > > > > > > > video and see the details? Still meh? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I haven't worn a watch in years. I think I am still going to > wait > > > for > > > > > > > someone else to buy one so I can check it out in person and see > > how > > > > > they > > > > > > > like it. I can't imagine the battery life will be very good but > > it > > > > has > > > > > > some > > > > > > > pretty promising features. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -Cameron > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372421 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
