And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, April 27, 2024
Wearing an AVI-8 watch now. Decent watch at a decent price, and on spring sale now.
I've said this on numerous occasions, when I retired in 2010, I gave up wearing a time piece since time was not the same to me as a retiree. If I need to know what time it is, I simply ask some working stiff.
Au Contrair. My "smart phone" sits next to my landline in the off position for the majority of the time. It serves one main function: When I leave the house, I sometimes take it "just in case" I cannot find a payphone and need to call my wife for some reason.
Naw, I like my Seiko 5 with the Fliegar type 2 dial. Granted it's small for a traditional aviator's watch. But when I was flying (private pilot vfr sel) I never needed a dinner plate on my wrist. And I never have to replace the battery in the Seiko.
I defer to anyone with more experience and a different point of view, but I never "got" the aviator's watch. Perhaps useful for flight planning before leaving the ground, or if you were a co-pilot or a navigator, where the pilot was doing the actual flying. Too small and too complicated in an airplane with a lot of vibration or turbulence. (I remember, in my basic flight training, a low-level solo cross-country over plowed Illinois fields on a summer day; the turbulence was so bad / rough that I could barely read my instruments. Looking at a chart and/or a wristwatch would have been nearly impossible.
Like I said, wearing one right now. I like the look, and the price is right. Like many say, there's lots of ways to tell the time, but they also are a sort of "fashion" thing, and Mrs. CW thinks they are cool. If she thinks they're cool, they pretty much are in my book.
Trigger much? I haven't worn a watch since about 1988 but I don't care that other people do. And, it's HIS site so he can conduct it as he pleases. Guess what? You can do the same. Or you can shut your pie.
As a hard core procrastinator I never take my watch off. When you put off everything until the last minute, you damn well need to know when that last minute is.
I've said this on numerous occasions, when I retired in 2010, I gave up wearing a time piece since time was not the same to me as a retiree. If I need to know what time it is, I simply ask some working stiff.
ReplyDeleteOr just look at your constant companion, the smartphone.
DeleteAu Contrair. My "smart phone" sits next to my landline in the off position for the majority of the time. It serves one main function: When I leave the house, I sometimes take it "just in case" I cannot find a payphone and need to call my wife for some reason.
DeleteNaw, I like my Seiko 5 with the Fliegar type 2 dial. Granted it's small for a traditional aviator's watch. But when I was flying (private pilot vfr sel) I never needed a dinner plate on my wrist. And I never have to replace the battery in the Seiko.
ReplyDeleteI defer to anyone with more experience and a different point of view, but I never "got" the aviator's watch. Perhaps useful for flight planning before leaving the ground, or if you were a co-pilot or a navigator, where the pilot was doing the actual flying. Too small and too complicated in an airplane with a lot of vibration or turbulence. (I remember, in my basic flight training, a low-level solo cross-country over plowed Illinois fields on a summer day; the turbulence was so bad / rough that I could barely read my instruments. Looking at a chart and/or a wristwatch would have been nearly impossible.
ReplyDeleteWhy do you need a watch? This is at least your third shill for this brand in the last few months. You must really like it!
ReplyDeleteLike I said, wearing one right now. I like the look, and the price is right. Like many say, there's lots of ways to tell the time, but they also are a sort of "fashion" thing, and Mrs. CW thinks they are cool. If she thinks they're cool, they pretty much are in my book.
DeleteTrigger much?
DeleteI haven't worn a watch since about 1988 but I don't care that other people do. And, it's HIS site so he can conduct it as he pleases. Guess what? You can do the same. Or you can shut your pie.
Watchs are good.
ReplyDeleteAs a hard core procrastinator I never take my watch off. When you put off everything until the last minute, you damn well need to know when that last minute is.
ReplyDelete