Do you wear a watch?

hockeygirl · Post by **hockeygirl** » Feb Fri 05, 2010 3:03 am

June 8. Woohoo!

I injured my left shoulder numerous times so for a long time my watch was on my right arm, but it's moved back to the left again.

MmeLeota · Post by **MmeLeota** » Feb Sat 06, 2010 8:08 pm

OMG! You are but 3 days older than me! I'm the 11th. It's a small world after all!

Back to the watch thing, I have never been able to wear a watch on my left arm...but I'm thinking it has to do with the fact that I'm left handed.

hockeygirl · Post by **hockeygirl** » Feb Sat 06, 2010 8:31 pm

Sweet! That's awesome! We should have a big old celebration.

I actually have a friend that has the same B-day as I do.

I think right handed people put their watch on the left arm and vice versa.

sandi · Post by **sandi** » Feb Sat 06, 2010 11:11 pm

I have 3 Mickey Mouse watches and I usually have one of them on. I feel lost without it!!!

withspirit · Post by **withspirit** » Feb Sun 07, 2010 9:11 am

I could possibly be buried while still wearing my watch!

Being a pilot means the watch is one of the most valuable instruments in the cockpit. I now have one of those set-to-the-bureau-of-standards digitals, with a solar backup for the battery.

All of my friends who don't wear a watch are always asking me for the time

hockeygirl · Post by **hockeygirl** » Feb Sun 07, 2010 3:12 pm

Why is a watch one of your most important items?

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Feb Sun 07, 2010 3:26 pm

I feel lost without my watch. It was one of those things, when growing up, that showed you were responsible. I have many watches and rarely leave the house without one on. I guess it's a generational thing. It's also for me a status symbol! How many people have a backwards running Goofy watch?

hockeygirl · Post by **hockeygirl** » Feb Sun 07, 2010 4:03 pm

Jacca, I want one!!!!!!!!!!!! That's cool!

Jacca5660 · Post by **Jacca5660** » Feb Sun 07, 2010 4:54 pm

GWARSH THANK YOU!!!;+>

hockeygirl · Post by **hockeygirl** » Feb Sun 07, 2010 5:13 pm

You're welcome. I'd so be all over that watch.

I'm not sure what's so cool about a watch that runs backwards, but there's something totally awesome!

withspirit · Post by **withspirit** » Feb Sun 07, 2010 5:42 pm

hockeygirl wrote:Why is a watch one of your most important items?

I am constantly giving time estimates to my next fuel stop to my dispatcher. She makes sure we don't do anything stupid (or at least not as stupid as running out of fuel).

I remember my instructor saying he could fly across the USA with only a watch, compass and chart. He probably could!

hockeygirl · Post by **hockeygirl** » Feb Sun 07, 2010 9:13 pm

That's what I was thinking. But I wasn't sure. I used to do the same thing when I was out on the boat.

I'd love to see your instructor doing that. That would be AWESOME!

Mousekedude · Post by **Mousekedude** » Feb Tue 09, 2010 3:45 pm

hockeygirl wrote:...I used to do the same thing when I was out on the boat....

Cool! A fellow boater!
As a boater, I understand the importance of a good watch, for much the same reason as a pilot. If you know how many g.p.h. your boat uses at various r.p.m, you can use your watch to keep track of time spent running so you know roughly how much fuel you're using. Boat fuel gauges are notoriously inaccurate.
Of course, they have newer technology for tracking fuel consumption, but old-school stuff can come in handy if you lose your electronics. Just sayin...

One of my favorite watches has all the numbers represented by nautical signal flags. Way cool....

hockeygirl · Post by **hockeygirl** » Feb Tue 09, 2010 10:51 pm

Hey, always be prepared, right? If your instruments all go out, you gotta be able to do what you need to do without it, right?

jmenjes · Post by **jmenjes** » Feb Wed 10, 2010 8:57 pm

Yes I do, and of course it's a Mickey watch.