Letter FROM Santa!

Everyone who's look at my watch likes it. I'm very happy w/ it.

Yes, but can you tell what time it is at a glance?

In my experience, every so-called "pilot's watch" does a great job of doing
everything but telling time.

I finally opted for a simple Timex Expedition, with a nice, bold blue analog
face, big white numbers, glow-in-the-dark hands, and the digital
day/date/timer/dual time window.

With a light, of course. Thirty bucks, indestructible, and I can tell what
time it is at a glance.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Everyone who's look at my watch likes it. I'm very happy w/ it.

Yes, but can you tell what time it is at a glance?

In my experience, every so-called "pilot's watch" does a great job of
doing everything but telling time.

I finally opted for a simple Timex Expedition, with a nice, bold blue
analog face, big white numbers, glow-in-the-dark hands, and the digital
day/date/timer/dual time window.

With a light, of course. Thirty bucks, indestructible, and I can tell
what time it is at a glance.

That's the one I have, and you're certainly right about the "indestructible"
part! :~)

A few years ago my wife bought me a Pulsar Pilots Chronograph. Probably
about $350 or so. E6B dial, the works. The numbers and all are so small as
to be unreadable. I wear it for everything EXCEPT flying.
--
Matt

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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

I as much a cheap ******* as the next guy :) but I'm not gonna look a
gifted horse in the mouth. I bought a simple Timex for myself when I
was single, had a Real Rolex once (a gift from a middle-eastern friend
who asked for it back and pawned it while we were loosing our arse in
Vegas). The Timex still worked up to a few years ago, if I shake it,
it is one 'o them that you have to keep in motion to wind-up. The
housing(plated cast zinc I believe) got all corroded and wifey finally
threw it out w/o my knowledge.

I recently bought a Casio G-Shock Waveceptor. Solar powered, atomic.

I don't have to wind it. I don't have to replace batteries. I don't have to
set it. It even changed to EST from EDT at the correct time.

Cost me $69. It's got big enough numbers for me to read, and has a
backlight.


"Flyingmonk" wrote in message
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I as much a cheap ******* as the next guy :) but I'm not gonna look a
gifted horse in the mouth. I bought a simple Timex for myself when I
was single, had a Real Rolex once (a gift from a middle-eastern friend
who asked for it back and pawned it while we were loosing our arse in
Vegas). The Timex still worked up to a few years ago, if I shake it,
it is one 'o them that you have to keep in motion to wind-up. The
housing(plated cast zinc I believe) got all corroded and wifey finally
threw it out w/o my knowledge.

Good luck on March 11, 2007.

"Steve Foley" wrote in message
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I recently bought a Casio G-Shock Waveceptor. Solar powered, atomic.

I don't have to wind it. I don't have to replace batteries. I don't
have to
set it. It even changed to EST from EDT at the correct time.

Cost me $69. It's got big enough numbers for me to read, and has a
backlight.


http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html#chart

"sfb" wrote in message news:qi_jf.8$5V1.7@trnddc02...
Good luck on March 11, 2007.

lol...my thoughts exactly.

I love Daylight Saving Time. I wish we had it all year 'round.

But adding six weeks of DST per year for the purpose of saving an
inconsequential amount of oil is ridiculous, especially given how many
time-aware devices will either have to be fixed, or are simply unfixable.

If they had said "we just like having the light an hour later for longer", I
could buy that. But instead, they pretend they're doing something useful,
while actually creating a huge amount of work and headaches for a wide
variety of people and industries.

Ugh.

Doesn't matter for atomic clocks. The sender in Colorado sends out the correct
time, with the appropriate DST change: http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/stations/wwvb.htm
http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/stations/wwvbtimecode.htm

-Joe

sfb wrote on 12/02/05 08:06:

Good luck on March 11, 2007.

"Steve Foley" wrote in message
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I recently bought a Casio G-Shock Waveceptor. Solar powered, atomic.

I don't have to wind it. I don't have to replace batteries. I don't
have to
set it. It even changed to EST from EDT at the correct time.

Cost me $69. It's got big enough numbers for me to read, and has a
backlight.


http://www.energy.ca.gov/daylightsaving.html#chart