View Full Version : Do You Wear A Wris****ch?
goldensmom
11-23-11, 12:13pm
Mrs. M's internal clock thread got me thinking about time and wris****ches. I used to wear a wris****ch but took it off and subsequently misplaced it about 9 years ago. I didn't look for it but accidentley found it 5 or so years ago. The battery was dead and I haven't gotten a new one for it yet. I've found over the years that I don't need a watch. Often when asked what time it is I will guess and be with in 10 minutes of the actual time. I do look at clocks at home and in the car.
Benefits of not wearing a wris****ch - one less thing I have to remove when being weighed at the doctors office.
goldensmom
11-23-11, 12:16pm
Wris****ch? Well, now that's interesting. I don't even know what the starred out word means!! Guess I should have separated the words wrist watch although not the correct spelling.
treehugger
11-23-11, 12:34pm
That is a hysterical bit of censorship. And no, I haven't worn a wris****ch since I was a kid. I much prefer to be without one, and yet I am never late. I can check the time on my cellphone, or I can just ask a stranger for the time.
Kara
LOL........oh that auto censor!
I'm one who wears his watch everywhere, every day. I've worn the same Seiko for the past 22 years, one which is exactly like it's predecessor that I wore for the previous 20+ years. Though I have to admit, these days it's more from habit than anything else since I can't make out the date, and sometimes even the time, without my reading glasses. :(
I have a clock in my truck, on the microwave, the stove, on my monitor, hanging on my office wall, on the phone, on my cell phone, on any one of the 100 or so banks I drive by when going anywhere... I'm not sure I can go more than a few minutes without being told what time it is even without wearing a watch. As much as I appreciate the craftsmanship of a fine watch, I really don't like wearing them so the few watches I do have collect dust in DW's jewelry box.
Nah, haven't worn a "you know what" in 50ish years. I got one for my high school graduation and wore it for awhile, but just didn't like having something on my wrist, I guess, so took it off and that was that. Maybe if I'd given it more time I would have got used to it? DH has worn a watch forever, and still does. He's considering not, for the reasons listed above, but hasn't been able to just do it yet.
I actually got mine out of the desk a year ago. Wore it for a day and must have never looked at it since at the end of the day when I took it off I saw it was upside down and the battery was dead! So I got a battery and back in the desk it went. I have been trying to break myself of the iPhone habit and have gone as far as not carrying it for the last few weeks which meant no clock. Got the watch back out. I never remember to look at it. How fast somethings leave the everyday world. Back in the day a watch was needed.
crunchycon
11-23-11, 2:16pm
I've worn a watch nearly every day since my eighth birthday, when I received my Timex Brownie wrist watch. I love watches (I inherited the love from my dad), and have a collection, though I generally wear the same one for work and a more casual one for weekends. When I dismiss a workshop for a break, I say "check your watch, check your phone, check whatever it is you use to tell time and be back here in x minutes."
I hate to wear a watch. Took my husband 20 years and 10 watch gifts before he finally got the hint.
nah, I use my cell phone or computer. Not to mention all the blinking clocks on the stove, micro, coffee pot. Other than that I can usually tell you what time it is within 15 minutes. I have weird talents, lol. I can also give you a pretty accurate temperature reading, too.
Miss Cellane
11-23-11, 3:34pm
Yes, I do. Not so much around the house, where I have at least one clock in every room, sometimes two or three. But outside the house, yes. I tried for a while to use my cell phone, but having to drag it out of my purse and flip it open just to check the time drove me nuts. Much, much easier to have the watch on my wrist and be able to check the time by glancing down.
Wear one all the time. I have a simple one for messy jobs like gardening, a Bulova for every day use and a renovated ladiy's gold watch from about 1930's era for dress up.
Clocks all around the house and the computer.
IshbelRobertson
11-23-11, 5:13pm
I always wear a watch.
The American uber-censorbots never ceases to amaze.... you should see what they do with the English town of Scu nth orpe!
I always wear a watch.
The American uber-censorbots never ceases to amaze.... you should see what they do with the English town of Scu nth orpe!
As an adminstrator here, I'm sure you're aware that one or more of your brethren populated the 'bad words list'. I think his/her/their personal thoughts on what the rest of us could say, rather than "American uber-censorbots" is to blame.
goldensmom
11-23-11, 5:59pm
Now that I'm thinking about it, I used to wear 1 of 2 watches. One was a nice, gold dress watch for church and my rugged, leather banded Timex Indi-glo for work. The only time I ever used the Indi-glo was to see what time it was in the theater if the movie was boring. My mom wore a watch her whole life even when she became elderly with poor vision and could not even see the face, it was just a part of her attire.
Time is so everywhere around us now..... on the computer, cell phone and cable/satellite menu. No wonder I don't miss my ********** (just being safe).
iris lily
11-24-11, 12:50am
agreed, my impression is that UK slang is well represented in the censored words here. T w a t isn't as commonly used here as there.
Wearing a wrist-watch was always a sort of hit and miss game with me (younger years), and now (my late 40's) I have all but given up on wearing one altogether with. About the only time I wear a watch now, is when DH and I attend a formal function.
I used to, but now I generally ask my husbamd "what time is it?" and he answers "time for you to wear a watch"/ But in the daytime I am normally aware of what time it is.
rosarugosa
11-24-11, 11:22am
When I was a kid I could never get one small enough to fit my wrist, so never wore one. I requested and received a pocket watch for my HS graduation (with the jewelers being very disparaging of the idea of a pocket watch for a girl by the way - those were supposedly for men). Since then, I've always carried a pocket watch, in my jeans pocket when younger and in my handbag after that.
I borrowed a wrist watch from my sister when my watch was in the shop many years ago and I loathed it; I felt like I could hear my life ticking away or something. I guess I don't want to be that acutely aware of the passage of time!
iris lily
11-24-11, 5:48pm
I wear a watch and cannot imagine NOT wearing one. DH turned me on to watch faces that light up in the dark, so now that's a feature I always buy. We both wear watches to bed. My watch is a big honkin' men's watch because it has a big face and I can easily read it. I am a watch girl.
But I think so many people now look at their cell phone (which I don't have) so perhaps ti's not essential to have a watch these days.
I'm in the habit of wearing mine when the battery is working. When it dies, I get used to not wearing it until I replace the battery.
I actually think wrist watches are sort of cool. I have a Timex with a lighted dial that I wear when travelling and camping. A Seiko that was a gift from a treasured friend and a vintage watch that belonged to my father for dressier events. They are are all analog, so I can say, oh, it's about a quarter to, rather than 6:46 PM. No way would I have a digital watch.
In my current non-working life I don't wear one day to day. In my working days when things were more on a schedule, I tended to be routinely late and would set my watch 10 minutes ahead and managed to fool myself routinely.
A watch was the first thing I ever remember saving up for and buying, when I was about 8 years old. I saved my allowance to buy a calculator watch so I wouldn't have to do any math in my head. I'm not sure if that's more laziness or geekiness :-) I have worn a watch every day ever since, possibly without exception: I can't quite remember if I was not allowed to wear a watch when I was in the hospital for surgery one time. I gave up the calculator thing (plus now the phone does that!) but I always get a stopwatch/timer/alarm function watch with waterproof ability.
IshbelRobertson
11-25-11, 12:32pm
As an adminstrator here, I'm sure you're aware that one or more of your brethren populated the 'bad words list'. I think his/her/their personal thoughts on what the rest of us could say, rather than "American uber-censorbots" is to blame.
If only I knew what you meant by that post. I am not an administrator (yes, I know it says I am, but I'm not) - but a moderator, with a very limited tekkie knowledge - hardly administrator material. I also don't know to whom you refer with 'my bretheren'.
If only I knew what you meant by that post. I am not an administrator (yes, I know it says I am, but I'm not) - but a moderator, with a very limited tekkie knowledge - hardly administrator material. I also don't know to whom you refer with 'my bretheren'.
Pardon my assumptions. Typically there are four levels of rights granted on a forum such as this. Guest, Member, Moderator & Administrator. A Guest can typically read but not post, a member typically has the ability to read and post, a moderator is typically given the ability to edit and move other's posts, and an administrator is able to perform a higher level of administrative tasks, such as populating bad word filters.
Also, typically those rights are granted to a title rather than an individual, meaning that all members designated with a specific title have the same rights. Not to be flip, but it seems like a recipe for disaster to give every volunteer adminstrative rights to an operable forum.
To get back to my original point, it took an administrator on this forum to populate the bad word filter. Unless he/she is in actuality an "american uber-censorbot", I think your original observation was mis-placed.
I almost always wear a watch; feel kinda nekkid without one! I have a couple nicer ones, but several fashion watches. I've recently figured out how to make beaded watchbands, which is kind of fun.
My grandmother's standard gift for her grandchildrens' 7th birthdays was a watch. Mine was a Cinderella watch. Timex with a pink band and china Cinderella doll. Still have the watch itself, band and doll are long (LONG) gone.
I actually think wrist watches are sort of cool. I have a Timex with a lighted dial that I wear when travelling and camping. A Seiko that was a gift from a treasured friend and a vintage watch that belonged to my father for dressier events. They are are all analog, so I can say, oh, it's about a quarter to, rather than 6:46 PM. No way would I have a digital watch.
Even tho I don't wear a watch I do rely on analog clocks scattered here and there (in our house, in church, some stores, etc.) and I always note time as you do: about a quarter to two, etc. Drives DH crazy, because he wants to know the exact time, whether it's analog or digital. {sigh}
iris lily
11-25-11, 11:38pm
W a n k or w a n k e r is the slang word that this software blocks out, and it is entirely British. It just came to me. I've always thought that hilarious.
Funny censoring........Yes I do. I can't live without it. I'm a preschool teacher. Not allowed to have a phone on me during working hours or use it either. I live by my wrist w a t c h. If it breaks, or wears out, I must have another one THAT day.
goldensmom
11-26-11, 7:03am
Funny censoring........Yes I do. I can't live without it. I'm a preschool teacher. Not allowed to have a phone on me during working hours or use it either. I live by my wrist w a t c h. If it breaks, or wears out, I must have another one THAT day.
My husband wears a w r i s t w a t c h all of the time, even in the shower and when swimming. He too has to have another one immediately if his stops working. I suggested he buy 2 or 3 at once so to always have an extra one on the ready.
I don’t get all the starred slang words and I don’t think I’m missing out.
Originally posted by Goldensmom.
I don’t get all the starred slang words and I don’t think I’m missing out.Well (hands on hips) :), I don't know about all of you guys, but growing up as a kid, the word "wrist-watch" was right at the top of the list of BAD words in our house! :laff:
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