http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2610268Hmmm.
The buzzy one, who only minutes ago got banned again at conservativeunderground:
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Sun Jan-06-08 12:44 PM
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So, my new watch comes with a 33-page instruction manual. Every page critical in its use.
Holy crapoli.
It's the Timex Ironman USB Datalink. They call it a PDA for your wrist. The 33 pages are for the manual operations of entering data on the watch. The software for the USB-interface has its own manual.
Damn.
What the heck. I need something to do on Wild Card Sunday.
after which a photograph of some superduper wrist-watch
Th1onein (1000+ posts) Sun Jan-06-08 12:46 PM
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1. That's going to take more than a wild card Sunday!
I hope it's worth it to you.
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Sun Jan-06-08 12:49 PM
Response to Reply #1
3. Well, I have trouble keeping my complex calendar in my head ... and my PDA (which is also my Treo) is great, but if I miss the alarm for a meeting because the Treo is in its dock while I'm in the can or down the hall or whatever, then its a problem.
In other words, yes -- it's going to take a while to learn how to use, and I hope it's worth it.
hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Sun Jan-06-08 12:55 PM
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5. I have a ten-plus year old Tag Heuer chronograph....
Love it because it is familiar, small, waterproof to 28 meters, and dependable. Yet, I rarely think to look at (or occasionally adjust) the little calendar window... For me, a watch is a watch (and jewlery, I suppose). Digital readouts are like white background noise to me...
Enjoy though... I DO like gadgets and gizmos-- just not on my wrist.
On edit, do report back how long it takes you to 'learn the ropes.' I still haven't learned all the ins and outs of my cell phone (pocket pc) or even my blackberry for work... I should take the time to learn how to really use at least one thing I own! LOL
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Sun Jan-06-08 01:20 PM
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6. LOL! Great post.
I will get back...
So far, I've learned how to use the alarms.
winston61 (460 posts) Sun Jan-06-08 12:48 PM
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2. Casio G Shock
You could have gone with a Casio G Shock. Solar powered, atomic clock time setting, a lazy mans dream.
Still a thick users manual though.
Buzz Clik (1000+ posts) Sun Jan-06-08 12:54 PM
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4. Those are beautiful watches, no doubt.
But, I need at least 8 alarms that I can set each day.
BarbaRosa (859 posts) Sun Jan-06-08 01:34 PM
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7. I have a Ironman datalink
The one in the software picture. The software isn't too difficult to use, and it holds a ton of data. I love mine, I often say everything I know is in my watch. This is my second datalink, I have a older one, the kind you hold facing the computer and the data transfers in a bar code fashion.
Oh yeah, Where did you get yours?
Texas Explorer (1000+ posts) Sun Jan-06-08 01:38 PM
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8. If you ever find yourself at the bottom of a lake, you'll be glad first that the watch still works and then that you know how it works! =)
Oh...it's not a divers' watch? Nevermind.
The above's the whole campfire on Skins's island, but something bothers me.
If someone needs at least eight alarms a day, for whatever reason, might this not be a symptom of forgetfulness, which is a symptom of.....?
