tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post7897111751050035118..comments2024-03-28T09:43:44.133+00:00Comments on Shadows & Light: Tie Dye Shirts and Luxury WatchesSteve Reedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-47940093302531304352014-10-02T06:54:36.106+01:002014-10-02T06:54:36.106+01:00Soup: I agree. The watches are more about showing ...Soup: I agree. The watches are more about showing off than anything.<br /><br />Ms Moon: OK, there MUST be a story behind how you came to own a Rolex. Do tell!<br /><br />Vivian: Yay! I never will either.<br /><br />Ellen: Well, we don't have the photo yet. When we get it maybe I'll post it, if my coworkers don't mind.<br /><br />Sharon: Ugh! Glad you survived the Chicago travel!<br /><br />37P: Yes, swatches were cool! I never had one but I always liked them.<br /><br />Bug: There's something to be said for not being tempted. When I used to meditate regularly I found that having a watch could be a distraction in the same way -- though it was also handy if I was the time-keeper.<br /><br />Utah: I KNEW I could count on you to provide the pro-watch perspective! I can completely understand the appeal of a well-made item, and knowing your penchant for the mechanical I can see how a well-made watch would be interesting to you. I'm probably conflating the well-made and the glitzy in my mind, but when I hear about watch robberies and see those ads, I always think of diamond-encrusted chunks of platinum that weigh 20 pounds -- like a Russian oligarch might wear.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-64671353225383734172014-10-01T21:06:25.435+01:002014-10-01T21:06:25.435+01:00Counterpoint on the watch thing: I've regularl...Counterpoint on the watch thing: I've regularly worn watches since I was 10. I've had a gazillion of them, and lost or broken most. If you have a strong interest in things mechanical, like I do, and you are generally involved in activities that are hard on things like watches, like I am, then a nice watch is rewarding. Ticking away, rain or shine, always running, no batteries, no outside energy consumed. It is a reminder to me that we can make things that last when we choose to. That said, when I bought my watch, I did it only for me. So much so that I intentionally chose an understated watch that unless you know what to look for, looks like just another watch. But I know the difference. <br /><br />When I was in college I was given a Mont Blanc pen. It is now almost 20 years old. Some things were built to last. Isn't that a good thing? Without that pen how many pens would I have lost or broken because they were cheap and they didn't matter? I could probably buy another few Mont Blancs for what I've 'saved' by not buying cases of 'Bic Clicks'. <br /><br />I don't take off the watch when I work on a car. I camp with the watch. I swim with the watch. I wear it in the ocean. I take it biking with me. Gardening. Dishes. I've wiped out many many less expensive watches, and sent more than a few back to their manufacturer to be repaired under warranty. How much money would I 'save' if I just got 20 Casios instead? 10 Seikos?<br /><br />I will not take a phone to the beach. I will not take a phone with me when I ride my bicycle. I don't carry it when I work on a car. Some things should not be interrupted by phone calls or Facebook reminders. My watch only tells time, and only when I ask it to. Otherwise it makes no noise and asks nothing from me, not even that I be careful with it. That is money well spent.<br /><br />But tacky watches and glitzy jewelry in general, I agree with you. Why have a red Ferrari on your wrist or hanging from your ears? We don't live in that kind of a world any longer.utahDOG!https://www.blogger.com/profile/04574614138539392895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-88361824619513927682014-10-01T19:36:35.034+01:002014-10-01T19:36:35.034+01:00Oh I loved Swatch watches! I quit wearing a watch ...Oh I loved Swatch watches! I quit wearing a watch a few years ago after I started singing in the choir at church. Found myself checking my wrist multiple times during the service (isn't this EVER going to end?). I decided that it would be better if I just didn't know what time it was - and it HAS been better :)<br /><br />I LOVE the hippo! I would have been sad to miss it to - and you'd better check out those poppies. Glorious!The Bughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07509037206264761261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-66390492728760768152014-10-01T16:49:46.076+01:002014-10-01T16:49:46.076+01:00I used to love Swatch watches because some of them...I used to love Swatch watches because some of them were art. Now, like most of us, I just use my phone. I imagine with Apple's new smart watch people are going to start wearing wrist computers. My son, always an early adopter, is already researching them. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-46135599178049135072014-10-01T16:42:09.463+01:002014-10-01T16:42:09.463+01:00It was good to catch up with your posts after my l...It was good to catch up with your posts after my long weekend away. I flew to Chicago Saturday morning...yes the same weekend as the airport shut down. What a mess that created. We were way late arriving and way late getting home on Monday. But, at least we made it. That's better than a lot of people.<br />I hadn't thought that much about the watch thing. I still wear one but, it's true that I usually check my phone for the time. Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645915869786296771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-7845696455402263712014-10-01T15:13:13.268+01:002014-10-01T15:13:13.268+01:00love the photo! and a disappointing link to the t...love the photo! and a disappointing link to the tie-dye shirts. I was expecting to see the picture of y'all wearing them. but watches? yah, I don't get it. I never got in the habit of wearing a watch. back when people develop those habits, like high school, there were no cell phones but I was so small and skinny that they didn't make a watch band that fit my very small wrist and I hated having one on that sloshed up and down my arm. even now I can wrap my thumb and middle finger around my wrist and cover the fingernail on my middle finger with my thumb.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-81256531302545678502014-10-01T14:38:48.244+01:002014-10-01T14:38:48.244+01:00I haven't worn a watch in over 25 years...and ...I haven't worn a watch in over 25 years...and never will again.<br />Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02475300367665076331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-82362460580136394692014-10-01T13:40:14.799+01:002014-10-01T13:40:14.799+01:00I actually own a Rolex. Haven't worn it in dec...I actually own a Rolex. Haven't worn it in decades. Never kept good time anyway.<br />Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123631695572626256.post-76004771263419374172014-10-01T10:30:52.020+01:002014-10-01T10:30:52.020+01:00Top photo Steve!!
About the luxury watches - I th...Top photo Steve!!<br /><br />About the luxury watches - I think it's about vanity, showing off and spending money simply because you have more money than sense.<br />I worked for five years with some-one who never wore a watch. He didn't think it was necessary.<br /><br />Young adult literature - I read it from time to time for a change of pace and usually I consider my time has not been wasted.<br /><br />Ms Soup<br />alphabet souphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11744905399607433764noreply@blogger.com