Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Don_from_AZ Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.comp.os.windows-11 Subject: Re: Rubber Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 21:38:32 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 24 Message-ID: <87zf7c4fg7.fsf@comcast.net.invalid> References: <1ipl0mxq5b.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10h9s9u$11cvm$3@dont-email.me> <10hbhu6$1di3b$11@dont-email.me> <2rit0mxofv.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <10hu90n$3fold$1@dont-email.me> <4hae1mxvct.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <0dt9kklgum5gv5l3r9m3j3th2ntvp1hstp@4ax.com> <1l-dndF71dlS-dv0nZ2dnZfqn_udnZ2d@giganews.com> <10i6m8i$252ev$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 04:38:35 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="be847edd3e471e46444e4716851dac28"; logging-data="2627210"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX188vSg6oE1Q76Cs91ZUoJvPp6LnLLFLWlQ=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cancel-Lock: sha1:HrISFnwSx6KU/qrlE/iahtS8A0Q= sha1:uzRqEysJal0pmrqPNEoHeD+78GQ= Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:79636 alt.comp.os.windows-11:28757 rbowman writes: > On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 20:45:45 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > >> Back in the '60s I heard someone mention that he had bought Timex >> watches for each of his three sons. All three lasted the 12-month >> warranty period, but not one made it to 13 months. Looks like the >> engineers got that one pretty well figured out. > > I've been wearing a fitness tracker for a couple of years but my old Timex > Expedition took a licking and kept on ticking. It's a little scarred but > it's still keeping time. No complaints. The Zulu band is bulletproof too. > > I have a Casio digital watch that I don't even know how old it is, but it's at least 45-50 years at a guess. The buttons have gotten stiff over the years, so the functions like stopwatch and lap timer don't work well any more, but it does just exactly what I need from a quick glance at my wrist: it tells me the day of the week, the date, and time of day. And I have only had to replace the battery about 4 times in all those years. -- -Don_from_AZ-