My father gave me a new digital watch when they were fresh to the market. Cost
well north of $100 then, which is about a billion in today's worthless dollars.
It died shortly thereafter, never to run again. I didn't have the heart to tell
him. (I wasn't living at home at the time. I tried to get it serviced under
warranty, but nothing helped.)
The problem does not extend to other electronic or mechanical devices. In fact,
I used my cell for a watch, when I'm keeping track of time. Mostly, though, I
try not to keep too close a, ah, watch on time. Just makes me anxious. <g>
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Jan 13, 2014, at 11:48 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> Through observation, we concluded that they weren't
> doing anything unusual or different than the rest of us. It didn't
> matter if it was mechanical, quartz or digital. In less than a week
> the watches would be dead. This was with new or old.
>
> Unknown the relationship to this, but both individuals had extremely
> difficult childbirths. I still stay in touch with one of the two and
> she still has this problem and the problem extends to cellphones,
> pagers, iPads and computers.
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