I am really quite proud of Christian for of his ability to hang on to his watch. Over the last three years, Christian has worn out two watches. Based on the genetics he inherited, that is a near miracle. I had lost an order of magnitude more watches between the fall of 1973 and the spring of 1974 than he will probably lose in his lifetime given that, so far, he has not lost ANY! But it gets worse. I told him that, within reason, because he has been so responsible in this, I would get him whatever kind of watch he wanted. Like any Dad I am thinking maybe it will be a stopwatch because someday he will need it to time his splits while he is doing interval training to get ready for the Olympics. Or maybe it will be a diving watch because some day he is going to be a Navy Seal, saving the world from terrorism. But, to my horror, what did he pick?
Christian’s Calculator Watch
WOW! Nice watch Christian! How did you get one that displayed your Dad’s weight in the top right corner? Does it have a GWPS? Global Weight Positioning System?
Ken… in your ‘real spreadsheet’ on your ‘real graph’ post me at 228 for 2/22/2008 for ‘real’. 🙂
Is this Christian’s arm or my husbands?
Christian
Ha ha ha! Close: He actually was trying to dwindle me into getting this one.
Ouch, Bryan. I am going to pass you going the wrong way very soon! As for my wife’s comment, she would not let me buy one for myself. 🙁
Sswwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttt!!!!! You are THE MAN, Christian!!!
I’ve got the Casio Databank 150 and I love it! It is actually my second one in ten years. I received my current one a gift almost four years ago and have changed the band once and the battery three times.
Before I had a cell phone which has an address book, I used my Databank 150. No matter where I was, I had my watch and could retrieve a phone number. I tend to use my cell phone more today, but feel guilty every time I do. Nowadays, I tend to rely more upon the calculator. It is always right there on your arm when you need it most. Trust me, Christian, in this day an age a young man has to look for a long time to find a friend who will stand by you like that.
Another thing, the light on it works great as a flashlight. It emits a very discrete light that doesn’t notify the whole world of your presence. It is very helpful when you are sleeping over somewhere and don’t want to wake up the whole place by turning a hallway light on. Beware; using the light too much will drain the battery quickly.
DO NOT let just anyone change the battery. The reason my first one went by the wayside was because some newbie jeweler-girl at the Wal-Mart in Ontario, Oregon broke it. (We were at Parma convention at the time.) Before she finished, it was completely disemboweled and that particular Wal-Mart did not carry this type of watch … I had to settle for one of those digital/analog hybrids. I hate those kinds of watches. What’s the point in owning two watches in one unless you need redundancy? Even thus, such watches are not redundant, but are just two different outputs from a common circuit system. If the system goes down, both readouts go down with it.
Finally, did you ask your Dad if he’s ever actually SEEN an Olympian or Navy Seal’s watch? I would not be at all surprised to find out nine of ten Navy Seals prefer Casio Databank 300’s.
Yes, Christian, you have made a fantastic choice!
Man, Eric, you are making my point for me. Who better to endorse a geek watch than Joe-Engineer himself! I LOOOOOOOVE it. REALLY, the only reason I do not have one is because I got my undergraduate degree in business. There, it is out there now. What an embarrassment. Only REAL engineer get to wear calculator watches!!