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  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    I've had a basic black plastic Casio digital watch adorning my left wrist for over 25 years. Basic, cheap and functional. Got the first one in March, 1981 when my first generation Timex digital finally died on the way to a new job. Get a new one on average every 5 years or so when either the battery dies or band breaks, as it is generally cheaper to throw it away rather than fix them. The only thing that changes each time I buy one is that they get less expensive!

    Don't see it going away any time soon.

    Steve
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    Me too—and also for 25+ years... My Casio has a calculator, stopwatch, world time and a few other features. Can't beat it, all I do is replace the battery and wristbands as needed. I got it back when I was doing a lot of running, and wanted the stopwatch feature.

    Bob
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    I own at least six watches, none of which are digital. My heartmonitor / pace computer does have a clock function but I never wear it as a watch.

    The watch I wear most often is a Tag Heuer that my father gave me for my 30th birthday last year. It's closer to jewelry, yes, but I do indeed use it for time. I never look at my blackberry for time and I don't have a personal cellphone because the plan for my blackberry is so inclusive.

    I guess I'm last century. :D

    ~Colin
  • amsbearamsbear Member Posts: 147
    I wear a Fossil..... does that make me more than last century???

    Alan
    98 OBW Ltd (hey, my Roo is from last century)
  • lilbluewgn02lilbluewgn02 Member Posts: 1,089
    Nice to hear from you again...how about some pics of your little sprinter? Ken, Emi looks very sweet...you just want to hold her...
    Here is a recent(from April...these teenagers move fast!) pic of Michael
    image
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Lol, I bet all you old guys still change your oil every 3,000 miles too. :shades:

    Steve, Host
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    The only watches I can wear are selfwinding mechanical ones. I've never had a digital watch last me more than 6 months. They always wind up going screwy on me.

    Pretty sure I emit some kind of electric field :P
  • kenskens Member Posts: 5,869
    Same here -- all analog except for my running watch.

    I wear watches also as pseudo jewerly. My favorite is a basic Tag Heuer that I bought over 10 years ago. Recently I've been wearing a Swiss Army given to me by my brother as a best man gift. I once had a Piaget, but it was a little too flashy for my tastes.

    As with writing instruments, I find that I am less likely to use something that's nice and not lose it.

    Ken
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Heh, that same junk drawer with the Timex has a 25 year old Mont Blanc fountain pen in it. Another anachronism. It's hard to keyboard with it.

    Steve, Host
  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    I can't stand a digital timepiece ... like the rest of us who learned to tell time on an analog .. most of us don't look at the watch to see what "time" it is right now .. we're looking to see how much time we have until the next thing we have to do ...

    in other words ... on the analog I can quickly see that I have 15 minutes until I have to be at the next classroom, rather than reading the digital and then translating that into the time remaining ... the visual is quite different ...
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,399
    Pretty sure I emit some kind of electric field

    Either that or your magnetic personality...

    Jim
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    Heh... yea, I DO have that magnetic thing going. I can go to any major city and attract the fringe lunatics :P
  • grahampetersgrahampeters Member Posts: 1,786
    G'day

    I'm relly boring. I weear a basic Swatch with a day and date functiona and lumious dial. When I want to really jazz it up, an ancient Rolex, dating from the 1930's. definitely not digital.

    Cheers

    Graham
  • jeffmcjeffmc Member Posts: 1,742
    I'll have to jump in on the analog side. There's something about wearing a complex and minute mechanism that's more appealing to me than wearing circuits. I prefer viewing hands over numbers, also. Wouldn't want to see a digital speedo/tach in my Subaru. I wear a Tag Heuer watch (which was a gift from my wife) as my daily timepiece.

    If you want to wear something truly digital that shows some serious tech personality, check out this Binary Code Watch. Add up the values of the lights in the top row to get the hour, and in the bottom row for minutes. Sure it's digital, but I'd still wear this one. :) Or compromise and use the Circuit Board Clock, which has analog hands. I'm not a cyclist, but I love the Desk Pendulum Clock, which uses bicycle chains and cogs.

    I think folks often forget about the clock on their computer - I can't count the number of times each day at work that folks look around for a wall clock to see what time it is, or ask others.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I gave up mine. I never liked wearing even bracelets, so now it's just my BlackBerry. Time, e-mail, calculator, calendar, address book, can't beat it...

    My last watch was a Casio Forester. :shades:

    -juice
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Pics below.

    Note he has attacked BOTH our Subies, apparently Subaru bastes the wires in au jus sauce or something.

    -juice
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    While some friends got very early LED digital watches in the early/mid '70's, I held out for Timex's first LCD unit that hit stores around 1976. About $75 at the time - a small fortune for a college kid. In 1978 I was working on the fabrication of clock chips while at Fairchild Semiconductor, and bought one of the FCI watches for my dad. Call me an early adopter of this technology?

    Glad you brought up pens, Ken. My expensive Cross instruments sit at home, a 19 cent Bic in my pocket.

    Steve
  • rob_mrob_m Member Posts: 820
    I have a 15 year old quartz Mickey Mouse watch by Lorus. Was a bit expensive, but is extremely accurate. Rob M.
  • jeffmcjeffmc Member Posts: 1,742
    juice - how do you get the Blackberry to stay on your wrist? :P

    rob - that's a classic! I had a Snoopy and the Red Baron watch for a while.
  • jeffmcjeffmc Member Posts: 1,742
    The last time you took Sandy in, did your service tech just finish eating a peanut butter sandwich or something? Maybe you can take the cars in for undercoating and ask the dealer to add some chili powder into the mix.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Hmmmm ... I have used peanut butter to clean my fender flares.

    Do chipmunks like peanut butter? :confuse:

    However, I never got under the hood with the stuff.

    -juice
  • jeffmcjeffmc Member Posts: 1,742
    Wow, really? :surprise: Peanut butter to clean fender flares? Never heard of that method. You're not pulling my leg are you? Does the oil keep the plastic looking darker & shinier?

    I'm no chipmunk specialist, but I'd assume they love peanut butter - they eat seeds and nuts like squirrels do. (And yes, for those who would correct me, I know peanuts are legumes, but they're also the plant's seeds.)

    This whole thing could turn into a funnier story than I imagined. :D
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    No kidding, peanut butter does help clean up the areas we over-wipe with wax.

    I should bump up my OCD levels and use blue painter's tape to protect the flares.

    The OE cladding holds up well, it's the fender flares that stain easily with the wax.

    -juice
  • jeffmcjeffmc Member Posts: 1,742
    I'll have to remember that.

    OK, how 'bout something to keep the rubber seals around the frameless windows in good condition? I've used a silicone grease (the same thing my Honda dealer recommended I use on my del Sol's roof seal), but it just ends up getting smears on the windows when you roll them up and down.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I just wipe them down occasionaly with a damp micro-cloth. Just plain old H20.

    -juice
  • jeffmcjeffmc Member Posts: 1,742
    Now that's my kind of maintenance - easy. :) Since we're sort of on the topic, what's that wax you guys use?
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I'll have to look, to be honest. It's a new synthetic wax that came in a box set, I got it as a gift.

    I like that it doesn't stain the cladding.

    -juice
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Even easier maintenance than waxing:

    Mr_Shiftright, "Teflon Paint Sealants Revisited" #7, 10 Jul 2003 10:33 am

    Steve, Host
  • newtosubienewtosubie Member Posts: 39
    From past posts, Klasse has been a fav of the Subie Gurus, I think including Juice. I ordered it, just haven't had a chance to apply it - thought was to use that instead of the dealer $499 sealant application.

    Why am I suddenly craving a PB&J?
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  • ladywclassladywclass Member Posts: 1,713
    yeah, I know .. not the proper forum ...

    I have been trying for over a year to get an insurance card with my married name on it. For over a year, my insurance card has NOT matched my photo ID (drivers license). Every time I have emailed/ called my business office rep, I've been told she contacted the company and the new card should be "on its way".

    I have just emailed to ask her who I need to call and raise holy *** with to get this taken care of ....

    jeez ... how hard IS this????
  • hammerheadhammerhead Member Posts: 907
    Brenda - climb the supervisory ladder. Get the contact name within the parent company, start there & keep climbing til you get to the top if need be... or just outright call & ask for the CEO's office!

    Slay the bureaucracy! :)

    Cheers!
    Paul
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Saw him AGAIN this morning, running around under the engine compartment. I'm sure it's him!

    I ran to get the camera and snapped a couple of pics but did not manage to get him in the picture. I need a new camera as this one is slow to focus and snap the shot. I chased him around the house and cursed him. You think that'll keep him away? :mad:

    My daughter finds this whole story quite amusing and has pretty much not stopped laughing at me for about two weeks now. :D

    I'm sure Jeannine's e-mail box is fully by now. I sent her a couple of messages.

    -juice
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    You're going to have to change your nickname to "Caddy Shack." :)

    Bob
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    Juice, I don't think I've followed the whole squirrel story, but why haven't you just shot the bugger with a pellet gun or poisoned him?

    Squirrels are vermin rodents. It happens that they are 'cute' but they're still a nuisance you can easily-- and legally-- rid yourself of.

    ~Colin
  • rshollandrsholland Member Posts: 19,788
    I believe it's a chipmunk.

    Bob
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I haven't gotten that far, basically just last week I noticed some chewed up rubber insulation under the hood. When I looked, I noticed he'd chewed on BOTH our Subies.

    I took pics of the damage (minor, but still) and shared them here, to try to figure out what it was.

    We have squirrels, but it's chip munks that I see under Sandy, maybe 3-4 times now. By the time I open the door, Alvin runs off like a rabid varmint.

    I think I hear the Christmas Song faintly in the background, but I can't quite make it out. :D

    People have suggested a cat, but I'm allergic. Hadji is an indoor cat. I mean dog. ;)

    I may get a trap. I don't own a gun and would rather not with 2 little tikes in the house, plus I don't think I'd be quick enough, by the time I open the screen door he's gone.

    Tomorrow morning I'll have my camera handy and try to snap a pic of him in the act...

    -juice
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Maybe get a squirrel feeder and get him so stuffed he'll leave the cars alone. Toss an old extension cord in the feeder if you think he's craving plastic to gnaw his teeth on.

    Ignore the comments about plugging the cord in. :shades:

    Steve, Host
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Well, I did go out and buy new spark plug wires and new plugs, too. Haven't put them in yet.

    Am I just giving Alvin fresh wires to chew on? Should I trap him first?

    Maybe I'll toss the old spark plug wires in the trap as bait! :D

    -juice
  • jeffmcjeffmc Member Posts: 1,742
    Great idea, Steve! Just like child-rearing: when they're getting into trouble, distract 'em with something you do want them to do. I never thought of applying that to chipmunks. :D
  • locke2clocke2c Member Posts: 5,038
    ok, I guess I'm a simplistic hick, but it seems to me that feeding the animal is going to encourage it to stick around and possibly bring more of them.

    I'm not bloodthirsty, but I've killed plenty of rabbits and field mice. I don't see a chipmonk being a lot different.

    ~Colin
  • lilbluewgn02lilbluewgn02 Member Posts: 1,089
    Try chipmunk soup with some semolina bread!
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Ok, there's the old Mississippi trick of feeding the critter in the trunk of the car (your Legacy is a sedan, right Juice? Or use the Miata).

    After a week or so of stuffing him, rig the trunk lid to slam and trap him. Then drive into the country (or Manhattan?), pop the hatch and don't leave any Hansel & Gretel crumbs as you drive off.

    This technique was supposedly developed to deal with feral cats in the days before shelters.

    Steve, Host
  • fibber2fibber2 Member Posts: 3,786
    Juice and a shotgun??? I could just picture the discussion that would occur between he and his wife afterwards: "Honey, glad the chipmunk is dead, but why do we have all of these little round holes in the hood and fender?"
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Cold air intake? :D

    Alvin is not at all interested in the Miata. The Legacy is a wagon.

    How 'bout one of these, toss in the chewed up wires as bait. Must have their smell on 'em.

    image

    -juice
  • bat1161bat1161 Member Posts: 1,784
    Juice,

    That does look like one of those humane traps, which is politically correct. Once you catch him, you can take him for a ride and leave him someplace else.

    Mark
  • rwwdjwrwwdjw Member Posts: 8
    we have a 2002 vdc wagon which we thought could tow a boat since the posted limit was 2000 lbs. but it couldn't due to class 0ne hitch and brakes really meant for 1000 load.
    the new wagons are advertised as having 3000 lb. capacity for the 6 cyl. and 2700 lb. for the 4 cyl. however, the car still comes w a class one hitch. class one hitch by definition is limited to 200 lb. tongue wt. and 2000 lb load.
    does anyone know if it would be safe to tow a boat/trailer w a wt. of about 2400 lb w the new wagon (either model) given it only has a class one hitch?
  • jfljfl Member Posts: 1,399
    juice,

    I've found peanut butter to be a great bait. Very aromatic so it's easy for the critters to find. Alvin just might invite Simon and Theodore to join him, so bring your recorder as well as the camera!

    Jim
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    For any trailer over 1000 lbs you're supposed to have trailer brakes. The catch is few trailers that small have them. I do think you can add them aftermarket, however.

    I have no doubt the H6 can handle the load, question is, on a long, winding downhill, will the brakes hold up? They'd be stopping a total of 3+ tons.

    -juice
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Humane trap, peanut butter bait, got it. I'll try that.

    I used one a while back to try to get a squirrel in my attic (previous house), but they went away on their own and I just sealed up the attic.

    If I catch one I'll release him at Sugar Loaf mountain or something like that.

    -juice
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