Wear wristwatch? Use e-mail? Not for Class of '14

ap ^ | Aug 17 | DINESH RAMDE

[JoeProBono]

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- For students entering college this fall, e-mail is too slow, phones have never had cords and the computers they played with as kids are now in museums.

The Class of 2014 thinks of Clint Eastwood more as a sensitive director than as Dirty Harry urging punks to "go ahead, make my day." Few incoming freshmen know how to write in cursive or have ever worn a wristwatch....

[Mr. Blonde]

For example, maybe it's no big deal if college freshmen misspell words when they text

This is a big deal sorry. I can't stand getting text messages with poor spelling.

[Responsibility2nd]

Post 20.

For you also.

[goseminoles]

I’ve never owned a computer.

[JoeProBono]

[CitizenM]

And, the saddest thing, is that none of them know of, or enjoyed Rocky and Bullwinkle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65t-OzhlmvE

[MozarkDawg]

I have seven wristwatches (two are reliable wind-up, no battery), but no cell phone. I always have the correct time on me.

[azishot]

19. They never twisted the coiled handset wire aimlessly around their wrists while chatting on the phone.

I really miss doing this. (sigh)

[MozarkDawg]

This is a big deal sorry. I can't stand getting text messages with poor spelling.

It's bad enough how texting has all but destroyed proper spelling in general, but you've got to be kidding me -- they can't even bother to get those short blurb messages spelled correctly?!!

[CT-Freeper]

I use mine as a tool to tell time, not as a fashion accessory.

[ZX12R]

If it wasn’t for my wristwatch, I wouldn’t immediately know the date, day of week, or time.

[JoeProBono]

Or Boris and Natasha

[vetvetdoug]

I had to buy a Tag Link because of my job is really hard on a watch. I was buying Seiko's about every four to six months. The Tag is stainless steel, I can sterilize it in the dishwasher, and its been a trooper for almost eight years. It was pricey but over the long haul has shown to be worth it.

Cell phones are a liability, they get broken easily, go off at the absolute wrong times, and require a free hand to use.

[troy McClure]

I have not had a watch in over 40 years.

My wife is amazed that even in the middle of the night after being sound asleep, I am never more than ten minutes off.

[ansel12]

Without a watch, where do you keep your compass and altimeter?

[MortMan]

From my time in uniform, I feel naked without my watch!

[bigoil]

You see this watch?...You see this watch?

Yeah.

This watch cost more than your car. I made $970,000 last year...How much did you make? You see, pal, that’s who I am and you’re nothing.

Nice guy? I don’t give a sh*t. Good father? F*CK YOU...GO HOME AND PLAY WITH YOUR KIDS...You want to work here...CLOSE...

[MozarkDawg]

I really miss doing this. (sigh)

Especially the super long one that my mom got so she could go from the kitchen into the dining room, living room while she was on the phone. That one would go around and AROUND your arm!

[JoeProBono]

My very last watch - solar

[stuartcr]

...and without a GPS, where does he keep his sextant and abacus?

[The_Reader_David]

Few incoming freshmen know how to write. Period.

Yup. And the really sad thing is, they get worse as a result of the Freshman Composition courses.

But I don't get the wristwatch lament. Pretty much all of us now carry things that double as pocketwatches (cell phones, PDAs, Blackberries or other devices combining cell phone and PDA functions). I'm so used to reaching into my pocket for the time, I'd prefer a pocketwatch as a non-electronic backup device for time-telling in the event of an EMP.