Apple Watch: My most personal review ever

The Loop ^ | June 16, 2015 | Jim Dalrymple

[dennisw]

piss on that stoooopid Apple watch

[kiryandil]

You know what it tells me?

The time.

LOL!

Great post!

[kiryandil]

I'm on book 4.

I'm stuck at a doldrums point of the book, where Jamie hasn't got molested by Claire in at least 25 pages...

[kiryandil]

It’s a literary reference, and isna meant to profane.

[CaptainPhilFan]

HAHAhahahahHAHAHah!!!

I just skim over those molesting parts.
There really is only so much “mmpphhmming” I can take.

Started reading in 1992 and have read the whole series.
I’m a fan. Starz is producing a series and doing a pretty fair job of it. Have you seen it?

I hope you continue reading. Holler if you want to talk about it. There are several FB groups dedicated, too.
I belong to Ladies of Lallybroch - the original fan group.

Slanite!

[zzwhale]

have one and like it

[SoothingDave]

This happened to me on a number of occasions as I began using the watch. For example, when I received a notification on the watch, I could swipe right to left and clear that notification. However, there were other notifications still in the queue—how could I dismiss them all? Surely Apple wouldn’t want me to dismiss each one individually, so the question was, what magic implementation did they put in the watch to make this happen? What would be the easiest way to do it? I tried a Force Touch and sure enough, “Clear All” popped up on the screen. From that point on, I would Force Touch everything just to see what options it would bring up.

I suppose "Force Touch" is what normal people would call "press hard."

[Stentor]

Then just maybe I'd finally get up the courage to kill myself.

Landru has noted that you are not of the body.

[equaviator]

I just bought a genuine Motorola Razr V3 with all of the included accessories (discontinued) and I’m completely satisfied. Paid $70 for it plus $5 shipping (from Maryland). It’s all I’ll ever need for as long as it lasts.

[kiryandil]

I'm a wee Scot myself - about Jamie's size. I dinna have the red hair, though. :)

As for the molestin' of the Jamie:

Mmphm.

[kiryandil]

I belong to Ladies of Lallybroch - the original fan group.

Yeah, I checked out their website. Not bad - ye have been around for some whiles.

I’m a fan. Starz is producing a series and doing a pretty fair job of it. Have you seen it?

That's where I first became aware of it. The show was good, but I was skeptical that Gabaldon's writing was of the quality that I enjoy. I then read Cross Stitch* to see.

Top of the box - two thumbs up. I like Claire's POV "tone". Many times, very tongue in cheek. She makes me laugh.

The books are MUCH better than the TeeVee, and that's very good. Jamie & Claire on TeeVee are quite good, but I want the brandy-golden eyes and the deep blue catslant Scots eyes. Can't have everything, I guess.

Can't believe I never ran across it all these years. And the novels are deliciously the right length.

* Insider quiz!

[Moonman62]

If he was eating yogurt before he bought the watch, then why did he need the watch?

[dennisw]

He seems to need a crappy Apple watch to remind him once a day to put down that greasy cheeseburger and eat his yogurt instead.

[Sir_Ed]

This article is a bit silly, and I love Apple and all its products! But it is silly....

That being said, I’d love to own a Watch if it were water-proof.

I use a Timex Ironman to keep track of my daily laps, and the Apple Watch would be so much better to keep track of my splits, times per laps/etc., but it’s not water-proof.

The moment they release one, I’ll definitely get it, just because so much of my life, personally and professionally, is tied to my Apple Macs and iPhone, and the Watch links them all together in a handy, accessible platform.

Thanks, as always, Sword!

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[MacMattico]

Ok, that makes sense! I need it to be a little skinnier though. Fashion purposes, of course!