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To: simpson96
When digital watches first came out, a guy I worked with made a point of buying analog. I asked him why it mattered. He said that when he looked at his watch he really didn't want to know what time it was. He wanted to know what time it was near; i.e., was it 5PM, yet or after 5.
3 posted on 05/29/2019 6:22:13 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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To: the_Watchman

Does anybody really know what time it is?


4 posted on 05/29/2019 6:24:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: the_Watchman
Pilots now have glass cockpits. The entire information package is now available as digital readouts.

Oddly enough, all the vital data is still displayed in analog symbols.

You don't suppose...

32 posted on 05/29/2019 7:15:12 PM PDT by jonascord (First rule of the Dunning-Kruger Club is that you do not know you are in the Dunning-Kruger club.)
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To: the_Watchman

I use analog watches. And have my phone set to an analog dial. I think because the time is shown in reference to all of the other times. If dinner is at 6 pm, I can just look and see how close I am to that “destination” time.


76 posted on 05/30/2019 2:27:41 AM PDT by 21twelve (!)
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To: the_Watchman
When digital watches first came out,...

...you had to press a button to illuminate the LEDs.

Needing two hands to do what previously only required one....now THAT'S what I call "progress."

82 posted on 05/30/2019 7:09:40 AM PDT by Roccus (When you talk to a politician...ANY politician...always say, "Remember Ceausescu")
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