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   candycanearter07 to djatechNOSPAM@comcast.net.invalid   
   Re: Rubber   
   24 Dec 25 14:10:04   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid   
      
   Don_from_AZ  wrote at 04:38 this Sunday   
   (GMT):   
   > rbowman  writes:   
   >   
   >> On Sat, 20 Dec 2025 20:45:45 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Back in the '60s I heard someone mention that he had bought Timex   
   >>> watches for each of his three sons.  All three lasted the 12-month   
   >>> warranty period, but not one made it to 13 months.  Looks like the   
   >>> engineers got that one pretty well figured out.   
   >>   
   >> I've been wearing a fitness tracker for a couple of years but my old Timex   
   >> Expedition took a licking and kept on ticking. It's a little scarred but   
   >> it's still keeping time. No complaints. The Zulu band is bulletproof too.   
   >>   
   >>   
   > I have a Casio digital watch that I don't even know how old it is, but   
   > it's at least 45-50 years at a guess. The buttons have gotten stiff over   
   > the years, so the functions like stopwatch and lap timer don't work well   
   > any more, but it does just exactly what I need from a quick glance at my   
   > wrist: it tells me the day of the week, the date, and time of day.   
   >   
   > And I have only had to replace the battery about 4 times in all those   
   > years.   
      
      
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