loppylugs 8,424 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 I never realized it might be picking up a time signal. Not sure where such a signal would be coming from here. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
denshaw 2,869 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 I don't usually wear a watch, a few minutes either way is good enough for me. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,497 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 I only take my watch off to shower, I even wear it in bed. Only last week I decided I didn’t want to take it into Berry’s in Nottingham for a new battery, I’ve usually ended up with a £300+ bill. I handed it to a chap in a mobile outfit by Wilco’s side door. He replaced the battery and serviced the watch for £90 and I collected it next day, whereas it’s normally gone back to Switzerland and been gone for 6 weeks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 1 hour ago, philmayfield said: No gold Rolex for me - far too flash! My son has one and bugger me if the hands go round the same way as a Timex! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,594 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 Most of the young adults I know, don't have a watch... they just look on their phone to see the time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted July 25, 2019 Report Share Posted July 25, 2019 When Pubs were Pubs my Dad was one who would always get up and give you a song, but what was funny each time he went to the toilet he would come back with a watch or two, Question Why? well my dad was always quick to spot a barging, and after having a few he would buy anything YES!!! any thing??? even a watch that did not have any hands. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 Don't want to burst your bubble Lizzie but I don't think some itinerant will be able to service what I presume is quite an expensive watch. Watches of that calibre have fancy seal systems and are usually pressure tested when the back is closed after the battery has been replaced. Some are even closed in a vacuum chamber. If it has a battery it's reasonable to assume a quartz movement, I would ask him what 'exactly' he did to service it as there are very few moving parts. £300 and off to foreign parts is a total rip off though so I don't blame you.. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 I hardly ever wear a watch now that I am retired nor do I carry round my mobile phone. Time is largely irrelevant, I know when it is getting light or dark and my stomach tells me when it is lunch or dinnertime. On the rare occasions I do wear a watch, my favourite id a "gold Lolex" that I bought from the markets in Penang over thirty years ago for $4 and it has only ever had new batteries. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,089 Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 When I retired I swore I would not have another mobile phone. That lasted for about two weeks. I couldn't live without my smartphone. I rarely make or take calls as I don't share my number other than with family but as an encyclopaedia of information in my pocket its invaluable. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Compo 10,326 Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 So here's me, semi-traditionalist....no smart phone, no fancy gadgets to go wrong in my basic car, second-hand computer the size of a small planet and books for reference. Grow my own veg and soft fruits, brew my own beer and cook from scratch every day and listen to Radio Caroline daily. What a boring old fart I must be! 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,893 Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 On 26 luglio 2019 at 10:11 AM, Compo said: So here's me, semi-traditionalist....no smart phone, no fancy gadgets to go wrong in my basic car, second-hand computer the size of a small planet and books for reference. Grow my own veg and soft fruits, brew my own beer and cook from scratch every day and listen to Radio Caroline daily. What a boring old fart I must be! No Compo just sensible. A lot of things are nice to have but often not neccessary. We all have our weeknesses for gadgets. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,893 Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 I only wear my watch when I go out because it looks more like a bracelet. In fact it comes to pieces to connect in what order I like. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nonnaB 4,893 Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 Cubs going around Bob a jobbing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 5,085 Posted August 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 You can't see these anymore. https://www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/whats-on-news/things-you-used-able-nottingham-3060554 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 I can remember a lot of those, which makes me feel old. In some of the photos, I can remember the earlier version of the subject. The Woolworth photo is only in Vic Centre, whereas for me Woolies was the big one on Lister Gate. And the Broad Marsh bus station photo shows the only-just-gone version and I can remember the one before that. BHS before they went into Broad Marsh Centre. Friar Lane before Maid Marian Way cut through it. Gee Dee models when they were at the bottom end of Hockley. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 "Cubs going around Bob a jobbing." Said to be too many perverts around now to make this a safe pastime. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 Students sporting their university scarfs ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,644 Posted August 20, 2019 Report Share Posted August 20, 2019 Regarding the Nottingham Post article, It mentions the fountains in Slab Square dating from 1927. I remember those fountains being built in or around 1972. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 Also got Sherwood Rooms ..Astoria Ballroom wrong..but i was wondering where the Astoria Ballroom was, so learnt something? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HSR 286 Posted August 21, 2019 Report Share Posted August 21, 2019 https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/billie-holiday-anniversary-death-jazz-age-cause-a8997656.html%3famp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oztalgian 3,218 Posted August 26, 2019 Report Share Posted August 26, 2019 If you were posh "cheese domes" if not "cheese dishes" 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 2,071 Posted September 11, 2019 Report Share Posted September 11, 2019 Bee Top Sauce Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 I remember these, but haven't seen - or used - one for years. Kids today wouldn't know what they are. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,378 Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 I still have and use them regularly CT. There are two flavours in my desk drawer Black and Blue, there may even be a couple of red ones somewhere in there 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 I haven't used anything like that since I left school. These days I'm totally a cheap biro person - or keyboard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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