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Posted by Skipaiotter on 06/05/07 17:51
"khee mao" <big_bad_buddha_daddy@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:bvmdnXFB47BB8vjbnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@cablespeedwa.com...
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> "Heinrich Galland" <heinrichg@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:040620072115535279%heinrichg@hotmail.com...
>> In article <eKGdnSqoPIZY5fnbnZ2dnUVZ_gGdnZ2d@comcast.com>, infiltrate
>> <googoogaga@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> > Exactly...you gotta pay for quality.
>>> wrong. sure sometimes its like that but a lot of times thats the way
>>> the
>>> marketers want you to think. i have a $20 timex non-digital watch that
>>> for
>>> the last 5yrs has kept perfect time even after it getting banged,etc...
>>>
>>>
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>> As apposed to Rolex which cost $20,000 and looses a minute or two a day!
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> 1) no watch or clock keeps perfect time, not even atomic clocks.
True, each watch, clock etc should slow down x number of milliseconds the
earth slows down each day etc to keep perfect time. :)
> 2) someone with a $20,000 Rolex probably doesn't give a shit about being
> a minute early or late and probably employs a servant to synchronize all
> of his watches to the US Naval Observatory's master clock each and every
> night.
Well, there are those cheap ripoff fake ones out there.. ;)
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Skipai
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