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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:23 PM
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Am I the only one in America (and maybe the whole world) who doesn't
own a pair of blue jeans?

(I've never owned a watch, either. I read something a while back that said only about two percent of Americans don't sear a watch.)

Redstone
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:37 PM
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1. I have one pair.
And I hate watches. x(
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:50 PM
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5. How about jewelry? Do you hate that, too? If so, you might be like me: I tried,
I REALLY tried to wear a wedding ring after I got married to Mrs R. But it drove me fucking nuts, and snagged my guitar strings (yeah, I had some genuinely sloppy guitar technique, despite having started out playing classical guitar)...so I cut the ring down and tried wearing in on my little finger instead of the ring finger, but no joy. I ended up losing the damn (expensive) thing because I just CAN'T stand any kind of jewelry: rings, necklaces, bracelets, just get OFF me, would you?

There's probably a name for that frame of thought in the psychiatric world, but I don't want to know what it is.

Redstone
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:06 PM
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13. I had a friendship bracelet that I wore for awhile.
But that's it. No rings, no ear rings (though I did get my ear pierced 20 odd years ago...but only wore it for a couple of months), no necklaces, no nothing. :)
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:43 PM
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2. I don't like having heavy bits of metal on my wrist unless it's chainmail. :)
So I have a pocketwatch.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:44 PM
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3. I don't think my dad owns any
Haven't seen him in them ever.
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:27 PM
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15. Mine neither. nt
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lizerdbits Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:47 PM
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4. Normally I don't need a watch
All our phones at work have the time as well as clocks in conference rooms. I have clocks on both floors of my house. My phone has one if I'm out and need the time. I have a watch for working out or else I'll drift into la la land and not keep track of my sets.

I do have blue jeans though.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:55 PM
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6. I know someone who didn't own any jeans until recently.
He doesn't like them. Honestly, I don't even know why he bought the pair he bought.

I don't wear a watch either. Haven't for about four or five years now.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:58 PM
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7. No jeans here
I don't dislike them, I just don't wear them.
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LaurenG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 06:58 PM
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8. I have jeans but don't wear a watch
You might be one of the few who doesn't own a pair of jeans that I have ever "known".
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supernova Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:01 PM
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9. I don't wear a watch either
I never have. Something about me controling my time, not time controlling me. Besides, it's not like I don't know what time it is. ;-)

I do, however, have plenty of jeans. And I need to get some new ones. I've recently become aware of what's more flattering on me, been buying things for women who are taller. :blush:
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Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:05 PM
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12. About watches: I have clocks in my house, and one in my car, and if I'm not in
my house or my car (for example, if I'm fishing), I don't WANT to know what time it is.

Dopey philosophy, maybe, but it's worked well for me for a long time.

Redstone
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Fran Kubelik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:03 PM
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10. I haven't worn a watch in years and years.
But I do wear jeans. They're comfortable for me. I know lots of people who don't like wearing them though.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:04 PM
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11. I never wear a watch.
Just don't like them.
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Flaxbee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:26 PM
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14. I just bought a pair of jeans last summer .. I've had a pair or two on and
off for my entire life, but the prevalence of them irritates me - it's like no one else can think of anything to wear.

They are useful, and can be comfortable, but they're certainly not my uniform the way there are for a lot of people.

I don't like to wear much jewelry, either - I can appreciate the artistry and design of some pieces, interesting and unique stones, etc., but I don't like a lot of stuff hanging off me. I often wear a pair of my mom's earrings, these very pretty woven gold hoops, my gold wedding band, and one of my father's watches (he LOVED watches). It's a Hamilton Seahawk, very nice, and I took a few links out of it so it wouldn't slide off my wrist. I guess I feel close to my family that way by wearing a few simple pieces that remind me of them no matter what. But I just don't like to accumulate a lot of stuff, whether jewelry or knick-knacks or whatever, so I don't have a lot. If I have it, and wear it, I like it.

My dad's watch comes off the second I walk into the house, though.
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:35 PM
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16. My sister and my friend Claire own no jeans, not even one pair between them.
i wear them all year round, even in the summer. I have a watch but i never wear it, sometimes it makes my wrist sweaty, like you really wanted to know that.:o
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:38 PM
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17. My dear Redstone!
Nope, you're not the only one!

I haven't worn jeans since I was a teenager, if I did then...

However, I do wear a watch...

Leftover from being a nurse, and I always want to know what time it is!

:hi:
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:39 PM
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18. I don't wear a watch either.
My mom and dad bought me an expensive on when I graduated from high school, but I don't wear it because it's too nice.
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Blue Diadem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:49 PM
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19. I can't wear watches
Sometime in my early 30's, I turned into a battery killer. Don't know why, but every watch I tried would suddenly stop. We tried new batteries, exchanged watches, tried other watches, it's always the same. After so many years of not wearing one Dh bought me a self winding model but I never wear it.

I'm just not fond of jewelry of any type. I'll wear it for a special occasion but otherwise I prefer none. The only jewelry I kept on and never took off for years and years were my wedding rings. I had to take those off about 10 yrs ago due to my fingers swelling and not wanting to have to deal with having rings cut off.

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Lyric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:50 PM
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20. Yes jeans, no watch.
I practically live in jeans, but I've never been able to tolerate wearing a watch.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:53 PM
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21. Genes, yes. Jeans I don't have.
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newmajority Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:53 PM
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22. I haven't worn a watch in years
For some reason, it just bothers me to have something on my wrist all the time. When I had a cell phone, it didn't matter, because I always had a "clock" with me. Now I'm back to "guessing" what time it is, if I'm not near a clock of any sort.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-10-08 07:55 PM
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23. I don't own either.
Haven't had blue jeans in decades. I stopped wearing watches when I saw Easy Rider at the ripe old age of maybe 11. :rofl:

:rofl:
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 12:04 PM
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24. My last pair wore out a few months ago. I don't have any now. I miss them. They are so comfy.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 12:11 PM
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25. Black jeans, but no blue ones
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Midlodemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 12:24 PM
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26. My husband doesn't own any.
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 12:27 PM
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27. I don't wear a watch
neither do any of my friends. That's what the clock on the cell phone is for. ;)
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reformedrethug Donating Member (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 01:42 PM
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28. You must be
I live in jeans, I wear em to work, wear em at home, wear jean shorts in the warmer weather. As far as watches I am lost without mine, I have had one since I was a kid and have never gone without a watch since.
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