Reinventing the Sundial....

[vanillafluffy]

I was browsing the Coke Rewards site, thinking of spending some points, when I ran across a "Coca-Cola Vintage Style Watch in Collectable Tin Case". Okay, it was pricey, but within my means. I clicked on it and was treated to the following copy: "Always having to fish out your cell phone to look at the time? Now simply glance at your wrist and read your collectible Coca-Cola® watch!"

As one of the twenty or so people in North America who doesn't HAVE a cell phone*, I found this hilarious. (I have a pocket watch on a chain clipped to my wristlet.) I shouldn't be so surprised---when we were baking cookies, J used her cell phone's timer to alert us to when batches were done---but once again, I'm being poked by the sharp stick of technological inadequacy. It also bugs me to think that something as common as a wristwatch is suddenly "quaint". That's what it boils down to, isn't it?


===============================

*...Blackberry, Bluetooth, iPhone, Treo, etc. I have a landline. And it's not even cordless.
.

Comments

[ang5fam.livejournal.com]

My hubby is a little technologically challenged- he decided it was time for a new cell phone and said "Maybe I'll get one of those new Blueberries." Bless his heart!

[pwcorgigirl.livejournal.com]

That's a really cute watch. I do have a cell, but it's a Tracfone and I last used it in May. Wouldn't use it to check the time because it's always at the bottom of my handbag. :)

[ang5fam.livejournal.com]

I have one with a camera and I've used it once in a year.I only have the phone for emergencies and free long distance. The only people that call me are my children and husband, typically.
I'd cancel it in a heartbeat but if you cancel before the contract is up, they charge a hefty sum.

[socialhermit.livejournal.com]

I sent you an email with this LINK last week, but never got a response. Now I'm thinking you must not have gotten it.

This is a FREE cell phone with FREE minutes. I got one for my mother.