# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 467
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2025, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9323 "2025-11-22T23:56:06Z")
Well, it is more a “hike” than a climb, at least on the easier routes. IIRC I did it as a Senior Scout\*. It is, by no means an _easy_ hike, however. But you dont need ropes, carbineers, etc etc. The altitude change can be brutal, I was sick, IIRC. \*memory is a funny thing, and it was a long time ago. I know a group of us hiked _to_ Mt Whitney and _up_ it, but did I summit? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9324 "2025-11-23T15:30:17Z")
My name is derived from a Celtic word but isn’t in any dictionary. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9325 "2025-11-23T15:42:59Z")
My name is related to my Belgium heritage and it’s right here in plain sight from another perspective. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9326 "2025-11-23T16:52:30Z")
Well, it’s clear to ME. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2025, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9327 "2025-11-23T19:58:49Z")
Also clear to EM! ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9328 "2025-11-24T20:28:16Z")
I climbed Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park. 14,259 altitude. The summit is a flat plane. I remarked, “You can play frisbee up here.” Then I discovered that walking down a mountain is harder than climbing it. Harder on the knees, ow. The reason I don’t like turkey is, I’m vegetarian. That’s all. Nothing against turkey in particular. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9329 "2025-11-24T20:47:28Z")
I have a smart watch. I just don’t wear it since I retired. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9330 "2025-11-24T20:55:18Z")
I wear a Fitbit. It has a “watch” feature, but that’s not the main reason I wear it. I have a couple of cool watches that I wear more as jewelry but I don’t wear them every day. Nowhere near. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9331 "2025-11-24T21:49:06Z")
I wear a watch, with a analog dial. I dont like called it a “dumb watch” . It was hilarious one time, I was at a lunchroom, they were watching TV, then came a spot about the new Apple Smart Watch, and one guy actually said “That would be great, that way I dont have to take my phone out of my pocket just to see what time it was!” I looked down to my wrist watch and back at him, but he didnt get it. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9332 "2025-11-24T22:37:19Z")
There was a commercial for the Apple Watch a while back, showing a hand model wearing the watch while holding an iPhone in the same hand. The phone rang, he turned his wrist to _answer the phone with the watch_, then turned it back to face the phone toward the camera. What in the actual hades is the point of that?? ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9333 "2025-11-24T23:52:24Z")
I have a Pixel Watch 3 whose primary purpose is to remind me to do stuff - in the short, long, and medium term. If I stick something in the air fryer, I set an alarm. If I start laundry, I set an alarm. If I need to remember to buy something, I set a reminder for the next time I’m at my computer and can order it. I also have reminders to take my meds, reconcile my bank accounts monthly and pay my fitness trainer every Monday. I have ADHD so this is basically an aid for my executive function challenges. In the past, I forgot to do stuff all the time. And as I go into perimenopause it’s been harder and harder to remember stuff. So this was a really effective solution. It was important for me to have a system where I didn’t need my phone at my side. Because I have issues with compulsive phone use. I also use it for quickly checking the weather, daily steps and the like. ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9334 "2025-11-25T00:59:28Z")
I can’t remember when I stopped wearing a watch. All I can say is, it’s been a bunch of years. If only I wore a watch, maybe I’d know… ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9335 "2025-11-25T01:13:44Z")
I wore a wristwatch, pretty much every waking hour, from when I was 8 or 9, and was given a watch by my parents, until 2020 or so. I stopped wearing it, because I kept having to take it off while working on my laptop (the wristband kept bumping against the laptop chassis), and just wound up keeping it off. I have several nice (though not particularly expensive) watches, which I’ve now not worn for nearly 6 years. I’ve recently been thinking about getting new batteries in one or two of them, and seeing if I wanted to wear them again. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9336 "2025-11-25T01:51:58Z")
The avatar question and the attached poll don’t match. How many posters can i identify by their avatar? Lots of them. How many poster names can i attach to their avatars? Rather fewer. It’s like asking how many people i recognize by their face, and how many of those do i know their names. I’m not very good with names. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9337 "2025-11-25T02:36:05Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > The phone rang, he turned his wrist to _answer the phone with the watch_, then turned it back to face the phone toward the camera. What in the actual hades is the point of that?? That is truly hilarious, thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9338 "2025-11-25T03:00:50Z")
For the first part of my career I needed to wear a watch. I often needed to know the exact time for reports. Once I had a smart phone I gradually stopped wearing it at work. Until I retired from the National Guard I had to wear a watch when we were in the field. I can’t remember the last time I regularly wore a watch. I do have a handful of nice watches in a case. Nice but not Rolex nice. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9339 "2025-11-25T04:13:02Z")
What’s “regularly”? I wear a wristwatch (old style analog, sometimes one old enough to need winding) when I’m going to town, or when I’m trying not to be late somewhere and am trying extra hard to keep an eye on the time. I don’t wear one otherwise when I’m home, and I don’t wear one out in the fields for fear of losing it out there. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9340 "2025-11-25T04:38:44Z")
I wear an analog watch almost every day. It’s solar powered, and has run nicely since i first bought it, many years ago. I often want to know what time it is, and i find it far more convenient than looking at my phone. I wore a smart watch for a while, but have it to my son. I had another smart watch, a Garmin, that also did GPS for a while. It was kinda neat. But it was so large i sometimes bruised the back of my hand on it. So I’m back to my dainty quartz watch that only tells the time and date. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9341 "2025-11-25T10:44:36Z")
My Timex pretty much lives on my wrist. I have one with the Indiglo function, where you push the dial to light up the face. I like that feature because I am extremely nearsighted so I can check time in the middle of the night with minimal effort. A bedside clock is unreadable for me, and I’d rather not get the full blast of light from checking my phone. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2025, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9342 "2025-11-25T12:52:37Z")
I used to wear (one of a few different) watch every day & a separate step counter, then i upgraded to a combined one & wear that all the time; the other watches probably all have dead batteries now. The Garmin does have smartphone features [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=466) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=468)