Larry Jaques wrote:

On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 21:23:12 GMT, the inscrutable Badger
spake:

I like casio too, last one lasted over 25 years, including a trip
through a roof and a fall of 18 feet, with me attached, into hard-core
with little more than a scratch on the glass and a dent in the rim (I
was knocked out, broke my sturnum, and the damage to my left knee still
causes problems, the inch thick 8x4 sheet of ply that followed me
through missed!). My Christmas present Timex lasted 7 weeks before the
winder (adjuster) spindle broke....


Me? I'm harder on watches than my body. I use stairs and ladders
exclusively, thanks. Ouch! Your story hurts just to READ!

Indeed, the left knee has caused much pain since, including lower back,
due to the growth within the knee causing lengthening of the leg by
3/8", enough to throw out the pelvis. I count myself lucky, the same day
30 miles away someone fell half the height and was killed outright!