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Re: I travel through Chicago O'hare frequently....

In Response To: I travel through Chicago O'hare frequently.... ()

G-shock! Pah! My Omega jumps out of planes!

Not on it's own, obviously.

Pete J

: about 4 - 8 times a month traveling for
: work...and have had the same
: experiences....those people don't know
: anything about watches. It's just a
: moderatly priced watched they bought or the
: wife gave them. That's it. Now, when we had
: the Air Commodore (Royal Airforce general
: officer) in to visit my boss, they all wore
: Omega. SeMP Chronos. And were happy to talk
: about it.

: At the Pentagon...the few guys I ran into there
: had them as status symbols...just wanted an
: expensive watch....when I told them I water
: ski with my GMT - the look of horror was
: almost funny. They said they had G-Shocks
: for that....so do I, but I don't baby my
: Omega either.

: Anyway...JM2BITS

: Brian Almonrode