Folk who have the resources to pawn the problem off to someone else, that's who.

The built in EKG is actually pretty nice. You do a 30sec reading by holding your finger to the crown and it will actually give you the entire reading as a printable PDF saved to your phone that you can share with a doctor. I think it gives you the option to email it straight away, too.

I've used it once or twice for that purpose and it really is pretty handy if that's your every day watch. I'm sure there are other devices that do this, but I haven't seen them. Do they give you a timestamped PDF of your EKG chart? I don't doubt they exist, but this is on your watch which you possibly wear every day and extremely convenient if you ever think your heart is doing something it shouldn't be. I'm sure an Android answer is on its way if it's not here already. It's nice to give that many people the ability to spot-check not only their heart rate, but their sinus rhythm. Of course if you ask my doctor it's also a curse, turning people into hypochondriacs by the score.

You mention Swatch as a cheap brand, but not a lot of people know that Swatch owns a LOT of high-end watch brands, and makes the movements for many brands that they don't own. Swatch is a powerhouse in the Swiss Watch industry.

I gained a whole new respect for them when I'd learned that. I still don't OWN a Swatch, but Swatch has gotten my money a couple times.

Companies like Patek Philippe pride themselves on their watches being passed down from generation to generation. The type of person who would appreciate an heirloom like this could possibly be the type of person who would want another piece at a little lesser value for a daily wear, so you end up with your $30k dress-up watch, and your $6k daily watch, it's still another sale, possibly a couple extra sales. PP is an extreme case where just getting your foot in the door will run you $20-30k.

Omega, Rolex, Tag, IWC, Breitling, if you want to get into a nice entry level watch with any of these companies it's going to set you back about 6k. The entry level AW5 is 400 bucks. So if Omega can sell me a new watch every 15 years they'll keep pace with Apple, if I want one every 10 years (some people are much more passionate than me) then they'll outpace Apple just fine. Or say I already have an Omega and I want an IWC because it's different and just as nice, the Swiss Watch industry is getting way more out of me than Apple would even if I upgraded my AW every year, and every single one of these watches that I've bought will keep perfect time for generations.

My two main go-to watches are an Apple Watch 5 and an Omega Seamaster. I've had the Omega for years before Apple Watch was a thing. Whichever one that I wear on a particular day depends on my mood and whichever one I feel like wearing. I use my Apple Watch as a watch, I very rarely use any other part of the watch (I do dig the heart rate, and moreso the EKG built in, but I wish I could remove 90% of the 'apps' on there), I just like the way it looks, and it's incredibly light and comfortable. The biggest thing for me was the fact that they FINALLY got an always-on screen, though I wish it had the battery life of my Garmin. They've all got their pros and cons, which is why I have multiple pieces.

I'm a diver and a runner as well as a watch lover. As a diver I would never trust my Apple Watch to survive 100'+ beneath the ocean, nor as a runner would I ever use it for a running watch, I've got other, much more accurate and purpose built watches for those things. It's kind of a right tool for the job situation for me.

If I want something light with a nice custom screen, I wear the Apple Watch, if I want a beautiful mechanical piece of art on my wrist, I wear the Seamaster. Also I'm sure the Omega could take a beating that none of my 'smart' watches could ever endure while looking amazing before and after.

"Nobody prevents boat access to the beach btw." ... for now. Seems a bunch of rich folk over in Florida are trying to keep boats from anchoring off their yards and ruining their views: https://www.soundingsonline.co...

If the quote on the Statue of Liberty means nothing, then it should be taken down. Otherwise we look like a bunch of hypocrites.

Instead of threatening Google, why isn't the NYPD asking Google to dump the traffic data... Then filter out the folk who are regularly speeding along the same route?

https://twitter.com/realDonald...

I grew up the son of a farmer. Ever bailed hay? It's a fairly time sensitive process. Bail it too wet, and you run the chance of mold and mildew, if not having it rot, spontaneously combust, and burn your barn down. Too dry, and it degrades the quality of the hay. Point is, when the hay is ready, it's gotta be bailed.

Dad's tractor set up consisted of an International tractor, a JD square baker with a kicker, followed by the hay wagon. We came off a side hill with the wagon 3/4 full. Dad didn't head right down the hill, but kept performing S turns to keep the weight of the load pushing the tractor down the hill. The wagon had enough weight to push the baler sideways, down the hill, and snapped the wheel mount off the baler. Cast iron, popped, dropping the baler onto the ground.

I thought for sure the day was done. Nope. Dad unhitched the wagon from the baler, parked it sideways up the hill about 20'. Ran a rope down to anchor the baler from sliding further when he jacked it up. Grabbed another mount off the spare junker parts baler, replaced it, and went back to baling hay. Took two hours, at most.

Tell my Dad that something broke on the tractor and he'll need to wait hours/days for some third party service to fix it, and I guarantee you he'd have trailored it down to the dealership and done his best to shove it up someone's arse sideways, then gone back to 1950's technology that he could repair himself without trouble.

Were you sleeping through the last Democratic primary?

There is that. Plenty of blame to go around for both parties.

Taking a page right out of Trump's book... blame the guy who came before you.

I'm not sure if I'm misreading what you're saying here, but, after watching the Netflix series on the Star Wars toys it was told that Kenner, in order to make the toys for the original trilogy (at the time, one single movie) had to pay Lucas and Fox $10k/yr and a 5% royalty to be split between themselves. Kenner made out very well in that one, taking 95% of each toy sold. Sure, Lucas' pockets fattened up a bit, but at the tune of about 2.5% per toy? Lucas took a serious beating in that deal. When Hasbro bought Kenner and missed their yearly $10k payment they had to renegotiate up to 18%, much better for Lucas' end.

That is to say, I don't think Lucas' share of the merchandising is initially what brought him success. I'm sure Disney's cut a much better deal for the merchandising than Lucas had in the past.