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RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Vinny - 23-07-2025
I have a 'directors chair' i use to sit out on. When it has been warm, and mainly to cool Kato down, I have opened one door of the french doors and put the chair in front to stop Kato escaping. When he was younger he would have just leapt over the top, but not now! It's nice for me too, to have the door wide open and listen to the birds, or more recently to the rain bouncing off the decking!
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Veggie - 05-08-2025
I made a 3 -fingered glove.
It was very easy to do - I cut 2 fingers off a pair of woolly gloves - before you ask it was the two-fingered gesture ones!
There was a reason - of course. I have a tracker watch with a "rubbery" strap which irritates my skin. The buckle also digs into my skin. I've tried putting cottonwool and tissues beneath the strap to keep it away from my skin - neither worked very well. It was clear that I needed something that I could use to cover the strap and, since I'm not very "crafty" I thought about using glove fingers.
I'm pleased to say that they work perfectly - no irritation since sliding them over the strap a few days ago. Don't look very elegant but who cares about that, nobody looks at my watch except me..........its 15.09 now.
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - JJB - 08-08-2025
(05-08-2025, 03:09 PM)Veggie Wrote: I made a 3 -fingered glove.
It was very easy to do - I cut 2 fingers off a pair of woolly gloves - before you ask it was the two-fingered gesture ones!
There was a reason - of course. I have a tracker watch with a "rubbery" strap which irritates my skin. The buckle also digs into my skin. I've tried putting cottonwool and tissues beneath the strap to keep it away from my skin - neither worked very well. It was clear that I needed something that I could use to cover the strap and, since I'm not very "crafty" I thought about using glove fingers.
I'm pleased to say that they work perfectly - no irritation since sliding them over the strap a few days ago. Don't look very elegant but who cares about that, nobody looks at my watch except me..........its 15.09 now.
Whether it would work on flexible rubber or not is debatable but you could try painting the inside with nail polish.
Speaking of tracker watches, is it one that counts steps as well, do you find it useful? It's something I'm considering.
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Veggie - 08-08-2025
Yes, it counts steps and heart rate, exercise minutes, times I stand up, calories burnt and other stuff like altitude, GPS etc. Needless to say, I didn't buy it - it was FREE and I've been wearing it for about 2 years now. It bluetooths to my phone so alerts me to messages - and it also finds my phone when I lose it!
I've lost about 10lbs, since using it , without changing what I eat.
There are lots of tracker watches out there - some more elegant than others. This one is a bit too chunky to be "elegant", but then, so am I.
Its a Huawei GT but there are newer versions around now. As for nail varnish - its an idea but I doubt that it would be flexible enough on the strap - plus its the buckle that cuts into my wrist too.
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - JJB - 08-08-2025
(08-08-2025, 10:07 AM)Veggie Wrote: Yes, it counts steps and heart rate, exercise minutes, times I stand up, calories burnt and other stuff like altitude, GPS etc. Needless to say, I didn't buy it - it was FREE and I've been wearing it for about 2 years now. It bluetooths to my phone so alerts me to messages - and it also finds my phone when I lose it!
I've lost about 10lbs, since using it , without changing what I eat.
There are lots of tracker watches out there - some more elegant than others. This one is a bit too chunky to be "elegant", but then, so am I.
As for nail varnish - its an idea but I doubt that it would be flexible enough on the strap - plus its the buckle that cuts into my wrist too.
Does it cook dinner? Maybe something that counts how little exercise I do might not be a good thing.
if I had a free one that would be different.
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Vinny - 08-08-2025
I have a smart watch but can't be arsed to keep charging the damm thing up.
I just keep my phone in my pocket and it automatically counts my steps! The main thing I got the watch for was to check on my sleeping, but it doesn't really tell me anything that I didn't know already!. 50/50 light sleep and deep sleep and very little REM sleep! 
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Veggie - 08-08-2025
I haven't tried the sleep function - I'm sure that, just having the watch on my wrist, would keep me awake!
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Vinny - 08-08-2025
(08-08-2025, 04:15 PM)Veggie Wrote: I haven't tried the sleep function - I'm sure that, just having the watch on my wrist, would keep me awake!It is annoying when it lights up every time you move your wrist!
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Veggie - 08-08-2025
(08-08-2025, 09:53 PM)Vinny Wrote:I've got just the thing you need - a 3 fingered glove to cover your watch.(08-08-2025, 04:15 PM)Veggie Wrote: I haven't tried the sleep function - I'm sure that, just having the watch on my wrist, would keep me awake!It is annoying when it lights up every time you move your wrist!
RE: 2025 doing something new / different - Vinny - 09-08-2025
(08-08-2025, 10:08 PM)Veggie Wrote:Waste not want not!(08-08-2025, 09:53 PM)Vinny Wrote:I've got just the thing you need - a 3 fingered glove to cover your watch.(08-08-2025, 04:15 PM)Veggie Wrote: I haven't tried the sleep function - I'm sure that, just having the watch on my wrist, would keep me awake!It is annoying when it lights up every time you move your wrist!