what lube do you use? Is there an accessible lubricant? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sunil" <bosley20@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:33 AM Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY > Ribbed are better than stawberry and lime btw > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Catherine Turner" <catherineturner2000@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:31 AM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY > > > > Oh well, thanks for the tip - I'll give that a go. New use for the > > condoms! > > > > Catherine > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf > >> Of Mark Threadgold > >> Sent: 31 March 2005 10:14 > >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY > >> > >> > >> Catherine, > >> > >> I am one of the scuba diving nuts ian spoke of. > >> > >> The only way I have found to do underwater timing is to put a watch with > >> stopwatch into a condom and tie it up. Then drop that into > >> another one and > >> tie that up. It works for me diving. Tip is to unroll the > >> condom and wash > >> it in soapy water and then dry them off before putting the watch inside. > >> This stops it slipping about and allows you to get to the buttons to > >> press > >> them. > >> > >> I use a watch the rnib have recently started selling again which > >> has a large > >> button on the face of the watch for announcing the time. This also > >> announces the stopwatch time when in that mode and makes it far easier to > >> use when wrapped up in this way, even with gloves on. > >> > >> I agree, it is not the poshest method of achieving your aim, but > >> as I said, > >> it works for me for scuba use. > >> hth, > >> > >> Mark Threadgold > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf > >> Of > >> Ian Macrae > >> Sent: 31 March 2005 09:16 > >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY > >> > >> > >> Hi Catherine, > >> From everything I know, I'm afraid that the search for a > >> waterproof talking > >> watch is our equivalent of the search for the holy grail. It may be > >> that > >> some people who've been involved in SCUBA activity have come up with a > >> solution, and I think there are some of those on this list. > >> > >> Cheers now. > >> > >> Ian > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > >> Behalf Of > >> Catherine Turner > >> Sent: 30 March 2005 17:44 > >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY > >> > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Thanks for the links. > >> > >> It looks interesting, but at the moment (and I think I'd have to think > >> carefully about it at any time) I can't justify £242 on a watch. > >> > >> Now, coming back to Ian's original question of whether anyone had been > >> swimming while wearing one...what I really am looking for is a means of > >> timing my own swimming. I thought about having my Nokia > >> Communicator at the > >> end of the lane and using a stopwatch on it but a) it doesn't have a > >> stopwatch, although I could probably find one for it, but b) it's far too > >> precious to me to leave it at the side of a pool where it could > >> get stolen, > >> trodden on or drowned. From looking at it the Tissot wouldn't actually > >> be > >> able to do it either since it doesn't mention a second hand. Has > >> anyone got > >> any ideas how I could do it? > >> > >> Ideally I would like to wear a watch rather than put a clock at the end, > >> because I need as an accurate timing as possible and it would lose time > >> me > >> finding the clock to stop it. > >> > >> None of the talking watches on the RNIB site mention being water > >> resistant > >> but then again neither does the Tissot (oh how efficient, RNIB) so I > >> might > >> e-mail and ask them but just wondered if anyone had any thoughts... > >> > >> Catherine > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf > >> Of > >> Sunil > >> Sent: 30 March 2005 16:32 > >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY > >> > >> > >> Try the links below for info and to the watch itself in the RNIB shop > >> > >> http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/PublicWebsit > >> e/public_w > >> el1004watch.hcsp > >> > >> http://onlineshop.rnib.org.uk/display_item.asp?n=11&c=5&sc=16&id=2 > >> 488&it=1&l > >> =3&d=0 > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Catherine Turner > >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 3:19 PM > >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY > >> > >> > >> Hi Ian, > >> > >> I get page not found when I go to that link. I searched RNIB for > >> tissot and > >> find nothing...it's not in the vibrating watches section of the RNIB > >> site...do you know which section of the RNIB site it's in? > >> > >> Catherine > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf > >> Of > >> Ian Macrae > >> Sent: 30 March 2005 14:32 > >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY > >> > >> > >> Hi Catherine, > >> > >> As George indicated, it's available from RNIB. You can find out more by > >> going to > >> > >> www.bbc.co.uk/rad.../intouch_factsheet_20041019.shtml > >> > >> Hope that's helpful. > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > >> Behalf Of > >> Catherine Turner > >> Sent: 30 March 2005 13:59 > >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [access-uk] Re: TISSOT WATCH QUERY > >> > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> Sorry I can't answer your question but just wondered who sells this > >> watch? > >> > >> Catherine > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf > >> Of > >> Ian Macrae > >> Sent: 29 March 2005 16:26 > >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [access-uk] TISSOT WATCH QUERY > >> > >> > >> I'm aware that the Tissot vibrating watch is said to be water > >> resistant to a > >> depth of three hundred metres. 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