I figured y'all could think of some funny stuff... Appropriate: 1) Timing how long the Ramen noodles have been boiling 2) Timing a presentation when practicing Inappropriate: 1) Timing your significant other's rant, for data-gathering purposes, to know when the proper time to say "Are you done yet?!" is.
Appropriate: Recording the actual drive time on a long trip, using the start / stop pusher to pause during rest stop breaks. Inappropriate: Recording the time it takes for your spouse to start snoring after they get into bed.
Appropriate - To accurately measure the "count-down" to your in-laws departure when they say they need to be going with-in the hour. Inappropriate - To accurately measure the "count-down" to your in-laws departure when they say they need to be going with-in the hour.
Appropriate: Timing how long it takes you to make a sandwich. Inappropriate: Timing how long it takes your wife/gf to make a sandwich.
Appropriate: Timing how long a procedure takes on a particular patient encounter Inappropriate: Timing how long it takes to get the hell away from a particular patient encounter I've done both today so I think that evens out...
I've used my Speedmaster on multiple occasions to measure the length of the preacher's sermon at a religious service, adding real scientific weight to subsequent rants: "Can you believe that so-and-so spoke for FORTY-NINE freakin' minutes??!!"
Appropriate : Door To Needle Time as a measure of Efficiency of the ER team in responding to a Heart Attack case from time the patient registers at the Hospital counter to the exact moment he/she receives a life saving blood clot busting injection Inappropriate : Secretly timing the other Medical team's emergency response to a similar situation & informing my Boss ONLY if they fail to achieve the Target Time
This is the only justification I've been able to come up with toward getting a Speedmaster. I guess I should be glad I lead a laid-back-enough life where steaks are the only thing I need to time. For the record, I use my iPhone for that. (Costco New York strips, 2008 Weber Genesis 300 plumbed into the house's natural gas, 4 minutes a side)
Your doing steaks wrong fella,s ( Butcher for 10 years when I left school) Room temperature steaks seasoned 1 minute 30 seconds on super hot saucepan (melted butter not oil in saucepan ) each side 3 minutes in oven at 200C - 390F 3 minutes resting
I take my steaks out of the fridge an hour beforehand and give them a liberal coat of kosher salt which dissolves and gets sucked back in. I forget where I read this, from Weber or Serious Eats or Cook's Illustrated, but it works great. Oh, wait, I also time my steamed eggs. Yes! Another justification.
Appropriate: * Timing Steaks/Making Coffee/Cooking in General * Timing rest/nap breaks during work * Timing children's play with a toy so they can share and have equal 'turns' Appropriate if it's a beater: * Timing weights sessions at the gym (oh the scratches on the bracelet) Inappropriate * Timing amount of time your lady/man/partner takes to get to your car from their apartment after they explicitly call you and say "I'll be five minutes," so that you can confront them about the actual time taken to do so; to which they'll say "WHY ARE YOU RUSHING ME????"
Very nice watch and bike combo. I still baby my Speedy and would worry about falling off. G-Shock for when I'm on the bike. Saves weight.
From back in ancient times when long distance was expensive and caller ID wasn't an option: Appropriate: Timing long distance calls ("I must hang up now Mother, our 3 minutes are up, give my love to Father") Inappropriate: Timing obscene phone calls (especially on the receiving end "And Myrtle, he went on like that for 7 minutes and 42 seconds!")