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Old 11-02-2014, 06:50 PM   #1109
Undertoad
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Originally Posted by sexobon View Post
You had nothing to do with it. I was checking into them 20 years ago. A LOT of people would want them if they were more affordable.
It's a small electric motor, a gear, a switch, and a box with the cheapest microcontroller. The unit costs on this are about the same as a $10 desk fan.

So if this was $20, which it should be, it wouldn't be douchey. But it lists at $199. And apparently this high cost is resulting in underwound watches causing deaths from poor pulse rate counts everywhere. That's double douchey!

Those EMTs should follow the lead of the nurses. Just about every nurse I've ever known uses a Mickey Mouse watch.
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