My brother collects clocks. He has a house full of various kinds of clocks that ring, ding, cuckoo, clang or bong. He keeps them all stopped and never winds them up. Once when he and my sister-in-law were going away on a 2 week trip, he made the mistake of asking me to house-sit and look after his 2 cats. On my last day there (I know you're way ahead of me, but I'm going to tell you anyway), I wound and set all the clocks, and then got the hell out of there. They came home the next day all unsuspecting. They didn't seem to think it was as funny as it actually was.

>>>>So I emailed Mike Beane yesterday to see if he wanted to buy a watch. I used my alternate address. He had the nerve to not even answer me! How rude...
>>>I recommend a G-Shock.. Mine synchs with the Atomic Clock every night, so I'm pretty much always accurate as to what time it may be. You can get them at Sams or Walmart for under 100.00. I'll let Mike B know too!
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>>You just did ;-) Actually I almost never wear a watch, since I am generally right by a clock of one kind or another (computer, in the car, in a room with a clock, etc.) About the only time I do is when I referee soccer and need to use the timer. That one was indeed bought at Wal-Mart and set me back about 20 bucks.
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>My mother once complained that there were no clocks in my house. I pointed out there was one on the VCR in the lounge, a digital display on the boiler in the bathroom, a timer on the cooker in the kitchen, et al. What a pain to set all these (and the clocks) at equinoxes.
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>>I also have a Microsoft MVP watch in a drawer somewhere (a very nice one -- this was before there were thousands of MVPs) but the battery ran out and I didn't bother replacing it.