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I hadn't thought about this phenomena for a long, long time, and I didn't know there was a word for it. I used to slow quartz movement watches at a rate of about five minutes per hour, so I never got into the habit of wearing watches at all. My father could not wear a watch for the same reason. He was an engineer, and attributed it to some kind of magnetic field. We both found it amusing. I've also had the streetlight thing happen, though I don't live in an area that has a lot of them so I don't know if it was just coincidences. I don't know if I have more trouble with electronics than anyone else, but maybe I do. Never had anything as dramatic as the stories in this article though.

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My wife Cynthia is a Slider. She is freaked out about it.

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