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The history of the men’s wrist watch is something of a muddle.
The earliest wrist watches were designed for women and made fashionable by British royalty in the latter half of the 16th century. (Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, gave Elizabeth I a watch encased in a bracelet – the first known wrist watch in Britain – during their ambiguous, decades-long dalliance.) Men, who had always kept time with a pocket watch on a chain, viewed the wrist watch as a hair-brained trend for ladies that would soon pass. It was only as a wartime prerequisite that wrist watches for men finally came to be.
The first known men’s wrist watches were worn by soldiers of the British Army during the brutal combat of the Second Boer War in South Africa from 1899-1902. At the time, many officers strapped pocket watches to their wrists so they could simultaneously tell time and hold their weapons, however, photos of the day show that a lucky few owned – and wore – an actual wrist watch.
Another impetus in the development of the men’s wrist watch has to do with aviation. At the turn of the 20th century, aircraft didn’t have fuel gauges so the only way an aviator could tell how much fuel he had left was to know how much his engine consumed every hour. To keep track, it was necessary to watch the clock and yet, taking your hands off the controls of an early aircraft was always a bad idea. And so, as accurate measurement of time became vital to military precision, watchmakers in the U.S., Europe and Japan began turning out military wrist watches for their troops serving in the First and Second World Wars. Soon, the wrist watch was no longer associated with just women but was more often linked to the military heroes who wore them.
Our MEC Stealth Watch is not for the faint of heart. Its satin finish prevents reflected light so it won’t reveal your position to the enemy – be that an Al Qaida operative or the head of your board. This watch oozes poise. So, tell me, what does your watch say about you?
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My every day watch says I like good value for money.
It's a Timex.
Have worn it for some 30 years.
Bought it for under $30.
Time marches on.
But obviously I did not want my money marching on with it.
What does it say about me that I don't wear a watch?
For the most part, I just don't really care what time it is. Except when kayaking and we have set a pick up time. In those cases, I have a clip on watch that is waterproof and tells the time, temperature, UV index, phase of the moon and tide. Hope everyone in the village has a great day!
mbailey: Perhaps it says that you are Timeless .......
IVAN..................I hope you can hear my guffaws from over your way! Morning all!
LOT.....................I love your last line................
Ivan, I was laughing with Bebe too! I have to remember that! Hi Bebe!!
mbailey...for the most part of my life, I didn't wear a watch too, in fact mostly, I don't like wearing anything around my hands. I wore my wedding ring for 3 days and couldn't stand it. The ex had a problem with soap that collected around his so we both agreed not to wear our rings. Then, my sister bought me a really nice expensive watch a few years ago for something i did for her and I felt I had to wear it. But I think it must be some psychological defiance - I wear it on my right wrist though I am right handed....
I think for today, time stands still till we hear from Hazel...
The Stealth Watch seems like a reasonable albeit spendy timepiece.
I have seen recently, a man who, owing to the clunky largeness of his wristwatch, could not get his hand into the pocket of his khakis.
It is odd that in an era of sophisticated technical miniaturization, that wristwatches have returned to the size of pocket watches if not alarm clocks.
Persons seeking to enhance their status through the purchase and display of unusually ostentatious and expensive time pieces are probably one hundred percent successful among other persons like themselves.
Don't wear one myself… never late.
It makes a big difference what the application happens to be when considering the appropriateness of a timepiece for the wrist. Appreciation of a sense of hisory is always an important component of a man's watch, Regulator watches, replicating the look of the clocks on the wall of 19th century school rooms, are fascinating...once you get used to the lack of traditional locations for the hands. Throw in skeleton mechanisms & rose gold finishes, and you have a non-arrogant fashion statement. For casual applications, nothing quite matches the timepieces of subsailors or divers. Oversized water-resistant matte finish cases, florescent large numbers, and stems designed for a man's hand (with snag & dent protection). Pocket watches on chains are mandatory for 3 piece suits.....
Like my sunglasses and pens, my everyday watches are generally cheap and waterproof & therefore according to my own unsubstantiated theory are somehow indestructible and rarely lost. The more you try to protect something the more fragile it becomes Tommy Law. Catching the 8:05 SWA to Panama City this morn for drive to Pensacola. Nothing wrong when biz is pleasure. I do admit when I do throw on my old Gucci or Lord Elgin I feel more civilized. A mere ruse
It must be wintertime in Hobart. It's good to know you made it through lunch, Spring. With or without a watch, Ivan, your humor is second to none.
oh Watch it Paolos! omg I must need coffee. Like mbailey I don't wear a watch. I find them uncomfortable and I always seem to know what time it is. And nowadays when people say "can you look at your phone and see what time it is" its even less important.
However some people feel naked without their watches, hence my really silly collection of inexpensive watches given to me over the years by people who think I am deprived and some nice ones too. And with a nod of a Panama Hat to Tommy
just as one is treated differently in retail situations when carrying a ridiculously expensive handbag (and I do love them), a fancy watch can go a long way to better service. quelle monde.
My only requirement for a wrist watch is that the numerals be large enough to read without my glasses! This old Fossil watch I wear is gold and silver so it goes with either color accessory, has been faithful now for over 20 years with only a new battery occasionally....Likewise, I have a lovely Gucci that looks elegant, but has never kept good time and runs through batteries like prunes through a baby.
Just a year ago my significant-other fellow gifted me with a fine Seiko gold and silver bracelet watch that has the day and date (so tiny I must get out the magnifier to read it, even with my glasses on), and that is the one I wear now. My only regret is that instead of numbers, it sports little slashes where the numbers should be....I guess that is the modern style. I like it and wear it faithfully, although as stated above, in the dark of night, one must only open the ever-present cell phone to see the time illuminated in numerals.
Time is most important when one has a deadline, appointment, or cake in the oven. Otherwise, being retired from the bells and schedules of teaching, I am blissfully disrespectful of the time! I may stay up til after midnight, sleep til 9 or 10, take a nap at 2 or 3:00, and simply cuddle up in my favorite chair and read at any time I please....It is wonderful!! Now, I have an appt. with the dermatologist at 10:45, half an hour away, so must depart....Good day to all!!
Oh you! You miss the MOST important functions of a watch; when you are impatient,looking repeatedly at your watch makes that a statement! And the bigger the flurish of whipping your arm, underlines just how impatient you're becoming! Imagine the nerve of making you wait,interminably. Also,in America,when facing North,the 9 always points West.
When I do wear a watch--when I have a schedule to keep--I wear it in the inside of my left wrist. Otherwise I find it goes a bit woonky time wise. My father had the same problem.
I have inherited my grandmother's watch that is too small to fit my wrist but stilll runs. She died in 1940. I have two of my mother's watches, both in good repair. Haven't worn them in ages. Like a lot of you I usually go without and am pretty sure what time it is--there-abouts.
We're thinking of you Hazel.
As a young adult, I never wore a watch. And I usually knew the time. I guess when you don't wear one, you use other sources to keep track of time. I don't know if I memorized the positionof the sun or anything, but I did pay attention to public clocks. When asked the time, I would look at my bare wrist and say "a freckle past a hair eastern elbow time". Does anyone else remember this childish saying?
From being watchless, I moved into my Swatch phase. I still have them buried in a drawer. I loved their designs and they were relatively inexpensive. I now wear an expensive watch--a Tag Heuer. I've had it for about 8 years now and love it. It was too expensive; my sister talked me into it and found it on sale for me. I love that it has little diamonds where the numbers are so it has a little sparkle. And the crystal is sapphire, so it never scratches. That's my favorite thing about it. I'm always banging it into something and it seems pretty indestructable. I agree that cheap, inexpensive watches are all one needs, but I do love my Tag...
Once upon a time I spent many hours studying the relationship among time and cultures. Example, to some, unlike here in the US 8 hour days, 5 day weeks mean nothing. During the Great Depression Works Progress Administratio/Civilian Conservatio Corp projects employed Indian tribes building dams, etc. They would work for moths, 7 days a week daylight 'til dark then disappear for a month or two and didn't understand why it was an issue with employers. Throughout my life, to not strictly observe time was to be discourteos to others and implied you felt your time was more important than all others you might impact by not being ontime. For many years I worked for a man whose staff meetings started at 10:00 AM sharp...be a second late and you were locked out. On the other hand if the boss was tied up at begin time, staff would unplug the clock on the premise 'it can't be ten o'clock...the meeting starts at 10:00.' Of course, when the boss showed up the clock would be plugged in and the meeting would start...at Ten sharp! Time being of the essence, when I could afford it, I bought good watches. Have wound up with two Breitlings, a Rolex and an antigue gold Hamilton pocket watch. Go figure...makes great sense to me... being on time when you were to relieve a fellow Marine on guard was a lot better than havind a 45 pistol snapped in your ear on the second wake-up call...and you wonder why I'm screwed up?
The day I retired I took off my watch and havent worn one since.
the best thing about my watches were the bracelets .Usually a southwest or northwest Indian design that elicited many comments, most of which were complimentry.people would ask where did you get that ?was it Taos? Was it Fairbanks? and the start of many intetesting conversations. The only thing I miss about wearing a watch.
Have never worn a watch but I really enjoy looking at them in jewelry stores and think maybe I should have one but I don't like "things" on my wrists and it would only get banged up or broken.
No need for a watch now, there is time everywhere, IPad, IPhone, in the car, etc.
I was bitten by a recluse spider trying to get under my watchband. I have a scar from it. Don't wear a watch anymore but do wear bracelets.
Hazel...you can tell us...
So, what do you guys think of the new essay format? I think someone already commented that the essay is just a springboard for everyone to start talking and the conversation usually ends up about food anyway. But I will say that our Mr. P does know a thing or two about marketing. That silk Charmeuse blouse? I had already received the Owners Manual, had looked at the blouse, and had decided I didn't need it: I don't wear fancy blouses much anymore, particularly ones that need to be dry cleaned. Then I read the essay. And the comments. I looked long and hard at that blouse again. I had already dismised it, but it's so beautiful--a wardrobe staple! I almost bought it. Yikes! I think I've reclaimed my resolve and will not order it. I don't need it, and would probably not wear it... BUT, I did order the Tamerlane coat after that essay. I hope it looks as good in person. I'm tall so can get away with stuff like that, and my friends expect it of me. I have a number of exotic Peterman items in my closet and I always get complimented on them. There was a dress I got a few years ago, I could write a Peterman catalog caption with the compliments I have received wearing that dress...
When I travelled all the time I had a sturdy dive watch that I wore. It lasted me almost 10 years. When it died a friend gave me a pulsar as a gift and i've worn that ever since, interspersed with 2 other watches for special occasions, a small gold colored watch with a stretchy metal band that belonged to my dad's mother and a small silver colored watch with a stretchy metal band that belonged to my mom's mother.
I read an article years ago about millionaires and their spending habits. The author had pooled 100 people with an average net worth of $5million and found that most of them had never spent more than $20 on a pair of sunglasses or more than $50 on a watch.
Important note for people who rely on phones, ipads, and computers for their time keeping...a watch can't be hacked. Age of the geek baby.
My favorite watch is probably 20 years old at least, but it is still kicking. It was sent to me by The Butterball Turkey folks and features -- wait for it== a turkey (ready for roasting ,that is) and the Butterball Hotline. I know it still works because once a year I take it out and laugh.
that is the BUtterball Hotline phone number...
A Big HOWDY to all y'all !!!!!!!
Good Topic today ... Stories about Clocks and Watches are always interesting, because Time is such an important part of everything we do ... There was no Time before Adam was created, and it took him a while to grasp the concept ....... According to his Notes, and a conversation he had with Moses ... it took him even longer to figure out what a headache was .......
ChefDeb, I laugh at your story because of an almost unrelated food hotline. My family's business has an 800 number and it is 1 digit off from one of the Honey Baked Ham hotlines. Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter were always interesting at work. I wonder if Honey Baked Ham customer service reps got any of our phone calls?
I live close to where the Elgin watch factory was located. "Elgin watches made the trains run on time"....(I always thought they ran on rails)
certainly O.T. but NACHISTA for many years I had a great personal phone number in NYC. You couldn't forget it BUT every Smith Corona portable typewriter that was manufactured for at least 20 years went out with a postcard that listed the Service number as mine--there's, like yours, was one digit away. I gave up on "wrong number" early on and simply provided the correct number without comment. I got in touch with Smith Corona and they said as soon as they ran out of those cards they would change it....I think technology beat them to it because as long as I had that number a day didn't pass where I didn't have to provide the correct info. I can still hear my kids voices saying "Mommy! Smith Cowona!" if they answered the phone.
I love watches because they are practical and fun. It can say something to others about who you are, or want to be. It can be fun to coordinate the right wach style with the clothes you are wearing. It can save your butt with pertinent information.
I love watches because they are practical and fun. It can say something to others about who you are, or want to be. It can be fun to coordinate the right wach style with the clothes you are wearing. It can save your butt with pertinent information.
I love watches because they are practical and fun. It can say something to others about who you are, or want to be. It can be fun to coordinate the right wach style with the clothes you are wearing. It can save your butt with pertinent information.
NACHISTA & CHEFDEB:
My business 800 number is very close to the turkey hotline number.
Every Thanksgiving starting about midnight I start getting calls about cooking a turkey.
Sometimes I answer the questions somtimes I tell them they dialed the wrong number.
One time I got a woman who called back at least 3 times.
She indignetly insisted she was dialing the correct number and they were putting her through to me. LOL.
Welcome LUGHNERSON.
Don't worry about the BERT a lot of newcomers have that problem.
Some of the regulars too.
A BERT is a multiple entry. It happens.
HAZEL:
Where are you and how are you doing?
We're all waiting to hear from you.
Korthal I believe in having fun (as nicely as possible) with wrong number calls or texts. Someone was giving my cell phone number out as a their number to evidently lots of men in the the SLC area, when they didn't want to receive calls but wanted to get the guys off her case.
Apparently Sherise or whatever her real name is thought my number sounded real enough to be plausible but ridiculous enough that no one would actually have it.
I had several months of amourous texts and phone calls. I blocked picture texting because of it. None of them would believe that I wasn't the girl they met at the bar...so I just started telling them that I drove to vegas with another guy I met that same night and got married. They all evenutally stopped calling.
I've had a lot of interesting wrong number incidents with my cell phone number but I refuse to give it up. The most recent one turned out to be someone I knew, I just didn't recognize her number. http://nachista.blogspot.com/2012/06/secret-to-comedy.html
There have been many memorable sayings about TIME and watching the clock....
I like JB Priestley's on refusing to obsess about what time it is....
http://www.quotegarden.com/time.html
And for a song on the time theme, there are few better than Jim Croce's TIAB....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyTfbtZeGeU
Hello, Hazel....Hope the procedure was not bad and you are already under the duvet resting peacefully!
NACHISTA:
Today my computer isn't allowing me to go to any of the links that are being posted.
I read your piece before when this subject came up and remember your finding a friend you hadn't seen in awhile. Cool!
Dear Lord there is real world time and then there is hospital time. Left the house at 12.30pm, got home 7.30pm. They did tell me that I must have somebody to drive me home - what they didn't mention was that I needed a 'minder' for the next 12 hours at least. Silly people. My good friend Tom who was my driver - poor man, stuck with a long afternoon of not much to do, had a mobile phone and a good book to read, so he just went off to the beach and passed the time pleasantly. Me in one of those undignified hospital gowns - got seen eventually by people who do more than fill in forms. The head honcho of the department, no less, did the evil deed with a handsome young doctor assisting him and a nice nurse holding my hand and telling me how well I was doing. They sedate you to stop you killing them. Then it's two hours on the 'recovery' ward with machines bleeping, 'phones ringing, people being trundled around on trollies - chaos! I was hooked up to a thing that took my blood pressure every 15 mintues and a clothes peg type thing on my finger that tells the machine my oxygen levels. No chance of a nice snooze. Having done my obligatory two hours, there were dark mutterings around the Nurse Station because my blood pressure readings were a bit strange. I'd been watching the readings on the next bed as well as my own and suggested they might try a reading using another machine. Yay! I was right! The machine was faulty. Then off to another waiting area, more forms to fill in (poor nurses) ..... they messed around for ages checking my pulse and blood pressure several times. I was, at last, allowed a drink of water. All in all, an unpleasant day. So glad to be home and get a big spoonful of honey down my throat which felt like I'd been eating medium grit sandpaper.
So, nice to read what you are saying today, and to see some new faces in the Village.
I forgot - I don't have a watch.
Watches have always been interesting for me. I have quite a wardrobe of them, but like so many of you other retirees I wear them less and less........As a kid I wanted, wanted, WANTED a Mickey Mouse watch for Christmas, but, alas, for my poor Santa, Dale Evans was cheaper. I certianly regret now that Dale got lost....it had a western tooled band and a picture of Dale and Trigger on the face. I wasn't very impressed with Santa that year, but now I just kick myself! Another watch from the past that I wish I had was my dad's old Hamilton. It reminded me of a slighter larger version of a woman's tank watch. Not too big nor too small, either. I have no idea what happened to it. And, contrarian that I am, I wear my watch on the right wrist even though I'm right-handed.
The www.whitemarlinopen.com live stream weigh-in will start in a minute and run till 9:45 pm est.
The only qualifying fish yesterday was a 56 lb. tuna, right now worth $159,000.00.
Yes, I said $159,000.00.
243 of the 253 boats are fishing today.
Yeah, HAZEL.
So glad you are home and resting.
haze, the gospel truth is that time stood still in the Village while you were away at the hospital.
HAZEL - So glad you are home and recovering.
Welcome back Hazel, hope you are already in bed, a day at the hospital is never restful.
Thanks, all you kind people for your concern. There are times when living alone is not much fun. I have yet another hospital appintment on 15/8/2012, which seems ominously speedy. nachista~ I am snuggled up on my mare's nest of a sofa with comfy pillows and a lightweight duvet. My trusty laptop on my knee and the TV delivering Olympic games.
Parked my rental pony outside and strolled into Margaritaville for my customary beachside Strawberry Colada before heading back to the airport. Other than airport departure time I shall defer to the Chicago contingent "Does anybody really know what time it is?" A truly great band CTA like BS&T that used a horn section so brilliantly.
I want'd a watch for Christmas,so my parents let me.....I was scarred for life.... (Don't remember if that was Rodney Dangerfield,or Red Foxx..)
An attempt to stay on topic about hourlogy (sp?) Can anybody find the song about "The clock stopped, never to again when the old man died"? I have heard lots of tales of clocks and watches stopping at the moment of death of the owner. Do these objects develop a special relationship with thier owners?
And what's for dinner?
For TOMMY.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBuUUBrC9eQ
Miss Hazel ~ A squirrel scampered across the roof (my father
strongly disliked squirrels) and my watch stopped the minute my father died.
The squirrel is still scampering and the watch did not run again. I still
have it. 5:26 AM.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyJzzpGIe7c
I always wear a watch on each wrist, just so I have time to spare.
I Marjorie, I bet you will look stunning in that coat, I am jealous. George H,my dad was inthe CCC's. Carol B-I was bittn by a Brown Recluse, like you were hit with a rocket from 100 ft away, not fun, really painful. Hope you are ok now.
Sometime this week, I expect to dine at a restaurant called PRIME TIME. If time allows and the food is good, I will write a review and ask you all to read it.
HAZEL, is this your song?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCFXhn9mMB0
Hazel, I prayed for you, my thoughts and a comfy pillow are with you :) :) Dinner is Roasted Rosemary chicken, jersey sweet corn on the cob, sauted spinach with garlic and colby cheese along with detox iced tea.DESSERT, a Congratulations chocolate mouse cake beause my book "Daddy's Magic Lunchbox" is now on Amazon.com and Barnes and Noble.com. Oh iced Latte too!!
Daddysmagiclunchbox.com Talk about TIME, this book wrote itself cause it is a true story; I wrote it in 10 minutes and it took me 14 months to publish it.
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Read more: Does time exist at
all? It is a human invention, or discovery? | Answerbag http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/68475#ixzz22u5actSf ;
Hazel--Let me also add my huge exhale of breath-whoooooooooooosh!----to have you back and done with your test. Glad you were smarter than machines--and the attendant medical staff!--to realize that humans DO know more. Nos da! I'm sure tonight will bring sweet uninterrupted dreams your way.
K- Peachy Keen Music Machine. Much obliged
I have a Tom and Jerry watch with a bright green band that barely fits around my wrist and I must use the last hole. Drives my wife crazy 'cause it looks like a gnat on a whale's ass but it gives me a buzz. I like to say the time in seconds so I keep repeating it + 1 sec until they tell me to shut my mouth. Some cocktail parties require extreme measures. Bonnie Raitt said let's give em something to talk about. Pink Floyd's TIME...haunting...where are those Shrooms?
Haze- There is a time outside of time. To you kindness goodness peace and mercy, for as Paolos' suggested Henry Miller sez- Neither beginning or end. The Round. The Eternal Round. Rolllllllll
Hazel….{muah} …glad you are back and well…
The song “My grandfather’s clock” reminds me of the great superstition in Chinese circles. Never NEVER give an elderly person a watch for his birthday. It is believed that will cut short his life. It is known that you might be literally be shoved out of his presence with a broom (to sweep out the bad luck). Giving watches at other times is perfectly acceptable
George Hall...thank you for your thoughtful post. I realised how true that is. Try dealing with say, Malaysians or Indonesians...they have "rubber" time. Singapore, like the Swiss, Japanese, Germans, and I believe Americans, are real sticklers for time. Yet, the driving force may be different. In some places, it may be because "Time is money", in others, their low tolerance towards tardiness and delay.
Time is a concept that cannot be understood in some tribal cultures. A famous one is the Amazonian Piraha tribe which has no word for numbers or time; they literally live in the present, a real life definition of carpe diem. The Hopi tribe of NE Arizona's closest understanding of time is "sooner" or "later".
There was a tribe I remember reading about too, whose view of time is tied to their physical space. Because it is unknown, they walked backwards into the future. What was known was the past, so talking about the father, they make one arm flourish in front, their grandfather would be two arm flourishes. To understand this, say it is a Saturday and there is a meeting fixed for the coming Wednesday. In our understanding, to push the meeting forward by another 2 days would push it to Friday. In that tribe though, because they were physically standing on Saturday, pushing it forward moves it to Monday.
Then, there is also time that are influenced by religion. Hindus believe time is circular, each creation cycle going through four epochs, really, there is no beginning and no end. That sows the seeds for their belief in reincarnation. In Buddhism, time is tied to consciousness. Time for Christians and generally, the Western culture is linear and Christ centred, the beginning, starting with the creation. Even the calendar is broken up into BC and AD.
...and now, it is time I put in some work at the desk.....
Beach Volleyball is so unbelievably Bitchen.
Tommy~? I'm mystified.
Just woke up in time to go back to sleep. Managed the Exodous from sofa to bed. Who needs a watch when they have an insistent bladder?
Thanks again and more for your messages - and the Grandfather's Clock songs.
The little house I will be moving to has a church opposite with a chiming clock - a full peal on the hour and then one 'ding' at 15mins past, two 'dings' at 30 minutes past and three 'dings' at a quarter to the hour. Don't think I will be needing a watch.
Nos da, dear people. xxx
This should only take a minute...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PJqdkXDbSI
G'nigt Hazel, sleep well.
The bells at the church sounds rather like the call to prayer from the mosques at 5.30 in the morning that I hear when I visit my in laws in Malaysia. It's always through megaphones...fortunately, that is banned in Singapore
I am guessing time stands still when Tommy T watches the beach volley Olympics. My son tells me, correct me if I am wrong, that in trying to schedule them for the US audience (apparently it is a hooooot item), the competition ends up late in the day and, to keep warm, the contestants are alot more covered....?
Oh nevermind me and my last 2795 comments. I bought this duster in 1988 and the next thing I knew I was discussing watches and time. Gonna go dark now
Bwahahahahahhaahaha!!!!
Being a Theatre Director, I wear ring watches to allow me to time the actors performance, without them knowing.... I am timing...or spacing the delivery of their lines...sometimes the "eye," discussion is like a delivery of lines...from each writer..actor ...actress...during the filming of the commercial this past weekend, every actor had to turn in their cell-phone..to avoid ringing on the set....good thing, I had my necklace watch on ....because the Director needed real time..on the double...and I was happy to oblige..qaranteed that I made a few brownie points....on owning a watch... flipping the watch upright like an eyepiece...designating the exact hour..outloud!....technology is not everything..when it comes to time....I know the chemist, US steel worker... that invented the black paint on the stealth bomber.....the MEC Stealth bomber watch is the Bomb! I like seeing the numbers and the Airwing detail on the watchface..Nice Watch.....whew...she exits off in a silk-beige cotton pajamas.wooden sole .too boot.. flip flops....out... walking her Akita down to the two churches and back..on a August muggy nite...Taro, the Akita is moving to London one month from today... ;>)
ETHEL.......................all aboard the nutter town express...............................
I hope the R&R does you some good, Ms Hazel...and I hope you are back to 100% before long :)
My version of a timepiece consists of a silver charm bracelet loaded with miscellaneous faces from old watches. I have a couple watch faces that belonged to my late grandmother, a couple that were my mother's and one that was her mother's...and some that I just picked up here and there...
Truthfully, none of the watches keep time (that I know of) and time keeping isn't necessary in my occupation. Sun up and sundown are about all that matters...
Hazel: I can't figure out how we had such a differenc experience with our bronchial investigations but I'm glad you're home and now you can tell other people what a good time you didn't have!
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(OK-that first pat was written by Kali running over the keyboard, the little five-pound rascal!)
Sorry I did not get the opportunity to comment yesterday, but it was a busy day here on the farm. All that aside, I'll take the most enjoyable part first, that being saying hello to you all and sharing in your discussion.
Hazel
-I'm thrilled your dreadful procedure is over! I am so sorry it was drawn out and so depersonalized. You are a warm human being, in all ways, and not a robot! Shame on them!
lotlot -Do you ever sleep? BTW, my money doesn't march either...it disappears!
Ivan-You, sir, are PRICELESS!
Mbailey and lughnerson-Welcome to our little, but highly interesting community!
bebe-How were your first couple of days back in prison, er, school?
Stoney-You are a man after my own heart-I, too, detest tardiness!
TT-Don't denigrate yourself! Any man who wears pocket squares, classy watches, and likes single-malt is a civilized man in my book!
ChefDeb-You hit the nail on the head! I think the same holds true for airports!
Mooseloop-I hope your appointment went well. BTW, I've been collecting songs about time for my Mom's and Sister's landmark birthdays (80 and 60 years of age, respectively) and couldn't for the life of me remember who recorded "Time in a Bottle!" Thank you!!!
Rusty-I, too, have a problem with watches, except I make the kind you wind daily stop. It, too, runs in my family.
George-OK, I'm green over your watch collection but not your experiences in the Marine Corps! What's the phrase? "First in, last out?"
I marjorie-I like your essay format! But then, since I'm given to write in the same manner, I would!
RoadYacht-I can always count on you to give me a good laugh, and you certainly came through like a champ today.
Carol-I still have my Dale Evans watch!!!!! It doesn't run (see above) and doesn't have a crystal, but by golly I have it. As you can guess, I wanted to be a cowgirl when I grew up. (Oh, please don't anyone comment on that!)
TT-I can't believe you went to Margaritaville and got a, gasp, strawberry colada!!!!!!! Makes me wonder if I should reassess your position as our imbiber extradiordinaire!
Carol and I marjorie-I can't believe you so nonchalantly mention that "Oh by the way, I got bitten once by a brown recluse...." My heavens, what strong women you are! Those things can really turn into nastyville!!! I'm glad you didn't seem (from your communiqué) to have lost too much flesh!
Rather than go back up and look, for the female wanting a watch with large numerals, go to http://www.togshop.com/ and look up item #BN2-U4C. It sells for $35.95. Hope this helps.
In the interest of your time and mine I'll move on to today's topic. Most of you can probably just move on to the next person's entry.
"The philosophy of time bears powerfully on men's emotions. Not only do they regret the past, they also fear the future, not least because the alleged flow of time seems to be sweeping them toward their deaths, as swimmers are swept toward a waterfall."
John Jamieson Carswell Smart
The very concept, reality, philosophy (or whatever title you wish to apply to it) of time varies from philosophies to religions, to the sciences. Indeed, time itself appears to be a conundrum, as humans cannot seem to "get their arms around it." The very concept of infinity, i.e. there being no end to time, is impossible for the human mind to enfold. It appears to be for that very reason we have given units to time; something we can grasp and count, whether it be seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades, centuries, or millennia.
The "counter of time" under discussion here is the watch which, contrary to Mr. P's astute assertions, was first created in the early 1500's when a Nuremburg locksmith, Peter Heinlein (wonder if he was an ancestor of Robert's...hummmmm..... Methuselah's Children?) discovered the mainspring and used it to replace the weights that, up until that time, had been used to drive clocks. Granted, the early watches were indeed pocket watches (which I personally look upon as a sign of a distinguished gentleman); however, wrist watches were not yet possible due to the mechanisms involved. A common piece of jewelry daytime wear during was the chatelaine (a rather unique ornament, used by both men and women. It was typically pinned to a pocket or belt and bore chains with hooks on which small articles such as watches, keys, seals, writing tablets, scissors, and purses (sort of sounds like my "bat belt" from our "pocket" discussion of last week!) could be hung. I posit that women, ever practical, would have found this in the way and on occasion would have pinned them to their lower sleeve (especially when pressed for time by the master of the house) thus, in effect, creating the first wrist watch.
Jeweled watches were first patented in 1704; the first patent for a self-winding watch was in 1780. As to the luminescent watch dials used by pilots during WWI (and II), I have previously mentioned that the radium salts (which caused the 1934 death from leukemia of their discoverer, Marie Curie) were painted on the dials by women workers, primarily in St. Louis, Missouri. Many of those women, too, died due to radiation sickness, presenting as anemia and leukemia, as well as mouth and throat cancers (they wet the tip of the brushes in their mouths to sharpen the tip). Indeed one woman was so radioactive upon her death that her body had to be disinterred from its original resting site, only to be reinterred in a hazardous waste site specializing in radioactive wastes. I would say women paid for their discovery of wristwatches the hard way!
Personally, I am an advocate of the space-time continuum, which along with string theory, says there is no here and now to any point, but that our connectedness is what creates time for humans. Go Village! Because we are tied together we share time! My favorite timepiece is my Mom (an inveterate clock-watcher) and YOU, dear Villagers!
So much for using Word first to correct my postings! Wow was that a screwup!