Comments on: “Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.”

By: katry

katry — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:09:48 +0000

Bob,
Ghana is a wonderful country of beautiful, friendly people which happens to run by its own beat. After a bit, though, I was just fine with that. It was great knowing that the rush of this world was behind me for a while. I think most of us felt that way living in Ghana.

I remember my wind up watches. I often bought a Timex because they ran well and were relatively inexpensive.

I don’t think I want my life run by the time on a watch. I like making my own hours. I had no problem settling right into that when i went to Ghana last summer.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 23:51:01 +0000

Places like Ghana would drive me to drink, which might not be a bad idea in Ghana.

I have always had a fascination with watches. I have owned chronographs, but have never had the need to time anything that closely, but the idea that a mechanical device can keep time that accurately is amazing. Real watch name brands that are made to chronometer standards cost thousands of dollars and are way out of my price range. The quartz watches I have owned keep time to within a second a day and are powered by small batteries instead of main springs. Even the cheapest quartz watch keeps time better than an average windup watch. Kids today don’t wear watches because they have cell phones which are very accurate. Most people born in the last twenty-five years have probably never seen a watch which needs winding or that goes tick tock.

By: katry

katry — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:21:03 +0000

greg,
I’m jealous of your Dale Evans!

A wrist seems an iffy place for a watch anyway. It moves a lot which makes breaking a watch easy to do.

I’m always forgetting to charge my phone!

By: katry

katry — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:19:28 +0000

Hi Caryn,
I remember learning how to tie my shoe as well. I was around four when my mother and I spent an afternoon tying my sneakers until I could do it myself. That was a proud moment though my bow was always loose.

You’re right about clocks being everywhere, especially on all the devices we carry. My house also has bunch of clocks. This room has the cable box, which does tell the time. The kitchen has the microwave and a wall clock plus one on the stove. They are all a minute or two apart.

It is warm and humid here s well. The morning was lovely and cool then the humidity hit, and I shut windows and doors and put on the AC.

By: katry

katry — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:12:03 +0000

My Dear Hedley,
Clocks in the house are just fine. I have an old Seth Thomas which once sat in a one room schoolhouse. I have another, a grandfather’s clock, passed down. They are treasures to me.

When I worked, I didn’t need a watch. The school was filled with clocks and there were bells which announced the time to change. They controlled all of us which is probably why I chose not to wear a watch anymore.

I din’t know of Coldplay’s song or I would have!!

By: katry

katry — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:08:34 +0000

Christer,
I’m glad you can keep summer a bit longer! We’ll still in the himid time of the summer.

I was thrilled when I learned to tell time. I wanted everyone to ask me the time. If they didn’t ask, I’d offer!

A watch governs you. All the choices are made by time. I’d rather just meander!

By: greg mpls

greg mpls — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 20:14:28 +0000

every watch i put on breaks. i have lots of em. from charlie the
tune to dale evans, plus a few regular ones thrown in. all
broken. luckily my cell phone keep pretty good time. provided i charge it,,,

By: Caryn

Caryn — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:52:11 +0000

Hi Kat,
I don’t remember learning to tell time but I do remember trying to explain it to my cousin who was 18 months older and in the first grade at the time. (On the other hand, she could tie shoelaces and I couldn’t.)
I also don’t remember my first watch but I still have my graduation watch. It’s a Bulova and it has to be wound daily which I no longer do. I was wearing it in the barn one day and a horse came down with colic. In the course of helping the vet I plunged my hand into a bucket of water. The watch did not do well. It spent a month with its parts soaking in oil and having other mysterious things done so that it would work again.
Does one really need a watch nowadays? My car has a clock, my phone shows the time, both my Kindles show the time, the GPS shows the time. The only thing that doesn’t show the time and should is my cable box.
It’s warm and humid up here. Possible storms later on. Last night was lovely. I sat in the livingroom with the windows open and no tv and listened to rain bucketing down. Great!
Enjoy the rest of the day!

By: Hedley

Hedley — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 18:39:42 +0000

I love time pieces, I fuss over my 1820 wall clock, the vienna clock in my study, the carriage clock on the mantel. I regulate them, I enjoy them, their sound resonates throughout the house and if I am really clever they all strike, within the same minute.
I own four wrist watches. A weekend watch that I can knock around in, a Friday casual watch, a week watch, and, of course, my little square cased gold Omega watch that has given me such great service since the early 1970s. It didnt turn me in to Bryan Ferry but I had my moments albeit brief.
Maybe the Kat super secret play for the day could have been Coldplay’s “Clocks” ?

By: olof1

olof1 — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 17:37:51 +0000

We’ve had summer here again for a couple of days but it will soon end they say I’m not surprised that it came back when I started working again

I learned how to tell time long before I learned to read. I think I was five years old when an old lady my mother worked for taught me the clock. I was amongst the few that could tell time when beginning school but one of the few that couldn’t read

I never wear a watch either. I stopped when working at Volvo, I was stressed enough as it was and looking at a watch all the time didn’t help But now days I have my mobile phone with me all the time so I really don’t need a watch any longer.

Have a great day!
Christer.