Tuesday, September 14, 2010
The Second Hand on a Watch--an annoyance!
My friend Harriet...and I might include myself also, find the second hand troublesome..it gets in the way.
However, I shouldn't complain...we've come a long way from the sun dial. Wonder if I'd have ever been able to figure that our. My brain is very challenged when it comes to numbers.
No more tick tocks to listen if your watch is actually working. I guess I look at the second hand and that gives me the nod whether I need a new battery.
However, batteries are $3 and $4 and a new watch can be bought for $10 or $12...so I guess watches that aren't expensive can be considered disposable.
About 20 years ago I bought my husband Allen a new watch from K Mart with many features, which were a pain in the butt, but I wasn't aware of it when I purchased it. I thought it was just fantastic.
Well, between the 2 of us, we weren't very technologically-sophisticated...so when daylight savings time approached, we were very frustrated. After many hours of Allen's working on this new device, I had the bright idea....this watch is very inexpensive. So...why not buy another one...just for daylight savings time.....and then we'd never have to worry about this again.
After all.....we moved to Florida to play....not to have to study the workings of this thing.
As I'm writing this, an old old song comes to mind....about My Grandfather's Clock was to large for the shelf...and it stood 90 years on the floor. It was taller by far than the old man himself....anyway, this song must be over 100 years old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3tlIMJ9bK0 Jeff used to play this song on the piano.
Back to the 2nd hand.......I believe we just have to learn to live with it....it's not removable....and time is such an abstract...it moves so fast and yet so slowly.........and I'm trying to make the most of it.
Time is a gift from Our Creater and we must cherish each day. I do !
However, I shouldn't complain...we've come a long way from the sun dial. Wonder if I'd have ever been able to figure that our. My brain is very challenged when it comes to numbers.
No more tick tocks to listen if your watch is actually working. I guess I look at the second hand and that gives me the nod whether I need a new battery.
However, batteries are $3 and $4 and a new watch can be bought for $10 or $12...so I guess watches that aren't expensive can be considered disposable.
About 20 years ago I bought my husband Allen a new watch from K Mart with many features, which were a pain in the butt, but I wasn't aware of it when I purchased it. I thought it was just fantastic.
Well, between the 2 of us, we weren't very technologically-sophisticated...so when daylight savings time approached, we were very frustrated. After many hours of Allen's working on this new device, I had the bright idea....this watch is very inexpensive. So...why not buy another one...just for daylight savings time.....and then we'd never have to worry about this again.
After all.....we moved to Florida to play....not to have to study the workings of this thing.
As I'm writing this, an old old song comes to mind....about My Grandfather's Clock was to large for the shelf...and it stood 90 years on the floor. It was taller by far than the old man himself....anyway, this song must be over 100 years old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3tlIMJ9bK0 Jeff used to play this song on the piano.
Back to the 2nd hand.......I believe we just have to learn to live with it....it's not removable....and time is such an abstract...it moves so fast and yet so slowly.........and I'm trying to make the most of it.
Time is a gift from Our Creater and we must cherish each day. I do !
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