[time-nuts] Personal time keeping...

Ed Palmer ed_palmer at sasktel.net
Thu May 19 16:28:27 UTC 2011


I give up!!  Here's the link to the anti-timenuts clock!  :-[

http://www.dayclocks.com/

Ed Palmer wrote:
> The joke kinda falls flat when the picture isn't included.............
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> Ed Palmer wrote:
>> Sounds like your friend is a customer for an anti-timenuts clock. :-)
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>> Ed
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>> Burt I. Weiner wrote:
>>> Chuck,
>>>
>>> In another post I spoke about spending a few days with a fellow from 
>>> DATUM.  A lot of our idle chit-chat was about accuracy in timing and 
>>> GPS vs.other off-air standards and propagation.  He told me about 
>>> his background in the military and precision measurements and about 
>>> a watch he used to have that displayed in GPS seconds - fascinating 
>>> stuffs.  I noticed that he wasn't wearing a watch and I commented on 
>>> that.  He told me that he'd spent a good part of his life knowing 
>>> precisely what time it was and still does the same thing in his work 
>>> at DATUM.  He then went on to comment that he was tired of knowing 
>>> exactly what time it was and he personally got sick of knowing the 
>>> exact time.  He also said that looking at the kitchen clock once a 
>>> day was close enough for him, that it reduced the stress on him.
>>>
>>> Burt
>>>
>>> At 07:43 AM 5/19/2011, time-nuts-request at febo.com wrote
>>>> My personal preference is for highly jeweled totally mechanical
>>>> automatic winding  wristwatches.  My hobby compels me to have
>>>> high accuracy time and frequency around, but my life just
>>>> doesn't run with that kind of precision.
>>>>
>>>> -Chuck Harris
>>>
>>> Burt I. Weiner Associates
>>> Broadcast Technical Services
>>> Glendale, California  U.S.A.
>>> biwa at att.net
>>> www.biwa.cc
>>> K6OQK
>
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