[time-nuts] Personal time keeping...

Ed Palmer ed_palmer at sasktel.net
Thu May 19 16:25:16 UTC 2011


The joke kinda falls flat when the picture isn't included.............



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,
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>> 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
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>> 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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