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   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 23/01/2026 8:17 pm, Daniel70 wrote:   
   > On 23/01/2026 7:24 am, J. P. Gilliver wrote:   
   >> On 2026/1/22 8:55:19, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>> On 22/01/2026 7:10 am, Andy Burns wrote:   
   >>>> Daniel70 wrote:   
   >>>>> Chris wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> What house in any decent area doesn't have jewellery?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Mine .... but then, I don't have a Misses, either! ;-P   
   >>>> A nice watch?   
   >>>>   
   >>> Who needs a Watch .... when I've got my 'phone'?? ;-P   
   >>   
   >> I can glance at my wrist (cheap blue plastic CASIO - had it for   
   >> years)   
   >   
   > Almost forty years ago,   
      
   Opps!! S/forty years ago/fifty years ago   
      
   > my mother gave me a fancy Wristwatch for my 21st Birthday and, about   
   > a fortnight later, I made the mistake of wearing it during Rifle   
   > Drill (I was in the Army) and scratched the hell out of the glass   
   > face .... so that was the end of wearing my watch, at least for part   
   > of my TIME .... especially as I worked in an Army Communications   
   > Station .... so there were clocks all over the place.   
   >   
   >> far more quickly than I could at a 'phone, if I had one (and both   
   >> my hands are free, too).   
   >   
   > About fifteen years later (early 90's, I think), I was travelling   
   > down Major Highway to see Family .... and my Car broke down .... so   
   > it was a couple of kilometres (each way) walk to the "Roadside   
   > Assistance" phone.   
   >   
   > Soon after, I brought my first Mobile Phone.   
   >   
   >> Plus, if I _had_ a smartphone, I'd presumably mostly be doing   
   >> something with it (if not, why have one?),   
   >   
   > For EMERGENCIES!! RE-read my last para!! ;-)   
   >   
   >> so would have to change/minimise to see the clock (or peer at tiny   
   >> digits along the edge of the display).   
   >   
   > Having been in the Army, where you could get into trouble for not   
   > being where you are supposed to be WHEN you are supposed to be there   
   > .... so I usually have my Car clock set three to five minutes fast   
   > .... you know. just in case!! (even having been out of the Army over   
   > thirty years)   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
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