From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/1/31 14:11:48, John wrote:   
   > On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:32:23 -0700, Don_from_AZ   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> John  writes:   
   >>   
   >>> On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:10:11 +0000, Andy Burns    
   >>> wrote:   
      
   []   
      
   >>>> A nice watch?   
   >>>   
   >>>  Not in my house.   
   >>>   
   >>>  The wife had a watch that she liked. I was a "Man's" watch, it was   
   >>> inexpensive and it was bigger than her hand. It also has a resale   
   >>> value of about 30p.   
   >>>   
   >>>  I have a dead Casio watch that could have antique value. It's closing   
   >>> in on being fifty years old or so. I also have, somewhere one of their   
   >>> original portable calculators. Same vintage. Neither is worth lifting.   
   >>>  Unless someone out there is a collector?   
   >>>   
   >>>                                                             J.   
   >> I have a Casio watch of that vintage that still works! Some of the   
   >> buttons are non-functional now, but it tells me the day of the week, the   
   >> date, and the time of day, which is really all I need from a wristwatch.   
   >   
   >  Cool.   
   >   
   >  That's the nice thing about machinery. Take care of it and it'll do   
   > its job for Aeons.   
   >   
   >                                                                   J.   
   (You need the knowledge - and sometimes the tools - to do the taking   
   care, though.) Yes, my friend the late Gerry the Museum (of the Vintage   
   Wireless and Television museum in Dulwich) had it as a point of pride   
   that all the exhibits were in working order. (And he'd demonstrate them   
   at the drop of a hat, too.)   
      
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