tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408352568781542296.post9001676486902348111..comments2023-04-11T23:12:14.964-04:00Comments on Here and Next: Nightstand & TimeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408352568781542296.post-87956330796241664392013-01-07T18:01:02.862-05:002013-01-07T18:01:02.862-05:00Your clock/watch story reminds me of 'living&#...Your clock/watch story reminds me of 'living' room sofas covered in plastic that no one was ever allowed to sit on. Oh, the things we value and never get to use.Dyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01335639180723830866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408352568781542296.post-2962004531521946612013-01-07T15:59:56.054-05:002013-01-07T15:59:56.054-05:00My best clock story is about my mother. She got a ...My best clock story is about my mother. She got a free travel alarm clock from B. Altman's and loved that clock. You could not touch it. Then I know a man who bought a watch for $32,000. He does not wear it because it could get stolen. He wears a cheap imitation. All of the clocks in our house are the same. They are little Braun alarm clocks in black. Type: 4700/AB 30 sl, Made in Germany.<br />Time to go.<br />CarolCarol Markelhttp://www.femmeetfleur.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408352568781542296.post-17229614696689297302013-01-03T19:46:23.717-05:002013-01-03T19:46:23.717-05:00Welcome Back!
I've missed your funny tales. T...Welcome Back!<br /><br />I've missed your funny tales. Today's comment had me chuckling at... "synthetic hair-braids-poofs parlor, right next door." I 'googled' your two clocks 'Baby Ben' and Realistic Chronomatic 230 (so Sci-fi sounding). Your Baby Ben just sold on ebay. Guess it's a bit of a collector's item now. Maybe it's time to put RC 230 at curbside with a sign "Free To A Loving Home". I'm sure one of Philly's 'Dumpster Divers' would snatch it up in an instant. You just might see it again as part of a new art piece in a gallery in an exhibition titled: 'The Land That Time Forgot'. Dyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01335639180723830866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408352568781542296.post-47507016830381958512013-01-03T11:51:47.202-05:002013-01-03T11:51:47.202-05:00The last image before closing my eyes on most even... The last image before closing my eyes on most evenings is that of my "REALISTIC Chronomatic-230". It is a clock radio which was given to me as an Xmas gift in 1981. When I first received it I knew that it certainly wasn't "top of the line". In fact it was probably purchased from a store in a local neighborhood, the type where the sales people are hanging around outside and there is a synthetic hair-braids-poofs parlor, right next door.<br /> There are times I wish this time keeper would leave. Desist. Break-down. Have its time to go! Heaven knows I could not throw it away since it shows a sense of loyalty and longevity, two virtues encoded in the collective DNA/consciousness of most Italian folks.<br /> Now it was a big improvement over its predecessor, a "Baby Ben" wind up clock. ( Even though my parents had a "Big Ben", it wasn't related to my more humble model). The alarm sound was that of bells ringing. My Chronomatic-230 clock-radio has an electronic frequency sound which doesn't awaken you into conscousness. Ironically, it sort of electrocutes you into life.<br /> Perhaps some day I will purchase a newer, "state of the arts" time keeper.<br />In the mean time, I'll be waiting for my <br />nightstand artifact to go the route of the old Bell Telephone number (TIME-123), which you were able to dial and get the accurate time moment, any time of the day.Joey D.noreply@blogger.com