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Are you ready? Because I want you to pay attention," he starts. "This is the beginning of something..."
So began the last season
of Mad Men
"The Accutron is not a time piece.
It is a conversation piece."
What I wore on my wrist in 1970 was identical to the image.
I cannot count the number of conversations the watch inspired
nor can I count the number of ears anxious to hear it hum
instead of tick.
Before the cumbersome term–battery-operated watch–
entered the vernacular, there was the ACCUTRON.
At a party, a friend exclaimed "You're wearing a Bulova!"
My reply was "Nonsense. Bulova is a type of caviar.
This is an Accutron!"
To my chagrin, everyone present laughed hysterically.
I stopped wearing the watch.
Temporarily.
The watch was a second-generation gift.
Someone gave it to my father and
my mother suggested I wear it
to his funeral in March, 1971.
And so I did.
I also wore it to her funeral, six months later.
I next wore it where it inspired
my greatest Accutron memories.
Hundreds of students in Harlem
insisted on hearing the watch hum.
As a substitute teacher without anything
resembling lesson plans, I was very accommodating
but not stupid enough to remove the Accutron from my wrist.
What I was wearing at the time was a chaos-control mechanism
and Harlem in 1972 became my favorite conversation piece
when I would go home to Whitestone or visit relatives
in the Bronx. ____________________________________________________________________________________
This is GODFATHER OF MATH, The Sequel <<<<<>>>> If you continue reading, you may need laughter insurance.
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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES...Music is the mathematics of the gods = PYTHAGORAS...Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I think therefore I am troubled = RENEE DESCARTES<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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The kind of humor I like is the thing that makes me laugh for five seconds and think for ten minutes = G. CARLIN...Stain glass, engraved glass, frosted glass
–give me plain glass = JOHN FOWLES...Music is the mathematics of the gods = PYTHAGORAS...Nothing is more fluid than language = R. L. SWIHART
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I think therefore I am troubled = RENEE DESCARTES<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
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