Another Satisfied Customer

[maxcelcat]

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There's an interesting retro store down the road from my place. I hate stepping in there, 'cause it's full of interesting shit - for example, new old stock Casio calculator watches from the eighties!

Yesterday I decided I needed a clock in my kitchen/living room. Not just any ugly clock, I needed something cool. And I knew this shop had a bunch of these old flip clocks. In fact they had about ten, of various generations. Fake wood panelled ones, models with radios. But I spotted this one - utilitarian brown, an oddly shaped case, a light that still worked, and a "seconds" dial. This was the one for me!

Waaaaaay back in the day, I had a flip clock when I was a teenager (yes, I'm that old) which was red and which I kept until it simply stopped working. So I'm a bit sentimental about them. And in fact, I acquired a really old one when my family sold our beach house about a year ago, but it stopped working a few months back :-( Ah well. I'm unreasonably delighted about this new toy, even thought all it does is hum and show the time :-)

Comments

Re: Alarming

[melissa-maples.livejournal.com]

I think that's why it annoyed her so much - it would take her a week of trial-and-error to get the thing to actually ring at six, and then I'd just twirl the dial around and fuck it all up in an instant. Hahaha I was a great kid!

Re: Alarming

[maxcelcat]

That's how I remember them. How did people cope in these analog times? And one day I suspect you'll have kid who will find ways to wind you up... Your gene's will get revenge :-)