Watch case.(M.E.M.O)(ponderings about time, digital watches and so on)

The Christian Century | December 27, 2003| | Copyright

TIME, LIKE an ever-rolling stream / Bears all its sons away ..." [or, as alt. would have it, "soon bears us all away"] would be a paralyzing line were it not for the hymn's opening invocation. "O God, our help in ages past ..."

I thought of this "rolling" when my digital watch gave out. I wanted to replace it with a $39.95 clone but walked away with a $39.95 analog watch. The young clerk stared at my retiring watch in disbelief. She had never seen one before. I might as well have been asking for a crystal radio or a Studebaker wagon. I wanted the digital because it had an ...

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