Originally Posted by datlas
(Post 22470192)
My dad has a watch that looks very much like that, but is electric and makes a high pitched hum. I think it's also about 60 years old. Should I ask him about it?
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Originally Posted by genejockey
(Post 22470209)
Sounds like a Bulova Accutron, one of the first battery operated watches, and the first to use a tuning fork for timing.
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Originally Posted by Trsnrtr
(Post 22470197)
So how many nasty, dangerous Android apps were identified this week? :innocent:
But, the answer to your question is "none on my phone." |
Originally Posted by datlas
(Post 22470215)
Google says that looks about right. It also says the value for such a watch is modest. Oh well, so much for early retirement on Dad's watch.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
(Post 22470242)
I came to the same realization when my dad gave me his 60+ year old watch.
Not so. Sigh. |
Originally Posted by datlas
(Post 22470215)
Google says that looks about right. It also says the value for such a watch is modest. Oh well, so much for early retirement on Dad's watch.
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Originally Posted by Mojo31
(Post 22470242)
I came to the same realization when my dad gave me his 60+ year old watch.
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Originally Posted by datlas
(Post 22470252)
My dad also has a fairly extensive U.S. stamp collection from when he was a kid. TONS of interesting postage stamps, mainly from the 1930's and 1940's. I figured they must be highly valuable.
Not so. Sigh. I share your depression. |
I have heirloom silver and... that's about it. Apparently it'd be worth a couple of grand if sold, but I like it. It's nicer than the stamped stainless stuff from Target.
Oddly, AG is allergic and can't use it; she gets deep painful cracks in her hands when she does. |
I still have my Lumia 928 that ran Windows. It was a sad day when I had to go Apple, simply because Android sucks eggs. Apple is far closer to Windows than that goofy-assed Android tomfoolery.
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I want this one... the minty-green one. And with the home theater and wet bar. Nice tidy 4200sqft for the two of us.
https://photos.zillowstatic.com/fp/9...1536_1152.webp https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3...3920303_zpid/? |
Originally Posted by LAJ
(Post 22470307)
I still have my Lumia 928 that ran Windows. It was a sad day when I had to go Apple, simply because Android sucks eggs. Apple is far closer to Windows than that goofy-assed Android tomfoolery.
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
(Post 22470317)
I want this one... the minty-green one. And with the home theater and wet bar. Nice tidy 4200sqft for the two of us.
https://photos.zillowstatic.com/fp/9...1536_1152.webp https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/3...3920303_zpid/? |
Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
(Post 22470299)
I have heirloom silver and... that's about it. Apparently it'd be worth a couple of grand if sold, but I like it. It's nicer than the stamped stainless stuff from Target.
Oddly, AG is allergic and can't use it; she gets deep painful cracks in her hands when she does. When the Pandemic began and I was looking around for a project, I cataloged both sets of sterling, bought a few replacements, and polished all of it. I even bought a nice silver chest for her Grandmother's stuff. We haven't used it since. |
My wife is into dishes like I'm into watches and cars. We have china, silver and crystal for 12 that gets used every few years that we got when we married. She has three sets of "everyday" dishes and two sets of stainless, both to serve 12. She has 10 - 15 sets of placemats. And, a set of Christmas dishes.
There are a few really nice bikes in all of that. I don't get it, but can't really say much. |
Originally Posted by Mojo31
(Post 22470344)
My wife is into dishes like I'm into watches and cars. We have china, silver and crystal for 12 that gets used every few years that we got when we married. She has three sets of "everyday" dishes and two sets of stainless, both to serve 12. She has 10 - 15 sets of placemats. And, a set of Christmas dishes.
There are a few really nice bikes in all of that. I don't get it, but can't really say much. I've concluded that the middle class of the 20th Century acquired a lot of stuff that meant something to them at the time, probably that they were upwardly mobile and could afford some frippery like fancy dishes you'd never use in a decorative cabinet you had to dust, but now that we, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren are inheriting it, mostly we don't have any space or interest. |
Originally Posted by genejockey
(Post 22470148)
Nope. 60 year old Elgin Automatic, built in the US of A.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...feb36de4a9.jpg It tells the time. That's it. |
Garmin has been saying my training is unproductive ever since I started riding again. I am offended.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
(Post 22469977)
It's Tuesday and you're incorrect.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...f9fb4438b3.png |
Originally Posted by BillyD
(Post 22470372)
I can talk to people on mine. Sooo . . . . .
Originally Posted by bampilot06
(Post 22470374)
Garmin has been saying my training is unproductive ever since I started riding again. I am offended.
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Originally Posted by rjones28
(Post 22470378)
That is not here.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
(Post 22470360)
Between Mrs. GeneJockey and myself, we have inherited at least 4 sets of dishes, none of which we wanted. One set was something that Mom and Dad got back in the 1950s, heavy beige stoneware with mushrooms drawn in them in very 1950s style. We sold the whole set at a garage sale for $10. Mrs. GJ made the mistake of accepting a check, which turned out to be rubber and I think we ended up paying a $25 fee for some reason. Mrs. GJ and I agreed it was worth it to be rid of them. Then there was her mother's Pfaltzgraf, which we used for a few years and also got rid of. And somehow she inherited dishes from both her Grandmothers. She was unable to stop her cousin shipping one set to us, so now they're sitting in two boxes somewhere. Fortunately, she was able to stop a different cousin shipping her other grandmother's set to us. I guess we could put them all in the china cabinet that I inherited from my Great Aunt, which we also don't want and which sits at what used to be my parent's house but now belongs to my oldest sister, which is currently chock full of all kinds of dishes and stuff.
I've concluded that the middle class of the 20th Century acquired a lot of stuff that meant something to them at the time, probably that they were upwardly mobile and could afford some frippery like fancy dishes you'd never use in a decorative cabinet you had to dust, but now that we, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren are inheriting it, mostly we don't have any space or interest. I understand those Hummels that I hadn't heard of until Better Call Saul are the same situation. |
Originally Posted by bampilot06
(Post 22470374)
Garmin has been saying my training is unproductive ever since I started riding again. I am offended.
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And I just burned my hand taking the dinner frittata out of the oven, so there's that too.
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