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Re: I guess a lot of the works in modern watches consists of electronic
chips.. I'm sure they are fascinating in their own way, but I'm still awed by the insides of the older style watches with the gears and tiny spring!
posted by
2902
on August 29, 2012 at 10:32 AM
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This augments my fascination with watches. Amazing really, how time can be captured with their turning wheels. 
posted by
mariss9
on August 29, 2012 at 8:23 AM
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Re:I didn't know that! Would you name a few? I'm interested!
What happens with me sometimes is that I get caught up in such a description and find that it quickly acquires a human connection - it becomes one half of a metaphor. That happened a while back with a description of a lava lamp. If the "thing" is interesting enough, you often find apt and surprising applications to people.
posted by
2902
on August 29, 2012 at 7:05 AM
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kThis type of fascination with the workings of a mechanical device inspired some 19th century writers. It works.BC-A, Bill’s R®st
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BC-A
on August 29, 2012 at 6:00 AM
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Re: excellent
Thank you, Kay!
posted by
2902
on August 28, 2012 at 11:14 PM
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excellent
posted by
Kabu
on August 28, 2012 at 8:37 PM
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Re: Good stuff!
Teddypoet, thank God that we both have kept our sense of wonder at such an achievement. We truly stand on the shoulders of giants!!!
posted by
2902
on August 28, 2012 at 6:38 PM
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Re: Sorry, adnohr. It's our fate and responsibility as children of
the Industrial Revolution.
posted by
2902
on August 28, 2012 at 6:35 PM
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Re: Timeliness is it! Good one. No I've always been dumbfounded by
the tiny workings of a watch - what an accomplishment!!! I almost think of a ballet dancer toe-spinning on a hard sharp jewel, and the rest of the innards doing what they do, all the time we're swimming, hammering, playing tennis! It's beyond belief! And now it's mass-produced! That's all the science fiction I can handle!
posted by
2902
on August 28, 2012 at 6:31 PM
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Re: No, "collude" is the one I want - "work together, conspire." If
they collided, that would spell disaster for the purposes of the poem.
posted by
2902
on August 28, 2012 at 6:22 PM
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i have a question....did you mean collude or collide?
wonderful poem
posted by
Annicita
on August 28, 2012 at 5:34 PM
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Oh yes - very nice. And now everytime I see a watch this poem is going to come to mind and turn it into a little miracle machine...
posted by
adnohr
on August 28, 2012 at 4:06 PM
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Good stuff!
posted by
Reflecting_teddypoet
on August 28, 2012 at 3:00 PM
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I don't believe that I have ever read this one Bob, however, I feel it quite timely placed when one stops to think about it. I was intrigued with the tip toe line, very descriptive.
posted by
UtahJay
on August 28, 2012 at 2:52 PM
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