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| Even tech savvy kids must learn to tell time by an analog clock |
I’ve not worn a watch since 1962. That was the year the bank
where I worked began computerized accounting. Starting with the tellers’ work
and the checking accounts, the big item we handled was checks. To read the
checks, and deposit slips, and the other bank items, they had to go through a
reader-sorter that had a huge magnet, larger and longer than a half-gallon of
milk. If anyone went near that machine, their watch would go haywire. It pulled
the hands off my boss’s watch, and really scrambled the innards. So, from then
on, I never wore a watch.
I’ve had computers, desktop and laptop, for almost twenty
years. I’ve had my cell phone for twelve years. They are handy. The cell phone,
a flip phone, resides in my pocket. Do I consult them when I want to know the
time? No, I look at the clock, any handy analog clock. I could bookmark or
download an analog clock on my PC, but I think I’d still look up and check the
clock in the room. Old habits die hard.
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