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altivoGlad that's over. Have I said before how much I hate Wednesday? I know I have.
There will be a week at the end of November where I get to trade for some other evening shift because they are bringing in that obnoxiously loud jazz band again and I said last time that I would NOT work under those conditions again, ever. Next week I don't have to do Wednesday night, but the tradeoff is that I have to go to an all day class that day that will be an utter waste of time. I've already been to one on the subject and found that I could have taught it better than the instructor did. However, I'll put up with it if it means I don't have to work second shift. I absolutely hate that.
I think the rain may have stopped for the moment, maybe it will stay dry for a few days before moss starts growing on my horses.
Update on the pocket watch thing: After last week's absurdities, I went on eBay and bought Gary one pocket watch for $10. It should arrive in a day or two. Then I poked around and found my grandfather's hunting watch, which was just a cheap one from Walgreens or something like that, and only dates to the 1960s. It appears to run, so I lent him that one. And, a volunteer at the library heard me telling the story of the dead pocket watches at the drug store and decided to give Gary one that belonged to her "mother's fourth husband's father." She was sure it was an actual 19th century watch and I told her we couldn't possibly accept that because it would be worth several hundred dollars and really, she is elderly and could use the money herself. She still insisted, and today gave it to me. I did a little detective work and found that it is not valuable, nor is it 19th century. But it definitely is running and keeping excellent time. From the serial numbers it appears to date to around 1908-1910. It's a Howard from the time after E. Howard Watch Co. had closed down and was bought out by Keystone. The handmade Howard works were replaced by an assembly-line produced watch built in a retooled plant in Waltham, Massachusetts (formerly the US Watch Co.) The case is gold-filled, which apparently means brass with a layer of gold sandwiched and rolled onto the surfaces. Still, it's in good shape and keeps good time. Judging by what I can find on the web, it's probably not worth over $40 or $50, so we will accept it and try to find a favor to do for her in return.
I may decide to get one of those Russian pocket watches for my own use. There are indeed lots of them on eBay.
There will be a week at the end of November where I get to trade for some other evening shift because they are bringing in that obnoxiously loud jazz band again and I said last time that I would NOT work under those conditions again, ever. Next week I don't have to do Wednesday night, but the tradeoff is that I have to go to an all day class that day that will be an utter waste of time. I've already been to one on the subject and found that I could have taught it better than the instructor did. However, I'll put up with it if it means I don't have to work second shift. I absolutely hate that.
I think the rain may have stopped for the moment, maybe it will stay dry for a few days before moss starts growing on my horses.
Update on the pocket watch thing: After last week's absurdities, I went on eBay and bought Gary one pocket watch for $10. It should arrive in a day or two. Then I poked around and found my grandfather's hunting watch, which was just a cheap one from Walgreens or something like that, and only dates to the 1960s. It appears to run, so I lent him that one. And, a volunteer at the library heard me telling the story of the dead pocket watches at the drug store and decided to give Gary one that belonged to her "mother's fourth husband's father." She was sure it was an actual 19th century watch and I told her we couldn't possibly accept that because it would be worth several hundred dollars and really, she is elderly and could use the money herself. She still insisted, and today gave it to me. I did a little detective work and found that it is not valuable, nor is it 19th century. But it definitely is running and keeping excellent time. From the serial numbers it appears to date to around 1908-1910. It's a Howard from the time after E. Howard Watch Co. had closed down and was bought out by Keystone. The handmade Howard works were replaced by an assembly-line produced watch built in a retooled plant in Waltham, Massachusetts (formerly the US Watch Co.) The case is gold-filled, which apparently means brass with a layer of gold sandwiched and rolled onto the surfaces. Still, it's in good shape and keeps good time. Judging by what I can find on the web, it's probably not worth over $40 or $50, so we will accept it and try to find a favor to do for her in return.
I may decide to get one of those Russian pocket watches for my own use. There are indeed lots of them on eBay.
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Date: 2006-09-14 08:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-09-14 10:05 am (UTC)I never thought of it that way. Wednesday didn't bother me until I started having to work noon to eight in the evening four years ago. I'm an early riser and I go to sleep with the chickens pretty much, and never have been able to adjust to night work of any kind. Now the sun is setting earlier and earlier and once more trying to stay awake and work during those hours is very difficult for me.
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Date: 2006-09-14 11:19 am (UTC):O)
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Date: 2006-09-14 01:46 pm (UTC)