[ARC5] Retirement Advice (was T-17 goes for big bucks!)

[Roy Morgan]

On Apr 22, 2016, at 5:42 AM, Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com> wrote:

> Congratulations on your retirement, Mike. Some advice from another retiree. Put your watches away and get a calendar. The pace is going to change.

Bill, Mike, and other Retirees,

The commanding officer of the helicopter squadron I joined in 1967 had actually flown Navy lighter than air ships (dirigibles).  He said that they did not have any clocks, but rather carried a calendar instead.  I *think* he was telling the truth.

In contraindication to Bills kind advice, I bought a pocket watch last summer (at a hamfest, no less).  It’s a lovely 1918 Elgin “B.W. Raymond” genuine railroad grade watch.  I take a few leisurely moments each morning to wind the thing up.  But in truth, nowadays I seldom need the accuracy the thing is capable of, even now just shy of one hundred years after it was made.  Good heavens, Americans could do things right back then!

Roy

Roy Morgan
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K1LKY Since 1958