Old Retired Guy keeps on ticking. - a photo on Flickriver

Old Retired Guy keeps on ticking.

            I don't think I've actually bought a Timex watch for myself in 30 years.  Just not hip enough, you understand.   Well sirs, my snobbery melted the first time I saw a picture of this particular model, called a Todd Snyder, which I think is a very odd name for a watch.  

Just look at it, it's got all the burly man stuff of which I have no knowledge whatsoever and even less desire to learn about. It's enough for me just to know it exists.

 For example, there's this teeny ring around the outside perimeter that I have to get a magnifying glass out to read: " Telemeter 1 Mile", whatever the hell that means.  Is this a function only the exceptionally ocular gifted can use whilst traveling?  I dunno.

But what really took my wheezing breath away was that red spiral thingie in the middle.  It's got a whole jumble of numbers on it -- as ever diminishing values spiral down from 400 to... uh, 20.  And no clarifying  label whatsoever, further shrouding it in mystery. 

Then the capper though, right down at the very bottom, it's full name, all artsy letter-spaced out: Todd Snyder.  Not just Todd.  Not just The Snyder or something dumb, but the whole wandering caboose!

I paused only for a moment wondering what that was all about before I shrugged and strapped this beauty on.

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Taken on: June 19, 2019

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Camera: Canon PowerShot G6, f/2.8, 1/20 sec, 23mm (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon PowerShot G6
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.05 sec (1/20)
Focal Length:	23mm
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Picasa
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