You're about to see something that NOBODY has seen in 26 years!

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And I know that you can't barely wait!

Hey y'all!  Hugs, kisses, yada yada yada...

I guess I should have titled this post "Thursday Afternoon Junk," but that didn't seem quite exciting enough to tantalize you to read it.  And, there's gonna be some really exciting junk in here, so I wanted to make sure I'd capture your attention.

Okay...Loookit!

To quote a line from my favorite film of all time (which I have now on DVD, and watch at least twice a week), "Oooooohhhhh...that's the purdiest waaaaaaaaaatch!"

Yep, Andy bought a watch today.  Sure, I'm kidding about that being the purdiest watch I've ever seen.  But, I actually had to go get me one.  Believe this or not:

I wore a watch back in High School.  Heck, it was probably one of Daddy's old self-winders or something...I can't remember.  But, The Mrs. bought me a beautiful fake gold Seiko in 1979 as a wedding present.  It was WAY cool.  It had a "clock face," like all watches did at the time, and it was so WAY cool, because it worked off of a battery.  I mean, you didn't have to wind it, or shake your wrist around to make it wind itself...it was COOL!

Man, I loved that watch!  It just looked so expensive!!!  And honestly, it was.  I think she paid about $200 for it at the time, which was big bucks for a gal making $2.75 an hour working part time.  I felt like a King wearing that fancy Seiko (I think it's Jap...but don't quote me) on my extremely hot left wrist.

Anyway, when I was about 25 years old the battery finally died.  It did.  You know, batteries don't last forever.  So, I took it off and put it in my jewelry box...along with my High School class ring, and those really neat topaz cuff links, and tie tack that Momma made me wear to church.  Actually, those items are still all in that jewelry box...and the Seiko is still awaiting a new battery.

Nyuk!  I call it a "jewelry box," but it's just really a Brut powder can deal that Momma glued red felt inside.  There's also a money-clip that my Granddaddy gave me in there.  Who uses "money clips?"  And, there is also the REAL Gold and Sapphire ring that Granddaddy gave me off his hand in the hospital just a day before he passed on to Heaven in November of 1981. He and I were both September babies, and he always joked with me about how I was "only three days older" than him.

God, I miss him!  I miss him every day.

Regardless, I have not worn a watch in 26 years.  And, I have never been late to anything!!!

Just sayin'...

Anyway, at the Orientation for my new part time job, I got no clue of this.  But, at my Departmental Orientation on Wednesday, it became abundantly clear that Andy was gonna have to purchase a wristwatch.  My job requires doing specific tasks at exact times throughout the day, and also making incident reports, etc., that must be noted at precise times.  In other words, "...'bout noon" ain't gonna cut it.

Let me tell y'all...The WalMart has some purdy watches!  They do.  Now, I liked me this really purdy regular clock-faced gold-looking one with a nice black band.  But, I am gonna have to run my scheduled tasks on, and note things by military time.  Now, I'm not completely ignurnt.  I know that 1425 is really 2:25 pm, and that 1600 is 8:00 pm, etc.  But, I figured I'd just make it easy on myself and buy an electronic watch that you could set up for 24 hour read-out.  Seeing as I do not plan to wear it any other time than on the job, the fancy electronic watch (with a light up face, stopwatch, and alarm, btw) seemed to be the way to go.

I mean, they were both $9.88 (that's over 10 bucks with tax), so I went the easy route.   So, I am now the proud owner of a chink electronic timepiece!  Crud, I hate wearing a watch.  I put that thing on, and it felt like I was in handcuffs.  But, at least I don't have to wear a necktie...which feels like a noose.

So, now I've got a question for y'all regular, experienced wristwatch wearers.  Is it gay to do the under-wrist deal?

Is this gay?

I'm really curious.  I mean, I remember a bunch of old ladies that wore watches this way.  And, I remember a couple of male teachers in the way back that did.  I always thought it was kind of pansified, but after trying it out, it seems quite utilitarian.  It seems that one can more easily access their chink timepiece doing the under-wrist deal.  So, I'm thinking I'll wear it that way.

If it's not gay...

Let's see what else we got.

Here's a good cartoon I stole off somebody, but can't remember who it was.

Let's see what else we got.

Oh yeah...Two Dogs has this really cool Wibiya bar at the bottom of his blog.  I have just liked the heck out of that thing since the first time I saw it.  It's really cool...and you can link up to your photo gallery, your video gallery, your social networking sites, etc.  And, it's free, too!  The only problem is that I don't have a flicker, or photobucket, or The YouTube, or a real The Facebook deal to link up to.  So, it seems kinda' like overkill for this Titanic. 

But, I really do like the "translate" deal on it.  I do.  In fact, I've had a commentor or two suggest that I add a "translate widget," so that even folks that can't read American can be extremely bored.  I really like it, and it works good.  Just yesterday, I read one of Paul's posts in Chink...from start to finish, I did.

Here's what the Wibiya translate deal looks like.

As always, you'll have to click on it to get the big picture.

This was a post about Sarah Palin.  I know, because I can read chink.

Just sayin'...

What else we got?

Nyuk!  Here's a Halloween 'toon that Paul The Fireguy sent me.  Nyuk!

It says there that this was drawn by "Reynolds."  I didn't know that Glenn was an artist, too!  Learn something new every day.  Coulda' been Debbie, though.  She's pretty talented.

BTW:  Just as a follow-up to my American History quiz the other day, Garret Hobart was the 24th Vice President of the United States...and, the 6th Vice President to die in office at that time.  Just a couple of points here.  Everybody makes such a big deal about who the Veep nominee is, because he's just "one heartbeat away" from running the free world, and he has such a great influence on policy & everything.  Pshaw!  100 years from now, nobody will remember that Dick Cheney was the evil puppet master, or that Dan Quayle was retarded, or that Al Gore invented the internet (and AGW), or that Joe Biden is a buffoonish caricature of a life-long politician that gaffes more often than farts.

Fact is, 7 Veeps have died while in office...just one less than the eight Presidents that have.  And, if you take out the assassinations of Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy, it's only four Presidents.

Keep your insurance paid up, Joe.

Just sayin...

And, let's wrap up the most boring post you've looked at this week with a video.  Theo posted a video with President Reagan telling Soviet jokes.  I liked it, but it was one of those stupid deals I can't figure out how to steal and post.  So, I went YouTubing, and found one very similar.

Man, I miss Ronnie.  My Granddaddy (the one that gave me the ring) thought that Reagan was gonna be the salvation of The Republic.  Maybe he was...for a while.

Well, enjoy it, and y'all have a great Thursday evening, okay?  BTW, I'm feeling a lot better today.  I really think I'm over the hump, and appreciate all y'all's kind concern, and good wishes.

I mean it.