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Ft. Lauderdale:
[ This Message was edited by: Ft. Lauderdale on 2006-06-21 13:20 ]

Stripe:
Danille,

You are right, there were no clocks there.  But it was still possible to mark the 12 hours by the cigarette smoking event every hour on the hour.  

It's funny the things we remember from way back then, isn't it?  I don't remember much about my OC's house other than an avacado green kitchen.  But then, it was 1973 and that was the color of nearly every kitchen that was given away by Monty Hall LET'S MAKE A DEAL.

Ft. Lauderdale:
Yes you all are right...no clocks, but you could wear watches.  I remember looking at mine so I could smoke on the hour...

Antigen:
We never took down the clock in the living room. It was a cool one, too, so I'd remember. Had Roman numerals, so that forced us kids to learn that by rote, at least up to XII. We didn't have a whole lot of newcomers, though. I can only remember a couple of weeks or so of that.

But having none at the building, that's another thing. I do believe that was intentional. The only clocks at Straight were in the staff office area. You could go for months or even a year or more in that building every single day (and I've seen kids do just that) without ever catching even a sideways glance into staff office or a clock. I used to mark time by the shadows on the floor, mealtimes, kids getting in from work or school... all kinds of things. You could get confronted if you got caught looking at an oldcomer's watch. No watches, money or jewelry for newcomers.
              The body of
        Benjamin Franklin, printer,
      (Like the cover of an old book,
            Its contents worn out,
    And scripts of it's lettering and gilding)
       Lies Here, food for worms!
     Yet the work itself shall not be lost,
For it will, as he believed, appear once more
                 In a new
         And more beautiful edition,
          Corrected and amended
                By it's Author!
Epitaph for himself.

--Benjamin Franklin 1706-1790
--- End quote ---

Anonymous:
At the Seed there were no rules about watches.  Newcomers could have watches.

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