European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 columns the stars and stripes monday june 16,1986 today s crossword timepieces they Are a Changin by Andy Rooney at a sentimentalist i like 10 think nothing changes bul. As a realist i have to admit things do change. To support inc sentimental Side it s interesting to Tec that photography has never replaced painting As an Art form records have never replaced Liv orchestras As entertainment and television has not run radio or motion pictures out of business every business there Ever was has been faced with technological improvements that threaten its existence bul the threats Seldom matcriali2c. Seldom but some limes. There Are several things i m having to face realist Cally. I think in told typewriter i m banging away on this minute and love so much is a thing of the past. They la never make another like this old Beauty. They la soon Slop making inc electric typewriters that replaced this one 25 Yean ago too because word processors Are going 10 replace them. The term word processor is so odious for anyone who likes inc English language that i use it reluctantly the most abrupt death of the 30lh Century came to the Windup watch. Many people Aren t even speaking of Lime the same Way they use to. Instead of saying it s 20 minutes of h. They re referring to thai time As seven Forl i d hate to be a third Grade schoolteacher trying to Leach a class of restless kids 10 jell Lime and be faced with explaining thai "20 of 8" and seven forty Are exactly the same la would t make sense to a logical Little mind trying to make sense out of life. The change in How we refer to Lime has come about largely because of the change in watches. They re sell ing a lot of digital watches now that have led read outs instead or hands. Led stands for Light emitting Diode and the diodes give you the Lime As "7 40." for Many years people who dealt with Lime precisely referred to ii As Railroad people Al ways referred 10 it that Way that s Fin for them but for the rest of us it falsely suggests More precision than there is in our lives. Morning network news shows have a style of their own because they Are broadcast Al a different hour in different parts of the country. For them it is now 20 minutes of inc they can t say what hour. Old watch stores Are sad. In every window there arc dozens sometimes hundreds of old watches thai will never keep time for anyone again. There arc wonder Ful old Swiss watches that were miracles of precision when they were made 75 or 100 years ago bul they just sit there gathering dust and rust. Now they re making More accurate watches that sell for s27 and you Don t even have to wind them a Viiu h is a personal and important Possession i like the idea of liking my watch. Mine has the num Bers clearly printed on its round face. There s nothing Clever about it. I never understood a Square or Oblong watch when All the wheels inside an round. Most people become attached to their watches if icy re dependable. Thai s Why it s sad to Sec so Many abandoned old watches. Most families with any continuity and tradition have several watches in boxes and Drawee around the House. We have several of our grandparents watches among our prize possessions. I feel sentimental about them Hul i Don t know what to of with them. 1 hate the thought of anyone Nelling them Down memories and All. For the Gold in them but they la never be used Agai n. Every once in a while i wind them because they Tell you a watch should be kept running hut there s just so much time i want to spend winding watches. In our living room i keep an old Hamilton Railroad watch hanging from a Hook at the Side of the Book Case. I carried the watch myself for 20 years and i Ean t stand inc thought of abandoning so dependable an old Friend Asil was. Suspect my children Hale to Sec it hanging inert though. They know what s coming. M trim a i Mwai only9 confuses even the pros by James k1lpatrick it is astonishing that so Many professional writers have to much trouble with the placement of writers for some of our Best newspapers and magazines cannot seem to gel it straight. The problem and the remedy ordinarily Are suggested by parsing a sentence John Hil Peter in the nose Only John Hil Peter Means that nobody else. Hit Peter. John Only Hil Peter mean i hat John did l Stab him or shoot him. John Hil Only Peter Means thai John hit nobody else John Hil Peter Only in the nose Means thai John did Noi hit Peter any where else. In each Case the meaning of the sentence is controlled by the placement of observe a few horrid example. Usa today re ported thai Laurance Rockefeller bad unloaded shares of Eastern common mock. 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