time-keeping

[Colin Pook]

So, scientists have come up with a watch that will only lose 1 second in 300 million years. Sounds like more Tesco rubbish, and how do they know the battery will last that long, and what's the point if our planet will meet it's demise in a few million years. My advice is--if any-one has bought one, return it and ask for your money back.
Colin.

[Ivan Cloherty]

So, scientists have come up with a watch that will only lose 1 second in 300 million years. Colin.

Who is going to check?

[Louis the Amigo]

Hi shipmates, Hi Collin Had a much better watch than that one,bought it in port Said off Ali the watch seller? its a great time keeper the hands have never moved in 40 years, its right twice a day and never needs a battery.

[Keith at Tregenna]

London 2012 Olympics countdown clock stopped:

It was launched in a blaze of sparklers by Lord Coe, London mayor Boris Johnson and potential London 2012 gold medallist Jessica Ennis. But on the day Olympic tickets went on sale, organisers suffered a major embarrassment as their official countdown clock stopped.

The all singing and dancing, hi-tec timepiece was of as much use as the Maya calendar.

K.

[Doc Vernon]

Dont think that it will have a Battery Colin!
Its an Optical Clock,as you know and is the next step up from the Atomic Clock,which has been a good sucess! Or are they all the same !haha!! I ahve a stack of Batteries at hand! Mmmmmmm!!
Anyway as you say,who will want that as we will al be gonners ! LOL!
Cheers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_clock

How about putting one of those gadgets in our Heart,we could then live forever! haha!
Atomic Hearts! Wow!! That will keep us Ticking! Tick Tock Tick Tock!!

[happy daze john in oz]

Nothing like a Las Palmas watch to confound even the best of time keepers. Moving hands but no inside, how did they do it? Must have got them from one of those magician guys.

[Colin Pook]

Good morning Louis, I could do with one of those watches like yours. If your'e in Port Said again, will you get one for me?

p.s. I believe 'scouse' the barber used to sell them as well

Best regards,

Colin

[alf corbyn]

louis you silly fool. they were spider powered. if you don't feed it , it won't work.

[Richard Quartermaine]

I bought a 'paperback' of banned 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' in Port Said and couldn't wait to get onto my bunk - heh, let me finish - to read it. It was obviously printed in Egypt, some of the pages were upside down and some missing. It still did the rounds of the ship and you could tell which were the juicy bits by the thumb soiled pages.
Richard

[Colin Pook]

Excuse me Richard, but what's your thread got to do with /tick-tocks?
Colin