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Legacy.

July 31, 2006 at 12:41 pm · Filed under Uncategorized

I asked my 16-year-old niece what time it was yesterday. (Shame on me for caring! I can’t turn it off completely!) Anyway, it took a second and she told me 4:18. I happened to see the watch as turned. I laughed out loud. My beautiful niece was wearing a binary watch. Her parents got it for her on her last birthday.

My boys had to see it. My niece taught them all how to read it. They were very excited.

How could this happen? Well, if you know my brother, you wouldn’t be surprised he’d have kids who were, how do I say, a bit geeky. In fact, if you know my hub, you wouldn’t be surprised my kids were thrilled to learn binary.

Needless to say, this goes back several generations. It’s quite the legacy.

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  01000100 01000001 01000100 wrote @ July 31, 2006 at 1:20 pm

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  Holly wrote @ July 31, 2006 at 1:41 pm

There are 10 types of people; those who understand binary and those who don’t.

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  kristin wrote @ July 31, 2006 at 3:46 pm

i clicked on the link to the watches and couldn’t even figure out their explanation of them.

i was a journalism major and english minor. i don’t do math.

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  Anonymous wrote @ July 31, 2006 at 4:54 pm

I have to agree with kristin. binary?? huh?? for some reason that never came up in my political science classes.
-Elizabeth

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  Eileen wrote @ July 31, 2006 at 6:44 pm

I am a geek by marriage. My husband would love this…

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  Wendy wrote @ July 31, 2006 at 11:06 pm

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  Wendy wrote @ July 31, 2006 at 11:07 pm

Holly – you are a funny & geeky chick! Love ya!

Kristin & Elizabeth – That’s okay – I make up for it with my geekiness…

Eileen – I feel your pain. My hub loves this stuff. And my brother, clearly, too. I had no chance.

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  junebee wrote @ August 1, 2006 at 12:32 am

That is WAY too much work to figure out the time! Ack! My brain hurts!

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  Janet wrote @ August 1, 2006 at 12:20 pm

Hi Wendy!

I hope John doesn’t spot your blog item today. That’s PERFECT for him for Christmas…he’ll love it!

(And MAYBE I can get him to explain how to tell time with the damn thing…!)

Janet

(lordcelery.blogspot.com)

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  treespotter wrote @ August 1, 2006 at 3:30 pm

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  Anonymous wrote @ August 1, 2006 at 8:46 pm

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  Rah Rah Sis Boom Ba. « Finding Blanche wrote @ December 28, 2008 at 9:41 pm

[...] I’ve mentioned her before. She’s the one with the watch. [...]

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