Nice watch.

Now THAT'S a watch.

}:)     [Drooling ... ]

Charles, I enjoy the titles of your photographs almost as much as the images.

The hands should be set at 10:10 or thereabouts. There seems to be some sort of unwritten advertising industry rule to that effect. Or maybe it's written.

Oh good grief, Obama is turning out to be quite the cult leader:

Obama Supports Adopt "Hussein" In Show of Solidarity

re: #4 Occasional Reader

They used to be set to the time of day when Lincoln was shot.

Does it keep Lizard Time?

Charles:
I just tried to use the contact form. I allow cookies and Javascript. It took me less than 30 seconds to punch in the link, my e-mail addy, and a short message. I got a "Too much time elapsed" message.
Anyway, I'm sure you've seen this by now.

Grrrrr, here is the link:

[Link: elections.foxnews.com...]

Is this a hint that we ought to be doing something besides hanging out on LFG on Sunday morning while drinking our coffee?

re: #4 Occasional Reader

The hands should be set at 10:10 or thereabouts. There seems to be some sort of unwritten advertising industry rule to that effect. Or maybe it's written.

I think it is pretty timely.

I have to time to comment, the open road awaits me.

Noam....you are loved more than you realize.

Nice watch! I'll have to print out a pic and hit the bazaar. Maybe I can find a knockoff!

Does anybody really know what time it is?

It's about time.

re: #8 EC Marm

Charles:
I just tried to use the contact form. I allow cookies and Javascript. It took me less than 30 seconds to punch in the link, my e-mail addy, and a short message. I got a "Too much time elapsed" message.
Anyway, I'm sure you've seen this by now.

The time elapsed starts when you load the page -- not when you display the form. But hmm. That gives me an idea to improve it.

re: #15 BigJohn

It's about time.

The time is right.

Time is on my side. Yes it is.

A recent conversation:
Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing!
Cheney: That's the second hand, George!

~Dennis Miller

re: #17 VegasRick

The time is right.

Time is of the essence.

re: #14 mich-again

Does anybody really...........

If I could save time in a bottle...

re: #14 mich-again

Does anybody really care?

Time won't let me.

Time keeps on slipping into the future.

re: #24 Dianna

Wait that long.

There's an appoximiately 1 in 30 chance that pic was taken just today...

Ticking away, the moments that make up a dull day.....

~Pink Floyd

re: #27 christheprofessor

There's an appoximiately 1 in 30 chance that pic was taken just today...

-380

OK, before anyone posts this story:

"Iran ready to strike at Israel’s nuclear heart"

[Link: www.timesonline.co.uk...]

Remember, it's by Uzi Mahnaimi.

And who is Mahnaimi?
He's a lying scumbag who is responsible for one the worst blood libels in recent memory:
The Ethnic Bomb (“genetic bomb” designed to kill Arabs but not Jews )
which is so loved by Jeremiah Wright and other assorted antisemites.

re: #29 VegasRick

-380

Huh?

re: #27 christheprofessor

There's an appoximiately 1 in 30 chance that pic was taken just today...

The date says '29', so wouldn't that be a 1 in 11 chance?

Islamic watches timers count backwards.

re: #10 Dianna

Is this a hint that we ought to be doing something besides hanging out on LFG on Sunday morning while drinking our coffee?

Do you think we're frittering and wasting our hours, in an offhand way?

Let's...do...the...Time Warp Again....

re: #31 christheprofessor

Huh?

odds that it is today.

Time has come today.

It appears to have more radium than a Mickey Mouse watch I had once, so I guess you may have problems going thru airport security.

Time after time....

re: #32 sillyquiet

The date says '29', so wouldn't that be a 1 in 11 chance?

Well judging by the name of the .jpg file, I'd say its close to 100% chance it was taken today.

"Festina"... isn't that when we have the Airing of Grievances, followed by Feats of Strength?

re: #32 sillyquiet

The date says '29', so wouldn't that be a 1 in 11 chance?

Well, it's a leap year, so there are 12 29^th

A bluewood table in California.

It's about time,
It's about space,
About strange people in the strangest place.
It's about time,
It's about flight,
Travelin' faster than the speed of light.

About space people and a brave crew,
As through the barrier of time they flew.
Pass the Roman Senators,
Pass an armored knight,
Pass the firing Minutemen,
To this modern site.

It's about time for you and me
To meet these people of amazing feats.
It's about two astronauts and how they educate
A pre-historic woman and her pre-historic mate.

It's about time
It's about space
About strange people in the strangest place
They will be here
With all of us
Dodging a taxi, a car, a bus.

Where will they go
What will they do
In this strange place where everything is new.
Will they manage to survive
Watch each week and see.
Will they get accustomed to the Twentieth Century.

It's about time
For our good byes
To all our pre-historic gals and guys.

And now,
It's About Time
It's About Time
It's About Time
It's About Time!

re: #42 christheprofessor

Well, it's a leap year, so there are 12 29^th

yep, true.

re: #40 mich-again

Well judging by the name of the .jpg file, I'd say its close to 100% chance it was taken today.

Don't mess up our rampant speculation with hard facts? What are ya, some kinda climate change denialist or something?

Fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way.

re: #42 christheprofessor

Well, it's a leap year, so there are 12 29^th

Doh! Let's try that again -- this year there are 12 29ths, out of 366 days, being a leap year.

Five analog gaugey thingies to remind you to live in the moment.

Thank you Charles for your tremendous effort and achievement in bringing out the extremist issues while providing a civilized playground for the lizard collection.

The truth will set us free. But first it will make us miserable.

Believe it or not:

I do not own a watch, nor any other portable time-keeping device, and once out in the real world I never have any idea what time it is.

None of this is by design. I once had a watch, but it broke, and I never got around to replacing it. Yes, there is some inconvenience to not knowing what time it is, but there is also a strange freedom -- the freedom of the primitive human, who functions according to an internal body clock and by the position of the sun in the sky.

Just be, man.

Now that's some old rusty Philips screw on the bottom right there...

/off topicness

re: #40 mich-again

Well judging by the name of the .jpg file, I'd say its close to 100% chance it was taken today.

Yes, I'd have to agre with that...

Hit Me...Baby One More Time

_{Now I'm really out of here..before I get my butt kicked
:')}

re: #27 christheprofessor

There's an appoximiately 1 in 30 chance that pic was taken just today...

I'm almost positive it was taken today. I think it was a test: Charles took a picture and tested himself to see how fast he could get it online. I see it took him five minutes -- not bad!

I've done the same test -- my fastest time was four minutes.

re: #48 christheprofessor
Hmm. Could it be someone trying to taunt the islamists? In the muslim calender, which is probably lunar based, is there a 29th day of the month?

re: #9 American Jewess In Jerusalem

It sounds like we are having a middle school-level candidate running for the President. Remember all the cliques? Ah, but we were fickle, and ran with the crowd, and could change at the turn of a dime.

So it seems with the cult of Hussein...and when they find that the Emperor has no clothes?

Charles, I so hope that is not a lizard band...lizard on your wrist--that's disgusting!

re: #54 zombie

Yes, you are, as usual, correct -- I didn't think to look at the pic properties.

Pretty fast posting time, I'd say...

re: #34 Occasional Reader

I'm stuck. I know there's a line about "in an offhand way" but I can't remember it.

re: #54 zombie

I'm almost positive it was taken today. I think it was a test: Charles took a picture and tested himself to see how fast he could get it online. I see it took him five minutes -- not bad!

I've done the same test -- my fastest time was four minutes.

Interesting....

re: #56 NY Nana

It sounds like we are having a middle school-level candidate running for the President. Remember all the cliques? Ah, but we were fickle, and ran with the crowd, and could change at the turn of a dime.

So it seems with the cult of Hussein...and when they find that the Emperor has no clothes?

Under the bus with nakedness!

re: #5 american jewess in jerusalem

Oh good grief, Obama is turning out to be quite the cult leader:

Dang! I just changed my middle name to Kim-Jong-Il-Dearest-Leader-Lodestar-to-t he -Masses. Oh well, back to the county office I go.

Poor Charles has an off brand watch. Let's all chip in and get him a Timex.

re: #34 Occasional Reader

More accurately, I can't remember the title of the song, so I can't look up the next line.

Sigh.

re: #55 EC Marm

Hmm. Could it be someone trying to taunt the islamists? In the muslim calender, which is probably lunar based, is there a 29th day of the month?

Why have a calendar when any day one can kill an infidel is a good day?

re: #50 zombie

Believe it or not:

I do not own a watch, nor any other portable time-keeping device, and once out in the real world I never have any idea what time it is.

None of this is by design. I once had a watch, but it broke, and I never got around to replacing it. Yes, there is some inconvenience to not knowing what time it is, but there is also a strange freedom -- the freedom of the primitive human, who functions according to an internal body clock and by the position of the sun in the sky.

Just be, man.

I don't know why, but that reminds me of my favorite lines from Futurama:

Prof. Farnsworth: (shouting) Hey! Unless this is a nude love-in, get the hell off my property!
Hippie.: You can't own property, man!
Prof. Farnsworth: I can, but that's because I'm not a penniless hippie.

re: #34 Occasional Reader

Do you think we're frittering and wasting our hours, in an offhand way?

Pink Floyd, Us and Them

re: #41 Occasional Reader

Festina lente - make haste slowly, a favorite aphorism of Augustus.

re: #59 Dianna

I'm stuck. I know there's a line about "in an offhand way" but I can't remember it.

Fritter and waste the hour(s) in an offhand way...

(I think)

re: #32 sillyquiet

The date says '29', so wouldn't that be a 1 in 11 chance?

It also depends what year the pic was taken and when the watch was manufactured times the month between now and then

re: #61 VegasRick

Think of the damage to the road!

re: #64 Dianna

More accurately, I can't remember the title of the song, so I can't look up the next line.

Sigh.

Kicking around on a piece of ground in your hometown...

(The title is right in front of you!)

re: #44 ShyGuy

It's about time,
It's about space,
It's about time to smack your face!

snicker

re: #50 zombie

My only watch is my cell phone. I don't like wearing a watch and I hardly ever care much what time it is.

re: #67 coquimbojoe

Pink Floyd, Us and Them

Close, but no cigar.

re: #44 ShyGuy

It's about time,
It's about space,
About strange people in the strangest place.
It's about time,
It's about flight,
Travelin' faster than the speed of light.

I used to love that show! Watched in reruns as a kid. I've been trying to remember the lyrics for years.

Thanks!

re: #67 coquimbojoe

Pink Floyd, Us and Them

SORRY, Pink Floyd, TIME

Time
(Mason, Waters, Wright, Gilmour) 7:06

Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day
You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way.
Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town
Waiting for someone or something to show you the way.

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.

So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again.
The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older,
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death.

Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time.
Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines
Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way
The time is gone, the song is over,
Thought I'd something more to say.

re: #60 Thanos

Interesting....

Took me four minutes as well Z...
[Link: noblesseoblige.org...]

re: #71 NY Nana

Think of the damage to the road!

"To hell with the damage! GET UNDER THAT BUS RIGHT NOW!"
(channeling Fat Bastard)

re: #50 zombie

All my watches die horrible, hideous, suffering deaths. The one that lasted longest was one I got from KMart for $5, where the works were encased in a block of lucite.

re: #75 Occasional Reader

Close, but no cigar.

Corrto insecto. I did the 'My Bad' above.

re: #53 DesertSage

Sage?

Go to your room, young man! And no TV, no computer and keep away from the mini fridge.

And don't even think of using your mobile phone. You are grounded. Harrumph.

re: #59 Dianna

I'm stuck. I know there's a line about "in an offhand way" but I can't remember it.

Fritter and waste the day in an offhand way.

Hours!

re: #76 zombie

If you travel faster than the speed of light, you really won't need a watch.

/I am not a physicist; though I wish I were...

re: #75 Occasional Reader

Close, but no cigar.

That's what Monica told Hillary after she conceded...

As time goes by....

Tick...tick...tick...

Hey fella's, what time is it?

re: #65 christheprofessor

Why have a calendar when any day one can kill an infidel is a good day?

Hehehe. I just looked up in Wiki the "Islamic Calendar". How progressive:

But, the lunar crescent becomes really visible only some 15-18 hours after the conjunction, and only subject to the existence of a number of favourable conditions relative to weather, time, geographic location, as well as various astronomical parameters. [7] As a result, the beginning of each month differs from one Muslim country to another, and the information provided by the calendar does not extend beyond the current month.

If the Islamic calendar were prepared using astronomical calculations, Muslims throughout the Muslim world could use it to meet all their needs, the way they use the Gregorian calendar today. But, there are divergent views on whether it is licit to do so. [8]

A majority of theologians oppose the use of calculations on the grounds that this would not conform with the Messenger’s recommendation to observe the new moon of Ramadan and Shawal in order to determine the beginning of these months. [9]

But, since there is no prohibition to use astronomical calculations in the Qor’an, some jurists see no contradiction between the Messenger’s teachings and the use of calculations to determine the beginnings of lunar months. [10] They consider that the Messenger’s recommendation was merely adapted to the culture of the times, and should not be confused with the acts of worship. [11] [12] [13]

Thus, jurists Ahmad Muhammad Shakir and Yusuf al-Qaradawi both endorsed the use of calculations to determine the beginning of months. [Link: en.wikipedia.org...]

re: #50 zombie

the freedom of the primitive human, who functions according to an internal body clock and by the position of the sun in the sky.

Primitive man must have missed a lot of flights.

re: #50 zombie

Believe it or not:

I do not own a watch, nor any other portable time-keeping device, and once out in the real world I never have any idea what time it is.

None of this is by design. I once had a watch, but it broke, and I never got around to replacing it. Yes, there is some inconvenience to not knowing what time it is, but there is also a strange freedom -- the freedom of the primitive human, who functions according to an internal body clock and by the position of the sun in the sky.

Just be, man.

Zombie is:
A vegetarian
Non-cell phone User
Non-watch wearer
Non-McDonald's Eater
Non-Creationist
An intrepid photographer
Chronicler of arboreal nudity

How am I doing? So far so good?

re: #54 zombie

I'm almost positive it was taken today. I think it was a test: Charles took a picture and tested himself to see how fast he could get it online. I see it took him five minutes -- not bad!

I've done the same test -- my fastest time was four minutes.

Whoops, I take that last comment back, the minute ticked over while I snapped the photo, beat you by 58 seconds

re: #90 EC Marm

It's no wonder they are so confused.

re: #78 Thanos

Took me four minutes as well Z...
[Link: noblesseoblige.org...]

Looks like three minutes to me -- .20.02 on the comment depicted, .23 on your posting. Not bad at all!

But you revealed that you use Safari on a Mac and live in the Mountain time zone.

re: #30 MJ

Great catch. *Sigh* Is The Times joining the lynch mob mentality?

re: #95 zombie

Looks like three minutes to me -- .20.02 on the comment depicted, .23 on your posting. Not bad at all!

But you revealed that you use Safari on a Mac and live in the Mountain time zone.

Wrong, Wrong, wrong. :)

It's the time of the season for loving

re: #79 VegasRick

ROTFL!

Now is the TIME for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
(a typists practice piece). Probably not PC in today's world. . . ACLU would want 'men' changed to: persons or humans.

re: #100 wee fury

Now is the TIME for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
(a typists practice piece). Probably not PC in today's world. . . ACLU would want 'men' changed to: persons or humans.

And great apes.

Just because we're Floyding: On the Turning Away

re: #102 Dianna

Just because we're Floyding: On the Turning Away

Great, great, song.

re: #100 wee fury

Now is the TIME for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
(a typists practice piece). Probably not PC in today's world. . . ACLU would want 'men' changed to: persons or humans.

And "typists" to "keyboardists" give that students take keyboarding instead of typing today...

re: #103 coquimbojoe

I think it's my favorite from their later period.

Muslim Azan Clock --Islamic Prayer Timings--250 Cities !

Now with SNOOZE feature.
Never miss another bow whistle.
Callous optional.

re: #80 Dianna

All my watches die horrible, hideous, suffering deaths. The one that lasted longest was one I got from KMart for $5, where the works were encased in a block of lucite.

I usually used to acquire discarded junky watches with broken straps -- PowerPuff Girls watches made of pink plastic, or similar junk for little kids. I couldn't be bothered to actually buy a watch. Just whatever I find.

But I haven't found one in quite a while, for some reason.

When the Cosmic Watchmaker wants me to find an intelligently designed watch, it will happen. But not until then.

Is it water resistant to 3 atmospheres?

The Chambers Brothers - Time Has Come Today

Cuckoo.

I don't wear jewelry of any sort except a single wedding band. It bugs me.

re: #27 christheprofessor

There's an appoximiately 1 in 30 chance that pic was taken just today...

It could be the 29th of any month, dating back to the advent of color photography.

/assuming the date is even accurate

re: #99 NY Nana

ROTFL!

Timing is everthing.

Clock of the heart

re: #40 mich-again

Well judging by the name of the .jpg file, I'd say its close to 100% chance it was taken today.

/apparently you've never heard of "save as"

re: #95 zombie

Looks like three minutes to me -- .20.02 on the comment depicted, .23 on your posting. Not bad at all!

But you revealed that you use Safari on a Mac and live in the Mountain time zone.

Zombie, the time in Thanos' pic would imply MST (Arizona only right now) or PDT.

Or an intentionally mal-adjusted timezone setting...

Hot time summer in the city.

re: #107 zombie

But I haven't found one in quite a while, for some reason.

I heard on the radio recently that only about 30-something percent (AIR) of people wear a watch nowadays -- no need for one when there is a clock in everybody's cellphone...

re: #105 Dianna

I think my favorite Floyd tune is Wish You Were Here.

re: #111 Killian Bundy

It could be the 29th of any month, dating back to the advent of color photography.

/assuming the date is even accurate

Spoil sport. Besides, the .jpg properties indicate it was created today...

re: #117 christheprofessor

I heard on the radio recently that only about 30-something percent (AIR) of people wear a watch nowadays -- no need for one when there is a clock in everybody's cellphone...

I can't stand wrist watches -- I used to carry a pocket watch, but my old bulova needs to be fixed and I don't have the dough at the moment.

My phone has become my watch, though I do make a habit of borrowing students' watches in class.

re: #111 Killian Bundy

It could be the 29th of any month, dating back to the advent of color photography.

/or the introduction of the watch model, whichever came last

re: #92 coquimbojoe

Zombie is:
A vegetarian
Non-cell phone User
Non-watch wearer
Non-McDonald's Eater
Non-Creationist
An intrepid photographer
Chronicler of arboreal nudity

How am I doing? So far so good?

Not bad! All correct. But that's just the tip of the iceberg.

I can't even say the more noteworthy identifying features and lifestyles. Too much of a giveaway!

re: #118 Sharmuta

Also a wonderful song!

re: #96 NY Nana

Great catch. *Sigh* Is The Times joining the lynch mob mentality?

Mahnaimi has zero credibility. Don't know why the Times continues to publish him since they loose credibility whenever they do. Sort of similar to the NYT publishing the antisemitic Chris Hedges.

By the way, this story is part of a larger effort being made today to drum up a newspaper-inspired pogrom against British Jews.
Meryl Yourish has great summation of what going on in the Guardian today as well:

[Link: www.yourish.com...]

re: #122 zombie

Not bad! All correct. But that's just the tip of the iceberg.

I can't even say the more noteworthy identifying features and lifestyles. Too much of a giveaway!

You're not Carmen Electra are you?