In 'The Perfectionists' Simon Winchester Looks At History Of Precision Engineering
https://www.npr.org/2018/05/07/608590826/in-the-perfectionists-simon-wincheste r-looks-at-history-of-precision-engineering KELLY: You write about that in such a personal way in the book. You include the detail of your Sunday morning ritual, of walking room to room in this old farmhouse you live in and correcting all the clocks, you know, pushing one hand forward a little bit and another hand back, and that you love the inaccuracy of that, that they're all chiming totally out of sync by midway through the next week. WINCHESTER: Yes, a lovely description in Dorothy L. Sayers' book "Gaudy Night" about the clocks in Oxford chiming midnight in friendly disagreement. Well, I like clocks having friendly disagreement. I loathe digital watches with, I mean, the one I dare say you're looking at in the studio now, with microsecond countdowns. Let's take it a bit easier. Let's be a bit fuzzy in our needs and desires and wishes. ----------- I don't know if the book discusses time. If you aren't familiar with his work, he's good. -- These are my opinions. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.