Frazz by Jef Mallett for August 17, 2016

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    The Mixer  over 8 years ago

    Frazz might OWN a watch but, having gone back through a month and a half of strips, he certainly never WEARS one – not even on July 2 and July 30, which were the last two times we see him on a run.

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    Varnes  over 8 years ago

    Remember, we are all running out of time….Have a nice day!

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    Varnes  over 8 years ago

    Seriously….How many days do you really have left?….One breath at a time I guess…Cheers, eh?….

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    Kind&Kinder  over 8 years ago

    Life’s like that: tick, tock, tick…..

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNH7z8VlPGA

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    flyertom  over 8 years ago

    The day I retired, almost 5 years ago, I removed my watch and haven’t worn it since.

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    stairsteppublishing  over 8 years ago

    What’s a watch. Haven’t worn one since getting my first iPhone. And, don’t miss it.

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    stairsteppublishing  over 8 years ago

    It has been years since hearing and singing My Grandfather’s Clock. When my grandfather died the grandfather’s clock stopped, we tried winding it as he did and it never worked right, so gave up on it. He had a special touch with the clock that we never did.

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    whiteheron  over 8 years ago

    Well as we say ‘round here…"What’s time to a hog?"

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    matzam Premium Member over 8 years ago

    60 years old & never wore a watch

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    Spiny Norman Premium Member over 8 years ago

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

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    StackableContainers  over 8 years ago

    Watches are cool. Technically, aesthetically, and in a historical context.

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    hippogriff  over 8 years ago

    Back in the ’90s, when I was working on my Masters, I was in a seminar class with all others doctoral candidates. The discussion involved wind-up watches and I mentioned I was wearing one. Everybody in the room got up and came over to see this wondrous device!

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    smoore47  over 8 years ago

    Didn’t have to. As usual, you invited it.

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    Wilde Bill  over 8 years ago

    I only wear a watch when I absolutely need to know how much time I have left to finish a task (About once a week). The rest of the time, the clock on my phone is sufficient.

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    puddleglum1066  over 8 years ago

    Caulfield is getting dangerously close to an insight: it’s not the structure, it’s not the schedule, it’s not the work; it’s the fact that these things are imposed upon him by somebody else at school, and later on, when he joins the working class, in his job. Remember that the public schools are equal parts education and indoctrination, properly preparing people to fit into society… which includes accepting that most of your life you’re going to be doing what somebody else tells you to do, on that person’s schedule.

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    rekam Premium Member over 8 years ago

    Still have to wear a watch so I’ll know not to be late for all the doctors’ appointments. And, here I thought I could relax once I’d retired. Hah!

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    cknoblo Premium Member over 8 years ago

    My father died when I was 10. I got his watch, and wore watches until I got an iPhone. My last watch sits on my desk as a desk clock now, and I had to buy a clock to watch while I exercise, but I don’t miss wearing one. My iPhone doubles as an alarm clock when I need one. The calendar app takes care of my appointments. The maps show me the way, and I can play my own playlist over my car speakers, wirelessly. I gave up radio when I retired. I rarely watch TV any more.

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    Varnes  over 8 years ago

    Some people would rather work for them selves, even though everyone knows, especially them, that they will have to work harder for less money, but they’d rather live that way than work for somebody…Not me. But hey, more power to them…..That’s probably where our geniuses come from…. come from….

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    hippogriff  over 8 years ago

    comicsssfanNone in that very advanced placement class seem to have known it..Night-Gaunt49The watch in question was a $6 Timex. Some status symbol.

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    unfair.de  9 months ago

    In 2016 the previously slow decay of the need to wear a watch was already in full swing, and the euphemistically so called „smart watch" wasn’t as common as it is today in 2024.

    Question is whether someone in Caulfields age will ever be in a situation where wearing a watch is expected of him.

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