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<\/p>\nWhen it\u2019s almost noon she looks at her watch and right when it strikes 12pm she blows the whistle.<\/p>\n
One day she bumps her watch against something and she fears that it is a little off. Wanting to make sure that she can do her job correctly she decides to go get her watch set by a professional clock maker.<\/p>\n
The woman goes to the shop and has the clock maker set her watch to the correct time. She tells the clock maker what she does for a living and that it is important that her watch keeps correct time.<\/p>\n
The clock maker tells her that she needn\u2019t worry because he set his watch by the clocks in the back and that he can be sure that they\u2019re on time because he sets them every Sunday when the church bells ring at 6am.<\/p>\n
The woman leaves the shop satisfied\u2026 but starts to ask herself\u2026 \u201cHow does the church know exactly when it is 6am?\u201d<\/p>\n
So she goes to the church and finds the bell ringer and asks him how does he know when to ring the bells and how does he make sure that he has the correct time.<\/p>\n
The bell ringer tells her that he rings the bells right when his watch strikes 6am. \u201cI\u2019m sure my watch is accurate.\u201d He reassures her. \u201cI check it every day at noon when the factory goes on break.\u201d<\/p>\n
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with two huge and heavy suitcases when a stranger walks up to him and asks, \u201cHave you got the time?\u201d<\/p>\n
Jake sighs, puts down the suitcases and glances at his wrist. \u201cIt\u2019s quarter to six,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, that\u2019s a pretty fancy watch!\u201d exclaims the stranger.<\/p>\n
Jake brightens a little. \u201cYeah, it\u2019s not bad. Check this out!\u201d<\/p>\n
He shows him a time-zone display for every time zone in the world. He hits a few buttons and from somewhere on the watch a voice says, \u201cThe time is eleven past six.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jake continues, \u201cI\u2019ve put in regional accents for each city. The display is of unbelievably high quality and the voice is simply astounding.\u201d<\/p>\n
The stranger is struck dumb with admiration.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not all,\u201d says Jake. He pushes a few more buttons and a tiny but very hi-resolution map of New York City appears on the display. \u201cThe flashing dot shows our location by satellite positioning,\u201d explains Jake.<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, no, it\u2019s not ready for sale yet; I\u2019m still working out the bugs,\u201d says the inventor. \u201cBut look at this,\u201d and he proceeds to demonstrate that the watch is also a very creditable little FM radio receiver with a digital tuner, a sonar device that can measure distances up to 125 metres, a pager with thermal paper printout and, most impressive of all, the capacity for voice recordings of up to 300 standard-size books,\u201d says Jake.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got to have this watch,\u201d says the stranger.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, you don\u2019t understand; it\u2019s not ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll give you $1000 for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOh, no, I\u2019ve already spent more than that!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll give you $5000 for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBut it\u2019s just not\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ll give you $15,000 for it.\u201d And the stranger pulls out a checkbook. Jake stops to think. He\u2019s only put about $8500 into materials and development, and with $15 000 he can make another one and have it ready for merchandising in only six months. The stranger frantically finishes writing the check and waves it in front of him. \u201cHere it is, ready to hand to you right here and now. $15,000. Take it or leave it!\u201d<\/p>\n
Jake abruptly makes his decision. \u201cOkay,\u201d he says, and peels off the watch. They make the exchange and the stranger starts happily away.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, wait a minute!\u201d calls Jake after the stranger turns around warily. He points to the two suitcases he\u2019d been trying to wrestle through the bus station.\u00a0\u201cDon\u2019t forget your batteries!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A time keeper at a factory is in charge of blowing the whistle for the lunch break at noon. When it\u2019s almost noon she looks at her watch and right when it strikes 12pm she blows the whistle. One day she bumps her watch against something and she fears that it is a little off. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-random-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5530"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5531,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5530\/revisions\/5531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}