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Jim Bianchi

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Dec 24, 2011, 1:12:40 PM12/24/11
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Well, t'other day I dug out one of my old Walthams, wound it up and
set it to the US Bureau of Standards atomic clock. Next day I checked it
against the same standard and wouldn'tcha know? Damn atomic clock had lost
two and a half minutes!

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John Nice

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Dec 24, 2011, 5:22:43 PM12/24/11
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"Jim Bianchi" <ji...@sonic.net> wrote in message
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> Well, t'other day I dug out one of my old Walthams, wound it up and
> set it to the US Bureau of Standards atomic clock. Next day I checked it
> against the same standard and wouldn'tcha know? Damn atomic clock had lost
> two and a half minutes!

And a merry Christmas to you too!

John


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Dec 31, 2011, 9:06:04 AM12/31/11
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> > Well, t'other day I dug out one of my old Walthams, wound it up and
> > set it to the US Bureau of Standards atomic clock. Next day I checked it
> > against the same standard and wouldn'tcha know? Damn atomic clock had lost
> > two and a half minutes!
>
> And a merry Christmas to you too!
>
> John

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