First, yes, this post is about time. More importantly, time pieces aka the watch. Secondly, since this post is about time and the post title is Time After Time, I was compelled to include the video link for the song. Though you may not be compelled to watch it. I started, then … stopped. While I do love the album, well, because She IS So Unusual, watching the dated video was somewhat unsettling. You see, that’s the way the majority of the trashy, female pharmacy customers look TODAY. So you can see why I experienced a little PTWD – Post Traumatic Work Disorder. Still, some readers may enjoy the eighties flashback. And, hair. And, pajama pant outfits. And, … . So I will accommodate accordingly.
As penance – the Hootie link. I feel much better and truer to my vision for the post.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFLysouG86I (Time by Hootie and the Blowfish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJNU (Time After Time by Cyndi Lauper)
I have a ‘vanities’ file filled with ads torn from magazines of items I really want. (insert heavy sigh). If I had shitloads of disposable cash there would be no file -just lots of … watches and sunglasses. Tagheuer makes both by the way. Oddly enough, I’ve never been a watch person; rarely wear the watch ( a classic Movado) I own. Still, I love watches. Go figure.
Recently, I was in Detroit for a hockey tournament and mention of touring the Shinola factory was proposed. Although the excursion never happened, I realized this company is awesome. Not only are the watches handmade in the U.S.A., they are handmade here in Michigan. Even cooler. Shinoa makes bikes and leather goods, too.
The antiquated idiom “You don’t know shit from Shinola” originated during WWII and referred to the American-made Shinola brand shoe polish (the implication being that a person is too stupid to know the difference between shoe polish and feces).
The original Shinola shoe polish is no longer made, but that doesn’t mean the brand is dead. In 2012 the brand was resuscitated under new ownership. Tom Kartsotis, the formerly retired founder of Fossil (you know, that other watchmaker), established Shinola with the intention of bringing quality hand-crafted watch manufacturing back to America, and based it in Detroit – the heart of American manufacturing.
Apparently Mr. Kartsotis was told that he ‘didn’t know shit from Shinola’ , thinking a watch factory would make it in Detroit. Well, I’m thinking he knew the difference AND the person who said that to Kartsotis is now eating the ‘shit’.
http://www.shinola.com/our-story/about-shinola
Well, that’s about it. Don’t have too much more to write about time except that it’s probably time to end this post. Do check out that Shinola link. It’s inspiring. Oh, one last question regarding time before I close.
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?
