May 29, 2008. Harper, Texas Double D Ranch.

Ken loves gadgets. The first time a so called atomic watch became available, he bought one. and he has used it ever since. The best thing about this watch is that it is always correct. I on the other hand always keep my watches fast, which does not please Ken, so with his atomic watch, he does not need to depend on my incorrect watch. To make things worse, I own several watches, and every watch is a different amount of minutes wrong. So Ken has been happy with his watch...until now, when his watch stopped working. Of course, he bought a new atomic watch, but this one is a solar powered watch with every gadget known to man. Now when his watch arrived, it came with a book three inches thick of instructions. Immediately, Ken commented that this watch must be difficult to keep running, with all these pages of instructions. We both laughed, because we both know that Ken is stubborn, and will get this watch running properly...eventually.

The first thing that has kept us laughing was that he could not get the watch set at the correct time. The watch ran well, and kept good time, but it was always a few minutes wrong. He would set the watch to the correct time, and it quickly reverted to the wrong time. Of course, the book was at home, so he down loaded the instructions to his computer. Eventually he figured out how to set it and he was happy. But then we changed time zone and the watch does not automatically change the time, so he tried to change the time. Of course he could not do it, so yet again, another download on yet another computer to get the instructions for this stupid watch. He commented today, that he thinks he has these instructions of every computer we own. So once again, I saw him with his watch, leaning over the porch, trying to get the right signal for his watch, so his watch will keep correct time. Ken is stubborn and he will get this watch to work properly, once he gets all the directions. In the meantime, we laugh about his watch all the time.