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The March of Time

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When I was young, I remember we were first taught to read time on a clock or watch face. Then we learned to flip or cross off dates on day/weekly/monthly calendar. Now in old age and retired, we often forget what day of the week today is since every day is the same. Because of such needs, a new device came into being. It is basically a 5”by7” small display screen  which you plug into any electric outlet. It then displays in several lines of words:

1.      Name of the day of the week

2.      Approximate time of the day – before dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, evening, and night

3.      Time of the day in hour, minutes, AM  or PM

4.      The actual date in the order of month-day-year

There can be no mistakes if you know how to read! In time, wall clock and paper calendar may disappear. Technology progress waits for no one!



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