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That's Progress For Ya


I was setting up a large, cast aluminum, decorative sundial in my yard that I had purchased from a garden catalog.  A neighbor, an old  fellow, was leaning on the fence watching my progress and asked, "What the hell's that for?"

I explained, "It's a sundial. See, the sun will hit that small triangular spike and cast a shadow on the face of the sundial. Then, as the sun moves across the sky, the shadow also moves across the calibrated dial, enabling a person to determine the correct time."

My neighbor shook his head and muttered, "Huh, what will they think of next?!"


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