A clock’s dead battery records the time of its death. “It’s always creepy when a clock battery dies. It’s time of death is displayed in your room until you replace it” was posted on Twitter on May 14, 2011. “Its always cool when a clock’s batteries die because you know what time it happened...” was posted on Twitter on March 26, 2012.
“When a clock battery dies, the clock records the time of its death” was posted on Reddit—Shower Thoughts on February 18, 2018.
Twitter
Stew Thomas
@SubtleOstrich
It’s always creepy when a clock battery dies. It’s time of death is displayed in your room until you replace it.
11:24 AM - 14 May 2011
Twitter
Ryan Thibodeaux
@ryanhazard1
Its always cool when a clock’s batteries die because you know what time it happened…
9:10 PM - 26 Mar 2012
Reddit—Shower Thoughts
When a clock battery dies, the clock records the time of its death.
submitted February 18, 2018 by 31-18-16-21-23
Twitter
RandomFun!
@RandomFun_
When a clock battery dies, the clock records the time of its death.
9:01 AM - 18 Feb 2018
Twitter
Shower Thoughts
@Thoughts4Shower
When a clock battery dies, the clock records the time of its death.
#showerthoughts
9:02 AM - 18 Feb 2018
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.
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