{"id":587,"date":"2023-01-07T01:14:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T01:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaces.oca.ac.uk\/wallet6\/?p=587"},"modified":"2023-01-07T01:14:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T01:14:51","slug":"father-time-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/?p=587","title":{"rendered":"Father Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I like to think I&#8217;m a smart cookie, but sometimes &#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the student presentations last night I was thinking about the possible themes I&#8217;ll be working on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/spaces.oca.ac.uk\/wallet6\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3554\/2023\/01\/time-themes-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/time-themes-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/north-coast.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/time-themes-768x577.jpg 768w, https:\/\/north-coast.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/time-themes.jpg 994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption>time themes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of them had some sort of relationship with time, and I&#8217;d said already that I&#8217;d been fascinated with the concepts of time from my early 20s.  Last night it struck me; my father had worked from his days as an apprentice with IBM before WWII until he caught TB in the early 60s with cash registers and  <strong><em>time clocks<\/em><\/strong>. He also repaired clocks for family and friends, so there were always bits of clocks lying around at home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Could be the reason for my fascination? Also, mechanical wristwatches never work on me. In my 20s I always carried a pocket watch &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like to think I&#8217;m a smart cookie, but sometimes &#8230;. After the student presentations last night I was thinking about the possible themes I&#8217;ll be working on. All of them had some sort of relationship with time, and I&#8217;d said already that I&#8217;d been fascinated with the concepts of time from my early 20s.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/?p=587\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Father Time<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,22,8,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-1-jan","category-ma-1-research-practice","category-home","category-1-1-research","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/north-coast.space\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}