tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post7329264874528027998..comments2024-02-24T00:41:37.836-08:00Comments on The Buddha Diaries: The Clock Doc VisitsPeter Clothierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-88871890670225997282008-11-13T10:56:00.000-08:002008-11-13T10:56:00.000-08:00mandt, thanks for the thoughtful reading. It's a ...mandt, thanks for the thoughtful reading. It's a pleasure to be read in this depth--and with this understanding.<BR/><BR/>roger, we need you now! Check out my entry today (a couple of days later) about our electrical problems. We could use a man who loves to repair things!Peter Clothierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-33585929276132246422008-11-11T08:59:00.000-08:002008-11-11T08:59:00.000-08:00I've read this essay over several times----it's a ...I've read this essay over several times----it's a delight: beautifully constructed with precise, jeweled gears one driving for another, keeping the time moving in a well told story. Well done. It has an O.Henry quality about it. Peace MandTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-64610829674888048112008-11-11T07:07:00.000-08:002008-11-11T07:07:00.000-08:00i love things that can be repaired. and i love rep...i love things that can be repaired. and i love repairing things. i have sometimes "repaired" various bits of malfunctioning machinery merely by disassembly and reassembly. of course i do suppose that somewhere in the process i corrected some defect without realizing it, but i feel the invitation to muse that the machine just appreciated some kind attention.<BR/><BR/>alas, much of the modern world is not repairable.rogerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05910951099847351232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-45263305407466359662008-11-10T18:08:00.000-08:002008-11-10T18:08:00.000-08:00It seems very Zen the whole process indeed. I ofte...It seems very Zen the whole process indeed. I often wonder if we'd all be better off back in a world where most things are done by hand. <BR/><BR/>The Industrial Revolution brought us much but it will likely destroy us in the process via global warming and other forms of excessive living.<BR/><BR/>Oh well. Coming and going, living an dying I guess. :)They call him James Urehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171585857015973860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-87288271544384531942008-11-10T16:41:00.000-08:002008-11-10T16:41:00.000-08:00Lovely story! Something to learn from, I think!Lovely story! Something to learn from, I think!Peter Clothierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-87993958776979045342008-11-10T16:33:00.000-08:002008-11-10T16:33:00.000-08:00This reminds me of the enormous and comforting ple...This reminds me of the enormous and comforting pleasure of watching a piano tuner at work.<BR/><BR/>My parents had a friend who owned several grandfather and grandmother clocks and had them all set to go off at 10:00 p.m, 10:05, 10:10, and so on until all their dinner guests had left. If guests were so obtuse as to stay through the constant chiming, he simply retired upstairs and left his wife to deal with the clods.heartinsanfranciscohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07535397382991383931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-58373098726451250832008-11-10T11:03:00.000-08:002008-11-10T11:03:00.000-08:00Hello, Tom. Thanks for stopping by with a comment...Hello, Tom. Thanks for stopping by with a comment. And yes: you say perfectly exactly what I was thinking as I wrote the piece.Peter Clothierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11525159413387378704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3965076219235086304.post-64971874009779263332008-11-10T10:52:00.000-08:002008-11-10T10:52:00.000-08:00A wonderful post. For some reason [WHAT, exactly,...A wonderful post. For some reason [WHAT, exactly, I dunno] I find it deliciously Buddhisty to have keen expertise in one rather-narrow field or corner of a wider field. An interest in something fine-tuned makes one a conquerer, a knower of the small details.<BR/><BR/>One you know SOME small details, you appreciate "the small," the grains of sand, the differences in clouds.<BR/><BR/>It seems to me there would have to be wisps of Buddhism about The Clock DocAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13718601770472939313noreply@blogger.com