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My grandfather´s Watches
My grandfather´s Watches.
My grandfather likes watches, he always uses one, if he forgets to use it, he feels like we feel when we leave our cell phones at home. He keeps him watches in 2 wooden boxes, all of them organized by size. It doesn’t matter where he is going, could be church, work, beach, or even to the market, he always wear one, I remember my cousins and me, always fighting each other, trying to convince him to give us one, we always wanted the big yellow watch, he used to laugh and say; guys, you have no idea what you are asking for. Every time we went out with him, he said: we are leaving at 8 o´clock! If you were not ready he shouted: “we are leaving”, walked straight to the car and started the engine, always watching his watch, when we get into the car he pointed at his watch and said; “it is not the time we agreed, you are 5, 6, 3, 7 minutes late, oh that was only with the boys, when the girls were late, he said; “its ok, you can be late”. As the years passed and as he got older he is worse, you can not be late with him, if he says 1 o´clock it is 1 o´clock, it is much like him to call you when you are late, yes he calls you and ask; where are you? If you are 3 minutes late, I have seen my grand father mad because he has to wait, but I know that he will never change, we all know that, my grand mother, my mother, my uncles, my cousins, every one in my family know it, my grand father loves to be in time, he says that it is a really good thing for people to always be on time, I believe him but I will never be like him.
