Okay, at heart I am still what Tony Bourdain refers to as a "dyed in the wool loyalist". Tourneau was my first horological kiss, and you never forget that first kiss.
So… when I got forwarded this story… and to be fair I am perhaps not the world's nicest person, I felt perhaps like the Grinch. To quote Doctor Seuss -
"And what happened, then? Well, in Whoville they say - that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day."
So a big bravo to Terry Irby of Tourneau!
Everybody talks about doing something - I TALK A LOT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING - but Terry is DOING SOMETHING!
Teaching at-risk kids a skill that will keep them employed FOR LIFE!
I don't want to give it all away, but I think we have a contender for next year's Writing Wrongs Award!
Here is the link to the NBC story - sorry, this is a painfully non-profit blog and I don't think I can afford to "lawyer-up" against NBC ; )
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/mr-smith-goes-to/risk-kids-take-time-master-rare-profession-n115721
So… when I got forwarded this story… and to be fair I am perhaps not the world's nicest person, I felt perhaps like the Grinch. To quote Doctor Seuss -
"And what happened, then? Well, in Whoville they say - that the Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day."
So a big bravo to Terry Irby of Tourneau!
Everybody talks about doing something - I TALK A LOT ABOUT DOING SOMETHING - but Terry is DOING SOMETHING!
Teaching at-risk kids a skill that will keep them employed FOR LIFE!
I don't want to give it all away, but I think we have a contender for next year's Writing Wrongs Award!
Here is the link to the NBC story - sorry, this is a painfully non-profit blog and I don't think I can afford to "lawyer-up" against NBC ; )
http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/mr-smith-goes-to/risk-kids-take-time-master-rare-profession-n115721
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