Parker Tag

Chapter Duh

Some twenty odd years ago, I was walking with my spouse along south Main Street, Vancouver, and we came upon a peculiar shop, called “Bob’s Old Stuff Two”, owned by the late Bob Blais (God, I miss his shop!), RIP. He had a sandwich board out front that said “We Buy Watches”, in homage to his love of collecting and trading watches. I looked at my partner, and noted the small gold Deco Swiss watch on my substantial wrist and wandered in. Bob, conspicuous in his Hawaiian...