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An 1837 clock-themed token coin with the phrase "Time is money" inscribed "Time is money" is an aphorism that is claimed to have originated [1] in "Advice to a Young Tradesman", an essay by Benjamin Franklin that appeared in George Fisher's 1748 book, The American Instructor: or Young Man's Best Companion, in which Franklin wrote, "Remember that time is money."
During an April 1786 snowstorm, a Spanish ship carrying iron wrecked on Tinker's Island. [1] Through history, the island has been variously rented out for ballast or for a boy's camp. Official ownership (for tax purposes) of Tinker's Island was unresolved for decades, then, in 1969, Salem, Massachusetts officially claimed the island for tax ...
Although tinker's curse is attested in 1824, which was thought to be earlier than tinker's dam, [4] "tinkers damn" is attested in 1823. [6] An alternative derivation is that a tinker's curse or cuss was considered of little significance, possibly because tinkers (who worked with their hands near hot metal) were reputed to swear (curse ...
The first part of the fourth season of "Outer Banks" dropped on Netflix on October 10. The show focuses on two groups of teenagers, Pogues and Kooks, engaged in class warfare.
Outer Banks is coming to an end, but the fictional world is still growing with a prequel and a spinoff. The hit Netflix series, which premiered in 2020, introduced the conflict between two groups ...
Tinkers is a 2009 first novel by American author Paul Harding. The novel tells the stories of George Washington Crosby, an elderly clock repairman, and of his father, Howard. On his deathbed, George remembers his father, who was a tinker selling household goods from a donkey-drawn cart and who struggled with epilepsy. [1]
In the 1981 film Outland, Sean Connery stars as an old-school lawman who keeps order in a mining colony on one of Jupiter's moons, armed only with his wits and a trusty Browning 2000 shotgun.
"Time Is Money" , a 1988 DuckTales TV film, reedited into five episodes of the series; Time Is Money, a 1923 German silent film "Time Is Money" (The Price Is Right), a segment game on the game show The Price is Right