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shillelagh · 07-01-2007, 23:37

A story for you to really get this back on thread!

Many many years ago my mum bought my dad a clock he always wanted one the old fashioned ones with chiming etc. It was my job when i was a kid to wind it up once a week with the big key - 4 turns no more otherwise it would be over wound. Anyway my dad died and the clock would on the 4 turns only run for 4 days - before he died it ran for a week. Then it just stopped. No matter how many times we wound it, took it to the clock shoppe to have it looked at it wouldnt work. Then about 10 years later it started chiming one day and it started working. It worked for about 6 months then it stopped again. So back to the clock menders it went they said it needed cleaning so they cleaned it and it worked perfectly in the shop. They said they had it running for 3 days before they rang us up to go and pick it up. Brought it home it ran for 2 days then gave up the ghost again. After that it never worked properly unless it was nudged. Then it would run for 2/3 days and then stop again. It went into the clock menders they'd have it running perfect but bring it home and it stopped. When my mum died she left it to my niece and i took it down to her house. It chimed 6 times when i walked into her house and it started to work. It dont work now because she doesnt wind it up.

07-01-2007, 23:37	#186
shillelagh God Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: at the border .. Posts: 8,194 Blog Entries: 252 Liked: 1627 times Rep Power: 489677	Re: Weirdness of time A story for you to really get this back on thread! Many many years ago my mum bought my dad a clock he always wanted one the old fashioned ones with chiming etc. It was my job when i was a kid to wind it up once a week with the big key - 4 turns no more otherwise it would be over wound. Anyway my dad died and the clock would on the 4 turns only run for 4 days - before he died it ran for a week. Then it just stopped. No matter how many times we wound it, took it to the clock shoppe to have it looked at it wouldnt work. Then about 10 years later it started chiming one day and it started working. It worked for about 6 months then it stopped again. So back to the clock menders it went they said it needed cleaning so they cleaned it and it worked perfectly in the shop. They said they had it running for 3 days before they rang us up to go and pick it up. Brought it home it ran for 2 days then gave up the ghost again. After that it never worked properly unless it was nudged. Then it would run for 2/3 days and then stop again. It went into the clock menders they'd have it running perfect but bring it home and it stopped. When my mum died she left it to my niece and i took it down to her house. It chimed 6 times when i walked into her house and it started to work. It dont work now because she doesnt wind it up.