Like clockwork...

For as long as I've known him, Tom has been fascinated with antique clocks. It runs in his family - his Uncle Herman and grandfather were both "clock guys" as a hobby... and so, four or five years ago, Tom bought a videotape series on how to take them apart, clean and repair, and (most importantly) reassemble various kinds of key-wound pendulum clocks.
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What I never expected was the fun for ME in all this! When Tom joined the National Association of Watch and Clock Collectors (NAWCC), I thought it would be a nice club for him to be involved with - but I had no idea that "The Clock Guys" would be so welcoming of Spouses as well! Through this group, Tom and I have both met some of the lovliest, warmest folks around. Plus, the meetings all involve display/selling/swapping/talking about some really, really fascinating antiques (right up my alley).
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Tonight, we are just back from the Southern Ohio Regional convention - one of the larger ones going. For three days we've been immersed in looking at and talking about every imaginable type of old timepiece, from tiny ladies' wristwatches to some ginormous "Tall Case" (Grandfather) Clocks. And through it all, there's laughter and joking and tall tales and the cameraderie of people with a common interest and a common heart... one that goes "tick tock", for sure.
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Annnnnd.... look what followed us home! -------->