-=jd=- wrote:

Must be a regional thing. Although I've yet to see a kitchen
without *some* kind of clock, it seems like our "main" clock was
always the one on the mantle, or the grandfather clock (pardon
the digression)...

Of course. But when 'Life Lite'© replaced gracious living, the mantle
as part of daily family life was forgotten. I still remember my dad
winding the thing on Sunday nights. It was a seven day clock with very
nice chimes and a beautiful brass clockwork.

The key was kept away from us urchins, because he KNEW the temptation
to over wind it would be too great. I think I overcame my frustration
by dismantling the lawnmower engine instead.





mike