Ask not for whom the bell tolls. In Jim Thorpe, it tolls for no one. Hasn’t for a while. At least not from the five-story clock tower atop the county courthouse. And since time stands still for no man ...
The classic design of a mechanical clock generally consists of a display, a way to store energy, a way to release that energy at regular intervals, and a mechanism to transmit it where it needs to ...
In today’s throwaway culture, you may not have a prayer of finding a repairman to fix your mantle clock that suddenly stopped working, especially close to a holiday. But on a side street in Pottstown, ...
My grandparents’ tiny house on Long Island was full of clocks. A grandfather clock stood stoically next to the seltzer cabinet, and a pendulum wall clock kept watch above the crystal candy jar in the ...
If you're the type of person who is tired of constantly watching the clock, waiting for the end of the workday, do not go anywhere near Bucky Taylor. It will be your living hell. Taylor can't escape ...
A life-long tinkering habit, a broken clock and a set of DVDs led Harold MacVittie to a busy post-retirement job with his own shop in the heart of downtown Chapin. “People don’t realize how many ...