Tick-tock. Tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock… This is how the old clock chimes. Those of you who have one above the mantelpiece may know this feeling well. Doesn’t it give you a sense of reassurance that old father time is keeping a close watch on you? Or maybe you’ve never had that feeling before. Wouldn’t you like to buy a grand old clock too someday.

Time to go shopping for a good clock then. Those of you who have the time may have lost the feeling. These days you frantically turn to your mobiles to check again to see what the time is. Would it not be more peaceful to just tilt your head just so and see what father time is trying to tell you?

Or was trying to tell you. Maybe he too has lost track of time. Maybe the grand old father has not had a clock repair atlanta ga service for quite a while. Or maybe he’s just one of those old stalwarts that never needed to be repaired before. It is still true, mind you, that the older appliances have a good habit of lasting the longest.

But even the granddaddies will slow down. Eventually. Mobile time or not, it’s never quite the same as gazing towards the wall. The peep-peep sound that the alarm makes in the morning can be quite ingratiating. It could even alarm you. And maybe this is those of you who sometimes feel like rolling over back to sleep. Alarms should never alarm you.

Not like this. Rather look forward to the day when the wise old clock soberly reminds you to – dum-dum-dum – seize the day. Carpe diem; isn’t that what they say? And isn’t it nice to have old antiques about the place that actually have its use.

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