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August 23, 2008
Hint to Self: Read More Carefully
I just nabbed the clock, above, on ebay for $15 plus $15 shipping. It made me happy because it's the exact clock I stared at for five years at Mt. Greylock Regional High. (Yes, I said five. It was a combo jr. high and high school and, yes, due to my somewhat nomadic tendencies, I went to a different school in the ninth grade. I assume the other school had clocks as well but can't summon them to mind quite the way I can this lovely.)
No bigs, pricewise, but UNFORTCH I read the description wrong. See, where it says this:
Q: Since most clocks in the classrooms are slave clock hardwired into a master clock in the main office. Has this clock been converted to a standalone clock with a standard plug?
A: Hi, No, it has not been converted.
I read as:
Q: Since most clocks in the classrooms are slave clock hardwired into a master clock in the main office. Has this clock been converted to a standalone clock with a standard plug?
A: Hi, YES BRIDICULOUS YOU WEIRDO it has been converted.
(Slave clock?)
And apparently this picture still didn't clue me in to the fact I was buying the shell of a clock:
My first thought, beyond the "UGH!" I mean, was that I could just set the clock to 2:25, which is when the final bell rang, and happily live with it as an objet. A tribute to freedom, if you will. But no. Even with thoughts of a $30 tribute to freedom, I was still unsatisfied. So I researched how to fix it myself and install new hardware and figure I could do that as well, though it will certainly be an onerous task fraught with annoying interludes in Hobby Lobby.
So that's my story. Similar to much of my academic career, I made an oopsie by not paying enough attention. And now I must scramble to fix it on the back-end.
Posted by Bree at August 23, 2008 11:27 AM