Canuck
·In a circuitous route, a lady from Whitehorse in the Yukon Territory contacted me regarding her grandfather clock which had developed a problem. Whitehorse has a population of about 28,000 and there is nobody there who knows beans about clocks. So after a number of fumbling attempts to shepherd her along to try to deal with the problem, we gave up. We agreed that there were several solutions. She ships me the entire grandfather clock, she pays for a round trip by air for me, (plus hotel), or her friend in Whitehorse might be of assistance. She has a contact at a rock shop in Whitehorse who knew a bit about clocks, and we arranged a day when he could be at her place to attempt a solution. I was to phone her that day.
I had lunch with a friend a few days ago, and told him about this. He suggested this might be a great opportunity to avail myself of Face Time! The lady and I ironed out a few kinks by email, and our Face Time session was arranged.
The day arrived and we were connected over Face Time with her friend in Whitehorse. It took a while, but since I had a scrap clock here that is the same as hers, we ironed out one problem with my tutelage and a deft adjustment to the gathering pallet on the strike train. Then we found there is a second problem with the strike train that was beyond her friend’s level of skill. Turns out he has only ever dealt with battery clocks!
I just got a phone call from her to say she has the clock packaged, and it leaves Whitehorse on Wednesday, by air. She will ship the movement only, It should be delivered here by Friday. I’ll deal with the problem, trial run it, and ship it back by air.
Dam! I’ve never been to Whitehorse, and I just missed an opportunity! (Kidding)!
I had lunch with a friend a few days ago, and told him about this. He suggested this might be a great opportunity to avail myself of Face Time! The lady and I ironed out a few kinks by email, and our Face Time session was arranged.
The day arrived and we were connected over Face Time with her friend in Whitehorse. It took a while, but since I had a scrap clock here that is the same as hers, we ironed out one problem with my tutelage and a deft adjustment to the gathering pallet on the strike train. Then we found there is a second problem with the strike train that was beyond her friend’s level of skill. Turns out he has only ever dealt with battery clocks!
I just got a phone call from her to say she has the clock packaged, and it leaves Whitehorse on Wednesday, by air. She will ship the movement only, It should be delivered here by Friday. I’ll deal with the problem, trial run it, and ship it back by air.
Dam! I’ve never been to Whitehorse, and I just missed an opportunity! (Kidding)!