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Cuckoo Clocks
By: Nikola Date: August 13, 2019, 6:01 am
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Do you have cuckoo clocks in your country?
HTML https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckoo_clock
They're funny but they can also be really annoying because the
cuckoo comes out of the little window every hour and it can make
quite a lot of noise. I wonder if people outside Europe ever
heard of them.
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Re: Cuckoo Clocks
By: SuKi Date: August 13, 2019, 6:26 am
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Cuckoo clocks. They're one of those classic things, aren't they?
Everyone knows what cuckoo clocks are and everyone's ....oh,
hold on. Now I come to think of it, I don't think I've ever
actually seen one. Not in real life. I don't think I've come
face to face with a real-life, chiming, chirruping cuckoo clock.
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Re: Cuckoo Clocks
By: Nikola Date: August 13, 2019, 6:57 am
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I've seen them in antique shops but I think I've only ever seen
one at someone's house. I remember thinking "they have a cuckoo
clock, how cool is that" and then it scared the hell out of me
when it went off.
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Re: Cuckoo Clocks
By: Truman Overby Date: August 13, 2019, 7:47 am
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They were popular here up until maybe the 1940s or so. I own two
or three of them and at one time had them in our parlor. But
they were rather annoying, as you said. And they're very finicky
to keep in time. If even a slight breeze blows on the pendulum
they'll go out of time or stop working altogether. They're in a
box somewhere.
Come to think of it, my dad a huge one that he always kept
running.
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Re: Cuckoo Clocks
By: NealC Date: August 13, 2019, 8:11 am
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We didn't have a cuckoo but we did have an antique clock that
ticked very loudly, chimed the hours, and had a special chime
every 15 minutes. You had to wind it with a key.
No one in the house would wind it and of course I had to find
out why. So I wound it up and it ran all day and all night
ticking and chiming. By morning the rest of the family were
coming for me with torches and pitchforks and a noose.
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Re: Cuckoo Clocks
By: Aliph Date: August 13, 2019, 1:58 pm
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I never owned nor would have wanted to own one. They are still
popular among Asian tourists. Those who travel to Europe in one
week and buy watches for 5000 dollars on the Jungfraujoch (one
of the highest mountains accessible by train) and cuckoo clocks
in Gstaad or Sankt Moritz. In the town where I live, there is a
souvenir shop who sells plenty of them. I am amazed that the
business is still going pretty well. The picture was taken in
that shop.
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As you can see from the price tags they are expensive since they
are sophisticated. There is the cuckoo that comes out but also
small figures. I wonder if they still are produced in the Alps
or if they come from China.
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Re: Cuckoo Clocks
By: Aliph Date: August 13, 2019, 2:32 pm
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You can buy copies on Ali Baba or AliExpress a Chinese wholesale
company.
HTML https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/cuckoo-clock.html?searchweb=Y&
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Re: Cuckoo Clocks
By: Allie Date: August 23, 2019, 3:22 pm
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Those remind me of the
Woody Woodpecker cartoon.
I have never seen one for irl or even heard of anyone who owns
one... er... or three!
I certainly can’t speak for the whole “out of Europe”, but for
me they’re the kind of things you just see in books or on
telly... like those soldier nutcrackers (do I need to say I
bought one as soon as I found it?)
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Re: Cuckoo Clocks
By: Susan Date: August 24, 2019, 10:56 pm
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I have never owned one but I know quite a few people who do--
probably because there are many Kansas´s of German descent. I
think they the clocks are cute to watch and listen to one time.
But once is enough.
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