Cuckoo clocks

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/cD2SuSG.jpg Anybody got one of these?

My dad brought a cuckoo clock home, I suppose from Germany, when he left the Army. As kids we thought it was a wonder. Now I have one of my own (the old one disappeared when my parents left it with a crooked clock-repairer) and it's a good deal nicer and older than theirs; we bought it around 2000 and were told then it was 100 years old.

Seems most people had a cuckoo clock when I was a kid. Now they sell ugly fake plastic ones with digital sound-effects.

We hear cuckoos around here every Spring; I saw five all at the same time one year, some on a telephone wire while others were flying nearby.

[Rhodes]

Always wanted to have one, but never got one. Here is difficult to get a good one or even a antique one!

[Oberon]

Had one years and years ago, back when we lived in Kent, funny little thing, and quite cute.

Did hear a cuckoo this year as well, never actually seen one though.

[Schroeder]

Used to have a plastic one with real mechanically generated sound. It was too loud however so it's not been used for 20 years or so.

[Eichhörnchen]

And I expected you, of all people, to have had an even better one than mine:hmmm:

[Schroeder]

And I expected you, of all people, to have had an even better one than mine:hmmm:
I think they are more prominent in the south of Germany. I hardly know anyone who has one.

[Oberon]

Maybe the missus will come back with one next week... :hmmm:

[August]

I have three of them, all broke but they look nice.

[Jeff-Groves]

My Parents had one when I was growing up.
I don't know what ever happened to it but it was a very nice one.
Not cheap plastic.
I was always fascinated by it and loved the paint on the Bird.

[Eichhörnchen]

Funny how there are always things your parents had which you still hanker for. They can even be cheap rubbish things: mine had a plastic "Welsh Lady" figure, a tourist gift-shop thing I suppose, but my dad was a Welshman and it had always been there... I wish I had it.

[Aktungbby]

I have three of them, all broke but they look nice.
THREE! that's inexcusable
http://jfkclock.com/ (http://jfkclock.com/) or http://www.jfkclock.com/cuckoo-clock-repair.html (http://www.jfkclock.com/cuckoo-clock-repair.html) :03:

[August]

THREE! that's inexcusable
http://jfkclock.com/ (http://jfkclock.com/) or http://www.jfkclock.com/cuckoo-clock-repair.html (http://www.jfkclock.com/cuckoo-clock-repair.html) :03:

Oh no, a broken cuckoo clock is a quiet cuckoo clock! :)

[Wolferz]

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/Wolferz_2007/P1054L__49040_1346350894_1280_1280.jpg
Must be the mushrooms.
:yeah::D

[Aktungbby]

Oh no, a broken cuckoo clock is a quiet cuckoo clock!:Dhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkzdHA3KbxQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkzdHA3KbxQ)

[Wolferz]

:Dhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkzdHA3KbxQ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkzdHA3KbxQ)

Usually broken by IFO's.:haha:

[Eichhörnchen]

@Wolferz: I hope you found that thing with the squirrels on the web, and it's not on your wall at home...

[Wolferz]

@Wolferz: I hope you found that thing with the squirrels on the web, and it's not on your wall at home...

I would need two of them.
One to defecate on and the other to cover it up with.:haha: