Cuckoo clocks

[Eichhörnchen]

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

[Schroeder]

Originally Posted by Eichhornchen

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

I think they are more prominent in the south of Germany. I hardly know anyone who has one.