<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Situation: Customer collects clocks. = Regulators. Cuckoos. Mantels. Grandmothers and Grandfathers. Novelty Clocks. All = kinda clocks...tick, ticka, tickety, tickaty, bong, chime, gong, wang, ding, = ticka, tick ... None in sync with any other and all slightly off from each = other as they strike the quarter hours ... Bbang bbongong bbbing = boonng....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Question: Would it be "rude" or, in = some other way, socially unacceptable to take my 2 1/2 pound stringing sledge and start adjusting these little treasures?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Next Time I'll Check The Gas Gauge = Before Driving to Cabool from Salem, MO</FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>