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 VINTAGE MANTEL WOOD CLOCK WITH CARVINGS US $59.99
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 Old Cuckoo Clock NR US $24.95
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 VINTAGE BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK PLAIN DESIGN WORKING GOOD US $99.99
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 LOT OF 5 VINTAGE WIND UP WATERBURY ALARM CLOCKS IN NEED OF REPAIR US $39.95
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 VINTAGE WATERBURY BAKELITE OLD ELECTRIC MACHINE AGE MID CENTURY ART DECO CLOCK US $114.91
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 Huge hunter clock facade US $35.00
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 E INGRAHAM ANTIQUE MANTLE CLOCK ALL ORIGINAL LOOKS AND RUNS GREAT 1909 US $114.75
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 SESSIONS ANTIQUE MANTLE CLOCK ORIGINAL SUPERIOR CONDITION LOOKS RUNS GREAT US $56.00
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 Work CHINESE OLD BRASS GLASS pocket watch BALL clock US $.01
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 VINTAGE CERAMIC MANTLE CLOCK FLOWER FRENCH COLONIAL US $9.99
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 Clock 11 inches high very decorative US $25.00
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 Western 1925 Black Dialed Jack oLantern Alarm Clock Very Rare US $12.50
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 SILVER POCKET WATCH WITH OLD MARK AND DAY AND DATE ANTIQUE VINTAGE V OLD PIECE US $500.56
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 Vintage NOS GE 8115 White Time Scan Digital Flip Electric Clock BRAND NEW IN BOX US $10.49
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 Vintage UNITED CLOCK Motion Lamp Lighthouse MODEL 290 US $29.99
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 Bronze sculpture mechanical an old pocket watch AAAAA US $.99
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 COMTOISE OLD ANTIQUE GIANT FRENCH WALL CLOCK around 1890 no reproduction US $499.00
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 Figural Mahogany Large Dutch Atlas Zaandam Wall Clock 8 Days Two Brass Weights US $156.58
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 LEONETTO CAPPIELLO PATES BARONI PASTA PAINTING UNIQUE LARGE FRAMED WALL CLOCK US $19.99
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 GE General Electric Telechron Alarm Shelf Clock Metal Neat Old Vintage US $7.50
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 WWII KIENZLE GERMAN 8 TAGE MILITARY ARMY CLOCK WOOD MANTLE FRAME PARTS STEAMPUNK US $49.99
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 LOT Antique Vintage Shelf Alarm Clocks 1885 Never Stop Parts EARLY LOOK NR US $21.50
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 Hamilton Tempus Fugit Wall Clock LARGE Old Beautiful US $49.99
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 Vintage Mantel Clock Ginger Kitchen Clock US $69.99
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 Ansonia Royal Bonn China Clock wants to run as is US $59.99
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 Rare VINTAGE MASTERCRAFTERS KITCHEN COFFEE POT PERKY CLOCK RUNS Free Ship US $49.99
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 Ansonia open escapement porcelain dial and bezel with beveled glass US $70.00
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 Antique New Haven Travel Clock in Excellent Condition Free Shipping No Reserve US $34.00
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 Neat antique Westclox Baby Ben alarm clock From the 1950s Made in the USA US $18.00
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 very heavy antique clock gong IngrahamThomas era US $1.99
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 NEW HAVEN MISSION OAK CLOCK US $50.00
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 VINTAGE 1940s WESTCLOX ELECTRIC DECO WOOD CLOCK MADE IN USA US $19.95
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 Mission Oak WL Gilbert Number 2121 For Parts Or Repair Nice Style US $9.99
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 FRENCH CLOCK SUSPENSION SPRING ASSORTMENTRepair Supplies Parts US $28.00
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 OLD AND LARGE 23 TALL KUNER REGULA CUCKOO CLOCK WOW US $65.00
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 CLOCK HAND WASHER ASSORTMENTFrench American Repair Restore Swiss Made US $10.50
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 Antique Seth Thomas Adamantine 3 columns clock 1913 beautiful US $180.50
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 Rare c1950s Silver Poodle Clock California Clock CO San Juan Capistrano Calif US $23.50 |
 ANTIQUE MINI CUCKOO CLOCK OLD GORDIAN HETTICH SON GHS FOR PARTS OR REPAIR US $42.00
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 Antique wood works clock Charles Stratton Holden Mass 1836 Tiger maple columns US $160.00
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 ANTIQUE SETH THOMAS SHELF MANTEL CLOCK 1897 BEAUTIFUL BUTTERSCOTCH COLOR US $283.00
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 Vintage Tele Vision Lighted Clock Bakelite worksvery Old and unusual US $5.95
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 VINTAGE ALARM CLOCK GERMANY COWBOY COWGIRL PORCELAIN 1959 FOR PARTS REPAIR US $9.00
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 Chef Wall Clock US $9.99
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 OLD PORCELAIN CLOCK FOUND IN STORAGE UNIT AUCTION LANSHIRE NO RESERVE US $3.89
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 NEW OLD STOCK SETH THOMAS 1 3 4 BRASS PLATED PENDULUM HOOK US $7.95
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 ANTIQUE SETH THOMAS SHELF MANTEL CLOCK RUGBY MODEL 1904 BEAUTIFUL US $275.00
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 1 VTG NEW OLD STOCK BRASS TRAVELING CLOCK KEY DOUBLE SLOTTED 1 2MM 3MM US $7.95
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 NICE SET ANTIQUE SCHOOL HOUSE CLOCK HANDS DONT MISS THESE 12 002 39 US $9.99
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 80 CUCKOO BIRDS FOR CUCKOO CLOCKS US $300.00
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 Seth Thomas Westminster Antique Mantel Mantle Walnut Case Clock US $427.00
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 BEAUTIFUL OLD SETH THOMAS CLOCK CASE OF PERSIMMON WOOD WITH GONG AND GREAT LABEL US $19.99
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 VINTAGE 39 OZ ORNATE METAL CLOCK PENDULUM US $3.00
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 VINTAGE WESTCLOX TRAVEL DROWSE ALARM CLOCK GERMANY NO 44126 TAN VERY OLD US $25.00
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 1970 GE Clock Radio Alarm US $10.00
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 SETH THOMAS HIGH QUALITY ANTIQUE PARLOR MANTLE CLOCK BEAUTIFUL LOOKS RUNS GREAT US $76.00
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 Colorful German Vintage Musical Cuckoo Clock with Dancers US $75.00
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 Western 1925 Black Dialed Black Bird Alarm Clock Very Rare US $12.50
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 RARE ORNATE ANTIQUE Wall Hanging Regular CLOCK PENDULUM for GILBERT Clock US $35.00
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 BEAUTIFUL VINTAGE SHATZ CLOCK US $35.00
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 LOT SWARTCHILD WATER SLIDE DECALS FOR CLOCK FACES CHERUBS US $6.00
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 Howard Miller Shlef Mantle Clock No613 526 Korean Made Near Mint A Must See US $47.99
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 SWISS MOVT NEW OLD STOCK GIVENCHY MS15XVI AMLINE QUARTZ LADY WATCH US $9.99
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 Vintage Lot 16 Old Wind Up Clock Keys Ansonia Brass Parts Collectibles US $25.00
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 NEW OLD STOCK EMPORIO ARMANI QUARTZ DATE BACKLIT MEN WATCH US $9.99
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How Old is Old?
"How old are you mommy,” my six-year-old asked me recently. I’ve told him before but it must have been in another context. He’s asking for another reason. I’m not sure why.
“34,” I answer.
“That’s old,” he says.
Later that night on the goodnight phone call to his dad, I overhear him ask the same question. This time he adds a follow up: “How old will you be when I’m ten?”
I hear my ex-husband coach him into doing the math.
“42,” he calculates.
“That seems old,” he says. “But you don’t look old. You don’t act old.”
“Old” is an abstract concept that we constantly redefine – both for ourselves and within our society. As the life expectancy increases, the idea of old gets older. As we get older, the idea of old gets older. But what does “old” truly look like?
Hollywood shows us 60-year-old made to look 30 and 16-year-old made to look 32. At home we look in our own mirrors and a 40-year-old can either see herself as 60 or she can see herself as 20. Age fluctuates; it is simply a measurement of time passed. Like your weight or your blood pressure; it is simply a number used as part of the bigger story of our body.
"Old” is more of a concept than a measurement. For instance, if it's 40 degrees outside, is it cold? To me, yes. To an Eskimo, probably not.
“Old” is when we want it to be and what we want it to look like. It is our choice when we want to get "old." My father just turned 60. He has a three-year-old son.
Will his son, when he’s old enough to realize, one day look at him and think “My father looks old.” If your parents are “old” from the time you know them – does your idea of “old” change? Like a thermometer that was set to different defaults – where 101 is the new 98.
The idea of the older parent isn't novel. Charlie Chaplain was 74 when he had his last child. In urbanscapes all over America older fathers are pushing their babies in Bugaboo strollers. I remember being in a Gymboree class with a woman who had twins. She was there with a grandfatherly partner but I had no idea if this sexagenarian was pa or grandpa.
My dad is an energetic and youthful guy – he shaves his head Mr. Clean-style and has a jovial yet sarcastic and cynical demeanor. (When he’s not your dad, they call this charming.) Some, his 30-year-old wife, for instance, would even say he’s cute. While he maintains a relatively mellow suburban lifestyle, he works at a physically-demanding job meant for a 20-year-old. It keeps him young, I guess. I think the job reminds him everyday that he can; the three-year-old is the exclamation point.
The clichés tell us that you are as old as you think you are. But sometimes our body trumps our mind. I hope when my brother is 15 and wants to kick around a soccer ball, my dad will still has the energy and agility to do it. He’ll be 72. I bet it won’t be as easy as when he did it decades ago with his first two kids.
Is it irresponsible of him to have a child at his age? Many people, including myself, have made opinionated sweeping generalizations. But what I’ve realized is that if a person is truly accountable for their life choices, then we have no holier-than-thou right to judge.
My father is active and exceptionally involved in his son’s life – one that would make any mommy proud. What’s the downside? At his age he’s become more patient, more tolerant, more appreciative. Recently he told my mother, his ex-wife, “I’m going to do it differently this time around. I want to really be there.” With age apparently comes wisdom. Regrets corrected.
As a sibling, I see him doting on his three-year-old in a way he never did with us. More like you’d expect a grandparent to dote on a new baby – with a new found zeal for life. My sister and I occasionally look at the new family with a sense of jealousy; why couldn’t we have a dad that was so present?
There were 31 years between when he became a daddy the first time and the third time. That was a country away, a lifetime ago. He gave himself a life do-over. “Old” would not be an obstacle to him. Why would it? Why step into sinking sand when you can walk around it?
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