When things were built to last
The wonders of old technology. A reader approaching 90 heard a plopping sound and discovered that the cheap electric clock he bought 35 years ago had fallen off the wall and into the watering can he was about to take into the garden, writes Peter Rhodes.
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The wonders of old technology. A reader approaching 90 heard a plopping sound and discovered that the cheap electric clock he bought 35 years ago had fallen off the wall and into the watering can he was about to take into the garden,
writes Peter Rhodes
.
It was thoroughly soaked, the tick had stopped and it seemed destined for the tip.
But as it dried out, it started working again and now looks fit for another 35 years.
Do not try this with an iPod.
