Losing a dog really hurts. I still remember the loss of our rescue Jack Russell that my father took from an abusive owner at a job site he worked at. He left us four years ago and I still think about him.
My condolences and enjoy your holiday.
My watchmaker has had many ancestors stretching back centuries making clocks. He almost became a mechanic, which would have ended the streak.
He's got mostly Dutch blood (as do I, albeit with a healthy sprinkling of German too) and apparently it's sort of a "Dutch thing." Somehow, geography and genetic makeup sort of decided my fate before I even knew it. I remember there was some sort of theory that your genetics actually play a role in the sort of skills that you have, although I'll have to look that up again.
Very nice find. I'm a lover of all things family history and the watch and clock connection is the cherry on top.
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