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WCDT Strips 3426-3430 (27 February - 3 March 2017)
Timemaster:
Hey, that´s my clock. It even bears my name. Give it back to me! :-D
I never heard of a antique clock named "TimeMaster Model C", but it reminds me a lot of the Bauhaus inspired clocks Max Bill designed for the german watch company Junghans in the 1950´s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Bill
Those are real classics and sought after by collectors. There is even a wristwatch collection by Junghans today, wich bears the name "Max Bill" and is quite popular in Germany:
http://www.junghans.de/en/junghans-collection/watches/maxbill/detail.html
Just look at the resemblance of the dial and the hands. The jeweller I am working for even sells them. They are quite good and not too pricey.
I tried googling "TimeMaster Model C", but to no avail. But there has been an old clock manufacturer named TimeMaster. I´m not sure if Jeph made up the precious Model C. But the antique clock brand TimeMaster is definitely for real.
You can see, I´m in my element here... :wink:
TM
Ztyx:
--- Quote from: Gyrre on 02 Mar 2017, 01:46 ---There's probably a mammalogist who could use it for some longtidinal study on the effects of a changing urban environment on small animals living there who just needs the dietary portion for their study.
Either that or a future 'Golden Fleece Award' recipient (they really need to bring those back).
Edit: forgot to specify exactly why they'd need the mouse droppings.
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It did remind me of the tale of the lost lizard poop.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/feb/07/animals-wildlife-butaan-lizard-faeces-daniel-bennett-leeds-university
chris73:
Naah Brun should offer the clock back because you shouldn't really take advantage of COD like that
TheEvilDog:
--- Quote from: jheartney on 02 Mar 2017, 05:58 ---WRT $3k walking out the door, I doubt Hanners has much concept of what that means; she has never wanted for money. Now, if Dora decided that maybe she shouldn't be held to an agreement made without proper information, she could probably make it stick; it depends on how much she cares if Hanners gets mad at her. We're also taking Brun's word for the valuation, which may not be justified.
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I can see Dora getting angry, or at the least, annoyed, with Hanners for this. Coffee of Doom is doing alright, but at the same time, alright can change very quickly. That's a sizeable chunk of change for a small business; I've worked in a small shop and depending on the time of year, that 3000 could easily be several days takings. For Hanners, its a gift for her friend. For Dora, that's wages and bills and stock going out the door.
Then again, this reminds me of "Time on Our Hands", the 1996 episode of Only Fools & Horses, where the main characters found they had an incredibly valuable watch in storage for years and it ended up selling at auction for several million.
--- Quote from: Tawdry Quirks on 02 Mar 2017, 03:25 ---As great as the miscommunication about the clock is, I think the part that amuses me most about this strip is the waiver to visit the basement. Or specifically that there's enough of a demand to visit the basement that they even need to have a waiver pre-drafted.
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Its a health and safety concern. A coffee roaster for a shop like that, depending on when it was made, would be a hefty piece of industrial equipment. Dora knows how to use it, Hanners too. But Brun doesn't and could potentially be injured if she were to mess around with it. The waiver might seem like a joke, but Dora is just watching out for herself and her business with that waiver.
Method of Madness:
To be fair, Dora only knows how much it's potentially worth (if it's working order) because Brun told them.
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