# Grandfather clocks

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandfather-clocks/303185>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 10, 2005, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandfather-clocks/303185 "2005-05-10T05:15:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandfather-clocks/303185/21 "2005-05-11T21:45:35Z")

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> My grandmother had a ticking clock in every room of her house.

Heh. I have a clock very similar to [this one](http://www.antiqueclockspriceguide.com/pages/clock1112.php) hanging in my living room. When the windows are open, I can hear the thing ticking about 30 feet away outside by the garage.

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**Author:** ![quiltguy154](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ad7895/32.png) [@quiltguy154](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy154)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grandfather-clocks/303185/22 "2005-05-11T21:55:11Z")

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Anyone ever see the creepy, yet somehow weirdly life-affirming Twilight Zone episode, entitled “Ninety Years Without Slumbering”? The continued ticking of a grandfather’s clock is inextricably tied to the well-being of the protagonist, a belief he’s had all his life. The story that the episode was originally based on would’ve made a better show, but every TZ can’t be a gem.

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