By a lonely harbour wall, she watched the last star falling,

So, uh, anybody here know anything about watch repair?

I bought this watch from work, see, and it's amazing. I totally have a crush on this watch. It doesn't look to be old or anything, but it's got Mandarin around a big star on the back, a little red star on the tip of the second hand, and a picture of Mao Tse-Tung against a red backdrop on the face. Not just any Mao, though. Just any Mao wouldn't be all that interesting. This Mao waves. He's got a little hinged arm that jigs back and forth merrily all the livelong day. Or at least it would if the darn watch worked like it should. When it comes right down to the "from each according to his ability" bit, Mao apparently doesn't care to put much into the system, because every few minutes he stops waving, and if Mao isn't waving, time isn't passing. Not for that watch, at least. I guess for that watch the only real time is right Mao. Ha ha ha.

Granted I think spending a week with your head stuck in the windmill at a mini golf course is preferable to being a communist, but there's just something so earnest about this watch that I can't help but love it. However, poking around on the internet gave me the spirit-dampening impression that there is no way I can afford to pay anybody to fix it for me. I think I'm going to have to put it on my Someday list, right up there with getting my sofa reupholstered. Maybe I'll get both done at the same time. Ring ring, yes hello I was wondering if your company reupholsters old sofas? Yes? Excellent! Do you also repair watches? You don't? Goodbye.