Published on 12, July, 2020
Today I went in to Dublin to get some shopping, was successful in this except for the milk I like. Tut. I also visited St Stephens Green Park which was lovely as always, whilst ensuring my face was protected from the sun by a hat lol.
When I was back home I decided to try to tidy up my room. It's needed doing for some time but everything in there is so neat and tidy I hate to touch it because then it's not all perfectly neat. As you can hear my OCD is horribly fierce!
But I was strong and decided to have a quick tidy up in which I dusted everything and then immediately got it all back to its neat and tidy positions. Every book, picture, Funko Pop and item in there is perfectly straight now.
And then this afternoon I've literally just rested on my bed as I listened to music.
This evening I'm watching Ruth Rendells Inspector Wexford and then I'll try to watch something else until I'm so tired I fall asleep.
How was your day? ️
I seem to have fixed a pocket watch dating to 1901. I thought that the hairspring might have been sticking, so I removed the balance assembly and washed it all in an egg cup full of white spirit. There was lots of old dried-up oil residue under the balance coq, which pointed at old oil residue being the culprit, by sticking the coils of the hairspring together. Rather than gaining up to 10 minutes overnight, this morning, the time was bang on as measured by my electronic alarm clock. Saved myself several hundred pounds at a watch repairer's.
Wow that's such a cool thing to be able to do. My gramps used to fix old watches and clocks, he had a workshop at the back of his garden where he would spend most of the day fixing them. He had shelves where he kept the clocks and watches, all we're different ages and sizes, but I suspect they were old ones. They looked old as I remember.
Great job, thanks for sharing this.