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In between the clocks in Tucker's basement shop sits a slot machine, an old onearmed bandit rescued from a Maryland motel after gambling became illegal in Charles County.
But the slot machine isn’t really out o" place in a clock repair shop. Gene noted that the spinning of the reels of apples, lemons and cherries is controlled by a clock’ mechanism that releases a cam at three intervals, ticking off just a few seconds with each pull of the lever.
Has his knowledge of clocks helped him hit the jackpot with any more frequency? "Not one bit.” he admitted, chuckling.
And what about digital clocks and watches, the newest development in time keeping that will leave the next generation with no idea what the terms "clockwise" and "counter-clockwise” imply?
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