D. Rod Lloyd

Broschiertes Buch

A Walk in My Shoes, The Devils in the Details

Beschreibung

They say, "Before you judge a man, walk a mile in his shoes" Here is an opportunity to walk in my shoes and get to know me a little. Anyone can do a job, but to do it well - The Devil is in the Details. Learn the Details of my life. There are many autobiographies written by famous people or those who have made notable contributions, making their stories sought after. I write this, not as a famous or prominent person, but as an average lad, for those who are interested to see what my ordinary life has consisted of and to understand where I am coming from truly. My journey includes many fascinating deviations that people are amazed at and enjoy learning about. I wish my grandparents had written such a book to know them better. They say when you have a near-death experience, your life flashes before you. Writing your own life story is a much more civilized way to get what I assume is a similar experience. It is a fascinating journey revisiting one's own life. Our memories are stored in the mind as little pockets of isolated information. Writing this book has allowed me to consolidate my memories into a logical and chronological order.

Autor

As a kid, whenever I saw an old clock at a jumble sale or going cheap, I would buy it and take it apart to see how it worked. I don't think I ever got one back together again, but I enjoyed tinkering with them. Twenty years later when I was getting married, now living in the USA, Auntie Florrie wrote to me saying I could now have my Grandfathers clock. I arranged to have the clock shipped over and it was proudly placed in the entrance hall to my home. It was built in about 1880 in Maghull England by a local clockmaker, [before the electric light was invented], had a stately mahogany case, hand-painted dial and ran nicely. After a few years, it stopped. I was frustrated that I didn't know what was wrong with it or how to get it going. I ended up having it serviced by a local repair shop and it ran again. I was fascinated with the clock. In 1995, my family decided to spend a year in England including putting the kids in school. It was a big challenge to arrange to swap houses with an English family. Finally, we were settled, and the kids started school, my wife was volunteering at a local charity shop and suddenly I had time on my hands. I read the paper that morning and came across an ad for a clock course starting nearby at Manchester City College. I called the college and they told me it was a three-year course, one day per week. I explained I was only in the country for one year, so I persuaded them to let me take the course, coming all three days. I enjoyed the course and did very well. The final exam took several weeks, making a ‘suspension bridge' from scratch to exact specifications, restoring several old clocks and watches. I documented the process and took the extensive final written exam all set by BHI [British Horological Institute]. I did pass the exams and became a Horologist. 25 years later I teach clock repair classes and ‘pass it on'. This is the class workbook.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: D. Rod Lloyd
• Seitenzahl: 274
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9798215325469
• Artikelnr.: 67239417