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Four minutes, a follow-up
After the essay about my kitchen clock, readers sent me their own wrong clocks: fast, slow, and in one case running backwards on purpose. The most common gap is five minutes. The record is twenty-two, held by a reader who says she has never once been late and never once known what time it was. I am printing no names. Every one of these clocks is a household secret.
Ilse Marrow
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