What was the highlight of your day?

And not just today, for that matter.

For me, it was taking an old clock (the kind that you have to wind) to the clockmaker, an old German immigrant who was horrified by the way that I prodded at the works. We talked for a bit about his profession (clockmaking was the family business), and how vital the trade jargon that I lacked was to understanding what was wrong with the timepiece.