Terrible story, I can just imagine my reaction.
It does remind me of a tale my father used to tell, not woodworking but still...
My grandfather was an extremely clever man. A great craftsman and made working scale model steam engines as a hobby. He had been working on one for a very great length of time and finally he had finished it. Apparently a masterpiece with hand cut worm gears made in stainless steel and other such things. One day, the family were moving house, and my father, a young lad at the time comes up to my grandmother with this engine in his arms. "What shall I do with this mam?" he asks. "You can chuck it in the bin for all I care" she replied. I gather she became a bit annoyed with all the time spent on this model. Anyway, that's just what my father, not knowing any better, did. They completed the house move and it was never seen again. My father never did dwell on my grandfather's reaction to this though.
I quite like the finished clock though, where did you get the picture from Gill? A google search for American Pride Clock didnt show anything obvious, just lots of American flags!
