[slinky]

I don't have clocks in my house that run on batteries anymore, and never will ever again. The reason being, I used to have a nice clock on the chimney breast when my nan died, I noticed that the clock had stopped about 10 hours before she died. Didn't think too much about it at the time and just replaced the batteries.
Then on the day my dad died, I noticed the clock had stopped about 10 hours before too, coincidence?? don't know, but, after that I wouldn't have another clock in the house that ran on batteries.
Then one day I went round to my mum's house. She mentioned her clock had stopped and, I told her about what happens to mine when people died. She didn't so much as call me a weirdo, but the eyes said everything. That evening, we got a phone call, my grandad, my mum's dad had passed away suddenly, very suddenly. I forgot about the clock business at this sad time but, after the funeral I mentioned it to my mum again, she didn't give me the 'yeah yeah weirdo' look.