THE CLOCK STRUCK ONE ... TWICE

My chimes are a bit off.

Every hour my living room clock chimes two hours ahead. At 2 o'clock, I get four bongs ... at 6 I get eight.

This has been going on for months now, and as of yet, I've haven't taken the time to take the piece of junk off the wall and fix it.

Instead, I mentally adjust what time it is in my head.

I haven't even figured out why I count the bongs every hour in the first place.

Maybe I should just take granddaughter's Chloe's lead and say 8 o'clock every time it chimes. Or maybe I should lug it to work and rely on it around 3 p.m. to tell me it's quitting time.