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I received many things from my paternal grandfather, including blue eyes, left-handedness and the inability to wear watches of any kind for long (they break or stop and never work again.) His hobby was, predictably, repairing clocks, especially very old ones. Unfortunately I did not inherit his height. He died when I was 7 of a blood clot while recovering from lung cancer. The smell of stale cigarette smoke reminds me of him and of my father. Sometimes I smell that scent in this house, where no one has smoked for almost 10 years. Sometimes I think it's him or them, reminding me.