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Community => Recreation Commons => Topic started by: Unorthodox on June 09, 2016, 01:44:41 PM

Title: Clocks
Post by: Unorthodox on June 09, 2016, 01:44:41 PM

Because my use of 24 hour clock confused people. 

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Lorizael on June 09, 2016, 02:43:51 PM

I don't have anything to do during the day right now, but my alarm is set for 8 am just to make sure I don't sleep the whole day away. I consistently wake up at 7:50 am.

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Unorthodox on June 09, 2016, 03:34:58 PM

What time you wake should be another poll.  Lot of late risers here, it seems. 

I regularly wake early enough to play with Aussies in their evening. 

Today was a STRUGGLE, though.  Not to wake up, 4:20, a bit early.  No alarm needed (though hEt getting home around that time didn't help).   But I was abnormally sluggish and had to fight to stay awake after I had showered, which is not normal.  I'll blame it on benedryl hangover. 

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Rusty Edge on June 09, 2016, 06:07:22 PM

I said digital.

Right now may favorite clock is a digital which notes a.m. & p.m. , month, day, year and ay of the week.  We were looking for something for my MIL, who has Alzheimer's, but since I don't stick to a routine, it's easy to lose track of one of those bits of info. So we bought an extra for ourselves.

I have a collection of Disney watches. Most of those have hands that look like arms, and aren't always easy to read.  There are a lot of clocks in this city. Not only government buildings and banks but churches, too. One in a company is similar in size to Big Ben, but it doesn't have chimes. They just wanted a visible clock, they deliberately avoided surpassing the London landmark.

My car has a clock with hands, and the radio in it has a digital.

Mostly I look at the clock I first mentioned, but I also use my cell phone these days, more than wear a watch.

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: gwillybj on June 09, 2016, 07:33:33 PM

Hands. It's the only way I know.

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Buster's Uncle on June 09, 2016, 09:02:40 PM

...I'm wearing a watch tight now.  I wore a watch when I ran with hippies...

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Dale on June 09, 2016, 09:08:42 PM

Hands for me, I love the style.  Though the fitbit I wear is digital.

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Lorizael on June 10, 2016, 01:21:47 AM

Anywho, my main method of timekeeping is the digital, 12-hour readout on my smartphone. I haven't worn a wristwatch in about 14 years. I hate the ticking of wall clocks.

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Buster's Uncle on June 10, 2016, 01:56:19 AM

Love the sound.

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Rusty Edge on June 10, 2016, 04:44:55 AM

We have a black forest cuckoo clock. Someday, the guy who runs the clock shop will retire, and we won't be able to get it serviced. He used to work their with his dad, but there is no next generation presence.

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Unorthodox on June 10, 2016, 04:58:09 AM

Quote from: Rusty Edge on June 09, 2016, 06:07:22 PM

There are a lot of clocks in this city. Not only government buildings and banks but churches, too. One in a company is similar in size to Big Ben, but it doesn't have chimes. They just wanted a visible clock, they deliberately avoided surpassing the London landmark.

The local University has a big clock tower, but they either don't let it chime any more, or the city got too loud to hear it now. 

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: ColdWizard on June 10, 2016, 04:08:49 PM

I voted 12h, which appears to be the current setting on my devices. Which is probably due to an occasional lapse in being able to correctly read a 24h. Also digital over hands but not strongly.

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Valka on June 12, 2016, 07:50:09 PM

Is there no way to make polls multiple choice here?

- 12 hour clock
- hands, although my favorite alarm clock is digital
- Roman numerals
- love a ticking clock if not too loud

The other clocks I have are named Maddy and Chloe, and they tell me when they have problems they think I need to fix. This happens on an irregular schedule, at any time of day or night.

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Buster's Uncle on June 12, 2016, 08:11:02 PM

...Turns out that under Poll Options: there's a Maximum votes per user: field with a one currently entered.  How many votes do you want?

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Valka on June 12, 2016, 08:14:55 PM

May I have a go at editing it? (never tried that before)

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Buster's Uncle on June 12, 2016, 08:19:35 PM

Sure - I'm sure Uno wouldn't mind; he's told me to go ahead and edit poll options before...

I didn't know if you had that option.

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Valka on June 12, 2016, 08:48:59 PM

Apparently I can.

I added a few choices, gave everyone a maximum of 6 votes, and let them change their votes (since there are more options now).

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Unorthodox on June 12, 2016, 11:36:36 PM

 :P We have Chinese numerals in the house.

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Spacy on June 12, 2016, 11:57:15 PM

Stopped wearing a watch 25-30 years ago when I was doing and teaching concrete flatwork. 

I prefer digital alarm clocks as when I am half asleep (about 1 time a month, other 29 odd times a month I get up before the alarm) I don't want to think, just know the time.

Otherwise, I prefer hands.

Often, though, I find when typing up a report that has to have times in it (not too often now a days), I go to 24 hour as it avoids confusion.

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: ColdWizard on June 13, 2016, 01:49:58 AM

My hands clock has no numerals. I'm not sure if I've noticed that before or not.

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: thatsmydoing on June 13, 2016, 05:03:38 AM

24 hours for me. Though when I talk with other people, I still use 12 hour time. It sounds really unnatural for me to say, "let's meet at thirteen thirty"

Title: Re: Clocks
Post by: Bearu on June 19, 2016, 04:40:12 PM

The concept of time remains an important social construct, and I prefer a simple alarm clock at best. I tend to avoid clocks otherwise.