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Clock preference:

24 hour
2 (9.5%)
12 hour
2 (9.5%)
hands
3 (14.3%)
digital
4 (19%)
Sundial
2 (9.5%)
Hey look, it's dark out
2 (9.5%)
who cares?
2 (9.5%)
Roman numerals
2 (9.5%)
Arabic numerals
1 (4.8%)
Who needs numerals?
1 (4.8%)

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Offline Unorthodox

Clocks
« on: June 09, 2016, 01:44:41 PM »
Because my use of 24 hour clock confused people. 

Offline Lorizael

Re: Clocks
« Reply #1 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.

Offline Unorthodox

Re: Clocks
« Reply #2 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. 

Offline Rusty Edge

Re: Clocks
« Reply #3 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.


Offline gwillybj

Re: Clocks
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2016, 07:33:33 PM »
Hands. It's the only way I know.
Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. ― Arthur C. Clarke
I am on a mission to see how much coffee it takes to actually achieve time travel. :wave:

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Re: Clocks
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2016, 09:02:40 PM »
...I'm wearing a watch tight now.  I wore a watch when I ran with hippies...

Offline Dale

Re: Clocks
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2016, 09:08:42 PM »
Hands for me, I love the style.  Though the fitbit I wear is digital.
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Offline Lorizael

Re: Clocks
« Reply #7 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.

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Re: Clocks
« Reply #8 on: June 10, 2016, 01:56:19 AM »
Love the sound.
« Last Edit: June 10, 2016, 02:26:04 AM by BUncle »

Offline Rusty Edge

Re: Clocks
« Reply #9 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.

Offline Unorthodox

Re: Clocks
« Reply #10 on: June 10, 2016, 04:58:09 AM »
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. 

Offline ColdWizard

Re: Clocks
« Reply #11 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.

Offline Valka

Re: Clocks
« Reply #12 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.

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Re: Clocks
« Reply #13 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?

Offline Valka

Re: Clocks
« Reply #14 on: June 12, 2016, 08:14:55 PM »
May I have a go at editing it? (never tried that before)

 

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