Clocks or no clocks?

[Tony in SD]

Once a year at my physical I get to draw the face of a clock and put the hands at the time they tell me to, ain't getting old great!

I told my doctor that was an easy test for a baby boomer. You should give that same test to this younger generation.

 

[Steven Allen]

"Everyone" is not "always" on their phones. Not all of us are addicted to the cursed things.

 

[Rich'sToys]

"Everyone" is not "always" on their phones. Not all of us are addicted to the cursed things.

I'm not either. But unfortunately, too many people are.

 

[Rich'sToys]

One year when daylight savings time started, a number of us were together and started talking about changing the clocks. One gal commented that her daughter and son-in-law had only one clock in their entire house. I made the comment, "That would explain why they're never on time for anything!". It got a few smiles, but I don't think the lady was too impressed.

 

[GChief]

"Everyone" is not "always" on their phones. Not all of us are addicted to the cursed things.

I have to admit I often am, but I am also sitting in a truck on a pier doing "paperwork" so I do not need to go back to the office and do it at my desk.

 

[Keith True]

An elderly collector here had over 300 clocks and watches,and over 300 old radios in his house.While the man was in the hospital we had a driving rainstorm one night,and dad thought we should go see if we could find the roof leak nobody could seem to find.Big house out in the woods,power out,and the lightning was like a strobe light.We thought it was kind of spooky hearing all those clocks ticking away,until I walked into his wifes doll collection room.Dozen or so clocks in there with the hundred or so dolls,lightning lighting up the dolls,they looked like they were moving.He had a professional clock winder come in every two weeks to wind and set the clocks and watches.Not to get them set accurately,but to just keep them exercised.A couple of times a year the winder would leave a list of the ones that needed to be cleaned and properly oiled.

 

[NDIHC]

I think we have 6 in the house other than our phones. One doesn't work and maybe 2 are actually set to the proper time. I go by the clock on my phone. Haven't worn a watch in over 20 years. I was watching the British series "The Repair Shop". Man are the British obsessed with clocks! I think almost every episode had a clock in for repair. And dolls/stuffed animals!

 

[T.R.K.]

Somehow this reminds me of the Youth Pastor I used to help. While he was speaking one night, he got upset because the youths were looking at their cell phones. A few minutes later he pulled his cell phone out of his pocket to check the time!
I told him after he finished that he needed to get a watch.

 

[Eman85]

I was at a specialist, he kept looking at his watch. I asked him if he had someplace more important he needed to be, he got upset told me it was a smart watch. I told him I didn't care, he left the room and came back but never looked at the watch again.

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Stores are so big now and the racks go so high that where would you put the clocks so they could even be seen?

 

[Phill Tibbetts]

I told my doctor that was an easy test for a baby boomer. You should give that same test to this younger generation.

That is one test for Alzheimers. It was done on my wife when she was diagnosed.

 

[Watthour]

I guess we have to be the tightest couple alive. On the first floor of our house we have 8 wind up clocks ticking away, including a grandfather clock and 5 electric clocks.

Try four Gilberts, two New Havens, one Ansonia, a Hermle long-case, a West German black forest, and a Waltham regulator - On the first floor.

 

[Hemmjo]

And you really DO that???? I am disappointed. 15 years ago some older=than-dirt woman from medihelpless told me to do that. I wadded up that paper and threw it on the floor, called her an uncilivilzed name for being so insulting to me, and never agreed to another phony "checkup" again.

Sure I do it. I take my TIME doing it. divide the circle into 12 equal spaces. Number them neatly, then draw havds, long and short. Then draw 4 rectangles in a row and fil them in like a digital

 

[Russ from MN]

We have wall clocks in each of our homes, and out in my shop I have a plug in one, I like that, I can tell how long the power is off during an outage. I wish I had a couple more plug in clocks, but you don't see them at yard sales.

 

[GChief]

I can tell how long the power is off during an outage.

We use the clock on our range for that. They start at 1200 when the power comes back on.