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I just realized that I had not changed one of my wall clocks to the proper daylight savings time setting... And that it is right. And that it is not an automatic clock... I've been internally comping for it for the past six months.
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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2022, 08:29:16 AM »
I don't know how to change the one in the work vehicle. 
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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2022, 08:31:54 AM »
You're a horrible man. You should feel bad because you are bad.

I'll change the clock on the stove next time I use the stove.

I'll change the clock on the microwave... probably never. It's not showed the correct time since the last power outage.
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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2022, 01:56:03 PM »
<shrug>.  Or wait six months.
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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2022, 02:43:04 PM »
When I was a kid Mom was constantly fiddling with the clocks to make them just a little bit fast, ostensibly to keep us on time. The only thing it really did was have us not paying attention to the house clocks and relying on our wristwatches. I'm the other way, I want clocks to be as exactly on time as possible. No real reason why other than I have this thing about accuracy. If a clock around the house is more than a minute off my phone's time, it gets corrected.

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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2022, 03:02:15 PM »
I want clocks to be as exactly on time as possible. No real reason why other than I have this thing about accuracy. If a clock around the house is more than a minute off my phone's time, it gets corrected.

Brad

Same here but it especially annoys me when the clocks in the kitchen don't match.
Coffee maker
Microwave
Stove
Toaster oven
Weather station

The weather station gets it time off the internet so all the others are set to match.

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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2022, 05:03:20 PM »
When I was a kid Mom was constantly fiddling with the clocks to make them just a little bit fast, ostensibly to keep us on time. The only thing it really did was have us not paying attention to the house clocks and relying on our wristwatches. I'm the other way, I want clocks to be as exactly on time as possible. No real reason why other than I have this thing about accuracy. If a clock around the house is more than a minute off my phone's time, it gets corrected.

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Yup, that is me.  I was up at 5 am Sunday morning setting all the clocks with my cell phone in hand so I got each one correct.  I know I overslept.

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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2022, 08:34:59 PM »
Oh, I forgot about the coffee maker.

I've not bothered to set the clock on it since I quit setting it up the night before to perk so I could take a thermos of coffee to the office.
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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2022, 09:34:27 PM »
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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2022, 09:38:10 PM »
What day is this?
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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2022, 09:43:40 PM »
Ooops.
WHATEVER YOUR DEFINITION OF "INFRINGE " IS, YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT.

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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2022, 09:45:23 PM »
Hmmm. Well, that's surprising.
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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #12 on: March 14, 2022, 09:48:06 PM »
Brad Johnson said,

" No real reason why other than I have this thing about accuracy. If a clock around the house is more than a minute off my phone's time, it gets corrected.
"

I used to be that way while I was working.  I almost had to have every second hand stepping along with all the others.

The Valhalla of timekeeping was when they came out with a watch which synced with the radio time from WWV in Fort Collins.  Oh, callou, callay, what a frabjous day!  I was almost orgasmic watching it re-set itself to the correct Western Hemisphere Official Time.  Uuuunnnhhhh !

But It only took a year of retirement for me to learn that time was no longer "of the essence."

I now have a sort-of kitchen clock that only has an hour hand and it suits me pretty well.  It started out as a kind of a joke --I found this clock movement with no minute hand and I set it up with a new home-made "face" and it's surprising how closely I can estimate the actual time from it.

Oh well... nap time.   =D

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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #13 on: March 14, 2022, 09:48:52 PM »


Oh well... nap time.   =D


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WHATEVER YOUR DEFINITION OF "INFRINGE " IS, YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT.

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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #15 on: March 14, 2022, 09:56:57 PM »
My mother had a GE over the range microwave that required you to set not only the time but month day year as well.
If the power blinked and it reset the thing was a paper weight until you set everything again, not even the range light would work. Would get a call once in a while her wanting me to come over and set the darn thing again.
Why the heck someone decided a microwave needed to know what year it was to cook or even allow you to turn on the range light is beyond me.
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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #16 on: March 14, 2022, 10:35:16 PM »
Oh, and... The last of the ice and snow is gone from the parking lot at work. Not because it was shoveled and carted off, like some businesses would do... Nope.
 
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Re: Is this the epitome of laziness, or just a scientific mind at work?
« Reply #17 on: March 14, 2022, 10:36:24 PM »
Yeah, I gave up on correcting after a power glitch a while ago.  My little dollar store clock radio has a battery backup to keep  the clock running while the power's down, which is nice.

Power company was kind enough to leave doorknob hangers on everyone's door saying that they had installed "Smart Meters" and to check our clocks and stuff because there had been a slight power interruption during the switchover.


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WHATEVER YOUR DEFINITION OF "INFRINGE " IS, YOU SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT.