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Old 11-05-2023, 09:31 AM
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grrrrr. That time of the year. Finally done with all of ours. I think. Worse in Fall Back.

Why can’t our Leadership pass a simple one-time annually?

OK, I’d better get ready to change all our clocks AGAIN in the Spring.

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Old 11-05-2023, 09:42 AM
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The only clocks I can think of in the house that don't change automatically is the old 1970's analogue we keep in the living room, and the one built into the microwave oven.
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Old 11-05-2023, 09:49 AM
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grrrrr. That time of the year. Finally done with all of ours. I think. Worse in Fall Back.

Why can’t our Leadership pass a simple one-time annually?

OK, I’d better get ready to change all our clocks AGAIN in the Spring.

grrrrr.
I don't change my clocks. I just wait for the time to catch back up with me in the spring & I wait for the legislation to pass. I started ignoring the 'fall back' years ago mainly for my dogs. They eat at regular times & don't care to wait an extra hour because of silly human rules. I first used to switch the times the dogs were fed ie: 6 am is now 5 am, but eventually found it easier to just ignore the change. The only times I need to think about it is for appointments (friends, etc) & that was easier than thinking about it two times each & every day.
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The only clocks I can think of in the house that don't change automatically is the old 1970's analogue we keep in the living room, and the one built into the microwave oven.
What about the regular oven and the vehicle?
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What about the regular oven and the vehicle?
No idea. I never look at those clocks. So it really doesn't matter what's displayed on them Also, I don't keep my car in my house. I said "the only clocks in the house..."
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Old 11-05-2023, 10:07 AM
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Lets see, clock in bedroom, grandfather clock, digital clock in living room, 2 battery powered analog clocks, 2 vehicle clocks, irrigation clock, looking forward to the end of this confusion.
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Lets see, clock in bedroom, grandfather clock, digital clock in living room, 2 battery powered analog clocks, 2 vehicle clocks, irrigation clock, looking forward to the end of this confusion.
I forgot about the irrigation clock.
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The only clocks I can think of in the house that don't change automatically is the old 1970's analogue we keep in the living room, and the one built into the microwave oven.
I was thinking the same thing. Literally the only clock to change is the oven (we disabled the microwave clock). My vehicles change on their own and the Rachio irrigation controller does it based on our wifi.
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I had to change our grandfather clock and the one on the microwave. Everything else adjusts itself. That’s two minutes of my life I’ll never get back. Oh the horror.
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Doesn't anybody wear a watch?
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I also changed out the batteries in the smoke detectors. That was another fifteen minutes down the drain.
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I also changed out the batteries in the smoke detectors. That was another fifteen minutes down the drain.
Alkaline batteries have a 5-10 year shelf life, when used as a backup battery. Changing them every 6 months seems like overkill.
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Doesn't anybody wear a watch?
I do every day.
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Remember when a lad one of my aunts going through all the hour, and half hour chimes to change her Hall Clock to go back an hour, until I suggested stopping the thing for an hour.
All the years she had never sussed it!
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It’s not changing the clocks that bothers me, it’s the loss of daylight in the late afternoon/evening. I’m not an early morning person so there is no advantage to the sun coming up earlier, just the disadvantage of it getting dark our earlier. I suppose those that are early risers have a different point of view. Moving the clocks back is especially painful for us part timers stuck up north this time of the year. The sun sets a full hour earlier at or northern home compared to the Villages, and in mid December the sun sets at the ridiculously early time of 4:18 In the afternoon.
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