Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-10 (Sunday) Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 15:20:23 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <1963894287.731872944.835776.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 22:20:21 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="f8982cc9e007dfcba7c81f6dcd1ceefc"; logging-data="4056737"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/wfy+y7CO+6WauXgihw6f9" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:kqu2RdqE+FOzrUWDvpxWddygBHE= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 3227 On 3/11/2024 12:48 PM, shawn wrote: > On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:48:48 -0700, suzeeq wrote: > >> On 3/11/2024 11:08 AM, anim8rfsk wrote: >>> suzeeq wrote: >>>> On 3/11/2024 8:43 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote: >>>>> Arthur Lipscomb wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> The time change through me for a loop. I knew it was happening but >>>>>> wasn't sure which day it was happening or if I was gaining or losing an >>>>>> hour. >>>>> >>>>> Spring ahead! Fall back! Since daylight is being "saved", think about >>>>> the time of sunset being moved back an hour from standard time. That's >>>>> how I remember that the clock gets set ahead. >>>> >>>> But sunset moves forward in the spring. >>>>> >>>>>> Then I saw the clock on my stove was an hour earlier. When I was >>>>>> a kid I had manually change all the clocks which helped a bit, but now >>>>>> with almost every clock in the house automatically changing the time by >>>>>> the time I wake up it's like I involuntarily time traveled without >>>>>> knowing it. >>>> >>>> I figure it out by looking at my cellphone or the computer, then reset >>>> the other clocks. >>>> >>> >>> And you shouldn’t have to do that. At all. >>> >> I don't have magic clocks that automatically know the time. And I don't >> want them. > > I had to get a new alarm clock back last year. It sets the time itself > including adjusting for Daylight Savings Time. Oh, and of course my > computer resets the time automatically. Which is enough for me. I can > reset my watch and microwave when I think about it. I don't wear a watch (haven't for many years, as pretty much EVERYTHING that includes electronics in it these days has a visible clock) and I just never set the clock on the microwave or electric stove in the first place. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.