How many timepieces do you have in your house?
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1 on microwave
1 on stove
2 on DVD recorders
2 on desktop computers
1 on laptop computer
2 on digital alarm clocks
1 on cell phone
2 on watches
3 on TVs
4 on cordless phone handsets
1 on iPod
1 on a light timer
That's 21
1 on stove
2 on DVD recorders
2 on desktop computers
1 on laptop computer
2 on digital alarm clocks
1 on cell phone
2 on watches
3 on TVs
4 on cordless phone handsets
1 on iPod
1 on a light timer
That's 21
Kitchen: 2
(one w. battery one on MW).
Bathroom: 1
(w. battery and built in hygrometer and thermometer).
Living room: 3
(VCR + PC + 50's design: teak wood and brass 100% mechanical wall clock).
[Obviously my TV also has a time read-out, but as this read-out comes from Text-TV (teletext, videotext or whatever it is called locally) it doesn't show my local time, but the time in the location of the station I'm watching…]
Bedroom: 1
(w. battery, radio controlled, projects temperature and time).
And that's all the rooms I have (apart from the room with walls made of doors; to hall, kitchen, living room and bathroom).
And, of course, there's a time read-out on my cellphone.
The strange thing is that I don't think I remember the last time I was in another home that had clocks anywhere! Most people I know either have wristwatches or just use the phone.
My parents are of one of the last wrist watch generations! (I really should put together a post for that thread!) which also happens to be one of the last blinking time-display generations; dad's very first VCR is the last machine w. a digital watch, I remember in their home, that actually was set. (Both dad and I had "electronics" for hobbies so we occasionally (no more than a vouple of times per week though) blew fuses or set off the whatsitcalled security circuit breaker…
Allthough: I do come from a home with a digital clock!!!!!!!
Dad wire-wrapped a number of 7400-series IC's together and made a digital clock (w. incandecent 7-segment display!) which was the reference time-piece of our home for many years. In fact until the read-out became indecipherable; as it is with such things, the filaments in the display had a tendency to burn out. We would put the 'most burnt out' display to the least most significant place several times, rendering first seconds, then minutes then even hours more and more unreadable until the entire project became futile (they had stopped manufacturing the things even before dad build his clock
)
(one w. battery one on MW).
Bathroom: 1
(w. battery and built in hygrometer and thermometer).
Living room: 3
(VCR + PC + 50's design: teak wood and brass 100% mechanical wall clock).
[Obviously my TV also has a time read-out, but as this read-out comes from Text-TV (teletext, videotext or whatever it is called locally) it doesn't show my local time, but the time in the location of the station I'm watching…]
Bedroom: 1
(w. battery, radio controlled, projects temperature and time).
And that's all the rooms I have (apart from the room with walls made of doors; to hall, kitchen, living room and bathroom).
And, of course, there's a time read-out on my cellphone.
The strange thing is that I don't think I remember the last time I was in another home that had clocks anywhere! Most people I know either have wristwatches or just use the phone.
My parents are of one of the last wrist watch generations! (I really should put together a post for that thread!) which also happens to be one of the last blinking time-display generations; dad's very first VCR is the last machine w. a digital watch, I remember in their home, that actually was set. (Both dad and I had "electronics" for hobbies so we occasionally (no more than a vouple of times per week though) blew fuses or set off the whatsitcalled security circuit breaker…
Allthough: I do come from a home with a digital clock!!!!!!!
Dad wire-wrapped a number of 7400-series IC's together and made a digital clock (w. incandecent 7-segment display!) which was the reference time-piece of our home for many years. In fact until the read-out became indecipherable; as it is with such things, the filaments in the display had a tendency to burn out. We would put the 'most burnt out' display to the least most significant place several times, rendering first seconds, then minutes then even hours more and more unreadable until the entire project became futile (they had stopped manufacturing the things even before dad build his clock
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I just remembered the one on the coffee maker.
Twelve. Only one of which auto-changes when Daylight Savings start/ends.
I got:
3 wall clocks - Kitchen, Living room and Bathroom
1 digital alarm clock in bedroom
microwave clock but not set as I only switch it on when I'm using it
gas bolier clock
DVD recorder
PC, mobile phone, telephone, wristwatch and then there's clocks on the PS1, PS2 and Sky box.
That makes 12 and I only live in a small one bedroom flat.
3 wall clocks - Kitchen, Living room and Bathroom
1 digital alarm clock in bedroom
microwave clock but not set as I only switch it on when I'm using it
gas bolier clock
DVD recorder
PC, mobile phone, telephone, wristwatch and then there's clocks on the PS1, PS2 and Sky box.
That makes 12 and I only live in a small one bedroom flat.
Am I misunderstanding something or do you seriously leave your games on stand-by after finishing a game????
I mean: I feel stupid for leaving even the TV on stand-by over night; it'll surely (proven) keep the channel-settings for several days without stand-by use of power.
laptop
dvr
microwave
oven
coffee maker
2 x alarm clock
watch
2 x cell phone
ipod
11 I think.
*edit* forgot the cordless phones, so 13.
dvr
microwave
oven
coffee maker
2 x alarm clock
watch
2 x cell phone
ipod
11 I think.
*edit* forgot the cordless phones, so 13.
OP asked for everything with a clock and games consoles have clocks built into them the same way a PC has a clock built into it and it keeps it's time the same. I don't have them on standby but I don't unplug them, well only the PS1 is unplugged as I don't use as much as the PS2. Besides that only my Sky box and DVD recorder are left on standby.
I just had no idea that there was even a timepiece in those machines these days! - last time I played any digital game it was battery operated (and thus the idea was to save energy) so it didn't have a clock…
I counted 21 in just a small two bedroom apartment. I'm not surprised there's so many though since there seems to be so many appliances with clocks now.
I really prefer regular clocks to digital ones though. I like to see and hear the hands ticking. I seem to get a better sense of time when reading these clocks. Like, I can see just how far along in the hour we are in relation to the whole circle. That's important to me.
I really prefer regular clocks to digital ones though. I like to see and hear the hands ticking. I seem to get a better sense of time when reading these clocks. Like, I can see just how far along in the hour we are in relation to the whole circle. That's important to me.
7 Total.
Clock on Microwave
Clock on Stove
Alarm Clock
Wall Clock
Computer Clock
Cell Phone Clock
Wristwatch
I really only pay attention to the alarm clock and the computer clock. I haven't bothered to program the clocks in my kitchen.
Clock on Microwave
Clock on Stove
Alarm Clock
Wall Clock
Computer Clock
Cell Phone Clock
Wristwatch
I really only pay attention to the alarm clock and the computer clock. I haven't bothered to program the clocks in my kitchen.
The circle of life describing every minute of our lives - I like it to!
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