How many timekeeping devices do you have to change?

[lpbk2713]

With watches, clocks, VCR/DVD's, PC's, laptops, cameras, microwaves, security system and who knows what else ... I must have about two dozen things I have to change the time on. And ever since Dumbya changed the dates I can't use the automatic function that some of them have any more. I think I'll just do it tomorrow instead of tonight.

[BrklynLiberal]

1. The most difficult is the clock in my car....

I have to use the scan and set buttons on the radio...and going back and hour is a real pain, since I have to go all the way around to get to an hour earlier...

Most of the others are pretty straightforward.

[dysfunctional press]

17. i never change the clock in my car...

6 months out of the year, it's an hour fast.

[dixiegrrrrl]

28. zactly.....

Over the years, the clock is harder to reach and set, so I leave it. It's not like I have to go anywhere on time anymore.
Retirement is way cool....

[CTyankee]

32. I did that and stopped doing it cuz my kids made fun of me!

It is SO easy to change my clock in my car it is idiotic so I thought, well, I'll just do it...it seemed a little strange to always be an hour off for half the year!

I have about 5 things I have to change. The rest change themselves...

[TheCentepedeShoes]

30. Same here

scan and set, scan and set until it's right
Mr 'pede takes care of the inside stuff and the sprinkler (if it's still on auto now) except for the PC which takes care of itself

[bobbolink]

34. I figure... why bother... it's only a few months until it has to be changed back.

In the meantime, I can quickly "adjust" the time in me 'ead.

[Kutjara]

42. Mine seems to take about eleven simultaneous button-presses...

...and I can't get my foot to reach the console, so I usually just leave it.

[tigereye]

69. the one in my car is so difficult to change - otherwise only 3 or 4

clocks... stove, microwave, etc. A lot of them reset themselves, like the VCR, etc.

[bbinacan]

2. 6 and I will

sure miss DST.

[underseasurveyor]

3. 2

One wall clock and one watch.

that was easy

[underseasurveyor]

4. Oops OK 3

I forgot the one in my car. But THAT'S IT.. LOL

[tammywammy]

5. Thermostat and car

I gave up on the microwave and stove clock a while ago. Whenever I do set it, the power tends to go off or flicker longer enough in the house within a month that they reset. The cable boxes will reset themselves as will the cell phone and laptop.

[KarenS]

6. zero ~ I live in Arizona,,,,,

We just have to remember that almost everyone else's time has changed.

[krispos42]

48. That's right, you guys just jump around time zones

From Pacific Daylight Time to Mountain Standard Time...

[Confusious]

7. None.... Tucson has no savings time... eom

[Sedona]

22. Arizonans....

we're not afraid of the dark.

[ixion]

8. 1

clock in the car doesn't change automatically. Everything else does.

[sandnsea]

9. I leave most on standard time, lol

So I only have 2 to change, the living room clock and the alarm clock.

Tomorrow means all the rest of the clocks will have the correct time again.

[Catshrink]

10. None!

I live in Arizona and we don't do DST. It gets confusing though. Alaska will be 2 hours earlier instead of 1, Nevada will be 1 instead of 0, Chicago will be 1 hour ahead instead of 2, and the East coast will be 2 hours instead of 3. Olberman will be on at 6 instead of 5 and the Daily Show reruns will be on at 8 instead of 7. Welcome to my world.

[dixiegrrrrl]

38. I have a solution for you.

Here:

http://www.poodwaddle.com/worldclock.swf

I use this to keep up with my contacts across the country.

[greennina]

11. Republicans love daysaving time

Why? That's something I've never figured-out. Do they just like making life more difficult?

[bbinacan]

21. Not just Repubs, I

love DST.

[qnr]

45. Not all of them (funny pic of a letter to the editor) - with a misspelled headline even

[gmoney]

61. LOL wow! Congress can make the sun shine an hour longer each day? (eom)

[qnr]

63. Apparently heheh n/t

[RKP5637]

12. None, my cat is well trained, he handles it for me, the cable box handles the rest! LOL n/t

[GoCubsGo]

71. Mine are always on DST.

So, they wake me up yowling for breakfast at 4:30 AM, instead of 5:30 AM. I love that extra hour of sleep on Sunday, but the rest of it kinda sucks.

[Regret My New Name]

13. None... I'm just an hour early until spring...

[Warpy]

14. Only a clock radio, the puter sets itself

I hate standard time, I get depressed every year when the time changes. I am not a morning person and I don't want more of it.

At least the time will change back earlier than it used to.

[salin]

26. Also two timed (auto) lights...

[RC]

15. None!

I don't bother to change any of them to republican time in the first place. I think switching back and forth to fool ourselves that the sun raises and sets to our whim is stupid. I do reset my alarm though.

[pengillian101]

55. I so agree. What's the point anyway?

"I think switching back and forth to fool ourselves that the sun raises and sets to our whim is stupid."



I find no use in DST. I think it originally had something to do with farming (?)

It's just depressing when it's dark at 5 pm.

[The_Commonist]

16. About a dozen...

I guess I'll find out for sure in the morning!

[recoveringrepublican]

18. Just my bedside clock. Never do my oven of microwave for some reason,

and all the other clocks do it themselves.

[HughMoran]

19. I've been letting the batteries run dry in many of my clocks

It's just not worth it any more. Makes the daylight savings issue less of a big deal.

[Graybeard]

20. 7 plus my watch collection.

The VCR/DVD player, 2 clock radios, microwave oven, kitchen wall clock, clock in the bathroom and the watch that I have on. The computer and cable box flip automatically.

I have a collection of 28 watches but I will re-set each one of those when I wear them in the future.

[Skittles]

23. besides the 6 in my home

I have to boot multiple mainframe images all night long - and they have to all sit in reset at least one hour before coming up

[tularetom]

24. The one in my car is a real pain in the ass to change

so I just leave it alone. Since I retired I mostly don't care what time it is so I'll get around to changing the rest of the clocks over the next few days.

[shintao]

25. Stop Messing with time.

Why can't people leave the damned time alone? Just go to work at 7 instead of 8. Get off at 3:30 instead of 4:30. Are people so mentally challenged they can't figure that out?

We need clocks that have Universe time. That are calculated back to the big bang, and carrys the date & time forward. When we start doing more space exploration, we can't be setting daylight savings time for the universe.

[RKP5637]

27. Exactly True!!! n/t

[Kali]

35. daylight, dark, and time to eat are good enough for me

[pokerfan]

39. [phone]

[liberaltrucker]

29. Just one-the car

Most in the house are cellphones and computers. The wall
clock is wifi-enabled and is adjusted by www.time.nist.gov .
Yeah, we're geeks.

[dixiegrrrrl]

41. that link came up missing for me....

got one of those pages that show it does not exist.

[quiller4]

31. My cell phone and VCR change themselves. So does my PC.

I'll need to change my watch, the microwave, the clock in the van and the thermostat

[givemebackmycountry]

33. If I could turn back time....

Hi!

Cher here.
Remember when I sang that song and everyone loved it?

"If I could turn back time"...

You guys need to lighten up or I'll throw a "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" on yer ass!

[fizzgig]

36. three, maybe four

the alarm clock, the coffee pot and the microwave. i'm not sure if the laptop will do it automatically.

i'd usually have to change the clock on my dash board and my radio, but neither are working right now, so i don't have to worry about it.

[Taitertots]

37. Too Many

5 at work
Laptop
Desktop
Microwave
Stove
Alarm Clock
Furnace has built in clock on thermostat
Two cars
3 Televisions
VCR/DVD combo
X-box


Cell phone should adjust itself
TV cable box should adjust itself

[Ptah]

40. Zero.

Arizona doesn't need to save any daylight.

We have too much already.

[applegrove]

43. Thanks for reminding me to change the clocks.

[rainbow4321]

44. One clock, watch, microwave, car clock which I always forget how to do

So I just keep pushing two buttons "that worked last year"

The cable boxes change the time themselves..if only everything I listed would do the same!!

OH man..my DOGS! Anyone know how to change the inner clock of my three "I have to PEE right NOW! Get up right NOW" dogs?

[nolabear]

46. Just the one in the car and on the stove. The rest take care of themselves.

I loves me some technology.

[GreenPartyVoter]

47. So far I have done the 7 I most care about. The rest can go hang.

[krispos42]

49. Four, I think

Car, clock-radio, watch, and I probably should make sure my digital camera clock is right... haven't looked at it in a couple of years.

I never set my VCR clock when I moved in to my latest digs, and the computers, cellphone, and wall clock are all automatic.

[pokerfan]

50. Just the one in the car

Computer changes automatically. I have no wall clocks. Don't have a VCR anymore. My cell phone which updates automatically has replaced both my alarm clock and my wrist watch.

[Iggo]

51. 5

Wall clock, oven clock, alarm clock, thermostat clock, coffee maker clock.

[BreweryYardRat]

52. One alarm clock for sure, possibly my car clock.

Need to check tomorrow and see.

[JonLP24]

53. NONE!! Arizona time stays the same all the time

[question everything]

54. You lucky dog!

On the other hand, it has been pitch dark at 8:00 am, so for kids going to school or waiting for their bus, and for rude drivers, it is probably better to "fall back."

[JonLP24]

58. I understand

Bad for us the programming doesn't stay on the same time slots so we have to adjust to that.

[kentauros]

56. Eight

The computer and Dish-box are automatic. I have three analog clocks/watch and four digital clocks. I don't think the DVD/VCR does an auto-change but it might, saving me one bit of hassle...

The clock on my car's CD player refuses to acknowledge that I exist and won't let me set the time to anything but what it currently displays, or 2 hours and 14 minutes slow (now 1:14 slow)

[TreasonousBastard]

57. Jeez. Even my COFFEEPOT has a godam clock in it.

[vixengrl]

59. I have so many wristwatches to change--but my the clock in my car

is the tough one. How to change it isn't in the manual. I've only done it "by accident" every time I've done it by just doggedly holding down this button and fiddling with that one--usually a handful of days or weeks of telling time by doing math.) The microwave, of course. And the alarm clock in the bedroom--that one would be important. (My cell phone time is always noon on Sunday, I see no reason to change that.)

[proteus_lives]

60. A lot.

[Common Sense Party]

62. I just changed about a dozen.

I'm waiting to see if the BlackBerry changes itself, and I'll change the car clock tomorrow on the way to church.

[MineralMan]

64. Just a few.

Two of our clocks set themselves automatically from the Bureau of Standards clock. The cable box changes itself automatically from Comcast. The computer clocks set themselves automatically.

I don't own a watch. We have a couple of clock radios, and I reset them on Saturday. There's a Kit Kat clock in the living room that is a PITA to reset, since you have to set it by turning the minute hand FORWARD all the way to the new time, but I'll do that sometime today.

The car clocks? I don't bother with them. They're right again now, since they were set on standard time long ago.

I don't bother with appliance clocks. Who cares? The telephones have clocks in them, but I don't really care if the answering machine says the wrong time as I'm deleting unwanted messages. I never set those clocks in the first place, so I have no idea what time they think it is.

Does anyone really know what time it is?

[old mark]

65. 6 watches, 3 battery clocks, the microwave and the kitchen stove, all done.

Changed 1 watch last night, and the rest this morning.
Got the exact time from the TV.
mark

[Deep13]

66. Change comes from within. nt

[Callalily]

67. None! Could someone please

tell me what time it is? I'm on CST!

Thanks and

[lpbk2713]

68. Um ... I've got 4:23pm. Eastern

[Brigid]

70. I have about a dozen to change

It's a pain. I don't know why we still do this. Does it really save on energy costs?