Clocks! Spring forward tonight in much of the USA

monster · 03-14-2016, 07:50 PM

I like the idea that the clocks could spring forward on a dull work day. Wednesday afternoon would be great -get you over that hump for sure....

xoxoxoBruce · 03-15-2016, 01:47 AM

Oh what a can of worms that would be. I've worked a lot of nights when the clock was going one way or the other. People would bitch in the spring they got shorted an hour and ought to get a full shift's pay anyway. Then in the fall they'd be grumbling they damn well better get paid an extra hour.

Griff · 03-15-2016, 06:15 AM

I miss tw's annual defense of the clock change. Now that science is on our side can't we just be done with it.

glatt · 03-15-2016, 08:31 AM

Last night at the scout meeting, I noticed the clock on the wall was half an hour slow, when it had been correct just an hour or so earlier. So I got the stepladder out and pulled the clock off the wall to fix it. It had the usual knob on the back to change the time, and it also had a small digital clock on the back that was wired to the motor that ran the big analog clock on the front. I set the clock using the manual knob so it told the correct time. It occurred to me that the batteries were also getting low, so I put some new batteries in there.

The clock immediately began to run very fast. It covered a minute in 4 seconds. Hands going like crazy.

The little digital clock on the back was set for a different time than the analog clock on the front, and I assumed that the analog clock would stop running fast when it caught up to the digital clock, but it didn't. It kept going.

It was really confusing, so I set the digital clock to the correct time and let the analog clock speed up to catch that correct digital clock time, hoping it would work. Except even though it was running very fast, it was going to take about 15 minutes to go the 11 odd hours forward to the correct time.

So I put the fast running clock back up to on the wall, and put the ladder back into the closet. I didn't say a word about it. But soon, a boy noticed the fast running clock on the wall, telling the wrong time. He told a friend,and so on. Pretty soon, there were 30 boys just standing there staring and pointing at the clock and laughing.

It felt like an eternity, but at closing circle, just as the meeting was ending, the analog clock finally caught up to the digital clock and the clock slowed down to normal speed and told the correct time. And I had to make an announcement to point it out to the troop.

In hindsight, I should have just changed the batteries and not touched the dial.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-15-2016, 09:11 PM

And put a note on the back of the clock warning future clock attendants.

tw · 03-15-2016, 09:57 PM

I've been working on this for a couple of days now. Still cannot solve it. None of my clocks have springs. What do I do?

monster · 03-16-2016, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by tw

I've been working on this for a couple of days now. Still cannot solve it. None of my clocks have springs. What do I do?

consult the management

03-14-2016, 07:50 PM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I like the idea that the clocks could spring forward on a dull work day. Wednesday afternoon would be great -get you over that hump for sure.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

03-15-2016, 01:47 AM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Oh what a can of worms that would be. I've worked a lot of nights when the clock was going one way or the other. People would bitch in the spring they got shorted an hour and ought to get a full shift's pay anyway. Then in the fall they'd be grumbling they damn well better get paid an extra hour. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-15-2016, 06:15 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I miss tw's annual defense of the clock change. Now that science is on our side can't we just be done with it. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

03-15-2016, 09:11 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	And put a note on the back of the clock warning future clock attendants. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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03-15-2016, 08:31 AM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Last night at the scout meeting, I noticed the clock on the wall was half an hour slow, when it had been correct just an hour or so earlier. So I got the stepladder out and pulled the clock off the wall to fix it. It had the usual knob on the back to change the time, and it also had a small digital clock on the back that was wired to the motor that ran the big analog clock on the front. I set the clock using the manual knob so it told the correct time. It occurred to me that the batteries were also getting low, so I put some new batteries in there. The clock immediately began to run very fast. It covered a minute in 4 seconds. Hands going like crazy. The little digital clock on the back was set for a different time than the analog clock on the front, and I assumed that the analog clock would stop running fast when it caught up to the digital clock, but it didn't. It kept going. It was really confusing, so I set the digital clock to the correct time and let the analog clock speed up to catch that correct digital clock time, hoping it would work. Except even though it was running very fast, it was going to take about 15 minutes to go the 11 odd hours forward to the correct time. So I put the fast running clock back up to on the wall, and put the ladder back into the closet. I didn't say a word about it. But soon, a boy noticed the fast running clock on the wall, telling the wrong time. He told a friend,and so on. Pretty soon, there were 30 boys just standing there staring and pointing at the clock and laughing. It felt like an eternity, but at closing circle, just as the meeting was ending, the analog clock finally caught up to the digital clock and the clock slowed down to normal speed and told the correct time. And I had to make an announcement to point it out to the troop. In hindsight, I should have just changed the batteries and not touched the dial.

03-15-2016, 09:57 PM	#6
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	I've been working on this for a couple of days now. Still cannot solve it. None of my clocks have springs. What do I do?

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