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stoutfellow) wrote2004-07-06 08:11 pm
stoutfellow) wrote2004-07-06 08:11 pm
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Clocks
I am a clock person. I want some sort of chronometer within easy sight at almost all times. I have battery-driven clocks in the dining room, the living room, the computer room, and my bedroom. I also have a clock radio by my bed, and eight or so electronic devices with built-in clocks. Needless to say, this causes a bit of a headache at the time of transition to and from Daylight Time, although some of the electronic devices handle it automatically.
The problem with battery-driven clocks is, of course, that batteries run down. The various clocks are all at different points in their batteries' life-cycles, so it's easy to detect when one needs changing. The dining-room clock began running slow a few days back, so I got a new AA battery out and changed it.
Now it's running fast - very fast. Now what do I do? I can ignore it - the living-room clock is almost as easily visible from the kitchen - but there's something unesthetic about that solution. Or I could buy a new clock, but that offends my sense of thrift (mutant and stunted though it is).
Pfui.
The problem with battery-driven clocks is, of course, that batteries run down. The various clocks are all at different points in their batteries' life-cycles, so it's easy to detect when one needs changing. The dining-room clock began running slow a few days back, so I got a new AA battery out and changed it.
Now it's running fast - very fast. Now what do I do? I can ignore it - the living-room clock is almost as easily visible from the kitchen - but there's something unesthetic about that solution. Or I could buy a new clock, but that offends my sense of thrift (mutant and stunted though it is).
Pfui.
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Well, I've had that clock for more than ten years...