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Author Re: don't turn that clock back (I have a new "slash" key on my keyboard)
Craven Morehead

2006-10-31, 9:25 am

Let's be clear on this forward / backward thing. Traditional (analog)
clocks / watches don't mind / care if you turn them forward or backward to
set the time. Truth be told, many / most / some have a feature that uses
your occasional forward / backward adjustments to fine tune it's time
keeping mechanism.

This assumes they are NOT the type with fancy features such as "day / date".
The fancy ones use a special wheel to advance the day / date wheel at /
about midnight of each day. This cam wheel (like my girlfriend) doesn't
like backward. The only option being to go forward 23 hours.

Now, let's move on.

"krw" <krw@att.bizzzz> wrote in message
news:MPG.1fb089a278a1a3f5989a69@news.individual.net...
> In article <1162223706.555717.183710@e64g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>,
> jerry_maple@hotmail.com says...
>
> If it was one of the "atomic clocks" you simply didn't set it to
> the right time zone.
>
>
> No, but I love the ones that are just smart enough. My "atomic
> clock" and my PC are fine. My bedroom clock is still wrong because
> it is a PITA to set. ...exactly the opposite problem. ...not an
> issue because I can subtract "one" in my head, even at 5:00AM. ;-)
>
> --
> Keith



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