Clock change in Europe

Next week in the UK.

Gerry, it's tonight here in the UK. This is when I get confused every year as it's next week in the US, or at least in WA.

FrankII thank you sir.

Ah so it is Stuart. My apologies. It feels too early!

it is too early

but it is what it is

I don't think I've set a clock or a watch ahead in years. It's all done digitally now.

I have 17 to do in the morning. That's in addition to the phones and computers which do themselves.

No complaints adding one more hour in Paris to my the day.

Nigel, 1️⃣7️⃣⁉️⁉️⁉️

Good post! We missed a train due to a spring forward time change in Bulgaria. They worked with us at the train station but it made for a day filled with changes.

bedroom clock 1 - 1
bedroom clock 2 - 2
bathroom 1 clock - 3
bathroom 2 clock - 4
boiler - 5
thermostat - 6
kitchen clock - 7
oven -8
kitchen bear clock - 9
microwave 1 - 10
microwave 2 - 11
microwave 3 - 12
coffee machine - 13
dishwasher - 14
oven - 15
bird clock - 16
carriage clock - 17
French clock - 18
Crystal clock - 19
car - 20
2 watches - 22

I underestimated and forgot a couple. Sorry

just remembered the two travelling clocks which go in the luggage.

flippin' 'eck.

And all the pendulum ones need stopping and waiting to restart an hour later. So much easier in Spring.

What a faff!

Nigel, what a faff, indeed! 😂 Those are a lot of clocks to reset!

Just be glad you don't run a clock shop.

Nigel, how many of yours have dials, and aren’t digital?

This past summer, one gentleman I was volunteering with mentioned that many younger people these days don’t understand “clockwise” and “counterclockwise” (anti-clockwise) directions, because every clock they encounter is digital.

Sort of like basically every suitcase made in the past 20 years has wheels, so something that would have to be carried by a handle is inconceivable. That’s to say nothing of steamer trunks …

And … will you basically lose the whole hour you’ve “gained,” taking about that long to reset all the clocks? Time waits for no man, it has been said.

Three microwaves in the mansion, Nige?

Laurel,

3 microwaves

when living with a disabled person with very poor vision and dementia the first thing is to eliminate open flames and create routines which are understood and remembered.

So out with the gas oven and gas hob (stove), in with electric oven, induction hob (and new pans and pots) and microwaves.

When microwave 1 had a burnt out bulb but still worked otherwise, it went into the utility room and was replaced with a nearly identical but with a bigger display screen, and a small microwave for overflow veg when the big one is on convection or combi. So, yes, 3 microwaves. All with clocks to set.

Cyn of the 24 listed above only one watch is digital (my retirement present from the railway), and my bedside clock, and one bathroom clock, and the dashboard clock in the car. All 20 of the rest are traditional faces, and most of them tick. I like ticking and chiming. My brother got the chiming mantel clock and the tall clock or I would have had additional ticking and chiming (and winding and setting).

as far as using up that hour, I've been resetting steadily through the day whilst still enjoying life.

Only

bathroom 2 clock - 4
oven -8
kitchen bear clock - 9
coffee machine - 13
dishwasher - 14
oven - 15
2 watches - 22

remain.

That means that I forgot that the appliances have digital displays. oops

Along the same theme, that the US state of Arizona doesn't observe daylight savings time can be endlessly confusing to travelers to that western state + those surrounding. That the Navaho Nation - which has lands within that state - does observe it makes figuring out what time it is even more fun.

For 1/2 the year Arizona is same as Mountain time, and for the other half it's same as Pacific.

Editing to add: My sympathies, Nigel; had a sibling with dementia and had to not just unhook the stove at her home (she lived alone) but the microwave too when we finally got her into Memory Care.

This is bringing half buried memories bubbling back. We had an emergency with the gas stove as Mum's dementia aggressively advanced, and had to replace it, after a very near miss. Mum insisted on trying to learn how to use the new one to no avail whatsoever, and much frustration.
To such a good and keen cook it was one of the deep losses, as things deteriorated.
Having deliberately never had a microwave we got one, but even that was to prove to be totally beyond Mum's comprehension.

my sympathies, Stuart

Nigel, I think this is the first time I've encountered anyone with a kitchen bear. Is he dangerous? Does he let you use the fridge and stove? He has his own clock, but what about a chef's hat? 🐻

no he's a very cute little golden bear with sparkly eyes and he sits on the table. The clock is in his tummy. He doesn't cook. And he doesn't raid trash cans in National Parks, and he doesn't have a sidekick called BooBoo.

We have over 3 dozen bears of various sorts, hence the detail in the location.

no he's a very cute little golden bear with sparkly eyes and he sits on the table. The clock is in his tummy. He doesn't cook. And he doesn't raid trash cans in National Parks, and he doesn't have a sidekick called BooBoo.
We have over 3 dozen bears of various sorts, hence the detail in the location.

Oh, that's beary good, then! 🐻🐼🐻‍❄️🐻

Thanks for the reminder. I always forget when this happens and end up showing up early for everything the next day. Good to know it’s tonight.