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Thread Number: 73473
/ Tag: Other Home Products or Autos
Clocks in your house--whether you look at them our not... |
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Post# 970237 11/27/2017 at 10:26 (2,339 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy  (Oak Park, MI) |
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These are the clocks that I have in my house, which I think are fourteen, total... In the kitchen , bathroom, living room, den, laundry (hard to take that photo of over the folding table) and bedrooms:
What kinds of clocks do you have in your homes & which ones do you look at? Which ones you do you don't? Often the baby picture clock never gets needed to tell the time of day, but we have that one to keep her in, though it's under the 1st bird clock... -- Dave CLICK HERE TO GO TO DaveAMKrayoGuy's LINK | ||
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Post# 970252 , Reply# 2 11/27/2017 at 12:34 (2,339 days old) by spacepig (Floridas Emerald Coast) |
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This is the last clock that I bought from e-bay. Not wild about the avocado color, but I like the shape. I didn't notice it in the listing picture, but once on the wall it reminds me of a stingray.
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Post# 970261 , Reply# 3 11/27/2017 at 13:10 (2,339 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 1 = master bathroom. 2, 3, 4, 5 = master bedroom 6, 7 = office room 8, 9, 10, 11 = living room 12, 13 = kitchen 14, 15 (granny's pill dispenser), 16 = guest bedroom 17 = 2nd bedroom | ||
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Post# 970300 , Reply# 4 11/27/2017 at 18:55 (2,338 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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| Post# 970334 , Reply# 6 11/28/2017 at 00:18 (2,338 days old) by speedqueen (Metro-Detroit) | ||
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Post# 970353 , Reply# 8 11/28/2017 at 05:52 (2,338 days old) by Frigilux (The Minnesota Prairie) |
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Had several wall clocks back at the house, but the apartment is small and there are clocks on the range, microwave, phone, iMac and iPad. There's one alarm clock in the bedroom. It plays a soothing little song. Very nice to wake up to.
Also have three West Bend kitchen timers; one in the bedroom to time naps, one by the computer so I'm not late for gigs/work/functions when online and one in the kitchen. Still wear a cheap Timex watch, as well. | ||
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Post# 970358 , Reply# 9 11/28/2017 at 07:06 (2,338 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Of note, with the AMKrayoGuy Clocks:
The cat clock that is in my kitchen actually only gets used when the stove and microwave clocks have a temperature or timer when something is cooking on them...
The microwave alarm lets me know when something is ready that I know I will be away from & when I'm baking in which case the range clock will be showing a temperature, otherwise, if I'm close by, then I use the stove's timer & the microwave clock is free... (& the microwave, so my wife can make something for "30-seconds" without adding to the running timer, otherwise I recommend she press the Quick-Start-"1", then take her food out after her 30-seconds, that way)... -- Dave | ||
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Post# 970361 , Reply# 10 11/28/2017 at 07:36 (2,338 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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SpeedQueen: I noticed your Heathkit Clock, did you build it yourself or bought it used and already assembled?Build-it kit many years ago. The alarm on it is fierce, I think 120v power runs through a small speaker! Something has gone wonky with it in the last few weeks, it gains or loses time, whichever. I also had an indoor/outdoor thermometer of the same style but it's long-gone. I have a LCD wall clock on which the battery holder broke and I haven't yet fixed it. | ||
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Post# 971485 , Reply# 11 12/4/2017 at 12:24 (2,332 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI) |
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Well, that big 'BATH' clock in one of the pictures dates back long ago when a girlfriend I was courting at the time said it was SILLY to buy a clock like that and hang in then bathroom in which it had been art my parents' place until my mom died, so, yes, I think it is, in short, one we look at and could never exist without...
Oh, and, no, it's not silly, although another clock for sale where I'd gotten that one at, was clearly a kitchen clock ('COOK' is what I remember it saying & having that kind o theme, but probably everybody has one in one form or another & most-likely would have chosen that one for their kitchen)... The other (1/2) bath has the glow-in-the-dark-Philco that has the temperature, (in Fareignheit, I don't know if it's possible to make Celsius) and I think I do read it, or if I am in a real hurry & pressed for time, then that's when I stick my head out the bathroom door & stare at the microwave clock, or just peek around for the one on the stove, right across from the small hallway/stairs to basement/area by side-door! -- Dave | ||
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Post# 971618 , Reply# 12 12/5/2017 at 00:47 (2,331 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Just about all of the clocks in my place are digital-would like to have a spring or weight analog clock-but these are expensive now.And of course the "clock" in my IPhone 7.Have other "clock" programs on it.Have a Sony digital projection clock in my bedroom-handy-it projects the time reading on the ceiling. | ||
| Post# 971699 , Reply# 13 12/5/2017 at 10:59 (2,331 days old) by Blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts) | ||
Satellite Clock
Among the clocks we have are 2 satellite clocks from Costco. The digital one is set to display 24-hour time. If I need to know the right time, this is what I check. It seems that in this technological age, we seemed to have lost the ability to make accurate timepieces. You would think that digital clocks would be accurate. Not necessarily. Some gain time, others lose time.
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Post# 971768 , Reply# 14 12/5/2017 at 16:55 (2,331 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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Several years ago my friend Jay got me an "atomic" clock for Christmas. It receives a signal from the master clock in Ft. Collins, CO. When there is a time change, it sometimes takes seveal hours to correct the time, but otherwise is very accurate. | ||
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Post# 971775 , Reply# 15 12/5/2017 at 17:07 (2,331 days old) by countryguy (Astorville, ON, Canada) |
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Post# 971782 , Reply# 16 12/5/2017 at 18:08 (2,330 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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Atomix clock | ||
| Post# 971796 , Reply# 17 12/5/2017 at 19:19 (2,330 days old) by Blackstone (Springfield, Massachusetts) | ||
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Clarification | ||
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Post# 972227 , Reply# 19 12/7/2017 at 20:48 (2,328 days old) by abcomatic (Bradford, Illinois) |
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Lots of clocks here. I think most organists that I know have a lot of them as well as a liking of trains. Ansonia 2 Seth Thomas 2 Gilbert kitchen clock with alarm 1 Grandmother clock 1 | ||
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Post# 972230 , Reply# 20 12/7/2017 at 20:59 (2,328 days old) by abcomatic (Bradford, Illinois) |
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Lots of clocks here. I think most organists that I know have a lot of them as well as a liking of trains. Ansonia 2 Seth Thomas 2 Gilbert kitchen clock with alarm 1 Grandmother clock 1 Grandfather clock 1 Cuckoo clock 1 Muller 1 battery clocks 4 clock on stove 1 clock on microwave 1 | ||
| Post# 972321 , Reply# 21 12/8/2017 at 08:50 (2,328 days old) by vacerator (Macomb, Michigan) | ||
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Howard Miller "Milano" dark cherry grandfather clock. I have a rather extensive Marklin ho digital train collection, and a lay out. Of course a large dog, and alarm system, but I spend most of my time at home these days. My dad left me his rifle and shot gun also. | ||
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Post# 972378 , Reply# 22 12/8/2017 at 13:18 (2,328 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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Heathkit Clock
Glenn wins for most complete documentation of every clock in the house, I would have forgot all the PC clocks myself lol
I built that same Heathkit clock about 40 years ago. Mine is still running just fine, but I did do a preemptive repair on it replacing the electrolytic capacitors before they decided to fail and destroy the clock chip, that IC is make of Unobtanium today... These clocks run a bit warm inside the case so the electrolytic caps will be aging. I'll have to look at the circuit but the clock is getting it's timing from the AC line I'm almost certain. They would likely pick off the 60hz pulses with a capacitor so if that component has changed, it may be the cause of your clocks inability to keep decent time now. Mine has been amazing over all these years. As for my clocks I have slowly been changing over all radio controlled clocks that sync to WWVB. I love not having to touch the clocks year after year even during the Daylight Savings time changes. | ||
| Post# 972381 , Reply# 23 12/8/2017 at 13:33 (2,328 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs) | ||
The aging Oregon Scientific clock... | ||
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