Set clocks ahead 1 hour this Sunday

Just a reminder...we "spring forward" this Sunday, 04-03-05.
Set clocks ahead one hour, to switch from Standard Time to Daylight Saving Time.

Sadly, I have 7 clocks/watches that pick up the time signal from the US Gov radio broadcast. The signal comes from NIST in Boulder, CO.

Of the 7, only 3 sucessfully made the leap last time. The other 4 had to be adjusted.

Progress! Please?

It's like getting off work an hour early!

Thanks for the reminder. Now I won't have to admit to my wife I didn't know.

Greg

I hate when the time changes roll around. It makes my head hurt. Not because of throwing off my schedule (it doesn't), but because of the following:

They post this info around work. I should start a betting pool as to the number of people who: a). completely forget, or b). set their clocks back instead of ahead.

But it does mean that the one clock in the entire house I asked my wife to adjust six months ago will be on time again.

BTW, two months after resetting the clocks in the Fall, I finally drove her car, noticed the clock was off in it, and reset it. Then this conversation took place:

Her -"How'd you do that!?!"
Me - "Well, for starters, I read the manual."
Her - "What took you so long?"
Me - "Honey, I haven't been in your car in two months!"
Her - "Well, if you had, you should have changed it sooner!"
Me - "My head hurts! Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!"

This from the same woman who said the clock on my side of the bedroom was wrong and that I should change it, because her clock radio was set and that meant it must be right. Yep, you guessed it, I have an radio controlled clock that syncs with the atomic clock in Boulder, CO. But when I told her that the NIST and Naval Observatory probably weren't too far off, she said I should check again.

Ain't love grand?

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---- It makes my head hurt. ------I have an radio controlled clock that syncs with the atomic clock in Boulder, CO. But when I told her that the NIST and Naval Observatory probably weren't too far off, she said I should check again.

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Ain't love grand? Yes it is! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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If I worked the night shift I'd be thrilled, but losing an hour of sleep doesn't make me feel very warm and tingly inside. .

Not to mention loss of darkness to fully appreciate my torches.

We don't change time here in Indidna, we're resistant to change.

I hate DST! Only upside is that my alarm clock and truck clock set forward easier/faster than back! http://www.gregorybraun.com/ has a neat, free utility (very bottom of the list) which allows you to sinc your computer to NIST time.

Larry (Almost quality dark enough to try the USL outside! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif )

I love Spring ahead!!!!!

I just wish all the clocks would adjust themselves. I have a microwave that is smart enough to reheat my dinner based on its weight and type of food, but it can't adjust the clock by one hour???

Ahh, the same routine

Sprinkler timer, Malibu Light timer, Aquarium Light timer, Programmable Thermostat, Microwave, Clock on the stove, Kitchen wall clock, Alarm Clocks, Mp3 player, Digital Camera, Camcorder, 2 VCRs, Watches, Car clocks, and many other clocks I can't count yet!

At least I have 4 clocks that account for DST and reset themselves (Computer, one of the VCRs, and 2 atomic alarm clocks

Yes, I have given up on resetting all of the dozens of clocks that seem to surround us. I have found that if I don't set the microwave clock at all, it doesn't display, so that is a lot nicer than looking at a flashing "12:00" all the time. That feature is almost as good as being self-setting.

I have a few devices that are self-setting (VCR, atomic clocks, PDA, computer, cell phone). I set my watch and that is always with me, so I pretty much ignore the rest of the clocks in my environment. That makes life a little simpler.

Whenever my wife wants to add another clock for the purposes of decoration, I tell her that it is fine as long as she resets it for DST. When she doesn't, I remove the battery and set it to noon and it never bothers me again.

This is a good time to change the batteries in your smoke alarms too, if your smoke alarms are battery-powered.

There's no reason why the whole world shouldn't go to a universal time standard.