Changing Clocks

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This year changing clocks was easier than ever, mainly because there was no one else around. At 10 p.m. I stopped the two pendulum clocks and set an alarm an hour later to restart them (It’s bad for the clock to turn the hands back manually.) I was surprised at the ones I had to change besides the ones on the stove and an electric alarm clock. There were two indoor/outdoor thermometers and a lamp. I never look at the thermometers for time, but they keep track of temp history. I don’t look at that, either. The lamp has a lighted strip that shows the date, time, and indoor temperature. Thank heavens all the electronic things change themselves. It is now just after noon here, and I’m wondering which clocks were set with 24-hour time. I’ll know shortly.

There was one glitch with the clock that was on John’s computer desk. I couldn’t get the hour number to change. The solution? I turned its face to the wall. From time to time I’ll try again, and eventually it will say the right time and will face the room again.

If any government agency spies on blog posts, I’ll declare here that I don’t want the clocks to change ever again. It’s my understanding that the majority of Americans have the same view. Pay attention and do something about it!!

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Published by Anne Mehrling

I'm a retiree who loves to write about life in the mountains of North Carolina.

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36 thoughts on “Changing Clocks”

    1. I would rather give up that extra hour in the summer, when we already have a lot of light and keep it in the winter when we do not. I hated having to walk to my car in the dark and having to go to the grocery store after dark when I was working. Of course, that is not the case now, but I would still rather it not get dark before 5 so I could stay outside a little longer in the winter!

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  2. Hear! Hear! I think most of us are in agreement. It is not good to mess with the natural order, since it throws all the other natural orders out of order! All our “clocks” are electronic and thus, change themselves except for the one of the stove–it’s a smart stove, so I think it should be able to change itself, too!

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  3. I have never really understood the need..As Farm wife my husband worked from sun up until sun down ..it dint matter what the clock said….and now it takes me about a week..maybe two to adjust with each change..

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  4. I think many (most?) people would prefer to keep the same time year-round. The problem is that, like many issues in this country, we are divided about which time to keep. I’d hate to lose the extra hour of light in the summer, so I’d vote to make Daylight Savings Time the default.

    I noticed that changing the clocks around our house is much easier these days… most change themselves.

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    1. Yes, it has become easier because we have automatic clocks. I do love my old pendulum wall clock that had been in my grandfather’s office. It’s probably a hundred years old.

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  8. Here in Arizona we don’t have daylight savings time. When we took a family trip to New Jersey one summer, my children were so thrilled that it stayed light outside for so long.

    I personally would rather not fiddle with the clock. My hardest problem is calculating what time it is in other time zones. Is it too early/late to call my brother? Is the difference 2 hours or 3 hours now?

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  9. Poor you Anne, you have too many nice clocks. We had our time change a couple of weeks ago and I just looked at my mobile phone and later double checked on the iPad.
    it is a nuisance when it goes dark so early. 😊.
    miriam

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  11. I am glad for the time change as I can leave earlier in the morning again … it was taking forever to get light otherwise. Old habits never die because now I am in no hurry to get out and get back from work – oh well. I don’t go out once I get home and never in the dark. I hated coming home in the dark when I worked though.

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        1. There are trees overhanging the road in several spots, and it’s dark! People don’t always turn headlights on when they think it’s daylight. We don’t have sidewalks or street lights, either.

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          1. Oh, I didn’t think about the trees overhanging and I didn’t realize you didn’t have street lights. I knew you didn’t have sidewalks from your photos, but you’re in a rural area so don’t really need them. We have a lot of vehicle versus pedestrian accidents at busy intersections here – people are not paying attention. We just had one yesterday in the early morning.

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            1. People are used to avoiding me on the road, since I’ve been walking six days a week for ten years. Once in a whole one will stop to speak to me, often a new neighbor. I wave vigorously at every passing vehicle. I think most wave back, though I often can’t see inside cars.

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              1. That’s good they look out for you – I often walk off the sidewalk and in the street as the pavement is more even there and often people are in a hurry to pull out to go to work, take the kids to school, etc. that they don’t check for pedestrians or decide not to stop.

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  12. I noticed that changing the clocks around our house is much easier these days… most change themselves.Old habits never die because now I am in no hurry to get out and get back from work.

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  13. I hate it too, just pick one and lets stick with it. Do you really need it to be light at 10 pm during the summer, isn’t 9 pm late enough? Makes it harder to get kids to bed. It also didn’t do anything it was supposed to do in terms of energy saving. It takes me weeks to get used to it. I’m up at 4:30 this morning! But keeping DST means it doesn’t get light until almost 8 am this time of year. Either way, just pick one!

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