Poll: Can you tell time on a "regular" clock?
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Big Ben isn't a clock, it's the bell... Just sayin'.
Anyway someone is bound to say that is accepted in common usage, which goes to prove when enough people are wrong they become right.
EDIT: I'm 36, of course I can tell the time, and drive a manual, and its is the possessive and it's is it is.
Anyway someone is bound to say that is accepted in common usage, which goes to prove when enough people are wrong they become right.
EDIT: I'm 36, of course I can tell the time, and drive a manual, and its is the possessive and it's is it is.
I prefer analogue clocks because for some reason i can better "feel" the time, like when a digital clock says 8:35 that's just information, but when i look at an analogue clock i "feel" that it's 8:35... Hard to explain.
I can read any form of clock. The only type that trips me up are the ones that have just 4 markers (on 12, 3, 6, and 9) and hands without anything else. I can figure it out in a couple of seconds but just the fact that I have to think it through (and estimate *gahh*) frustrates me.
Yeppers! I actually prefer analogue watches for some reason (although I think I'd be annoyed if my computer/DVD player/microwave/etc. weren't digital). I do wonder whether they still teach kids to use analogue clocks in school, though; last time one of my teachers tried that was in first grade, iirc, so 1991; twenty years (god, that makes me feel old, even though I know someone'll come up and say "you think you're old, at barely a quarter century?") is plenty of time for a practice to fall out of favor sufficiently to stop being taught as a matter of course.
I've met a few people who are unable to read analogue clocks, which I found really baffling.
Although I suppose I make telling time quite hard here in my own room. There are two clocks (not counting pc or other devices) a digital alarm and a mechanical ball clock thing which is really cool but quite confusing for some, and both are set to PIT (Pilf's Inconsistant Time).
Although I suppose I make telling time quite hard here in my own room. There are two clocks (not counting pc or other devices) a digital alarm and a mechanical ball clock thing which is really cool but quite confusing for some, and both are set to PIT (Pilf's Inconsistant Time).
It's WTF??? o' clock. Yeah, those type of watches are more for show, in which case, why not just buy a bracelet of some sort?SteelStallion said:Yeah if everything is properly placed.
I hate those fucking obscure classy "art" watches that have nothing but 4 fucking dials (or none at all)and you're supposed to estimate what the time is.
Bullshit like this I can't read:
If you just need an estimate those are see functional - that's approximately 10:06:38, and if you only need to know the time to ~5 minutes a watch like that will work well enough at a glance.Vault boy Eddie said:
This isn't to say it doesn't look silly and overly artsy, but I do think it's functional.
Same here. There is just something about analog clocks I just love. I've always had a fasination with them. I just recently found out there is a clock shop near where I live and I'm heading there as soon as I've got some cash to spend.Lilani said:
Yes, but it takes me a while 
It's actually kind of embarrassing how out of practice I get from just looking at my digital watch.
It's actually kind of embarrassing how out of practice I get from just looking at my digital watch.
Yes I can read them. I prefer digital because then I don't have to do any math to figure out the time.