Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
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@MelissaBearTrix Clearly I'm the only one who said no. To explain that, I could but I forgot how. The last time I had a tactile/Braille watch was when I was a kid which is a long time ago, and I can't remember which hand is which.
I've always found those watches cumbersome so have used digital ones since.I have a collection of braille and watches for the sight impaired, and yeah they are hard to work out ... Hugz
Hugz & xXx
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I have a collection of braille and watches for the sight impaired, and yeah they are hard to work out ... Hugz
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix Yeah I know people who can do it instantly. Dunno why they call them braille when it's not. I suppose the dots are similarly spaced like the 3 dots to indicate 12.
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I have a collection of braille and watches for the sight impaired, and yeah they are hard to work out ... Hugz
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix Saw one on the RNIB shop that has diamantés for the dots.
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
Boost for my sanity
I mean, I _can_ but I feel annoyed about it. When they taught me as a kid I kept thinking "but we can write the numbers now, why do I need to learn to read it this way?". I still mostly feel the same way.
In a sense you could say that an analogue clock is... anachronistic?
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@MelissaBearTrix Saw one on the RNIB shop that has diamantés for the dots.
That would be nice, but with real diamonds ... Giggles
I've seen pictures of very old pocket watches that used some unusual ways to help sight impaired people to feel the time
Hugz & xXx
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@MelissaBearTrix I can also tell the time on this #Counterclock…
I really should put a new battery in that sometime…
@MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online @arcadiagt5@mstdn.social Ah. another enjoyer of counterclocks.
When I was young we only had one of those at home. I was better at reading them then I was at reading normal ones. My mom often said it was a Belgian clock due to them being the source of a lot of jokes in the Netherlands.
Now that clock is hanging in my place, confusing all the people that visit. -
I mean, I _can_ but I feel annoyed about it. When they taught me as a kid I kept thinking "but we can write the numbers now, why do I need to learn to read it this way?". I still mostly feel the same way.
In a sense you could say that an analogue clock is... anachronistic?
I say no, nope ... No way
I'm finding a lot more people wanting an analogue clocks
Hugz & xXx
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@MelissaBearTrix I can also tell the time on this #Counterclock…
I really should put a new battery in that sometime…
@arcadiagt5 @MelissaBearTrix Make sure not to put the battery the wrong way around
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@arcadiagt5 @MelissaBearTrix Make sure not to put the battery the wrong way around
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
Boost for my sanity
@MelissaBearTrix what are clocks
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@MelissaBearTrix what are clocks
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I say no, nope ... No way
I'm finding a lot more people wanting an analogue clocks
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix I'm sure that's true, but that doesn't mean there's any deeper reason to use analogue time pieces except as jewelery. I believe it's a lot quicker and more effective to read numbers than to parse a clock with hands.
Doesn't mean I don't appreciate the beauty of a mechanical clock, or that people shouldn't buy them, just... It's not mainly about keeping time, is it? Nothing wrong with that.
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@MelissaBearTrix @dwillanski mathematical challenge: produce the smallest possible square of letters out of which all times can be produced
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When I see a reverse clock it gives me a nightmare ... A had a customer that I had to source 30 of them
And all different, pre internet too ... Giggles
Hugz & xXx
@MelissaBearTrix Chortle. I bought one because I was a fan of the Spider Robinson Callahan’s stories.
When I first got it I pulled a classic funny-once prank at work by sneaking in early one morning to replace one of the wall clocks there. The expressions on my co-workers faces as they tried to work past the “DOES NOT COMPUTE” messages their brains were giving them were hilarious.
But it’s very much a funny-ONCE joke, I never did that again.
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@MelissaBearTrix Chortle. I bought one because I was a fan of the Spider Robinson Callahan’s stories.
When I first got it I pulled a classic funny-once prank at work by sneaking in early one morning to replace one of the wall clocks there. The expressions on my co-workers faces as they tried to work past the “DOES NOT COMPUTE” messages their brains were giving them were hilarious.
But it’s very much a funny-ONCE joke, I never did that again.
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@MsDropbear42
"Time is a tool you can put on the wall
Or wear it on your wrist
The past is far behind us;
The future doesn't exist"
@MelissaBearTrix@empathicqubit@ak.pandastr.eu lovely! all hail our wondrous
fedi poet laureate! @MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online -
@empathicqubit@ak.pandastr.eu lovely! all hail our wondrous
fedi poet laureate! @MelissaBearTrix@gives.hugz.online -
@empathicqubit@ak.pandastr.eu oh, well, yebbut, you stole it with such deep poetic cred! 🤪
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Can you tell the time on an analogue clock?
Boost for my sanity
@MelissaBearTrix why do you want to know ?
