[off topic] Glow in the dark alarm clock
Esco
the dark?
TMC
"Esco" <inv...@nospaml.com> wrote in message
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> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read in
> the dark?
Argos £2.50
ransley
> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read in
> the dark?
Ive seen them but you have to push a button to make them light, post
back if you find one that just stays lit, I just got a Weather
thermometer with clock at HD, but again its dark till you push the
button but it has an RF set clock so it never needs setting.
Dave Liquorice
> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read
> in the dark?
Quick look in the Tesco Direct catalog (it just happened to be the
nearest) page 444 at least 3 of the 4 across the top of the page have
luminous hands. The LH one looks to have luminous figures as well.
The RH one dots for the hours.
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Bernard Peek
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RobertL
> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read in
> the dark?
they don't use radioactive luminous paint any more, so 'glow in the
dark' watches and clocks are a thing of the past.
Robert
Mike Barnes
I've come to the same conclusion. The paint often *looks* like the
proper luminous stuff, but it isn't. The clock I bought recently has
some kind of fluorescent paint that glows green for a short while after
the light goes out, but not long enough to be of much use.
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Dave Liquorice
> The clock I bought recently has some kind of fluorescent paint that
> glows green for a short while after the light goes out, but not long
> enough to be of much use.
The non-radioactive paints need "charging up" with decent light, kept
in room with the curtains closed or only brief artifical light source
they are dim. The best way to charge up these paints is with a UV
light source, say a bank note light or one for making the invisible
security pens visible.
There are still radio active glow in the dark things in the market.
Mostly emergency signs and the like, they use tritium IIRC rather
than radium.
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Cheers
Dave.
harry
> RobertL <robertml...@yahoo.com>:
The term is phosphorescent. Bit here on the topic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorescent_paint#Phosphorescent_paint.
Colin Stamp
> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read in
> the dark?
The ones with crappy luminous paint are easy to get from the usual
places. If you want one that really works though, you'll need spend some
money and get a tritium one:-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220571309038
A bit of digging might get you one closer to home. try Googling for
Luminox, Traser or Tritium
Cheers,
Colin.
Frank
look pricey:
http://www.gemday.com/item0817.htm
Beta particles from nuclear decay are harmless.
spamlet
"ransley" <Mark_R...@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I've got one of those. I tried every room in the house before I found
somewhere the numbers would show up! Very accurate though...
S
NT
you might still find an old one, but then you get to put up with
clockwork's inaccuracy and need for incessant winding.
NT
hr(bob) hofmann@att.net
> "ransley" <Mark_Rans...@Yahoo.com> wrote in message
To stay lit permanently would run down the battery too quickly, so
that's why you have to push to get it to light.
NT
> >news:Xns9D449240...@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
> >> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read in
> >> the dark?
>
> > Argos £2.50
>
> Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.
Don't... just don't.
NT
Don Klipstein
Not completely. Bad if source is ingested, bad if source is inhaled in
form of anything that sticks in lungs or is absorbed into the body from
lungs. OK if in a closed container and low energy, as is the case with
tritium.
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- Don Klipstein (d...@misty.com)
Frank
caused cancer to the women painting them on.
HeyBub
> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
> read in the dark?
When all else fails, use the Harbor Freight free flashlight...
jeff_wisnia
That probably wouldn't have happened as much is the ladies weren't in
the habit of "pointing" the brushes with their lips.
(Or so I've read.)
Jeff
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(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10e12 furlongs per fortnight.
Adam Aglionby
> Frank wrote:
> > On 3/23/2010 8:13 PM, Don Klipstein wrote:
>
The `Radium Girls` were instructed to, assured Radium was harmless
http://www.radford.edu/wkovarik/envhist/radium.html
It killed its discoverer Marie Curie and continues to present a hazard
all over the place, Forth coastline, Scotland, has radioactive
hotspots from burning scrapped aircraft dials on the shore.
Tritium is very good, but expensive.
Zinc Sulphide is the dissapointing old glow in dark stuff.
Strontium Aluminate is much, much more effective, non radioactive,
glows for easy 8 hours , intially brighter than tritium.
Photoluminescent is the phrase if you want it by the litre, its used
as way to safety markers on things like oil rigs, smaller bits , any
number of vendors like
photoluminescent
personally had good luck with poundland clocks, get the brushes while
your in ;-)
Cheers
Adam
Jonathan
> the dark?
I don't know about that but we have an alarm clock that displays the
time in red on the ceiling of our bedroom. it's not bright enough to
disturb our sleep but it's great if you wake in the night and want to
know what timwe it is.
See: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oregon-Scientific-Classic-Projection-Clock/dp/B000PVLNWI/ref=pd_cp_ce_1
Regards
Jonathan
Andrew Gabriel
Yes, my grandfathers old watch...
I found it very useful when I built a Maplin geiger
counter kit ~20 years ago.
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RobertL
and you have to put up with the released radon-222 gas! Part of
the safety advice (below link) is not to keep it on your bedside
table.
http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/luminous.htm
Robert
Man at B&Q
Why ever not? They work, I have one. Clearly you can't say the same
about everything at poundland but if Argos can sell 'em for £2.50 then
£1 is probably about the right price.
MBQ
Man at B&Q
Battery != digital.
Just get an anlog one with luminous hands.
MBQ
Andrew May
I am surprised that there is nothing like this available. It shouldn't
be that hard or that expensive to design something that has a small
photovoltaic cell to charge a small battery during the day, even from
ambient light, and then dimly light a set of LEDs when dark using a
low-power circuit to generate a low mark/space ratio driver to conserve
power.
Not done the sums though so I could be way out.
Andrew
dennis@home
"Man at B&Q" <manat...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Battery != digital.
There are very few battery clocks that don't use a crystal and a *digital*
divider to keep the time.
harry
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 07:55:05 -0700 (PDT), ransley
>
> <Mark_Rans...@Yahoo.com> wrote:
> >On Mar 23, 9:22�am, Esco <inva...@nospaml.com> wrote:
> >> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read in
> >> the dark?
>
> >Ive seen them but you have to push a button to make them light, post
> >back if you find one that just stays lit, I just got a Weather
> >thermometer with clock at HD, but again its dark till you push the
> >button but it has an RF set clock so it never needs setting.
>
> cellphone implanted in your head where you can get calls, go online,
> get the time, weather reports, play games, listen to music, and
> probably watch movies. �It will be controlled by your thoughts, so if
> you want the time, just think about a clock. �The problem I see with
> this is how to shut the damn thing off when you're trying to sleep, or
> want Microsoft or Google to stop reading your mind.
>
> n]mar.22
As well as all that, the gov. will be able to read your mind through
it, control you and know exactly where you are at all times.
Man at B&Q
wrote:
> "Man at B&Q" <manatba...@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:67afa467-0bc2-4c93...@q21g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Battery != digital.
>
> There are very few battery clocks that don't use a crystal and a *digital*
> divider to keep the time.
There are some, but that's not really relevant, other than Dennis
trying to twist the argument for his own ends, again.
The terms analog and digital, in refererence to clocks, usually refer
to the display. I don't give a shit what technology is used to keep
the time so long as it meets my needs for accuracy.
MBQ
geoff
<c73c1246-9ac5-4ac0...@r27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Man
at B&Q <manat...@hotmail.com> writes
works for me
and don't forget that clocks change this weekend
--
geoff
Jon Danniken
>
> As well as all that, the gov. will be able to read your mind through
> it, control you and know exactly where you are at all times.
Shiny side out, harry!
Jon
The Daring Dufas
> On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:
>>
>> news:Xns9D449240...@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
>>> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
>>> read in
>>> the dark?
>>
>>
>>
> Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.
>
>
OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.
ROTFLMAO
TDD
Dave Saville
<the-dari...@peckerhead.net> wrote:
> Bernard Peek wrote:
> > On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:
> >>
> >> "Esco" <inv...@nospaml.com> wrote in message
> >> news:Xns9D449240...@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
> >>> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
> >>> read in
> >>> the dark?
> >>
> >> Argos ś2.50
> >>
> >>
> > Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.
> >
> >
>
> OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.
>
Actually we go one better - 99p stores :-)
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The Daring Dufas
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
> <the-dari...@peckerhead.net> wrote:
>
>> Bernard Peek wrote:
>>> On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:
>>>> "Esco" <inv...@nospaml.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:Xns9D449240...@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
>>>>> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
>>>>> read in
>>>>> the dark?
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.
>>>
>>>
>> OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.
>>
>
> Actually we go one better - 99p stores :-)
And these stores are stocked with items from which former colony?
TDD
Andrew May
I'm not aware that China (or at least the vast majority of it) was ever
a British colony.
Where else did you think all that cheap tat comes from?
Douglas de Lacey
>> the dark?
>
> dark' watches and clocks are a thing of the past.
Not entirely. Some time ago (perhaps now 10 years) I wanted such a
watch. I went through a number (agreeing with the supplier they'd come
back to him if they were not really "luminous") till I tried a Sekonda.
The hands were luminescent but *the dial was properly luminous*. So I
wrote to Sekonda, asking how they managed this and whether they could
source luminous hands. They could and did; I could not have had better
service. When years later it broke they fixed it FOC, and told me that
they had also replaced the battery as a courtesy.
I thought their slogan was a joke, but it's been absolutely right IME:
"Beware expensive imitations".
Douglas de Lacey
harry
du...@peckerhead.net> wrote:
> Dave Saville wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
> > <the-daring-du...@peckerhead.net> wrote:
>
> >> Bernard Peek wrote:
> >>> On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:
> >>>>news:Xns9D449240...@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
> >>>>> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
> >>>>> read in
> >>>>> the dark?
> >>>> Argos œ2.50
>
> >>> Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.
>
> >> OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.
>
> > Actually we go one better - 99p stores :-)
>
> And these stores are stocked with items from which former colony?
*
USA of course! Also known as New China as they now own you.
Pound stores are the only ones that are increasing. Everything else
is closing. Even the charity shops are closing, they can't get enough
stock.
Nonny
"harry" <susan.a...@virgin.net> wrote in message
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>> And these stores are stocked with items from which former
>> colony?
> *
> *
> USA of course! Also known as New China as they now own you.
> Pound stores are the only ones that are increasing. Everything
> else
> is closing. Even the charity shops are closing, they can't get
> enough
> stock.
I have a relative that is upper middle management of a global
electronics manufacturing company. One of their main plants is in
the USA and is quite busy and profitable. The big electronics
devices they manufacture are in high demand AND one of their
biggest locations where they ship is mainland China. Imagine
that: a USA-based manufacturing plant shipping electronics to
China.<grin>
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And suppose you were a member
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Mike Barnes
>On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
><the-dari...@peckerhead.net> wrote:
>
>> Bernard Peek wrote:
>> > On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Esco" <inv...@nospaml.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:Xns9D449240...@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
>> >>> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
>> >>> read in
>> >>> the dark?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> > Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.
>>
>
>Actually we go one better - 99p stores :-)
The best one I've seen lately was boasting "Everything from a pound!".
Methinks they Just Don't Get It.
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Mike Barnes
The Daring Dufas
Hong Kong and India perhaps?
TDD
Michael A. Terrell
Mike Barnes wrote:
>
> The best one I've seen lately was boasting "Everything from a pound!".
> Methinks they Just Don't Get It.
How long do you have to 'pound' them?
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Bernard Peek
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
> <the-dari...@peckerhead.net> wrote:
>
>> Bernard Peek wrote:
>>> On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "Esco"<inv...@nospaml.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:Xns9D449240...@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
>>>>> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
>>>>> read in
>>>>> the dark?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.
>>
>
> Actually we go one better - 99p stores :-)
In one high street I've seen a Poundland, a 99, a 98 and a 97p shop.
There are at least three other chains that follow similar themes.
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Steve Terry
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du...@peckerhead.net> wrote:
> Dave Saville wrote:
> > On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
> > <the-daring-du...@peckerhead.net> wrote:
>> >> OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.
>>
>> > Actually we go one better - 99p stores :-)
>>
>> And these stores are stocked with items from which former colony?
>*
>*
>USA of course! Also known as New China as they now own you.
>Pound stores are the only ones that are increasing. Everything else
>is closing. Even the charity shops are closing, they can't get enough
>stock.
>
>
volunteers, the Govs "New Deal" for the unemployed forces them
to volunteer for charity shops or lose their job seekers benefits.
Steve Terry
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> On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
> <the-dari...@peckerhead.net> wrote:
>> Bernard Peek wrote:
>> > On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:
>> >>
>> >> "Esco" <inv...@nospaml.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:Xns9D449240...@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
>> >>> Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
>> >>> read in
>> >>> the dark?
>> >>
>> >>
>> > Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.
>>
>> OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.
>
> Actually we go one better - 99p stores :-)
>
>
reasonable value, seems to have been provided by TalkTalk?
Andrew May
I don't think there is much low cost manufacturing in Hong Kong any
more. Twenty years ago maybe but now most of that has been moved to the
mainland and Hong Kong seems to be mainly financial services and the like.
India is another matter. Over here I seldom see anything marked as
manufactured in India except perhaps clothes. But I can't for sure say
why. My perception is that the Indian growth is based more on things
like call centres, software services outsourcing and heavy engineering
like steel making and cars. None of which are sold in Pound Shops.
Certainly in my professional capacity I get much spam offering
manufactured goods from China and software subcontracting from India but
not vice-versa.
Andrew
NT
I bought a pack of 3, not one of them worked well enough to be any
use. All kept losing big chunks of time - and yes, the batteries were
good.
NT
The Daring Dufas
I often see tools manufactured in India and Pakistan at the Harbor
Freight store. It reminds me of what I used to see many years ago
coming from Japan then years later from Hong Kong. Inexpensive and
roughly finished products seem to come from countries as they first
hit the global market then later, as the manufacturers gain experience,
the products improve in quality and value.
TDD