I worked TWO 12 hour orientation daze!

[John Kuthe]

And my old Sangean Digital Alarm Wifi connected clock gave up the ghost and I need to get a NEW Digital Clock NOT connected to anything other than 120VAC with battery backup!

I will shop at Target today!

That is all! And I need more COFFEE! But that's an always thing!

John Kuthe...

[John Kuthe]

[Taxed and Spent]

Get a gasoline powered alarm clock in case there is a power failure.
You don't want to be late for work.

[Gary]

Fuggin John...nailed it! :)

[Sheldon Martin]

On Wed, 27 May 2020 06:22:38 -0700 (PDT), John Kuthe
<johnk...@gmail.com> wrote:

>And my old Sangean Digital Alarm Wifi connected clock gave up the ghost and I need to get a NEW Digital Clock NOT connected to anything other than 120VAC with battery backup!
>
>I will shop at Target today!

>John Kuthe...

This has been working perfectly for over ten years, extra large
numerals, battery back up, dimmer, choice of colors:
https://www.amazon.com/DreamSky-Digital-Display-Operation-Powered/dp/B079KDZS6T/ref=sr_1_12?dchild=1&keywords=advance+clock+alarm+large+display&qid=1590594058&sr=8-12
Can't beat the price!

[jmcquown]

That's nice but it's not as though it's difficult to find a plug in
digital display electric alarm clock with battery backup. John is
running out of things to post about.

Jill

[Hank Rogers]

I'm proud of you! Keep up the good work.

Good luck!

[Mike Duffy]

On Wed, 27 May 2020 06:23:11 -0700, John Kuthe wrote:

> I will shop at Target today!

Get the Sony 3 inch cube. (Auto daylight time, etc.)

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 8:22:43 AM UTC-5, John Kuthe wrote:
>
> And my old Sangean Digital Alarm Wifi connected clock gave up the ghost and I need to get a NEW Digital Clock NOT connected to anything other than 120VAC with battery backup!
>

> John Kuthe...
>
My 30+-year-old alarm clock gave up the ghost a few years ago. It would
gain about 45 minutes or more every few hours. I'd never seen a clock do
that so I had to opt for a new one, too. Lots of decent battery back-up
alarm clocks to had.

[Sheldon Martin]

On Wed, 27 May 2020 12:05:43 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

Amazon saves having to expend energy getting to the store... and
that's the nicest clock of the type I've seen, only thing missing is
it needs to be reset manually twice year, but that only takes two
seconds to move the time up or down one hour. I like its extra large
display that can easily be dimmed. I needed the clock because I have
the cable TV box is set to show the channel rather than the time. I
really have no need for an alarm clock, cats are better at getting us
up to feed them and the ferals on the deck at precisely 5 AM every
morning.
Other than foods I do very little in-store shopping anymore. I still
remember how I detested maul shopping. Yesterday I needed to reorder
clear packaging tape, 8 jumb Duck brand rolls ($21) will last 2-3
years, used primarily to hold collapsed corrogated in the recyclables
bin but lots of other uses... one thing about shopping on line it
entails receiving lots of corrogated cardboard cartons... the most are
from Chewys... such nice strong cartons it's a shame to throw them
away. The tape will arrive Friday, after 3 years I was down to my
last roll. Collapsing and taping the corrogated is my job, I also
collapse the aluminum cat food cans, the small ones fit inside the
larger ones... I stomp all the cans. If I wasn't the trash compactor
we'd need the largest bin of the three sizes and that monster won't
fit in the garage... we get along fine with the smallest bin. My wife
chooses to whel the bins out to the curb, I wheel them back after
pick-up and put new bags in. I also clean the bins twice a year. Our
household chores have somehow become fairly well divided. I do all
the cooking and dishwashing by hand, I do most of the laundry. We
share the vacuuming but she does most, I do all the window washing.
She power washes the house exterior, somehow she likes that machine. I
do most of the mowing and I clean and service the tractors, she does
most of the vegetable garden weeding but I prep and cook the veggies.
We never argue over who does more, we both work hard... I'll be mowing
all day tomorrow, she'll be golfing. It's been up to nearly 80ºF and
no rain so hopefully the ground will have dried and I'll be able to
mow without making ruts. I'll ride around enjoying all my trees that
are leafing out, the tractor cab has A/C and stereo radio tuned to the
oldies... I can mow all day no problem. My wife does well with the
small trator but the large tractor intimidates her, it has a lot more
functions to be aware of... the difference is like driving a tandem
semi compared to driving a VW Bug.

[John Kuthe]

Yep! Very similar to what I got! With a 9v battery backup to keep the time set, but does not display unplugged. Mine is an Equity, like all the equity I have in my house! All of it as I bought it cash!

John Kuthe...

[Alex]

Target is the devil!  Chinese crap.  Go buy a 100 year old grandfather
clock made in Mother Germany!

[Alex]

Another asset for the IRS to seize!

Nice job not pulling our the Discover card for an alarm clock...

[dsi1]

You bought it with cash? Are you saying that people on the mainland have to make time payments on clocks? I suppose that makes sense.

The thing about the old AC clocks is that they used to use the 60 cycle ac signal to keep the clocks accurate. This was dependent on your power company keeping their cycles per day count exact. The Hawaiian electric company had a big clock on the wall which counted the cycles per day. They would speed up or slow down the signal going out to keep the clocks in sync.

[jmcquown]

(snippage)

Um... that's all well and good but I'm pretty sure John said he can find
an alarm clock at Target. C'mon, give him a chance to drive his
electric car to the store. :)

I don't know what the time or settings on your cable TV box has to do
with anyone else wanting to buy an alarm clock.

I don't have an Amazon Prime membership. I know many people here love
it but I simply don't order enough from Amazon to justify giving them
$100+ a year just so I can get free shipping on the occasional purchase
of something like a $10 alarm clock. I really don't care about next day
delivery, either. There really isn't anything I need that quickly.

Jill

[jmcquown]

3 inches? How on earth would that clearly display the time?

Jill

[Gary]

Sheldon Martin wrote:
>
> I'll be mowing all day tomorrow, she'll be golfing.

The wife wins that round! ;-D

[Cindy Hamilton]

Yesterday I mowed and he either napped or watched TV.

Cindy Hamilton

[Gary]

Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
> Gary wrote:
> > Sheldon Martin wrote:
> > > I'll be mowing all day tomorrow, she'll be golfing.
> >
> > The wife wins that round! ;-D
>
> Yesterday I mowed and he either napped or watched TV.

The husband won that round! ;-D

[Sheldon Martin]

Our grandpa clock was made in Switzerland... We don't usually keep it
wound as it's noisy.

[Sheldon Martin]

On Wed, 27 May 2020 21:02:20 -0400, jmcquown <j_mc...@comcast.net>
wrote:

Those numerals are plenty big from 15' away in a darkened bedroom, and
ours is set in the dim mode.

[jmcquown]

Whatever. I have a digital electric alarm clock large numbers with
battery backup. It sits on the night stand on the other side of the
bed. When needed I set the alarm, it goes off. I wake up, get out of
bed and turn it off. It's not rocket science and it doesn't require an
Amazon Prime account to buy electric alarm clock.

Jill

[Cindy Hamilton]

You don't need an Amazon Prime account to buy an electric alarm clock
on Amazon.

Cindy Hamilton

[GM]

IIRC you can get a free 30 - day trial, some sign up for that and use the hell out of it, then decline the paid membership...and anyone can order from AZ anyways, Prime is not required...

--
Best
Greg ---> has placed 110 Prime orders in the last six months...

[jmcquown]

True, but John said he was going to buy one at Target. Why point him to
Amazon?

Jill

[Hank Rogers]

Popeye thinks everyone should buy everything at amazon.