I forgot to change my alarm clock

butters · Post by **butters** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 2:39 am

Stupid time change. Cost myself an hour of sleep on the day that I have to get up super early. Now I'm killing time waiting until it's time for work...

Caboose · Post by **Caboose** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:46 am

Oh my god.... I just did the exact same thing

I didn't even realize it until I read your post

Now I have an hour to kill....

Post by **melancholy** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:34 am

Did I mention how much I hate our governor? Because I really, really do. I spent all of my life never having to touch my clocks, and then some guy from another state comes in and telling us that we've been doing it all wrong and forces DST on us.

Smiley · Post by **Smiley** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:17 pm

I changed them before going to bed last night. But, yeah, dst is teh suckage.

butters · Post by **butters** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:42 pm

Smiley wrote:I changed them before going to bed last night. But, yeah, dst is teh suckage.

DST is the time that goes into effect in the spring.

Covar · Post by **Covar** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:44 pm

fall back, spring ahead. thats all i know, i haven't a clue which half of the year is DST and which isn't.

SadisticSaviorX · Post by **SadisticSaviorX** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:36 pm

My alarm clock says its 8:34 and i was just about to hop in the shower cause i thought it was getting late and i have school tomorrow... then i flip open my phone to see if i missed anything.. and its 7:34 ... that cought me off guard.

Calavera · Post by **Calavera** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 10:09 pm

melancholy wrote:Did I mention how much I hate our governor? Because I really, really do. I spent all of my life never having to touch my clocks, and then some guy from another state comes in and telling us that we've been doing it all wrong and forces DST on us.

I know how ya feel man.

OldSkoolGamer · Post by **OldSkoolGamer** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:49 am

Most people get an extra hour of sleep on this time change. I got an extra hour of work.

My 7pm to 7am shift was 13 and 1/2 hours due to the time change. I had wished my relief would forget about changing their alarm clocks and be early for once. However they are always a half hour late, and Sunday morning was no exception.

Post by **Quzar** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 8:52 am

melancholy wrote:Did I mention how much I hate our governor? Because I really, really do. I spent all of my life never having to touch my clocks, and then some guy from another state comes in and telling us that we've been doing it all wrong and forces DST on us.

Didn't that ever mess you up when dealing with other local (DST-abiding) people?

At least it's not as bad as in the UAE where in september they went from the weekend being thursday/friday to it being friday/saturday purely to help buisness (since the effectively lost half the week being that they could only assuredly do buisness with the west on monday-wednesday ).

Either way, I enjoy the DST system. Without it it would be scary with waking up at the same time and having the sun be up or down depending on the time of the year.

Calavera · Post by **Calavera** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:40 am

Covar wrote:fall back, spring ahead. thats all i know, i haven't a clue which half of the year is DST and which isn't.

K-DST?

Post by **|darc|** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 11:54 am

fuck changing clocks, use a cell phone as your clock/alarm and you'll never have to touch it.

same with 'puters.

curt_grymala · Post by **curt_grymala** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:06 pm

Darcus Magnus wrote:fuck changing clocks, use a cell phone as your clock/alarm and you'll never have to touch it.

same with 'puters.

... and halfway decent VCRs.

I'm pretty sure they even make microwaves and coffee pots that can detect the time automatically, too.

I know for a fact that they make satellite-enabled clocks, as well, that can automatically adjust the time.

butters · Post by **butters** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 1:54 pm

Darcus Magnus wrote:fuck changing clocks, use a cell phone as your clock/alarm and you'll never have to touch it.

same with 'puters.

With a computer or a phone I can't turn my head in the middle of the night and see what time it is.

Post by **|darc|** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 2:35 pm

butters wrote:
Darcus Magnus wrote:fuck changing clocks, use a cell phone as your clock/alarm and you'll never have to touch it.

same with 'puters.
With a computer or a phone I can't turn my head in the middle of the night and see what time it is.

Sure you can. I do it all the time. leave your cell phone on your nightstand and press 'cancel' to make the backlight come on. It's not disruptive of sleep if you leave it on the edge of your nightstand.

butters · Post by **butters** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:10 pm

Darcus Magnus wrote:
butters wrote:
Darcus Magnus wrote:fuck changing clocks, use a cell phone as your clock/alarm and you'll never have to touch it.

same with 'puters.
With a computer or a phone I can't turn my head in the middle of the night and see what time it is.
Sure you can. I do it all the time. leave your cell phone on your nightstand and press 'cancel' to make the backlight come on. It's not disruptive of sleep if you leave it on the edge of your nightstand.

Which means you are physically having to move your arm to look at it. Clocks aren't obsolete yet.

Post by **|darc|** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:13 pm

butters wrote:
Darcus Magnus wrote:
butters wrote:
Darcus Magnus wrote:fuck changing clocks, use a cell phone as your clock/alarm and you'll never have to touch it.

same with 'puters.
With a computer or a phone I can't turn my head in the middle of the night and see what time it is.
Sure you can. I do it all the time. leave your cell phone on your nightstand and press 'cancel' to make the backlight come on. It's not disruptive of sleep if you leave it on the edge of your nightstand.
Which means you are physically having to move your arm to look at it. Clocks aren't obsolete yet.

You're just a clock fanboy.

curt_grymala · Post by **curt_grymala** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:16 pm

Or, you can put your computer in your bedroom, and set the clock as your screensaver.

butters · Post by **butters** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 7:38 pm

curt_grymala wrote:Or, you can put your computer in your bedroom, and set the clock as your screensaver.

CRTs emit light even when they are displaying black. No thanks.

ace · Post by **ace** » Mon Oct 30, 2006 9:32 pm

butters wrote:
curt_grymala wrote:Or, you can put your computer in your bedroom, and set the clock as your screensaver.
CRTs emit light even when they are displaying black. No thanks.

fanboy