PS: 30 odd years ago, I bought a toaster for about $20 that worked fine and made good toast until recently. It only failed because a piece of bread got jammed and was impossible to clean.
So, I bought a new toaster, for about the same price. It didn't last 30 weeks. In my view, this is NOT progress. I detest having to resolve supposedly solved problems. YMMV, -John ================ > Just because I like Brie, doesn't mean I like French Bread or wine. > > I am interested in Standards of Time Interval for engineering purposes. > > I havn't looked at my oven clock in probably 25 years. I presume it's > accurate twice a day or somewhere on earth, but I couldn't care less. > > IMO, adding a clock to an oven, dishwasher, refrigerator, toaster oven, > coffee maker, etc. is simply another useless feature. Bling to catch the > eye of the clueless shopper. > > I'd much rather the maker spent the $0.50 a digital clock costs on > meaningful quality improvements in those features that actually matter. > > YMMV, > > -John > > ============ > > > >> HI >> >> A died in the wool Time Nut who doesn't care what time it is - what's >> the >> world coming to !!!! >> >> Bob >> >> On Jul 16, 2012, at 9:34 AM, J. Forster wrote: >> >>>> More importantly, how many things don't really need a clock to begin >>>> with! :) >>> >>> ABSOLUTELY! >>> >>> If you turn on the coffee maker when you walk int the kitchen, it'll be >>> done by the time you fix breakfast. And so on... >>> >>> A clock on almost everything is totally superfluous, IMO. Things that >>> do >>> need to be externally synchronized, like video recorder, can bette4r >>> use >>> the program time. >>> >>>> Every piece of equipment in our house shows a different time. I >>>> wouldn't complain if they all automatically adjusted. My current >>>> solution is to just stop looking at the clocks, and it's amazing how >>>> much easier life gets if you just stop worrying about things! :) >>> >>> Finally, a voice of common sense! >>> >>>> Dan >>> >>> -John >>> >>> ================= >>> >>>> On 7/14/2012 10:50 AM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> I think the answer to "how many places would it be used" is to simply >>>>> count the number of things that have the wrong time on them each time >>>>> the power burps. There are maybe a dozen gizmos like that in this >>>>> room >>>>> (yes I'm in the kitchen). >>>>> >>>>> Bob >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>>> To unsubscribe, go to >>>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>>> and follow the instructions there. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >>> To unsubscribe, go to >>> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >>> and follow the instructions there. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.