Good luck with the aging process - ;)


humfrz

OCPD not OCD.
OCD would be if you kept changing the microwave even if the clock was working fine. OCPD is changing the microwave because the clock doesn't work right and that bothers your sense of order.

My constantly pointing out this difference is an OCPD trait.

It's not even because I'm unhappy about it being 1 -5min delayed its like hours wrong because it progressively gets faster and I use the clock in the car, I don't understand why people think this is some trivial issue or dumb.

I will try to remove the battery terminal and see if it resolves the issue.

I don't think it's really OCD, or OCPD, you just like things to work as designed. I'm that way, particularly about clocks which are supposed to show you the current time, not some past time, or some future time, the correct established time right now...

The clock in the 86 is easy enough to set, you just wait until the top of the hour and push the ":00" button. I've noticed mine gets out of synch with my cell phone (my "clock of reference") enough I usually have to update it about 3 times a year. So, by my estimate it drifts about 3 minutes a year.

As far as kitchen clocks, its a ritual in our house if we have a power outage. We have a clock on the microwave, one on the oven. I reset them separately but so that they both change time within a blink of one another. I set one by my phone, waiting for the minute to change to press start. Then repeat on the other, setting it one minute later.

The aggravating thing is that when we rehabbed our kitchen last year, the Samsung range we purchased is an IoT device, but it doesn't reset it's own clock.

MomHawk, on the other hand, is a "set my clock ahead so I'm not late" type person. Her alarm clock is set 30 minutes ahead of real time, her car is about 5 minutes ahead. I gave up that fight along time ago.

I am a little concerned that you know so much about this.

My son has OCD. It is controlled by medication now and only mildly interferes with his life these days. Used to be really bad. He would leave the house. Walk a half a block away and then get panicked that he didn’t lock the door and go back and check. Ten or twelve times. He knew it was locked but his OCD made him go back and check anyway. That is just one example of how it would take over and he could have dozens of other triggers in a day. Caring about order and wanting things a certain way is not OCD even though it is one of the most misused terms around.

Removing the battery terminal did not seem it fix the problem

So, are you telling me that no one in your family is really sure of what time it is? - :confused0068:

Short story. Back a few years ago, I gave my father (in his 90s at the time and couldn't hardly see - except to drive) a "talking" watch. I told him it was an atomic talking watch. To set it, just lay it upside down in window sill a couple times a year.

One day, about a year later, he called and said his watch quit working. I asked him if he had changed the battery. He said "no, you told me it was an atomic watch".


THE END


humfrz

I'm thinking you need a new clock, or just cut the wire to that sucker and forget about it - :thumbsup:


humfrz

The clock in my FR-S used to go an hour or two out of sync for an hour or two and then return. It was terribly strange. It would go from 2:59 to 5:00 and then from 5:59 to 4:00 or something like that. But only sometimes. Not every day.

Nevermind, all good now I believe.
Removed battery terminal waited 15-20min this time and then tried turning car on. Fixed timing issue :)

Does anyone really know what time it is?
Does anyone really care about time?

You just gave him the wrong watch. I have an atomic clock watch that is also solar powered. Unfortunately it doesn't talk.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/attac...1&d=1500032763

Yes, like once said "the man with ONE watch knows what time it is …" - :D

Do I care what time it is - not usually - I'm more concerned about what day of the week it is - :)


humfrz

Let me guess - it changed only after six beers? - :iono:


humfrz