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Believe it or not, mneme, I stopped wearing a watch a long time ago as well. Between having a cell phone with you that always shows the time, and being somewhere amongst various people, there will always be some way of finding out what time it is! It's just frustrating, and confusing, sometimes to have several time pieces surrounding you that all say a different time . . . 
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JimmyA
on June 30, 2014 at 6:00 AM
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But at least, C C T, you're making the effort to actual carry a 'time piece' with you! Just imagine if pocket watches were still in fashion! How would you explain that huge, square bulge in your vest . . . ? 
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JimmyA
on June 30, 2014 at 5:57 AM
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Not me Jimmy ... I don't even wear a watch any more .. and my car loses three minutes a week, but no more. Odd.
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mneme
on June 29, 2014 at 2:11 PM
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I just look on the computer Jimmy. It is a bit heavy though on my wrist.
posted by
C_C_T
on June 29, 2014 at 11:39 AM
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That's it, Bill? Just nah? You're not even going to look at your watch and/or clocks, eh? Are they all that far apart? It's okay! I don't think anyone really knows what time it is anyway . . .
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JimmyA
on June 29, 2014 at 10:46 AM
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Well, Kabu, as long as you're within a few minutes of whatever you're trying to do and not a few hours! I always try to give myself 'extra time' to do certain things, and it helps to have at least two clocks within a few minutes of each other! Otherwise, I've just gotta guess . . .
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JimmyA
on June 29, 2014 at 10:44 AM
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I know what you mean, Justi, I really do. The clock in our office is one of the loudest 'clicking' clocks you've ever heard, and I'm not even sure why we still have it! And you actually have three clocks that are in sync? How'd ya manage that . . . ?
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JimmyA
on June 29, 2014 at 10:38 AM
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But are they really, lovelylady? Off by three minutes of each other, or the actual time? See? That's my quandary! What is the actual time? Regardless, like I wrote, I'm not about to wander around my house, trying to sync up all the clocks! I'd rather just guess . . .
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JimmyA
on June 29, 2014 at 10:36 AM
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I don't blame you, Sir Wiley! So I guess what it actually says on any of your clocks is really irrelevant. As long as you're not late for dinner . . . 
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JimmyA
on June 29, 2014 at 10:33 AM
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That's true, shamasehar, although we should be merely hours apart and not minutes! In other words, whether you're 8, 10 or 12 hours behind me ( or ahead of me ) the 'minutes' should be the same! But they seem to bounce around all over the place! That's why I now have to assume that all time is subjective . . .
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JimmyA
on June 29, 2014 at 10:31 AM
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I have a feeling, FSI, that we all ballpark it, in one form or another! I almost forgot that I have a clock in my car too, and it also appears to be running on its own time table! And then when you throw Day-Light Savings Time into the mix . . . 
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JimmyA
on June 29, 2014 at 10:28 AM
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Well, Naut, even without the philosophical aspect of the concept of time, I would still like the bulk of my clocks to be at least within a minute of each other, even if they're all way off! I worry more about symmetry, consistency and uniformity than I do about being late for something . . .
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JimmyA
on June 29, 2014 at 10:25 AM
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nah
posted by
BC-A
on June 28, 2014 at 12:00 PM
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being our WSiley's wife, I let him worry about what the time actually is and as you read he's not really the guy to follow...but Oh well!!!!
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Kabu
on June 27, 2014 at 7:58 PM
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My TV box, computer and cell phone all show the same time. I no longer have any clocks that tick. I hate a ticking clock, loll.
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Justi
on June 27, 2014 at 7:28 PM
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Jimmy,
All the clocks in our house are at least three minutes off!
posted by
lovelyladymonk
on June 27, 2014 at 11:57 AM
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JimmyA
Nope, not me because the power goues out so often and my computer has dementia like me and can never remember the time, I'm sick of it. LOL
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WileyJohn
on June 27, 2014 at 11:53 AM
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So true.Clocks or watches vary like opinions though barely by a minute or two at times.I rely on my cellphone or wristwatch for time telling.And as we belong to different time zones it won't help if I told you what time it is......😊
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shamasehar
on June 27, 2014 at 10:50 AM
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The same thing happens with the four clocks in my house. They are all out of sync with one another. Like you, I ballpark it.
My watch, which is solar powered, and my cellphone are in sync with one another, though. I tend to use those for most of my time telling when out of the house.
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FormerStudentIntern
on June 27, 2014 at 9:43 AM
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Jimmy
Some people do! There are several atomic clocks in the U.S., as well as one in Germany and one in the UK that I know of (there may be more), and they tell the time as accurately as is possible today. You can even buy clocks and watches that receive the signal from these clocks, so that you too would always know exactly 'what the time is'...Having said that, you know of course that time may nor exist at all... 
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Nautikos
on June 27, 2014 at 7:39 AM
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