Clocks going back

[rjb]

i often get caught out by catching the bus into town then realising i dont have a watch to tell me how long i have to when the return bus leaves. No phone either as we are in a notspot.

[Mick F]

He gets a walk almost every day at 11:30, or sometimes a longer one and we leave at 11:00.
He's lying on the carpet and if I even stand up, he thinks it's time for walkies. He's hardly taking his eyes off me!

I assume the pubs round there don't open until 12 then

You've sussed me out!

There are a few that he and I visit, and he's not happy in ANY of them other than the Rising Sun.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.51885 ... 384!8i8192

[pwa]

Being able to function without knowing the time is a luxury that comes with retirement. It is work and appointments that require you to know the time. Sometimes, when I have a few days off work, I mark the fact by taking the watch off. But even when I am not going to work, I am an early riser, as you can see from my posts. Waking at 4 or 5 is normal for me. Sleeping beyond 7 is a lie-in, and rarely happens. I seldom rely on the alarm clock to get me up. I tend to wake before it is set to go off.

[sussex cyclist]

I don't usually wear a watch, but I do have one for just this occasion:

[rjb]

Time running backwards. Your watch springs forward at daylight savings time.

[thirdcrank]

He gets a walk almost every day at 11:30, or sometimes a longer one and we leave at 11:00.
He's lying on the carpet and if I even stand up, he thinks it's time for walkies. He's hardly taking his eyes off me! :lol:

I assume the pubs round there don't open until 12 then :)

You've sussed me out! :D

There are a few that he and I visit, and he's not happy in ANY of them other than the Rising Sun.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.51885 ... 384!8i8192

I think it's the dog who sussed you out. Also, I'm not going back to check but IIRC the Rising Sun is where they make the greatest fuss of him.

[Cugel]

Being able to function without knowing the time is a luxury that comes with retirement. It is work and appointments that require you to know the time. Sometimes, when I have a few days off work, I mark the fact by taking the watch off. But even when I am not going to work, I am an early riser, as you can see from my posts. Waking at 4 or 5 is normal for me. Sleeping beyond 7 is a lie-in, and rarely happens. I seldom rely on the alarm clock to get me up. I tend to wake before it is set to go off.

Well ... I gave up the watch-wearing two years before retiring, relying on prompts from others for time-relevant things like meeting starts. (But also missing a number of them, thereby - generally a good thing as they tended to be a waste of .... time).

This rid-me-of-the-watch thing was the beginning of a rid-me-of-gubbins-in-general approach to life. It's surprising how many artificial interfaces and mediums we moderns thrust between ourselves and our more immediate experiences of reality. No phone, bike computer or other data-summarising or data-mediating devices for moi!

Hello world. I remember you from my childhood.

Cugel

[Mick F]

Yes, they do make a fuss of him!

It's not just that though. The layout in there is easy for him to see out of the windows, whereas the other pubs round here are very different. He likes to see people arriving and going, and other dogs being walked past ...... and in.

I'm off in the car shortly to Tavistock. I need some more matt white emulsion for the living room ceilings. Sailor can come with me. He loves it in the car, and he knows a walk will occur on the way back in the Devon woods.

I'm getting on with DIY and bike maintenance to keep me busy as Mrs Mick F is away in Gambia (again).

BTW, I managed to stay in bed until 5am this morning.

[pwa]

Being able to function without knowing the time is a luxury that comes with retirement. It is work and appointments that require you to know the time. Sometimes, when I have a few days off work, I mark the fact by taking the watch off. But even when I am not going to work, I am an early riser, as you can see from my posts. Waking at 4 or 5 is normal for me. Sleeping beyond 7 is a lie-in, and rarely happens. I seldom rely on the alarm clock to get me up. I tend to wake before it is set to go off.

Well ... I gave up the watch-wearing two years before retiring, relying on prompts from others for time-relevant things like meeting starts. (But also missing a number of them, thereby - generally a good thing as they tended to be a waste of .... time).

This rid-me-of-the-watch thing was the beginning of a rid-me-of-gubbins-in-general approach to life. It's surprising how many artificial interfaces and mediums we moderns thrust between ourselves and our more immediate experiences of reality. No phone, bike computer or other data-summarising or data-mediating devices for moi!

Hello world. I remember you from my childhood.

Cugel

All my jobs have been time sensitive, so being out of touch with time has never really been an option. Some work is like that. The railways are the classic example. And I am so used to it that it is part of my way of being. Except when I am on holiday and deliberately put the watch to one side.

Even those of us who think they are free of time concerns are reliant on services that are provided by people who have to work to schedules. The individual may break free but they exist in a society that works by the clock.

[simonineaston]

Public tranport providers now playing with time in creative ways, services appearing as 'on time' until after the scheduled time of arrival, when they suddenly appear as 'cancelled'. I guess the only reasonable explanation is that they must have disappeared - pooof !! - in a cloud of dust, mid-service. How distressing for the staff & passengers already on board.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bris ... us-7741841

[pwa]

Public tranport providers now playing with time in creative ways, services appearing as 'on time' until after the scheduled time of arrival, when they suddenly appear as 'cancelled'. I guess the only reasonable explanation is that they must have disappeared - pooof !! - in a cloud of dust, mid-service. How distressing for the staff & passengers already on board.
https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bris ... us-7741841

A case for the X Files perhaps.

[Mick F]

BTW, I managed to stay in bed until 5am this morning.

I was wide awake at 03:30 this morning.
Forced myself asleep, but was only sort of slumbering. Finally gave up at 05:15.

[pwa]

BTW, I managed to stay in bed until 5am this morning.

I was wide awake at 03:30 this morning.
Forced myself asleep, but was only sort of slumbering. Finally gave up at 05:15.

Obviously got some blackbird DNA.

[Mick F]

Singing in the dead of night?

[PedallingSquares]

The only time it bothers me is if I'm working a 12hr(13hr) night shift.Other than that it's just dark early
I wear 2 watches.Couldn't imagine not wearing one!The 2nd is a fairly recent addition,a Garmin Forerunner 935.It replaced a Fitbit ionic which I started wearing about 5 years ago.I have always worn a watch on my left wrist so the Garmin is on my right.The only time I take them off is to shower(and charge the Garmin obviously).I have separate old watches I wear to work so I have 7 in total.I have 3 'best' watches that I alternate from time to time depending on my mood,2 'work' watches and 2 Garmin Smart watches.
I could spend a fortune on watches if I had the money