Re: NON PD: Digital Clocks and how to WIN!

[Howard Harrington <us009544@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken are you serious.If you are then I would have my antidepressant
medication checked. If not then I guess I don't see your sense off humor. I
don't need a grumppy old man in my life.

Bud H 62/7

>OKAY, I am mad as H... and I don't have to take it anymore!!!! IF you are
>buying a new VCR or Combination VCR/TV, get one that has the automatic clock
>setting feature. If you have a digital clock, replace it with an old
fashioned
>plug in analog clock. If the power goes off for five minutes, the clock only
>loses five minutes. It has one knob to set the time, and one to set the
alarm.
>You don't wake to music, you wake to a loud ringing sound that WILL wake you
>up!  If you don't want to take a chance on losing  even a few minutes,  then
>get a windup clock too. If enough people stop buying electonic products that
>are user unfriendly, they will start making them the way we want!  A more
>manly act than setting the VCR clock, is taking the stupid thing back to the
>store, and folding it around the salespersons head, who did not tell you a
>degree in advanced electronic engineering, a knowledge of Calculus, and an
>ability to translate the instruction manual to your native language is
>mandatory to make it work.  The fact that all the controls are the size of
>pinheads, and are the same color as the control panel, usually black or dark
>gray.It is a challenge to even FIND the controls, and what they do. Now there
>are some that TALK to you, imaginge that! You are pushing the buttons and a
>voice says "This is your VCR, listen and you won't get hurt! Push the black
>button, until the screen display stops smoking..."  OKAY, now I will go to
>sleep..(ME, not the VCR, the VCR is not sleeping, it is DEAD!!!) KenB
>