# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 209
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4162 "2024-11-03T17:28:14Z")
i just went to the website of our local pizza place. Most of the 15-inch pizzas are in the $25-26 range. I guess tax brings it up a bit higher (9.2%). So $31 wouldn’t sound high to me, but typically we pay less than that. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4163 "2024-11-03T18:07:30Z")
I have to manually change the following @ home: My car clock Stove Microwave Wrist watch 3 stand alone older radio/alarm clocks There are several devices I need to change at work as well. But I just counted the home devices. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4164 "2024-11-03T18:35:06Z")
Today I adjusted the time on eight and a half clocks: 3 wall clocks, 2 cars, the stove, microwave, and toaster oven. One of the clocks plays bird sounds every hour so I also had to adjust that function. I counted that as a half. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4165 "2024-11-03T18:41:47Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Today I adjusted the time on eight and a half clocks: 3 wall clocks, 2 cars, the stove, microwave, and toaster oven. One of the clocks plays bird sounds every hour so I also had to adjust that function. I counted that as a half. My 2 wall clocks have long ago died. Tried new batteries with no success. They need new time mechanisms. I leave them up and consider them a special kind of “chronos art”. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4166 "2024-11-03T18:49:24Z")
I had to change the time on the Toaster Oven Air fryer, the microwave, and the oven. My wife had to update her older style digital bedside clock and her wristwatch. Updated automatically - both phones, 3 tablets, my bedside “alarm” (Echo Show), 3 other echo devices, my smartwatch (linked to phone, duh), the Echo wall clock. NOT updated - the clock in the spare guest room which is fully set up (and furnished!) by our friend who visits 3-4 times a year from Texas. I don’t know if he wants it on local time, or on Texas time which it is now in sync with after the time change. For CNN - to compromise, a few months back I went with an actual sign in rather than guest, so they bombard me with emails and the like, most of which I delete. I can’t stand to visit them without popup and web blockers because they INSIST on autoplaying news feeds and talking heads despite browser requests NOT to. I, like a lot of posters, want to read news, not have soundbites thrown at me, much less hear clips of Trump’s speeches! So, “hell no” might be too strong a work, but these days, I’ll visit CNN for headlines, and try to find more details elsewhere, or wait a few days until those details become accessible elsewhere. And that’s leaving out my prior gripes with CNN becoming extra fond of adding articles about “New information about XYZ” which if you click on it turns to be one tiny piece of semi-related new information and 95% rehashing of old stuff and links to their OTHER articles. No thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4167 "2024-11-03T19:07:37Z")
!5 clocks for me. I would have guessed that is about average, but apparently not. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4168 "2024-11-03T19:14:49Z")
$31 for a good pizza in Canadian dollars isn’t out of line. It might be in American dollars. I had to change the stove and microwave, which always annoy me because they are right on top of each other but cannot be set to the second, and so are forever vacillating between 0 and 1 minute off. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4169 "2024-11-03T19:17:36Z")
I hate that my microwave and stove are never in sync even though it is only off by a minute. But relieved to hear I am not the only one slightly annoyed by this. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4170 "2024-11-03T19:19:52Z")
I will change the car eventually, but otherwise don’t really care about any devices that don’t set themselves. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4171 "2024-11-03T19:19:55Z")
1. Microwave 2. Range 3. Living room 4. Living room 5. Dining room 6. Bathroom 7. Bathroom 8. Bathroom 9. Bedroom 10. Guest room 11. Study 12. Study 13. Car 14. Car 15. Fitbit (old-school, manual synch) 16. Watch ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4172 "2024-11-03T19:45:03Z")
4 clocks for me: - Old-school standalone alarm clock - Microwave - Stove - Car (will set the next time I drive somewhere) The car is literally just a checkbox for DST in one of the infotainment menus that I just have to uncheck, but it is still an act that I have to perform manually. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4173 "2024-11-03T19:46:25Z")
About 12 clock changes (includes my mum’s !) ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4174 "2024-11-03T19:51:04Z")
5 clock changes, but if you don’t count simply toggling the DST button, only two. I never set the time on my microwave, non-smart television, and any other appliances that display, but don’t use, the correct time. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4175 "2024-11-03T19:58:40Z")
Twelve clocks in need of manual setting/resetting: - 3 digital alarm clocks - Wall clock - Nixie-bulb table clock - Microwave oven - Range - Two light timers - 3 cars ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4176 "2024-11-03T20:43:48Z")
I don’t want a lettuce wedge! I do eat lettuce; but very rarely iceberg, and not in wedges. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4177 "2024-11-03T21:03:07Z")
Our clocks changed here last week, so I didn’t adjust any of them today. Last week I adjusted five: bedside clock, kitchen clock, oven, microwave and clock on the heating system. Everything else adjusted itself. And the phrase “lettuce wedge” gets weirder the more it gets repeated. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4178 "2024-11-03T21:41:44Z")
We have a fancy-schmancy new oven that connects to the internet, so I thought it might change automatically, but it didn’t. So: - Oven - Microwave - Coffee Maker - My Car Haven’t had a bedside alarm clock in many years. Our only watches anymore are fitbits, which synch to our phones and therefore change automatically. We took my wife’s car to get groceries this morning and she changed that one, so I didn’t count it. I’ll change mine the next time I drive it, probably later this week. I haven’t opened my computer today, but I’m pretty sure it will change itself. ---
**Author:** ![Jegpeg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jegpeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jegpeg)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4179 "2024-11-03T22:03:48Z")
I answered 4 for the clock change though it was actually last week ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4180 "2024-11-03T22:21:40Z")
I changed the time on my wrist watch. I’ll eventually change the time in my car. The analog kitchen clock updates automatically. A couple of kitchen appliances display the time, but o never look at them. I expect my husband will update those because he cares more then i do. But if he doesn’t, i might not notice. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2024, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/4181 "2024-11-03T22:22:43Z")
> [@ParallelLines](#): > > I can’t stand to visit them without popup and web blockers because they INSIST on autoplaying news feeds and talking heads despite browser requests NOT to. I, like a lot of posters, want to read news, not have soundbites thrown at me, much less hear clips of Trump’s speeches! So why visit at all? There are plenty of quieter new sites. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=208) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636.md?page=210)