# How many clocks did you reset today? (Hawaiians, don't mock!) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 28, 2001, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142 "2001-10-28T19:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/They_Call_Me_Sneeze)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/21 "2001-10-29T05:15:20Z")
How are we supposed to set them again? If it is three oclock now, and I live in Maryland, should I change my clock to two oclock or to four oclock? (note: it is not really three oclock) I have a test tomorrow at 11 oclock, and I dont want to miss it because I am the only person who changed my clock, or the only person who didnt change my clock. Great. Now I’ve said clock too much. Sneeze, who has spent too much time reading about reducing agents that oxidize other agents, and by doing so are themselves reduced, to understand the whole thing about clocks ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/22 "2001-10-29T05:17:57Z")
One watch, one analog clock above my desk, one alarm clock, and one computer clock because it thought it was still Saturday. ---
**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/23 "2001-10-29T05:36:52Z")
Just my watch. The computers update themselves, and the only other clock in the house is the alarm clock, which I don’t use. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/24 "2001-10-29T05:48:29Z")
**Sneeze** : Spring forward, fall back. Easy, eh? Of course, it makes just as much sense to say, “Fall forward, spring back,” so it’s really just luck. ---
**Author:** ![They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@They\_Call\_Me\_Sneeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/They_Call_Me_Sneeze)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/25 "2001-10-29T06:18:43Z")
Thank you, friedo. Spring forward, fall back. Setting clocks back one hour, two oclock to one oclock. Sweet! One extra hour to agonize over the test tomorrow! love sneeze ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/26 "2001-10-29T06:52:04Z")
becuase the clocks i use the watch setting on my cable box and there hooked in some national time computer and my computer clock resets its self ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/27 "2001-10-29T08:21:27Z")
I didn’t have to reset any clocks. I’m another one of those weird Indiana people who shun everyone else for having to change their clocks. ---
**Author:** ![Tansu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@Tansu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tansu)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/28 "2001-10-29T11:36:40Z")
Bedroom: 2 (Alarm clock, clock on CD player) Living room: 1 (VCR) Kitchen: 2 (Wall clock, clock on microwave) Studio: 1 which may not count (Computer) My person: 1 (watch) Car: 1 So, eight. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/29 "2001-10-29T13:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Colibri \* > \*\*¡Ja ja ja! ¡No es necesario de cambiar los relojes aquí en los trópicos tampoco! Pobrecitos . . . \*\* [Free Spanish Lesson] “¡Ha ha ha! Aquí no se necesita cambiar los relojes…” When there’s no subject, it’s better to use reflexive verbs rather than us a verb with no subject. Hence, it’s better to say “no se necesita” than “no es necesario.” Unless you speak a different kind of Spanish than the one I learned in high school, which _is_ entirely possible… [/Free Spanish Lesson] ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/30 "2001-10-29T13:32:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > Spring forward, fall back. I’ve always heard it as “Spring **ahead** , fall back”. That way you don’t “fall ahead”… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![grettle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@grettle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grettle)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/31 "2001-10-29T14:03:13Z")
in my teeny tiny studio apartment i had to reset 5 clocks, including the one on my computer that was supposed to reset itself, (but, the women in my family do have a tendancy to haunt the electrical appliances, my computer is very moody and changes something everyday). who knew i was so obsessed with time? ---
**Author:** ![Fibonacci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Fibonacci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibonacci)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/32 "2001-10-29T18:15:07Z")
I think I’m at 34, not counting the computer and downstairs VCR which adjust themselves. Kitchen - 2 microwaves, oven, tv, coffeemaker, timer, answering machine, wall clock, counter radio Garage - 2 cars, wall clock, Living room - mantle clock, thermostat, tv Master bedroom - 2 alarm clocks, 1 alarm watch, tv, vcr Kids rooms - 2 boombox clock radios, 2 wall clocks Bathrooms - 2 wall clocks Watches - 4 Cell phones - 3 Pager - 1 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/33 "2001-10-29T19:28:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rastahomie \* > \*\* > > [Free Spanish Lesson][/Free Spanish Lesson] \*\* Muy amable, **rasta** , pero seguro que no necesito lecciones en español de ti, gratis o no. Posiblemente mi frase no fue muy feliz, pero no fue incorrecto. Estas parandote en pequeñeces. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/34 "2001-10-29T22:21:16Z")
Sixteen, not counting various tv, vcr’s and our beloved computer which set themselves, thank you to those genius’ who thought THAT particular feature into existence!! Most of those clocks were battery operated too, which meant replacing all the batteries… NOW I know who helps keep that energizer bunny going! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/35 "2001-10-29T22:48:09Z")
0 clocks reset. God I love being a Hoosier. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/36 "2001-10-29T23:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mrblue92 \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by friedo \* > > Spring forward, fall back. > > I’ve always heard it as “Spring **ahead** , fall back”. That way you don’t “fall ahead”… 🙂 \*\* The way I learned it, **spring ahead, fall behind** is even better (fall ahead, spring behind is nonsense). I reset two clocks, two VCR’s, two watches, and a microwave. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2001, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/37 "2001-10-29T23:59:02Z")
I’m from Hawaii and I had to reset the recording timer on both my TV and my VCR because Cartoon Network and the other cable channels I have all run on California time. C’est le me. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/38 "2001-11-01T05:08:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > \*\*:joins **Caiata** , **Mauvaise** , and **sandalwood** : > > [sub]mock[/sub][sup]mock[/sup][sub]mock[/sub][sup]mock[/sup][sub]mock[/sub][sup]mock[/sup] > > 🙂 \*\* Saskatchewanian joining the mockery chorus: 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Osakadave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f07891/32.png) [@Osakadave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osakadave)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/39 "2001-11-01T06:51:45Z")
And Osaka joining in as well. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Scribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Scribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scribe)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2001, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142/40 "2001-11-01T08:30:52Z")
2 VCRs, an alarm clock, my computer and a watch making…just five. (I forget, though, that my newer VCR adjusts for daylight savings automagically…) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-clocks-did-you-reset-today-hawaiians-dont-mock/90142.md?page=3)