Seniors, Do You Still Have Clocks With Hands In Your Home, or Are They All Digital?

We have several, of both, scattered throughout the house. We have 4 old clocks dating back as far as 100 years ago, and a grandfather clock I built back in the 1970's....all of which still work.
 

Both. Plus I have an analog watch. I generally prefer analog clocks, but like the lighted digital display when it's dark outside.
 

There’s one clock with hands. I have three watches with hands, all are powered by light.

My Apple Watch offered numerous faces. I chose one with hands.
 
tbeltrans said:
That can be an entire thread to discuss - time and managing it in retirement. I understand the sentiment, and at first, tried to live that way. Soon enough, I found that I needed structure or I would just sit around all day and waste away. While I can't say this should be true for everybody, since we all have different personalities and needs, I began to see time in the same way that I remember seeing the ocean at the beach when I was growing up - a vast, endless entity in which I could become completely lost.

Once I had that realization, I started setting up a framework for myself. At first, I made sure I got to bed at the same time every evening and got up at a certain time in the morning so I established sleep habits instead of staying up later and later, and then sleeping all day. The problem with that for me is that when I slept and woke, drifted all over the place, so I ended up being tired all the time.

Then, I started setting goals for myself in my hobbies so I was accomplishing things and working toward another milestone, however small. I began volunteer teaching ESL to adults through the public library system. Unfortunately, that is now on hold indefinitely until this COVID-19 situation is resolved somehow. I did get in several good years doing it prior to COVID-19 though. That ESL expanded to teaching math and basic computer skills so that Immigrant people could function in our society.

With the onset of COVID-19, I still do all the above except the volunteer teaching. Fortunately, for my wife and I, our hobbies do not rely on having to go out and mix with other people. So, though we miss doing that, our world has not collapsed into suffering in isolation.

Anyway, that is my story, and please realize that in telling it, I am not saying everybody should do likewise, but instead simply reflect and "take what you need and leave the rest".

Tony
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An absolutely lovely read this morning.

Thank you for sharing, Tony. :)

P.S. It will be interesting to see where and if time applies in dear husbands and my life, after he calls it quits. I do know we have a lot to do, so boredom will definitely not be part of the equation.
 
My big kitchen clock has hands. Have kept this clock for many years. If the power goes out its easy to keep track of the time since its a battery one. Other one projects the temps inside and outside on the bedroom ceiling...its digital.
 
I have both kinds. The one on the wall in my study (where I mostly use my laptop) is deliberately old-fashioned looking, almost like an old railroad clock. For some oddball reason, I like it.
 
Jules said:
True.

Also ask a young person the time. It’s 7:45, not quarter to eight.
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Well, in the military, it has always been 24 hour time, so you would have either 0745 hours or 1945 hours, and this was long before digital clocks.

I can see your point in that younger folk read digital clocks and read off the numbers, while many of us older folks, used to analog clocks, use the time phrases appropriate for that. So my response, though agreeing, is simply adding another perspective to the mix.

Tony
 
Aunt Marg said:
An absolutely lovely read this morning.

Thank you for sharing, Tony. :)

P.S. It will be interesting to see where and if time applies in dear husbands and my life, after he calls it quits. I do know we have a lot to do, so boredom will definitely not be part of the equation.
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Thanks Aunt Marg. Please realize that what I described took place over a period of months, so you will likely have to wait for your husband to work it all out as he eases into retirement. :)

Tony
 
tbeltrans said:
Thanks Aunt Marg. Please realize that what I described took place over a period of months, so you will likely have to wait for your husband to work it all out as he eases into retirement. :)

Tony
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I can definitely see that, sort of like a winding-down period of adjustment before ones body settles into a format that works for them.

My husband often tells me, "I can taste the freedom already, even though I'm not quite there yet".
 
Butterfly said:
I've got both. The biggest one with hands is my wonderful antique grandfather's clock. Normally I am not fond of antiques at all, but old clocks, for some reason, really grab me.
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I have always dreamed of owning a grandfather clock.

I am so envious of you, Butterfly. :)
 
I have a mixture of clocks. There's at least on wall clock in every room, except for my bedroom. In that I have two digital alarm clocks. I don't wake up easily. And the weird thing is I'm never on time. I have a wind up wall clock in the kitchen. I believe that if I can keep it going, by winding it, I won't die. So far, that's worked OK.
 

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