There is a clock in every room in our house. And two in the toilet. When I'm asked why there are 2 in the loo on opposite walls, I say "One is for males, one is for females !"
I find them really useful.
I don't like any sort of jewelry
I don't regard watches as jewellery. They can be, but for me, they're a necessity. I only ever discover how much I look at one on those rare occasions when I've forgotten it at home and I find out multiple times each day what the back of my left wrist looks like !
I have a digital clock and thermometer in my car
The car itself doesn't have a clock but the CD/radio permanently affixed does and I think the SatNav does too although I very rarely use it.
All my iPods have a clock but I rarely look at them. And the computer has the time unless you don't want it.
I don't miss those items on public buildings
It's always been such a rarity that I ever used a public building clock to actively find out the time that I haven't noticed that many don't have them.
I recently asked a grade school teacher if they still teach kids to read analog clocks and she said yes
Interestingly, I was teaching some kids telling the time on an analog clock last Thursday. I'm torn between surprise and despair at the difficulty they have with it although because I chase various kids up outside of lessons with "What time is it ?" when we're near a clock, some of them keep sharp. But in reality, phone culture has jettisoned the actual need for either a watch or analog reading memory. Notably, every classroom has an analog clock in them.
clocks in business establishments went out for a different reason - they made more cash when people don’t know what time it is
Can you explain the connection ? I don't understand this and I'm intrigued.
I wear an analog watch and probably always will
My sister who was 6 at the time taught me to tell the time at 4. I had 3 watches between the ages of 7 and 10 and destroyed them all, the same way I destroyed the guitar my Dad bought me when I was 4. Then with my own money at age 12, I bought a watch on a whim and I've worn one ever since
{this was December '75}. I have had a few digital watches, mainly in the 80s, but I went back to analog so many years ago, I can't actually remember.