Pearls Before Swine by Stephan Pastis for November 08, 2021

Good thing the cable box and cellphones reset the time themselves.

No! Coffee maker no!

Sing along with Basil: “If I could turn back time . . .”

There’s a meme out there that goes something like: “How to reset your clocks for the Fall Back idocy:”

Phones, computers, tablets, smart watches: Leave them alone, they’ll do it by magic

Devices with digital clocks: It’s possible if you still have the manual. If not, be prepared to buy a new one. Even though you think you want a hammer, don’t do it!

Manual clocks: Move the minute hand gently one time around.

Clock in your car: Wait about 6 months and it’ll be correct again.

I wonder if Rat still owns a VCR. Anyone remember setting those things’ clocks being a pain in the neck? Even when they blinked either 00:00 or 12:00.

I actually have an old fashioned clock on my wall that I haven’t changed in years. Now it’s showing the correct time again, yay.

The car was the easiest, the ‘Settings’ on the display screen. My microwave and stove, not hard. My bedside alarm is atomic , adjusts automatically as does my phone and tablet/ laptop.

I’m holding off on my wristwatch as I have to get online instructions.

Just wait 6 months Rat, all will be right again!

I drank some coffee once…and threw up.

It’s the age of unrepairable machines.

Just get a second set and switch them every 6 months.

I should be glad we don’t have these problems here in India. No “spring forward, fall back” for us!

He can just change his regular clock.

we don’t have DST in japan. around this time of year it starts getting dark at 3:30 in the afternoon and in mid-summer the sun comes up at 3 a.m. i miss DST…

My microwave has no clock and I don’t care what the stove says. The car is connected to something in outer space that sets it. I have 3 clocks that need setting. Just move the hands on two of them and mode switch on the other.

i reset every clock in the house except one…..i forgot to reset my alarm clock – up and showered, ready for the day an hour early

There’s no law that states you have to change everything. The microwave will work fine with an incorrect time. Same for the stove and car.

It used to be that part of Indiana was on Eastern time and part on Central. We live in Ohio, and one time on a trip we stopped at a restaurant in Indianapolis not too longer after the time change, and I asked the waitress what time it was. When she answered, I couldn’t restrain myself, and asked her “Is that Central Standard or Eastern Daylight Savings?” She wanted to clobber me, but fortunately wanted to keep her job even more.

lmao that reminds me I didn’t change the clock on my coffee maker.

I have my own semi-relevant rant about the DST/ST switch – why do some people still tell you to use the switches as a reminder to change your smoke/carbon monoxide detector batteries? That was good advice back when the two time periods were about six months each, but now that Daylight Saving Time is almost twice as long as Standard Time here in the U.S. (almost eight months from mid-March to early November) the periods are imbalanced.

If you sell those, how are you gonna cook food?

Good cause to LEAVE it at daylight savings time year round! We voted to in Oregon but they’re waiting for CA & WA to do it too. Why wait? Not like we aren’t different from other states’ time!

How much you want for the car, Rat?

Lmao! How true!

The thermostat and the irrigation stay on standard time until I get enough cash to replace with “smart” ones.

my car is now easy to set… it has a (virtual) button that toggles DST on and off. (my scooter on the other hand… grrr)

Don’t try to weasel your way out of it, Rat! There’s no use trying to avoid changing the clocks.

Move to Arizona, we figured out how to live without changing the clock.Oh wait,……don’t move to AZ, please

My car has been borrowed by my grandson, I hope the clock has been reset when he brings it back tomorrow!!!

If you are overwhelmed by having to change your clocks twice a year, I don’t think daylight savings time is going to be your biggest problem in life.

Anyone who believes a new microwave or stove comes in the box with the correct time showing is in for disappointment. Even my new car needed the correct time, despite all its internet connection.

Just turn the hourglass over again!

LOL this never gets old. It is a testament to the low priority changing this holds that bill after bill is introduced at both federal and state levels (2 bills and 3 joint resolutions here in Texas alone) but never get passed.

My coffee maker is showing the time since I first plugged it in and pushed “on” to brew a pot of coffee. I don’t need coffee that wakes up before I do, so I don’t need a coffee maker to know what time it is.

Just tape over the displays.

it was weird. I have a 2012 Mazda 3.. I have 2 clocks in it, thanks to a new stereo.. the clock built into the car, last night was the first time I’d had a problem with it.. it has manual buttons just below the Hazard lights flasher (which I use all the time doing Uber) .. somehow the buttons got stuck or something, but I look up and it’s a half hour off… then several minutes ahead.. several times in a row

Remember the old Three Stooges routine?

“What’s the idea of the three watches?”

“That’s the way I tell t he time”…etc.

Meanwhile I’m distracted by the concept of Rat actually owning and driving a car. I’d love to have seen him pass his driving test, not to mention figuring out how to reach the brake and accelerator pedals with his tiny legs.

He could just move to Arizona.

Thanks for this! I forgot about the microwave.

Rat could just keep two sets of Microwaves and coffee makers – one for DST and one for standard time. Two cars or two stoves may be a bit much though.

We haven’t set the clock on the stove or the microwave for at least 25 years.

Based in Arizona, I don’t have to deal with that nonsense. As a pilot, every part of my professional life is on GMT.

Imagine the trouble they have at Stonehenge.

All but 2 of my clocks automatically change, makes my life much easier.

Daylight Savings Time is stupid. We aren’t a nation of farmers anymore. Abolish DST!

Love a little clock I got in Canada…it has a dst button…you push it and it resets to the right setting.

If you go to bed early that night, it’s a real drag having to get up at 2am just to turn back the clock. Don’t you just hate that?

Please comfort me with the knowledge that Donald Trump sleeps through the extra hour and will do no further harm.

Whatever they do about changing or not changing the time, I just want to make sure that when I die, it’s at the right time of year so that I don’t get shorted an hour!

I moved into a new apartment in April. I have no idea how to set the clock on the Stove. But I don’t care.

I don’t bother setting the time on my appliances any more. Every time I even consider it, the power goes out.