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Posted: 12/19/2016 7:47:38 AM EDT
well, anyone over 10.
and yes, it's just after 12 on the watch shown. love that watch |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 8:13:37 AM EDT
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i do not know anyone who cant read a analog watch
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Posted: 12/19/2016 8:16:21 AM EDT
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No, I dont hang out with retards. Even my dumbass grandson, 6 year old, can read analog and convert it to military time.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 8:25:52 AM EDT
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Can't say I know anyone that can't read an analog watch.... But there are a lot of idiots out there.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 8:29:58 AM EDT
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Not sure this is the same thing as not being able to read an analog watch, but: a test for dementia (FTD) is to ask the patient to draw a clock face, fill in the numbers, and then draw the hands to a specified "time", say, "10 minutes after 4". . . .
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Posted: 12/19/2016 8:30:44 AM EDT
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I can, but I have to think about it. I'm 33 and was never really around analogs.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 8:32:32 AM EDT
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My 20 year-old nephew, a product of the Florida public school system, can not read an analog clock. Can't read a ruler, either.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 8:40:48 AM EDT
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i do not know anyone who cant read a analog watch |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 8:49:16 AM EDT
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The ruler thing is more common. Ask some random inner city high schooler to show you 5/8th on a ruler, they cant.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 9:25:28 AM EDT
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The only person in the world I know that can't read an analog watch is my 9 year old son who also had Down's Syndrome.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 9:30:08 AM EDT
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You normals sit up on your BIG BRAINED HORSE..
Yet you are so ignorant You don't even know what you don't know. LoL Real deal thing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia Dyscalculia can occur in people from across the whole IQ range – often higher than average |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 9:36:41 AM EDT
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You normals sit up on your BIG BRAINED HORSE.. Yet you are so ignorant You don't even know what you don't know. LoL Real deal thing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? My mother for instance is one of those people. She is a truck driver that has bad knees and a bad back from driving the truck but you probably do not care about that case either. Oh well I am not one of those people I am 6'4" 245lbs and I exercise every day. I would love to see you say something like to my mother in front of me. Probably never happen though you are probably just an internet tough guy. I doubt very seriously you would say that to someones face. Just my thought.What do you think. Oh I am sorry you probably do not have a brain. I on the other hand will be happy to buy you a plane ticket to come here and see if you have the nerve to say that to someone I know.: |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 9:37:49 AM EDT
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If your were a real badass OP you would have asked if you know anyone who can't read a binary clock.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 9:40:17 AM EDT
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Sadly, the first time I saw one when I was about 15 years old I said.........."that watch is broken it ain't 6:00 o'clock!!".
My friend said............"Uh..........RDAK, it is one of those 24 hour clocks dumbass!!". Oops!!! 
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Posted: 12/19/2016 9:42:13 AM EDT
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Everyone I know can read an analog (and digital) clock.
But I do have a couple of friends that come to me when they need their digital watch features programmed. |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 9:54:16 AM EDT
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I don't know anyone that can't read analogue, but I do have a lot of employees that can't figure out military time.
We use it as we are a 24/7 facility. Some jujst keep asking for a translation, evidently "add 12" is just too difficult. |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 9:54:51 AM EDT
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It isn't a new thing - when I was in college and worked at Sears, a "coworker," (high school student) came up to me and asked the time. When I pointed out that there was a clock hanging from the ceiling right behind him, he stated, "But, that's analog!" It actually took me a couple seconds to comprehend that he wasn't able to READ A CLOCK.
Of course, this brilliant individual was later arrested for theft. He had stolen another coworker's purse from work, and 3 months later was stopped for driving through a red light with the purse still in his car... Mike |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:03:34 AM EDT
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I wear an analog watch because I prefer Analog
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:04:46 AM EDT
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Every adult i know can read analog.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:11:18 AM EDT
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Yes. White female in her 30s. She calls them "clock watches" and they seem to just confuse the shit out of her.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:11:23 AM EDT
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I have a friend who teaches middle school and some of the kids cannot read an analog clock. Pretty sad really.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:14:29 AM EDT
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I have a friend who teaches middle school and some of the kids cannot read an analog clock. Pretty sad really. Why would they need to? It's about as necessary as cursive. Might as well teach them to use a rotary phone, too. If they desperately need to find South someday they can use their compass. |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:26:10 AM EDT
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Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? My mother for instance is one of those people. She is a truck driver that has bad knees and a bad back from driving the truck but you probably do not care about that case either. Oh well I am not one of those people I am 6'4" 245lbs and I exercise every day. I would love to see you say something like to my mother in front of me. Probably never happen though you are probably just an internet tough guy. I doubt very seriously you would say that to someones face. Just my thought.What do you think. Oh I am sorry you probably do not have a brain. I on the other hand will be happy to buy you a plane ticket to come here and see if you have the nerve to say that to someone I know.: Quote HistoryQuoted:
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You normals sit up on your BIG BRAINED HORSE.. Yet you are so ignorant You don't even know what you don't know. LoL Real deal thing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyscalculia Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? My mother for instance is one of those people. She is a truck driver that has bad knees and a bad back from driving the truck but you probably do not care about that case either. Oh well I am not one of those people I am 6'4" 245lbs and I exercise every day. I would love to see you say something like to my mother in front of me. Probably never happen though you are probably just an internet tough guy. I doubt very seriously you would say that to someones face. Just my thought.What do you think. Oh I am sorry you probably do not have a brain. I on the other hand will be happy to buy you a plane ticket to come here and see if you have the nerve to say that to someone I know.: I'm betting you could stand a full power shoot from squatdog, so I'll send the monkey. 
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:27:16 AM EDT
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Clocks have never been a problem but rulers and similar implements give me hell because my eyes are going to shit. :( Getting old blows and I'm not even THAT old yet.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:29:29 AM EDT
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Clocks have never been a problem but rulers and similar implements give me hell because my eyes are going to shit. :( Getting old blows and I'm not even THAT old yet. Yep, in my older age I need 2.00 readers to operate my calculator..... 
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:37:33 AM EDT
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If your were a real badass OP you would have asked if you know anyone who can't read a binary clock. Not everyone is binary. Why do you hate? |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:38:11 AM EDT
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:41:32 AM EDT
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well, anyone over 10. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Qp0Vx8reOkA/UcciRJa4j9I/AAAAAAAAFbc/tzpIIa7uN4E/s400/IMG_2570.JPG and yes, it's just after 12 on the watch shown. love that watch Fuck your question I have my own. How good is the lum on a lume tec? I have wanted to buy one for a while but I'm afraid the glow won't last all night so it would be kinda pointless to wake up ato 4 or 5 am and not be able to see it without a flashlight There are tons of conflicting info out there about if it's as bright/ not as bright as tritium after a few hours. Halp! |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:42:00 AM EDT
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Yep, in my older age I need 2.00 readers to operate my calculator.....
http://m8.i.pbase.com/u45/terry_56/upload/34645608.Slip_Stick1.jpg A tool of the devil! |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:44:17 AM EDT
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A tool of the devil! Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Yep, in my older age I need 2.00 readers to operate my calculator.....
http://m8.i.pbase.com/u45/terry_56/upload/34645608.Slip_Stick1.jpg A tool of the devil! Hey - it took us to the Moon and back and doesn't need batteries....  
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:49:02 AM EDT
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Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? Some people are sick of this joke. I am not one of them. 
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:51:07 AM EDT
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I remember my favorite book in my Kindergarten classroom was a book that helped teach how to read an analog clock.
Everyone should know how to read a clock, a ruler, cursive, and a compass. |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:56:12 AM EDT
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My 20 year-old nephew, a product of the Florida public school system, can not read an analog clock. Can't read a ruler, either. I'm also a product of the Florida public school system and it's wild how many common sense things I learned in school that your nephew's generation seems to have missed out on. I am floored that there are so many people saying they know someone who can't read the hands of a clock. I guess I shouldn't be surprised given what I know about the average intellect in this country but I still am. |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:57:54 AM EDT
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Some people are sick of this joke. I am not one of them. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Are you aware that there are people in this world that have a severe medical condition which causes them to be that way? Some people are sick of this joke. I am not one of them. I still laugh every time. |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:59:49 AM EDT
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Jesus, not just analog watches or clocks, but I know some "electrical" mechs at work that if you hand them a Simpson 260 (analog VOM), they'll look at crosseyed, and then approach it like the apes approached the monolith in 2001, but if you hand them a Fluke 87, they're happy as a clam.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 10:59:51 AM EDT
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Yup, mainly the product of the trophy generation.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 11:04:08 AM EDT
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Yep, in my older age I need 2.00 readers to operate my calculator.....
http://m8.i.pbase.com/u45/terry_56/upload/34645608.Slip_Stick1.jpg I had an older Mexican fellow come out to give me a quote on pouring a new sidewalk. When he pulled out a slide rule, it made me pause. Haven't seen anyone use one in a long time, let alone for adding up a bid. Almost everyone has tablets with dedicated software these days. |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 11:06:06 AM EDT
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Entire classes of high schoolers. GF couldn't figure out why none of her kids were filling out a form they use when they leave class to go to the bathroom. Even the few good, eager to please kids. When she made an example of a kid, she watched as the kid looked back to her friend, who looked to another friend, who looked at their phone and mouthed the time. Analog clock on the wall, and the vast majority of the kids don't know what it means.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 11:34:50 AM EDT
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My 20 year-old nephew, a product of the Florida public school system, can not read an analog clock. Can't read a ruler, either. I'm guessing he can't read cursive either |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 12:10:30 PM EDT
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Jesus, not just analog watches or clocks, but I know some "electrical" mechs at work that if you hand them a Simpson 260 (analog VOM), they'll look at crosseyed, and then approach it like the apes approached the monolith in 2001, but if you hand them a Fluke 87, they're happy as a clam. But that analog MM can tell you more about things than the digital can. For example, if you have a voltage that is varying in some sort of rhythm, the needle will tell you the frequency, and magnitude better than any DMM. The analog will allow you to determine the possible sources of the problem. |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 12:15:26 PM EDT
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Fuck your question I have my own. How good is the lum on a lume tec? I have wanted to buy one for a while but I'm afraid the glow won't last all night so it would be kinda pointless to wake up ato 4 or 5 am and not be able to see it without a flashlight There are tons of conflicting info out there about if it's as bright/ not as bright as tritium after a few hours. Halp! I dunno. My watch is 4 years old. I'll check in the morning and let you know. |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 12:28:43 PM EDT
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Showed a friend's teenage daughter a '60s pocket transistor radio. She had no idea how to operate it.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 12:32:22 PM EDT
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Showed a friend's teenage daughter a '60s pocket transistor radio. She had no idea how to operate it. http://retrothing.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452989a69e2011570182e01970b-800wi Its almost like most people dont know how to operate technology that went obsolete a generation before they were born. Weird. |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 12:34:08 PM EDT
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have had at least 2 former employees who did not know how and had to be taught where the big hand and little hand had to be.
they were OK if there were numbers on the clock, but a watch face with no numbers confused them and yea, fuckin morons the pair of em. |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 1:31:19 PM EDT
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Where I work (state prison) it is quite common.
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Posted: 12/19/2016 1:35:40 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/19/2016 2:17:14 PM EDT
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I'm guessing he can't read cursive either I don't know, but wouldn't be surprised if he couldn't. |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 3:30:41 PM EDT
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My 20 year-old nephew, a product of the Florida public school system, can not read an analog clock. Can't read a ruler, either. This I've worked with grown ass men that cannot read a tape measure. |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 3:41:47 PM EDT
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I can, but I ALWAYS have to think about it LOL
I do have some employees that cant read or write though. Best Part, I have offered to send them to school and they wont go |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 3:42:37 PM EDT
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Showed a friend's teenage daughter a '60s pocket transistor radio. She had no idea how to operate it. http://retrothing.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83452989a69e2011570182e01970b-800wi Is AM radio even a thing anymore? |
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Posted: 12/19/2016 3:45:17 PM EDT
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Common conversation when I'm subbing middle school and high school:
Student: What time is it? Me: The clock is right there (pointing at clock hanging on the wall) Student: I can't read one of those. Me: Learn.
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