Why can’t all the clocks be the same? It doesn’t matter how hard I try, none of the clocks in my kitchen change at the same time. And I know why: it’s because there’s no second hand. You change the time on a digital clock, but you don’t know… YOU DON’T KNOW! You can’t have ANY way of knowing if you’re setting it for 7:05:05 or 7:05:58. And when the second one happens, you’ve got to friggin’ start all over again! And some of them you have to scroll through 23 hours and 59 minutes to get to the right time again! Who in the living HELL thought digital clocks were a good idea in the first place? And don’t get me started on the clock in the car. I set it according to my phone and a month later it’s slow by a minute. How can anyone be expected to live like this!!!!????
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Linda G. Hill 
I feel your pain. The car clock is now three minutes fast. That’s my reset limit. Clocks all over the house but they are not in exact sync. Below is how I recorded it in my book, “A Mixed Bag.”
TICK-TICK, TOCK-TOCK
Another sleepless night,
Staring into the gloom above the bed.
Silence broken,
By the relentless progress of time.
Time as marked
by a pair of clocks, not quite in sync.
The Benrus on the wall a half beat different
From the Timex on the dresser.
The seconds ticking off contrapuntally
Tick tick, tock tock.
So like this entire life, never knowing
If my second hand is a half step ahead
Or a half step behind reality.
This is exactly it! 😀 Thanks for sharing that, Rick. 🙂
Reminds me of the episode of Married…with Children, when Peggy gets a job in the clock store, and she’s watching all the wall the clocks ticking back and forth in sync…
I probably saw it, but it’s been sooo long!
I tried to find a clip of it, but couldn’t. It’s one of my favorite scenes. I love how she watches the cat clock and her eyes go back and forth like the cat’ 😀
Short but impactful!
Love it 😀
Thanks very much, Steven. 🙂
You’re welcome Linda 😀 Would love for you to check out my short stories if you had a minute!
Happy Monday!