The electric range in my kitchen is thirty years old (and in need of replacement). The digital clock on the range is ultra-sensitive to sags in voltage. The slightest voltage dip will set the clock back to 00:00.
Resetting the clock is something
of a ritual. You must turn a setting
knob, poke a button, poke another button, turn the setting knob, poke a button,
spin yourself around three times, stomp one foot, and yell “Swedish meatballs!”
at my 20 pounds of housecat.
And, sometimes, that doesn’t
work.
For a few years—for whatever
reason—our power grid was unstable. We experienced
a lot of blinks in our power. I often found
the range telling me the time was 00:00.
Frustrated by trying to reset the clock I decided to leave it at 00:00.
Sadly, I was not smart enough
for that, either. Early in the morning,
or late at night, I might catch the time and stand there dumbfounded for a few
seconds, wondering: “Where am I supposed to be at zero O’clock?”
— Mitchell Hegman
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