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<blockquote data-quote="Wofano Wotanto" data-source="post: 9312779" data-attributes="member: 7044704"><p>If anything, I'd expect the elderly and/or vision-challenged to be using digital wall clocks. The displays are generally much larger than the numbers on an analog clock face can be and you can get LED ones that stand out in darkness better. There are thousands of varieties of them on the market with prices comparable to analog clocks of similar quality.</p><p></p><p>Folks who habitually carry their phones everywhere may not be as likely to buy them (or watches) but that doesn't mean wall clocks are useless, especially when your house is shorter on horizontal surfaces than vertical ones.</p><p></p><p>Sigh. Even if she didn't know that there have been news stories the last week about eclipse-chasers who have the time and money to travel to them. I recall seeing some gal in her seventies who claimed her count was in the forties.</p><p></p><p>I was waiting at a bus stop a couple of years ago when I heard a couple of college gals wondering why the moon had phases and how calendars could predict them so accurately. How they graduated elementary school without being taught that I don't know, but it took me five minutes with a couple of soda cans and the light on my phone to demonstrate the principal and (giving credit where it's due) they grasped it immediately.</p><p></p><p>Ignorance is generally curable.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wofano Wotanto, post: 9312779, member: 7044704"] If anything, I'd expect the elderly and/or vision-challenged to be using digital wall clocks. The displays are generally much larger than the numbers on an analog clock face can be and you can get LED ones that stand out in darkness better. There are thousands of varieties of them on the market with prices comparable to analog clocks of similar quality. Folks who habitually carry their phones everywhere may not be as likely to buy them (or watches) but that doesn't mean wall clocks are useless, especially when your house is shorter on horizontal surfaces than vertical ones. Sigh. Even if she didn't know that there have been news stories the last week about eclipse-chasers who have the time and money to travel to them. I recall seeing some gal in her seventies who claimed her count was in the forties. I was waiting at a bus stop a couple of years ago when I heard a couple of college gals wondering why the moon had phases and how calendars could predict them so accurately. How they graduated elementary school without being taught that I don't know, but it took me five minutes with a couple of soda cans and the light on my phone to demonstrate the principal and (giving credit where it's due) they grasped it immediately. Ignorance is generally curable. [/QUOTE]
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