[off topic] Glow in the dark alarm clock

[Jonathan]

On Mar 23, 2:22 pm, Esco <inva...@nospaml.com> wrote:

Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read in
the dark?

I don't know about that but we have an alarm clock that displays the
time in red on the ceiling of our bedroom. it's not bright enough to
disturb our sleep but it's great if you wake in the night and want to
know what timwe it is.

See: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Oregon-Scientific-Classic-Projection-Clock/dp/B000PVLNWI/ref=pd_cp_ce_1

Regards

Jonathan

 

[Andrew Gabriel]

In article <hobll9$532$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
Frank <frankperiodlogullo@comcast.net> writes:

On 3/23/2010 8:13 PM, Don Klipstein wrote:
In article<hob0iv$ip9$1@news.eternal-september.org>, Frank wrote:
On 3/23/2010 12:36 PM, Dave Liquorice wrote:
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:57:02 +0000, Mike Barnes wrote:

The clock I bought recently has some kind of fluorescent paint that
glows green for a short while after the light goes out, but not long
enough to be of much use.

The non-radioactive paints need "charging up" with decent light, kept
in room with the curtains closed or only brief artifical light source
they are dim. The best way to charge up these paints is with a UV
light source, say a bank note light or one for making the invisible
security pens visible.

There are still radio active glow in the dark things in the market.
Mostly emergency signs and the like, they use tritium IIRC rather
than radium.

There are alarm clocks with tritium dials. Did not google far but they
look pricey:

http://www.gemday.com/item0817.htm

Beta particles from nuclear decay are harmless.

Not completely. Bad if source is ingested, bad if source is inhaled in
form of anything that sticks in lungs or is absorbed into the body from
lungs. OK if in a closed container and low energy, as is the case with
tritium.

Yes but unlikely and does not compare to the old radium dials that
caused cancer to the women painting them on.

Yes, my grandfathers old watch...
I found it very useful when I built a Maplin geiger
counter kit ~20 years ago.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

 

[Andrew May]

ransley wrote:

On Mar 23, 9:22 am, Esco <inva...@nospaml.com> wrote:
Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read in
the dark?

Ive seen them but you have to push a button to make them light, post
back if you find one that just stays lit, I just got a Weather
thermometer with clock at HD, but again its dark till you push the
button but it has an RF set clock so it never needs setting.

I am surprised that there is nothing like this available. It shouldn't
be that hard or that expensive to design something that has a small
photovoltaic cell to charge a small battery during the day, even from
ambient light, and then dimly light a set of LEDs when dark using a
low-power circuit to generate a low mark/space ratio driver to conserve
power.

Not done the sums though so I could be way out.

Andrew

 

[RobertL]

On Mar 23, 6:55 pm, NT <meow2...@care2.com> wrote:

On Mar 23, 3:39 pm, RobertL <robertml...@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Mar 23, 2:22 pm, Esco <inva...@nospaml.com> wrote:
Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read in
the dark?

they don't use radioactive luminous paint any more, so 'glow in the
dark' watches and clocks are a thing of the past.

Robert

you might still find an old one, but then you get to put up with
clockwork's inaccuracy and need for incessant winding.

and you have to put up with the released radon-222 gas! Part of
the safety advice (below link) is not to keep it on your bedside
table.

http://www.vintagewatchstraps.com/luminous.htm

Robert

 

[Man at B&Q]

On Mar 23, 11:48 pm, NT <meow2...@care2.com> wrote:

On Mar 23, 3:31 pm, Bernard Peek <b...@shrdlu.com> wrote:

On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:

"Esco" <inva...@nospaml.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9D449240A9D945D4AM2@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read in
the dark?

Argos Ł2.50

Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.

Don't... just don't.

Why ever not? They work, I have one. Clearly you can't say the same
about everything at poundland but if Argos can sell 'em for Ł2.50 then
Ł1 is probably about the right price.

MBQ

 

[Man at B&Q]

On Mar 23, 2:55 pm, ransley <Mark_Rans...@Yahoo.com> wrote:

On Mar 23, 9:22 am, Esco <inva...@nospaml.com> wrote:

Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read in
the dark?

Ive seen them but you have to push a button to make them light, post
back if you find one that just stays lit, I just got a Weather
thermometer with clock at HD, but again its dark till you push the
button but it has an RF set clock so it never needs setting.

Battery != digital.

Just get an anlog one with luminous hands.

MBQ

 

[dennis@home]

"Man at B&Q" <manatbandq@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:67afa467-0bc2-4c93-99b7-9e468960e700@q21g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...

Battery != digital.

There are very few battery clocks that don't use a crystal and a *digital*
divider to keep the time.

 

[Man at B&Q]

On Mar 24, 2:40 pm, "dennis@home" <den...@killspam.kicks-ass.net>
wrote:

"Man at B&Q" <manatba...@hotmail.com> wrote in messagenews:67afa467-0bc2-4c93-99b7-9e468960e700@q21g2000yqm.googlegroups.com...

Battery != digital.

There are very few battery clocks that don't use a crystal and a *digital*
divider to keep the time.

There are some, but that's not really relevant, other than Dennis
trying to twist the argument for his own ends, again.

The terms analog and digital, in refererence to clocks, usually refer
to the display. I don't give a shit what technology is used to keep
the time so long as it meets my needs for accuracy.

MBQ

 

[geoff]

In message
<c73c1246-9ac5-4ac0-8d0c-adde86f6b9e9@r27g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, Man
at B&Q <manatbandq@hotmail.com> writes

On Mar 24, 2:40 pm, "dennis@home" <den...@killspam.kicks-ass.net
wrote:
"Man at B&Q" <manatba...@hotmail.com> wrote in
messagenews:67afa467-0bc2-4c93-99b7-9e468960e700@q21g2000yqm.googlegrou
ps.com...

Battery != digital.

There are very few battery clocks that don't use a crystal and a *digital*
divider to keep the time.

There are some, but that's not really relevant, other than Dennis
trying to twist the argument for his own ends, again.

The terms analog and digital, in refererence to clocks, usually refer
to the display. I don't give a shit what technology is used to keep
the time so long as it meets my needs for accuracy.

I have a radio clock which projects on the bedroom ceiling

works for me




and don't forget that clocks change this weekend




--
geoff

 

[The Daring Dufas]

Bernard Peek wrote:

On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:

"Esco" <invalid@nospaml.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9D449240A9D945D4AM2@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
read in
the dark?

Argos Ł2.50


Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.

OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.

ROTFLMAO

TDD

 

[Dave Saville]

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
<the-daring-dufas@peckerhead.net> wrote:

Bernard Peek wrote:
On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:

"Esco" <invalid@nospaml.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9D449240A9D945D4AM2@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
read in
the dark?

Argos œ2.50


Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.



OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.

Actually we go one better - 99p stores
--
Regards
Dave Saville

 

[The Daring Dufas]

Dave Saville wrote:

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
the-daring-dufas@peckerhead.net> wrote:

Bernard Peek wrote:
On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:
"Esco" <invalid@nospaml.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9D449240A9D945D4AM2@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
read in
the dark?
Argos œ2.50


Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.


OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.


Actually we go one better - 99p stores

And these stores are stocked with items from which former colony?

TDD

 

[Andrew May]

The Daring Dufas wrote:

Dave Saville wrote:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
the-daring-dufas@peckerhead.net> wrote:

OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.


Actually we go one better - 99p stores

And these stores are stocked with items from which former colony?

I'm not aware that China (or at least the vast majority of it) was ever

a British colony.

Where else did you think all that cheap tat comes from?

 

[Douglas de Lacey]

RobertL wrote:

On Mar 23, 2:22 pm, Esco <inva...@nospaml.com> wrote:
Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be read in
the dark?

they don't use radioactive luminous paint any more, so 'glow in the
dark' watches and clocks are a thing of the past.

Not entirely. Some time ago (perhaps now 10 years) I wanted such a
watch. I went through a number (agreeing with the supplier they'd come
back to him if they were not really "luminous") till I tried a Sekonda.
The hands were luminescent but *the dial was properly luminous*. So I
wrote to Sekonda, asking how they managed this and whether they could
source luminous hands. They could and did; I could not have had better
service. When years later it broke they fixed it FOC, and told me that
they had also replaced the battery as a courtesy.

I thought their slogan was a joke, but it's been absolutely right IME:
"Beware expensive imitations".

Douglas de Lacey

 

[harry]

On Mar 25, 11:12 am, The Daring Dufas <the-daring-
du...@peckerhead.net> wrote:

Dave Saville wrote:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
the-daring-du...@peckerhead.net> wrote:

Bernard Peek wrote:
On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:
"Esco" <inva...@nospaml.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9D449240A9D945D4AM2@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
read in
the dark?
Argos œ2.50

Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.

OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.

Actually we go one better - 99p stores

And these stores are stocked with items from which former colony?
*

*
USA of course! Also known as New China as they now own you.
Pound stores are the only ones that are increasing. Everything else
is closing. Even the charity shops are closing, they can't get enough
stock.

 

[Mike Barnes]

Dave Saville <dave@invalid.invalid>:

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
the-daring-dufas@peckerhead.net> wrote:

Bernard Peek wrote:
On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:

"Esco" <invalid@nospaml.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9D449240A9D945D4AM2@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
read in
the dark?

Argos œ2.50


Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.



OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.


Actually we go one better - 99p stores

The best one I've seen lately was boasting "Everything from a pound!".
Methinks they Just Don't Get It.

--
Mike Barnes

 

[Nonny]

"harry" <susan.armitage@virgin.net> wrote in message
news:d283150b-b61a-4089-8b6f-65a8632267d5@g10g2000yqh.googlegroups.com...

And these stores are stocked with items from which former
colony?
*
*
USA of course! Also known as New China as they now own you.
Pound stores are the only ones that are increasing. Everything
else
is closing. Even the charity shops are closing, they can't get
enough
stock.

I have a relative that is upper middle management of a global
electronics manufacturing company. One of their main plants is in
the USA and is quite busy and profitable. The big electronics
devices they manufacture are in high demand AND one of their
biggest locations where they ship is mainland China. Imagine
that: a USA-based manufacturing plant shipping electronics to
China.<grin>

--
Nonny
Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a member
of Congress.... But then I repeat myself.'

-Mark Twain
..

 

[The Daring Dufas]

Andrew May wrote:

The Daring Dufas wrote:
Dave Saville wrote:
On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
the-daring-dufas@peckerhead.net> wrote:

OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.


Actually we go one better - 99p stores

And these stores are stocked with items from which former colony?

I'm not aware that China (or at least the vast majority of it) was ever
a British colony.

Where else did you think all that cheap tat comes from?

Hong Kong and India perhaps?

TDD

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Mike Barnes wrote:

The best one I've seen lately was boasting "Everything from a pound!".
Methinks they Just Don't Get It.

How long do you have to 'pound' them?


--
Lead free solder is Belgium's version of 'Hold my beer and watch this!'

 

[Bernard Peek]

On 25/03/10 09:57, Dave Saville wrote:

On Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:11:13 UTC, The Daring Dufas
the-daring-dufas@peckerhead.net> wrote:

Bernard Peek wrote:
On 23/03/10 14:35, TMC wrote:

"Esco"<invalid@nospaml.com> wrote in message
news:Xns9D449240A9D945D4AM2@newsfarm.ams2.highwinds-media.com...
Where can I get a battery alarm clock which has hands that can be
read in
the dark?

Argos œ2.50


Extravagant! I'd check Poundland first.



OH MY GOD! The British have their version of our Dollar Store.


Actually we go one better - 99p stores

In one high street I've seen a Poundland, a 99, a 98 and a 97p shop.
There are at least three other chains that follow similar themes.


--
Bernard Peek
bap@shrdlu.com