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Radio controlled alarm clock, Central European Time and snow!

This morning, for the first time since we’re living in London, my radio controlled alarm clock has decided that was time to catch the radio signal. Normally I would have been happy to have the clock with the correct time, unfortunately the model I own is the one I have been given in Italy…

The London Old Bailey under the snowI don’t know if the settings were not correct or if that specific model is able to connect only to the central european signal in Germany, the fact is that this morning I felt really tired when I woke up.

London was (and remains) under a good snowing, and the strange silence you can experience when the world became white covered, was quite unfamiliar. I didn’t noticed that my mobile phone didn’t ring with its own alarm. Only few minutes later, when Fabiana noted that it was quite dark outside, I realized what happened: it was 7:15 indeed, but linked on the CET, not the GMT! So, once dressed and ready to drink the coffee, it would have been useless to return to sleep for thirty minutes or so. It has been a good thing, however, mainly because the snow has caused a lot of delays on the railways and the tube, so being in the station a quarter of hour earlier than usual has been a ticket to get into central London on time.

So… Winter is here, again, and the weather forcast for today are for 10-15 centimeters of snow in a lot of areas near London. :D

Have a nice, snowy day! 


3 Comments

Let me give you only a piece of advice: remember, this night, to change the time before coming bed :P

Posted by Biagio on 8 February 2007 @ 10am

Hello Biagio!
I will remember indeed… the only problem is that the radio connection is still very strong, therefore even if I change it, it would probably return to the CET at the speed of light (yesterday night it was on GMT…)
I fear that I have only two options:
1. leave the time to CET and set the alarm accordingly
2. buy a normal alarm clock

:D

(Well, Fabiana has her own alarm clock, I have my cellphone, but they are not enough for my “light sleep”… ok, really… bombs would not be enough either…)

Posted by Carlo on 8 February 2007 @ 10am

Well, at least the alarm clock is not SO stupid: the radio receiver can be disabled!
For “Those” who told me that they are not able to receive the signal, I may suggest to try holding some buttons for some seconds… at least as long as the icon (a small triangle) will appear on the screen…

HA HA HA!!!

Tomorrow we’ll be able to sleep as long as we were supposed to do today! :D

Posted by Carlo on 9 February 2007 @ 12am

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