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Kinross Man Still Winds Every Clock in the House Manually the Night Before the Change
'Phones cheat,' he says. 'A clock should earn its hour.'
Mantelpiece clocks, about to go back. Photo: Jorge Royan, “Vienna - Vintage Table or Mantel Clock - 0554”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
KINROSS — For twenty-three years, Tam Hogg has stayed up on clock-change eve to wind every analogue clock in his house the “honest” way, refusing to let phones “steal the ritual”.
“Sunday at 2am I’ll be there,” he said. “Tea, screwdriver, dignity.”
His wife confirms the microwave has been wrong since 2019 and is “not part of the ceremony”.
The real story: Satire on clocks going back
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