Clocks, shoe laces, number recognition, sense of direction

[NeilM]

I learned to tell time in the 1960s when there were no digitals only analogue. And I had a lot of trouble grasping it until I realized it was due to sloppiness on the part of the instructor.

They would use a dummy clock (one with only hands, no internal workings, or a hastily drawn circle on a chalkboard) and position the hands at a particular time and ask me what time is that? But in doing so, say for 8:30, they would point the minute hand at the 6 but point the hour hand straight at the 8. Eventually I realized that on an actual clock, at 8:30 the hour hand would be halfway between 8 and 9. And at 8:45, it would point almost to the 9, no even close to the 8. Furthermore, the dummy clocks too often were made with the hour and minute hands too close the same length. So it was hard, in the above example, to tell 8:30 from 6:40.

Once I was able to get away from clock mock-ups and only deal with real ones, I had no problems.

 

[Ronald Zeeman]

Do not feel bad I lost the ability to read a circula clockr for a few moths after the stroke. even drawing one was difficult.

 

[Suzette]

Do not feel bad I lost the ability to read a circula clockr for a few moths after the stroke. even drawing one was difficult.

You have my utmost respect!

Truly the digital age has made many of these things irrelevant. Digital clocks, talking clocks, gps (for positioning, compasses have always been good enough), Alexa, Siri and Cortana etc can help keep us moving forward and on time!

I do find it fascinating, at 54, to suddenly be able to shed a sense of shame over these minor things.

 

[Gracey]

I see the clock face as a picture.
There could be angles involved or fractions.
Even with Roman numerals, 24hr or single marked dots or lines.(no numbers)

However the face is divided and marked by the designer and manufacturer;
- they could design a clock showing North, East, South & West or birth sign symbols,
the worth of the units of measurement used for time on the clock face remain unchanged

If I were to say it's 'Sou Westerly to East when telling the time,
Would it be just me that could see that as (approx) twenty to three?

Scorpio to Libra?

A digital clock? No so much. I can't see the picture of the numerical value as quickly

I suspect it's what I'm used to, also.
Growing up, nobody I knew had a fancy digital watch