I hate the clocks in Tenerife

Fast clocks in Tenerife

@Asylum (47893)

Manchester, England

January 12, 2017 1:24pm CST

Tenerife, as with all the Canary Islands, is a great place to visit. The weather is excellent and the scenery is also very good, but there is one fault with Tenerife, the clocks. Back in England we have 60 seconds to a minute, 60 minutes to an hour and 24 hours in a day. The Canary Islands claim to use the same system, but the clocks appear to be running much quicker. This shortens the minutes and hours and the days seem to pass by too quickly. The next time that I come here I will a British clock with me, although I cannot be sure that the dreaded Tenerife Time Demon will not take control of it.

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@moffittjc (118442)

• Gainesville, Florida

12 Jan 17

It happened to you too? I noticed the same thing when I was in the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean!

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 17

Did they live up to their name?

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@moffittjc (118442)

• Gainesville, Florida

12 Jan 17

@Asylum Absolutely not! I couldn't find a single virgin anywhere on the island!

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@moffittjc (118442)

• Gainesville, Florida

13 Jan 17

@Asylum Or, better yet, they should send each of us a virgin to keep!

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@LadyDuck (458091)

• Switzerland

16 Jan 17

The Tenerife Time Demon will surely take control of your clock and of your time Barry. As soon as you are back home you will notice that the time slows down again.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

17 Jan 17

@LadyDuck I arrived home just after 9 PM last night.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

16 Jan 17

Yes, I have been waiting at the railway station for a train to Manchester and the time is ticking away very slowly.

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@LadyDuck (458091)

• Switzerland

17 Jan 17

@Asylum I am not surprised, I hope you are safely home by now.

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@besweet (9862)

• Ireland

21 Jan 17

That's funny, every time I am having a great time the same thing happens to my clock as well!

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

21 Jan 17

This must be a conspiracy organised by those who hate us having a good time.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

21 Jan 17

@besweet Instead they seem to slow down in between such occasions. Very unfair.

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@besweet (9862)

• Ireland

21 Jan 17

@Asylum It sure is. In my opinion, the clocks should slow down a little bit when we are happy. Just to give us some more enjoyment time.

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@Drosophila (16573)

• Ireland

13 Jan 17

That's interesting, I wonder if you compared the local clock with a program like "time dates". I've noticed the clocks in Ireland actually run 1.5min slower than what's listed

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 17

I would have expected that the Irish clocks would rotate anti clockwise.

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@Drosophila (16573)

• Ireland

13 Jan 17

@Asylum oh lol, I bet @pgntwo would beg to differ

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@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

13 Jan 17

@Drosophila The clock I wanted to share is not directly available on YouTube, the Tobar Giant Backwards Clock, on a commercial building in Beccles in England... But I did quite enjoy this video, and I'd bet our very own @TheHorse has most of the gear to make one... And in parts of Ireland, we don't need a clock to tell us we've stepped back in time...

LED Edge Lit Backwards Clock Build

A timeline of the build process of Backwards Clock project. The clock actually runs in reverse. The clock makes a great conversation piece. Tools used: Epilo...

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@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

12 Jan 17

Ah. Time flies when you're having fun... Like the wind, too.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 17

I do not consider the wind to be much fun.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 17

@pgntwo I was not aware that bananas could fly.

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@pgntwo (22408)

• Derry, Northern Ireland

12 Jan 17

@Asylum No. I meant time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana.

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@Meramar (2695)

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12 Jan 17

It's a small problem which might have a solution. Why don't you move over and start to live on Tenerife?

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 17

My next door neighbour spends a lot of time here. He is going home on Friday after a 5 week visit.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 17

@Meramar I am in Puerto del la Cruz. I visited the South last time, so decided to try the North for a change.

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@Meramar (2695)

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12 Jan 17

@Asylum A five week visit is great, he surely didn't worry about clocks here. Where exactly did you stay on Tenerife?

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@mysdianait (66009)

• Italy

12 Jan 17

Is there any reason why you only went for a week instead of longer?

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 17

Yes, I was stupid.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 17

@mysdianait In that case I should be a genius by now.

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@mysdianait (66009)

• Italy

13 Jan 17

We learn from our mistakes

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@rebelann (111180)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Jan 17

I suppose this means your holiday is almost over, so sorry.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 17

I am here until Monday, but the past 3 days disappeared rapidly. I will have to stop enjoying myself then maybe the clocks will slow down.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 17

@rebelann It would certainly be more practical.

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@rebelann (111180)

• El Paso, Texas

12 Jan 17

Well at least you'll have memories to dwell upon @Asylum maybe next time you can book a 3 week stay.

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@BelleStarr (61047)

• United States

21 Jan 17

I have noticed that Florida has the same issue, I think it has to do with warm weather and sunshine!!! lol

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

21 Jan 17

That was probably the issue with Tenerife as well.

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@Beatburn (4287)

• Philippines

24 Jan 17

They should ban clocks in such wonderful places.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

24 Jan 17

Or at least pass a law enforcing a more realistic speed.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

24 Jan 17

@Beatburn Some days it almost runs in reverse.

@Beatburn (4287)

• Philippines

24 Jan 17

@Asylum I wish the opposite happens when I'm at work. Sometimes I sense time stops.

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@Inlemay (17714)

• South Africa

13 Jan 17

Oh I can so relate to the clocks being fast when one is having fun - dont watch the clocks Barry go defy them!!

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 17

I have tried but they still do not slow down.

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@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

13 Jan 17

Always does when you are on holiday. Even with 25 hour days on our last holiday it went to fast!

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 17

Your comment has reminded me of the time that I booked a holiday, then realised later that I would be away when the clocks went forward. I was horrified to find myself with a 23 hour day.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 17

@garymarsh6 I had some strange time changes in Russia. I amended my watch when I arrived in Moscow. I then flew to Bratsk in Siberia and changed it again. The following day the clocks went back 1 hour.

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@garymarsh6 (23393)

• United Kingdom

13 Jan 17

@Asylum We left on 29th October. Put our clocks forward an hour when we landed in Palma then back before we went to bed then for the next five days back an hour each night ! Quite confusing!

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The Invisible Man

@TheInvisibleMan (17603)

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12 Jan 17

It seems a good place to visit.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 17

It certainly is, but I need to come for a longer visit next time.

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The Invisible Man

@TheInvisibleMan (17603)

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12 Jan 17

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• Manila, Philippines

21 Jan 17

probably you are lost in the beauty of the place, makes time run faster

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

21 Jan 17

Yes, but it still seems unfair.

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@arthurchappell (45002)

• Preston, England

12 Jan 17

you could always push the hours back three hours each day manually but it could mean you miss your flight home

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 17

I should have come here when the clocks were due to go back 1 hour. That way I may have had 1 reasonable day.

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@DWDavis (25812)

• Pikeville, North Carolina

13 Jan 17

I think the Time Demon of which you write strikes in many of the world's best places to visit. I know when we visit the mountains the little dickens toys with the clocks there.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 17

Yes, I have heard that the Clock Gremlins lurk around the mountains.

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

12 Jan 17

Next time why don't you take two weeks?

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

12 Jan 17

That would seem the only solution.

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@MarshaMusselman (38657)

• Midland, Michigan

13 Jan 17

I never trust the clocks when I'm away and always take something of my own. Have the clocks there messed with your wristwatch too, or do you not sport one of those?

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 17

I have not worn a wrist watch for a long time because I always use my mobile these days. Unfortunately my mobile connects to the local network and therefore uses Tenerife time.

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@DianneN (246849)

• United States

12 Jan 17

Time passes quickly when you're having fun!

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 17

This is true, but it is not fair.

@JudyEv (325793)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 Jan 17

Oh dear, that is of great concern. If your week is shortened you should demand some of your money back.

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@Asylum (47893)

• Manchester, England

13 Jan 17

It does explain why the trip was so cheap.

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