re: Riddle: What can a clock with hands tell you that a digital one cannot?

They don't bury the survivors.

Exactly what time the power went out, to the second

I already stated, see my edited post. How long the power was out (assuming less than 12 hours)

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I don't know what you want

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I want you to suffer for a long time then quit posting

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What time the power went out

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Morbid, but true, story...

We used this technique to determine the date of my fathers death.

He always wore a self-winding watch, which would stop after a few days of inactivity. He had an in home accident leading to his death a few years back, and was found a few days after he had died. They had logged the time and date on the watch before they removed it from his arm.

We "wound" the watch back up and left it sitting to see how long it took to stop...it told us he had been dead for 3 days.

We talked about power restoration.

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I want you to suffer for a long time then quit posting

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Clocks with hands tell you how long power was off!

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unless you were out of town and the power was off for 12 hours

Good point. But you would have lack of clarity on either clock for that, so it doesn't matter.

Roosters don't lay eggs.