On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 11:25:31 -0800 (PST), professorpaul
wrote:


I turn mine backwards with no problems. Of course they are all battery
operated. In the old wind up days it may have been true. How did they
turn a sun dial backwards?

A large pipe wrench...

Okay, but what about an hour glass? Rotate left in Fall and right in
Spring?