@#$%&*???!!!

For the first time in several years, I have let my fingernails grow. They are at this point about a quarter-inch long. This includes the thumbnails, which in the past I have used to turn screws.

Of course, I am now attempting to insert batteries into a desk clock which can only be opened by someone with thumbs like flat-top pistons. It's one of those "press down these two buttons on opposite sides of the base and twist the whole thing ccw" arrangements. I don't see how I'm going to accomplish this without cutting my nails.

I think I know why this clock was on sale.

FWIW, Levengers has a sale on atomic alarm/desk clocks. Including the one I'm currently trying to open. Don't buy that one unless you possess thumbs as described above.

@#$%&*???!!!

For the first time in several years, I have let my fingernails grow. They are at this point about a quarter-inch long. This includes the thumbnails, which in the past I have used to turn screws.

Of course, I am now attempting to insert batteries into a desk clock which can only be opened by someone with thumbs like flat-top pistons. It's one of those "press down these two buttons on opposite sides of the base and twist the whole thing ccw" arrangements. I don't see how I'm going to accomplish this without cutting my nails.

I think I know why this clock was on sale.

FWIW, Levengers has a sale on atomic alarm/desk clocks. Including the one I'm currently trying to open. Don't buy that one unless you possess thumbs as described above.