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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Daily warning required.
Date: 29 Aug 2015 22:23:58 GMT
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On 2015-08-29, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2015-08-29 18:08, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2015-08-29, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>> In article <290820150750572879%michelle@michelle.org>, Michelle Steiner
>>> <michelle@michelle.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> why would anyone do all that when it's a helluva lot easier to simply
>>>>> download and use an alarm clock app that's designed exactly for setting
>>>>> alarms.
>>>>
>>>> Why download an app when Calendar is already there?
>>>
>>> because calendar is overkill for a simple alarm.
>>
>> That depends on your perspective and use case. I have used the calendar
>> to creat repeating alarms because it was more suitable for the situation
>> than reminders.
>
> Calendar is most suitable for events that require a reserved slice of 
> time.  (eg: Meetings).
>
> Reminders is more suitable for things that are punctual or punch list 
> items.
>
> In that light I'd recommend Reminders rather than Calendar for the OP.

Yep, same here. 

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