     // Unix time starts on Jan 1 1970. In seconds, that's 2208988800:
     const unsigned long seventyYears = 2208988800UL;    
     // subtract seventy years:
-    epoch = secsSince1900 - seventyYears - (5 * 3600);                             
-
-
-
-  }
-  // wait ten seconds before asking for the time again
-  delay(10000);
+    epoch = secsSince1900 - seventyYears - (5 * 3600);
+
+  }
   return epoch;
 }
 

const int NTP_PACKET_SIZE= 48;              // NTP time stamp is in the first 48 bytes of the message
byte packetBuffer[ NTP_PACKET_SIZE];        //buffer to hold incoming and outgoing packets
EthernetUDP Udp;                            // A UDP instance to let us send and receive packets over UDP
unsigned long hoursSeconds;                 // Return variable for the get_Time function


// --------------- LCD Shield Variables ---------------

    lcd.print(currentTemp);
  }
  
  if ((millis() - timeDelay) < 10000) {
    hoursSeconds = get_time();
    timeDelay = millis();
  }
  
  lcd.setCursor(5, 1);
  // print the hour and minute:
