No, she let us on. She wasn’t even rude or anything, just stoopid.
I think one of those was used in “The Odd Couple” when Felix redecorated the apartment.
Hogwash was making a little joke about October 43rd. Everyone on this board knows that there is no such thing as “October.”
Well, all the bus timetables here are am/pm style. Presumably that’s how the bus system is managed overall. So clearly drivers who don’t know/don’t care about the 24 hour clock can do their jobs efficiently and their lack of knowledge isn’t an “inability in the job”. Perhaps it’s the same in Portland.
Y’know, this gives me an idea - the next time someone points at their wrist and asks me “do you know what time it is”, instead of saying “Yes.” I’m gonna use .mil time. (I’ve had my coffee, just feeling snarky t’day I guess.)
Yes, it’s Hexidecimalember.
When people ask me, “Do you know what time it is?” I just tell them “yes” and leave it at that. They didn’t ask me what the time was, based on how they phrased their question, they just wanted to know if I happen to know what the time is.
We are all interested in the future for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember, my friend, future events such as these will affect you…in the future.
When anyone asks me if I know what time it is, I tell them 25 or 6 to four.
Ignorant apelike thug: “Hey you! What time is it?”
Doper (smirking): “Time you got a watch!”
Smack!
Doper: “Please Sir, it’s 21.04.”
Smack!
Doper: “I mean, it’s 9.04 pm.”
Wouldn’t it have been 0504 Zulu? Or doesn’t the military use GMT any more?
There’s also Decimal Time, introduced during the French Revolution at the same time as the French Republican Calendar.
Happy 29 Nivôse[sup]*[/sup], everybody! Go and find a mercury thermometer to hug!
[[sup]*[/sup]I think that today could alternatively be 27 Nivôse (lead) or 28 Nivôse (zinc).]
But, but… your not in Chicago.
My Wife gave me a new watch for christmas. It had a third hand you could set to another timezone in .mil time. It was fine 'cept for two things. I really don’t need to know what time it is in another time zone, I don’t know anyone overseas.
And, the hand for the 24 hour time was just a little bit shorter than the regular hour hand. Same style too. You always had to do a double take. I ended up exchanging it.
Sure, if you want to mack on the grannies. The young, nubile set requires something more like:
int h = Clock->hour();
if (h > 12) { return h%12; }
If they look confused, tell them you’ll “text” them the full source. Then wink and give them the double finger guns. Smooth!
Yeah, but does anybody ever really know what time it is? Does anybody really care?
Only once every five years - leap year and all.
More like:
h=clock.hour()
return (h-1)%12+1
(h<12 (h-1)%12+1=h;
h=12 (h-1)%12+1=12;
h>12 (h-1)%12+1=h%12;
h=24 (h-1)%12+1=12)
Lousy Smarch weather…
Maybe it’s like this in every city, but Portland bus drivers are either total Nazis or total sweethearts. Not a lotta in-between.
I imagine several pittings could have come out of this snow storm…followed by a bunch of blank stares from people in the Midwest and Northeast 