Kevin's Watch

Har-de-har!

Well, if one is going to invent a place... hang on, it's real, dammit! If you believe it's real, then it's real - it's real to me and that's all that matters.

IIRC, This supposed place called Australia has a supposed time zone that is Greenwich time plus eight and three quarters hours. And that's not even counting daylight savings time! It's like a Hogwarts Express Time Zone. No such place can really exist.

Nobody told me the clocks were going forward this weekend and I only found out just as I was about to enjoy a slice of toast and a morning cuppa in front of the computer. I was a half-hour late into the office. Fortunately, no one took any notice.

Now, on the subject of being treated like The Invisible Man ...

It could have its advantages...

--A

wayfriend wrote:IIRC, This supposed place called Australia has a supposed time zone that is Greenwich time plus eight and three quarters hours. And that's not even counting daylight savings time! It's like a Hogwarts Express Time Zone. No such place can really exist.

Just need eleven more...

I am obviously missing something here, but eleven more what?

sgt.null wrote:

wayfriend wrote:IIRC, This supposed place called Australia has a supposed time zone that is Greenwich time plus eight and three quarters hours. And that's not even counting daylight savings time! It's like a Hogwarts Express Time Zone. No such place can really exist.

Just need eleven more...

since I didn't know the number for the Hogwarts platform and had to look it up, I'm guessing sarge thought it was nineteen-and-three-quarters.
(I thought it was 15.)
....instead of 9-and-3/4.

This is partly me testing to see how well I've got sarge's thinking figured out...

I refuse to speculate. It only encourages him.

--A

Sorus wrote:I am obviously missing something here, but eleven more what?

disciples. it is an old saw, but it came to mind.

--A

Julie would not be happy with the reference.

and I'm sure it would be more Monty Python than New Testament for me.

Soon it will be time to grumble about daylight savings time in the other direction.

Yes, it will. And I just realized I'll gain the extra hour just in time to drive home from Columbus, OH, on Sunday.

We all know the old adage, "Time is money". Well, it's true, and the government is getting rich off stealing our money. They confiscate our hour, hold it for over seven months (no doubt accruing interest), and then they finally give it back, without interest. It might not seem like much, but after 48 years, skimming interest off of 300 million unsuspecting citizens....


In my opinion, it should be called Daylight Stealing Time.

But what does the government do with that time? Is it in a vault somewhere, or are they doing things off the clock? There's a story in there somewhere...

I like it.

Daylight Robbery.

--A

That's a good one, Av.

if there is extra time laying about, I need it.

Yeah, I like to spend my time laying about too.

--A

Grumble.