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nigelb
Red Arrows
Posts: 5039 Joined: 11 Apr 2005, 17:19Location: Herndon, Virginia, USA
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by nigelb 20 Oct 2014, 02:12
Airspeed wrote: 511Flyer wrote: It's 3 mins late for me. Seriously though, how does one know whether it's 5.08 or 17.08? I can't figure it out from the clock face.
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Best way to tell is that at 6am, you're still getting over last night's drinking, and at 6pm, you're ready to do it all again!
Hey, that works for me! Great job on the clock, Mike!
Nigel²
FlyTexas
Red Arrows
Posts: 7151 Joined: 26 Jun 2004, 10:18Location: Texas
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by FlyTexas 20 Oct 2014, 08:16
Well this has been an entertaining thread so far.
Did anyone
else have to read the subject line twice, just to make sure they read it correctly?
Brian
dfarrow
Vulcan
Posts: 451 Joined: 16 May 2005, 13:01Location: N Dorset
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by dfarrow 20 Oct 2014, 09:08
If you've ever seen one of these ..it's a tad confusing .... 'specially after '' Beer 'o clock '' .
rgds dave f.
511Flyer
Vintage Pair
Posts: 2217 Joined: 24 Jun 2007, 10:13Location: Surrey
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by 511Flyer 20 Oct 2014, 09:42
Roman numerals are bad enough, but when they are so close together, and printed upside down!!
I guess the guy with the wristwatch wasn't strapped for time.
Airspeed
The Reds & Concorde
Posts: 10372 Joined: 14 Sep 2011, 03:46Location: Central Victorian Highlands, Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Australia
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by Airspeed 20 Oct 2014, 09:59
dfarrow wrote: If you've ever seen one of these ..it's a tad confusing .... 'specially after '' Beer 'o clock '' .
rgds dave f.
Holy cow, Dave! I'm not buying one of those!
How the dickens are we supposed to teach the grandsons "anti-clockwise" to undo lids, screws, etc. now?
Paul K
Red Arrows
Posts: 7835 Joined: 12 Jun 2005, 16:41Location: Norfolk UK
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by Paul K 20 Oct 2014, 17:12
FlyTexas wrote: Did anyone else have to read the subject line twice, just to make sure they read it correctly?
Brian, I can't imagine what you might mean. It seems perfectly straightforward to me - an enormous clock with two hands on it.
dfarrow
Vulcan
Posts: 451 Joined: 16 May 2005, 13:01Location: N Dorset
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by dfarrow 21 Oct 2014, 11:38
Mike , now you have got me worried ....grandkids ..... ! Hope not just yet . 'T Boi is only 20 and we're enjoying him gone !
airboatr
Red Arrows
Posts: 6839 Joined: 25 Oct 2007, 07:17
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by airboatr 21 Oct 2014, 22:25
I'm thinking of getting one of those
backard running clocks to help me unwind .....
Airspeed
The Reds & Concorde
Posts: 10372 Joined: 14 Sep 2011, 03:46Location: Central Victorian Highlands, Dja Dja Wurrung Country, Australia
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by Airspeed 22 Oct 2014, 04:49
Take it easy, Joe, you don't want to get completely unraveled like someone I know.
airboatr
Red Arrows
Posts: 6839 Joined: 25 Oct 2007, 07:17
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by airboatr 22 Oct 2014, 05:05
oh I hope is isn't someone's mummy
btw,nice ...
T I m e _ p i e c e .. you have there.
Did anyone else have to read the subject line twice, just to make sure they read it correctly? 
