Last Saturday we discussed GMT. As with the blind men describing the elephant, we each had something different to contribute. Cf. Wikipedia for a nice overview. In the meantime, how about some words about TIME. Does it exist?
February 22, 2007, 15:53
Duncan Howell
It existed in the past and probably will in the future, but I found it too liberal and too expensive and I let my subscription expire. This message has been edited. Last edited by: Duncan Howell,
February 23, 2007, 01:11
Richard English
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It existed in the past and probably will in the future, but I found it too liberal and too expensive and I let my subscription expire.
I have subscribed for some years. The secret of getting a fair-priced subscription is simply to avoid renewing until the very last minute. The good folks at Time will keep offering you better and better deals until you finally give in!
I can't say I find it especially liberal - although it has carried articles that criticise the present administration - but then there are plenty of others around who do that as well.
Richard English
February 23, 2007, 05:31
BobHale
The reply I posted yesterday seems to have been lost in a time warp...
It was
Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so. (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
February 23, 2007, 05:38
wordmatic
Time is a blur, and the older you get, the faster it goes.
Wordmatic
February 23, 2007, 06:13
jerry thomas
Time is Nature's way of preventing everything from happening at once. ===== Anon.
February 23, 2007, 07:29
zmježd
quid est ergo tempus? si nemo ex me quærat, scio; si quærenti explicare uelim, nescio.
"What then is time? If no one asks me, I know: if I wish to explain it to one that asketh, I know not."
Confessiones Sancti Augustini XI:xiv.
—Ceci n'est pas un seing.
February 23, 2007, 20:32
Kalleh
Reminds me of the Chicago lyrics:
Does anybody really know what time it is Does anybody really care If so I cant imagine why Weve all got time enough to cry
February 24, 2007, 01:57
Richard English
I listened to a programme on BBC Radio 4 last night about Louis Armstrong, and that made me feel very old. I remember very clearly seeing him live at the Hammersmith Palais. This little, round man who came onto the stage and raised his trumpet to his lips - and that incredible, golden sound filled the auditorium.
But that was over forty years ago ;-(
Richard English
February 24, 2007, 07:57
zmježd
round man who came onto the stage and raised his trumpet to his lips
Did Armstrong only play the trumpet that night, or did he also play the cornet?
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