An interesting article about how Greenwich Meantime came about on it's 125th anniversary.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8266883.stm
Time is the fire in which we burn
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Time is the fire in which we burn
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Re: Time is the fire in which we burn
I'm a bit offput by those keeping to 'local' time. Interesting article, there. Thanks. 

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Re: Time is the fire in which we burn
Wouldn't have surprised me one little bit if it had been the FrenchRK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I'm a bit offput by those keeping to 'local' time. Interesting article, there. Thanks.

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and
the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to
know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is
to have succeeded.”
the affection of children...to leave the world a better place...to
know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is
to have succeeded.”
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Re: Time is the fire in which we burn
How many times are really important anyway? Dinnertime, sleeping time (most of the day if I had my way
), the time when you get paid, time to have sex. The rest of the day is malarkey methinks. 


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Re: Time is the fire in which we burn
To quote the late, great Douglas Adams - "Time is an illusion - lunchtime doubly so."
I can't stand nothing dull
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer
I got the high gloss luster
I'll massacre your ass as fast
as Bull offed Custer