Time is the fire in which we burn

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Time is the fire in which we burn

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An interesting article about how Greenwich Meantime came about on it's 125th anniversary.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8266883.stm
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I'm a bit offput by those keeping to 'local' time. Interesting article, there. Thanks. :)
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RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:I'm a bit offput by those keeping to 'local' time. Interesting article, there. Thanks. :)
Wouldn't have surprised me one little bit if it had been the French :)
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How many times are really important anyway? Dinnertime, sleeping time (most of the day if I had my way :wink: ), the time when you get paid, time to have sex. The rest of the day is malarkey methinks. :mrgreen:
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To quote the late, great Douglas Adams - "Time is an illusion - lunchtime doubly so."
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