Posted on 01/01/2012 5:28:56 PM PST by Libloather
"The Metric Leisure Week will be composed of three days. Yes, only three days. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday will become one day known as Mwensday or in decabet: Mwen. Thursday, Friday and Saturday will become Saturthurs, or in decabet: Turth. And Sunday, our traditional day of rest, will remain Sunday. Three days: Mwen, Turth and Sunday."
That’s not a baby step, but I love the idea. I loathe daylight savings time and always have. It has never made a lick of sense to me.
I read a book on Amelia Earhart awhile ago. Turns out they switched to Greenwich Mean Time after investigation of her loss. All of the time zones were different, and caused navigation problems. IIRC, she was to use radio ranging on the hour, and telegraph ranging on the half-hour. (Oh - and the switch on her plane between the two may have been confusing to her).
Turns out that an airplane was on the time from the last place it left. Howell Island (telegraph station) was on another time (but still an hour-increment difference). BUT - the navy ship they used for the radio, anchored just off of Howell Island, was on Hawaii time - which was a multiple of 1/2 hour off from the island!
Or something like that - but I know the ship and the island were at a 1/2 hour difference. Weird! (One of the theories is that while she was listening for telegraph, they were sending radio, and when she was listening for radio, they were sending telegraph).
And never able to lock in a position, she ran out of fuel while searching for Howell Island.
Hear hear! I second the motion.
Have they thought of setting a new record for playing a banjo with a cobra?
I think too, that she ran out of fuel.
If navy practice then was the same as amateur radio today, phone (AM) would be on one end of the band, and CW on another. If on the same frequency, any operator would have recognized the call.
Daniel 7:25
In many cultures the Vernal Equinox is the start of the new year. Which is actually a very natural and good idea for the northern hemisphere. But backwards for the southern. Whichever is chosen, the equinox or solstice makes the most sense to start the year off.
I haven’t seen you in a month of Sundays....
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