tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post6189618868935263769..comments2024-03-28T11:54:53.075+00:00Comments on Adullamite: What Time is it...?Adullamitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-10592349726019933492016-01-29T08:25:01.778+00:002016-01-29T08:25:01.778+00:00Fly, :) :)Fly, :) :)Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-9938579852265961682016-01-29T02:09:49.026+00:002016-01-29T02:09:49.026+00:00Super! Bring back sherry drinking matrons!Super! Bring back sherry drinking matrons!the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-27426831713017934422016-01-28T17:35:58.702+00:002016-01-28T17:35:58.702+00:00Fly, At the hospital at midnight I manned the smal...Fly, At the hospital at midnight I manned the small switchboard. A call came from the matrons flat where she and her holiday replacement had been drinking sherry.<br />"What time is it?" <br />"Just after 12" I said.<br />A grumpy voice asked "Midday or midnight?"<br />"er Midnight"<br />"Thank you."<br />Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-28230969462109767542016-01-28T00:50:05.428+00:002016-01-28T00:50:05.428+00:00Your title reminded me of a visit to Fort William....Your title reminded me of a visit to Fort William...<br />A gentleman who clearly had drink taken emerged from a hotel and enquired of me<br />'Whit time is it?'<br />'Three o'clock'.<br />He circled unsteadily and then enquired<br />'An' whit day is it?"the fly in the webhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04563871975125538755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-14615090983054621472016-01-27T18:27:18.484+00:002016-01-27T18:27:18.484+00:00Lee, We are not as rich as Aussies.
Jerry, Ancien...Lee, We are not as rich as Aussies.<br /><br />Jerry, Ancient tradition is alive and well here.<br /><br />Soub, Yes I thought about mentioning the map but couldn't be bothered...Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-16372273227521868722016-01-27T05:43:55.160+00:002016-01-27T05:43:55.160+00:00Most interesting, Mr Adullamite. As for Lee's ...Most interesting, Mr Adullamite. As for Lee's question, watches and other devices still need to be sychronised. As in, if you had a watch, how could you be sure it was right? Well, quite simply, you could not. <br />In 1761, John Harrison, a clockmaker from Yorkshire (not Scotland, of course), built the chronometer which would accurately keep time over years, no matter the temperature changes and attitude changes it would meet at sea. And in order to know exactly where you are on earth, you need to know some astronomy, and to know what time exactly it is at the Prime Meridian, which passes through Greenwich. <br />Other folk could set their home's watches and clocks and clepsydras by reference to the time ball, every day. But ships could not, until they returned home. <br />However, I think I can add to your story. Edinburgh Castle is some distance from the port of Leith. If you can see the ball drop at the observatory, all is well, and you can set your ship's chronometer. But if the day is cloudy, you must listen for the report of the gun. <br />Sound, though, travels slower than does light. So if you are moored against the quay in Leith's harbour, you must allow for the time the sound takes to reach you. For your convenience there is the Edinburgh Gun Sound Map, one of which my Uncle Tom had framed in his study. This has concentric circles inscribed around the gun, at varying distances. Each on annotated with the time delay at that range. Leith? Inner harbour, 11 seconds past one. <br />soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-32009742201910677212016-01-26T23:59:10.126+00:002016-01-26T23:59:10.126+00:00I did not know about this. Yes, there may no long...I did not know about this. Yes, there may no longer be a need for such, but it is good to honor traditions to keep ties to the past intact when there is no danger to the present.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16539163.post-21922639748092841412016-01-26T20:43:19.183+00:002016-01-26T20:43:19.183+00:00Living around there would've been a lot of fun...Living around there would've been a lot of fun...not! Ingenious solution to a a problem. Why didn't everyone just wear a watch??????Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.com