12 hour clock vs 24 hour clock

[Hydra009]

One day, I had to work from 3pm till midnight.  I was told to work the next day from 7 to 12.  I showed up at 7pm only to get fussed out for being 12 hours late.  So yeah, 24-hour clock for me.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Then there's Calvin:

Wingman: Enemy Fighters at 3 o'clock!

Calvin: So we've got about 45 minutes?

[Cavebear]

Then there's Calvin:

Wingman: Enemy Fighters at 3 o'clock!

Calvin: So we've got about 45 minutes?

Was that after his airplane cockpit was glued shut?  Afficianado...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Was that after his airplane cockpit was glued shut?  Afficianado...

I think Mrs. Wormwood did that?

[Cavebear]

I think Mrs. Wormwood did that?

No, Calvin got glue everywhere.  I have a stack of Calvin and Dilbert books at my bedside and I alternate reading them before I turn in.  I think I saw the airplane disaster just last week.

[SGOS]

Thanks for this discovery. I did never knew the existence of this weird clock system even if I'm French.

Metric navigation based on a 100 degree circle, with each degree divided into millidegrees.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

No, Calvin got glue everywhere.  I have a stack of Calvin and Dilbert books at my bedside and I alternate reading them before I turn in.  I think I saw the airplane disaster just last week.

I was implying that Mrs. Wormwood would happily lock Calvin up so he didn't disrupt her class.

[Cavebear]

I was implying that Mrs. Wormwood would happily lock Calvin up so he didn't disrupt her class.

Oh well, a Ms Wormwood fan like you would probably claim anything.  Unlike a certain boy and tiger.  You probably like Rosalyn too.  ;)

Which do you like better, the dadisms or snow sculptures?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Oh well, a Ms Wormwood fan like you would probably claim anything.  Unlike a certain boy and tiger.  You probably like Rosalyn too.  ;)

Which do you like better, the dadisms or snow sculptures?

I liked the snow barrier he built across the drive-way. Dad should have run with it and called in snow-bound that day.

[Cavebear]

I liked the snow barrier he built across the drive-way. Dad should have run with it and called in snow-bound that day.

Calvin WAS a MASTER with snow...

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Calvin WAS a MASTER with snow...

The butchered snowmen was a classic.

[Cavebear]

The butchered snowmen was a classic.

There were so many.  The snow goons who multiplied, the snow goons who picketed Dad near the driveway, the hanged snowman, the cannon-shot snowman, the iced backyard, the snow snake eating Calvin, etc...

[trdsf]

Lemme just add that 24 hour clocks mean no more suffering one of my particular linguistic pet peeves, "eight a.m. in the morning".  Yes, you said a.m., I assumed that meant in the morning, you're not talking about eight p.m. in the morning!

[The Skeletal Atheist]

24 is the most logical. I haven't internalized it yet and still have to do some mental math to convert, but holy shit why are we still using the 12 hour system? Same deal really, but why are we still using the imperial system for measurements in the US?

[Baruch]

24 is the most logical. I haven't internalized it yet and still have to do some mental math to convert, but holy shit why are we still using the 12 hour system? Same deal really, but why are we still using the imperial system for measurements in the US?

12 or 24, it is all related to Babylonian sexegismal.  Metric was invented by France .. enough said ;-)