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Duncan Snowden

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Jan 1, 2010, 8:23:20 AM1/1/10
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You know what? I think as I get older I hate New Year even more. I
didn't think that was possible.

Anyway, have a good one, folks.

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spi...@freenet.co.uk

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Jan 1, 2010, 9:25:37 AM1/1/10
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And verily, didst Duncan Snowden <d...@ukonline.co.uk> hastily babble thusly:

> You know what? I think as I get older I hate New Year even more. I
> didn't think that was possible.

You grumpy old man you...
Totally agree btw :)
(did you see grumpy old new year?)

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jt august

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Jan 1, 2010, 12:33:43 PM1/1/10
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In article <hhkt0j$c3o$1...@speranza.aioe.org>,
Duncan Snowden <d...@ukonline.co.uk> wrote:

> You know what? I think as I get older I hate New Year even more. I
> didn't think that was possible.
>
> Anyway, have a good one, folks.

For me, it isn't such about a new year, just another day.

What is time, anyway? We have:

Day time
night time
full time
part time
double time
time and a half
time in
time out
lunch time
dinner time
break time
Miller time
daylight savings time
a time to be born
a time to die
a time to plant
a time to reap
a time to kill
a time to heal
a time to laugh
a time to weep*
time to pretend**
Time, flowing like a river***
My girl likes to party all the time�
I have a message from another time��
Does anybody really know what time it is? ���

Time is an illusion, lunchtime, doubly so.�

jt

* Turn Turn Turn by the Byrds
** Time to Pretend by MGMT
*** Time by Alan Parsons
� Party All the Time by Eddie Murphy
�� Prologue by ELO from the album Time
��� Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is by The Chicago Transit
Authority (nee Chicago) from their self titled debut album
� Ford Prefect, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

spi...@freenet.co.uk

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Jan 1, 2010, 1:12:48 PM1/1/10
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And verily, didst jt august <star...@sbcglobal.net> hastily babble thusly:
> Does anybody really know what time it is? ᅵᅵᅵ

Simple, it's that property of the universe that stops everything from
happening all at once.

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John Elliott

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Jan 1, 2010, 6:51:55 PM1/1/10
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Sinclair PC200 512k (V1.5) on 1 January 2010
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: What is time, anyway?

DINNER TIME.

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Brian Gaff

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Jan 2, 2010, 2:36:57 AM1/2/10
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I agree as well. The thing is it should be at the equinoxes, not when it is.
Christmas is quite clearly a hijacked pagan festival date as well.

New year has very little going for it, as I listened to the top 2000 on
Nederland 2 the other night, I realised how absurd using days for things
was. After all it was midnight there, an hour before it was here, so you had
to suffer two new years an hour apart!
I suppose if I'd been really masochistic, I could have started with New
Zealand stations and had a constant new year for most of the day!

Brian

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Brian Gaff

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Jan 2, 2010, 2:39:55 AM1/2/10
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Time Lords
Do away with Time by David Gates?
Time after Time by Frank Sinatra
Yes I know the completely different song as well...

Its all to do with Entropy you know.
Brian

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"jt august" <star...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Time is an illusion, lunchtime, doubly so.f


>
> jt
>
> * Turn Turn Turn by the Byrds
> ** Time to Pretend by MGMT
> *** Time by Alan Parsons
> � Party All the Time by Eddie Murphy
> �� Prologue by ELO from the album Time
> ��� Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is by The Chicago Transit
> Authority (nee Chicago) from their self titled debut album

> f Ford Prefect, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams


Brian Gaff

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Jan 2, 2010, 2:41:36 AM1/2/10
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Ah, this is a unique concept not quite grasped by Microsoft when they boot
up windows. They try to load all the bits at the same time... there is that
word again.

Today is yesterdays tomorrow.

Brian

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> And verily, didst jt august <star...@sbcglobal.net> hastily babble
> thusly:

>> Does anybody really know what time it is? ���

OwenBot

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Jan 3, 2010, 8:45:19 AM1/3/10
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Bring on the ARM netbooks! Happy New Era!

Daniel Mandic

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Jan 4, 2010, 5:55:17 PM1/4/10
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spi...@freenet.co.uk wrote:

> Simple, it's that property of the universe that stops everything from
> happening all at once.

Thanks. Wonderful... beyond the compass of the human mind.


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Bohus Kral

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Jan 5, 2010, 11:52:12 PM1/5/10
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"Brian Gaff" <bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote

> I suppose if I'd been really masochistic, I could have started with New
> Zealand stations and had a constant new year for most of the day!

Nice thought :)

B
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