Analog clocks
sagehen
sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM
Sat Jan 13 17:36:30 UTC 2007
>How will the digital generation deal with the highly useful concept of
>"clockwise"? It's kind of awkward to say (and think) "Like the direction
>water circulates in a toilet bowl in the northern hemisphere."
>
>--Charlie
>
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Not to mention the "UFO coming in at 3 o'clock" (we're not talking time
tables here, folks).
I'm an analog clock devotee.. I've always regarded the design of the
clock face as one of the world's greatest achievements.
AM
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