Analog clocks

[Ed Keer]

Lefty loosie, righty tightie?

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----- Original Message ----
From: Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:50:51 AM
Subject: Analog clocks


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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