From: Steve Shapiro (sgshiya@redshift.com)
Date: 07/27/01-11:02:20 AM Z
Interesting alternative (note application to list rule, here) was a grammer
school principle who invented a 14 hour clock. It was set to run the same
time, faster second hand, but two extra numbers on the clock face and gave
the kids a longer day, shorter school day. (Yeah, right!) In thought,
anyway.
S. Shapiro
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon J. Holtslander" <holtsg@duke.usask.ca>
To: <alt-photo-process-l@skyway.usask.ca>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 8:58 AM
Subject: Re: metric units
> I remember when the metric system was introduced in Canada.
>
> One of our local radio stations decided to do a practical joke, must have
> been on april 1st. - they said that the following month the whole country
> had to convert to metric time. There was to be only 10 hours in a day.
>
> They went on to say that the goverenment was going to set up centers where
> people could exchange their old clocks for new clocks, but that only
> digital ones would be available.
>
> The really funny this was lots of people believed them! They had people
> phoning in all day saying either they thought it was a terrible idea, and
> even a few saying what a good idea it was.
>
> Being a kid I was trying to figure out, if this was real, whether or not
> this meant I would be able to stay up later.
>
> Gord
>
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