I hope all this doesn't mean I have to get up before the crack of noon..
He walked down the dusty street at 12:00 AM, or was it 12:00 PM. No wait, it was high noon. Slowly and carefully he inserted a clip in his Glock service revolver and released the safety.....
Last edited by Castaway; 06-27-2020 at 07:53 AM.
I learned how to us the 24 hour clock I was in the US Navy Sea Cadets at 13 years old. When I joined the Navy I had no problems with it on day one in boot camp. I still have no problem with it. My wife still can not figure the 24 hour clock even though as a nurse she had to use it. Now she asks me to decipher it for her. Never had a worry about what Midnight and Noon is. Time Zones across the country/world are a different story, but when traveling my Cell Phone clock uses Location to correct for time zone changes.
As a young USMC issue Sergeant, 9,000 miles away from home:
I turned over the duty log to the SgtMaj one morning after having Duty NCO-
One of my entries was ' 2400. Toured the barracks, all secure'.
I was informed, as only well decorated Sergeant Majors can, that there is no 2400.
What we know as 'mid-night' is in fact 0000. Ten minutes after that is 0010, and so on.
In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
One minute after midnight the clock should read 00:01.
Two minutes after midnight the clock should read 00:02.
and so on.
Fifty nine minutes after midnight the clock should read 00:59.
one minute after that it would be 1:00.
At mid-day the clock should read 12:00.
KISS
Political correctness is a national suicide pact.
I am a sovereign individual, accountable
only to God and my own conscience.
The origin of the reason the SMAJ said there was no 0000 relates to the original post. Messages should not refer to 0000 or even 2400 to avoid confusion; i.e., if an event is scheduled for 0000, the 4th of July, it could easily be confused with a resultant error of 24 hours. To avoid confusion, schedule events at 2359, 3 July or 0001, 4 July. To those that quibble over such mundane matters, let me suggest they call in arty or an air strike on a position they occupy with a potential error of 24 hours.
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Clock whats this clock nonsense i look at the angle of the sun or the relation of the constellations in relation to polaris clocks pfff
Those who would trade freedom for safety deserves neither and will lose both
sheesh! somebody has too much time on their hands- go cast some bullets!
Loren
(whiny voice) Im out of lead
Those who would trade freedom for safety deserves neither and will lose both
There’s a reason for that, it’s very hot. People do most of their business once the sun goes down. So it makes sense there to not want more sunlight at the end of the day.
Where I live most people want it permanently pushed forward. We want daylight when get home from work in the winter. Light later in the day is more beneficial for those living in northern latitudes.
I laugh, twice a year, at the people that complain about the time change. It is what it is and you make due. Arizona not changing their time screws up my red eye flights back during the winter. End up getting back later because of it. But it what it is and I make due.
And of course there is the main question, does time exist or is it a human construct? That’s more impotent then midnight and noon
My folks just went on with their work until the ******* (donkey)brayed, then went to dinner, yes, dinner and the *******(donkey) knew what time it was. The evening meal was supper. They didn't need clocks. My uncle would look up in the sky and say" It's 3 oclock, we need to hurry up if we are going to get done before supper time. They got up when the rooster crowed, worked hard all day went to bed when it got dark. Not too much complication there. HuH LOL
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If you want something else to be annoyed about, look at time zones as apposed to the longitude they are supposed to relate to. They are all shifted so the sun rises and sets later than it should and high noon is around 11-11:30 for the majority of the time zone.
Image shamelessly stolen from Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone
quando omni flunkus moritati
In school: We learn lessons, and are given tests.
In life: We are given tests, and learn lessons.
OK People. Enough of this idle chit-chat.
This ain't your Grandma's sewing circle.
EVERYONE!
Back to your oars. The Captain wants to waterski.
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