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Is it Python past cheetah already?  When my son was young, we had a clock with animals rather than numbers around the dial at each hour, and we used to refer to times like tiger past zebra, rather than twenty past twelve. In retrospect, and in a more enlightened age, this must have been needlessly confusing - the telling of times as "animal past animal" or "animal to animal" is still something that we joke about, which goes to show just how much these things stick. It's bad enough having to teach that "4" is "twenty past" and "7" is "twenty five too", without having the beasts of the jungle coming into it. Not my image - so I'll provide a link to similar clocks that are for sale at Hawaiian Days - and to be fair, thes clocks are very much better as they show pretty illustrations to attract one to read the clock, rather than replacing each number by an animal! Image illustraing this article - from Project Gutenberg and under the license shown on that page. (written 2009-06-24, updated 2009-06-25) Associated topics are indexed as below, or enter http://melksh.am/nnnn for individual articles Z800 - Whimsy[24] Impossible terms - (2004-08-22) [39] A Change is as good as a rest - (2004-09-05) [44] Serious subject - (2004-09-10) [69] John Toner - (2004-10-01) [94] Special change - (2004-10-20) [151] Coffee Standards - (2004-12-14) [156] Signage - (2004-12-18) [300] Dentist's Waiting Room Syndrome - (2005-05-04) [331] 08:45 is a difficult time - (2005-05-31) [346] No Smoking Pubs - (2005-06-13) [395] Making Orangutangs - (2005-07-28) [520] Three life changing comments - (2005-12-07) [547] Taking the dog for a walk - (2005-12-29) [568] NB ''Aspiration'' - (2006-01-18) [610] Need a hankie - (2006-02-16) [661] Dressed up for a phone call - (2006-03-29) [689] The call of nature - (2006-04-18) [701] Minature Cyclists only - limited headroom - (2006-04-27) [758] Very good for woodlice - (2006-06-12) [761] Great new inventions - (2006-06-14) [784] Which way to turn? - (2006-06-28) [807] Telling large from small - (2006-07-18) [850] Lighter moments - (2006-08-31) [892] A pattern in change - (2006-10-12) [973] Too much used to Skype - (2006-12-08) [1075] I'm not the father - (2007-02-11) [1167] Leaning tower of Cheeser - (2007-04-28) [1171] Traffic light control for horses - (2007-05-01) [1241] If I say 'I am fine', what do I mean? - (2007-06-23) [1440] Useful command or messy screen? - (2007-11-21) [1604] M25 / South Mimms Service Area - (2008-04-07) [1662] Westonbirt Arboretum Postcode - (2008-05-31) [1886] Keys to friendless churches - (2008-11-15) [1952] Small Print - (2008-12-19) [1977] Going round the block - (2009-01-04) [1980] Michelle - (2009-01-06) [1988] Melksham, Wiltshire. Town Crier Competition, 2009 - (2009-01-11) [2009] The Royal Mail Receipt - (2009-01-26) [2028] Things people say on the phone - (2009-02-06) [2050] Why the Pony Tail? - (2009-02-21) [2089] The Longest Day - Wednesday, 28th September - (2009-03-18) [2108] Funny Amusing, Funny Amazing and The Smarts - (2009-03-29) [2127] Call in the professionals! - (2009-04-12) [2131] Patterns in street names - (2009-04-17) [2138] Ski bore ... train bore ... dog bore - (2009-04-24) [2143] Throughout the year, around the world - (2009-04-27) [2152] My four feet! - (2009-05-01) [2157] From the 51773 family - (2009-05-04) [2180] Patterns in numbers - room occupancy - (2009-05-13) [2250] Bluegrass comes to Melksham - (2009-06-19) [2251] Over a third of numbers start with the digit 1 - (2009-06-19) [2397] Signwriting is dead. Long live the sign. - (2009-09-06) [2496] A better design of mouth - (2009-11-07) [2542] My armpit was like a zebra crossing - (2009-12-19) [2626] On Malachite Green - (2010-02-06) [2676] Changing Times - (2010-03-13) [2945] Last, final, etc - (2010-09-04) [3030] Liquorice allsorts and Dolly Mixtures - (2010-11-05) [3203] Melksham Town Council announces ... - (2011-03-16) [3215] Solution looking for problem - (2011-03-27) [3223] Answering at my earliest convenience - (2011-03-29) [3226] A busy morning for railway announcements - (2011-04-01) [3288] Random Questions ... - (2011-05-14) [3369] Local Council leads bans on many activities - (2011-07-24) [3462] Hangers, luggage and possessions - (2011-10-01) [3738] Adoptive homes sought for abandoned babies - (2012-05-20) [3851] Who is this? Picture Puzzle - (2012-08-28) [3868] How to make an ohno cake - (2012-09-23) [3912] Sand to Arabia, Coals to Newcastle or Woodburners to Russia - (2012-11-04) [3922] Twerp - A person regarded as insignificant and contemptible - (2012-11-12) [4067] The woman, the television, the bullock and Darlington - (2013-04-23) [4329] Does Santa Claus need a CRB check? - (2014-11-25) [4392] Interview conditions,and other instructions to staff - (2015-01-12)
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Important - the future of Melksham / Chamber of CommerceGrouping rows for a summary report - MySQL and PHP Questions I have been asked on answering the phone Ramblings on church and state linkage in Melksham Is it Python past cheetah already? Past PHP delegates / others - coding help needed for next 3 months Forum membership - a privilege not a right Walks in and around Melksham, Wiltshire Leaping dog, Leaping horse, copyright of old masters |
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