BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: freda underhill
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 10:10 AM

the clock, the calculator and a head full of numbers.. all to no avail. ..sorry john, i think i got caught in a time warp of some sort - all the more reasons for Mudcat Mean time.

bw and apols

fred

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Blackcatter
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 12:07 PM

Well if we're talking more than just hourly time (as in time zones) and are talking months and years, I would argue that we might want to think about using a lunar calendar.

I suggest this partly because it's different (as are we), partly because it's the <>old type of calendar (as is folk music), and partly because the solar calendar was typically insituted to help agricultural communities know when to sow, reap, etc. We don't need that around here.

We could also use a new year numbering system - year one, day one being the date that Mudcat first came on line.

pax y'all

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 12:19 PM

I need to know when to sow!
John

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Jeanie
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 02:26 PM

Don't forget to include in the calculations this song from the 1920s:
When it's Night-Time in Italy, it's Wednesday Over Here

All should be totally clear now ;)

- jeanie

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: freda underhill
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 04:20 PM

LOL, jeanie!

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Peace
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 08:42 PM

Dear Mom,

I have ended up in a place called the Mudcat Cafe and they have discovered that time is different everywhere. But, they may have a way to make it the same time for everyone. I think I will need lots of drugs to give this the thought it requires. Could you please send $840,791.56? I will anxiously await your letter.

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: GUEST,nurse ratched
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 08:47 PM

dear son

what you need is not drugs, son, but some good advice. I can provide this, with a little tough talk on the side, for a fee.

regards

nurse ratched

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Blackcatter
Date: 24 Mar 04 - 08:51 PM

brucie - did you include the tax?

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: LadyJean
Date: 25 Mar 04 - 01:06 AM

Did you hear about the Newfoundlander (I never say Newfie) who opened a Chinese restaurant?
The food's just great, but half an hour later you're half an hour later.

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Peace
Date: 27 Mar 04 - 05:06 PM

Tax on drugs? Ma . . . .

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Blackcatter
Date: 28 Mar 04 - 02:08 AM

LadyJean - shouldn't you be back on time?


Has anyone noticed that Mudcat actually has a different time? Everytime I post, my post is recorded at a time about 3 minutes faster than my PCs time (and my PC's clock is accurate to broadcast times).

For example my PC records the time: 2:04AM exactly as I hit the submit button.

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Blackcatter
Date: 28 Mar 04 - 02:09 AM

Spooky huh?

It's 2:05 in the real world and 2:09 at Mudcat - watch above.

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Peace
Date: 28 Mar 04 - 02:16 AM

My PC now says 12:05 am.

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Peace
Date: 28 Mar 04 - 02:17 AM

M'gawd, eleven minutes of my life just went by in a flash. Too much somethin' in the 60s. Whoa, Nelly.

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Peace
Date: 28 Mar 04 - 02:18 AM

Ma!

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: freda underhill
Date: 28 Mar 04 - 03:31 AM

my pc says 6.27pm, while mudcat time is gonna be a time from early this morning.......

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Jeanie
Date: 28 Mar 04 - 04:48 AM

"Summertime,
And the livin's confusin'....."

We fine people of the British Empire [ where, of course, the sun never sets ;) ] changed our clocks to Summer Time, one hour forward, between Saturday and today (Sunday,the last time I looked), BUT I see that Daylight Saving Time in USA and Clocks Forward Day in Canada isn't going to happen until next weekend.....

Oh, I give up. Maybe someone could draw a Venn Diagram ? Even betterm to quote another song:
"Let's put out the lights and go to sleep."

- jeanie (10.44 a.m. Essex Time)

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: freda underhill
Date: 28 Mar 04 - 04:55 AM

we've just finished daylight savuings this weekend, as we move into winter..

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: freda underhill
Date: 28 Mar 04 - 07:18 AM

Giok's idea of a sort of shifting roster of an hour each, all over the world, which would get us in at similar times is worthwhile. i'm still having trouble reading everything upside down here is syd, and now that daylight savings has finished here, I've put the curtains back up.


bring on the digital time revolution..

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Blackcatter
Date: 28 Mar 04 - 09:43 AM

I still think that the whole "seasons are opposite" thing in the Southern Hemisphere is weird. I'll never really believe it until I see it.

Of course since I've lived in Florida for 25 years, it's been a while since I've seen snow, but at least I can see THAT on TV.

How do I know that I am seeing current conditions in Australia on the TV?

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Peace
Date: 28 Mar 04 - 05:04 PM

If you want to know current conditions, LOOK AT THE OCEANS!

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Blackcatter
Date: 28 Mar 04 - 09:11 PM

Oh yeah - that'll be easy - I'll have you know that I'm 45 miles from the Atlantic and 70 miles from the Gulf. Yeah, like I am going to just drop everything and go look at the ocean!

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: GUEST,freda
Date: 29 Mar 04 - 01:50 AM

aparat from the ocean, for currant conditions, anothger option is to check out the vinyards in mildura, late summer..

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Blackcatter
Date: 29 Mar 04 - 01:54 AM

time test

It's currently 1:50AM - what's Mudcat say?

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: GUEST,freda
Date: 29 Mar 04 - 02:03 AM

its currently 4.46 pm, you mean!

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Blackcatter
Date: 29 Mar 04 - 02:06 AM

Nope - just checking if Mudcat is still 4 minutes ahead of "standard time"

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 29 Mar 04 - 03:41 AM

Sorry to be pedantic Blachcatter, but standard time is GMT.
John

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Blackcatter
Date: 29 Mar 04 - 11:07 AM

Hey John, I actually meant the minutes - not time zone thingies.

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Peace
Date: 29 Mar 04 - 05:07 PM

However, even the time zone stuff is wrong.

A person with two watches never knows what time it is. The wall clock, computer clock and Mudcat clock all say something different. One says, whirr, one says tick, tick, . . . .

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: freda underhill
Date: 29 Mar 04 - 05:12 PM

You would measure time the measureless and the immeasurable.
You would adjust your conduct and even direct the course of your spirit according to hours and seasons.
Of time you would make a stream upon whose bank you would sit and watch its flowing.
Yet the timeless in you is aware of life's timelessness,
And knows that yesterday is but today's memory and tomorrow is today's dream.

khalil gibran

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Deckman
Date: 30 Mar 04 - 02:35 PM

Freda,

In the spirit of this obvious burning issue, I will try to give a timely answer: "TIME IS FICTION! There, does that help?

For many years now, my daughter has threatened to put the following inscription on my gravestone ... "Dad went through life an hour early!" Go figure!!!! CHEERS, Bob

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 30 Mar 04 - 02:53 PM

Current mudcat time is at the bottom of the page - just refresh to double check time.

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: GUEST,freda
Date: 30 Mar 04 - 11:29 PM

Re: "TIME IS FICTION!

this is exremely helpful, thanks Bob. I am going to put this on my timesheets at work now, it solves a lot of fiddle faddlying around.
and it actually negates any need for any time, Greenwich Mean, Mudcat Happy, digital, clockwork, solar or stellar - in fact, you have just solved the problem put forward at the beginning of this thread.

in tconsideration of Bob's observation that "TIME IS FICTION!"
I NOW DECLARE THE THREAD OFFICIALLY CLOSED!

(does that mean i get to be the last person who posts?)

freda u.

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Blackcatter
Date: 31 Mar 04 - 01:42 AM

MMario - but that's not posting time. When I post, the post's time is about 4 minutes faster than the time at the bottom of the page.

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Blackcatter
Date: 31 Mar 04 - 01:43 AM

My post was registered at 1:42. the bottom of the page says 1:39. What's that all about!?

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Mr Happy
Date: 15 Jan 08 - 11:21 AM

You can find Mudcat time very easily by clicking on the Auction link at top of page

Subject: RE: BS: Greenwich Mudcat Time
From: Mr Happy
Date: 15 Jan 08 - 11:23 AM

Instantly!

Here in UK, it's 4.22pm, Auction link gives 11.22am