Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070919/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_venezuela_time" target="_blank">http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/200 70919/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_venezuela_time</a> Thirty minutes different than you might think.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Chavez himself has not had time to get to grips with the practicalities of the clock shift. In his live show, he called on his brother, the education minister, so that the two men could explain the measure. But they mistakenly told Venezuelans to move their clocks forward at midnight on Sunday, when the policy is to move them back. Chavez dismissed criticism that moving the time only a half hour was quirky, questioning why the world had to follow a scheme of hourly divisions that he said was dictated by the imperial United States. The change will put Venezuela on its own time zone, shared by no other country. Several countries have adopted times that put them half an hour ahead or behind neighbours, and Nepal's official time is just 15 minutes ahead of that of India. Venezuelan businesses are now scrambling to call in technicians to reprogram their computers for the time change. Most countries advertise in the media any planned changes in clock times for months before the implementation date. But Chavez's government has only aired slots promoting the idea in principle without educating people on how to do it. "I'd like them to explain it to me so that I can understand what the new time is. I don't get it at all," said Esperanza Alcala, a 46-year-old office cleaning worker."
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>But they mistakenly told Venezuelans to move their clocks forward at midnight on Sunday, when the policy is to move them back.<< What's the name of his show, Punk'd? Just think how difficult it will be when Chavez makes the week 8 and three-fourths days long.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>Chavez dismissed criticism that moving the time only a half hour was quirky, questioning why the world had to follow a scheme of hourly divisions that he said was dictated by the imperial United States.<< The United States? Who has the "prime meridian"? Greenwich, that's who! The whole system is a relic of English imperialism! It's time for a temporal revolution. I'm working on a system called My Time(TM), which will create personalized time zones, without regard to antiquated concepts like geography. The only problem is that I keep showing up late for work.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>I'm working on a system called My Time(TM), which will create personalized time zones, without regard to antiquated concepts like geography.<< Ti-iii-iiime is on my side, yes it is....
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Now the time has come (Time) There's no place to run (Time) I might get burned up by the sun (Time) But I had my fun (Time) I've been loved and put aside (Time) I've been crushed by the tumbling tide (Time) And my soul has been psychedelicized (Time)
Originally Posted By sherrytodd I declair it officially 5:00pm in sherryland! Well, that means my work day is done.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE (M. Jagger/K. Richards) Yes, star crossed in pleasure the stream flows on by Yes, as we're sated in leisure, we watch it fly And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me Time can tear down a building or destroy a woman's face Hours are like diamonds, don't let them waste Time waits for no one, no favours has he Time waits for no one, and he won't wait for me Men, they build towers to their passing yes, to their fame everlasting Here he comes chopping and reaping, hear him laugh at their cheating And time waits for no man, and it won't wait for me Yes, time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me Drink in your summer, gather your corn The dreams of the night time will vanish by dawn And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me And time waits for no one, and it won't wait for me No no no, not for me.... --------------- One of the more underrated Stones songs.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 <<<I declair it officially 5:00pm in sherryland! Well, that means my work day is done.>>>> declair - Sherry is on pastry time.
Originally Posted By sherrytodd <<<declair - Sherry is on pastry time.>>> Yah Yah! Take it to the spelling thread. =P Mmmmmmm pastries....
