Late for an appointment?...

[McCandless]

I was excoriated for asking this question on another forum.

 

The notion of hours and minutes and seconds is an artificial construct, man-made and imposed on the universe around us.

This is keeps us organized and our busy world of shifts and appointments working smoothly.  It also gives us a point of reference.

 

But, before we had synchronous time references, how did people arrange meets and appointments?  Did they just say "We will meet in the morning early on the second day of the full moon?   (Or some such)?

[Rye Miles #13621]

I’ll meet ya at sunrise or sunset? 

How about when the sun is directly overhead ?

[Texas Joker]

You ever deal with island time or in'shallah?

 

Moon cycles seasons and daylight it's what ya got left after Greenwich time is removed

[Subdeacon Joe]

We shall meet at tierce on Stephensmas at the church of St. Irk on Tyne.

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

On the Ides of March.

[Charlie Harley, #14153]

“Time, does anybody really know what time it is?

”Care?  Does anybody really care?”

[PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L]

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

: you're LATE!

 

: ..... sorry ...

 

: you said you'd be here after lunch ....

 

: ........... like I said, sorry ...

 

: ..... well it's now 3:15 .....

 

: I haven't had lunch yet, would you like me to come back later ?

 

: I want this job done ......

 

:ok, I'll do the job now and then you'll owe me lunch as well ...... 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited December 4, 2021 by Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062

[Solomon Kane 18264]

I am never late, nor early. I will get there exactly when I arrive

Edited December 4, 2021 by Solomon Kane 18264

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

1 hour ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said:

On the Ides of March.

Happy birthday to me.  

[Father Kit Cool Gun Garth]

Most appointments in the Old West were scheduled at...