Alpo Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 The one guy says, EVEN A BROKEN CLOCK IS RIGHT TWICE A DAY And the other guy says, NOT ANYMORE. THEY'RE ALL DIGITAL. IT JUST GETS DIM 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 The problem with that old canard is that you don't know the two times it's right.... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 And… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 A man with a watch always know the time. A man with more than one is never quite sure. A sign in an old time horologist's shop. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 2 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: A man with a watch always know the time. A man with more than one is never quite sure. A sign in an old time horologist's shop. He must have never run in to a broken watch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Father Kit Cool Gun Garth Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Either way... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irish ike, SASS #43615 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Today I learned what a horologist is. Never stop learning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 1 hour ago, irish ike, SASS #43615 said: Today I learned what a horologist is. Never stop learning. My dad was a horologist when I was little. Only his hobby wasn’t time pieces. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 2 hours ago, Pat Riot said: My dad was a horologist when I was little. Only his hobby wasn’t time pieces. I think the "correct" word would be "horophile"! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 This does not consider those clocks with a second hour hand. One to point to local time. The other to point to Zulu. I'm sorry, UTC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 1 hour ago, Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L said: I think the "correct" word would be "horophile"! Or, as Dorothy Parker said, 'you can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think." 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Since everything is digital I often wonder about the young SASS shooters when the targets are set in a circular fashion and the directions are: Shoot ten with rifle in a CLOCKWISE motion, then pistols in a CONTERCLOCKWISE motion! Do they still teach hoe to read clocks in schools today!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 No, no they don't. Our system wants to spend 10's of thousands to change our all the clocks. They don't even teach them to write anymore . If it isn't rainbow related it's not taught. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Creek Law Dog Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 The advantage to having an analog watch is that it can also be used as a compass. Point the hour hand towards the sun, and halfway between the hour hand and 12 o'clock is plus or minus a couple of degrees straight south. Try it, it works. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 4 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Since everything is digital I often wonder about the young SASS shooters when the targets are set in a circular fashion and the directions are: Shoot ten with rifle in a CLOCKWISE motion, then pistols in a CONTERCLOCKWISE motion! Do they still teach hoe to read clocks in schools today!! You mean "deosil" and "widdershins?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 29 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: You mean "deosil" and "widdershins?" I guess??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 37 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I guess??? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunwise "Sunwise, sunward or deasil (sometimes spelled deosil), are terms meaning to go clockwise or in the direction of the sun, as seen from the northern hemisphere. The opposite term is widdershins (Lowland Scots), or tuathal (Scottish Gaelic).[1]. In Scottish culture, this turning direction is also considered auspicious, while the converse is true for counter-clockwise motion" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 2 hours ago, Subdeacon Joe said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunwise "Sunwise, sunward or deasil (sometimes spelled deosil), are terms meaning to go clockwise or in the direction of the sun, as seen from the northern hemisphere. The opposite term is widdershins (Lowland Scots), or tuathal (Scottish Gaelic).[1]. In Scottish culture, this turning direction is also considered auspicious, while the converse is true for counter-clockwise motion" Thanks but I’ll stick to clockwise and counterclockwise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 24 Author Share Posted January 24 Anticlockwise. Whassamatter U? U no spikka da King's English? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 48 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Thanks but I’ll stick to clockwise and counterclockwise. Well! Just BE that way! Here I am, SLAAAVING away to edumacate people and what do I get? Ungrateful sarcasm! Some people's children! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 If I wanted to be edumacated I would have asked ya!! Thanks anyway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackwater 53393 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 According to Festus Haggen of Gunsmoke fame, it’s “clockerwise” and “contraryclockerwise”!! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) im on military time so mines only right once i guess , or less if i had zulu time it seems , but these days im living more in "indian time - whenever i get there" as a close friend that was an american indian once enlightened me on , im retired and often dont recall what day it is of the week , seldom what day it is in the month [unless i look] and yes i do have that fancy phone that does stuff mine will never get to do that tells me all of that every morning , i just check to see that its charged and my heart monitor is on ................unless i need to be somewhere of course , Edited January 26 by watab kid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 (edited) Here in Sacramento, the horologists are frequently found lurking around around Stockton Blvd. I assume they are there to study the working girls. Edited January 25 by bgavin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 23 minutes ago, bgavin said: Here in Sacramento, the horologists are frequently found lurking around around Stockton Blvd. I assume they are there to study the working girls. I thought they hung out at 1315 10th Street. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted January 25 Share Posted January 25 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Kloehr Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/24/2024 at 2:00 PM, Subdeacon Joe said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunwise "Sunwise, sunward or deasil (sometimes spelled deosil), are terms meaning to go clockwise or in the direction of the sun, as seen from the northern hemisphere. The opposite term is widdershins (Lowland Scots), or tuathal (Scottish Gaelic).[1]. In Scottish culture, this turning direction is also considered auspicious, while the converse is true for counter-clockwise motion" But this is not the Scottish Action Shooting Society. Sure, kilts are legal, but not required. But yes, clockwise is in the direction of the Sun's motion as viewed from the northern hemisphere. It is young Australians with no analog clock experience who are most likely to find this concept confusing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 6 hours ago, PowderRiverCowboy said: good point - im sure they guessed as they had no way to be certain then , i think we now use those very accurate scientific instruments that are not agreed to by "consensus" like the global climate change extortionists are using [so far all their predicted times have come and gone to naught] tell algore to go home and shut up , we dont want to hear it anymore , Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 16 hours ago, PowderRiverCowboy said: They went by the sun! Sun dials were around way before clocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 18 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: They went by the sun! Sun dials were around way before clocks! I could play Alpo so easy here Why 24 hours why 60 minute who set up the time with sun dials ? How do we know thats the true time ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) 10 minutes ago, PowderRiverCowboy said: I could play Alpo so easy here Why 24 hours why 60 minute who set up the time with sun dials ? How do we know thats the true time ? Well they figured when the sun was at the top of the dial it was noon so they went from there? They guessed it was an hour for it to move to the next spot which would have been One O'clock maybe? I'm just guessing here. Edited January 26 by Rye Miles #13621 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted January 26 Author Share Posted January 26 A sundial was, and still is, a clock. It shows the time based on some arbitrary method of deciding what time it is. When the sun is straight up overhead, that's noon. No problem. But why, 60 minutes later, is it now one? Why not 75 minutes later, or 45? Who decided that the day should be divided into 24 sections and these 24 sections shall be divided into 60 sections and those 60 sections shall be divided into 60 other sections. Since, as the metric users keep telling us, ten is such a much simpler way to do things, why don't we have a 20 hour day - 10 hours of day and 10 hours of night? And then the hour could be divided into 100 minutes. And the minutes into 100 seconds. So much easier to count. Who thinks in 12s and 60s? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PowderRiverCowboy Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 7 minutes ago, Alpo said: A sundial was, and still is, a clock. It shows the time based on some arbitrary method of deciding what time it is. When the sun is straight up overhead, that's noon. No problem. But why, 60 minutes later, is it now one? Why not 75 minutes later, or 45? Who decided that the day should be divided into 24 sections and these 24 sections shall be divided into 60 sections and those 60 sections shall be divided into 60 other sections. Since, as the metric users keep telling us, ten is such a much simpler way to do things, why don't we have a 20 hour day - 10 hours of day and 10 hours of night? And then the hour could be divided into 100 minutes. And the minutes into 100 seconds. So much easier to count. Who thinks in 12s and 60s? Why is it noon /12:00 ? who came up with Tapioca to make pudding ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgavin Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 (edited) 1 hour ago, PowderRiverCowboy said: I could play Alpo so easy here Why 24 hours why 60 minute who set up the time with sun dials ? How do we know thats the true time ? Edited January 26 by bgavin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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