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Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: June 20th, 2022, 10:23 am
by pje16
kiloran wrote:Time is very simple. Here's a short tutorial from Dave Allen..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QVPUIRGthI

--kiloran

Dave Allen... comic genius

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: June 20th, 2022, 10:44 am
by servodude
pje16 wrote:
kiloran wrote:Time is very simple. Here's a short tutorial from Dave Allen..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QVPUIRGthI

--kiloran

Dave Allen... comic genius


One of my absolute favourite routines ever; I think I linked to it on another recent thread. The timing and language and delivery are perfect.

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: June 20th, 2022, 10:50 am
by pje16
ok off thread
but another Dave Allen blinder :lol:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9idtk_omGbY

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: June 20th, 2022, 6:02 pm
by stewamax
<hrrumph>
Just remind Johnny Foreigner that until 1776 - a mere clock-tick for English chaps some of whose families have lived in the same places since the Dark Ages – we owned their country.
And we want our wet tea back.
Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells
</hrrumph>

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: June 20th, 2022, 6:11 pm
by UncleEbenezer
kiloran wrote:Time is very simple. Here's a short tutorial from Dave Allen..... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QVPUIRGthI

--kiloran


:lol:

Should that perhaps be on the Imperial Units thread?

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: June 20th, 2022, 7:39 pm
by tjh290633
Lootman wrote:Some of the better American bars (usually brewpubs or craft beer bars) make a point of serving "imperial pints" i.e. 20 fluid ounces. And that great American tradition the pitcher of beer is usually 60 fluid ounces or 3 British-sized pints

You have reminded me of the days when I used to eat at the "Cheers" bar in Detroit Airport, rather than take the meal that Northwest offered en route to Gatwick. I used to have one of their "Norm size" glasses of beer (usually Sam Adams) but can't recall how big they were. I suspect 32ozs.

TJH

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: July 24th, 2022, 4:14 pm
by AF62
Of course you could have really confused your American colleague by telling them you would meet them on the first floor.

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: September 6th, 2022, 8:25 am
by redsturgeon
Just heard an American on a TV show confused at what time "a quarter past 7" was.

She interpreted it as 7.25.

Can anyone guess her rationale?

John

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: September 6th, 2022, 8:41 am
by pje16
redsturgeon wrote:Just heard an American on a TV show confused at what time "a quarter past 7" was.

She interpreted it as 7.25.

Can anyone guess her rationale?

John

Stupidity, she must think there are 100 minutes in an hour

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: September 6th, 2022, 8:41 am
by servodude
redsturgeon wrote:Just heard an American on a TV show confused at what time "a quarter past 7" was.

She interpreted it as 7.25.

Can anyone guess her rationale?

John


Cos if u don't do math then "a quarter" just means 25c?

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: September 6th, 2022, 9:10 am
by redsturgeon
servodude wrote:
redsturgeon wrote:Just heard an American on a TV show confused at what time "a quarter past 7" was.

She interpreted it as 7.25.

Can anyone guess her rationale?

John


Cos if u don't do math then "a quarter" just means 25c?


Correct. She explained her rationale in the show...she was a bit slow.

John

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: September 6th, 2022, 9:20 am
by bluedonkey
Slightly related -

I use "mid-day" to mean 12 noon exactly. Recently someone took this to mean "some time approximately in the middle of the day".

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: September 6th, 2022, 9:24 am
by servodude
bluedonkey wrote:Slightly related -

I use "mid-day" to mean 12 noon exactly. Recently someone took this to mean "some time approximately in the middle of the day".


Mental!
Surely that's the "back of 11"?

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: September 30th, 2022, 7:35 pm
by richlist
Over the last few years I've sold lots of things via online websites and offered them as collect only. My experience of people generally is that most of them can't tell the time. Here is just one example......If we make arrangement for them to collect between 10 - 11am they often turn up at 12 without any offer of apology or explanation. Don't let the wearing of a watch con you into believing the wearer can tell the time.

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: October 1st, 2022, 5:13 pm
by Hallucigenia
Lootman wrote:
bungeejumper wrote: when in Rome, to talk as the Romans do. Well, except when they talk about gallons and quarts, because nobody likes getting short measures. The best case yet for metric measures, but one which the world's largest near-island has yet to grasp. ;)

Like anything, it is a breeze once you get used to it. Call a US pint 16 fluid ounces rather than 20


Except US floz are different to imperial ones, albeit not by much, they're about 4% bigger.

And it gets weirder in the other colonies - some parts of Canada have 18floz pints which I think is an approximation to 500ml as well as 20floz and 16floz depending on the extent of US influence, and historically there were all sorts of sizes in Australia, which had different names in different states. My favourite is 5floz being a pony, and in WA a 4floz is a Shetland...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_in_A ... er_glasses

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: December 16th, 2022, 9:32 pm
by NomoneyNohoney
Cant remember the context, but I was recently reading about someone referring to "Florida ounces." Yup, you got it - fl.ozs!

Re: I’ll see you at half past

Posted: December 20th, 2022, 3:22 pm
by NomoneyNohoney
This might have been it https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/th ... s.7110742/
Either way its an enjoyable read :)