General Chat

only Joe king about the £1 == 1 day,....... Ann, we soon learned how to order zwanzig Bier Bitte, there was always a crowd of us. und Kartelet und kartofeln or Brockvurst und kartofeln ( Lamb chop and potato salad? ) long time ago and me spellin is not so great Bob

Bob When i first came here i was late for everything Because of them saying Halb Neun ( 8:30 ) And i thought it was ( 9:30 ) And don't get me started on numbers My birthday is the 23rd not in German it's not it's Drei und zwanzig which translated is 3 and 20 Sorry Julie did'nt mean to go off theme Ann :-)

I'm getting a bit confused here, according to Keith's calculations 1d = 1 hour but according to Bob £1 = 1day so does that mean that there are 240 hours in a day. No wonder I'm too early for my appointments LOL

LOL...... You CANNOT be serious..............2/6 = 1/8 of £1 so 1/8 of a day is 3am.......... Bob

Jeff, I would have though 2/6 was 30d, so from that 30 - 24 hrs = 1 day and six hours from now lol.

Brilliant that keith, what time is half a crown, 8 oclock. It should be, two and six is eight

Talking of German,Anne, we were on a trip to one of the Dams, and I heard the tour guide say,(roughly) what time we got to be back? Halb Fumpf was the reply.............Ah! methinks 5 30! NOT SO!! it was Half TO five = 4:30...........guess who was late?

What time is £1 3s 11d 3 farthings then? lol

Now, Thats a very interesting version.........dunno if Julie-Anne remembers old money.......?Bob

Oh gawd now I am confused Sue! lol I'm not too bad but 1700 and 1900 never seem to register for some reason. I also have trouble with my 7 and 9 times tables too, so maybe it's just those numbers I don't understand! lol

For those that are old enough try thinking of it as old money. 17 pence was 1s 5p....so 5pm. Works for me.

Julie You should try it in German ! They say it backwards 15:00 Becomes Five and ten Ann :-)

I don't have that problem Julie, but I sometimes read it back to front......like 9.l5 instead of quarter to three etc... just before my Dad had his stroke, he actually read the clock, which said five past eleven at night, as twenty-five past seven....so he was reading it upside down......

wonder if thats why midnight is called 'witching hour'? DONT Know which day it is.........LOL Bob

As an ex-Army person, I can confirm that midnight did not exist............as with other Services, it is either 23:59 or 00:01. Reg

3:15pm +12==15:15 6 pm..6+12==18 00 8pm.. 8+12==20 00 10pm..10+12=22 00 9pm..9+12= 21 00 and so on...

thats good if youve done that im just rubbish i think its the numbers thing, makes me panic therefore i cant make head nor tail of it, they seem like too many numbers when you just need one, like 2 oclock - 1400 hours

No I don't have a problem with it having my OH in the RN and then working for the Admiralty then MOD (RAF) I have sort of absorbed it and tend to use it myself. ann Glos

ahh ha i knew there was perfect explanation why i dont like going bed before midnight cos them 2 mins are mine

as far as I know it still is, mythically its the only two minutes you can call your own.. Julie,... your PC clock, surely thats in 24 hr format? Bob