I used to have a GF who was always running late. I had to adjust any meeting
time by 15 mins so that she would show up on time. It used to drive her
nuts, but her parents thought it was brilliant :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andy Howard [mailto:musica@UKONLINE.CO.UK]
> Sent: Sunday, 17 September 2000 05:21
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [OT]:Re: [EE]:GOTO Re:{OOT]: why set clocks wrong ?!
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> > From: "Peter L. Peres" <plp@ACTCOM.CO.IL>
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> > In all this Kafkaesque thread there is only one thing that
> has remained
> > unexplained imho: Why would anyone, for any reason, set a
> clock for a
> > different time than present, and that as accurately as
> possible ? I mean,
> > if you don't need the exact time, why not use a photograph
> of a clock set
> > for some convenient time (pleasant memories etc) ? At least
> there is no
> > need to wind it up and its batteries won't run down.
> >
> > just curious,
>
>
> I asked a GF this once. She said it was so she wouldn't be
> late. I suppose
> the idea was that there would be two timezones, house time and
> everywhere-else time.  Now this doesn't work for me. If I
> know the clock is
> 15 minutes fast I look at the clock and think "Oh good, I've
> got another 15
> minutes yet."
>
> Maybe this is something that needs to be to be added to the
> next edition of
> "Men are from Mars...etc".
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