Time format

[Johnny Rosenberg]

2011/8/24 Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au>:
> On 24/08/11 21:28, Frank wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 2011-08-23 at 21:50 +0100, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>>>> So if you say, for example, 1½ day, you always mean 36 hours?
>>>
>>> 1½ days does mean 36 hours
>>
>> Customer: "How long does it take to complete that work?"
>>
>> Plumber/carpenter/worker: "I need 1½ day of work"
>>
>> 1½ day = 12 hours (assuming 1 day of work = 8 hours)
>>
>> :-)
>
> ROFL! :-D .
>
> As I was taught in Philosophy, most, if not all, arguments start, and
> continue, because the topic under debate has not first been clearly defined
> by the 'debaters' before starting belting each other with their handbags :-)

But in this case I can't see that there's so much debate going on. I
can only see some kind of discussion.


Kind regards

Johnny Rosenberg
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