Time format

[chris]

On Wed, 2011-08-24 at 23:05 +1000, Basil Chupin wrote:
> 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 :-) .
> 
> 
> BC
> 
> -- 
> "Oh what a tangled web we weave
> When first we practice to deceive."
>      Sir Walter Scott
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Classical of course Sir Basil!