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Jump to Page << prev   | 1   | 2   | 3   | 4   |  5 | 6   |  next >> “Woo Hoo! TT is only about 8-9 minutes fast today. It was 40-50 minutes a few days ago.” 10:20:16 AM 12/12/05 “Anyone notice how on the main page, the times listed under "Last 10 posters" are an hour fast?” 11:45:32 AM 12/12/05 “umm... nope only about 8 minutes fast” 12:09:34 PM 12/12/05 “TT is on Central time, kinda.” 12:37:27 PM 12/12/05 “Don't set your watch by TT time.” 12:52:42 PM 12/12/05 “10:08 Eastern” 8:57:03 AM 3/05/06 “0810 Mountain” 8:59:06 AM 3/05/06 “10:19 Eastern” 9:07:50 AM 3/05/06 “9:56 Arizona” 10:44:49 AM 3/05/06 “11 indiana” 10:48:38 AM 3/05/06 “time to have a beer” 10:59:45 AM 3/05/06 “11:29 am Central” 11:17:02 AM 3/05/06 “12:38 Eastern DST Time for some Bailey's Irish Cream and since it appears that Matahari won't be making her way to the Copper Country this trip, I think I'll have her piece of cheesecake. :)” 11:27:40 AM 3/05/06 “must I remind You that is My cheesecake, mine! ok I am better now” 12:25:12 PM 3/05/06 “10:59ampst” 12:48:09 PM 3/05/06 “10:10 Central” 9:51:53 AM 3/09/06 “2:22 Eastern” 1:04:14 PM 3/09/06 “The usual TT time is way ahead of the actual time. Seems very weird to have it behind.” 1:06:55 PM 3/09/06 “The little hand is between the 2 and the three and the Big hand is on the 5.....” 1:07:02 PM 3/09/06 “Looks like we're around a half hour ahead of TT time this morning? Maybe Matt needs to change the batteries.....” 8:08:03 AM 3/14/06 “Getting closer... 10:54 AM Central (less than six minutes slow now) last edited: 3/24/06 10:49:25 AM” 10:48:15 AM 3/24/06 “It was way off a couple of days ago. The clock on this computer says 12:18 est. last edited: 3/24/06 11:14:18 AM” 11:11:58 AM 3/24/06 “11:30 Central” 11:23:45 AM 3/24/06 100 Years Ago “The year 1906, A Reminder! Show to your children and grand children . . . THE YEAR 1906 This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine... The year is 1906. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some of the U.S. Statistics for the Year 1906: The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years. Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars. There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million people, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower! The average wage in the U.S. was 22cents per hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2,000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. More than 95 percent of all births in the U.S. took place at home. Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had no college education. Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard." Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound. Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo. Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason. Five leading causes of death in the U.S. were: 1. Pneumonia and influenza 2. Tuberculosis 3. Diarrhea 4. Heart disease 5. Stroke The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30! Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea had not been invented yet. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day. Two out of every 10 U.S. adults could not read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then the pharmacist said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic help. There were about 230reported murders in the entire U.S. So, to think I forwarded this from someone else without typing it myself, and sent it to you in a matter of seconds! Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years.” 7:36:59 PM 3/27/06 Birthday Calculator 7:42:23 PM 3/27/06 “In 1906, Mexico was only 14 million people. Now, 106 million plus 10 or so million in the US.” 7:58:20 PM 3/27/06 “11:09 AM CDT” 10:45:40 AM 4/06/06 “11:12 am indiana time?” 10:49:34 AM 4/06/06 “9:28 Arizona time (which is now aligned with Pacific until Fall)” 11:04:38 AM 4/06/06 “1509hrs..at the beep...what beep?” 1:45:35 PM 4/06/06 “....More screwed up than usual, LOL. 2:14 PM DST Central at the beep.... (a little less than 24 minutes slow) last edited: 4/06/06 1:51:40 PM” 1:50:12 PM 4/06/06 “3:17 DST Central at the beep.... Dang...over 40 minutes slow.... last edited: 4/11/06 2:39:57 PM” 2:38:55 PM 4/11/06 “Go!!!! It needs a few whiskey drinks. last edited: 4/11/06 2:52:52 PM” 2:51:17 PM 4/11/06 “Crap, can't add and subtract today. Must be the pain pill. Make that over 38 minutes slow.” 2:55:52 PM 4/11/06 “4:24pm” 4:46:32 PM 4/11/06 “5:31” 4:53:16 PM 4/11/06 “it is 11:19 CDT” 10:20:43 AM 4/18/06 “1:10 pm Eastern ...and the timestamp on this post is 12:12 pm last edited: 4/18/06 11:13:03 AM” 11:12:33 AM 4/18/06 “1:29 cental time” 12:30:51 PM 4/18/06 “1:29 cental time” 12:30:57 PM 4/18/06 “At the tone the time will be 1:59 Arizona time *beep* [not bad, only off by 1 minute 46 seconds] last edited: 4/18/06 3:02:12 PM” 3:00:46 PM 4/18/06 “EAT IT O'CLOCK” 3:01:17 PM 4/18/06 “4:27 PM That's 2 hours and 2 minutes off from TT clock. I'm on the California coast so the time is chimed with central I guess. last edited: 4/18/06 5:31:03 PM” 5:29:30 PM 4/18/06 “Oh, Almost Happy Hour. ;-) by California time.” 5:31:55 PM 4/18/06 “Woo Hoo! matt reset the time!” 8:14:52 AM 4/27/06 “6:20 Arizona Time [20 seconds fast, best I've seen ever] last edited: 4/27/06 8:20:41 AM” 8:19:40 AM 4/27/06 “Matt is G-d!” 8:20:43 AM 4/27/06 “time test, its 9:24 here edit - its all good last edited: 4/27/06 8:24:18 AM” 8:23:51 AM 4/27/06 “wooohoo correct time...see Matt it doesn't take much to please this crowd” 8:27:36 AM 4/27/06 “11:15 Central Only 32 minutes slow. last edited: 5/04/06 10:44:41 AM” 10:42:55 AM 5/04/06 Jump to Page << prev  
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