It's only a matter of time

[Jerry Howlett]

It's all relative..... doesn't everyone know it's 10.17am on Saturday? 

Damn missed it!

[Jimbo]

Didn't it used to be 1181 on the telephone for the speaking clock? Or am I a bit behind the times as well? 

[Bealman]

 Jerry:



Well don't blink in two hours time when they let all the fireworks off in Sydney...... I won't, 'cos I intend to be asleep! 

[Webbo]

Me too, George

Fireworks in Sydney happens every year about this time - what a bore!

Webbo

[joe cassidy]

For a mere £3-400 extra you can buy a Casio watch that can communicate with your mobile phone and set the time automatically

Best regards,


Joe

[jonclox]

I need some help with a problem.

Does anybody know which is closest to the "right time"?

I tend to use the Casio as my reference point for setting my other watches, including a couple of vintage wind up pieces. Can someone enlighten me?

The Number 14 bus that passes our village every 2 hours is about the most accuate and never fails to be more than a couple of hours off its shedule 

[Sprintex]

Didn't it used to be 1181 on the telephone for the speaking clock? Or am I a bit behind the times as well? 

Used to be 123 in the UK


Paul

[daffy]

Looking up "Speaking Clock" bought both the info about the old telephone service, and an online replacement.

http://www.speaking-clock.com

It's useful as long as it's accurate, as we all need to be accarate.


Edit - despite its name, I've turned my iPad volume up full but can't here it saying anything at all, not even "At the second stroke it will be .........."

[Ian Morton]

An Englishman in Ireland who pointed out to the Station Master that the clock on the opposite platform was not
at the same hour as the clock on the adjacent platform.

The reply was "Now sir what would we be needing two clocks for if they were to be telling the same time" :?

[Jimbo]

Didn't it used to be 1181 on the telephone for the speaking clock? Or am I a bit behind the times as well? 

Used to be 123 in the UK

Aha! My memory very vague! I stand corrected 

Paul

[cycletrak9]

Didn't it used to be 1181 on the telephone for the speaking clock? Or am I a bit behind the times as well? 

Used to be 123 in the UK

Aha! My memory very vague! I stand corrected 

Paul

I remember when it was "TIM"

[Jimbo]

Didn't it used to be 1181 on the telephone for the speaking clock? Or am I a bit behind the times as well? 

Used to be 123 in the UK

Aha! My memory very vague! I stand corrected 

Paul

How that happen? My response ended up embedded in the 'qoute'

[daffy]

Didn't it used to be 1181 on the telephone for the speaking clock? Or am I a bit behind the times as well? 

Used to be 123 in the UK


Paul

If you have a BT landline, it still is 123, but now it costs 45p a minute, whereas it was free when I was a lad a couple of years ago.

From Wiki- "The service was obtained by dialling the letters TIM (846) on a dial telephone, and hence the service was often colloquially referred to as "Tim". However this code was only used in the telephone systems of the cities of London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. Other areas initially dialled 952 but with the introduction of Subscriber Trunk Dialling it was changed to 80 and later 8081 as more 'recorded services' were introduced and was standardised to 123 by the early 1990s."

[Jimbo]

Didn't it used to be 1181 on the telephone for the speaking clock? Or am I a bit behind the times as well? 

Used to be 123 in the UK


Paul

If you have a BT landline, it still is 123, but now it costs 45p a minute, whereas it was free when I was a lad a couple of years ago.

From Wiki- "The service was obtained by dialling the letters TIM (846) on a dial telephone, and hence the service was often colloquially referred to as "Tim". However this code was only used in the telephone systems of the cities of London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. Other areas initially dialled 952 but with the introduction of Subscriber Trunk Dialling it was changed to 80 and later 8081 as more 'recorded services' were introduced and was standardised to 123 by the early 1990s."

Aha! That was it, I knew it had some 8s and 1s in it at some time, 

[themadhippy]

And if you was very clever you could dial the number on the payphone without paying  by tapping number on the hook switch,although dial a disc was much easier as that was 16