I’m fascinated with time and the devices by which we attempt to measure it. I’ve often wondered who was the first human (or human-like) entity to recognize that the Earth had a cycle, which we currently designate as a year. How long did it take them to recognize the rhythm of the year? Were they able to share this information and was it accepted by others?
Regardless, my fascination with both time and time-measuring devices is well known and documented. Odd though that the idea for this picture did not come to me sooner than it did.
13, Part I
Unlike our European counterparts (and for all I know our counterparts all around the globe) or members of the military, I have no particular excuse or reason for why I elect to tell time in the 24-hour format. I guess it’s because I find it to be more precise: 24-hours in a day, so why not call each one accordingly? This whole a.m. and p.m. thing just seems goofy.
Now, of course, I have to work on my next image for this month’s theme. Now where exactly did I leave behind that laser pointer???
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I am used to 24-hour notation or as some call it, military time. My dad was in the military and then my husband was in the military the first several years we were married. It’s second nature.
Yeah, I’d thought of featuring the number 13 itself, but then rejected it in favour of… well… what I’ve posted.
And yep, I prefer the 24-hour clock. I find it far less open to misunderstandings.