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I can work with either way! sam
posted by
sam444
on June 24, 2009 at 6:27 PM
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Vogue
Not me! I like a little variety. I still mourn the day Britain decimalized (decimated? LOL) their currency...And I hate that damn Euro - I was much happier with francs and marks and guilders and lira and such...
posted by
Nautikos
on June 24, 2009 at 5:22 PM
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Good suggestion, vogue. I got used to military time when I worked for the government early in life. I have always liked keeping time that way. I was glad that all of my nursing career, time was documented in that way. If you have to do a lot of documentation, it does save a lot of time and confusion.
posted by
TAPS.
on June 24, 2009 at 4:12 PM
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great post, Vogue - I've often had these thoughts myself. "Military time" makes much more sense, though there are some dopy people who can't grasp that a 13 can mean 1 and when the hell is 20 o'clock? Our system of time made lots more sense when clocks were all analog. Now that they're digital, there's no excuse not to change it...mal
posted by
gapcohen
on June 24, 2009 at 1:47 PM
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Vogue
As confusing as the time thing can be, I prefer the month/day/year approach because it mirrors how one might speak the date. You wouldn’t answer the question “when were you born?” (or at least I wouldn’t) with “1955, January, the first”… your would respond “January 1st, 1955” Anyway… that would be my pick but yes, indeed, it bugs me that depending on who or what you’re dealing with there is no consistency with how a date is expressed. Drives me nuts. (and no, that’s not my birthday… but close 
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posted by
Troosha
on June 24, 2009 at 10:36 AM
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Standardisation does make things easier. I sometimes follow American recipes and used to get quite confused about 'cups'; so I had to go and buy specialy 'cup'measuring cans.
posted by
elinjo
on June 24, 2009 at 10:31 AM
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or if ATM machines were all the same, electronic windows in cars, or gas pumps worked the same, I am sure if I thought long enough I would have a whole list of aggravations
posted by
Lanetay
on June 24, 2009 at 8:49 AM
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Works for me!
posted by
Ariala
on June 24, 2009 at 4:40 AM
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LOL......
We'll take care of those right after were done with our conversion to the metric system........
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on June 24, 2009 at 3:49 AM
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I totally agree with you Vogue
especially with regards to the date - it does seem more logical to have the day,month,year sequence; many blessings and thanks
posted by
mariaki
on June 24, 2009 at 3:34 AM
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I do agree with you.
posted by
Chilitree
on June 24, 2009 at 3:13 AM
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