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Nate B
I need to buy fewer watches so I can afford to buy more watches. The four rules of Watch Collecting, stolen from @JaeBust: 1. I can resist anything except temptation. 2. It is easier to beg forg...
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I remember being hopelessly confused as a small child trying to figure out why a quarter dollar was 25 cents, but a quarter hour was 15 minutes.
I keep meaning to look into why its 24 hours and 60 minutes each when nearly every thing is base 10. Seems like it should be 10 hours (or 20) and 100 minutes with 100 seconds.
I keep meaning to look into why its 24 hours and 60 minutes each when nearly every thing is base 10. Seems like it should be 10 hours (or 20) and 100 minutes with 100 seconds.
The same reason there are 16 ounces in a pound; imperial numbers are easily divided down to whole numbers.
I keep meaning to look into why its 24 hours and 60 minutes each when nearly every thing is base 10. Seems like it should be 10 hours (or 20) and 100 minutes with 100 seconds.
It's like the inventor of the clock had six fingers on each hand and his counting system was based around that.
It's like the inventor of the clock had six fingers on each hand and his counting system was based around that.
Count Rugen invented the clock?
I keep meaning to look into why its 24 hours and 60 minutes each when nearly every thing is base 10. Seems like it should be 10 hours (or 20) and 100 minutes with 100 seconds.
During the French Revolution, France changed to a decimal time system. Svalbard watches sell decimal watches that use the system.