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at any time
a timeless sign
civil service time
no wonder we have problems with public projects in the UK. it's because civil service time is completely wrong (i took this photo just after 1pm)
the wrong numbers
i was confused by this for a while. then i realised.
clockwork kids
esther is digital. kezia is analogue
time we decimalised
this clock was showing 99 minutes past 3 in the afternoon at henley station. it's about time these things were decimalised. i'm all for the 10 hour day
two faced
(demonstrating the compression effect of a long focal length - yawn!)
pocket sundial
how fantastic is this ? it's a pocket sundial, about the size of a small compact camera. it's got a little pointer to produce the shadow, a compass and a complicated ready-reconner on the lid.
everything the modern man could ever need in one tiny tin.
time for a revolution ?
it's takes just one hour for a complete revolution.
i think this is an early example of a dual screen analog/digital watch. unfortunately the digital bit seems to have gone a bit wrong as it's showing 88 minutes past 16, which in our modern world would be nearly half past 5 in the afternoon. yet the hands show ten to four.
working against the clock
julie sent me this picture of a clock in her local high-street. it's actually a stop watch, but it's all time related.
there's a great pun in here, but it's escaping me at present.
broken clock outside the jewellers
i saw this clock one morning at 8:21am. not a great advert for the jewellers within.
watch children - as regular as clockwork
watch children are really easy to wind up apparently.
once upon a time i saw a watch face. "which way" you ask ?
time to go
a clock outside a funeral directors. the clock itself appeared to be deceased as i took this photo at 8.30 yesterday morning.
the empire clock
this is a great thing. it's a clock that shows you the time across the (now defunct) british empire. it's at goodenough college for anyone wanting to inspect it in more detail.
checking the shadow clock
click for big
clock watching
thieves are everywhere. so it's good news there's a security camera in close proximity to old big ben
melting clock
i loved this reflection of a wall clock in the Oak Tree Inn. as the window moved in the door it seemed to shimmer and melt.
a lovely effect enhanced by nice warm colours.
hidden clock
is this a hidden grandfather clock ? dunno. it was locked.
date from a mate
richard sent me this photo from his car dashboard. it's fantastic. you could wait thousands of years to see a date like this !
ludgate house
i worked near this clock for 3 years but never spotted it. funny how time sometimes passes by without us noticing.
hand trouble
waitrose is posh. as is Marylebone High Street. but not posh enough to have hands on it's posh waitrose at marylebone clock.
stone clock
here is a nice clock chiselled out of stone. it's probably stone age or something
experiment update ?
it's been a while since i last walked past this sign, but it's still here. interestingly i managed to include a clock in the picture so i can add this post to two categores.
when will the experiment end ? where will it be written up. who gets to keep the lab coats ?
too far
my old tube season ticket used to let me go anywhere. nowadays i walk most places so i just buy tickets as i need them. the cheapest way for me is to buy a Carnet of tickets which works out as 10 tickets for £15.
However, i forgot that these tickets only cover zone 1. so my cunning plan to stay on an extra stop and get off a whitechapel instead of aldgate east backfired when my ticket wouldn't work to get me out of the station.
i could have paid to be released, but resented that so went back one stop and got off at the proper station. so sorry, but i haven't got lovely pictures of lovely things this morning.
but i did take this picture of a clock at Whitechapel tube station. i've been thinking a lot about analogue and digital clocks this morning. they are very different beasts. perhaps i'll tell you about it sometime.
oh, and to the person who phoned our house at 2am this morning from a mobile phone. please don't do that again. it's made us very tired today.