Re: mistakes was how do you get a dirary

["Bill O'Neill" <billo@erols.com>]

> I suspect that today with computers and well-intentioned (but not   
> broadcasting-trained) programmers, some announcers may be trying to read 
 
> a clock (with hh:mm:ss) on the CRT and if it represents "real" time,   
> they're trying to round up/down in their head....

It's one of those classes no longer offered in the course catalog:  Analog
101.  To this listener, "quarter past three" sounds alot better than
"fifteen past three".  Solution:  deep six the digital clocks, get a big
round sucker with hands and everything and proudly display it without
instructions.  <gripe on> LOCAL jocks or talkers who say "fifteen past the
hour"  Nuff said.  <gripe off>

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