What was the way of measuring the years before Jesus was apparently born?

In present times, the time before Jesus was born is refered to as BC – Before Christ, but for the people living at that time, there would not be aware of that event in the years before & be counting down the years such as 50 BC, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, [...]

Whats the longest time you have spent at the Hairdressers?

I dyed my hair on saturday and it went badly wrong. ( was wrong colour in box, not what it said on the box.) So had to ring hairdressers for emergency appointment to see if it could be fixed. I got there at 10am and got home at 3pm. They managed to restore my orginal [...]

Have you ever made a Time capsule for your children? more below.

I have been keeping diaries for well over 25 years. i write everything down in them. These will be left to my son, when i pass over to yonder. Have you ever thought of doing a time capsule for your children? ,like keeping all their baby stuff,ect. Also have you ever thought about writing a [...]

Been meaning to ask this question for ages, If we all had a time machine, and we go back in time to speak to our aged folk, what wouod you think they say about the future and what technology they may foresee?

Been thinking about my late neighbour and dad lot lately, wondering when they were young men, what would they say what would be new in the future and what did they think be in as new technology ect and what they envisage the future life in this year 2007. What do you think they say [...]

Why does a "five minute job" always last more than five minutes?

A simple job that should take a small amount of time, takes forvever. Such as putting a picture up should involve a hammer and a nail, but ends up with drills, spirit levels, screws, rawplugs, tears, divorce etc etc.

8 weeks until christmas! Does that send shivers down your spine?

It just did me as I am normally finished shopping by now with half of it wrapped up ready to be distributed. Anyway main question is what feels shorter to you 8 weeks or 2 months? I know they are as good as the same but why does different ways of measuring time make us [...]

Is it just me, or has Christmas come even earlier this year?

I know it seems earlier every year, but Xmas fever seems to be more premature than ever. Shops ran out of Wiis weeks ago… people broke out their Xmas avatars five weeks before the big day… I have done 90% of my xmas shopping, and there’s still a month to go!!! Should we consider putting [...]

The Phantom Time Hypothesis

The Phantom Time Hypothesis suggests that the early Middle Ages (614-911 A.D.) never happened, but were added to the calendar long ago either by accident, by misinterpretation of documents, or by deliberate falsification by calendar conspirators. This would mean that all artifacts ascribed to those three centuries belong to other periods, and that all events [...]

What was the best year of your life?

Mine was 1988/89 i was 14/15 and had the world at my feet i was young free and single i had lots of attention and did pretty much as i pleased.I got to be with the man id faniced for 3years i got to go out and do so much and see so much as [...]

what do you thing of the long now clock project?

will the clock still be running in 10k years time? can you see a perpose in the whole project. i have to admit it’s got my imagination going. and it’s absolutly beautiful. http://www.longnow.org/projects/clock/

Its now five years, so why are we still?

Calling it 9/11, when its 11/9, we don’t say Christmas day is 12/25 Looking for Bin Laden, where is he at? I heard some where that Bin Laden needs to be on a kidney dialasis machine atleast once a week, so that must make it easier to find him. When Bush said that he was [...]

Keep summer time or Back to winter time?(clocks back this w/end)

Dont forget to put your clocks back this weekend. Yes summer (what little we had.) is over. Would you rather keep all year as summer time or go to winter time? and what clocks do you tend to forget to put back or forward? Personally i rather keep to summer time, Less S.A.D. days for [...]

What is the Victorian era called in other countries?

And other British ‘ages’, like Georgian, or Edwardian. Do othre countries do the same thing and choose names of leaders to represent a time period – Wilhelmine, Napoleonic etc – or do they just refer to centuries and decades?

What purpose do the ‘pips’ serve on BBC radio when digital radio has a couple of seconds’ time lag?

Yesterday, there was a furore when the pips went wrong, but do they really serve a purpose any more when they sound a couple of seconds earlier on normal FM radios to their digital counterparts? Will the pips move a few seconds later when the country has its digital switchover, or are we always going [...]

When do you think evening begins? Or for that matter, what do people mean when they say things like "I’ll be there at lunchtime"?

Do *they* keep it all deliberately vague so they can annoy *us* by being late or early? Of course, if we can all agree a definition we’ll thwart ‘em! Up for defining these terms? breakfast time, lunchtime, dinner time, evening.

Why do atomic clocks tick faster at high altitude than they do at sea level?

I’d prefer not to have links as I have looked at several and not found a real answer – if anyone knows, could they explain it in their own words, please?

for what reason will time be added to the end of this year

just read an email from an american friend very clever one ( leachures yale)and he stated in his email that at the end of the year they are adding a sonic second to the year for what reason is this done

what topics of conversation are still taboo?

seriously not interested in arguments at the mo, just interested. mental illness (for instance) seems to have had a little boost thanks to certain celebs coming out with difficulties and songs like rhianna’s "disturbia", to name but one… being gay is next to nothing, most celebs seems to have had/have got a same sex partner [...]

How long is ‘now’ or ‘the present time’ for you ?

The present is the time that may also be viewed as a duration.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Present

cardinal watch help?

i got this new cardinail watch and i can’t figure out how to set the time on it.there r only 4 buttons on it start, mode, reset, and light and i can’t figure out how to set the time on it.

What is the solar size of the sun? and how a stone can measure it….

As is Above is Below. When the sun rises each day what shape and size of a stone has/could be put in fount of it that would calculate the solar size of the sun and where on earth has/could this be put to the test?