[time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 61, Issue 77
Dave Ackrill
dave.g0dja at tiscali.co.uk
Wed Aug 19 21:46:04 UTC 2009
Mark Sims wrote:
> the femtofortnight.
uk.rec.sheds lives!
For those that don't remember back to Usenet, this was in the days
before forums, when every discussion group had to get approval before it
was accepted on the system and uk.rec.sheds was a hip and happening
(sic) place to be if you were into a strange underworld of culture in
the UK.
See http://www.uk-rec-sheds.org.uk
Where was born the international standard unit of time - the fortnight...
I hope the link still jbexes.
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