[time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 61, Issue 77

[Dave Ackrill]

paul at greenrover.demon.co.uk wrote:
> Dave Ackrill wrote:
>> 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...
> 
> Not everything can be attributed to the "modern" computer world.

Yes, I guess the sheddites obtained the notions from before the start of 
uk.rec.sheds.

The (sic) part was meant to indicate that the Shed would probably not 
consider themselves as 'hip and happening' anyway.

It's a sheddy thing.

I guess we should really get back to the normal programes now.