On 03/14/2016 10:44 PM, Don Y wrote:

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I.e., when a person says "I have an appointment in 35 minutes",
does that really mean they will wait for the minute hand to make
35 complete revolutions before the appointment begins? Or,
have they done some mental arithmetic and decided to express
the ABSOLUTE time of the appointment in relative terms (for
the benefit of whomever they are conversing with)?

That stuff reminded my of my grandmother cooking biscuits. She wanted to
leave them in the oven for 10 minutes, and seemed to have a problem with
keeping track of that. Keep looking at the clock ans saying "how long
has it been...".

I suggested that (when putting the biscuits in) look at the clock NOW
and figure out what time it will be 10 minutes from now. Then it's easy
to check for that.

Some people will not allow things to be easy.

--
Mark Lloyd
http://notstupid.us/

"When science and the Bible differ, science has obviously misinterpreted
its data." [Henry Morris, Head of Institute for Creation Research]