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  • 11-02-2010 7:45pm
    #1
    2ygb4cmqetsjhx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 564 ✭✭✭


    Got a new watch today. I am torn between 12 hr and 24 hr. I settle for 24 hour then decide but that's not what people say. I change to 12 hour but it doesn't look as nice. So tell me afterhours. What way do you prefer. 24hr time or 12hr.


Comments

  • #2
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    24 hrs ? not on my watch ;)

    12 hrs on mine suits me fine


  • #3
    alwaysadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,554 ✭✭✭✭alwaysadub


    12 hour. You don't have to think as much to see what time it is :)
    Or just bring it back and get one with a dial if its tearing you up so much..


  • #4
    NoDice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭NoDice


    STOP!!!!!

    Hammer time!






    .....I'll get my coat......


  • #5
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,238 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    I usually leave it at the default, it's not really an issue

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #6
    DubMedic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭DubMedic


    Asking After Hours for help wasn't one of your best choices.

    However, I would recommend the 24 hour.

    .


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  • #7
    Pompey Magnus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Pompey Magnus


    24 hours, the other is only for people who can't subtract twelve.


  • #8
    NothingMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,178 ✭✭✭✭NothingMan


    24h obviously, when you're on a proper weekend bender 12h could throw you off completely. Imagine waking up in a pile of your own vomit and seeing 02:00 you don't know if it's time to head to a late bar for cocktails or just to the local for more beers.


  • #9
    Diabhal Beag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,238 ✭✭✭✭Diabhal Beag


    Go backwards and travel back in time. Thats what I'd do


  • #10
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    24 hour, sounds better when someone asks you for the time and you say 17.30 instead of half 5


  • #11
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    NoDice wrote: »
    STOP!!!!!

    Hammer time!

    Nobody beats the Germans when it comes to timekeeping.




    (except maybe the Swiss of course.)


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  • #12
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    binary


  • #13
    seanaor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 247 ✭✭seanaor


    I drew mine on, and its a pain in the a**e updating it every minute...

    Really though, id say 24 hour.


  • #14
    BluesBerry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,221 ✭✭✭BluesBerry


    NoDice wrote: »
    STOP!!!!!

    Hammer time!






    .....I'll get my coat......

    In the name of love:p


  • #15
    bazmaiden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,039 ✭✭✭bazmaiden


    Man you need one of these

    http://www.sundials.co.uk/pix/solarm.jpeg


  • #16
    jd007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭jd007


    Holy shit!

    We have a Watches and Timepieces forum!


  • #17
    Wazdakka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,467 ✭✭✭Wazdakka


    Knew a guy in college who was a tattooist.

    We got absolutely blasted one night and he ink'd a watch on himself.
    Not even a pretty one, his hands were shaking all over the place, I had to finish it off for him.

    He swore that was the last time he'd go under the needle pissed,
    That lasted about three weeks.

    Whenever somebody asked him the time after a few drinks, he'd rub this badly scrawled doodle across his wrist in there face and go "It's 5.30... See.. see... WAIT.. It's not ticking!!"

    Wonder what happened to that guy..


  • #18
    Pompey Magnus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Pompey Magnus


    Wazdakka wrote: »
    Knew a guy in college who was a tattooist.

    We got absolutely blasted one night and he ink'd a watch on himself.
    Not even a pretty one, his hands were shaking all over the place, I had to finish it off for him.

    He swore that was the last time he'd go under the needle pissed,
    That lasted about three weeks.

    Whenever somebody asked him the time after a few drinks, he'd rub this badly scrawled doodle across his wrist in there face and go "It's 5.30... See.. see... WAIT.. It's not ticking!!"

    Wonder what happened to that guy..

    My guess is he is currently Director of Comedy at RTE.


  • #19
    chopperbyrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,082 ✭✭✭✭chopperbyrne


    24hr for sure.

    That way you can't cock up the am/pm aspect and set your alarm for seven in the evening.


  • #20
    Pompey Magnus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,406 ✭✭✭Pompey Magnus


    chopperbyrne wrote: »
    That way you can't cock up the am/pm aspect and set your alarm for seven in the evening.

    Excellent point.


  • #21
    NoDice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,088 ✭✭✭NoDice


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    binary

    Reminds me of my new fave website!! It's digitalicious!!! :D

    http://nickciske.com/tools/binary.php

    I think, obviously taking back my first unhelpful statement (for want of a better word), the OP should alternate between 24hr and 12hr on every hour on the hour.


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  • #22
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/watches/6a17/ :)


  • #23
    Latchy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 21,191 ✭✭✭✭Latchy


    I use an alarm clock / mobile alarm for sorting am/pm but handy if you also have that 24hr function on your watch


  • #24
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    My god man! You've came to the right place!

    Ok let's set the scene. You're an elite commando unit. You go solo and you're in a foreign war torn country ready to strike down the worlds biggest drug dealing bigamist. Strike time is at "oh four hundred" His many wives love a man who can tell time by 24 hour format. No AM or PM for these ladies it's party time, all the time!

    Now switch that puppy to 24 hour mode soldier and let's go bust a cap in some asses (in more ways than one) :cool:


  • #25
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,555 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    pffft...

    time is for bitches.

    I warp time... before breakfast


  • #26
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,729 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    The only reason we're having this conversation is because you chose a digital watch.

    n00b :pac:


  • #27
    Agricola
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,547 ✭✭✭Agricola


    24hr. Its more eurpean, more chic, more cosmopolitan. More va va voom.


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