[time-nuts] Ten minutes past ten

Jim Palfreyman jim77742 at gmail.com
Tue Aug 4 12:26:00 UTC 2009


Sorry, don't get "ledged". What do you mean?

Jim

2009/8/4 iovane at inwind.it <iovane at inwind.it>

> The reason that was known to me is that at 10:10 the manufacturer's logo
> looks like "ledged".
> Antonio I8IOV
>
> > Excuse me for asking a non-hardware question, but I'd like to know
> > the origins of the time 10:10 being shown on clocks and watches in
> > advertisements for same.
> >
> > The one that tipped me over the edge was the ad on the back of Science
> > News for August 1, 2009. A talking watch says, "Ten-ten AM ..." as
> > the hands show 10:10.
> >
> > How far back does that tradition go?
> >
> > Bill Hawkins
> >
> >
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