Hi hi. That shouls be lots of fun. By the way, why in the world does the army read their 24h clock in hundreds?
Weronika (confused in Caltech, Pasadena, California)
Dear Weronika and Tamara,
I am delighted by your insights. When I traveled in Germany a couple of years ago, there were things that threw me for a loop.
The incredible sandpaper provided in the restrooms. Restroom attendants who expected a tip.
The look on the waiter's face when I ordered non-alcoholic beer!
Anyway, I wrote to explain the military usage of hundreds for hours.
My dad was in the Navy for 30 years, so I always knew how to reckon time in 24 hours.
For the military, time is written in four digits
7:00 AM = 0700 4:00 PM = 1600
All those trailing zeros make time look like hundreds.
Single digit hours are spoken as "Oh eight hundred hours" Double digit hours are spoken as "seveteen hundred hours"
And for the last obsessive detail
Really, really early is "Oh dark thirty"
Patty Dowden
Navy brat
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