Dear Membership, A friend tells me that he saw an article in a magazine ( at a doctor's office ) in which it told of a country that historically and still is using "streak dials". He says a streak dial is a long streak, scratch or mark on a wall or other surface that is used to indicate the starting of an event, or the opening of a show or store. As he says, one places their finger on the sunward end of the streak and observes the shadow and streak to estimate how soon til the event occurs. He says there are places where daily occuring events have actually had holes worn in the wall where many fingers have rested, something like the behavior of those waiting in line and checking their watches, or those waiting for an elevator repeatedly pushing the buttons.
Have any of you heard of this behavior and type of dial? Do any of you know what magazine this might have been in? Thanks, Edley McKnight [43.126N 123.327W]
