When the clock stops in your hallway, it's a nuisance, but not a big deal. You get some new batteries, or you wind it up again, and you carry on with your life.
But when the Olympic Clock stops – the clock that counts down the days, hours, minutes and seconds to the next Olympic Games – _well, that's mighty embarrassing indeed. _ (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2011-03-15-1599900376_x.htm) Earlier today, the clock read 500 days, 7 hours, 6 minutes, 56 seconds. It continues to read exactly that. Argh. Urgh. Eep. Etc. International humiliation over technical faults before the games have even begun is exactly what we didn't want to happen – especially as it was just a day ago that the clock was unveiled in Trafalgar Square by Lord Sebastian Coe and Boris Johnson. If this isn't a bad omen, we don't know what is. Though to be fair, the steel clock is made by Olympic sponsor Omega and not really the responsibility of London's Olympic Planning committee. That said, this stuff still shouldn't be happening... 500 days, 7 hours, 6 minutes, 56 seconds before the games. Omega has since announced that: "We are very disappointed that it has stopped working. It's obviously a technical fault and we've got people working on it now." Best get on it quick, Omega men – the world is watching. Literally. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.