#51 Time is NOT on Our Side
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All of the clocks in my life have turned against me. I’m sure of it. Some of them run fast, some run slow, and some are just plain weird. I’m pretty sure that they talk to each other at night — trading messages encoded in ticks, tocks and the occasional bong — finding new ways to drive me mad. Or maybe it’s the change in Daylight Savings Time.
I first noticed this with the digital clock in my mini-van. Some of the little LED segments don’t light up anymore. Instead of showing a proper time like 3:26, it reads 3cL. How am I supposed to interpret that? Am I going to be late for my three-thirty appointment? Or early?
The worst clock in the house is the one on the microwave. Like its cousin in the car, its display has missing segments; only these render it unreadable. Instead of nuking my popcorn for 2:35 seconds, I end up with something that looks like Klingon. When I hit the buttons, I’m no longer certain if I’m setting the power to reheat or the phasers to stun.
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I wanted to make sure you knew that you’re doing a wonderful job in general, and in particular with this episode. I listened to it during a long drive recently, and in the six minutes I got several audible chuckles and at least one guffaw. The guffaw was over the “setting the power to reheat or the phasers to stun” line.
Keep it up! I’m a big fan!
Steve Mullen
Startup BizCast
Thanks Steve! I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying the show. Thanks for listening and please stick around…there are more fun things to come!