Re: This day

On 3/23/07, Jim Henry <jimhenry1973@...> wrote:
> On 3/23/07, Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> wrote:
> >  .........  But "top" and
> > "bottom of the hour" are quite intuitive to me, relating as they do to
> > the minute hand's position at the top or bottom of the clock,
> > respectively.
>
> Do you mean you understand "bottom of the hour"
> to signify "N:30 plus or minus a few minutes" and
> "top of the hour" to signify "N:00 plus or minus
> a few minutes?
More or less, although I regard them as plus or minus a minute or two
at most. They're used that way in broadcasting ("News at the top and
bottom of each hour!").

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>