Cop Clampdown Back
- Music venues and bars in the city have been warned by top police officials that the highly unpopular early closing regime has been re-instated coinciding with the end of the tourist high season and with high school holidays. They warn that all bars must be vacated by 1 am and that all live music terminated where licensed at 12:30 am, with no grog served after 12:30 am either. The new regime will be fully enforced where necessary and there will be no exceptions, they say.
March 22nd, 2008 at 12:27 pm
12:30pm, 1:00pm. Bit early in the afternoon for me.
Closing really at 01:00 thru 02:00 as usual with the occasional 03:00 at 5-Star ????
March 22nd, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Does anyone have a clue what Suk41 is actually saying? I understand the bit about afternoon, but after that, I’m lost.
The story worries me, though, as I do NOT like the idea of a cop clamp down MY back.
pj
March 31st, 2008 at 7:05 pm
A.M. and P.M.
What is Noon and Midnight?
A.M. and P.M. start immediately after Midnight and Noon (Midday) respectively.
This means that 00:00 A.M. or 00:00 P.M. (or 12:00 A.M. and 12:00 P.M.) have no meaning.
Every day starts precisely at midnight and A.M. starts immediately after that point in time e.g. 00:00:01 A.M. (see also leap seconds)
To avoid confusion timetables, when scheduling around midnight, prefer to use either 23:59 or 00:01 to avoid confusion as to which day is being referred to.
It is after Noon that P.M. starts e.g. 00:00:01 PM (12:00:01)
A.M. abbreviation ante meridiem
P.M. abbreviation post meridiem
Main Entry: an·te me·ri·di·em
Pronunciation:
“an-ti-m&-’ri-dE-&m, -dE-”em
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin
Date: 1563
Meaning: being before noon
Abbreviation a.m.
Main Entry: post me·ri·di·em
Pronunciation:
-m&-’ri-dE-&m, -”em
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin
Date: 1647
Meaning: being after noon
Abbreviation p.m.
March 31st, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Also:
The 12-hour clock is a timekeeping convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods called ante meridiem (a.m., Latin “before noon”) and post meridiem (p.m., “after noon”). Each period consists of 12 hours numbered 12 (acting as zero), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. The indication of noon and midnight in the 12-hour system is disputed.
The 12-hour clock was developed over time from the mid-second millennium BC, to the 16th century A.D. and was once popular throughout Northern Europe, but is now the dominant system used only in a few former British and American Colonies. It is also used informally in most of the world. The notion has received much criticism, yet survives out of tradition.
so there we have it.
April 1st, 2008 at 1:17 am
Time ain’t nuthin but an invention by The Man to keep the little man down! That and a means to structure music. If you know what I mean!