h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Does he call TIM? Not how that would help, mind?


Geggs

Not sure how that would help, rather.

Oh, and some mention was made of his division earlier. Is the division relevant? Is it traffic?


Geggs

Some sort of activation for weaponry or radio astronomy?

What or whom is TIM?

Yes, he works for traffic enforcement.

Correct! +3

Not weaponry or astronomy but a radio is involved. DGI+1

TIM being the speaking clock.

As I say, not sure how that would help, though.


Geggs

TIM is the speaking clock. On the third stroke, it will be six twenty three and fifty seconds precisely, beep beep beep.

Not sure if we have it any more.

Mol

Your intuition serves you well: he does call the speaking clock service!

A very impressed +3 points!

Mol: DGI +1

So is he trying to sort out the tuning and timing on his car engine?

Mol

No. But how would that work?

Well, it wouldn't! But you tune a piano and you tune an engine; and if you want to get the timing right you phone the speaking clock (or furtle about under the bonnet of your car). So I thought perhaps that was the mistake he made.

I'll go back to bed then ...

Mol

Is he trying to use the beeps of the speaking clock as a metronome?


Geggs

Ah no the mistake relates to the batteries, the orchestra and the speaking clock is his attempt to fix it.

If you use a wrench to tune an engine what might you use to tune a piano with a wonky 71st key, I wonder?

He is not using the second-hand count of the 'beep', no. (But that's why Mol got a DGI)

But there is something very curious and therefore quite interesting about how police officers in Colorado, circa 1977, did use the speaking clock service.

Also looking back Super Frenchie deserves a DGI+1 for their post #139.

#119, excuse me! (Guess who hasn't got his specs on!)

Something to do with CB radio?
Traffic light control?

Good guesses but neither of those.