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I filed my taxes yesterday...I think it is the latest I have ever waited to do them. No reason just was like, oh, hey I got to do that.

You're welcome America.

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Canceled or Cancelled?

I'm team LL.

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GeddyWrox wrote:
April 15 26, 9:32 am
Canceled or Cancelled?

I'm team LL.
Typical American excess

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How did people describe the directions 'clockwise' and 'counter clockwise' before the invention of clocks?

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Leroy wrote:
April 16 26, 10:38 am
How did people describe the directions 'clockwise' and 'counter clockwise' before the invention of clocks?
I think clocks go that way because that's the same direction northern hemisphere sundials go.

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Arthur Dent wrote:
April 16 26, 11:46 am
Leroy wrote:
April 16 26, 10:38 am
How did people describe the directions 'clockwise' and 'counter clockwise' before the invention of clocks?
I think clocks go that way because that's the same direction northern hemisphere sundials go.
Yep. Watched a cool documentary about Elgin watches. In 1910 the company built their Elgin National Watch Company Observatory to maintain scientifically precise times in their watches.

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