What time is it? What time is it REALLY?
When we first moved here, all our clocks were different, and they were all wrong. I finally got it straightened out, only to learn that Max's preschool's clocks were 3 minutes fast. Since then we've gotten so late dropping him off that three minutes doesn't matter, though...
So how to get the correct time? Call "Time".
Growing up in Northern California, I could always call POP-CORN to get the time. Here, if you want the time you call... [break for a 15 minute session with the phone book] um... [let's dial "0" for the Operator and ask her]. The Operator says there are three phone numbers for Time in McMinnville. I ignored the two enemy prefixes and wrote down the 503 number.
To call Time (aka the Speaking Clock) from McMinnville, you dial 1 (503) 266-8463.
With "popcorn", the whole exchange is Time, and any 767 number works, but here it appears that 8463 is the only good number. Mercifully the other ones I tried didn't connect to anyone.
Looks like 1K0-DAMN-TIME or 1 (503) BOO-TIME to me.
2 comments:
What the heck do you mean by "enemy" prefixes? I should take a note of the number for time, very useful!
Your wife.
"Enemy" prefixes are out of your area code, where you're going to pay long distance charges to call them.
I stole the term from David's "enemy ATMs" that aren't part of your bank network.
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