The Time Lady
YOU CAN NO LONGER CALL TIME. (By Miss Information) I learned this today when I needed the actual time and not the i-wake-up-late-and-set-my-clock-ten-minutes-fast-so-that-I-can-be-punctual time. It's sad to me, because I actually USED this service, but I was apparently alone. & when I got the recording (who was speaking?) informing me that this service was discontinued, I went to catch my train to find that it was twenty minutes late! Gee, wonder why? It is not as sad as the demise of the telegram but somehow it is similar. & I shall always regret never having sent a telegram. "Good morning. At the tone, Pacific Daylight Time will be 12:57, exactly". It was always confusing to be told "good morning" at just past midnight. sigh. I might just be (am) overly sentimental but this rather saddens me in a serious way. The lady voice was Jane Barbe. I like her. She is dead. She is rolling in her electronic grave. this sounds like transmittals from a very special...