relative time

[Delta40]

what does a moment
feel like?
dial up connection
waiting for a bus
a knife at your throat
watching water boil
downloading love songs
losing a phone number
waiting for the loo
checking out a lie
cleaning up dog poo
peeling potatoes
sitting on hold
just how long does a moment take?

[hillwalker]

I love this for its simplicity - yet it provokes so many thoughts.

[PrinceMyshkin]

A question that has surely occurred to many of us. I admire the examples you provide.

[Haunted]

very clever!

[Delta40]

thank you.

[dafydd manton]

What an inspired way of reminding us how much time in our lives just float by, achieving very very little. A neat little poem - although I am getting worried about the frequent references to poo!

[Delta40]

I have a bout of gastro. It comes from taking a sickie. God ensures I remain honest!

[Jerrybaldy]

magic moments ;)

I learnt something interesting about hours a while back. There is practically no chance you will live one million of them :)

[Delta40]

gosh, what science did they use to measure that statistic?

[Jerrybaldy]

Well my sausage , a million hours = over 114 years and there is nobody currently alive who has reached 115 (verifiably)

[dafydd manton]

Ah, but I'm working on it!

[Delta40]

see this is where time becomes relative. On the premise that 1 moment = less than 1 hour, it is possible to have a million moments

[Jerrybaldy]

absolutely , you achieved that before your second birthday :)

[Delta40]

lol. just as well I can't remember all those 'moments'