-=> Holger Granholm wrote to Tony Langdon <=-   
      
    HG> In a message on 03-19-18 Tony Langdon said to Holger Granholm:   
      
    HG> Hi agn Tony,   
      
    HG> Afterwards I recalled the shorthand FM that stands for the day before   
    HG> mid-day and EM that stands for the afternoon but nothing for the   
    HG> morning or evening hours.   
      
    TL> Oh, OK.  So it's not like how AM means the 12 hours before midday   
    TL> and PM means the 12 hours after?   
      
    HG> No it isn't because AM (a.m. ante meridiem) is used for any time before   
    HG> mid-day (12 oclock), and PM (p.m. post meridiem) for any time before   
    HG> midnight.   
      
   Almost correct - "post" means after, so PM is "after midday". :)  I knew that,   
   I was just trying to make sure nothing is getting lost in translation. :-)   
      
    HG> I'm beginning to get the feeling that I've lived too long ;o)   
      
    TL> Oh dear. :)   
      
    HG> Well, as long as I'm not a burden on my children and other relatives   
    HG> I'll keep going, hi.   
      
   That's a reasonable approach. :)   
      
      
   ... Boy, I'm tellin you fer yer own good, I studied them things.   
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