A day in Paludal
Draft (not decided): a walk through one ordinary day, for someone seeing the system for the first time. Times are moments since midnight (600 is noon). Values are rounded the way a label or sign would be.
| Time | What happens | Paludal | Today |
|---|---|---|---|
| 330 | The alarm goes off. The forecast says 18° now, top of 28° | 18 °t, 28 °t | 6:30 am, 14 °C, 22 °C |
| 376 | A regular coffee and two eggs | 250 t↓cu (357 mL), 50 t↓li each | 7:15 am, 12 oz coffee (355 mL), 60 g eggs |
| 420 | Drive to work: 4;9 iters, about 26 moments door to door, 40 on the signs | 4;9 ir, 26 mt, 40 p/br | 8:20 am, 12 km, 25 min, 60 km/h |
| 630 | Lunch break | 30 mt (0;3 ch) | 12:30 pm, 30 min |
| 660 | Back to work | 1:00 pm | |
| 876 | Fill up on the way home: 1X;7 cubs at $3;56 a cub. The family car uses 14;4 cu/100 ir, so the drive to work took 0;66 cu, about $1;X6 | 1X;7 cu for $66, 0;66 cu for $1;X6 | 5:15 pm, 40 L at $1.95/L = $78; 1 L, $1.87, at 8 L/100 km |
| 890 | An after-work run: 2 iters in 30 moments | 2 ir, 30 mt | 5:30 pm, 5 km in 30 min |
| 946 | Shopping: mince, milk and flour | 0;3 li, 1;2 cu, 0;7 li | 6:45 pm, 450 g, 2 L, 1 kg |
| 946 | A roast goes in for 0;9 chime | 1X0 °t for 0;9 ch (90 mt) | 180 °C for 1½ hours |
| X00 | Watch TV: three half-hour shows, 30 moments (36 dec, a quarter chime) each, until X90 | 3 × 30 mt = 90 mt (0;9 ch) | 8:00-9:30 pm, three 30-min shows |
| E30 | Bed, for 4 chimes of sleep | 4 ch | 10:30 pm, 8 hours |
- Prices use the proposed dozenal dollar: $1 stays $1, split into 100; (144 dec) parts, so $3;56 is $3.46 (see Money)
- The clock reads like a 24-hour clock halved: 330 is a quarter past the third chime (6:30 am)
- Every step is twelve, so the common fractions are single digits: 30 moments is 0;3 chime (a quarter), 0;6 is a half, 0;4 a third