And the Medium techies are almost entitled to a microclap - I got the alert of your highlight just now, Debdutta, in a matter of minutes. But not the comment, which i had to track down manually, like this was the 20th century or something. The horror!

I think this is all a ruse to remind us of the olden days when you'd arrange to meet someone under the town hall clock at 8 o'clock. And if they didn't show up, queue at the phone box with a 10p coin to call their home.