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190 Appointments and Schedules
length of the explanation frighten you; once you under-
stand and use it, there's nothing to it.
The first thing you must do, is to give a number to each
day of the week. Since there are seven days in the week,
you'll number them from 1 to 7. According to our calendar,
Sunday is the first day of the week; but I have found that
many people refer to Monday as the first day. This, I imag-
ine, is because of our work-a-day world, and the first day
of work is Monday. I will therefore use Monday as the first
day in the following explanation. If you are accustomed to
considering Sunday as the first day of the week, just change
the explanation as you read. From now on remember the
days of the week in this manner:—
Monday—1 Thursday—4
Tuesday—2 Friday—5
Wednesday—3 Saturday—6
Sunday—7
Once you know the number of each day of the week, you
can transpose any day at any hour to one of your peg words.
That's right, you will use the peg words which you already
know, to help you remember schedules and appointments.
Each day at every hour will be represented by a peg word,
and you don't have to remember anything to know the
words; it works itself.
Any day at any particular hour can be transposed into a
two digit number in this way:— The number of the day will
be the first digit, and the hour itself will be the second
digit. For example, if you wanted to remember an appoint-
ment for Wednesday at 4:00 o'clock—Wednesday is the
third day, so # 3 is the first digit. The appointment is for
4:00 o'clock, so #4 is the second digit. You now have a two
digit number—# 34, and the peg word for # 34 is "mower."
Therefore, "mower" must represent Wednesday at 4:00
o'clock!