@stfn it really has fallen into disuse. I used to say it and hear it all the time, but now folks just say “be there at three” omitting both the o’clock as well as the meridian.

Unrelated pet peeve: it bugs me when people suggest the o’ of o’clock is the same as the ó of O'Malley (Ó Máille)

@evan my “Yes But” response is based on two things which essentially amount to: do they have skin in the game?

1. For nations that impose tax on citizens living avoid abroad I firmly believe in the concept of “no taxation without representation”
2. For nations that do not impose tax on citizens living abroad, I believe there is value in implementing a test based on propinquity, i.e. has the citizen lived in the home nation for a certain number of years cumulative; does the citizen have close ties such as property ownership, close family, employment, etc.

My thinking is that I don’t appreciate citizens who have no practical ties to this nation influencing decisions that impact me but not them.