Although in strictly economic terms nothing had happened — Payne's family had just as much (or as little) money as it had the day before — that afternoon in the cafeteria he became aware of which rung on the ladder he occupied.
Many campuses have bell towers, which ring on the hour or other specified times of day.
It contains five bells which ring on the hour and at 15-minute intervals.
Anyone is free to sign up as a host on VizEat, which rings up all prospective cooks via Skype to offer tips on creating a profile and crafting the perfect dining experience.
But as we were about to do it, one of the guys leaned on the doorbell, which rang, and a woman's voice shouted from inside, 'It's open!' Inside, we found bin Laden sitting in front of a TV, watching a video of himself speaking to the camera.
To compensate for their bovine silence, Online Dave finds a "cowbells app" on his smartphone, which ring-a-ding-dings as we ascend one side of the Sarntal.
"Hi, I wanted to see if you were interested in meeting our C.E.O., a very exciting guy," they chirp on the phone, which rings a hundred times a day, and I try not to pick up.
An Arctic tern bearing a uniquely numbered metal ring on its leg was found in Australia, 18,000km from the Welsh island on which the ring was fitted.
An overriding failing which rings out on occasion during this pulpy genre piece is the apparent gulf between the novelistic language to which Rankin is used and the more natural modes of expression demanded by theatre.
Despite the sustaining myth of American meritocracy, one of the most significant determinants of where a child will end up on the socioeconomic ladder is which rung his or her parents occupied.
