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On 3/10/11 19:19 , Don Freeman wrote:
Richard Evans wrote: bpnjensen wrote: On Mar 10, 12:26 pm, Richard Evans wrote: bpnjensen wrote: OTOH, it does nothing for amateur astronomers and only makes us DXers stay up later. The summer here doesn't do amateur astronomers any favours. In June the sky never gets completely dark. I once got home at 1am in mid June, and looked up to see a dark blue sky. Apparently in Northern Scotland it doesn't get any darker than twilight. Richard E. You're pretty far north there, eh? Some people may be surprised to hear that the UK is on the same latitude as Canada. It's a lot milder here however because we have the Golf Stream. Richard E. Is that a tributary of the Tennis River? Still in the comedy racquet, are we. |
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On Mar 10, 5:23*pm, "D. Peter Maus" wrote:
On 3/10/11 19:19 , Don Freeman wrote: Richard Evans wrote: bpnjensen wrote: On Mar 10, 12:26 pm, Richard Evans wrote: bpnjensen wrote: OTOH, it does nothing for amateur astronomers and only makes us DXers stay up later. The summer here doesn't do amateur astronomers any favours. In June the sky never gets completely dark. I once got home at 1am in mid June, and looked up to see a dark blue sky. Apparently in Northern Scotland it doesn't get any darker than twilight. Richard E. You're pretty far north there, eh? Some people may be surprised to hear that the UK is on the same latitude as Canada. It's a lot milder here however because we have the Golf Stream. Richard E. Is that a tributary of the Tennis River? * *Still in the comedy racquet, are we. - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - all I know is that I'm going to do the shortest sunday 1-5am show..ever. |
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On 3/10/2011 7:55 PM, Richard Evans wrote:
Some people may be surprised to hear that the UK is on the same latitude as Canada. It's a lot milder here however because we have the Golf Stream. Richard E. Parts of Britain are as far north as southern Alaska. When I visited Inverness one May there was still considerable light in the sky at midnight. People in the contiguous 48 states are often unaware of how far to the south they are compared with Europe. Minneapolis, Minnesota is further south than Venice, Italy. With best wishes, Kevin Alfred Strom. -- http://nationalvanguard.org/ http://kevinalfredstrom.com/ |
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On Mar 10, 4:55*pm, Richard Evans
wrote: bpnjensen wrote: On Mar 10, 12:26 pm, Richard Evans wrote: bpnjensen wrote: OTOH, it does nothing for amateur astronomers and only makes us DXers stay up later. The summer here doesn't do amateur astronomers any favours. In June the sky never gets completely dark. I once got home at 1am in mid June, and looked up to see a dark blue sky. Apparently in Northern Scotland it doesn't get any darker than twilight. Richard E. You're pretty far north there, eh? Some people may be surprised to hear that the UK is on the same latitude as Canada. It's a lot milder here however because we have the Golf Stream.. Richard E. Well - the sun doesn't set in Canada either! :-D I was thinking you guys are about 55 north or so, maybe Labrador-ish... |
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On 10-Mar-2011, Richard Evans wrote: But if they got up an hour earlier, they could get some stuff done before going to work. Hence benefit from an extra hour of daylight. It is not about getting stuff done. I get up between four and six most mornings. I like getting up early. It is about spending wonderful summer evenings playing with the kids. I don't know what the weather is like where you are, but here in Silicon Valley, we have perfect evenings for six or seven months of the year. It is pretty good, most of the rest of the time. Too good to waste. Phil |
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On Mar 10, 6:37*pm, Kevin Alfred Strom
wrote: On 3/10/2011 7:55 PM, Richard Evans wrote: Some people may be surprised to hear that the UK is on the same latitude as Canada. It's a lot milder here however because we have the Golf Stream. Richard E. Parts of Britain are as far north as southern Alaska. When I visited Inverness one May there was still considerable light in the sky at midnight. People in the contiguous 48 states are often unaware of how far to the south they are compared with Europe. Minneapolis, Minnesota is further south than Venice, Italy. With best wishes, Kevin Alfred Strom. --http://nationalvanguard.org/http://kevinalfredstrom.com/ Well, it is south of Verona and Milan. Not to be contrary, but on average, Minnesota is a bit north of Italia. More on par with France...but I nitpick. People think of north as cold and south as warm. That's why Minnesota and Maine are "north", the Riveria and Italy are "south" - but there's a lot more to climate than latitude. Direct sea influence (water temps and current heat transfer), indirect sea influence (continentality), elevation and humidity all play a role. Minnesota has a very high degree of continentality whereas Italy has almost none, being right on the sunny Mediterranean. Kilimanjaro, Mauna Loa and Aconcagua, in the midst of the world's warmer climes, get snow year round. Such a puzzle! :-) |
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bpnjensen wrote:
Well - the sun doesn't set in Canada either! :-D I was thinking you guys are about 55 north or so, maybe Labrador-ish... Apparently London is around about 51 Degrees 30 minutes North. Presumably more northerly parts of England would be about 55 degrees. Richard E. |
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Look on a map at the Northern tip of West By God Virginia.Wayyyyyy up
there between Ohio and Pennsylvania. Doggy and I are further North than some Yankees are. In 1966, the temperature in Corinth,Mississippi got down to nineteen degrees below Zero.Sometimes, it gets damn Cold down South. cuhulin |
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Part of England is slowly tilting downward into the Sea.That is why they
built those clamshell gates/flood barrier in the Thames River.I read about it in one of my snail mail Popular Science magazines wayyyyyyy back when they were being built. cuhulin, the Time Machine |
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On 3/9/2011 10:04 PM, Richard Evans wrote:
Not quite sure why you mention GMT, as that is the time zone we use in the UK during the winter (Grenwich Mean Time). OK, Steve - I'm not sure everyone else here got it. But I did. Yup. My GMT clock is one hour behind in the summer. But it's because my local clock is ahead. GMT (or - what is it now - "Coordinated Universal Time"??) is one of the few time designations that stays the same. It's interesting that the rest of the world has developed means of adjusting things - software in our PC's, routers, and even the transmitter control boxes that switch to nighttime patterns when necessary (this is a broadcast group, after all). Most all of them keep time internally through some means of syncing to GMT, but change the display info for the benefit of us humans. We can complain all we want about this, but it's kinda funny how technology has adapted - or not - when you think about it. Dave B. |
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On Mar 10, 10:12*am, J G Miller wrote:
On Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 14:35:23h +0000, Boltar2003 declared: It really is sad that people are such stupid sheep that clocks have to be put forward to fool them into thinking they're getting more daylight when all it actually is doing is making them get out of and go back to bed 1 hour earlier than they would be doing otherwise. Indeed so, but would employers otherwise change the hours of working? And surely it means less paperwork and confusion for everybody if the clock its-self is changed rather than having two sets of "opening hours"? Now if society were completely agrarian and everybody used a sundial ... At the present TIME: society may be moving back . Agrarians-are-US . And possibly solve many contemporary problems ! |
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On Mar 10, 6:48*pm, wrote:
We should set our clocks two hours ahead, and Leave them there Permantly. cuhulin Reminds me of someone I used to work with . This Cat used to CHANGE the time in the punch clock by removing the glass and moving the hands as much as he felt like ! He was the morning shift , I was the afternoon. . . Didn't take too long for the owner to find something fishy with all those 'extra' hours worked by the morning fellow . So he welded thick metal wire OVER the glass and that kind of solved this problem . So this CAT immediately came up with something new , don't remember exactly what he did . This was many moons ago . |
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On Mar 10, 9:52*pm, bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 10, 6:37*pm, Kevin Alfred Strom wrote: On 3/10/2011 7:55 PM, Richard Evans wrote: Some people may be surprised to hear that the UK is on the same latitude as Canada. It's a lot milder here however because we have the Golf Stream. Richard E. Parts of Britain are as far north as southern Alaska. When I visited Inverness one May there was still considerable light in the sky at midnight. People in the contiguous 48 states are often unaware of how far to the south they are compared with Europe. Minneapolis, Minnesota is further south than Venice, Italy. With best wishes, Kevin Alfred Strom. --http://nationalvanguard.org/http://kevinalfredstrom.com/ Well, it is south of Verona and Milan. *Not to be contrary, but on average, Minnesota is a bit north of Italia. *More on par with France...but I nitpick. People think of north as cold and south as warm. *That's why Minnesota and Maine are "north", the Riveria and Italy are "south" - but there's a lot more to climate than latitude. *Direct sea influence (water temps and current heat transfer), indirect sea influence (continentality), elevation and humidity all play a role. *Minnesota has a very high degree of continentality whereas Italy has almost none, being right on the sunny Mediterranean. Kilimanjaro, Mauna Loa and Aconcagua, in the midst of the world's warmer climes, get snow year round. *Such a puzzle! :-)- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Kilimanjaro is rapidly losing it's ice/snow . Al Gore proves it . |
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On Mar 10, 6:35*am, wrote:
On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 06:26:23 -0800 (PST) RHF wrote: In An Age Before Electricity . . . Daylight Savings Time Could Mean That You Saved On Lamp Oil in the Summer It really is sad that people are such stupid sheep that clocks have to be put forward to fool them into thinking they're getting more daylight when all it actually is doing is making them get out of and go back to bed 1 hour earlier than they would be doing otherwise. B2003 Clearly You have Not Lived {Existed} With Out Electricity : Spend a Summer in a Cabin with Water Piped in from Up Stream; and only Wood Fire at Night to warm you and Cook-on. . . circa late 1950s Walk 1~2 Miles down stream to 'hand' fish for Trout to put food on the table. tomorrow is yesterday ~ RHF |
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On Mar 10, 7:12*am, J G Miller wrote:
On Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 14:35:23h +0000, Boltar2003 declared: It really is sad that people are such stupid sheep that clocks have to be put forward to fool them into thinking they're getting more daylight when all it actually is doing is making them get out of and go back to bed 1 hour earlier than they would be doing otherwise. Indeed so, but would employers otherwise change the hours of working? And surely it means less paperwork and confusion for everybody if the clock its-self is changed rather than having two sets of "opening hours"? Now if society were completely agrarian and everybody used a sundial ... Local Business would Wake-Up at Dawn and Close at Night : To Serve The Farmers in Summer. it is that simple ! ~ RHF |
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On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 04:17:06 -0800 (PST)
RHF wrote: It really is sad that people are such stupid sheep that clocks have to be= put forward to fool them into thinking they're getting more daylight when all it actually is doing is making them get out of and go back to bed 1 hour earlier than they would be doing otherwise. B2003 Clearly You have Not Lived {Existed} With Out Electricity : Spend a Summer in a Cabin with Water Piped in from Up Stream; and only Wood Fire at Night to warm you and Cook-on. . . circa late 1950s And presumably no clocks either so how exactly does that relate to DST? Also any particular reason for the capitalisation of every word or have you just messed up your editor? B2003 |
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On Mar 10, 3:34*pm, Phil Keller wrote:
On 3/10/11 9:51 AM, Richard Evans wrote: If people want more daylight in the evenings, there is nor particular reason why they can't just get up earlier. * Most people don't have control over their work schedule. Daylight savings does give them an extra hour of daylight. Phil They Go To Work Earlier . . . -but- ENJOY Longer Wonderful Glowing Warn Evenings with Their Families and Friends - The Boys of Summer :o-} ~ RHF |
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On Mar 10, 4:20*pm, Richard Evans
wrote: Phil Keller wrote: On 3/10/11 9:51 AM, Richard Evans wrote: If people want more daylight in the evenings, there is nor particular reason why they can't just get up earlier. *Most people don't have control over their work schedule. Daylight savings does give them an extra hour of daylight. But if they got up an hour earlier, they could get some stuff done before going to work. Hence benefit from an extra hour of daylight. Richard E. When You Get Up and Are At Work Before The Sun Rises and Leave Work After The Sun Sets in the Winter : Your Learn to Love Daylight Saving Time and Those Long Wonderful Warn Twilighted Summer Nights with Family and Friends. summer time & live is beautiful ~ RHF |
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On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:39:39 +0900
"Brenda Ann" wrote: But... you've never heard of wind up clocks? They were actually all the rage well into the late '60's. Sure, but if someone wanted to live such a bucolic existent getting away from it all and living off the land to the rhythms of nature why would they care about the time enough to bother with a clock? B2003 |
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On 3/11/2011 8:01 AM, D. Peter Maus wrote:
[...] When I go to the cabin in the north woods, I leave my watch in Chicago. Bucolic is good. Until the bear tries to get into the living room. Bringing your watch would not solve this problem. K. -- http://nationalvanguard.org/ http://kevinalfredstrom.com/ |
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On Mar 11, 8:01*am, "D. Peter Maus" wrote:
On 3/11/11 06:52 , wrote: On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:39:39 +0900 "Brenda *wrote: But... you've never heard of wind up clocks? They were actually all the rage well into the late '60's. Sure, but if someone wanted to live such a bucolic existent getting away from it all and living off the land to the rhythms of nature why would they care about the time enough to bother with a clock? B2003 * *When I go to the cabin in the north woods, I leave my watch in Chicago. * *Bucolic is good. * *Until the bear tries to get into the living room. Did he get to play with your radios yet ? |
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On 3/11/11 07:04 , Kevin Alfred Strom wrote:
On 3/11/2011 8:01 AM, D. Peter Maus wrote: [...] When I go to the cabin in the north woods, I leave my watch in Chicago. Bucolic is good. Until the bear tries to get into the living room. Bringing your watch would not solve this problem. K. LOL. No, but I would be able to shout, "What the hell...do you know what TIME it is?" |
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On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 08:04:40 -0500
Kevin Alfred Strom wrote: On 3/11/2011 8:01 AM, D. Peter Maus wrote: [...] When I go to the cabin in the north woods, I leave my watch in Chicago. Bucolic is good. Until the bear tries to get into the living room. Bringing your watch would not solve this problem. Well if the bear worked to a schedule.... ;) B2003 |
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On Thursday, March 10th, 2011 at 18:52:14h -0800, BpnJensen wrote:
People think of north as cold and south as warm. Strangely in parts of Europe it is the opposite way around, because one is travelling further away from the coast which is warmer due to the effects of the Gulf Stream. For example, in the winter it may be quite mild in Brussel (no snow, or even ice) but heading south the temperature drops and there can be lots of snow on the ground south of Namen and beyond. And continuing further south and east eg to Metz and Strassburg, even further away from the coast, the temperatures are even colder again. A similar effect can be observed travelling east provided one is not staying parallel with the coastline. |
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On 3/11/11 8:03 AM, spamtrap1888 wrote:
Surprised they didn't continue. In WW I to feed the troops, brewers had to cut the amount of grain used per pint, and British beer has been low alcohol ever since. And we are still paying the WWII emergency excise tax on tires. They changed the name of the tax, but it is still there. Phil |
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I needs to find me a picture/photo of Curley the Stooge and stick it on
my cheap Neon clock I bought at the Dangerous Walmart store a little over a year ago. cuhulin, the Stooge |
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On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:20:26 +0000, Richard Evans
wrote: Phil Keller wrote: On 3/10/11 9:51 AM, Richard Evans wrote: If people want more daylight in the evenings, there is nor particular reason why they can't just get up earlier. Most people don't have control over their work schedule. Daylight savings does give them an extra hour of daylight. But if they got up an hour earlier, they could get some stuff done before going to work. Hence benefit from an extra hour of daylight. Richard E. There is NO "extra hour of daylight". The daylight hours stay the same. |
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Dean wrote:
On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:20:26 +0000, Richard Evans wrote: Phil Keller wrote: On 3/10/11 9:51 AM, Richard Evans wrote: If people want more daylight in the evenings, there is nor particular reason why they can't just get up earlier. Most people don't have control over their work schedule. Daylight savings does give them an extra hour of daylight. But if they got up an hour earlier, they could get some stuff done before going to work. Hence benefit from an extra hour of daylight. Richard E. There is NO "extra hour of daylight". The daylight hours stay the same. Wottayaknow, and all this time I thought that legislation could change the laws of physics. -- __ (oO) www.cosmoslair.com /||\ Cthulhu Saves!!! (In case he needs a midnight snack) |
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On 3/11/11 13:20 , Don Freeman wrote:
Dean wrote: On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:20:26 +0000, Richard Evans wrote: Phil Keller wrote: On 3/10/11 9:51 AM, Richard Evans wrote: If people want more daylight in the evenings, there is nor particular reason why they can't just get up earlier. Most people don't have control over their work schedule. Daylight savings does give them an extra hour of daylight. But if they got up an hour earlier, they could get some stuff done before going to work. Hence benefit from an extra hour of daylight. Richard E. There is NO "extra hour of daylight". The daylight hours stay the same. Wottayaknow, and all this time I thought that legislation could change the laws of physics. So, apparently, does Washington. The difference is that YOU learn. |
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Look at your physical clocks/wris****ches.12 hours.But, Military Clocks
and Military Wris****ches have a whole nudder set of Numbers on thar.I larned how to tell Military TIME when I was at bootcamp at Fort Gordon,Gerogia in 1962.O'course, I didn't tell the Drill Instructor I already knowed how to tell Military TIME.I knowed how ever sincit I was a little boy. cuhulin, the little boy |
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On Mar 11, 11:12*am, Dean wrote:
On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:20:26 +0000, Richard Evans wrote: Phil Keller wrote: On 3/10/11 9:51 AM, Richard Evans wrote: If people want more daylight in the evenings, there is nor particular reason why they can't just get up earlier. *Most people don't have control over their work schedule. Daylight savings does give them an extra hour of daylight. But if they got up an hour earlier, they could get some stuff done before going to work. Hence benefit from an extra hour of daylight. Richard E. There is NO "extra hour of daylight". *The daylight hours stay the same. I am now awake for an hour of daylight that I would have slept through. |
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On 03/11/2011 08:45 AM, bpnjensen wrote:
On Mar 11, 6:26 am, wrote: On 03/11/2011 04:52 AM, wrote: On Fri, 11 Mar 2011 21:39:39 +0900 "Brenda wrote: But... you've never heard of wind up clocks? They were actually all the rage well into the late '60's. Sure, but if someone wanted to live such a bucolic existent getting away from it all and living off the land to the rhythms of nature why would they care about the time enough to bother with a clock? A pistol to the head will get you there quick. Aren't we morbid today! A cry for help? Nah. A rejection of escapism. I was rude. |
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I done deeeeeecided, (deeeeeeeeecided ~ Walter Brennan, another one of
my Heros) come June of this year, I am going to buy me a new, one of the lowest priced, Velocity Micro desktop (I Likes desktops, laptop danging isn't for me, unless any of them wimmins wants to dance on my lap) computerys.I thinks I likes that Velocity Micro Vector desktop, whatever it is, with Windows 7 osperatin systema. Then I will have me two (count em, Two) Velocity Micro desktops to play with. XP and also 7. http://www.velocitymicro.com When you care enough to buy the Very Best. N-E-S-T-L-E-S,,, Nestles makes the Very Best,,,, C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E. cuhulin, the desktop |
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I don't need a clock that has the numbers to see what time it is.If you
have a clock and it is easy to remove the dial face, or even leave the dial face off, put the hands back on there.Still easy enough to see what time it is. Say cuzz,,, what time is it? ///O' Dark Thutty/// cuhulin, the Time Machine |
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