Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/04/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jerry-- Well, my alarm clock is always off by about 15 minutes, regardless of how many times I set it. So I always look at the clock and say, "oh, nice, fifteen more minutes of shut-eye!" Kit - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Jerry Lehrer Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 1:43 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] opening bell Kit No, there are some time zones that are off the adjacent ones by half an hour (30 minutes) and there are some off by a quarter of an hour (15 minutes). I don't know of any that are off by a FEW minutes. Jerry Kit McChesney | acmefoto wrote: > Kind of like Arizona, right? They don't change their clocks when the rest of > us do! > > "Time" is so relative anyway. Apprently in the 19th century clocks were > often many minutes, if not hours, off, since there was no standardization of > "time." Only when railroads started to take root did the clock become > important. I wish we had the railroads now! > > Kit > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of > grduprey@rockwellcollins.com > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 11:45 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: RE: [Leica] opening bell > > Kit > > It may be Kiribati, but there is a group of islands in the Pacific where > teh time is off from the rest of the world by several minutes. It is some > sort of Political thing. This was made known when we had all of the hoopla > over the turn of the century a few years back. > > Gene > > "Kit McChesney | acmefoto" > <kitmc@acmefoto.com> To: > <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> > Sent by: cc: > owner-leica-users@mejac.palo Subject: RE: > [Leica] opening bell > -alto.ca.us > > 04/24/2003 11:42 AM > Please respond to > leica-users > > Brian-- > > How can it be 6:01 anywhere, when it's 10:40 here? I can never figure that > one out. > > Kit > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of > reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 10:01 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: [Leica] opening bell > > In the village of Kiritimati, in the Christmas Islands, in > the country of Kiribati, it is just after sunrise (06:01) > on Friday, so the Leica Users Group 'For-sale Friday' is > officially open for business. > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html