An annoying typing error 'real moon' must be 'real noon' Willy Leenders
Op 31-aug-2018, om 20:01 heeft Willy Leenders het volgende geschreven: > When commission president Jean-Claude Juncker gets right, the entire mainland > of Western Europe (except Portugal) gets throughout the whole year Daylight > Saving Time (the meaning of mainly the Germans because the other Europeans > hardly participated in the referendum which is not representative at all). > Then in February in the western part of Spain (Santiago of Compostela) it > will be real rnoon (the sun in the south) almost at 3 o'clock p.m. clock > time. A mockery of the natural rhythm of life . > Sundial experts could offer a counterweight to that idiocy, but many do the > opposite by designing sundials that do not indicate the true local time but > the unnatural clock time. > > Willy Leenders > Hasselt in Flanders (Belgium) > > Visit my website about the sundials in the province of Limburg (Flanders) > with a section 'worth knowing about sundials' (mostly in Dutch): > http://www.wijzerweb.be > > > > Op 31-aug-2018, om 16:31 heeft Frank King het volgende geschreven: > >> Dear Steve, >> >> Your subject line is ambiguous... >> >> EU backs ending Daylight Saving Time >> >> Does this mean: >> >> A: The EU wants to give up DST? >> >> or: >> >> B: The EU wants DST not to end? >> >> The report suggests the latter: >> >> Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker >> said millions "believe that in future, >> summer time should be year-round, and >> that's what will happen". >> >> If you look at the Greenwich meridian >> you will see that it has a longer run >> through France than through the U.K. >> >> This suggests, to me(!), that both >> countries should be on GMT. >> >> As it happens, France was on GMT until >> the Germans inflicted Nazi time on them >> during the war and they have never >> switched back. >> >> In my book, France is already >> on Summer Time in Winter. It is >> on Double Summer Time in Summer. >> >> OK, here is an anecdote... >> >> I stayed on an extra day after the >> NASS conference and, at breakfast >> on the Monday, I had a fascinating >> exchange with the friendly waitress >> who had served me for the better >> part of a week: >> >> Waitress: were you with the >> Shengal Group? >> >> Me: Er, the what group? >> >> W: Ah, how do you pronounce it? >> The delegates who were in the >> Forbes Room? >> >> Me: Oh, that was the sundial >> group. >> >> W: Is that a branch of >> Scientology? >> >> Me: I know very little about >> Scientology but I don't think >> there were any Scientologists >> in the Sundial group. >> >> W: What did you discuss? >> >> Me: [Using knife as a gnomon >> and attempting to appear as >> unthreatening as possible!] >> You see this shadow on the >> table? Well you can watch >> it move round and deduce the >> time of day. >> >> W: Ah. It's to do with the >> SUN then? >> >> Me: Yes, you've got it! >> >> W: What do you think of >> Daylight Saving Time? >> >> Me: [I recounted the story >> of the Native American who >> said "Only a white man could >> believe that by cutting a >> foot off one end of a blanket >> and stitching it to the other >> end you get a longer blanket.] >> >> W: Gee. I like that. My >> husband is a pilot and he >> keeps telling everyone that >> Daylight Saving Time is a >> load of Bullshit. >> >> Me: You have an admirable >> husband. >> >> My guess is that, in the UK, about >> 60% of the population would feel >> they have come across the word >> "sundial" though most would think >> it was just a garden ornament: >> some kind of statue, or bird bath >> or even a garden gnomn! >> >> With this sample of one, I am >> minded to guess that the U.S. >> percentage is lower! >> >> We must all do our bit to educate >> the masses! >> >> Very best wishes >> >> Frank >> >> Frank H. King >> Cambridge, U.K. >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >> > > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial >
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