>> Is this France's revenge for Paris losing out to London in the battle to >> host the Prime Meridian? Probably only Pierre knows! >> >> Bob Christy Maybe it is an attempt by Germany to put Britain under their time regime at last, 66 years after losing the Battle of Britain... ;-) Nope, it is just another attempt to try to get Britain to join the rest of a unified Europe instead of being their own deviant selves. With the exception of Portugal, Ireland and Britain all of western Europe is on CET. Even countries like France, Spain, Belgium and my own Country the Netherlands, who by their longitudes should be on GMT rather than CET. Resistance is futile my dear Brits, you will be Europefied. No Spitfire this time can save you. First the metrics. Now from GMT to CET. Then the Euro. Eventually, driving on the right side of the road. And forced abstaining of putting loads of milk in your tea.... But you will be allowed to keep Charles and Camilla. ;-) I have lived on CET including summertime virtually all my life (I will be 36 next month), while being at only 4.5 degrees East of Greenwhich. It never bothered me. Observing time starts a bit late in summer, that's all. On the other hand, nice long evenings to enjoy outside on a terrace with a rosé wine...! It's just what you are used to. You'll eventually get used to it too, just like the rest of Europe did, trust me. Stiff upper lip, and God Save the Queen, Old Chaps! - Marco ;-) ----- Dr Marco Langbroek - SatTrackCam Leiden, Cospar 4353 Leiden, the Netherlands. 52.15412 N, 4.49081 E (WS84), +0 m ASL SatTrackCam: http://home.wanadoo.nl/marco.langbroek/satcam.html Station (b)log: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com Atom RSS: http://sattrackcam.blogspot.com/atom.xml e-mail: sattrackcam@wanadoo.nl ----- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Frequently Asked Questions, SeeSat-L archive: http://www.satobs.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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