Harley Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 [8-)] If most of us are logged in our profiles as 0 GMT, where is 1 GMT - Just wondering.......can anyone explain......? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 France is one hour a head of UK. So on my profile i'm GMT+1, but there is something not strictly correct about this GMT + thing, I think. Perhaps someone clever knows what it is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 [quote user="Tresco"]France is one hour a head of UK. So on my profile i'm GMT+1, but there is something not strictlycorrect about this GMT + thing, I think. Perhaps someone clever knowswhat it is?[/quote]Well, I don't know about you (though given where you are, Mrs T, you are possibly in a very similar position) but I live in a time zoneone hour ahead of the UK and just slightly west ofGrenwich (about Manchester way, in fact). This means that in June itdoesn't seem to get dark until about 10.45pm and "noon" is actuallyaround 2 in the afternoon. I find this very confusing. It's what keepsme drinking late into the night sometimes, in fact.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 That's uncanny Jond. Do you mean you live almost exactly due south of Manchester? because I do, and I'd never noticed before, even though I lived in Mcr for 20 years.I must start paying more attention.I agree with you about 'noon'. Go and have a siesta at mid day, come out at 3 and FRY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 We are in France but I am 0 GMT. So that rule can't be right can it?[:^)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Harley.you choose it yourself by clicking on your name at the top of the screen, where it says 'edit your details'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 [quote user="Tresco"]That's uncanny Jond. Do you mean you live almost exactly due south of Manchester? becauseI do, and I'd never noticed before, even though I lived in Mcr for 20years.I must start paying more attention.I agree with you about 'noon'. Go and have a siesta at mid day, come out at 3 and FRY! [/quote]And if that wasn't enough, follow this link.... http://www.wimp.com/guinea/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I'm not sure what the relation is to Time Zones, but that was Fab! I suppose it's what comes of having girly type children around and about the place?Have you ever been here?. http://www.angryalien.com/It's a cartoon bunny theatre troop. They do 30 second re-enactments of major movies; recently updated to include Brokeback Mountain. Put sound on.Its Bun-o-Vision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Using GMT + or - whatever the time variance is standard practice in the travel industry and in international situations. I have never heard of GMT 0. At present the UK is on GMT (the usual way this is phrased) and France is on GMT+1. When the clocks go forward at the end of the month, the UK will be on GMT+1 and France will be on GMT+2. Hope this is useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 [quote user="Tresco"]I'm not sure what the relation is to TimeZones, but that was Fab! I suppose it's what comes of havinggirly type children around and about the place?Have you ever been here?. http://www.angryalien.com/It's a cartoon bunny theatre troop. They do 30 second re-enactmentsof major movies; recently updated to include Brokeback Mountain. Putsound on.Its Bun-o-Vision[/quote]Fantastic! You're right - it has nothing to do with time zones, but Iwas shown it only a few moments before and thought that you might justfind it distracting...Yup - we are indeed pretty much due south of Manchester (my MIL livesin Stalybridge). I have recently discovered that this part of WesternFrance gets more rain than Manchester (880mm vs a paltry 810mm).Difference is, we get rain around 100 days per year, they get it 185days; we got 2600 hours sunshine, they got about 1400. Don't get mewrong; I quite like Manchester, but I prefer the South Vendée. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 Thanks KathyC - that makes sense - came across it earlier whilst mooching about and wondered why some would be 0 GMT or 1GMT if both people are in France - If you are able to change it yourself, I would imagine some people just haven't bothered.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Glad it helped, however,nobody living in France should have 0GMT (if it existed). It must always be GMT+1 or GMT+2, depending on whether they entered their details in the summer or the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 "...thought that you might just find it distracting..."I was indeed distracted, and enchanted. I like Manchester too! Guess what. OH has just told me that we are south of MCR on the 'flat' map, but not in the 'real world'. I'm even more confused than usual now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patmobile Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 What's even more confusing is that in my house in 62 the bathwater (well, shower-water, actually) runs down the drain clockwise, whereas in the house in 80 in seems to prefer anti-clockwise. Years ago I was taught about something called the Coriolis Effect which is caused by the Earth's rotation, and which, among other things, makes water run out clockwise in the northern hemisphere and anti-clockwise south of the equator.This means that the Bay of the Somme is now in the southern hemisphere and that the equator runs through Le Touquet.The earth has obviously tilted on its axis and, as a result, you may not now be South of where you thought you were, but actually East of it.Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teamedup Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Tresco, after all these years of siesta 'ing, I am a bit of an expert.We eat at noon in summer and then go for a siesta at around 2pm until around 4 when it is a little cooler. I would love to do this every single day in mid summer, but helas, it isn't always possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tresco Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 [quote user="KathyC"]Glad it helped, however,nobody living in France should have 0GMT (if it existed). It must always be GMT+1 or GMT+2, depending on whether they entered their details in the summer or the winter.[/quote]I missed this before, and I think what KathyC says is the source of , or perhaps answer to my confusion. TU, You got it right, and not for the first time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harley Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 I fancied the look of GMT -10 Hawaii - I wouldn't mind a siesta there..................................[H] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Riff-Raff Element Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 [quote user="Tresco"] "...thought that you might just find it distracting..."I was indeed distracted, and enchanted. I like Manchester too! Guess what. OH has just told me that we are south of MCR on the 'flat' map, but not in the 'real world'. I'm even more confused than usual now. [/quote]I always think that the real world might be a nice place to visit, but I am not sure that I would want to live there...Your OH may well have a point...I had a look in the atlas and we hereare almost exactly 1 degree west: Manchester is a fraction over 2degrees west, so we are more precisely directly south of places likeNorthampton. Be still my beating heart! Mind you, it's a very old atlasand may not be metric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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