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To: rottndog

Notice that Iran, and Afghanistan, which straddle meridians, have split the difference and are different from everyone else by half an hour. (Figures)

Something weird about Fiji, too. It seems they flip the calendar for the International Date Line before the clock strikes twelve. That has to raise an eyebrow or two.

The Flying Castle uses white and purple. (0, -8, and +8)

The International Date Line for the Flying Castle is, “Hi! Are you with the U.N. delegation?”


1,457 posted on 09/11/2007 2:49:33 PM PDT by NicknamedBob ("The enemy of my enemy is an anemone." -- Nemo, and Nemo's father.)
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To: NicknamedBob
Not only that, one of the countries on the northern part of South America is 45 or 50 minutes off the hour.

I don't think Fiji crosses the dateline but there are two places that do just what you noted: some island owned by NZ, and (I think) Anadyr, Russia.

1,458 posted on 09/11/2007 2:52:52 PM PDT by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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