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23rd December 2023, 03:52 PM
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International date line
Anyone miss out on Christmas day crossing the line.
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23rd December 2023, 06:36 PM
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No, but I think a few Sundays at sea may have been lost, due to conniving skippers over the years.
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24th December 2023, 12:54 AM
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Certainly never got an extra one going the other way. JS
Now if it had been the equator all one would have to do was to fill your washbasin up and pull the plug , continue doing so until the escaping water swirled the opposite way going down the plug hole in the northern hemisphere it would have been anti clockwise and clockwise in the southern hemisphere clockwise, if Im wrong then it’s the other way round.
JS.
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24th December 2023, 08:01 AM
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Well tomorrow in approximately 15 hours time on Christmas Day in the morning ( at approx
0700 hrs on the 25 December 2023.) if I come to singing “ I saw 3 ships come sailing by “ ,
I have no doubt they will be the first 3 out of the many I sailed on which cover 6 years sea time , should be the Avonmoor, the Glenmoor, and the Hazelmoor . So merry xmas in advance and hope I don’t wake up seasick . Cheers JS.
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24th December 2023, 11:36 AM
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Re: International date line
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john mc dermott
Anyone miss out on Christmas day crossing the line.
Not Christmas but I did "miss" my birthday one trip
Regards Michael
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24th December 2023, 11:45 AM
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You would have missed more if you had been born in a leap year on the 29 feb. Michael and crossed in a leap year and did it twice, that would have made you 10 years younger today . How are you feeling ? Cheers JS.
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24th December 2023, 12:52 PM
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Feeling fine John thanks, could do with knocking 10 years off. All the best everyone, enjoy your Christmas.
Regards Michael
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