So why have sky cut off the major European dealers?

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On dec. 30, 18:14, "John Russell" wrote:
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No, we're perfectly normal thanks, it's the rest of Europe that are
odd

No, the reason is that the US stock market and the London stock
market. You want to be closer to USA not to Europe that is why you
want to have 1 hour earlier.

UK is on the same longitude as france so there is no reason to have 1
hour earlier.

One hour nearer to US Eastern standard time..that really does make a
difference.

Your comment is a nonsense when you consider that every time zone has to
have a line where near places either side are 1 hour a part, and in the
case
of the middle of the pacific a whole day!

Kindly check your PC Time Zone again. The UK is not the only EU country
which isn't the same as France! What stupid reasons have you got for
Ireland?

Ireland is just adjusting to the UK. But at least they have euro. I
heard from UK officials on CNn TV some years
ago that the main reason is the trade and financial contacts with USA.

You are right, France is not central europe, yet they are using the
CET. What you should ask, if France is at same longitude as the UK why
France is using CET and you GMT ...?

think deeper on this.

Time zones exist, that's the end of the matter. Even the USA and Russia have
time zones, and they are single countries. The EU can't have a single time
zone just to keep you happy. What happens if Turkey join? The EU will then
have a border with the Middle East. You expect Turkey and Ireland to have
the same time?

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:45:29 -0800 (PST), replicator
wrote:

You are right, France is not central europe, yet they are using the
CET. What you should ask, if France is at same longitude as the UK why
France is using CET and you GMT ...?

You would have to ask the French why they chose to be different. For
years, before the quicker travel times brought trains messed
everything up, noon was always defined as when the sun was highest in
the sky, wheverer you happened to be. UTC is near enough Greenwich
Mean Time, which, when time zones were invented, was calculated from
the average time when the sun was at its highest over the Prime
Meridian.

Charlie
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On dec. 31, 01:01, Charlie Pearce -SPOO-
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On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:45:29 -0800 (PST), replicator

wrote:
You are right, France is not central europe, yet they are using the
CET. What you should ask, if France is at same longitude as the UK why
France is using CET and you GMT ...?

You would have to ask the French why they chose to be different. For
years, before the quicker travel times brought trains messed
everything up, noon was always defined as when the sun was highest in
the sky, wheverer you happened to be. UTC is near enough Greenwich
Mean Time, which, when time zones were invented, was calculated from
the average time when the sun was at its highest over the Prime
Meridian.

Charlie
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If I were a British, I would have same reasoning...

If I were a British, I would have same reasoning...
OK. if you where French and had defined 0 Longitude through the centre of
Paris, would you then ignore that and chose to have the same time as Berlin?
No, the French would be going on about their National Maritime History and
lauding the fact.

Paris is to the east of London, and hence in a different time zone. Like all
governments those in Power only care about the opinion of the ruling elite
living in the capital. Why should those living in Paris care if two thirds
of France have a shifted day to accommodate them?

On 2007 dec. 31, 14:05, "John Russell"
wrote:
If I were a British, I would have same reasoning...

OK. if you where French and had defined 0 Longitude through the centre of
Paris, would you then ignore that and chose to have the same time as Berlin?
No, the French would be going on about their National Maritime History and
lauding the fact.

Paris is to the east of London, and hence in a different time zone. Like all
governments those in Power only care about the opinion of the ruling elite
living in the capital. Why should those living in Paris care if two thirds
of France have a shifted day to accommodate them?

I was not talking about Paris but abour France. Paris is east of
London. yes. What about Bretagne? how many km Paris is east of London?
You can't be serious.

The reason as I mentioned and was exressed on CNN the new york stock
exchange and London stock excnage to have the most common opening
hours. That is the reason. You are US, not EU.

On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:01:38 +0000, Charlie Pearce
wrote:

On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:45:29 -0800 (PST), replicator
wrote:

You are right, France is not central europe, yet they are using the
CET. What you should ask, if France is at same longitude as the UK why
France is using CET and you GMT ...?

You would have to ask the French why they chose to be different. For
years, before the quicker travel times brought trains messed
everything up

That should of course have read "before the quicker travel times
trains brought..."

Charlie
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On Tue, 1 Jan 2008 04:52:20 -0800 (PST), replicator
wrote:

On 2007 dec. 31, 14:05, "John Russell"
wrote:
If I were a British, I would have same reasoning...

OK. if you where French and had defined 0 Longitude through the centre of
Paris, would you then ignore that and chose to have the same time as Berlin?
No, the French would be going on about their National Maritime History and
lauding the fact.

Paris is to the east of London, and hence in a different time zone. Like all
governments those in Power only care about the opinion of the ruling elite
living in the capital. Why should those living in Paris care if two thirds
of France have a shifted day to accommodate them?

I was not talking about Paris but abour France. Paris is east of
London. yes. What about Bretagne? how many km Paris is east of London?
You can't be serious.

"How many km" is irrelevant - Paris is approx. 2 deg 20 min east of
London, so noon in Paris should happen at roughly 11:50:40 UTC (on
average).

Before time zones were created, that's when noon would have been set
as by local observations, so why did the French decide to take 50
minutes off rather than adding 10 minutes?

Charlie
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replicator wrote:
W2, for most of mainland
europe the Nation State is seen as the cause of their problems,
hence the desire by many to associate themselves in a wider european
context, but over here it is exactly the opposite, it was the
strength of our Nation State which held us together and helped us
defeat what is possibly the greatest evil to threaten mankind in
recent times.

Gaz

Are u a christian fanatic? It's not better than a muslim one ....

I dont see any connection to religion in what i wrote.

Gaz