All lines of longitude, that is connections with regional time changes and are measured from the longitude of Greenwich, England, UK which is 0 degrees. Hence the term basic Greenwich Mean Time which is the standard time at Greenwich with no additions or subtractions (or as you refer to it 'winter time'. In UK we have British Summer Time (BST) which is 1 hour ahead of GMT. This was introduced in WWII plus Double BST (2 hours ahead of GMT) to aid the farmers. We lost DBST, thank goodness, but we have to still hang on to BST in spite of universal complaints. So U.S. Eastern Time is 5 hours behind the standard GMT (for one week recently it was 6 hours behind, until you caught up). ? Sir Horological Leslie
'You don't have to be tall to be a big man!' Leslie Rae 2006
These who reffered to winter time as normal - are right. Winter time is logically connected to geographical longtitude, it means - when it's noon - sun is directly south (+- 7deg tolerancy). Summer time is Daylight Saving Time, shifted +1h, mainly to save electricity.
I was laughing a bit (with you) on the rush hour traffic on Camelback. Yessss, it can be hairy! My wife has 3 of her brothers and sisters living in Apache Junction. One brother passed away two years back.
I never cared very much for that side of the valley,as for the zillions of RV parks, terrible tasting water and dust storms out of the Superstition mountains.
On the West side of the valley of Glendale, Avendale, Goodyear and Luke Airforce Base. The water tasted good, and the storms would poop out before hitting that location. I was out in the desert quite a bit then. In and around the White Tank Mountains and the desert area out of Apache Junction and the Superstition Mountains. The area of The White Tank Mountains is just above Luke Airforce Base, and loaded with snakes (rattle snakes), so a person would have to use caution in the early evening hours. Also not to sit on scorpion holes in the desert floor.
Now I remember Sedona! That is nice there, and higher elevation. I ran over one of the largest rattle snakes I have ever seen on the highway one morning close to Sedona. It was sunning in the early morning sunshine laying cross wise on the road way when I hit it with the motorcycle. It went bang on the bottom part and thump as the tyre rolled over it. Anne asked what it was, I said it was a tree branch, she said,"lier, it was a snake", so I admitted it was a rattle snake.
There are many beautiful areas out there! We would take a day drive to see the country and it was wonderful and surprisingly historic.
As long as Anne was not with me on the motor cycle. It was a 750 Honda F and traffic was not much of problem.What was a problem was the tyre wear from heat and rough sections of the roadway, and grit wearing the chain. It was so open in areas, that traveling just seemed for ever.. gollies, in no time a check of the speedo would be scary, as it did not seem so, but 80-90mph (128-144 Kmh +) would sneak up very quickly.
Actually I liked Arizona, it was freedom feeling, strange areas where the Indians lived and pretty in summer when the rains would start.
No Charles. This is a church. It is built into the mountain. When you look out the window from inside it feels like you are in heaven looking out over the red rocks. It is very spiratual,quiet and moving.
(I also have a friend that works at Luke Air Force Base and lives in Glendale)
Charles somehow I never pictured you to be a biker dude. Now I have a brand new picture of Sir Charles ;D.
Thank you for killing that snake. This is the only thing making me hesitate of thinking to retire there.
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Pay not a wit to my blabbering. If you like Arizona, then by all the means, go there!! This for sure... The chances of you to come across a rattle snake is so remote as to just not think of it...
But, one thing though, that is on occasion, a black widow spider. Now those little buggers like to hang around under a water spigot, for the moisture. They are easy to see and avoid, ok?
Still to day though, I miss the crickets singing. The little fellows are every where. And after a few days if gone, and you return to your home and turn on the airconditioning (air cooler) they will just sing, and sing their little chirping voices...that is you welcome home..
Actually, it is cost effective to just leave the airconditioning on at 75F (24C). This brings down the interior and furnishings to a stable temperature. Other wise, in summer, the electrical cost can be just out standingly expensive. The power is suppled by the Salt River Project firm. They control the power generating stations through out Arizona, including the Palo Verda Nuclear generating plant in Buckeye.
A few years back, the Buckeye nuclear werks almost suffered a complete meltdown. some sort of bug that loves solder, had eaten into the solder joining material in the cooling tanks. The result was massive leakage and problematical shutdown.
They had on site, an excellent security force, but, as such, very limited in expertise in handling such a massive endangerment of public safety.
Bechtel construction was the prime contractor in the original werks construction and was called back for the emergency analysis and resolution of the situation.
The crises was then taken into control as a non-crises and resolved with corrective measures.
I always tell the worst case scenarios, as that was what I was involved in. For every day living, not the case.
If all things were equal, I would my self, return to Arizona to live out what ever days, God has given me to enjoy as a blessing. I enjoyed each and every day there as an adventure in every day living..,,this for sure
Charles
Last Edit: Apr 5, 2006 16:59:47 GMT -7 by bescheid
Well, sure sign of a retired person, sun shines on head, hair leaves head, and brain cooks and leaves head...
For got to make mention: I do enjoy motorcycles, but, am not a biker. After a day in the office cooker, an hour in cooking traffic, a run in with the neigbhours dog. Then an hour out on the motorcycle with the hot wind cooled down to warm on the arms and legs on the bike. It was just defebulating of all that irritates with the day that was.
I should also make mention of Sun City. There is a motorcycle club there. Those guys have their rides on every Sunday. Well, knowing this, and the fact that they were on this particular sunday, were riding out to Buckeye. I was parked close to the entrance to hwy 17 and waiting. Those guys arrived on time and as such, I just joined in with them, all the way to the rest stop at Buckeye. They were all riding really beutiful Harly Davidsons (very expensive and powerful) and my self on this 750 F (mine would have blown them off the roadway though), was some what intimidating.
But then, at the moment we all removed our protective helmets! Ooohh, I was surrounded by the largest group of prune faces I have ever seen!! I tell you, I was struck for a few minutes dumb and speechless....this for a fact.. Those guys must have as a group, had an average age of 70+, it was intimidating for a few minutes. But, after a few more minutes when we all were accustomed to each other. They were so very nice and our common language was motorcycles from that point on.
We have more winter in Idaho. Today I woke up and there is snow around the house. It is still snowing...... are we approaching another ice age instead of the predicted warming?
How did you do that!!! It was absolutely wonderful!!! You could almost feel the vibration of the motorcycle engine, feel the soft wind past the arms and smell the cool mountain air... Boy!
Charles...glad you enjoyed it. I was digging for a photo to show you of millions of bikes that I saw when passing thru Laughlin on my way to Vegas. There is a point in the road that sort of has five roads coming into Laughlin. No matter where you looked each road had hundred of bikes coming down the road into Laughlin. I never saw such a site. Did I have my camera ready ..of course not. They were going to a Biker convention. They were all HOGS....all different kinds. So cool.
There is another video he took also. .
He takes them by wearing a helmet cam. This one I opened the real player to full view and then you really felt the wind on your arms. Try it.
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That must have been some thing to see! The Hog riders going to a gathering....It is some thing to see with all the different types of motorcycles those guys and gals ride. Also, at first, they all seem to be really mean type until you talk with some of them. Boy, what an eye opener. Some are dentist, Physicians, professional people of many walks of life. And, some are types we just would not want to associate with.
My bike was considered a rice burner, and as such not fit, but, only tolerated to be in and around those hog owners. My standard reply to those brazen enough to say some thing was: It has two wheels and a motor, so it must be a motorcycle.
Thanks for reminding me of the name of that place: Laughlin. Could not remember the name of it. Pretty neat place though. We used to take a tour bus out of Phoenix for $6.00 for a day trip to Laughlin. It was fun, and this included one meal, breakfast/lunch or dinner, did not matter.
I am not a gambler. So Anne would do the gambling, I would drink a bit, walk a bit, ride up and down the area in the free air conditioned buses or the walk on ferry across the river from Bull Head City. As the afternoon would wear down, and my drinks would wear up. I would just sit for safety at the bar, and watch the ladies go back and forth until retrieved by Anne for the return bus trip to Phoenix.
I for got to mention. The security in those casinos is really very professional and efficient. Cops are the few people easy to spot in a crowd. They are usually the only ones looking over the heads of others, and few people ever look up. After spotting one (happened to be a supervisor) we become acquainted and he took me on a tour of the his area of responsibility. It was really very interesting to say the least. The cameras they have, are just out standing...The security of those places are one of the most secure I have ever had the pleasure of observing. The Feds need to take some lessons from these people...
Thanks for also including an additional film clip of a motorcycle ride. I will complete the down load for it. Also, I was wondering and you answered the question, how the rider was able to film the ride, now I know, thanks!! With my slowwwww, dial upppppppppppp, it take about an hourrrrrrrrrrrrrr to down load, but, it is worth it...
That was well worth the wait for the down load! Thanks.
This guy/ Lady, knows what they are doing, neat filming...A good photo of the motorcycle. I see it is a 1100 cc model. Very powerful and very fast.
Mine was of about 67 horse 4 cylinder. It was easy to adjust and tune. For the size, it was heavy, but, very stable in control. I did though, change out the rear shock/springs and front fork springs for variable spring rates for control. Before, the chaises had a tendency to high speed wobble while rounding through a combination road dip and curve. Not any thing unsettling, just irritating. The spring/shock change out, made a complete change in road manners. And with a plexifaring, that completed it for a sport/touring machine. It was very pleasant riding, never short on power with two up. Pass crossing was easy and the engine was smooth and quite.
The above url is the 750 F. Mine was a pretty emerald green colour. I had purchased it from a private owner used. It orginally had a heavy fairing. The change out of that, vastly emproved performance. Then a re polish of the aluminum engine covers and cylinder head, made it gleam. The previous owner came by one day and said he then wished he had never sold it. But, too bad.
The rules stay the same in America, Eric. What you will not like to hear is that we are so big and have such an influence over the internatnional airline business, that the airlines change their winter and summer schedules dependent upon our US change of Daylight time, spring and fall.
Kai
It doesn't surprise me. The U.S., after all, has far more fliers than any other country. Maybe Koryo North Korean Airlines is an exception to following America's schedules, though. Then again, that particular airline flies exclusively to Beijing, and occasionally to Moscow, and that's all.