Im confused, how can they be more than 12 hours ahead..........its making my head hurt.
Can anyone explain it in simple terms.
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Does anyone know why Christmas Island is 14 hrs ahead of us time wise ?
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The earth takes 24 hours to spin on its axis so somehwere can be more than 12 hours ahead as technically you are a day behind as there is an arbitary start point for the DAY. GMT - greenwhich mean time is usually the reference point for time so it would normally say hours behind/ahead of this point for time but this ignores the day.
http://www.worldtimezone.com/index24.php
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Yes, but they clearly wouldn't be simple enough for you mate ! Why is this difficult ? A hangover from British Imperialism ??
You could cross the date line in a row boat and be 24 hours earlier than you were 5 minutes ago. Just don't try and phone yourself up - reference the Inception thread last week.
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I suppose they had a choice of being 10hours behind or 14 hours ahead and choose the later ?
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Think of it as a unit of measurement, not a tangible thing.
Thursday 05 August 2010 doesn't exist and more than 12 gallons or 112m exists.
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I suppose they had a choice of being 10hours behind or 14 hours ahead and choose the later
I think it was so that tourists would go there and be 'first' to see in a new year/century/millenia etc
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some kind of "christmas island winter time"?
GMT+1, plus 12 hours, plus their being an hour behind = 14?
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Thursday 05 August 2010 doesn't exist
But today's my birthday. Does that mean I don't exist either? Am I in the Matrix or just a figment of my own imagination? Today was supposed to be a happy day but now I am not sure...
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Best drink lots of beer to cheer myself up.
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In some cases it's done to be the 'first' to see in each new year. I believe that some islands even changed timezone in the run up to Dec 1999 to be the 'first' to see 2000.
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whats even more strange is the rock the heads are made out of is not found anywhere near the island!
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whats even more strange is the rock the heads are made out of is not found anywhere near the island!
Even stranger than that, is that those heads are on a completely different island, thousands of miles away!!
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LOL!
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I flew back from NZ on my birthday once, via USA so crossing the dateline, or maybe it was the other way anyways I had two birthdays. The waitresses just kept bringing me drinks it was awesome. not sure if that makes me a year older.
Or perhaps it was all just a dream I had in the shower.
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Time doesn't exist. It's merely a measurement between two points in history.
A good few years ago me and a mate worked out, whilst on Acid, that Time and Light are in fact the same thing. But it's too complicated to explain here.
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OMG how low are the standards in British schools - are we talking about Christmas Island or Easter Island ? This is important as they are on either side of the date line, or both I guess depending on which way you look at it.
And it's more PC to call it Rapa Nui these days.
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Not true 95 % of statues are made from a single site in a volcano and a lot still remain in the quarry site al lon the island.
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A good few years ago me and a mate worked out, whilst on Acid, that Time and Light are in fact the same thing. But it's too complicated to explain here.
I understand. Sort of.
What we see, we see at the speed of light travelling off it. So a star in a distant galaxy may now be gone, but we can still see it as the light is still moving towards us
So, if you look at a clock, what you are actually seeing is a minutely delayed image of the clock and the time on it. Move away from the clock backwards and the speed the light can catch up with you slows, until, when moving backwards at the speed of light, the clock appears stationary, in effect stopping time. Go faster and time should appear to go backwards.
Something like that??
(My head hurts now)
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Yeah, sort of, but don't dwell on it whatever you do, or it could send you insane.
It's too much for the 'unenhanced' Human mind to contemplate.
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Time is an illusion...
...lunchtime doubly so.And for bonus points it's a Thursday.
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Yes exactly Mr Grey - Douglas Adams is the best source material for this kind of thing...
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12 hours ... hmmm!
A more difficult one would be to explain how Ashington is still in the 1980's?
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LOL - I have no knowledge of this place 'Ashington' but the humour still works for me.
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Im confused, how can they be more than 12 hours ahead..........its making my head hurt.
Can anyone explain it in simple terms.Smaller lighter island, therefore faster...
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what tyres for christmas?
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Some places on earth can be 23 hours ahead of other places, but I think what the OP is asking is why can they be 14 hours ahead of US here in GMT. Which is a fair question. I shall google it now.
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Right, I'm back from Google. Christmas island is apparently only 7 hours ahead of us. So thread FAIL unfortunately.
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Duck has replaced chicken as the Christmas roast in my house (turkey is far too bloody big and an American idea anyway). Duck is like a small goose, which is more traditional. Very tasty, and from one duck you can have roast duck, crispy duck with pancakes, duck soup and the amount of fat collected will do for a fair bit of cooking. You can, if you're careful, separate the jelly and perhaps have it with duck liver pate. Very versatile and exceedingly tasty.
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I'm afraid this thread has suddenly gone far too random for me.
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Christmas island is apparently only 7 hours ahead of us.
But Christmas Island is still about about 4 - 5 months ahead of Easter Island, although sometimes it looks like Easter Island is catching upPosted 1 year ago # -
The church authorities still refuse to fix the position of Easter Island. So that must mean its timezone varies, surely?
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Actually in a tenuous link, we have lobster for starter, which is a bit like crab. Millions of red crabs swarm all over Christmas Island during their breeding season. They are so determined in their quest, that they wil go over, under and through anything. I'm not sure of their edibility.
I believe it's a Christmas Island red crab that features on the cover of the Prodigy album, 'Fat of the Land'.
'Ave it Johnny my son!
I think a Christmas Island red crab's favourite song might be 'Atmosphere' by the Joy Division. Although they may also enjoy other songs, perhaps Jolene by Dolly Parton, for example.
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There they go the little bastards!
Clicky piccy for educational video.
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And it's more PC to call it Rapa Nui these days.
The thread is about Christmas Island though; Rapa Nui is Easter Island.
And Christmas Island is nowhere near the dateline being west of Australia & in time zone UTC+7; Easter Island is in UTC-6 (which is the same time zone as some of Ontario, the central USA & eastern Mexico)
Andy
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A more difficult one would be to explain how Ashington is still in the 1980's?
PMSL! So true.
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There are 2 Christmas Islands. On in the Indian ocean which is an overseas territory of Australia, and one island in the Pacific, which used to be called Christmas Island, although is now called Kirimati, and is part of Kiribati.
I'm glad none of you buggers are Travel Agents.
Neither of these places is anywhere near Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
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