Being so far round the world and working out what time it is with each of you, starts to make you contemplate time and calendars and so on (well it does for Bert and the following are his musings and Sue accepts no responsibility or liability for what follows.)
The first thing that comes to mind is that if the blog is written before midday (NZ time) I am actually writing it yesterday for all the recipients. If I send it before 9'o'clock at night (NZ time) then most of you will read it today but, again, those of you on the west coast of the USA can still read it yesterday – in effect before it has been written – which is quite scary!
Another thing is birth and death. Two babies being born at the same minute could actually have different birth-days. If a baby in NZ was born at 10'o'clock this morning then he/she would celebrate their birthday on the 28th January whereas the baby born in the UK would have been born at 9'o'clock last night, the Oregon baby at 1'o'clock yesterday afternoon and, therefore, celebrate their birthdays on 27th January! The NZ baby would always be considered to be a day older!
I think I am going to stop this train of thought now as I can feel a serious headache coming on and I am supposed to be on holiday!
[Sue] He has had a busy day and a long drive through torrential NZ rain (more of this later), so I think you have to bear with him.....
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