Thread: Hello Form Florida

Jordy. G'day and welcome to the BB.There are a lot of USA members from all over and we seem to get on OK - a few confusing word usages, but you'll get the hang of it qujickly, or you can ask.

soth

Hi Jordy...welcome!

The forumites here are from all over...kinda' like a mini UN.

Pleased to meet you Jordy, welcome.

G'Day Jordy,

First a big welcome. Next is this bit about plastic. We are always glad to know more so show and tell, mate.

Jerry

Florida is a big place. I stayed at the Mickey Mouse area for two weeks a few years ago. ( Orlando )

Where are you? Welcome.

Welcome aboard Jordy

Thanks for the warm welcome. The biggest difference that I have noticed here is the system of measurement. It's going to take me a while to convert my posts from "standard ot Metric." Well, and the language accent is a little different.

Wadayamean? We speak proper, Mate.

soth

Welcome aboard, Jordy. After a while here, you'll get the hang of measOUrements and lingo. I'm still having trouble with aluminium, though.

Looks like SW Florida to me (near Sarasota).

Joe

The beauty of measurements here (amongst the older blokes, at least) is the accuracy, e.g. six feet and two millimetres.

soth

PS: and something else that could confuse is the posting time for each message - you are writing in the future because we are a day ahead of you most of the time and at the moment much of Australia is living in Eastern Daylight Saving Time.

Originally Posted by masoth

The beauty of measurements here (amongst the older blokes, at least) is the accuracy, e.g. six feet and two millimetres.

soth

PS: and something else that could confuse is the posting time for each message - you are writiing in the future because we are a day ahead of you most of the time and at the moment much of Australia is living in Eastern Daylight Saving Time.

And, to heighten the confusion, Daylight Saving swaps polarity between the two hemispheres over the year. In your User Profile, you can set your GMT offset. I keep two clocks near the computer to maintain each location's time, as best I can. Note that USA has four time zones continental and one or two more for Alaska and Hawaii; and Australia has at least three (I think - or is it all the same, like Alaska?). Too many combinations to ponder, but Oz is generally about 15 hours ahead.

Joe

Welcome Jordy,

Hi Joe we have three. Confusing isn't it !
Time Zones

There are three times zones in Australia -
Eastern

Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) is equal to Coordinated Universal Time plus 10 hours (UTC +10).

AEST is followed in these regions:

• New South Wales (except Broken Hill)
• Victoria
• Queensland
• Tasmania
• Australian Capital Territory

Central

Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) is equal to Coordinated Universal Time plus 9 ½ hours (UTC +9 ½).

ACST is followed in these regions:

• South Australia
• Northern Territory
• Broken Hill, NSW

Western

Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) is equal to Coordinated Universal Time plus 8 hours (UTC +8).

AWST is followed in these regions:

• Western Australia

Daylight Saving

Daylight Saving Time is observed in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, and the Australian Capital Territory and has been synchronised across these states. Western Australia began a three year trial of daylight saving on 3 December 2006. Queensland and the Northern Territory do not observe daylight saving.
Across the south-eastern states and the ACT, daylight saving for future summers begins at 2am Eastern Standard Time on the first Sunday in October and ends at 2am Eastern Standard Time (3am summer time) on the first Sunday in April.
For Western Australia, daylight saving in 2008 will begin at 2am Western Standard Time on the last Sunday in October and end at 2am Western Standard Time (3am summer time) on the last Sunday in March 2009.

Where daylight saving is being observed:

• AEST becomes Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT), and clocks are advanced to UTC +11.
• ACST becomes Australian Central Daylight Time (ACDT), and clocks are advanced to UTC +10 ½.
• AWST becomes Australian Western Daylight Time (AWDT), and clocks are advanced to UTC +9.

Thanks, Brett (I think!).

Oh, boy! An extra half-hour to twist the schedule. A few small countries do it also. And, with varying time-of-year breaks for DST, the OZ map has many layers to contend with.

In America, a few states do NOT observe DST; generally near time zone boundaries. Alaska had the foresight to make the entire state conform to Juneau time (Juneau is the state capital). I think Hawaii is far enough West to have its own time zone.

At least it's an improvement from the free-for-all that prevailed in the 1870s or thereabouts, when each city was its own time "zone," and railroad schedules were hit or miss. Google [time zones history] for some insight. I just learned that China has only one "zone."

Joe

Time zone math!!!!!

Getting a headache....it's duct tape time