A question has entered my mind...

[Trombonus]

As many of you know, my birthday is tomorrow. It's still two hours away for me, but I got to thinking about time zones and for a lot of people it's already the 12th. This chain of thought led me to ponder this hypothetical situation.

Lets say you were born at about 1AM on the East Coast, say somewhere in Rhode Island for example. Now lets say that later on in your life you move to California. You would be switching from Eastern Standard Time to Pacific Standard Time, which means you'd lose 3 hours. So instead of being born at 1AM EST on say a Wednesday, you'd have been born at 10PM PST on the Tuesday immediately before it. So in this case do you celebrate your birthday on the original date or on the new one. Technically the new date would be correct since that was the accurate time of your birth in that time zone. But then of course you would have been celebrating your birthday on the same date for all the previous years of your life. So would you go with the original date, even though technically it's not really your birthday anymore?

Ponder with me.

 

[The_Fool]

Or when you get oldish like me, you say, "What the fuck is a birthday???"

 

[joeys-game]

I don't care as long as I don't have to buy the beer?

 

[Guest]

Or when you get oldish like me, you say, "What the fuck is a birthday???"

You are NOT old.

And you kiss amazingly well.




Trom? Celebrate your birthday for the appropriate time zone in which you currently live.

Have a drink.

Slainte'.

 

[The_Fool]

You are NOT old.

And you kiss amazingly well.




Trom? Celebrate your birthday for the appropriate time zone in which you currently live.

Have a drink.

Slainte'.

I still like Indiana Jones' line, "It's not the years, honey, it's the miles..."


And he always got to kiss the girls....


And you motivate anyone that likes kissing girls to excel....

 

[Weird Harold]

So would you go with the original date, even though technically it's not really your birthday anymore?

Birthdays are always celebrated according to local time unless you're "tele-celebrating" over a couple of time zones and trying to cooordinate communications.

HAving spent a large protionof my life in a different time zone than my family, I got in the habit of using "Zulu Time" to mark birthdays -- Also known as "Greenwich Mean Time" or "Coordianted Universal Time" -- although international phone calls tended to degenerate into "ghost of birthday future" or "ghost of birthday past" jokes.

 

[sxcascinn]

You could just have a lot of fun with it and celebrate both days???
Twice the partying why the hell not lol

 

[Trombonus]

You could just have a lot of fun with it and celebrate both days???
Twice the partying why the hell not lol

There is no part of this post that I don't like.

 

[starrkers]

Well you better get busy, Trom - it's already past 6pm on your birthday in my timezone!

 

[cloudy]

You are NOT old.

And you kiss amazingly well.

Indeed. And gives great hugs, too.

 

[Guest]

I still like Indiana Jones' line, "It's not the years, honey, it's the miles..."


And he always got to kiss the girls....


And you motivate anyone that likes kissing girls to excel....

 

[neonlyte]

Ahhh... 'the shredder' returns, no damage to report then

 

[Guest]

Ahhh... 'the shredder' returns, no damage to report then

Coffee spew!

Hubby says to tell you that there is no damage to report.

And that he believes the answer to the conundrum is to practice practice practice.

He has already volunteered for such a mission.

 

[neonlyte]

Coffee spew!

Hubby says to tell you that there is no damage to report.

And that he believes the answer to the conundrum is to practice practice practice.

He has already volunteered for such a mission.

I doubt there'd be any lack of volunteers Sorry about the coffee.

 

[Guest]

I doubt there'd be any lack of volunteers Sorry about the coffee.

 

[thebullet]

I read last week about a pair of twins that were born last Sunday in the early AM. It just so happened that they popped out just about the time that Eastern Daily Saving time was ending and Eastern Standard Time was beginning. Twin #1 was born just before the clocks were turned back one hour. Twin #2 popped out 45 minutes later. But she was born BEFORE her brother, at least clock-wise.

When they get older, they can both claim to be the older twin.

 

[Chantilyvamp]

I read last week about a pair of twins that were born last Sunday in the early AM. It just so happened that they popped out just about the time that Eastern Daily Saving time was ending and Eastern Standard Time was beginning. Twin #1 was born just before the clocks were turned back one hour. Twin #2 popped out 45 minutes later. But she was born BEFORE her brother, at least clock-wise.

When they get older, they can both claim to be the older twin.

I read that as well. I'm betting that could cause some fists to fly if they get into that argument to much when they are older.

And trom I've been in so many different time zones that I just go with the day and the time of where I am at. Thankfull with the time I was born and the zones I've lived in even if one calls I'm normally at least a little wake.

 

[thebullet]

I read that as well. I'm betting that could cause some fists to fly if they get into that argument to much when they are older.

And trom I've been in so many different time zones that I just go with the day and the time of where I am at. Thankfull with the time I was born and the zones I've lived in even if one calls I'm normally at least a little wake.

Yes, it's really annoying to be the younger sibling. I have a brother a year older and he's always lorded it over me. I have a brother a year younger but I would never take advantage of that fact. Honest!

 

[unfoundiamond]

hmm...

Now you got me wondering something...

So this time diffrence phenomenon is not something I have given a lot of thought to... But

What if you where born half way around the world, insted of in another time zone?
And the diffrence was now 12 hrs insted of two... making your actual birthday and the adjusted birthday two diffrent days, then what do you celebrate...

Anyways... what I wanted to say was

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Trombonus,

I thought I was the only one who ponders weird stuff like this... good to know I am not the only one...

 

[Remec]

Yes, it's really annoying to be the younger sibling. I have a brother a year older and he's always lorded it over me. I have a brother a year younger but I would never take advantage of that fact. Honest!

I was born in July and my sister was born the following August. I don't know how far along either of us had been born, but if I'd been a few weeks later and my sister a few earlier; there'd be about a week or so when we we'd be the same age. And don't think she wouldn't take advantage of it. hehehe

 

[fieryjen]

My birthday starts when it would start in Germany and ends at midnight US time. Yes, I cheat I have a 31 hour birthday. It's because my family back home likes to call me and say their congratulations when it's midnight their time, even though it's not technically my birthday over here yet.

 

[Trombonus]

Now you got me wondering something...

So this time diffrence phenomenon is not something I have given a lot of thought to... But

What if you where born half way around the world, insted of in another time zone?
And the diffrence was now 12 hrs insted of two... making your actual birthday and the adjusted birthday two diffrent days, then what do you celebrate...

Anyways... what I wanted to say was

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Trombonus,

I thought I was the only one who ponders weird stuff like this... good to know I am not the only one...

Thanks.

It doesn't happen often, but it just kinda popped in there last night.

 

[Selena_Kitt]

I think you think too much...

more wine!