Maybe the auction text explains why the UK is not in the GMT time zone: "It is a special edition #01-687 and is patent pending, so I assume this is a 1st edition and #687 made." - maybe they hadn't realized the error in this early "special edition"!? :'-) :'-)
/Martin On Tuesday, 31 August 2021 at 10:25:40 UTC+2 Jon wrote: > The drawing of time zones onto the world map is a bit uh, approximate. > They've managed to exclude the UK from the GMT zone which is a pretty > foundational problem! > > Jon. > > On Tuesday, August 31, 2021 at 4:55:20 AM UTC+1 Terry Bowman wrote: > >> >> >> On Aug 30, 2021, at 9:01 AM, Terry S <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I've been watching these for years on ebay. Finally snagged one last >> night -- I hope I didn't beat out one of you with my last second bid. >> >> >> Mine was the third highest. I stumbled across it in a "you might also >> like" section somewhere. >> >> Now if only I could afford to have my Kilburg Geochron refurbished. I got >> it for $20 at a hamfest 25 years ago. Has two Vietnams on it. >> >> >> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH >> "The Mac Doctor" >> >> https://www.astarcloseup.com >> >> “...the book said something astonishing, a very big thought. The stars, >> it said, were suns but very far away. The Sun was a star but close >> up.”—Carl Sagan, "The Backbone Of Night", *Cosmos*, 1980 >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2ad28a90-0ffa-46f5-ac05-f79e7ebd4fb8n%40googlegroups.com.
