Re: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south
Now Adelaide...that's another matter A planned city, with nice straight roads planned on a grid - impossible to get lost there!! The town where I went to university is also on a grid system and I thought it was the easiest place in the world to navigate, until I dated a young man who said he was always lost.I began to question his directional abilities at that point because not only were the streets on a grid, the east-west streets were numerical, and the north-south streets were alphabetical! And because the city was in the midst of a large agricultural area, the major streets were generally a mile apart, based on the old section lines. (A 'section' is one square mile or 640 acres.) Even in the huge city where I now live, the major streets in my suburbs are mostly one mile apart, again because of the old section lines. Where my house now sits was a rice field less than 25 years ago. Judy, waiting for the cold front in Houston [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Left/right/north/south
Joy Beeson writes Having grown up on graph paper, I'm rather surprised that I didn't have any trouble navigating You should try Canberra, which is built on circular roads.I was visiting a doctor there recently, and wanted to visit a friend about a mile away to the north of the surgery. But as that involved a maze of roads, I opted for the simpler route of turning south, and linking up with a major road that would curve around to the east then back west and end up very close to where I wanted to go. According to the street directory, that is. I never did find the major road, but some 10 minutes later I found myself at the intersection of the street where I wanted to get to, without ever having been on the major loop road! Since then, we've nicknamed my car the Tardis! I don't know how many times I've headed out there for somewhere new, and found myself either suddenly in the heart of the city, or just travelling in circles. The place is just like the garden in Alice in Wonderland. The only way to get anywhere is to head off in the opposite direction! Noelene in Cooma About to tackle Canberra again today - good thing I actually know where I've got to get to. A craft shop I only recently found my way to, way on the far side of Canberra to Cooma, but which is about to close down! Another craft shop lost to us. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nlafferty/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[lace-chat] Left/right/north/south
There was a programme on TV the other night about the effect the moon has on the earth. It had never occured to me until it was mentioned in that programme that in the southern hemisphere the sun and moon travel across the sky from right to left instead of from left to right as it does in the northern hemisphere. I'd find that very disorientating. How do people who have 'east/west' problems cope in US cities where streets have names like East 54th Street? Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south
I just replied privately to Jean saying that it is exactly this phenomena which makes it hard for my DH to navigate in Britain. I knew he complains that the sun isn't in the right place as far as he's concerned, but had forgotten exactly what the details of the displacement are! Now I know that too! (VBG) Ruth Budge --- Linda Walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear Jean, and Lacemakers, There was a programme on TV the other night about the effect the moon has on the earth. It had never occured to me until it was mentioned in that programme that in the southern hemisphere the sun and moon travel across the sky from right to left instead of from left to right as it does in the northern hemisphere. I'd find that very disorientating. (snip) Jean in Poole No! No! The television people have got things confused again. I asked my husband, who instructs in astronomy and gliding in his spare time, and he sent this message:- The Sun still rises in the East and sets in the West in the Southern hemisphere, it is that it is in the North, not the South that seem to confuse people. I remember when I was with the WRC we had a young Australian guy working for us (some sort of holiday job IIRC) and he turned up hours late to a site in the Midlands. It emerged that he had got totally lost because the Sun was in the South, not the North. I've asked gliding people and they claim not to be bothered as the Sun is virtually overhead in SA and Oz, and they use GPS in any case. Think about it: the Earth goes round as a whole sphere. There would only be the effect of seeing the Sun going in opposite directions if the Earth were divided at the Equator and the Northern Hemisphere were going in the opposite direction to the Southern Hemisphere. However, if the Sun were, say, over the Equator, it would look as if it were in the North if you were below the Equator, and as if it were in the South if you were above the Equator. If you can remember the details of that television programme, I think you should send them a crisp feedback message! Best wishes, Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where I can't see the Sun at all due to heavy fog, which makes me feel so disinclined to start the things I ought to be doing). To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://personals.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Personals New people, new possibilities. FREE for a limited time. To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south
It had never occured to me until it was mentioned in that programme that in the southern hemisphere the sun and moon travel across the sky from right to left instead of from left to right as it does in the northern hemisphere. I'd find that very disorientating. REALLY?! It has never occurred to me either, and my poor befuddled brain just can't get around it. Could one of our scientific minds please break this down for me!! Clay - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:31 AM Subject: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south There was a programme on TV the other night about the effect the moon has on the earth. It had never occured to me until it was mentioned in that programme that in the southern hemisphere the sun and moon travel across the sky from right to left instead of from left to right as it does in the northern hemisphere. I'd find that very disorientating. How do people who have 'east/west' problems cope in US cities where streets have names like East 54th Street? Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Whew! Thanks, Linda! My immediate reaction was that our earth is a big marble, and we all spin on the same axis... so how did the sun do that trick of coming up in the west down under? Breathing at a regular rate again... Clay - Original Message - From: Linda Walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lace Chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 4:59 AM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south Dear Jean, and Lacemakers, There was a programme on TV the other night about the effect the moon has on the earth. It had never occured to me until it was mentioned in that programme that in the southern hemisphere the sun and moon travel across the sky from right to left instead of from left to right as it does in the northern hemisphere. I'd find that very disorientating. (snip) Jean in Poole No! No! The television people have got things confused again. I asked my husband, who instructs in astronomy and gliding in his spare time, and he sent this message:- The Sun still rises in the East and sets in the West in the Southern hemisphere, it is that it is in the North, not the South that seem to confuse people. I remember when I was with the WRC we had a young Australian guy working for us (some sort of holiday job IIRC) and he turned up hours late to a site in the Midlands. It emerged that he had got totally lost because the Sun was in the South, not the North. I've asked gliding people and they claim not to be bothered as the Sun is virtually overhead in SA and Oz, and they use GPS in any case. Think about it: the Earth goes round as a whole sphere. There would only be the effect of seeing the Sun going in opposite directions if the Earth were divided at the Equator and the Northern Hemisphere were going in the opposite direction to the Southern Hemisphere. However, if the Sun were, say, over the Equator, it would look as if it were in the North if you were below the Equator, and as if it were in the South if you were above the Equator. If you can remember the details of that television programme, I think you should send them a crisp feedback message! Best wishes, Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where I can't see the Sun at all due to heavy fog, which makes me feel so disinclined to start the things I ought to be doing). To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sorry Clay, I iintended to send this to the whole list. (never get that reply/reply all button stuff figured out) Cearbhael - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 4:48 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south First off, it is doesn't need a scientist to break it down. The sun comes up in the east and goes down in the West. The only time there is a left or right depends on what direction YOUR standing. Actually if I face east in the morning (and wouldn't matter what hemisphere you are in) it will come up straight in front of you and travel up and over behind you. If your facing west, you won't see it come up and won't see it until it is noon when you can look straight up at it. Then you can watch it move away from you and down. If your facing North. (any hemisphere) the sun will go from right to left. If you facing south then it will move from left to right. So...unless your exactly positive what direction your facing, it is easier to remember that in the morning it is in the east. Around noon it is pretty much overhead, and in the afternoon it is in the western sky. So it makes more sense to be aware of what time of day it is and then look where the sun is and figure out what direction your going. You can also look at your shadow. They always point away from the sun. So where the sun is concerned, left and right is a very relative term and not very reliable. Cearbhael - Original Message - From: Clay Blackwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:58 PM Subject: Re: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south It had never occured to me until it was mentioned in that programme that in the southern hemisphere the sun and moon travel across the sky from right to left instead of from left to right as it does in the northern hemisphere. I'd find that very disorientating. REALLY?! It has never occurred to me either, and my poor befuddled brain just can't get around it. Could one of our scientific minds please break this down for me!! Clay - Original Message - From: Jean Nathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 3:31 AM Subject: [lace-chat] Left/right/north/south There was a programme on TV the other night about the effect the moon has on the earth. It had never occured to me until it was mentioned in that programme that in the southern hemisphere the sun and moon travel across the sky from right to left instead of from left to right as it does in the northern hemisphere. I'd find that very disorientating. How do people who have 'east/west' problems cope in US cities where streets have names like East 54th Street? Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
