At 10:42 10/01/2001 -0700, John Carmichael wrote:
>Hello dialists,
>
>Yesterday, I was able to tell the time by noting the position of a rare
>Tucson rainbow!
>
>I was washing the dishes and
<<S - N - I - P>>
> or 11:24 (more or less because I didn't correct for the Equation of Time).
>
>And guess what, I turned around and looked at the kitchen clock and it said
>11:30!!!
>
>Makes washing those dishes a little more fun!
>
>John Carmichael
>Tucson AZ
>
>p.s. Does this mean that earth is itself a sundial, and the raindrops are
>the gnomon?
>
Of course it is - but I always thought of the North Pole being the gnomon ;-)
------------------------------Andrew Pettit--------------------------------
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Postman Pat: 3, Lucastes Road, HAYWARDS HEATH, West Sussex, RH16 1JJ,
ENGLAND
Tel. UK: (+44) (0)1444 453111
