Clocks
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Don't forget.
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Same with some US states too.Originally posted by Ponders:It's funny that the actual time line in Canada do not follow provincial borders.
If you are in the extreme east part of BC, you actually have to follow Alberta's time zone.
but it is funny that when you are driving along the Highway in BC there is a sign asking you to change your time. And you just lost an hour going eastwards.
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Woah...I'll get so confused if I ever move to North America for a long period of time.Originally posted by Xfr8dog:Same with some US states too.
Parts of Florida are in the Central time zone and parts of Texas are on Mountain time.
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That's what you have to put up with when you live in a country that spans several time zones.Originally posted by Kuali Baba:Woah...I'll get so confused if I ever move to North America for a long period of time.
However, If you plonk yourself down in one state and don't do a lot of interstate travelling, you should not have to worry too much about time zone changes.
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Knowing me I'll probably make some friends from various states and try to remember what's the time wherever they are.Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:That's what you have to put up with when you live in a country that spans several time zones.
However, If you plonk yourself down in one state and don't do a lot of interstate travelling, you should not have to worry too much about time zone changes.
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Originally posted by jetta:Same same except for water softener, which I wish I had. Expensive!
Never knew there's such a thing... how does it work? Like...do u have to add chemicals or something?
Oh...is that why flight times were adjusted 1-hr backwards...?
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The municipal water supply here is sourced from underground aquifers and contains rather high concentrations of minerals such as calcium and magnesium, i.e., the water is 'hard.'Originally posted by Wanda:
Never knew there's such a thing... how does it work? Like...do u have to add chemicals or something?
Hard water is problematic in that it can form constrictive mineral deposits inside plumbing, eventually resulting in reduced water flow. Hard water also prevents soaps and detergents from lathering properly, and it also leaves white, crusty deposits on dishes and utensils that are allowed to air-dry after being washed.
A water softener works by passing the incoming hard water through a tank containing a bed of special resins laced with sodium ions. As the hard water flows through, some kind of chemical reaction takes place which results in the sodium ions trading places with the calcium and magnesium ions in the water. This 'softened' (and very slightly salty) water then flows into the plumbing of the house for general use.
As the sodium ions in the resin beds are depleted, the system loses its ability to soften the water, and has to be 'regenerated.' Regeneration is accomplished by pumping a highly concentrated brine (salt) solution through the resin tank. This reverses the chemical reaction used to soften the water, resulting in the accumulated calcium and magnesium ions being flushed out, and the resin beds being 'recharged' with a fresh supply of sodium ions.
The time between regenerations usually depends on the capacity of the system; given the same amount of water consumption, a system with a larger resin tank can go longer between regenerations. The regeneration process itself takes several hours, and is usually automatically scheduled to occur during periods of non-peak water consumption, for example, in the early hours of the morning. Older systems regenerate at fixed time intervals; newer ones, like mine, regenerate based on water consumption.
The only recurring maintenance that has to be performed on a typical household water softening system is to ensure that the brine tank is kept filled with an adequate supply of salt. It's a small price to pay, as a 50 lb. bag of water softening salt (really just regular salt formed into conveniently-sized briquettes) typically only costs around $5. -
this sucks!
its now dark at around 530 and the sun is up at 7 in the morning.
so few pple are awake at 7 anyways
why cannot wait for another few weeks then end DLS....
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Well, on the bright (no pun intended!) side, at the peak of summer, you'll be wondering how to spend the nearly 17 hours of daylight you'll have then.Originally posted by udontknowme:this sucks!
its now dark at around 530 and the sun is up at 7 in the morning.
so few pple are awake at 7 anyways why cannot wait for another few weeks then end DLS....
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summer=holidays=PLAY PLAY PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Originally posted by Meia Gisborn:Well, on the bright (no pun intended!) side, at the peak of summer, you'll be wondering how to spend the nearly 17 hours of daylight you'll have then.
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Folks, this is what we call unbridled optimism, given that summer isn't due for another half a year or so.Originally posted by udontknowme:summer=holidays=PLAY PLAY PLAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh yeahhhhhhhhhhh.... woohooooooooooooooooooo -
You know, I found it nice to have one of those clocks that adjust themselves by the radio waves that are emitted by TV stations and national laboratories. I have one at home at my bedside. Everytime there is a change of time in the spring or fall, the clock will adjust itself. Then when I wake up that morning when the clocks are changed, I use this auto adjusted clock as a reference for the rest in the house.
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one of my cellphones is like thatOriginally posted by specfore:You know, I found it nice to have one of those clocks that adjust themselves by the radio waves that are emitted by TV stations and national laboratories. I have one at home at my bedside. Everytime there is a change of time in the spring or fall, the clock will adjust itself. Then when I wake up that morning when the clocks are changed, I use this auto adjusted clock as a reference for the rest in the house. -
But some of these devices are programmed beforehand.
With the new law in effect from next, i guess these devices can be considered obsolete already.
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Yah, my cable box is that way and thank goodness or we'd forget.Originally posted by specfore:You know, I found it nice to have one of those clocks that adjust themselves by the radio waves that are emitted by TV stations and national laboratories. I have one at home at my bedside. Everytime there is a change of time in the spring or fall, the clock will adjust itself. Then when I wake up that morning when the clocks are changed, I use this auto adjusted clock as a reference for the rest in the house. We've had to get used to springing forward and falling back because the places we were stationed at never observed daylight savings. -
Nowadays, almost all VCRs and DVD recorders synchronize their clocks based on a time code signal sent from a broadcast station, so there is no need for you to manually reset them to account for DST.Originally posted by Ponders:But some of these devices are programmed beforehand.
With the new law in effect from next, i guess these devices can be considered obsolete already.
i guess VCRs, DVD-recorders are amongst them.
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You'll get used to it. Though I have to say I've woken up one or two friends. Okay, three.Originally posted by Kuali Baba:Woah...I'll get so confused if I ever move to North America for a long period of time.