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Old April 14th, 2013, 04:09 AM posted to rec.travel.europe
Mark Brader
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Dan Stephenson:
Oops, I got the gain-day versus loss-day swapped.


Just remember, the sun moves from east to west, so (clock) time moves
more slowly when you follow it. (And the International Date Line works
the other way, because its job is to cancel the whole day's worth of
time zone shifts you accumulate in a complete circumnavigation.)
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