There is a rumor going around in the eu commission that post brexit the new prime meridian will be Paris. This was the case some years ago anyway.
Nice one brexidiots.
Nice one brexidiots.
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And we will all speak French too?
Oh wait, the Germans will want it to be German.
Of course, the French and Germans will end up speaking to each other in English..... -
That's the "Gullible Moron Of The Year" Award sorted...Originally posted by pscont View Post
His heart is in the right place - shame we can't say the same about his brain...Comment
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Well, he’s listening to “rumors”. If it were rumours, that might be different.Originally posted by Mordac View PostThat's the "Gullible Moron Of The Year" Award sorted...…Maybe we ain’t that young anymoreComment
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Try talking out of your mouth and giving your arse a rest.Originally posted by pscont View PostOld Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Uhh, so you think the EU are about to move the Earth or something?Originally posted by pscont View Post
The EU doesn't control the Prime Meridian, this is set by the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service. It is embedded in GPS systems, mapping, aviation and shipping, and pretty much anything. The EU aren't proposing to move 0° 00′ 00.00″.
(Did you know that there are three different Prime Meridians in Greenwich alone, one being the IERS above, but the Greenwich Meridian and the Ordnance Survey Meridian are in different places.
The EU may choose to document everything in GMT+1 rather than GMT, but who cares? I doubt this is keeping anybody awake at night.Taking a break from contractingComment
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We invented longitude
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The scientific establishment throughout Europe - from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer. In stark contrast, one man, John Harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution. Full of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, LONGITUDE is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.
The heroic against the establishment, sometimes things need shaking up and for the little man to have his say against an elitist tyranny.But I discovered nothing else but depraved, excessive superstition. Pliny the youngerComment
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Stevie Nicks?Originally posted by Mordac View Post
Yes I would, until it stopped being sore and fell off!Old Greg - In search of acceptance since Mar 2007. Hoping each leap will be his last.Comment
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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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