> > > Well, whaddya know? I turn on the TV just in time to see a couple of Maori ceremonies just before dawn at the first place in NZ to receive sunlight every day. Also, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sang Mozart's 'Alleluia'.
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> > > Nyperold
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> > I also saw that a couple hours ago. What I can't figure out is why NZ was experiencing sunrise *very* shortly after we had sunrise here on the U.S. Pacific coast. Shouldn't there be about 4 hours in between those two events instead of one (if that)?
> > I really liked the dancing dragons in Beijing, though.
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> > Tra "With the rest of the world surviving what was sure to be the 'end of days', I guess I'll scrap my plans of wearing a sandwich board that reads: "The End Is Here!" and shouting at people about armageddon and such...oh well, I don't look so good in plywood anyway." nio
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> Did you hear them say that they were broadcasting from "more than 24 time zones"? Did I miss something?
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> There was someone else elsewhere who has played "in excess of more than 200 instrumentals". Did they need an extra 2 or 4 syllables to fill the time?
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> Nyperold

"...In excess of more than..."?? --Yikes. To me that just seems a little repetitive, redundant, like saying the same thing over and over. If they needed to fill that kind of time, I would think that an ever-popular "uuuuuh" could perform that task.

Tra "*more* than 24 time zones?, they must be off planet, too" nio