Cancer Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word It's hard on the system, that's for sure. I haven't had to do it in quite a while; I wonder if I've lost the knack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word What kind of schedule are you on now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word A loose, standard schedule. Back in my research astronomer days I did forced flips from day to night and back fairly frequently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word Ah. I'd been migrating to something more nocturnal, but, with Josh's schedule flipped back to days, I'm adjusting abruptly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word Alice not a daytime owel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word Well, I CAN be, just not on short notice. And I'm noticeably more easily distracted and not-awake for the first several hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word What's that over there?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word Depends on your time zone. And your latitude. Latitude-dependent effects on daylit hours increase as you move away from the equator, which gets forgotten by those who live at latitudes less than 40 degrees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word My lat is somewhere like 63 deg north. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word You'll have a true midnight sun then in a couple of weeks? Are you above or on the arctic circle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word Depends on your time zone. And your latitude. Latitude-dependent effects on daylit hours increase as you move away from the equator' date=' which gets forgotten by those who live at latitudes less than 40 degrees.[/quote'] The biggest problem is that I don't see the sun the entire time I'm at work. There are no windows in the back offices, so, for all I know, there's a tornado and a solar eclipse going on out there. So light exposure doesn't make much of a difference; apparently I've trained myself to respond to fluorescents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word You'll have a true midnight sun then in a couple of weeks? Are you above or on the arctic circle?Below. I'm at 63 deg 50 mins north, and the Circle is a couple of hundred miles to the north. But the next time I see a star will be about the end of july. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word The biggest problem is that I don't see the sun the entire time I'm at work. There are no windows in the back offices, so, for all I know, there's a tornado and a solar eclipse going on out there. So light exposure doesn't make much of a difference; apparently I've trained myself to respond to fluorescents. That happens here in November - January. Dark when you get work. Dark when you get off work. Cold and rainy and dark on your way to & from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word Sounds like sep to feb for me . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word That happens here in November - January. Dark when you get work. Dark when you get off work. Cold and rainy and dark on your way to & from. The weather's been pretty nice, when I've seen it. Of course, nice weather translates to no rain, and therefore a rising risk of drought. Go figure. When I moved here, it rained every day for six months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word We got just about a solid week of clear weather, which my students needed to do their moon lab. That ended here Sunday; still grey and damp here now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word Send it our way! Please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word If I could, I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word *sigh* I understand Texas has been unseasonably rainy, too. So now, at least, I know where ours went. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word Blame the near-normal ENSO state that we have right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word Which, is, in turn, El Niño's fault? That jerk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word Not a jerk. Just that he flips back and forth in a less than easily predictable fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted June 5, 2007 Report Share Posted June 5, 2007 Re: The Last Word And wreaks havoc on EVERYTHING, meanwhile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Re: The Last Word So light exposure doesn't make much of a difference; apparently I've trained myself to respond to fluorescents. says the owl. hardly surprising. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted June 6, 2007 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2007 Re: The Last Word Depends on your time zone. And your latitude. Latitude-dependent effects on daylit hours increase as you move away from the equator' date=' which gets forgotten by those who live at latitudes less than 40 degrees.[/quote'] like what? I'm going from the north of Australia to Europe, what kind of Latitude-dependent effects? should I be worried? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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