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- 01-30-2011, 09:50 AM #1
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- 01-30-2011, 02:52 PM #3
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NOT for anyone in TEXAS! Ha!
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- 01-30-2011, 02:56 PM #4
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Welcome to the Forum, vishnu. It seems that you will have to travel some if you want to experience 24 hours of daylight. It'd be worth it, though!
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- 01-30-2011, 09:48 PM #5
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Welcome to the forum. The "setting of the sun" is, of course, a matter of perspective, depending on your current location on the globe.
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- 01-30-2011, 10:11 PM #6
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You could become a Freemason - the sun never sets on Freemasonry - which probably means there are no Masons who are astronomers...... LOL
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- 01-31-2011, 12:41 AM #7
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While there was a British Empire, the Sun supposedly never set on it.
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- 01-31-2011, 12:47 AM #8
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Originally Posted by jenniferchristine 
LOL, I had a friend that used to live in Alaska, and he was telling me that some of his neighbors would be doing yard work at around 1AM, because it was still light outside!
That's gotta be pretty freaky!
I can probably deal with 24hrs a day of darkness, but, 24hrs a day of sunlight, would get to me after a while. Last edited by laney50w; 01-31-2011 at 12:50 AM.
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- 01-31-2011, 03:41 AM #9
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