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   From: john_nospam@jhall.co.uk   
      
   In message <3merlitvuo7i8a6sjoa9vnjfdglhp6djso@4ax.com>, Char Jackson   
    writes   
   >On Wed, 22 Nov 2023 05:02:51 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"  wrote:   
   >   
   >>In message  at Tue, 21 Nov   
   >>2023 20:59:33, Char Jackson  writes   
   >>>On Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:12:14 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver"   
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>In message <38eoli9gt1t7jqlao7duhnckl4sh1186tb@4ax.com> at Mon, 20 Nov   
   >>>>2023 23:00:29, Char Jackson  writes   
   >>>>>On Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:23:45 +0000, John Hall   
   >>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>In message , Daniel65   
   >>>>>> writes   
   >>>>[]   
   >>>>>>>Bloody Hell!! I'd be in real trouble if the sun were anything like 'due   
   >>>>>>>south' at Noon!! ;-P   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>Presumably you're in the southern hemisphere?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>I don't know about him but I'm in the northern hemisphere and I would   
   >>>>>describe   
   >>>>>the sun as being overhead at midday, but I certainly wouldn't say   
   >>>>>it was due   
   >>>>>south.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>It'll only be overhead if you're south of the tropic of cancer (~23½ºN),   
   >>>>and then on only two days a year.   
   >>>   
   >>>The nice thing about being well north of there is that the sun is overhead   
   at   
   >>>midday every day of the year. None of this due south business. ;-)   
   >>>   
   >>I think you're using the word "overhead" differently to me. Do you mean   
   >>"above the horizon"? I mean "directly above me", which it never is for   
   >>anyone not between the two tropics.   
   >   
   >We're definitely using 'overhead' differently. For me, it's when the sun is   
   >approximately at its highest point in the sky for the day. Your usage doesn't   
   >make sense to me, and I assume you'd say the same about me/mine.   
   >   
      
   I'm with the other John on this. Would you say that an aeroplane was   
   "overhead" if it was merely at its highest angular elevation above your   
   horizon? Also, even by your definition, if you are north of the Arctic   
   Circle then the sun won't be "overhead" at midday every day of the year,   
   as for part of the year it will never be visible.   
   --   
   John Hall   
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                from coughing."   
                                  Sir Ralph Richardson (1902-83)   
      
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