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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Yes, as we are well north of the equator, the day
do indeed get shorter in the winter. However, not to the degree you folks up
north experience. Today (or about) is the winter solstice - the shortest
day of the year - sunrise is at 7:16 AM and sunset is at 5:38 PM. I have been
walking my dogs in the evening lately and usually leave at 5:15 and walk 45
minutes - it's definitely getting dark, but there is still some light when I get
home about 6:00 PM.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Near Tampa, I am at 27.9 degrees north latitude.
Seattle, which is central N-S in Washington is at </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=3>47.6 degrees north latitude. So you folks get about twice the
summer/winter extremes (sunset/sunrise) that we experience down here in
Florida.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>So yes, we get the same effect, just not as severe
(including temperature!).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=pianotune05@hotmail.com
href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">Marshall Gisondi</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 21, 2007 8:16
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> tuning pianos in Florida</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Geneva,Arial,Sans-serif">Hi Terry,<BR>I bet it's great
being down in Florida this time of year with the warm weather, but I'm
curious. Here in Washington state and back East where I'm from
originally, it starts getting dark around 5ish in the winter before today when
our day light starts returning. do you guys in Florida experience the
same scenario with the days growing shorter than longer? Are you far
enough south where this doesn't occur, or does it get dark early in Florida as
well? <BR>Marshall<BR></SPAN></FONT><BR><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN
style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marshall
Gisondi<BR>360-859-3375<BR>pianotune05@hotmail.com<BR>"I can do all things
through Christ who gives me strength." Phil. 4:13. <BR>There is no such
thing as the word "can't"<BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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