<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE>.hmmessage P { PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; MARGIN: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } BODY.hmmessage { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16587" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I guess that the latitude determines when the sun decides to hide.   In Winnipeg, the shortest day also is Dec.21, or there abouts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>It can be fairly dark around 4, 4:30 , when it's overcast, but  June 21, the longest day, we've played golf at 10:00, 10:30. Not great light</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>at that time, but playable, if you're not too bright. Spoke to a fellow last week who worked up north of here about 900 miles, and he</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>said that the sun could shine at midnight, and it never seemed dark as we know it.( June ), but be dark most all day in Dec. Seems</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>that the further you go, the more extreme it gets.  I wonder what the conditions are south of the equator, such as Brazil, or Australia.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Carl / Winnipeg   </FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, December 21, 2007 9:10 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: tuning pianos in Florida</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT> </DIV> <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> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>So yes, we get the same effect, just not as severe (including temperature!).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV 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." 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