Position of the sun and knowing the time of day?

Axle

Back to school for yer, yer ruffian!!!

I don't wear a watch either but can tell the time too easily












courtesy of a Mobile Phone.





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Cheers

Did he shade his eyes with his hat, guess where the watch was.
Got me for a while to... last century...lol
Lotzi

Axle,

I know old people who have departed this planet that were very close to your mark.

Being of a younger generation I can tell day from night.

Redeye.

When i was wagging school a lot i could tell 3 oclock after a while by the position of the sun . You just get a feeling for it and after a while i would ride home and it would be around 3.30 .

The earth turns once (360 degrees) in 24 hours.
360 divided by 24 = 15. So, as the earth turns the sun appears to move across the sky at the rate of 15 degrees per hour.

If you are in flat country it's not to hard to stretch out your arm and divide the sky at the horizon into first 45 degrees from the vertical and then a third of that is 15 degrees. From this it is not to hard to figure how many 15 degree segments from the horizon to the present position of the sun, this is how many hours before the sun goes down below the horizon.

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Hi Axle, I worked on the farm until I was in my twenties, we never had watches so learnt to tell the time by the sun at a very young age, could still do it until this damn daylight savings came in. LOL

Cheers


Deanna

Now I'm a greybeard.... I seem to know what time of the day it is, particularly when working outside.

Length of shadow helps.... but my need for a fix of caffeine seems to keep me tuned in. Other body clock indications too.

When I get thirsty in the afternoon it is Beer o'clock. That's the only time I worry about now

After 50 or so years outside the mind adjusts to sun and time even on overcast days, I wear a watch these days to keep up with "Towny Time" ie daylight saving, meant to be almost retired but still seem to get up an hour or so before sunrise and ready for bed an hour or two after sunset, getting to old to change?.
At times I can look up and think it might be a bit after say 3pm look at the timepiece and it agrees, allowing for Towny Time?.
Sun is getting near the horizon time to think about knocking off
Cheers
Russ
catch you at break o day

mmm must be about 6am...time for a coffee

Hi All

My Cook reckons the only TIME I'm interested in is Breakfast Time, Smoko Time, Lunch Time, Afternoon Smoko Time, SUN DOWNER TIME, Tea Time, and BED TIME.

PS, And a Good Time.

Cheers
Daza

ROTFL Willem

Cheers

Deanna