What the heck time is it in North Battleford, Saskatchewan?????

[Heidi]

I'm trying to figure out when, GMT+1, Michel Fournier is gonna be making his big jump. It's scheduled for 4:30 a.m., Monday, 26 May, from 31,000 feet above North Battleford, Saskatchewan.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/24/sports/othersports/24jump.html?em&ex=1211947200&en=6973e26087cadc38&ei=5087%0A

[mokawanis]

1. this might do it

http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/info/time-zones.htm

[Heidi]

2. Saskatchewan has two time zones: GMT -7 and GMT -6.

I dunno which one of them North Battleford is in. :cry:

Thank you!

[Adsos Letter]

3. ...what is this "jumping" of which you speak...?

:hi:

[Heidi]

5. Hi, you!!!! See the NYT link in my OP.

I wanna light a candle for Michel Fournier just when he's about to jump out of a balloon, 31,000 feet up. :scared:

[Adsos Letter]

7. I read the article...

...and the first thing that comes to mind is "How does he keep from throwing-up?"

How about that Truglia guy in that same article: a 249 foot underwater free dive on one breath of air?!

Jeez...I feel all macho when I do 1 hour on the recumbent bike... :D

[Heidi]

8. :orfl:

:rofl:

I feel pretty macho when I exercise, too. :rofl:

[Adsos Letter]

9. Hey...an hour on the bike and I feel "robust"...

...then I gotta' go lie down for at least 20 minutes...preferably with a cold beverage... :D

[Adsos Letter]

24. ...:orfl:...?

:rofl:

[MonkeyFunk]

19. That's not even close to the record

The world record for freediving is >740 feet!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mullins

[MonkeyFunk]

12. It's a lot higher than 31,000 feet

it's 130,000 feet.

[Heidi]

13. Yep, you're right.

Thank you, MonkeyFunk! :hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. According to my H.M. Gousha North American Road Atlas

North Battleford, Sask. is in the Central Time Zone, which I believe to be GMT -6.

[Heidi]

6. Okay, then I'll light a candle for Michel Fournier at 11 a.m. my time.

Thanks, Oedi. :7

:*

ETA: Damn math.

[Oeditpus Rex]

10. It was a pleasure

I've been a map geek since I was like 10. :)

[Heidi]

11. Would you please come to Switzerland and be my mother-in-law's boyfriend?

She's a map freak, too, and I could use a break.

Various questions/observations that will cause Edith to pull out an atlas and launch a half-hour travel dissertation:
- "How long did it take you to get there?"
- "Have you read (insert book name here)?"
- "Your hair looks nice today."

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. Sounds like we'd get along cartographically

But, I dunno — yer mudder-in-lawr? :wtf:



I mean, SeattleGirl's a map geek, too, and she's almost my age. And she has great legs. :)

[Heidi]

15. But, but, but, if ya did, then I could, ya know,

stare at your wrists in real life hang out with ya and stuff. :7

[Oeditpus Rex]

16. Yeah, and all I'd have to do

is get friendly with some aging Bohemian chick who prolly hollers "Vivre l' resistance!" in her sleep.



:dilemma:

[Heidi]

17. Once she metcha, I bet

resistance would be the last thing on her mind. :P

[Oeditpus Rex]

18. She'd turn Vichy?

Mais non! :cry:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5T3e_smFgk

[applegrove]

20. That man is absolutely crazy. I cannot stand it.

[Crabby Appleton]

21. It's postponed until Tuesday.

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=5678fe22-2a63-4e63-ba83-cd33e903c7dc

link added

[Forkboy]

22. Time to play some hockey!

:)

[Pierre.Suave]

23. The US Airforce has done some High Altitude jumps before...

but not from 131,000.

The highest I could find was 102,000 ft.

http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Dictionary/kittinger/DI29.htm

The third flight, on August 16, 1960, broke records. The Excelsior III climbed to 102,800 feet (31,333 meters), and on his descent, Kittinger freefell at speeds up to 614 miles per hour, approaching the speed of sound without the protection of an aircraft or space vehicle and experiencing temperatures as low as minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 70 degrees Celsius). He was in freefall for 4.5 minutes before he opened his parachute at 18,000 feet (5,486 meters).

[KamaAina]

25. Bedtime?

Not much doing out that way... :boring:

[Crabby Appleton]

26. The balloon took off today without the parachutist!

http://www.legrandsaut.org/

[Adsos Letter]

27. Heidi is gonna be displeased...