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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #66 on: June 11, 2009, 17:50 »
Sheesh, I just posted a very informative, enlightening blurb on a subject that I am kinda smart about and all ya can say is beer ::) ::) :P

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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #65 on: June 11, 2009, 17:46 »
anything East of Yonge street is OUT EAST.  anything WEST of Yonge street is OUT WEST !..  I don't make the rules.. lol 

Same rules that put Upper Canada south of Lower Canada ?  ::)

there was beer involved.

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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #64 on: June 11, 2009, 16:36 »
Gotta tell y'all that I work for the province and am really familiar with land. What Tracy was referring to is called the principal meridian, not to be confused with the prime meridian which is in England.
The principal meridian is the center of Manitoba, which also happens to be the centre of Canada. There is actually a monument ( stone cairn ) marking the site on the Trans Canada hwy, just west of Headingly. And if you're observant, you will notice that the intersecting roads to the TCH are, for example 2W, 3W, 4W. which means 2 miles west of the pm, 3 miles west of the pm. The same thing goes for east of the PM except that the description read 2E, 3E, you get the drift. I could go on and on. but ( big yawn by y'all, ) it's only interesting for those who work with it or those that actually own the land.

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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #63 on: June 11, 2009, 15:57 »
Well there you have it, it is in Manitoba, west of Winnipeg so anything east of Landmark is eastern Canada, and anything west of Landmark is western Canada

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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #62 on: June 11, 2009, 15:52 »
Which province is it in Ontario or Manitoba? 

Manitoba - its just a few kilometres west of Winnipeg on Highway 1

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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #61 on: June 11, 2009, 15:45 »
Which province is it in Ontario or Manitoba?

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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #60 on: June 11, 2009, 15:33 »
Okay...I may not have the exact location of the center of the universe BUT.....I do have the exact center of Canada... ;D ;D

http://wikimapia.org/51612/Center-Of-Canada


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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #59 on: June 11, 2009, 15:32 »
Guess I will weigh in my two cents, the center of canada is the border of Manitoba and Ontario lol Ontario on out to the Maritimes is East. Anything west of The Manitoba border is Out West.

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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #58 on: June 11, 2009, 15:28 »
you have nooooo idea how much I'm enjoying this ;D ;D

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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #57 on: June 11, 2009, 15:25 »
anything East of Yonge street is OUT EAST.  anything WEST of Yonge street is OUT WEST !..  I don't make the rules.. lol 

Same rules that put Upper Canada south of Lower Canada ?  ::)
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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #56 on: June 11, 2009, 15:16 »
Keep going guys, this is getting good ;D

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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #55 on: June 11, 2009, 15:11 »
anything East of Yonge street is OUT EAST.  anything WEST of Yonge street is OUT WEST !..  I don't make the rules.. lol




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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #54 on: June 11, 2009, 15:09 »
BECAUSE TORONTO IS THE CENTRE OF THE KNOWN UNIVERSE !   ;D

nah.. i'm in Mississauga which is west of the city... we're actually the centre of the known universe, we just don't like to brag about it like T.O. does.. lol.. 

Deluded easterners  ::)  must be that smog corroding their geographic abilities to see that Winnipeg is the centre of All .... Manitoba does mean "where the [great] spirit lives" and where else but in the centre (via the navel of course) would the spirit live ?

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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #53 on: June 11, 2009, 14:48 »
smooth Loriann ::)

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Re: Forum Clock & Changing Time
« Reply #52 on: June 11, 2009, 14:38 »
nah.. i'm in Mississauga which is west of the city... we're actually the centre of the known universe, we just don't like to brag about it like T.O. does.. lol..