[jackdied.com] Chasing the Sun

Chasing the Sun

[jackdied]

Aug 16 2008, 04:55 EDT

According to weather.com sunrise in Boston is 5:53am and in Philadelphia it is 6:14am. That is a difference of 21 minutes which means the sun moves 15 miles a minute as the car drives (screw the crow). The difference is the result of Boston being more Northerly (hence having a longer day in the Summer) and Easterly (hence having the sun hit it earlier) but thinking about which one contributes most makes my head hurt. If you think the answer is easy then please explain to me why the sunsets are only 12 minutes apart instead of 21 like the sunrises.

The "chase" in the headline is me driving from Boston to Philly this morning for some good house painting fun*. Normally I like doing the Midnight Run to avoid traffic but I have a misaligned headlight and I like to speed at +15 to +25. So I'm driving at daybreak instead (straylight run?). I haven't received a speeding ticket since 1992 and I'd like to keep it that way. My best advice for not getting a ticket is do not drive a red car. Cops are like bulls and magpies -- red cars make them angry.

* Occasional manual labor is fun, esp with family. Habitual manual labor is a job. If there was no fun involved and we were fully rational we'd be willing to pay up to several grand to get the cottage painted instead of doing it ourselves (assuming we could all just work an extra two paid days at our regular jobs instead).

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Chasing the Sun [jackdied] Aug 16 2008, 04:55 EDT [permalink] According to weather.com sunrise in Boston is 5:53am and in Philadelphia it is 6:14am. That is a difference of 21 minutes which means the sun moves 15 miles a minute as the car drives (screw the crow). The difference is the result of Boston being more Northerly (hence having a longer day in the Summer) and Easterly (hence having the sun hit it earlier) but thinking about which one contributes most makes my head hurt. If you think the answer is easy then please explain to me why the sunsets are only 12 minutes apart instead of 21 like the sunrises. The "chase" in the headline is me driving from Boston to Philly this morning for some good house painting fun. Normally I like doing the Midnight Run to avoid traffic but I have a misaligned headlight and I like to speed at +15 to +25. So I'm driving at daybreak instead (straylight run?). I haven't received a speeding ticket since 1992 and I'd like to keep it that way. My best advice for not getting a ticket is do not* drive a red car. Cops are like bulls and magpies -- red cars make them angry. * Occasional manual labor is fun, esp with family. Habitual manual labor is a job. If there was no fun involved and we were fully rational we'd be willing to pay up to several grand to get the cottage painted instead of doing it ourselves (assuming we could all just work an extra two paid days at our regular jobs instead).	Current Quickies Archives All Posts Jun 2010 May 2010 Apr 2010 Mar 2010 Feb 2010 Jan 2010 Dec 2009 Nov 2009 Oct 2009 Sep 2009 Aug 2009 Jul 2009 Jun 2009 May 2009 Apr 2009 Mar 2009 Feb 2009 Jan 2009 Dec 2008 Nov 2008 Oct 2008 Sep 2008 Aug 2008 Jul 2008 Jun 2008 May 2008 Apr 2008 Mar 2008 Feb 2008 Jan 2008 Dec 2007 Nov 2007 Oct 2007 Sep 2007 Aug 2007 Jul 2007 Jun 2007 May 2007 Apr 2007 Mar 2007 Feb 2007 Jan 2007 Dec 2006 Nov 2006 Oct 2006 Sep 2006 Aug 2006 Jul 2006 Jun 2006 May 2006 Apr 2006 Mar 2006 Feb 2006 Jan 2006 Dec 2005 Nov 2005 Oct 2005 Sep 2005 Aug 2005 Jul 2005 Jun 2005 May 2005 Apr 2005 Mar 2005 Feb 2005 Jan 2005 Dec 2004 Nov 2004 Oct 2004 Aggregators Instapundit Arts & Letters Daily Fark.com CNN FoxNews Content - Articles National Review Tech Central Station Content - Big Blogs National Review Volokh Conspiracy Content - Blogs Junk Yard Blog Mass Backwards Mass Right Thought Mesh Chicago Boyz
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