“Time Travel” Observations by Trevor
STUBBERFIELD (52A) in e-mails to George MILLIE (49B) “I had a call from Ted Fusilier
BLOWERS the other day - ain't it
exciting? I send things to you today and you receive them in my
tomorrow. You answer in your today and I receive them in my today with
tomorrow’s date on them. ‘Phone Ted at the right time and today I can speak
to him in my yesterday which is his today, yet he is speaking to me
today in his tomorrow which is my today. Now, if we were all on the
‘phone together, think of the time-span. And they say time travel
doesn't exist! I hope you followed that closely, …” Published: “Second Thoughts” With the demise of If I e-mail George in the afternoon, I send it in my today, which
is George's yesterday. George receives it in his today which is
actually my tomorrow. He replies in his today - my tomorrow - and I receive
it in my today with tomorrow’s date on it. If I were to e-mail Ted in the early morning I would send it in
my today, which is Ted's tomorrow. He would receive it in his today, which is
my yesterday, but it would have tomorrow’s date on it for him. If he replies
in his today - my yesterday - I would receive it today with yesterday’s date
on it although both e-mails were sent in one 24 hour period. It really stretches the imagination if George e-mails Ted because
other factors then come into play. We know that in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, when you
pull the plug in the bath, the water goes down the hole in different
directions, clockwise or anti-clockwise depending in which half you are at
the time. If there was a connecting pipe between the two holes then in the
middle of the earth there would be a maelstrom as the contra-rotating waters
met. I think that's where NTL, or Nasty
Telecomms
Ltd, send half of my
e-mails. Obviously the time zones that e-mails cross when going from Oz
to I hope this version made it easier to follow than my
previous effort. Questions will be asked later. Published: |