Tomorrow night, at midnight, we will say goodbye to 2018 and hello to 2019. For most people it probably won't make any difference. Life will continue as usual and the only real issue will be remembering to write 2019 instead of 2018 on our checks, correspondence and other places where the year is important. Because of the different time zones around the world, there will be 24 different changes from '18 to '19. For some people it might be interesting to celebrate all 24 in each one. I wonder if anyone has ever tried it.
According to the Internet the only real way to celebrate all time zones' new year celebration would be at the Amundsen-Scott Station at the South Pole where all the lines of longitude converge. Otherwise you would need a non-military plane faster than any now in existence to get to every time zone in the required 24 hours. The record for flying around the world is just over 63 hours, so do the math. And a military plane with in-air refueling capability, imagine the red-tape required to pull that off, and the cost.
Well, I guess it's watch tv or Internet for the celebrations in the time zones to our east, celebrate where we are at midnight and then back to the tv or Internet for midnight in the zones to our west. Only one problem with this. I haven't been awake at midnight on New Year's Eve for a good many years, and I'm sure it isn't in my plans for tomorrow.
In any event..........HAPPY NEW YEAR......wherever you are.
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