[Magdalen] memories

Marion Thompson marionwhitevale at gmail.com
Thu Jun 18 17:32:11 UTC 2020


In my experience 4 p.m. EDT is a time that works well across the time zones.

Marion, a pilgrim

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 1:02 PM Christopher Hart <cervus51 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would like to suggest that we might plan a Zoom listmeet at 4:00pm EDT on
> a date to be determined. If those farther west in the USA could make time
> during the afternoon it would certainly not be too late, 9:00 pm I think,
> in the UK. Another advantage of such an hour is that it should allow folks
> in the eastern US to be involved and still finish in time for their evening
> meal. Just my $0.02 on the subject.
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 11:19 AM Simon Kershaw <simon at kershaw.org.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > I'd be interested too, but I'm not quite such a night owl as Ferdinand
> > and Roger, 11:30pm UK time is probably my cut-off point. What's that --
> > 6:30pm EDT, 3:30pm PDT.
> >
> > I have to be in work the following morning and even if I am working from
> > home, that still means getting up at 7am!
> >
> > simon
> >
> > On 2020-06-18 14:28, Ferdinand von Prondzynski (Emeritus) wrote:
> > > Dear friends, old and new
> > >
> > > I would be very happy to join (or even host - I have the unlimited
> > > version also) a Zoom meeting. I have up to two Zoom meetings every day
> > > - it is how we have kept the Cathedral congregation in touch with each
> > > other. In the congregation we have several elderly people living
> > > alone, for whom Zoom is a lifeline right now. I host most of our
> > > meetings, and at the first one a number of them were literally in
> > > tears as they were seeing each other again for the first time. It was
> > > an amazingly emotional moment.
> > >
> > > There are a number of you here whom I will really enjoy meeting again.
> > > Notwithstanding the time zone difference, I'll join regardless of the
> > > time. In the middle of June, here in North-East Scotland, we have
> > > those lovely bright nights in which it doesn't ever get completely
> > > dark. On a cloudless night I can do gardening at 1 am.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Simon Kershaw
> > simon at kershaw.org.uk
> > St Ives, Cambridgeshire
> >
>
>
> --
>
> Christopher Hart
>
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