Br> I don't know why, but I am feeling a little like a young
Br> school-kid who is about to be lambasted in-front of the whole
Br> class, as he cautiously approaches his teacher to tell him that
Br> he  obviously doesn't have a grasp of
Br> the fundermentals.

Br> If the polar icecaps melting caused more water to flow to the
Br> equator, and the spin of the Earth had slowed, wouldn't you
Br> need to ADD extra seconds to make up for the time loss ?

 Christ only knows. Just because I wrote it doesn't mean I thought
about it first.

 FX: thinks...

 You're wrong. I don't know what's wrong with young people nowadays.
You just can't work out the simplest things! I blame fluoride in the
water supply. 

 The Earth as it goes spinning around the Sun is a bit short of the
full calendar year (like my brain, nowadays). What we *call* a year
(365.25000 days) is actually a bit *longer* than a real year
(365.24225 days). Therefore, what we call Jan 01 starts to slip back
into the real December (according to the Sun), so we have to *add* a
second to bring it back.

 If the Earth rotates a bit slower, the days get longer, and we don't
have to add the second as it comes up to 365.25000 days.

 I'm glad to see that you have trouble with this sort of arse-up
logic too.s

 BTW, this is my third reply. The first one said you were wrong, then
I talked myself out of it and wrote a realy crawly apology, but
after I had a cup of tea and fed the dog... I got it right (I hope).  

Regards,
Bob


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