*** Quoting Michiel van der Vlist from a message to Carol Shenkenberger ***

 CS>> shifted the hour of it but I'm the far eastern edge.  Guam hits
 CS>> something like 0700-0800local.

MvdV>  MvdV>> 0700-0800 does not sound problematic to me. It isn't exactly
MvdV>  MvdV>> prime use time is it?

 CS> Yes, can be.  Weekends to grab a packet.

MvdV> ???? Weekends to grab a packet? I lost you.

QWK or BW packet.  Points arent used that much in the USA.  Folks use OLRs
much ¨more often.

 CS> That causes just as much of a hash.  Then its something like 4-5pm
 CS> local.

MvdV> The IC may reason that observing the proper nationality is more import
MvdV> than a "convienent" ZMH.

Hence the final demize of ZMH seems to me.


 CS>>   Technically most of the 'Arab' nations come under Z6

MvdV>  MvdV>> Says who?

 CS> Says the GLOBE on what parts are ASIA.

MvdV> Odd, none of the globes or maps that I have here has lines drawn on th
MvdV> with the bounderies of the continents. It would appear that the bounde
MvdV> of the continents are not well defined.

They are to an extent.


MvdV> Other than that: The fact that zone 6 is loosely defined as
"Asia" doe
MvdV> not mean that it has to cober ALL of Asia. Ands apparently those in ch
MvdV> of the decison at the time ruled that Saudi arabia had to be listed in

Saudi nodes probably preceed creation of Z6.  Logistically it is easier to
¨place them in Z2 due to ZMH issues.

MvdV> And what about Egypt? What about Marocco? What about Tunesia? All arab
MvdV> nations. Should they be in Z6 too?

Lokk above.  I never said 'all'.


MvdV> What religeous problem?

 CS> Asia is easy about such but would never have combined Isreal and
 CS> Saudi.

MvdV> They were never "combined". They were in a different region.

Really?  Why does Ward mention from time to time that this was a problem?

 CS> Asia is a high moslem area

MvdV> Really? The biggest country: China definitely is *not* Muslim.

Aagin you go on.  I didnt say *all*.  It's concentration of Moslem as a
¨religion is high but not all are that nor was there any insinuation of
that in ¨my statement.  Quit twisting things all out of shape.

                                       xxcarol

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