What time is it in LA, Chicago, New York and London, England? Pacific, Central and Eastern time

Problem
A webinar asks me to sign up and choose a time. What time is it where?

Answers
The webinar says the times available are:

Pacific                                 Central                    Eastern
(Los Angeles)                     (Chicago)                New York
10 am                                  Noon                       1 pm

2 pm                                    4 pm                        5 pm

My laptop, set to UK time, says that the meeting starts one day or two ahead plus such and such a time which is 5 hours ahead.


Pacific                                 Central                    Eastern
(Los Angeles)                     (Chicago)                New York           UK
10 am                                  Noon                       1 pm                   6 pm

2 pm                                    4 pm                        5 pm                   UK 10 pm

I can't find a tab for columns on blogger.com in which I create posts for blogspot.com on which you read posts. However, I shall check to see this looks OK.

I now have a magic, easy to understand comparison of time zones in the USA, plus a comparison between the USA, all three regions, and the UK. I can sign up for a webinar, recommend it to friends in the UK when they are at home in the day rather than out for the evening, or returned from work.

As soon as I clicked publish on this post I got the feedback that people in the USA were the greatest number of those logging onto my post. But the second highest number was people in Germany. (Could be Americans in Germany.) So to help them I thought I must check the time difference between the UK and Germany.

I bet most people in Germany know. However, the clocks changed last week. Also, as a freelance writer and former sub-editor I know don't rely on what you think - ALWAYS CHECK!

Germany - and most of Europe, is one hour ahead. That means that 10 am in the UK is 11 am in Berlin.  11 am in the UK is noon - are they about to go out to lunch in Berlin? Or are they free to chat about non-work items and watch videos? Noon in the UK is 1 pm in Germany. 2 pm in the Uk is 3 pm 3 pm in German. 4 pm in the UK is 5 pm in German - are they going home - is their switchboard no longer answering? 6 pm in the UK will be 7 pm in Germany - are they home already, not keep to take business calls when they are with family? A really handy comparison.

When recording videos, podcasts, and speeches, I must remember not to say good morning, afternoon or evening, unless I explain when the recording was made, but instead say, hello. because people could be watching the recording any time.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Please save and share links to your favourite posts.       

Do I open a tab or window when travelling and at home? The USA login?

Problems
What happens when you try to save a note of your link? I opened tabs and found I could not reach the URL (click on name) login for the website to reach it again later. I have always wondered why use tabs rather than a new window. I tend to open a new window.

Why Tabs?
Other people tell me to use a tab. Why? Because then you/I see a list of shortened names in a line across the top of my screen, instead of having to press F3 to bring up all the screens.

Why Open A New Window?
But now I find it is a nuisance not having the name of the website. If I open a new window, I can find it again by pressing F3, there is the URL at the top for me to copy. Why do I need to copy it? Because I am writing a blog on travel and want the website of the place to visit (a museum or attraction or hotel or waterfall) plus the website of the country's tourist board, on every blog post. I also go back through my history to find a recently opened website and go back to it.

I can use search in blogger and type in a country name, such as USA, England, China, and up will come all my posts on that subject. If I click on a recent post, I will find links to several related websites.

I can go to Amazon.com , or Amazon.co.uk

I can also get prices in US dollars, or Singapore dollars, or British pounds.

Why Copy Links?
Why does anybody need to copy a link? Firstly, it's quicker if it's long. Less chance of making a typo.

It is quicker to click on a link than do a search through a dozen items which pop up.
I know that if I type in a link from memory I might get it wrong. Some of the countries have a link which is visit such and such a country dot com. Others give me the co.uk address if I log in from there. Others give me the sg from Singapore.

What does it matter? If I am writing for an international audience the American or international version is more useful. 

If I want to go to France from the UK, I will get links and ads for the ferry from UK ports, and trains from Victoria station in London to a station in Paris. If I use the website aimed at Americans, I get flights from the USA to Paris. And so on.

If I log in from Russia, I probably get a page in Russian and have to find the tab for the English translation, unless I have visited the website before and it remembers me.

Now you know.

Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. Read my other posts for more advice on travel, general overviews of countries, learning languages, and lots of plus seasonal ideas such as Xmas and Valentines. Have a browse of my posts, bookmark and share links to your favourite posts with your family, friends and colleagues.

Making a Photo Calendar

Made To Order Photo Calendars
Vistaprint
Companies such as Vistaprint will make up calendars using your photos. Current offers (Nov 2017) are a reduced price desk calendar at £4.99 plus postage.

A desk calendar is the sort which has a creased base. When pulled flat, the small side forms the silhouette of a triangle with an oblong back and front.

Some tourist boards and restaurants produce desk calendars and hanging calendars as promotional items. Ask for one when they have many and can easily spare one.

You can copy the shape of a stand up desk calendar and glue on a photo or travel picture from a travel magazine. You could use last year's calendar photos and mount with this year's or next year's dates and spaces for writing.

Get a free diary from Waitrose, with the magazine, which is free if you have a Waitrose card.

Waitrose diary has recipes and a small space for the day's appointments.

The back of Waitrose diary has handy cook's notes.

Visit Gibraltar's diary has another shape. This one has a slit and a tab to slide in the slot. Notice the spelling of Gibraltar. Tar (not ter).

Ukraine tourism has a diary with spiral binding. You can order books with this kind of bidning from Lulu.com 

You can make a kitchen calendar with your favourite foods. Here's my picture of Montgomery Cheddar blue cheese, the only Cheddar as far as I know which is blue. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Here's a view of a stand up calendar side on so you can see how the fold works.

So you can make your own calendar, or hope to get one from the tourist board.

Useful Websites
http://lulu.com
www.vistaprint.com

Author

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