tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27283804.post3992736295180284207..comments2023-10-20T08:35:54.529+01:00Comments on Life and Vincent: What time? Whose time?valhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08784717652044574470noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27283804.post-88672526425270194952012-04-10T18:54:34.984+01:002012-04-10T18:54:34.984+01:00Never even gave the time zones a thought! Good que...Never even gave the time zones a thought! Good questions, all!JoJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18165375435543044068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27283804.post-56704090963148228992012-04-10T16:40:28.263+01:002012-04-10T16:40:28.263+01:00Since Titanic was mid-Atlantic, I would have thoug...Since Titanic was mid-Atlantic, I would have thought she'd be on whatever the time zone for her last port of call was, but I've never thought about it before...!<br /><br />I was quite surprised to hear on the TV last night that Captain Lord of the Californian had eventually been 'vindicated' because Titanic wasn't where she was supposed to be. I'm just reading the book 'A night to remember' on which the 1950's film was based. This, according to ANOTHER book about Titanic I just finished, is the 'bible' simply because there were still some 60 survivors alive when it was written, and the author, Walter Lord, spoke to as many of them as possible (OK, this was 1954/55, but....) According to him, the crew on the Californian had been counting the rockets being let off by Titanic, although they couldn't figure out WHY she was doing it, and reported to the captain that the strange ship they could see looked '....very queer out of the water, her lights look queer'. Second Officer Gibson of the Californian even thought what they could see was '...listing, a big side out of the water', yet the Captain simply rolled over and went back to sleep, refusing to believe it could be the Titanic anyway. At 2.20am, they decided the other ship had definitely gone, believing it had sailed off into the night.....<br /><br />....OK, I'll shut up now ;0)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27283804.post-42275177646127166462012-04-10T13:16:45.951+01:002012-04-10T13:16:45.951+01:00Val, I think you have too much time on your hands....Val, I think you have too much time on your hands. Not sure who's time it is.mauigirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09373488902487292973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27283804.post-14271690056012191432012-04-10T10:53:04.198+01:002012-04-10T10:53:04.198+01:00I hadn't thought about the time zone thing..al...I hadn't thought about the time zone thing..although I will now, thank you <br /><br />I think we may have been watching the same programme..I too wondered how Carpathia found the lifeboats so easily when the Californian didn't, despite being so much nearer, and as far as I could tell, even if the Titanic was off course, it was still nearer..I haven't come up with a logical answer yetElizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959658025489249091noreply@blogger.com