"When it's night time in Italy, it's Wednesday over here" was part of a music hall song that my Dad used to sing when I was young ( he sang a lot of them as part of his spending if he had any spare money in his youth was a trip to one of the Music Halls). It had me puzzled when I was young as I thought there was only one time. Whatever it said on the clock in the kitchen was the only time I knew.

Then as I grew up I learned that the time in England, where my Mum and Dad had family, and the time in Canada, where Dad's oldest sister and youngest brother lived, were also different. I guess that is because the world is round, eh? Now I know about local time zones ( we have four of them across Australia) Daylight saving time and other time zones are spread around our world.

When I am in Caregiver chat on Tuesday nights at 8pm that is fine for people on New York time or to the east of it, not so good for people on Mountain time as it clashes with dinner hour or others on the west coast. When I get up in the morning and log on while Ray wakes up and gets dressed it is late afternoon in some parts of the world so I might chat to a cousin in Canada on Messenger. And when I am on just before I go to bed I talk to Mary Goldberg who is up early getting her husband and son off to work in California.

I am doing Caregiver Chat for a while and then if it suits Strokenet and me I will become a host. I find it okay at the moment as 8pm Tuesday night is 10am Wednesday morning my time. So today I stayed in chat until 11.30am my time and then took Ray to the optometrist. He fell and broke his glasses a fortnight ago and then broke the arm off his other spare pair so we are up for replacing them.

But when USA goes off Daylight saving and we go on it the time will be mid-day for me. That will mean I can go out for a little while in the morning and then host chat or go out after I finish. Ray is a morning person now and I try and work my program around his so it is more or less a day at home if I do chat. I can do that. I will be happy to change times though if anyone else wants to change the time to something more suitable to their needs. There is a saying, "timing is everything".

I thought I would blog this as I have just replied to a post by Mars who asked when people are in chat as she has sat in chat talking to herself (haven't we all?). Personally I am on about three times most days, early morning my time, the middle of the afternoon and late at night. I am not on every day as I do have a life in real time ( even if it seems I don't have much choice with it some days).

So if you have any thoughts or suggestions about chat times why not PM Bonnie or reply here and we will see when most people feel is the best time of their day for a chat.