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Yep, a few times. I tried to get the pilot to fly back and forth a few times, so we could all go..."it's Tuesday, ... no it's Wednesday... no it's Tuesday etc ", but the pilot wasn't into it. Some BS about a 200 million dollar plane not being a toy blah blah blah.
Lol, that would've been funny. Pity the dateline doesn't go through any land, that I'm aware of.
Since I only crossed it once, going one way, I think I am one day younger than would be reckoned by calculating my age based on birth date. I don't feel any younger.
Yes, 5 times. A one way flight from Australia via Fiji & Tahiti to the USA. and 2 round-trips between the USA & China (so I crossed in each direction meaning twice per trip).
You would have made up the difference going back across it.
I didn't go back across it -- I'm still on the other side. I continued on around the world. Like Phileas Fogg., who got home a day older, but I went the other way. Phileas Fogg got home 81 days older, but the rest of the world's calendar counted it as only 80 while he was gone.
I assume those answering yes are mostly Australians, North Americans or Asians.
Also some South Americans flying to Australia and New Zealand. I myself haven't crossed it, but I know quite a few people in Argentina who have. There is (or there used to be?) a transpolar flight from Buenos Aires to Sydney and even one to Auckland. These flights would have (or has?) a stopover at Rio Gallegos to refuel.
A few times. I've never crossed it on a water craft but a colleague told me it's tradition to dump seawater on one's shipmates when doing a water IDL crossing. Sounds....fun.
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