On Sat, 17 Dec 2005 01:53:14 +0000, Ian Malcolm
wrote:

Its actually something like point the hour hand at the sun and SOUTH is
half way between the hour hand and 12 o'clock (or North in the Southern
hemisphere).

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What ever works for you. What I do at 6:00AM is roll over and try to
get some more sleep. If that doesn't work and I still want to know
where east is, I look to see where the sun is coming up.