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Maybe he got to October before the earth did was by jumping clear over August and September   []

Not quite , I took the fastest route which is always a straight line between two points.   

[Alan McDougall]

Maybe he got to October before the earth did was by jumping clear over August and September   []

Not quite , I took the fastest route which is always a straight line between two points.   

There is no such thing as a really straight line!