Why Harry Potter CAN be set in 1991-? was Why Harry Potter cannot be...

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No: HPFGUIDX 79450

Okay, the playstation thing may be an icon out of time, 

 The time line in HP is usually centered on Nearly Headless Nick's 
Deathday. -92

There is even better proof that  OoP is set on the correct muggle  
time line. Remember the hosepipe ban? 
( I found this referenced on another board and decided to see if it 
were true)

>From another board:

There was a hosepipe ban in 1995-96


The Drought of 1995-1996

1995 and 1996 were the two driest consecutive years for over 200 
years.

Despite the experiences of 1975 water authorities were still 
unprepared for the hot dry summer of 1995. By August many rivers were 
flowing at less than half their average for the time of year. Low 
water levels meant less water could be extracted by water companies 
and so there was less water to dilute pollutants.

1996 was wetter than the previous year but the irregular outbreaks of 
rain were still insufficient to fill reservoirs or replenish 
aquifers. from www.landau-forte.org.uk/g...severe.htm 
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My Independent Research.


>From the House of Commons records.
 Water companies are not legally required to provide an unrestricted 
supply of water.[3] Their main duty is to provide water for domestic 
purposes (e.g. drinking and sanitation). Their obligation to provide 
water for other purposes is more limited and OFWAT consider it 
reasonable for companies to use occasional restrictions on the non-
domestic use of water, such as hose-pipe bans, to help balance supply 
and demand in very dry weather. Such restrictions have been 
widespread in recent years (Figure 1They affected 40 per cent of the 
population in England and Wales in 1995-96, and 31 per cent in 1996-
97. Problems in maintaining water supplies were particularly serious 
in parts of West Yorkshire in 1995, where for a time the threat of 
cuts in domestic supplies was averted only with the help of a large 
operation to bring water into the area in road tankers.[5] 


Or an article at:http://www.yhua.ac.uk/review/pdf%
20files/volume6/rr6_1-4.McDonald.pdf

This is proof that JKR is on a real MUGGLE time line.