A small puzzler for today

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussions' started by John Bear, Apr 4, 2004.

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  1. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    A woman who lives in an east coast U.S. state that borders on the Atlantic Ocean telephones her brother who lives in a west coast U.S. state that borders on the Pacific Ocean (and is not Hawaii or Alaska). During the conversation, the woman asks, "What time is it there?" The answer: "It's 1:15." "That's funny," she says, "It's 1:15 here as well." Assuming they are both at home, and both telling the truth, how can this be?
     
  2. Dennis Ruhl

    Dennis Ruhl member

    Texas - California - last night?
     
  3. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Texas is not an east coast state bordering on the Atlantic Ocean. (Caribbean doesn't count, anyway.)

    And Texas is entirely in the Central time zone, and California is entirely in the Pacific time zone, so there's no way either state could be involved.

    And definitely not last night, in any event.

    Otherwise, you're close.
     
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  4. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    Calling from the Florida panhandle after the time there switched to CDT to Oregon before the time switched to MDT.
     
  5. Mike Albrecht

    Mike Albrecht New Member

    John did not say WHERE they presently are at, only WHERE the resided. This could occur, if they were both in a hotel in Denver and calling each others room also.

    If they were both at there own homes then Rich is correct.
     
  6. Dennis Ruhl

    Dennis Ruhl member

    My question is whose idea was it to put Oregon on Mountain time when its neighbors are on Pacific time.
     
  7. decimon

    decimon Well-Known Member

    I think that works when the switch is to standard time.
     
  8. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Pensacola, Florida is in the Central zone.
    Malheur County, Oregon is the only part of Oregon land the Mountain zone
    (tiny isolated population, economically linked to adjoining Idaho).
    Thus for one hour in October, when Pensacola sets its clocks back,
    they have the same time.
     
  9. Jeff Hampton

    Jeff Hampton New Member

    As I Texan, I just have to point out that this is not true. El Paso and the surrounding area are in the Mountain Time Zone.

    Also, the body of water that Texas borders is the Gulf of Mexico. Referred to around here as the "Third Coast."
     
  10. aceman

    aceman New Member



    Dems Texans fur ya :D

    No really - I love Texas - where else can you drive fast, drink a beer and NOT get pulled over unless you have a NY Yankees bumper sticker on your plate?


    peACE,


    ACE
     

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