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When did people realize there were different time zones?
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:13 pm
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:13 pm
During the revolutionary war I doubt guys were like “Crikey, it’s almost midnight back in England”.
Did they need time zones before the telephone was invented? Would it even matter?
Did they need time zones before the telephone was invented? Would it even matter?
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Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:15 pm to OysterPoBoy
Time zones came about wit the advent of railroads. Before that everybody set their own time based on when the sun was overhead.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:17 pm to OysterPoBoy
quote:WHAT?!?
When did people realize there were different time zones?
There are different time zones?!?
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:19 pm to OysterPoBoy
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:21 pm to OysterPoBoy
Zachariah blowing glass in US CT thinking if London’s 6hr time zone difference is only 5 hours when US changes its clocks forward for that period of time in the Spring…and then kills himself with an anvil.
This post was edited on 7/4/26 at 5:24 pm
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:22 pm to OysterPoBoy
It took more than a week for London to find out about Lincoln’s assassination.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:23 pm to OysterPoBoy
why can't you fly in a plane, refueling in the air, and follow the sun so you never run out of time
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:23 pm to OysterPoBoy
When I was late for my dentist appointment in Tallahassee?
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:26 pm to OysterPoBoy
I think it first happened when someone from New Orleans called someone in eastern Tennessee, a little place called Brownsville. The New orleans guy said it was 10:00 and the Tenn said "no its 11:00 o'clock."
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:26 pm to Kafka
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why can't you fly in a plane, refueling in the air, and follow the sun so you never run out of time
That’s brilliant. You would always be in the present.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:27 pm to Ziippy
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more than a week for London to find out about Lincoln’s assassination.
That was with steamboats crossing the Atlantic and telegraph. It George III and Lord North 5 weeks to find out about Yorktown.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:34 pm to Ziippy
quote:My fave story like that:
It took more than a week for London to find out about Lincoln’s assassination
When gold was found on Sutter's land in 1848, he ordered his workers not to tell anyone, to keep people from trying to file claims.
In 2 days the news hit Sacramento
4 days, San Francisco
2 weeks, Hawaii
2 months, China
3 months, India
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:37 pm to AA77
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It George III and Lord North 5 weeks to find out about Yorktown.
It’s honestly amazing that those early North American wars ever ended with that sort of lag time on policy decisions.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 5:44 pm to OysterPoBoy
Like the moon landing, Bigfoot and aliens, time zones aren't real.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 7:53 pm to OysterPoBoy
As the pioneers headed west the women needed more time to get ready in the morning.
Posted on 7/4/26 at 10:16 pm to Kafka
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why can't you fly in a plane, refueling in the air, and follow the sun so you never run out of time
Daytime today, daytime tomorrow, daytime forever!
Posted on 7/4/26 at 10:23 pm to jeffsdad
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I think it first happened when someone from New Orleans called someone in eastern Tennessee, a little place called Brownsville. The New orleans guy said it was 10:00 and the Tenn said "no its 11:00 o'clock."
Brownsville is outside of Memphis and in the same time zone as New Orleans
Posted on 7/4/26 at 10:40 pm to OysterPoBoy
Idiot should not be allowed to start threads
Because you perpetuate stereotypes about people being stupid from where you live
Because you perpetuate stereotypes about people being stupid from where you live
This post was edited on 7/4/26 at 10:47 pm
Posted on 7/4/26 at 10:42 pm to Kafka
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why can't you fly in a plane, refueling in the air, and follow the sun so you never run out of time
That’s some Stephen King, Langoliers stuff right there.
why can't you fly in a plane, refueling in the air, and follow the sun so you never run out of time
That’s some Stephen King, Langoliers stuff right there.
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