Re: My 11-yr old son asked me this question

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From: John Gilmer
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2002 17:04

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> But Arizona is REALLY screwed up. Not only are we nominally in the
Mountain time zone, but we do not observe dailight savings time.
> I've lived here a year now and still haven't gotten the knack for
calculating what time a show that begins at "8 eastern and
> pacific" is going to start. Case in point: I missed the season premiere of
Enterprise because I thought it was on at 8:00 but it
> really started at 7:00 (don't worry, I caught the Sunday re-run :).
>

The solution is OBVIOUS.

STOP watching TV.   Tell the cable company and the dish TV folks to take a
walk.   Use the money you save to install a long wire AM antenna and
wideband Internet access (but not through the cable company as you will be
tempted to watch TV again.)

Go to yard sales and buy last year's best sellers for $.25.

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