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"Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar.
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Am I crazy??? (no, don't post responses to that hypothetical question).

Normally, NYC and Eastern Standard Time is six hours behind us. I am sure of this as my family lives in that zone...BUT...tonight I have a phone interview in Eastern Standard Time (Michigan to be exact)so I thought I'd double check and it seems EST is now only 5 hours behind Madrid.

How can we lose one hour???

The only thing I can figure is that the US had daylight savings time already and we didn't.

Am I right? Is it possible I've been here 5 years and am just figuring this out???

Please confirm someone! (or I will go crazy!)
Thanks,
Candela
 
Posts: 1001 | Location: MADRID! | Registered: 09 November 2002Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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Yup, they already changed and we don't change until the 30th.

Crazy, eh?

eeker
 
Posts: 709 | Location: Madrid, Spain | Registered: 14 December 2002Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
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they did it for the farmers.

saludos,
jer...


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They didn't do it for the farmers, Jer. They did it for the Blacks, who will rise up and take back the power they lost, hehehe!

I can't wait until we change. I love the long daylight hours. I love sunlight.

Shawn


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hmmmm... not for nothing but providing for an extra hour of sunlight for the blacks makes no sense.

if anything, taking an hour of sunlight away so that the blacks can stay in stealth mode longer and sneak up on whitey makes much more sense die laughing die laughing die laughing

down with the man!

saludos,
jer...


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hi, yeah, Candy, in the spring we always did it a week BEFORE them and had a 7 hour different, but this year the US has changed all their dates for daylight savings and we have three weeks of only 5 hours of difference!!! Crazy! Besos, Joy
 
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thanks for the clarifications guys, i really thought i was going nuts!!!!!

now we all know!
 
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