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Re: Y2K Confusion
Posted By: Stephen, on host 24.4.254.71
Date: Friday, December 31, 1999, at 11:50:37
In Reply To: Re: Y2K Confusion posted by Tranio on Friday, December 31, 1999, at 11:03:35:

> Did you hear them say that they were broadcasting from "more than 24 time zones"? Did I miss something?
> >
> > There was someone else elsewhere who has played "in excess of more than 200 instrumentals". Did they need an extra 2 or 4 syllables to fill the time?
> >
> > Nyperold
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> "...In excess of more than..."?? --Yikes. To me that just seems a little repetitive, redundant, like saying the same thing over and over. If they needed to fill that kind of time, I would think that an ever-popular "uuuuuh" could perform that task.
>
> Tra "*more* than 24 time zones?, they must be off planet, too" nio

Why? There are more than 24 time zones on the planet; not every time zone is an hour removed from the one next to it. There are many that, for various reasons, are +X 1/2 hours or what not.

Stephen

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