Comments on: Hudson Valley Saving Time

By: mike golch

mike golch — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:40:31 +0000

let’s see I’m born and raised in EST,in the 70′s lived in different time zones for a while in Texas(air force basic training) in Ill.(tech school)Calif.Base weher I was assigned to and lived there after I got out of the service unitll my divorce.that Back to Ohio.in “78 back to good old EST.

You should get some kind of merit badge for having lived in each zone.

By: courtney

courtney — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:11:00 +0000

I lived in the CTZ for a year and a half, and I kind of loved it. Youdon’t have to stay up late to watch good stuff on TV.

That seems to be the #1 thing going for the zone so far.

By: nancypearlwannabe

nancypearlwannabe — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:28:49 +0000

Having a long distance relationship is hard, but doing it in another time zone would spell doom for me. Even one hour would mess me all up. Then again, it would be a handy excuse for any relationship issues- well that was a WHOLE HOUR AGO.

Yeah, thank goodness The Grey Boy does not want to date me.

By: 3carnations

3carnations — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:19:47 +0000

I get the feeling this is going to be another awkward “Welcome Back Kotter” moment…But the title wasn’t meant to be a spoof on “Harper Valley PTA”, was it? Probably not.

Oh, and Krista – We have 10PM news on two local stations.

No, just a more specific version of Eastern Daylight Saving Time.

By: Kristabella

Kristabella — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:01:13 +0000

I’ve lived in the central time zone and pacific. I prefer the central because the news starts at 10. And I’m an old lady that can’t stay up until 11 to watch the news. And by news, I mean Lost would start at 10 PM instead of 9.

I watched the news at 11 once, but I realized I knew all the news because I had been reading the internet all day. But I would much prefer Lost to start early.

By: freeandflawed

freeandflawed — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:55:50 +0000

Ugh. I hate time differences. It messes me up every time.

Imagine a world without time zones, where we’d all be on Greenwich Mean Time, and the middle of the afternoon would be 7PM?

By: stefanie

stefanie — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:37:20 +0000

I’m with Laurel: prime time ending at 11:00 is just too dang late. You people have to stay up until 11:30 if you want to watch the Daily Show?? OK, fine, I’m often up until 11:30 on week nights anyway, but I *shouldn’t* be, and if I stayed up until 11:30 deliberately, I wouldn’t get to bed until after midnight. I’m telling you, Central is the zone for me.

Also, am I supposed to know what the FIRST classic late 80’s/early 90’s film starring Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Alan Rickman was, or do only people who put every Alan Rickman movie in their Netflix queue know that?

Well, the most famous, or at least my favorite would be Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

By: The Modern Gal

The Modern Gal — Tue, 20 May 2008 18:29:23 +0000

I’ve never in the six years I’ve lived in EST (the other 20 years being CST) managed to get past everything starting an hour late.

Does that mean you show up at everything an hour early?

By: 3carnations

3carnations — Tue, 20 May 2008 17:04:27 +0000

Laurel – 7:00 start to prime time is awful. My son goes to bed at 8:00; that’s when my TV watching starts. I would never see The Office when it’s on at 8:30 (7:30)!

I’ve never seen The Office live either. I stream it all on the internet.

By: Allie

Allie — Tue, 20 May 2008 16:41:41 +0000

Eastern is the only time zone worth um . . . timing . . . in. Sorry. I am really tired. I don’t have much of anything intelligent to say (of course, it doesn’t stop me from saying stuff).

But I loved the dynamics of your time conversation.

You don’t even need to say it. Eastern rules!