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At 03:16 PM 4/12/2000 +0100, Jim Gillespie wrote:
>Rich Weyand <weyand@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > At 08:31 AM 4/12/2000 -0700, Jim Huber wrote:
> > > >  From: Rich Weyand <weyand@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, on 04/11/2000 16:29:
> > > >  At 04:24 PM 4/11/2000 -0700, Jim Huber wrote:
> > > >  >the entire breadth of the former Soviet Union (all seven time
> > > >  >zones)
> > > >  
> > > >  More like 12, isn't it?
> > >
> > >         Hmm, not sure. The 7 could be wrong, but 12 would be halfway
> > > 'round the globe (24 total, ya know). It ain't quite that big...
> > 
> > Just checked.  12 it is!  Look at a globe.
>
>     http://www.worldtimezone.com says 11.
>
>     You're both wrong, I keep the stake *ka-ching* ;-)

They bent one to cover the far west, which hangs out over the boundary.


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