[lamford]

richlp, on 2013-March-29, 13:33, said:

Florida.

That is one of the two states. His friend was in the part of Oregon that is Mountain time, during the hour Florida was changing to Daylight Saving Time.

[mycroft]

Aleutians?

[barmar]

Alaska and Hawaii.

[bluejak]

gnasher, on 2013-March-22, 01:50, said:

The appeal was mainly about the later auction, but the appeals committee commented "South ... passed 2♠ when the UI had suggested otherwise."

Do you agree?

No. Now you know you have shown the majors bidding 3♦ may get you to 4♠ doubled. Passing is clearly suggested by the UI.

PhilKing, on 2013-March-27, 12:39, said:

I'm leaning towards a PPPP - Platinum-Plated Procedural Penalty.

Me loikes that ....

lamford, on 2013-March-28, 10:58, said:

While on this subject, someone in a state with an Eastern coastline in the US was on the phone to a friend in a state with a Western coastline of the US. He asked his friend the time and was surprised to find it was exactly the same as his. How so?

Alaska and Hawaii [half the year only].

I was really annoyed to find that barmar had just posted that!

[barmar]

bluejak, on 2013-April-24, 08:32, said:

I was really annoyed to find that barmar had just posted that!

If over 3 weeks ago counts as "just".

[lamford]

barmar, on 2013-April-01, 09:49, said:

Alaska and Hawaii.

I didn't think you were being serious with this answer, but note that bluejak also posted it. I think Alaska is either one or two hours ahead of Hawaii, depending on the half of the year, so the time cannot be the same there. And you would hardly describe Hawaii as "having an Eastern coastline of the USA", although I suppose you could.

The answer I believe to be Oregon and Florida. One is in Malheur County, Oregon, the only county in Oregon to observe Mountain Time. The other is in the panhandle in Florida, say Tallahassee, which is Central Time. Currently, as I type, it is 11.42 Central Time and 10:42 Mountain time. For one hour, when Florida switches over from daylight saving time, the times will be the same.

[ArtK78]

Hawaii Standard Time and Aleutian Standard Time are the same. Hawaii is on Standard Time all year, but the Aleutians are on Standard Time only part of the year.

[lamford]

ArtK78, on 2013-April-24, 10:51, said:

Hawaii Standard Time and Aleutian Standard Time are the same.

OK, I had not thought of the Aleutian Islands. You could argue that any island has both a West coast and an East coast of the USA, so I think I should have phrased the question as having a "mainland" East coast and "mainland" West coast, or there could be multiple answers. I would not consider Hawaii to have an East coast of the USA anyway.

[barmar]

My answer was based on islands having both east and west coasts. But now I agree with lamford that this isn't really fair (see, it's occasionally possible for him to change my opinion).

[aguahombre]

barmar, on 2013-April-24, 12:17, said:

My answer was based on islands having both east and west coasts. But now I agree with lamford that this isn't really fair (see, it's occasionally possible for him to change my opinion).

And frightening when it occurs?

I remember Mycroft being so scared when I agreed with his post that he changed his opinion, knowing he must be wrong.

[mycroft]

Hey, that's mean. Not frightened, as much as...confused.

Spoiler

Yes, of course this - and the original reference - is a joke. I hope this was obvious; if it wasn't, I truly apologize.

[Vampyr]

mycroft, on 2013-April-24, 14:39, said:

Yes, of course this - and the original reference - is a joke. I hope this was obvious; if it wasn't, I truly apologize.

Sure, but lamford should have said "an East Coast state" or "a State with an Atlantic coast".

[GreenMan]

I repeat someone's earlier observation that Florida itself has both an east coast and a west coast, though the latter is more often called the Gulf coast.

One may also note that part of Alaska is in the Eastern hemisphere, so it may be said* that it has an east coast in that section.

*Just try and stop me!

[blackshoe]

That part of the state of Alaska which is in the Eastern Hemisphere (i.e., west of the 180th meridian, consists of some of the Aleutian Islands. No part of mainland Alaska is in the Eastern Hemisphere.

[barmar]

And of course the International Date Line takes a sharp turn to the west when it runs into those islands, so the date doesn't change when you hop from island to island.

[mycroft]

Vampyr, on 2013-April-24, 18:05, said:

Sure, but lamford should have said "an East Coast state" or "a State with an Atlantic coast".

Heh, I meant (which is why it was spoilered) my original comment about not trusting my judgement upon a particular agreement, not this thread's original comment. Ah well, I guess if it applies, it applies.