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Arg, Timezones suck! by abaron2008-03-20 08:19:13
  I've got a better story about timezones: by RetiQlum2 2008-03-20 08:54:40
My father and I had an installation to do in Oneida, Tennesee.

We got up at 4:00 AM went to the airport and got to Nashville. It was a three hour drive to Oneida, so we took our time. We had a nice leisurely lunch at a wonderful barbecue place.

We were expecting to be able to shower and rest for a bit at the hotel.

Then we crossed a little stream which had a sign, the marker said, "You are now entering the Eastern Timezone."

Carp!

Our time to relax was cut to 1 minute and we rushed to the site. It's now 6:00 PM and we've been on our feet for 14 hours. Shortly before nine my father asked the pharmacy owner's father where we could get a bottle.

It turns out that that is a dry county. No booze.

Well, we get almost everything done and leave shortly before midnight. That's when this jakamo tells us that there is a convenience store that will sell beer. We get there one minute after midnight and they've locked the beer fridges.

The next morning we got back to the pharmacy and finished up the last bit (I did an amazing bit of integrating technologies BTW.)

Then we went for lunch. In Kentucky. Dry county there too. We went forty miles into that state and couldn't find a drink. We had been on our feet for 20 hours the day before, and another 8 today. We deserved a drink!

We got back to the pharmacy and the trainer still wasn't there. When he did get there we practically raced to the car. I've never seen my father drive so fast. We got to Nashville and ordered a dinner at "opreyland" and filled our bellies with booze. I have never seen my father drive so fast. He was going 120mph on that highway. Actually, at one point he made have broken the sound barrier when the road was empty.

We spent $300 on dinner and another $150 in the bar.

Serves those company bastidges right for sending us to a dry county without warning. Who would have thought that you can't get whiskey in Tennesee or Kentucky? That's where all the American whiskey is made!
[ Reply ]
    In an amazing twist of fate by Sterling_Ag2008-03-20 09:00:38
      Here in Harlan, we are also dry. :( by SaylorA2008-03-20 09:08:37
        "The South is dry and will vote dry. by Phoon2008-03-20 09:19:33

 

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