Your
right answer was much better than my answer would have been.
I eventually figured out, last swap, that the Pacific Coast was Greenwich minus 7 (hence 5 pm here). At first I had thought "Greenwich minus 5, hence 7 pm".
But as to which day "Midnight" falls on: I have no idea and I doubt that the right answer will stick to my neurons. "Wraparound" and "byte order" were some of the hardest things to handle in software, for me.
But my policy would have been to check Wed or Thursday, then again Friday if necessary. I think you said "Thursday PM".
Now, add Daylight Savings Time to the mix a few days later? I would have figured out that it meant
either 4 pm Seattle time, OR 6 pm. I'd have checked at 4 and again at 6. Or just checked at 6 to see whether I was the last one, that day, to spend my tickets.
That's how I always made serial cables in the lab: "is it 2 to 2 and 3 to 3, or 2 to 3 and 3 to 2 ??"
Try it both ways and see which works. Easier than either remembering OR figuring it out!
IF there were anything to this rumor that I'm smart, (
) it has never extended to things like arithmetic or simple things like "if the clocks turn back one hour in Seattle, what time is it in Greenwich? (Or do they turn
forward? And does the Earth turn clockwise or counterclockwise??)"
I have to try such things both ways and then figure out which was right.
Besides, "Greenwich" is a town in Connecticut, which ruins ALL of these theories!
