>>Well, for the Atlantic state, I guess the best answer is Florida, because its east coast qualifies it as an Atlantic state, although Brother A would have to live over on the western edge that is in the Central Time Zone. For the Pacific state, it could be any of the three--California, Washington, Oregon.
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>Close, but only one of them actually spreads across 2 time zones.
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Well, since I can't see any reason why Oregon and Washington should not be mapped the same (although none of this is very logical, is it?), I guess California.


>Hmm... I like Alan's answer, since it fits the theme of the thread, but my solution is that he walks into the house at the last chime of midnight (or noon), then hears 12:30, 1:00, 1:30 (single chimes) and leaves at the first chime of 2:00.
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>Barbara
Right.