Just a chime....or??

[Jerry Oz]

Ah, but we're now on what we call Daylight Savings Time and we're also an hour forward. We'll go back in early November.

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm no clearer in my mind, either. It's one of those niggly little things, trivial in itself, but still something which I don't understand.

Maybe my mind has a problem with it, because I'm used to the time being consistent throughout this particular country.

Are you perhaps in a different time zone from Detroit? Maybe that makes a difference....

[Jerry Oz]

I am. They are one hour behind us [[Central Standard Time).

[westgrandboulevard]

That's interesting. So, the post you sent above, timed in at 3.36pm. was actually sent when it was 4.36pm your time?

[Jerry Oz]

My screen shows it to be 4:36 pm, which is indeed when I posted it. So, you see it as 3:36 pm?

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes, I do.

[Jerry Oz]

So, you see it CST but I see it EST. Interesting...

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes. A bit baffling really, although I'm sure there is a logical explanation.

144man and myself are in the same time zone - and you and moe are, I suppose, in the same time zone, but just a different one from us...and someone like arr&bee might be different again.

Somewhere, it seems all the US time zones are automatically converted to CST because of where the forum is based. I get that, but I still don't understand why CST [[as shown at the bottom of my screen) doesn't currently convert to 'GMT - 6' which ,in reality, is plainly true....

[Jerry Oz]

If arr&bee is in DC, then he's also in my time zone. Although he is in his own world, it seems. [[Lucky!!)

[westgrandboulevard]

I'm not sure that arr&bee is in DC....and he has not confirmed.

He could soon be appearing in a town near you.....

[Jerry Oz]

Let me dig out my 3D glasses... I wanna be ready for that.

[westgrandboulevard]

He'd be larger than life, after stepping off any screen you might view.

[Jerry Oz]

Or falling from the screen if the hooch is good as advertised...

[144man]

I'm not sure that arr&bee is in DC....and he has not confirmed.

He could soon be appearing in a town near you.....

Arr&bee will never confirm where he is. Someone might find his still!

[westgrandboulevard]

What?! Is arr&bee still looking??

Voice must have stolen it!

That's too bad. If you can't trust your own Voice, who can you trust?

[Jerry Oz]

Littlebits. You can trust Littlebits.

[westgrandboulevard]

You can always rely on Littlebits to be...well,.....Littlebits....

[Jerry Oz]

She sometimes role-plays, though. Her alter ego is Miss Nomer, although I don't know where she got that name.

[westgrandboulevard]

A misogynist....?

[arr&bee]

STILL???...[shhhhhhh are you guys trying to get me busted]NOW I THINK YOU WERE DISCUSSING MY CORPORATE OFFICES WHICH ARE LOCATED IN EVERY MAJOR CITY IN ALL 48 STATES AND ALASKA.

[Jerry Oz]

Sounds like we're talking about a cartel, now. I may have to use that information to reduce my own pending charges...

So, amigo... If I wanted to find one of your... uh, offices... how would I go about that exactly? And don't worry because I ain't no narc man... Well, not until I give them something that they can use.

[westgrandboulevard]

But first, arr&bee has to give you something you can use.

And....I STILL [[well, there it goes again....) think that arr&bee is miscounting the number of states. Find the one which is missing, and there may lie a clue...

[Jerry Oz]

It's the hooch talking. He knows that there are more than 48 states and he also knows that Alaska is one of them. He is a criminal mastermind...

[westgrandboulevard]

Certainly, what he's done to his mind, is criminal.....

[Jerry Oz]

Think about it: with Voice screaming in his ear, he has a built-in ​consigliere to advise him on things. Granted, most consiglieres look out for the Boss and Voice is more than willing to beat him to a pulp, but they must save a fortune at business lunches.

[westgrandboulevard]

If 'To Tell The Truth' were still running, I wonder which one would stand up.....

[144man]

As arr&bee is trying to throw us off the trail with talk of the 48 states and Alaska, it is obvious now that his still is in Hawaii. At great pains to myself, if anyone sends me a ticket and spending money, I shall go there to investigate.

[westgrandboulevard]

We should start a collection right now.

I do admire you so. What an utter torment it will be for you...

[Jerry Oz]

I have sources who report seeing him on the beach and at certain nightclubs. There are many beaches and plenty of smoking clubs in Hawaii, so he might want to pack an overnight bag. It might take a while.

[westgrandboulevard]

I wonder how many of us will still be alive on his return.

[Jerry Oz]

Good question. If we're talking about beautiful people, beaches, hooch, and paradise, why would we expect him to return?

[westgrandboulevard]

If arr&bee is indeed reported as missing, I suppose that needn't necessarily mean ALL of him.... ?

[Jerry Oz]

...or EITHER of him...

[westgrandboulevard]

Indeed. We could find ourselves left with just an echo.

[Jerry Oz]

Well, that and some of that wonderful elixur... There's always that and since it's virtual, we can drink it in his memory in perpetuity. It won't be the same without all of the side effect advisories, tho'.

[westgrandboulevard]

Somehow, I doubt there could be a main effect, if there were no side effects.

He might as well try to sell us mineral water.

[arr&bee]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAA...MINERAL WATER?????YOU ALL HAD BETTER QUIT DRINKING THAT STUFF..[do you know what bears to to mineral water]MY ELIXUR HAS BEEN TESTED AND FAILED IN ALL 48 STATES AND ALASKA SO I KNOW IT'S GOOD[YOU DON'T SEE NO SKULL AND CROSSBONES ON MINERAL WATER,BUT IT'S ON MY PRODUCT AND IF THE MOON IS SHINING JUST RIGHT AND YOU'RE NEAR THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE YOU CAN ALMOST READ THE INGREDIENTS,WHY THIS WONDERFUL ELIXUR IS SO TOXIC THAT NO BEAR IN HIS RIGHT MIND WILL COME NEAR IT..[they remember what happened to those stupid polar bears]OH AND NO I'M NOT IN HAWII,BUT I AM IN PARADISE....[OH BY THE WAY WHICH STATE IS HAWAII IN ANYWAYS???]

[Jerry Oz]

Tallahasee. And I heard that the FDA was changing the label of your hooch to bear a skull, crossbones, and a kneecap because the extra bone should let people know that they seriously want you to avoid it...

[westgrandboulevard]

It would be far more successful to make its use mandatory. Then, most people would avoid it.

[Jerry Oz]

I think they should do a "this is your brain on drugs" type of public service announcement. Only, instead of cooking the egg, they drop it into a barrel of hooch and watch it hatch only for the new born chick to gasp for a few breaths before dissolving in the stuff...

[westgrandboulevard]

Ooooweee. If we even saw our own intestines at work on what we consider healthy food....

[Jerry Oz]

That swings back to your reference on perspective regarding the clock viewed at an angle. It's amazing all of the things our bodies do just by the miracle of living. We think of some of it as grotesque or macabre, but it's really just life at work. We don't want to see our guts rendering food just like we don't want to see a cow killed and butchered before we purchase its meat. We know about these things, but we are happier not to consider them...

[westgrandboulevard]

Yes, just life and nature at work. All the other living creatures accept it. Human beings have the intelligence to understand it, but also the emotions to abhor it. Too much information for the mind to digest, let alone the body....

[144man]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAA...MINERAL WATER?????YOU ALL HAD BETTER QUIT DRINKING THAT STUFF..[do you know what bears to to mineral water]MY ELIXUR HAS BEEN TESTED AND FAILED IN ALL 48 STATES AND ALASKA SO I KNOW IT'S GOOD[YOU DON'T SEE NO SKULL AND CROSSBONES ON MINERAL WATER,BUT IT'S ON MY PRODUCT AND IF THE MOON IS SHINING JUST RIGHT AND YOU'RE NEAR THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE YOU CAN ALMOST READ THE INGREDIENTS,WHY THIS WONDERFUL ELIXUR IS SO TOXIC THAT NO BEAR IN HIS RIGHT MIND WILL COME NEAR IT..[they remember what happened to those stupid polar bears]OH AND NO I'M NOT IN HAWII,BUT I AM IN PARADISE....[OH BY THE WAY WHICH STATE IS HAWAII IN ANYWAYS???]

An obvious attempt to put us off the track, so Hawaii it is. I've been there once, and if I get there again, I can't think of one good reason I'd ever want to come back.

[Jerry Oz]

Even if it's the Island of the Hooch Zombies by the time you get there? Wait! I just came up with a name for WGB's screenplay!

[144man]

I'll just get there and watch things fall apart around me.

"Island of the Hooch Zombies" sounds like it will be a they all end up in a box-office success.

[westgrandboulevard]

It's certainly a good enough working title. I've never been, and it could be fun and relaxing.

Just as long as no-one expects me to go around handing out leis......

[144man]

You could have a lot of fun and laugh your head off.

[westgrandboulevard]

True, although the idea of 'fun' can be quite an unnerving concept.....

[144man]

Not if you still have the guts to do it.