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So the railroads sliced the continental United States into four time zones. Too many noons made timetables too confusing. The nation had 56 noons, and those were only the noons that the federal Department of Transportation has on record. Boston, Philadelphia, New York, Jacksonville had their own noons. At the turn of the century, noon was when the sun was overhead. Wedges of time actually are pretty recent creations. They know that time is malleable, time is relative. Tomlinson likes Central time? Seller likes Eastern time? How can a person like a time zone? Does anyone like a world of three dimensions? Time is just time.īut people who live on the edge of time know better. You tell them out there that we're real pleased with Eastern in Port St. I like Central time."Įnnis Seller, pastor of First Methodist Church in Port St.
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He returns, relieved, to Blountstown, where 9 at night is properly dark. To Tomlinson, 9 is late night and late night should be dark. The sight disturbs him, upsetting his sense of order. In the summer, Tomlinson can cross the Apalachicola at 8 p.m. He especially wouldn't trade it for Eastern time. John Tomlinson, principal of Blountstown High School, wouldn't trade Central time for any other time in the world. They'd scream at politicians, who would in short order get the time line changed.īut folks in Blountstown and Bristol aren't angry about their times. Vacationers would think they were clever to get to Disney World before the crowds, and instead turn up when the morning was half over and the crush at its height. People would show up expectantly at fancy restaurants and find they had missed their dinner reservations. Business meetings, weddings, funerals would be chaos. People would always be waiting or apologizing. Imagine a time line bisecting Orlando and Winter Park. The time line, a mildly amusing idiosyncrasy in West Florida, would be a disaster further south. People there seem to have all the time in the world to adapt to their towns' ways. Bristol has a pharmacy and a Rebel souvenirs and second-hand bargains shop. The brick of the hardware and clothing stores has softened over the decades. Bristol has about 1,000 residents.ĭowntown Blountstown is a couple of blocks, with a True Value Hardware and Pelt's Clothing and Dixie Diner.
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Blountstown has 4,000 people, mostly in old clapboard houses. Blountstown and Bristol are tiny villages where families live for generations and newcomers are conspicuous. Salespeople who show up at Bristol Pharmacy right on the dot for their appointments discover they have a whole hour to rehearse their sales spiels.īut confusion among the townsfolk is rare. Seven in Bristol is 8 in Blountstown, which is considered late for high school students to begin a two-hour game. The fierce football rivalry between Blountstown and Bristol is played at 7:30 Eastern, rather than the traditional 7 p.m. dentist appointments, they know that means 1 p.m., office time, which is not necessarily 1 p.m. She knows perfectly well that means midnight back home, not midnight across the river. If the girl has a midnight curfew, she doesn't have to ask which midnight. He says, "Pick you up at 7." She knows and he knows that's her 7, not his 7. Say a boy rings up a girl across the river and invites her to a high school dance.