I always heard it was a concession to get GE to build Appliance Park here, as GE wanted it on the same time zone as the HQ.... John
On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 2:28 PM, Robert Kersting <[email protected]> wrote: > Louisville used to be on Central time. In fact, along with a lot of > other Louisville natives on here, I was born at 7:28 CST. I'm not sure > when it changed, but that's what caused the "bulge." I would imagine > it had something to do with being on the same time as Frankfort, but > what do I know. > > It caused us trouble during the summer at a theatre I used to work at > since our first show started at 7. People would come in for the show > in broad daylight and they would leave 90 minutes later in broad > daylight. Not really pleasant for a night club audience. > > Speaking of Louisville in general, did you realize that Louisville is > the only city on I-65 where truck traffic is not routed around the > city? > > rob > > > Re. Time Zones > > When I first moved to Louisville in the 80s I marveled at how the time > > zone line on the map had this big bulge to the west around Louisville. > > Indianapolis and Nashville, only slightly to the west of us were in > > Central Time and we were in Eastern Time. Recently that has changed as > > much of Indiana has chosen to join the Eastern contingent, but it is > > remarkable how time zone boundaries are seemingly more a product of > > politics than mathematics. > > _______________________________________________ > The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will > be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. > Posting address: [email protected] > Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > -- U-2 & SR-71 web page http://www.blackbirds.net Those who would sacrifice Liberty for Security deserve neither -Benjamin Franklin Blog: http://johnsstone.tumblr.com/
_______________________________________________ The next Louisville Computer Society meeting will be January 27 at MacAuthority, 128 Breckinridge Lane. Posting address: [email protected] Information: http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
