So when they drop the ball in NYC, obviously they do it at midnight Eastern time.

So when we watch that on TV here in the midwest, it's actually 1 AM in NYC.

Either they drop the ball several times, or everybody west of Eastern Time is watching reruns.

Just seems odd that we huddle about the TV for a few seconds to watch what others sw an hour ago.

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"Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

Or three hours ago in our case. Of course if you watch the cable news channels you can probably see it live.

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i live an hour ahead of eastern so it 1 am to me when the ball.

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I thought New Years happens at 11pm Central?

well it 2007 here now.

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If it's just us, it seems like an awful waste of space.
Contact Carl Sagan

Happy New Year!

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"4th Law of Modern Thermodynamics: Where Mihoshi is, Chaos Reigns." ~W. Hakubi
"Gun control is hitting your target; Recycling is reloading your brass." ~ Lex of Dirty Work.

That's what I'm talking about!

Since Times Square and the dropping of the ball seems to be everybody's event to key from, then it really does begin at 11 Central. We should all ring in the new year at the same time instead of having it roll across the country in stages. Either that, or each time zone needs their own ball.

What would that be like if, say Dick Clark dies within 1 hour of the ball dropping. (Entirely possible despite the multitude of plastic surgeries he has had in order to make people perceive him as "young"). Everybody in the US outside of Eastern Time would be ringing in the new year with video of a dead guy.

It oughta be illegal to portray a taped event as if it were live. Broadcast anywhere outside the Eastern Time Zone, the video from Times Square should have a big banner scrolling across the bottom continuosly reminding viewers that the footage they are watching was recorded 1, 2, or 3 hours ago.

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Don of Borg - Cool, Calm, Collective.

"Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley

You know, I'm sorry Dick Clark had a stroke and I give him a lot of credit for trying, but he was really creeping me out, watching him on TV. For one thing, he spoke like he was 100 years old, but his hair looked like he stole it from a 25 year old. I think you need to retire already Dick.

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Meh, I'll take him doing this for another 30 years over some of the halfwits they've tried to get to stand in for him.

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I'm not completely heartless, the doctor who removed it told me he'd never be able to get it all.

I saw the last few minutes before and the first few minutes after midnight (Central Time) and I'd agree it was wierd watching him. Especially when he did that granny thing where he clenched his jaw and stuck his chin out. Reminded me of Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies when she was being defiant.

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Don of Borg - Cool, Calm, Collective.

"Within the next generation I believe that the world's leaders will discover that infant conditioning and narco-hypnosis are more efficient, as instruments of government, than clubs and prisons, and that the lust for power can be just as completely satisfied by suggesting people into loving their servitude as by flogging them and kicking them into obedience." -- Aldous Huxley