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When the first clock was made, 12 noon was when the sun was directly overhead. At that time, everyone set their clocks to 12 every day when the sun was directly overhead. Later the railroads established time zones and nobody knew what time it was. So Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and everyone called the operator to find out what time it was.

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Interesting. I think during the WW's, everyone went on RR time, at least that's what I've seen in movies.

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:lol: Interesting. I think during the WW's, everyone went on RR time, at least that's what I've seen in movies.

Correct. Here is what Union Pacific RR has to say about it.

American Civil War/Period: April 12, 1861 – April 9, 1865

On November 18, 1883, the railroads moved forward with the adoption of four U.S. time zones, an idea that had been proposed 11 years earlier by Charles Dowd, a Yale-educated school principal. The time zones, Eastern, Central, Mountain and Pacific, are still in place today.
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World War I: July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918

As years went by and train travel continued to become an integral part of doing business from city to city, “railroad time” was gradually adopted as the official time in the U.S. Eventually this system was signed into U.S. law with the finalization of the Standard Time Act on March 19, 1918.
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World War II: September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945

Reference:=> https://www.up.com/customers/track-reco ... ce%20today.

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I wonder how many understand this one?

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I wonder how many understand this one?

Probably started to go away circa 1982 with the advent of the compact disc (still in my opinion the best medium out there). I never much cared for cassette tapes. Better than 8 tracks, but not much.

My issue with MP3 files is you get ZERO information like on album covers and CD leaflets.

By the way, they are rewinding the tape.

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The real advantage about cassettes over 8 track tapes, was their ability to take rough roads and bumps without skipping or shutting down. Remember all the broken 8 track tapes tossed out on roadside, by frustrated drivers. You don't see that any more.

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An interesting??? footnote on the 8 track cartridge is it was developed by Bill Lear of "Lear Jet" fame.

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Correctamundo! Bill Lear invented a lot of products that had nothing to do with the Learjet. Talented man.

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An interesting??? footnote on the 8 track cartridge is it was developed by Bill Lear of "Lear Jet" fame.

Correct but he had help.

The Stereo 8 Cartridge was created in 1964 by a consortium led by Bill Lear, of Lear Jet Corporation, along with Ampex, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Motorola, and RCA Victor Records (RCA - Radio Corporation of America).

The Lear Jet Stereo 8 cartridge was designed by Richard Kraus while working for the Lear Jet Corporation, under Bill Lear, in 1963.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-track_cartridge

Did Bill Lear patent the 8-track tape invention?

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BILLBOARD JULY 8, 1967

Reference: https://books.google.com/books?id=wycEA ... e&q&f=true