Bob Ammerman wrote: > In the US at least: System frequency will vary by small amounts under heavy > load swings. It will be averaged out 'as quickly as possible', often within > minutes, nearly always within hours, certainly within days. Unless you live in Hawaii - Circa 1980 local time was nearly 5 minutes behind UT. Everybody knew it. A matter of civic pride, really. No beeg ting, brah... Until the start of a particularly vital Monday Night Football game was muffed - When the local station cut to the satellite feed viewers found 20 points on the board, a stadium in pandemonium, & Coselle & Meredith duking it out in the booth. The ensuing uproar was memorable. regards, Jack -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics