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Quote: Aaron @ October 26 2008, 2:56 AM BST

ZULU? Not heard that one before.

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All American military time is stated in ZULU time.

Wikipedia:

The UTC time zone is sometimes denoted by the letter Z – a reference to the equivalent nautical time zone (GMT), which has been denoted by a Z since about 1950. The letter also refers to the "zone description" of zero hours, which has been used since 1920 (see time zone history). Since the NATO phonetic alphabet and amateur radio word for Z is "Zulu", UTC is sometimes known as Zulu time. This is especially true in aviation, where Zulu is the universal standard. This ensures all pilots regardless of location are using the same 24-hour clock, thus avoiding confusion when flying between time zones.

Ah I seee! Ok, that makes sense!

Quote: zooo @ October 26 2008, 2:57 AM BST

I'm on Zulu time...

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Who is that? My ZULU knowledge is limited to satellites, not guys in tight, green shirts.

Hahah!!!

Oh lordy, it's Chico.

The only Chico I know ...

Ah, they might be quite similar...

Quote: zooo @ October 26 2008, 3:22 AM BST

Ah, they might be quite similar...

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How can anyone be like Freddie Prinze? He was an original.

Yeah, was.

There was an original apple, once.

But, but! There's a Freddie Prinze Jr!

Quote: Aaron @ October 26 2008, 3:27 AM BST

Yeah, was.

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Until he shot himself in the head.

I'm up and wide awake. I have something on my mind and it won't bugger off so I now have an extra hour fretting.

Sometimes we do our best thinking in the middle of the night.

Quote: DaButt @ October 26 2008, 3:29 AM BST

Until he shot himself in the head.

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Why did he do that?

It's not thinking, it's fretting. It's fretting with a touch of winding myself up to the point of madness.

God it's painful being me sometimes it really is >_<

Quote: Aaron @ October 26 2008, 3:48 AM BST

Why did he do that?

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During the early morning hours of January 28, 1977, after receiving a restraining order from his ex-wife the previous evening, Prinze, who occasionally told friends that "life isn't worth living", made a series of farewell phone calls to family, friends and management from his hotel room at the Beverly Comstock Hotel. His business manager, Marvin "Dusty" Snyder, was alarmed after receiving one of the calls and rushed over to Prinze's room. When Snyder arrived, Prinze continued his rueful phone calls, telling his mother "Mom, I love you very much, but I can't go on. I need to find peace." Snyder called Prinze's psychologist from the next room about what was happening, but the psychologist insisted that Prinze was in no actual danger. Snyder returned to Prinze, who supposedly called his ex-wife and said "I love you, Kathy. I love the baby, but I need to find peace. I can't go on." After the call, Prinze pulled out a gun from the sofa. Snyder tried to intervene, but Prinze shot himself in the head, and was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center to be placed on life support following emergency surgery. Prinze's family removed him from life support, and he died at 1:00 pm on January 29. He was only 22 years of age.