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THE TIME IS 9PM (OR 21:00 HOURS) RIGHT NOW. THERE ARE 12 HOURS BETWEEN THE 2 TIMES (1PM AND 1AM), AND HALF OF THAT TIME IS 6 HOURS. SO, THE HALFWAY MARK WOULD HAVE TO BE 7PM (1PM + 6 HOURS). IF IT WAS 7PM TWO HOURS AGO, THE TIME WOULD BE 9PM NOW TODAY IS JAN 1 AND HIS BIRTHDAY IS ON DEC 31. HE WAS 32, THEN TURNED 33 ON DEC 31, AND THIS YEAR ON DEC 31 HE'LL TURN 34, SO NEXT YEAR HE'LL BE 35 BRUCE TAKES 9 OF HIS 10 CIGARETTE BUTTS AND TURNS THEM INTO 3 CIGARETTES TOTAL (3 CIGARETTE BUTTS CAN BE TURNED INTO 1 CIGARETTE). HE SMOKES ALL THREE OF THESE, AND NOW HE HAS 4 CIGARETTE BUTTS. HE THEN TURNS 3 OF THE 4 CIGARETTE BUTTS INTO ANOTHER CIGARETTE AND SMOKES IT. HE HAS NOW SMOKED 4 CIGARETTES AND HAS 2 CIGARETTE BUTTS. AND FINALLY HE GOES AND BORROWS ONE OF TOM'S CIGARETTE BUTTS. WITH THIS CIGARETTE BUTT PLUS THE 2 HE ALREADY HAS, HE IS ABLE TO MAKE HIS 5TH CIGARETTE TO SMOKE. AFTER SMOKING IT, HE IS LEFT WITH 1 CIGARETTE BUTT, WHICH HE PUTS BACK IN TOM'S PILE SO THAT TOM WON'T FIND ANYTHING MISSING ALICE IS IN EASTERN OREGON (IN MOUNTAIN TIME) AND LAUREN IS IN WESTERN FLORIDA (IN CENTRAL TIME). IT IS THE NIGHT THAT DAYLIGHT-SAVINGS TIME CHANGES BACK TO STANDARD TIME ANY TIME AFTER 1:00 AND BEFORE 2:00 AM