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Researching the Internet, I found some people have actually calculated how many years Phil is trapped in Groundhog Day. The general consen- sus is eight years, eight months and 16 days, in which Phil takes another stab at getting out of the Groundhog Day loop. Some days he's angry, some he's morose, others, he simply gives up and even occasionally commits suicide. And every time, he wakes up in bed at 6 a.m. the next morning, back at Groundhog Day, listening to Sonny and Cher sing 'I got you Babe,' on the clock radio. One thing does emerge from within Phil-- he starts to undergo a metamorphosis, actually be- coming a caring 'nice' guy. We watch him try so hard to improve, to be- come a caring person, so far removed from the sour, bad attitude Phil Connors we met at the first of the movie. He comes closer and closer, and, when he finally gets it 'right' he's rewarded with change-- waking up on the morning of February 3rd! And, no surprise, he wins over Rita. The Sidekick and I watch that movie pretty much every year-- it doesn't matter how many times we've seen it, we always sit back, laugh, smile and sometimes see some tiny detail we missed be- fore. And as the credits run, I always find myself sit- ting there, thinking to myself, 'what if?' What if we were stuck in the same day for al- most nine years? What if the clock radio played the same song every morning for just shy of 3,200 days? How would we react, knowing what we did today had absolutely no impact or consequence on tomorrow? Would we be nice? Would we be evil? Would we eventually try to make the best of it, like Phil, learning something new each day, and bettering ourselves? It's hard to say, and though the movie is a comedy, it certainly gives rise to profound thoughts about our own makeup. It's not possible to be hooked into a daily loop for almost nine years. But think for a moment how much info we would absorb in nine years, playing out the same day over and over. It boggles the mind. As I settled into bed that night, I lay there think- ing about the activities of Monday, reviewing the snow-laden Groundhog Day we endured. There were a few things I probably would have done dif- ferently that day, which might have resulted in a slightly less stressful day. But all things considered, apart from the load of snow I had to move-- well I've had worse days for sure. But I can tell you one thing. I was mighty thankful at 6 a.m. Tuesday morn- ing-- the clock radio didn't come on playing Son- ny and Cher's 'I got you Babe'. A Ted Bit Another Groundhog Day under our belts By Ted Brown tedbit@hotmail.com