Daylight Savings Time.

It's all about the kids going to school when it's dark in the morning.
Back around 1972 or 1973, government tried DST year round. Mother’s with small children HATED it because it forced their children to go to school IN THE DARK. Nobody liked it in the winter and the only people who liked it in summer were golfers.

I also hate DST. The only smart people who understand Standard Time in this country are those in Arizona and to a lesser account, Hawaii. They run it year round and understand it.

Unlike my illustrious Senator (Rubio) from Florida, I believe we should have STANDARD TIME year round. (Let the Sun tell us the time - within 7 and a half degrees of Earth Rotation - Each Earth time zone is 15 Degrees). Because my Florida home is slightly off from the center of my time zone, my noon by the sun comes at 12:35pm EST,
1:35 EDT. When we use DST, we are “borrowing” the time zone of the zone East of us. Example:
EST is in the -5 “Romeo” time zone. EDT uses the time from the next Eastern zone, in this case -4 (Quebec) Atlantic Standard time. (AST) This is why in the winter, California uses PST -8 (Uniform) time and Arizona uses MST -7 (Tango) time but in summer
California goes to PDT which is the same as MST, the same time Arizona uses.

I know this post is LONG and I could go on and on about time zones East and West of Greenwich GMT, Zulu time) but I’ve posted enough. I understand why most people don’t understand it
Trust me, keep Standard Time year round, Nationwide.
 
Florida has been jerking this around for a few years, but the US Congress must approve it, which is BS. AZ and HI, I think, are the only states that don't participate in it and there has been no social unrest or riots due to it.
 
Back around 1972 or 1973, government tried DST year round. Mother’s with small children HATED it because it forced their children to go to school IN THE DARK. Nobody liked it in the winter and the only people who liked it in summer were golfers.

I also hate DST. The only smart people who understand Standard Time in this country are those in Arizona and to a lesser account, Hawaii. They run it year round and understand it.

Unlike my illustrious Senator (Rubio) from Florida, I believe we should have STANDARD TIME year round. (Let the Sun tell us the time - within 7 and a half degrees of Earth Rotation - Each Earth time zone is 15 Degrees). Because my Florida home is slightly off from the center of my time zone, my noon by the sun comes at 12:35pm EST,
1:35 EDT. When we use DST, we are “borrowing” the time zone of the zone East of us. Example:
EST is in the -5 “Romeo” time zone. EDT uses the time from the next Eastern zone, in this case -4 (Quebec) Atlantic Standard time. (AST) This is why in the winter, California uses PST -8 (Uniform) time and Arizona uses MST -7 (Tango) time but in summer
California goes to PDT which is the same as MST, the same time Arizona uses.

I know this post is LONG and I could go on and on about time zones East and West of Greenwich GMT, Zulu time) but I’ve posted enough. I understand why most people don’t understand it
Trust me, keep Standard Time year round, Nationwide.

You don't think the vast majority of people would rather have an extra hour of light in the evening compared to at 5-6 am?
 
For me it's about how much time I have between arriving at home, and when it gets dark. I leave work at 3:30, so after a 45 minute commute, its a race to get anything done outside. 2 days ago I could get stuff done after work. Now I need a set of floodlights, or wait for the weekend. I'd prefer they just leave it sprung ahead.
 
QP said, "So DST is to blame for all of this?" You think the other guy is? Don't believe everything broadcasters tell you.

I won't hold my breath for anyone to define, "all of this". I know one guy who poo-pooed the illness. Where's the disease spereading?

Bring back polio?

The rest of this ain't that simple. ......new energy threatening the old order.....cheap emotionalism forced into the process...conglomerated spending

bills...

When the window falls on a cat's tail the cat blames the first thing he sees. In many cases the "cat" blames whom he is told to blame.

The cat is simple.
 
Big joke on me....I read, "DJT", and saw red. I thought you were being hyper simplistic.

OK, so now my head is back in sunlight I gotta ask, what's the big prob with DST? minor adjustments...kids and pets develop diet & sleep flexibility?

I thought the idea was adapted to have more prime hous (top of the day) with light. If Ben Franklin thought of it, how bad could it be?
 
My dog doesnt seem to think meal, snack and walk times have changed? ???
Interestingly enough, my boss says that her dogs adjust their times when the clocks are changed. She's thinking that's because she has one of those singing bird wall clocks and the dogs know that when they hear a certain bird call it's walk or food time.
 
Big joke on me....I read, "DJT", and saw red. I thought you were being hyper simplistic.

OK, so now my head is back in sunlight I gotta ask, what's the big prob with DST? minor adjustments...kids and pets develop diet & sleep flexibility?

I thought the idea was adapted to have more prime hous (top of the day) with light. If Ben Franklin thought of it, how bad could it be?
We thought you were having a stroke, lol
 
It was 1973 that Congress put a two year term on remaining on DST year round. That was a response to the first OPEC oil embargo. Crude went from $3.00 a barrel to $11.65. It later appeared that not much energy was conserved.

Personally, I have always favored going to year-round DST. The old argument that "the kids will have to go to school in the dark", can be easily fixed by starting all schools an hour later. That may also be a big help with the "latch key kids" scenario. That is, students currently arriving home long before a parent does.
 
Interestingly enough, my boss says that her dogs adjust their times when the clocks are changed. She's thinking that's because she has one of those singing bird wall clocks and the dogs know that when they hear a certain bird call it's walk or food time.
Your boss’ name wouldn’t happen to be Pavlov would it?
 
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