Re: O.T. --- Just a Random Thought --- 10/26/2024

On Sun, 27 Oct 2024 13:43:16 +0000, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2024-10-27 8:32 a.m., jmcquown wrote:

On 10/26/2024 6:55 PM, ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

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No need to ask if everyone is ready for it as it doesn't
matter, it will happen whether anyone is ready or not.
Here in Nashville, it's even darker than usual at this
time due to it being a cloudy day.  We've had two much
needed showers and it will be a bit cool on Sunday.

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Flip-flopping back and forth with the time twice a year doesn't make any
sense.  Some think the idea dates back to Benjamin Franklin having to do
with the conservation of the use of candles.  Others seem to think it
had to do with farmers.  Or conservation of energy during WWI.  It
didn't become a Federal law in the U.S. until 1966.  (A few States and
U.S. territories are excepted.)  What's the point?  Pick a time and
stick with it!
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The idea of extending DST to save energy doesn't make a lot of sense to
me. This week our neighbour's daughter will be catching her school bus
in the dark. The family will have lights on in the house to be able to
walk around. Next week it will be light out when she catches the bus.
They will need lighting later in the morning for a while and then they
will be using the lights in the late afternoon. There is nothing saved.

DST is a curious thing that people on the mainland do. I don't
understand it either but it was certainly jarring the first time I
experienced it in California.
OTOH, we live closer to the equator so we're less affected by the
difference between the sun and the clocks. I wish we could operate with
just two times: sunrise and sunset. Actually, that's pretty much how I
operate most days.