Path: local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 22:10:07 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Daylight Saving Time wackiness References: <17bc215e244586a7$46$3121036$c0d58a68@news.newsdemon.com> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:16:48 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 40 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-e4o2s6+5JyGangEvQOFqC7K7Uw9Ibtn+8kSJuQJKuU6vn2Eiv0X4uYmyk3Y6Mz5Cl4QSFfPqIoWw7t0!ovr16E43Xrm48FaonVU6K3Glup/UceDisP2gUSi02xLwgO0hXrhyWD2XuRh/7EqM1d11jnrHKp0n!Mv87u8tR4STUQaL595eZ7GZaHPo0H/KYubyD0NO8LpTBiw== X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3597 In article <17bc215e244586a7$46$3121036$c0d58a68@news.newsdemon.com>, moviePig wrote: > On 3/12/2024 5:21 PM, BTR1701 wrote: > > In article , > > The Horny Goat wrote: > > > >> On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 14:07:00 -0700, BTR1701 wrote: > >> > >>> Kids would be trick-or-treating in daylight here regardless of time > >>> changes, since they start at about three in the afternoon. This is due > >>> to 'stranger danger' hysteria. And just to make sure there aren't any > >>> parents insufficiently paranoid to keep their kids inside after dark, > >>> the PD sends out a 'fact sheet' every year in the mail to make sure they > >>> know the horrors that await any parent who doesn't lock their child down > >>> indoors the moment the sun hits the waves in the west. > >> > >> Hmmm. In our area 'trick or treating' time is generally 1-2 hours > >> after sunset and most of the younger kids have parents out on the > >> street on the sidewalk with the exception of the very young. > > > > My town is insane with the 'stranger danger' rules. > > > > Their ridiculous hysteria over 'stranger danger' has led to the schools > > making it illegal to allow your kid to walk or bike to school. If you > > live too close to the school to qualify for bus service, you're legally > > required to drive your kid to school. This has led to some absurd cases > > where kids have faced school punishment because their parents let them > > walk to a school they literally live right next door to. The school said > > the parent has to load the kid in the car, drive him 30 yards across the > > street, and let him out again. > > Are you saying the parent can't *walk* the kid the 30 yards? They want the kids dropped off in a vehicle by a 'responsible adult', so yes, I would assume that prohibits parental walking as well. This from a city that's anti-car in every other respect and which we're constantly having to fight to keep from turning all our roads into bike lanes. The governmental schizophrenia is amazing to behold.