Path: Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 19:00:06 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Daylight Saving Time wackiness References: User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 12:06:54 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 42 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-Ibvi/epO6Pd/LT0J0WO33TPkoAoSB7nyfI1KwElRMNamQzBAprRV/AeXSXyavdcyIC0qJAstH3M/KBF!F7r70jRPmY7jPakEC8abvnA381qDjZV4xdfD8P8rTcYnk5X6jWph0wvVeQGPAp63d7isMwzeBpCW!56SAALTl8AFSsCYT5qKzWZ0lQN3bqMQmFx4TVgdH/5CcyQ== 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: 2760 In article , "Adam H. Kerman" wrote: > BTR1701 wrote: > >Adam H. Kerman wrote: > >>Adam H. Kerman wrote: > >>>BTR1701 wrote: > > >>>>>. . . > > >>>>I haven't seen the standard flurry of news reports warning how changing > >>>>the clock one hour two times a year leads to heart attacks, strokes, and > >>>>all manner of health problems. > > >>>>Seems to me if that was the case then the millions of people who fly > >>>>across time zones and have to change their clocks three, four, even > >>>>eight hours at a time, we'd have bodies dropping like flies all over the > >>>>globe. > > >>>I'm in more danger from errant automobile drivers as I've lost my early > >>>morning daylight. But yes, I've managed to cross into the Eastern Time > >>>Zone without dropping dead. > > >>I just got back from walking the dog. Dawn wasn't even breaking. At > >>least there weren't any cars. > > >>I survived the time change. > > >I'm retired, so I haven't seen a sunrise in years no matter what time > >standard is being used. > > Why? You live in a beautiful part of the world with nubile young women > running by on the beach. When left to my own devices, I tend to fall into a stay-up-late, sleep-in-late pattern. I usually don't rouse until about 9:30 in the morning. > I just have a weird sleeping pattern and a dog > who is always willing to take a walk when I want to take one. > > If I'm up, I just like the quiet and solitude.