Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 17:24:04 -0400 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: Daylight Saving Time wackiness Content-Language: en-US Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: From: moviePig In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 32 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2024 21:24:06 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 2561 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17bc215e244586a7$46$3121036$c0d58a68@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 2939 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?