Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: shawn Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Daylight Saving Time wackiness Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:14:38 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 49 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1682a645f8bde669cb5b0bf88bd6ec0b"; logging-data="3287589"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX194sFDXydaoSxexQBjbOrJg82mlch5ugfM=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/8.00.32.1272 Cancel-Lock: sha1:2Dx2xd4UF2HVKTzOOC6fOFmdfY4= Bytes: 2955 On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 12:06:54 -0700, BTR1701 wrote: >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. Hmm, left to my own I stay up late, wake early and then nap in the afternoon. At least that's what I will fall into on the weekends. >> 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. Agreed.