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