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In article <usku9a$33ln7$2@dont-email.me>,
 "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:

> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> >Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> >>Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> >>>BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> 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.