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Subject: Re: Daylight Saving Time wackiness
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 15:14:38 -0400
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On Sun, 10 Mar 2024 12:06:54 -0700, BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

>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.

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.