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Path: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: FPP <fredp1571@gmail.com> Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Daylight Saving Time wackiness Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 10:13:06 -0400 Organization: Ph'nglui Mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh Wgah'nagl Fhtagn. Lines: 51 Message-ID: <uskf5i$307pd$11@dont-email.me> References: <super70s-9AD61E.17532309032024@reader.eternal-september.org> <usjchb$2pkeh$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: fredp1571@gmail.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 14:13:07 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="866255e9d7f6f21dcf5228058326e7a5"; logging-data="3153709"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX180emrutud1W4IwvRHCa6Au" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.14; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.10.0 Cancel-Lock: sha1:C3izy94uGYyhCH3X+IOyPN+nBEE= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <usjchb$2pkeh$1@dont-email.me> Bytes: 3333 On 3/9/24 11:22 PM, Your Name wrote: > On 2024-03-09 23:53:23 +0000, super70s said: > >> In article <usiho3$2gr6i$1@dont-email.me>, >> "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> wrote: >> >>> It is that time of year to discuss the start of Daylight Saving Time. >>> It's not "Savings". >> >> And it's sure not energy savings either, especially with the entire >> globe warming up. They can't wait for the sun to go down in Arizona. >> >>> Hawaii remains on standard time year round. This makes sense given how >>> close they are to the equator. >> >> And how far away they are from the mainland. >> >>> Dependencies American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Marina >>> Islands, the US Minor Outlying Islands, and the US Virgin Islands do not >>> observe Daylight Saving Time. >>> >>> That brings us to the wackiness that is Arizona. Arizona observes >>> Standard Time year round but does not control commerce in the Indian >>> reservations. The multi-state Navajo Nation observes Daylight Saving >>> Time, but the Hopi reservation, entirely surrounded by the Navajo >>> Nation, does not observe Daylight Saving Time. There are alternating >>> bits of land in which tribal jurisdiction changes, for much confusion. >> >> Far as I'm concerned Standard Time should be observed all year long, >> everywhere. Things seem to be going in the wrong direction. > > Yep, Dumbass Stupid Time needs to be abolished worlwide. It's a relic of > the past and wasn't even wanted nor useful then either. Just the usual > idiot politician who came up with an inane idea and forced it on > everyone else. :-\ > > Then let's put it to a vote! Every year I suggest this, and every year the Standard Time Lovers reject the idea. Why is that? I mean if it's so useless and unpopular, there shouldn't be an issue leaving it up to voters, right? -- "Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a man’s mind." - OC Bible 25B.G. https://www.dropbox.com/s/ek8kap93bmk0q5w/D%20U%20N%20E%20Part%20II.jpg?dl=0 Gracie, age 6. https://www.dropbox.com/s/0es3xolxka455iw/BetterThingsToDo.jpg?dl=0