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Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ed P <esp@snet.n> Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking Subject: Re: ? Time Change? ???? 3/09/2025 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 10:04:45 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 46 Message-ID: <vqmrht$1ch7q$1@dont-email.me> References: <5379b37d292d16b81b050652e3725425@www.novabbs.com> <vqkrn1$t83p$1@dont-email.me> <7d8fbb5b4d0c38b6b443eea7ed524035@www.novabbs.com> <vql1ud$uee8$2@dont-email.me> <vql5rc$uunu$2@dont-email.me> <MPG.4238c116a7c456d0259@news.individual.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2025 15:04:46 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="ccc1a38dd2cdee2079e763800682b566"; logging-data="1459450"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/1KZMm2rcIuOpQmqsaoaognTGAVZGBYbI=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:v9mvHHWzwO11m7sZPgRy/Jqk9Rw= In-Reply-To: <MPG.4238c116a7c456d0259@news.individual.net> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3173 On 3/10/2025 5:28 AM, Janet wrote: > In article <vql5rc$uunu$2@dont-email.me>, esp@snet.n > says... >> >> On 3/9/2025 5:41 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: >>> On 2025-03-09, ItsJoanNotJoAnn <ItsJoanNotJoAnn@webtv.net> wrote: >> >>>> If I remember correctly the original springing forward with >>>> the clocks was supposed to help farmers get their crops to >>>> the railroad shipping centers. >>> >>> No. I thought everybody knew it had to do with WWI. >>> >>> "It is a common myth in the United States that DST was first implemented >>> for the benefit of farmers. In reality, farmers have been one of the >>> strongest lobbying groups against DST since it was first implemented. >>> The factors that influence farming schedules, such as morning dew and >>> dairy cattle's readiness to be milked, are ultimately dictated by the >>> sun, so the clock change introduces unnecessary challenges. >> >> Most people don't know how to handle DST and waste it. is is termed >> "saving" time for a reason. You can save it if you open an account and >> put some in instead of using it every day. I did it years ago and have >> hundreds of hours to use as desired. Great on vacation, I can stay on >> the beach until late and just use some of my save hours of daylight to >> enjoy it. > > What's the interest rate like? > > And, what happens if your saved daylight account is still > in credit when you reach your twilight hours and close > your eyes for the last time. > > Will you go gentle into that dark night, or have your > corpse left out on the beach in the sun until your credit > runs out ? > > > Janet UK Interest varies with the stock market. You get more if billionaires do well. There are two options. One being the beach as you point out. The other is an energy conversion you can donate. They take the leftover daylight and convert it to hot air for use by politicians.