Daylight Savings extended
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Daylight Savings extended
http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/22/ ... index.html
Excuse me, but why did they bother?
This quote is particularly, uh... particularly baffling:
"According to some senators, farmers complained that a two-month extension could adversely affect livestock, and airline officials said it would have complicated scheduling of international flights."
Can't the damn cows figure out how to turn back their Rolex watches?? And how in the world did they cope before humans began measuring time?
Excuse me, but why did they bother?
This quote is particularly, uh... particularly baffling:
"According to some senators, farmers complained that a two-month extension could adversely affect livestock, and airline officials said it would have complicated scheduling of international flights."
Can't the damn cows figure out how to turn back their Rolex watches?? And how in the world did they cope before humans began measuring time?
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Re: Daylight Savings extended
Further proof that the world is coming to pieces .Teri-K wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/22/ ... index.html
Excuse me, but why did they bother?
This quote is particularly, uh... particularly baffling:
"According to some senators, farmers complained that a two-month extension could adversely affect livestock, and airline officials said it would have complicated scheduling of international flights."
Can't the damn cows figure out how to turn back their Rolex watches?? And how in the world did they cope before humans began measuring time?
Now...
does anyone know where to buy fallout shelters...
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I remember that expanded daylight savings was tried back in the 70s, but I can't remember whether it was during Nixon/Ford or during the Carter years. But then, I can't remember whether a lot of things back then were during Nixon/Ford or during the Carter years.
What I do remember was that it didn't save much energy then, either.
What I do remember was that it didn't save much energy then, either.
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I can't comment on the airlines, but few farmers can actually make a living only farming nowdays. Most have "day jobs".Careing for livestock has to work around beginning and quiting time at the outside job. Daylight savings time changes means the feeding schedule gets screwed up.(and in March cattle are still needing to be fed since the grass for grazing is only just starting then.According to some senators, farmers complained that a two-month extension could adversely affect livestock, and airline officials said it would have complicated scheduling of international flights."
Can't the damn cows figure out how to turn back their Rolex watches?? And how in the world did they cope before humans began measuring time?
Cattle tell time (their version anyway) really well.
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It was Carter, and it did save some energy; not as much as is saved in the summer. It got a bad rap, though, in that a lot of kids were hit by cars waiting for their buses in the morning, because they were going to school in the dard. It turned out in the end that the increase in those hit in the morning were about offset by the reduction in those hit in the afternoon.gonzo914 wrote:I remember that expanded daylight savings was tried back in the 70s, but I can't remember whether it was during Nixon/Ford or during the Carter years. But then, I can't remember whether a lot of things back then were during Nixon/Ford or during the Carter years.
What I do remember was that it didn't save much energy then, either.
And, geez, the airlines complaining that they can't handle us going on DST at ta different time as the rest of the world? Well, we don't have the same schedule as Europe (I was messed up by that once), and much of the rest of the world doesn't have DST at all.
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