[Magdalen] Time is -- uh ....

Jay Weigel jay.weigel at gmail.com
Sun Nov 1 14:13:31 UTC 2015


Well, David, when I was working 12 hour nights, we always said it didn't
make a difference whether it was DST or not, because we went to work in the
dark and went home in the dark, at least in the winter. It was better in
the summer, anyway.

On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 8:53 AM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

>
>
> In a message dated 11/1/2015 8:28:06 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com writes:
>
> We're  going to a place where daylight savings doesn't exist -- it's
> called
> Arizona.">>>>>>>>
>
> I wonder how the Europeans can get along on continuous DST
> and we can't?
>
> I know the argument about primary and secondary school students
> coming to and going from school in the light.
>
> Early on when DST first started during WW-2, the farmers in my
> home State of Wisconsin didn't like DST "because the fields were
> too wet to work."
>
> On standard time, I used to hate going to work in the dark and
> returning in the dark.  At least with DST the evening commute  could
> be day-lit.
>
>
>
> David Strang.- Advocate of continuous DST.
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>
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