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

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Same story here. Kids going to school in the dark put the kibbosh on the
whole thing.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> On 01/11/2015 13:53, Cantor03--- via Magdalen 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?
>>
>
> Excuse me, we have DST over here as well but change at different times
> from you (last Sundays in March and October).  Some years ago there was an
> experiment for a couple of winters of keeping it year-round in the UK but
> that was dropped.  A big part of the problem was the North West of Scotland
> as it meant children going to school in the dark at the same time as other
> commuters.  The end of the school day was before the ebening rush hour so
> that was not such a problem.  Most of Western Europe is on GMT + 1hr over
> the winter but moves forward another hour for the Simmer.  Portugal stays
> in time with the UK.
>
> Roger
>