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

James Oppenheimer-Crawford oppenheimerjw at gmail.com
Tue Nov 3 05:53:56 UTC 2015


LOL!  I knew someone had to be doing it somewhere.

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 Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 4:28 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know about chip chucking, but around here Cow Plop Bingo is
> popular at county fairs and such events...
>
> > On Nov 2, 2015, at 3:30 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > A close fit to your second option would be for folks to schedule their
> > activities in accordance to what the daylight makes most fortuitous --
> and
> > let the chips fling where they may.
> >
> > Isn't there some place that has a meadow muffin flinging contest. Chip
> > chuckin'....
> >
> > I mean, it's so loony, surely someone somewhere must be doing it.....
> >
> > Seems I read about it somewhere.
> >
> >
> >
> > 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 Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Mahoney, W. Michael <
> wmmah at stoneledge.net>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Sun, Nov 1, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Charles Wohlers <
> >> charles.wohlers at verizon.net
> >>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> There have been a couple of columns in the Boston Globe advocating for
> >> New
> >>> England to switch to the Atlantic time zone - meaning, in effect, DST
> all
> >>> year long.
> >>
> >>
> >> What we should do is simple.
> >>
> >> From November thru March, bump the clock forward 20 seconds each day.
> >> Then, from April thru October, bump the clock backward 20 seconds each
> day.
> >>
> >>
> >> Nobody would notice the changing time and the clock manufacturers would
> >> have a wonderful opportunity to sell clocks.
> >>
> >> You read it here first.
> >>
> >> Another possibility is also simple:  tell people that they can set their
> >> work, school, and other hours whenever the hell they want and let the
> chips
> >> fall.
> >>
> >> Mike M.
> >>
>


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