Daylight savings 2011
09-27-2011, 08:35 AM
#72
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They went without it in Ireland one year as an ecperiment and several children were knocked down, some killed, by cars because they had to walk to school in the dark along country roads. Daylight saving is vital in places which are far from the equator, because the useful part of the day does not stay in the middle.
I believe this was started in the 1950's on a national level. It seems rather useless in this day and age when we have stores open 24/7, etc. Commerce dictated this change, it's about time we instituted a change that accommodates the consumers! Oh, my -- didn't realize this whole topic hit my buttons so much until I started typing!
09-27-2011, 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by kwilter
DST was enacted by CONGRESS and should be cancelled! However, I did say "Congress" and don't we know how quickly (!) Congress moves on anything!
09-27-2011, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by katykwilt
They went without it in Ireland one year as an ecperiment and several children were knocked down, some killed, by cars because they had to walk to school in the dark along country roads. Daylight saving is vital in places which are far from the equator, because the useful part of the day does not stay in the middle.
I believe this was started in the 1950's on a national level. It seems rather useless in this day and age when we have stores open 24/7, etc. Commerce dictated this change, it's about time we instituted a change that accommodates the consumers! Oh, my -- didn't realize this whole topic hit my buttons so much until I started typing!
Let me say this though, this is not unrelated to the much more political question of time zones. If you want to point the finger at government tinkering, have a look at some of those stories.
09-28-2011, 12:16 PM
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Our time clock at work will be off for 3 weeks. It was made with a preset before "they" changed the start and end times for DST. So for 3 weeks, according to our time stamps, we are starting work at 7AM, and closing up shop by 4PM....our open hours are 9-4:30. LOL
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