LOL. I do like that Frank. I always thought that the advantages of DST increased a tad as one went North. Indeed I understand from friends there that in Scotland the advantages are such that even the farmers manage to forget the fact that their animals have a short problem when DST came in and out. The advantages for other aspects of DST life begin to be realised there. Not least the way in which children can go to and return from school in more daylight than before. This has (of course) led to the suggestion that the Scots should have their own time. But there are some advantages of DST for those of us in the higher latitudes.
The other thing that hasn't yet been touched upon in this mail list exchange is the idea of DST being adopted permanently instead of the 'normal' time. This strange idea is often suggested by those living in Kent and was even tried in Britain some time ago yet later abandoned for good reason. The idea has also recently been tried in Portugal; once again with a massive vote against after a period of trial. Yet the insanity persists. Has this odd suggestion been tried outside Western Europe I wonder? Regards Patrick -----Original Message----- From: Frank King <frank.k...@cl.cam.ac.uk> To: kool...@dickkoolish.com Cc: sundial@uni-koeln.de Sent: Mon, Mar 15, 2010 2:59 pm Subject: Re: DST Misconceptions Dear Dick, > In Boston, the summer solstice sunrise > is at 5:08 AM. That's two hours before > I'm even thinking about getting up. :-) OK. Suppose I broke into your apartment while you were asleep and advanced all your clocks so they said 7:08AM. Would you think about getting up then? That's pretty much what Governments do except that they don't have to break into your house. They make a law so that you change your own clocks :-) Suppose they introduced another law that said... During the summer months you should cut the first foot off all tape measures so they start at 1 instead of 0. We would all be a foot taller during the summer. Everyone would be happy. I think I shall set up a political party to introduce this legislation! Why stop there? During the summer we could add 10 volts to the readings of all voltmeters and 10mph to all speedometers. We could finally pass the Indiana bill that attempted to set the value of pi to 3.2, but only during the summer of course. Oh, how about adding $1bn to all bank accounts too? Hey, wait a minute. Didn't they already try that one? Enjoy your extra daylight! Frank King Cambridge, U.K. --------------------------------------------------- https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial
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