On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 09:38:54 -0700 (PDT), Bev wrote: >oh sure Happy Time Change everyone. Not. >This is my least favourite time of year. I wouldn't mind so much if there >was a logical and substantial reason. Have yet to hear one from any expert >- they are all perfectly vague. Someone at the grocery checkout was quite >optimistic - they said 'it will be lighter in the evenings now' - but two >weeks from now it will be lighter in the evenings anyway, with the >lengthening daylight. >I propose an international experiment. I propose that we don't change the >clocks at all for a year and see if there are any dire consequences. >blah.
Your experiment was done in UK in the early 70's. It was horrible. I was walking about a mile to school in the winters of 1972/73 and 73/74. In mid winter it didn't get light until about 9-9.15 am, well after I had to be in school at 8.30am. And bear in mind that I lived in the north of England, which is south of the UK north-south midpoint. I would imagine that in much of Scotland it didn't get light till 10.30. The supposed benefit was that children would be coming home from school in the light, but in fact there were more additional traffic accidents in the mornings than the reduction in the afternoons. Couldn't someone have worked out in advance that UK school times mean that children go to school during the same peak hour when adults are going to work, but the children come home earlier? The experiment was considered a failure all round and is (I sincerely hope) never to be repeated. -- Always proof-read carefully to see if you any words out. Steph Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tatting, lace & stitching page <http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm> Scanned by WinProxy http://www.Ositis.com/ To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
