My, my! Most people here find Daylight Savings Time delghtful. Few people can make good use of the extra hour of daylight before work. Many people find good outdoor activities for the extra hour after work. Lawn and garden care come to mind first, then other recreational activities - kids' baseball, soccer, swimming,...
Pity the poor folks in China where there is only one time zone and at least as much sunrise disparity as the USA. Would you enjoy a 4 AM sunrise in your part of the country while others saw an 8 AM sunrise? How about a 4 PM sunset vs an 8 PM sunset depending on where you lived. Regards, Bob S. On 3/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > WARNING! CONSPIRACY THEORY BELOW > > > > So apparently, when Americans have an extra hour of daylight after work > > they like to shop. The US chamber of commerce is a huge proponent for > > changing DST to an earlier date. [...] > > Can you really call it a "conspiracy theory" when the proponents > haven't been terribly secretive about it? (When the candy > manufacturers' lobby left candy pumpkins on lawmakers' chairs > to remind them that extending DST past Hallowe'en would help > them sell more candy, that wasn't exactly subtle ... even if > these aren't the arguments they're making in the mass media.) > > And as I said upthread, I've started calling it Daylight Spending > Time for that reason. > > Though you may have something with the current administration's > connections to big oil. That may well have been a factor in this > having passed when it did, rather than other times it was proposed. > > -- Glenn > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
