It is my understanding that Indiana will decide at a later date whether to go with Eastern or Central time. Time will tell if this happens and at what time they will use.
Thad --- Archie Kregear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been reading this discussion on daylight > savings and have one > suggestion. All we need to do is alter the > television schedule one hour > ahead and that will do more to change people's > behavior than changing > the clocks. Most people go to bed after a certain > program is over. The > later in the summer that program is on then the > later they stay up with > the lights on. Having the TV program finish an hour > earlier means that > folks go to bed earlier and the lights are turned > off an hour earlier > saving electricity. > > Also the changing of the clocks issue is getting a > lot less difficult as > many devices have the time set for them. All cell > phones have their time > set by the signal. VCR's and cable boxes are now > being set by the > signal. In a few years, when all clocks have the > ability to be set by > GPS, the governments could change the time on us and > all our clocks will > change automatically, most people would not even > know that they lost or > gained an hour. > > Ok, back into lurker mode... > > Archie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Warren Thom > Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 9:18 AM > To: tony moss; Sundial Mail List > Subject: Re: Is the USA 'Daylight-Saving' period to > be extended ? > > Hi Tony, > > I think you have something there. I have an aunt > and uncle that ran a > dairy > farm 600 miles west of us in Kansas. We were both > on Central time. > They > often bemoaned the concept of "daylight" time. They > compared it to the > ( > fill in the ethnic group) who would cut off one foot > ( 30 cm) of their > blanket and sew it onto the other end to make it > longer. Since their > cows > failed to notice the time change, my aunt complained > about how their > shopping in town needed adjustment twice a year. > > I was a teen before I figured out why Kansas was > light at 9:30pm in the > summer, when Illinois was dark around 8:30. When in > Belgium and The > Netherlands in 2000, I was further surprised to see > it light out at > 11:00pm > in July. This is one of the reasons I like Italian > and Babylonian hours > on > sundials .. they don't depend on daylight saving nor > even the time zone. > > By the way -- The new statewide daylight law in > Indiana did not mention > if > Indiana is still split between Eastern and Central > time zone. At one > time > counties in Indiana near Chicago were Central and > rest of the state was > Eastern. I bet they only passed the law to avoid > the loss of federal > funds -- another way the federal government > persuades the states. The > "right thing to do" -- yeah right. > > Warren Thom > > From: "tony moss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Hi all, > > Ever one for 'raising hares' but re. DST > USA is it/was it true > > that some US agricultural areas stick to what > became known as 'cow > time'? > > Thus making for strange anomolies in short-haul > domestic airline > flights? > > > > Tony Moss. > > - > > - > > > - > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -
