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Los Angeles Daily News ^
| April 23, 2005
| Lisa M. Sodders and Brent Hopkins
Posted on 04/23/2005 2:59:18 PM PDT by La Enchiladita
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Sputter Sputter Sputter
To: La Enchiladita
Why dont we just leave it a half hour ahead and not change it anymore?
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posted on
04/23/2005 3:01:55 PM PDT
by
mlmr
(The Culture of Death will get a lot more deadly before it's done.)
To: La Enchiladita
Cranky schoolchildren, electronic chaos and increased sales of double espressos -- those are just some of the effects that would ripple through Americans' lives under a plan moving through Congress to extend daylight-saving time by two months a year.Doom and Gloom doesn't work anymore thus the LA Times loss of revenue.
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posted on
04/23/2005 3:02:45 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: La Enchiladita
yes, please!
i like daylight savings time.
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posted on
04/23/2005 3:03:38 PM PDT
by
ken21
(if you didn't see it on tv, then it didn't happen. /s)
To: EGPWS
Los Angeles Daily News
To: mlmr
Why dont we just leave it a half hour ahead and not change it anymore? Wasn't it Einstein who said all is relative?
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posted on
04/23/2005 3:04:53 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: La Enchiladita
The change in the fall is about a month after the equinox, whereas the change in the spring is after the equinox...it would make better sense to have the "spring forward" date the last Sunday in February, and keep the "fall back" date where it is now.
The problem in the middle of summer is that it gets light too early...maybe we should have double daylight time (two hours ahead of standard time) for a couple of months around the summer solstice. That would give us a lot of daylight in the evenings...perhaps too much for families with young children.
To: La Enchiladita
Los Angeles Daily News Thank you for the correction my FRiend however my statement still stands. ; )
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posted on
04/23/2005 3:06:17 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
To: Verginius Rufus
It would make better sense to have standard time all the time. I hate daylight savings time. I'm NOT a morning person and your proposal to "spring forward" in February would mean getting up in darkness more months. ARGHHH...!!
I think this legislation is insane. Couldn't Congress be working on matters of importance?
To: La Enchiladita
We tried this schitt in the 70's. November, northern Michigan, sunrise 8:30 am.
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posted on
04/23/2005 3:12:46 PM PDT
by
j_tull
To: La Enchiladita
Forget daylight savings time. Get back on standard time and leave it alone. DST is a joke.
To: taxesareforever
THANK YOU!!
To: ken21
So do I. I've never understood why we didn't need that extra hour of daylight in the winter.
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posted on
04/23/2005 3:16:13 PM PDT
by
proudofthesouth
(Boycotting movies since 1988)
To: Verginius Rufus
At least by moving the "spring forward" date these would never hit the Christian holy days of Palm Sunday or Easter (for both Western rite and Orthodox). Under the present scheme these days are often the morning after time change.
Actually I've often thought that under this present scheme "spring forward" ought to be the April 15, irrespective of the day of the week. Makes sense for the government edict to pick out pockets and deprive us of one hour's sleep all on the same day.
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posted on
04/23/2005 3:16:46 PM PDT
by
lightman
(The Office of the Keys should be exercised as some ministry needs to be exorcised.)
To: taxesareforever
Forget daylight savings time. Get back on standard time and leave it alone. DST is a joke.Why can't we all agree to get up an hour earlier and leave the dang clocks alone?
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posted on
04/23/2005 3:17:21 PM PDT
by
stboz
To: lightman
Arizona is the only state to defy the "government edict" so far. Maybe other states should consider defiance. This is hideous. Get outa my clock, Big Brother!
To: La Enchiladita
"Get back on standard time and leave it alone. DST is a joke" Amen! this switching the clocks and pretending to fool anyone is just about the stupidest thing we've done this century... almost....
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posted on
04/23/2005 3:30:15 PM PDT
by
Lloyd227
(American Forces armed with what? Spit balls?)
To: La Enchiladita
Arizona is right. They long ago realize the extra hour of daylight would burn the crops and upset the chickens egg laying schedule.
It's anti-productive...
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posted on
04/23/2005 3:31:20 PM PDT
by
CommandoFrank
(Peer into the depths of hell and you will find the face of Islam...)
To: La Enchiladita
How is this supposed to save energy when in Texas, in the summer, you have to run your A/C almost 24 hours a day regardless of what the clock says? Whether the sun sets at 8PM or 9PM make no difference when the temperatue is still going to swing between 80 and 105 every day!
To: La Enchiladita
Sherman and other supporters cite Department of Transportation studies from the mid-1970s that found such a move could save the equivalent of 100,000 barrels of oil each day that daylight-saving time is extended.
Nothing like big round equivocal numbers from a three decade old study to make one's (ROTFLTAO) case. Leave it to a rat to pass this off with a strait face.
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posted on
04/23/2005 3:40:26 PM PDT
by
PA Engineer
(Liberalism is a Hate Crime-Liberate America from the occupation media!)
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