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Relative to where the time-zone lines would be if not adjusted for geographic and political barriers and various sillier reasons, most of the US was *already* an hour ahead of where we should be - and then most of the US (I think everywhere in the States except Arizona, plus the Navajo reservation in Arizona, minus the Hopi reservation inside the Navajo reservation in Arizona; dunno about territories and possessions) just shifted the clock another hour ahead.

And people keep saying we should keep the clocks that way year-round.

So which of the following do YOU think is a better idea:

A ) Grade-school kids in rural areas standing by the side of the road in the dark before sunrise, waiting for the school bus - and then having plenty of light in the evening to get off the school bus and run into the house.

B ) Grade-school kids in rural areas standing by the side of the road AFTER sunrise, when it's light so people can see them, waiting for the school bus - and then getting off the school bus in the dark and running into the house.

Me, I like B better. So DST in winter is a bad idea. Whether summer DST is useful is questionable, but at worst (and as far as I'm aware) it's merely a silly and somewhat wasteful idea - not an actively bad one.

And yes it's real. We tried A for a year while I was in high school - and after a second-grader in the district I was in was hit by a car and carried to the hospital, the school district shifted its schedule so school started at 9:45. The little girl didn't return to school that year and is crippled for life.

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1 hour ago, Don Edwards said:

Relative to where the time-zone lines would be if not adjusted for geographic and political barriers and various sillier reasons, most of the US was *already* an hour ahead of where we should be - and then most of the US (I think everywhere in the States except Arizona, plus the Navajo reservation in Arizona, minus the Hopi reservation inside the Navajo reservation in Arizona; dunno about territories and possessions) just shifted the clock another hour ahead.

And people keep saying we should keep the clocks that way year-round.

So which of the following do YOU think is a better idea:

A ) Grade-school kids in rural areas standing by the side of the road in the dark before sunrise, waiting for the school bus - and then having plenty of light in the evening to get off the school bus and run into the house.

B ) Grade-school kids in rural areas standing by the side of the road AFTER sunrise, when it's light so people can see them, waiting for the school bus - and then getting off the school bus in the dark and running into the house.

Me, I like B better. So DST in winter is a bad idea. Whether summer DST is useful is questionable, but at worst (and as far as I'm aware) it's merely a silly and somewhat wasteful idea - not an actively bad one.

And yes it's real. We tried A for a year while I was in high school - and after a second-grader in the district I was in was hit by a car and carried to the hospital, the school district shifted its schedule so school started at 9:45. The little girl didn't return to school that year and is crippled for life.

B is safer. The kids standing around waiting in the dark are a hazard for themselves.

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What I've always found baffling is why it's supposedly easier to change the time the clock says rather than changing when we do things relative to the clock.

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Indiana used to also ignore DST. From what I read (and if I remember correctly), the state legislature commissioned a study of the economic impact, and found that taking up DST like the rest of the country would have an economic impact on the state's economy of NEGATIVE 3 billion dollars a year - so they decided to do it.

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"It must be good! Everyone is doing it!"

I remember that about Indiana. I lived in the Dayton, Ohio area for a short while (Stationed at Wright Pat).

Similar is moving from one side of a time zone to the other side. I've done that, too, also courtesy of the USAF. Fun times.

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On 4/21/2023 at 1:58 AM, ProfessorTomoe said:

"No dogma"
Is dogma
"No dogma"
Is dogma
Without dogma
Where would we be?
Without dogma
What would we eat?

- The Judy's, "Don't Be a Hippie"

 

 

Based on the cover art, it appears that The Judy's are a proponent of cowma.

All in favor of being cowmatose, do nothing. Wow, that's quite a few followers!

Well, as they say, "To err is human, to moo is bovine."

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On 4/22/2023 at 3:19 PM, Darth Fluffy said:

Based on the cover art, it appears that The Judy's are a proponent of cowma.

All i favor of being cowmatose, do nothing. Wow, that's quite a few followers!

Well, as they say, "To err is human, to moo is bovine."

/me add a bunch of stars, underlines and a note "To much cattle related" 

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