[BC] RE: DST vs Daytimers

[Chuck Lakaytis]

DST actually got started during WWI in the British Isles.  Most factories,
etc. were then still lighted by natural light.  Hence the introduction of
"British Summer Time".

Chuck Lakaytis
Director of Engineering
Alaska Public Broadcasting, Inc.
Anchorage, Alaska
907 277 6300
907 301 4339 (cell)


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Brian Urban
Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 6:16 AM
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Subject: Re: [BC] RE: DST vs Daytimers

DST was originally Ben Franklin's idea.  Not one of his better ones.


On 8/21/06 7:33 AM, "Cowboy" <curt at spam-o-matic.net> wrote:

> On Monday 21 August 2006 07:56 am, Tom Taggart wrote:
>> I'll agree with Willie.
>> 
>> Moving up "daylight saving" time to March makes no sense except to some
> idiot politicians who waltz into the office around ten each day. It
"saves"
> nothing, because most of us have to turn on extra lights to get up in the
> dark.
>> 
>> Especially, as Cowboy is aware, here in Ohio. On March 15, 2007, sunrise
in
> Connecticut is at 6:05 AM (or 7:05 advanced time). Here in Ohio, sunrise
goes
> from 6:45 to 7:45. I am up at 6:00 each morning.  Many local schools have
> buses out picking up the kids at 6:45, move to daylight time and kids are
> waiting in the dark.
>> 
>> This saves energy? Yea right.
> 
>  Please don't misunderstand .....
> 
>  Personally, I think Daylight "Savings" time is one of the dumbest things
>  to have ever come from the legislature, ever.
> 
>  It puts little kids in danger, more-so now that every other soccer-mom
>  in an SUV is paying more attention to their cell phone than what that
>  bump was.....
>  We could go on almost forever with what's wrong with DST, but that
>  never seems to stop Washington.
> 
>  IMHO a much better idea is to abolish DST forever.

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Brian Urban
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The University of Texas at Austin
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