[BC] NWS robots

[Gary Glaenzer]

" I still don't understand how this saves energy."

In this day and age, it doesn't.

But it makes the general public think that the politico's are actually doing
something about the 'energy crisis'.

At least they didn't try to tell us 'it's for the children'...........

G


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Peterson" <kzerocx at rapidcity.net>
To: <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 7:55 AM
Subject: [BC] NWS robots


> "I noted my local NWS talking robot on 162 Mhz is still an hour off in
> time. Hmmmm.
> --
> mwe "
>
> I noticed, Sunday, that most electronic signs (time & temp) were off by an
> hour.  My VCR, which gets its time from a local analog TV station, is
still
> off by an hour, this Monday morning.  The local ABC station is showing the
> label for the previous program to "Good Morning America" when the channel
is
> selected.
>
> It appears a whole lot of stuff missed the new time change.  I still don't
> understand how this saves energy.  We have all the lights on in the house
> this morning, instead of having them on this evening.  A friend, who has
> worked in the power industry for thirty plus years, doesn't believe it
makes
> any difference, either.
>
> Gary, K?CX
> Rapid City,  SD
>
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