[BC] ANY word from FCC abt DST change?

[Tom]

Moving to Indiana wouldn't do you any good, anyway - we started using 
DST about 6 months (that spring) before the nonsense changes from DC 
kicked in...

Personally, I think ALL DST should be eliminated.  Who benefits?  Not 
the kids waiting for the bus in the dark... not the AM stations - 
whether ND-D, or DA-N, or DA-2... not ANYONE who works... it's been 
shown that accidents INCREASE when the time change kicks in.  Of 
course, Congresscritters DON'T work... Drive-in movie theaters didn't 
benefit; kinda hard to show an outdoor movie before sunset... and if 
sunset's at 9 PM...

So, yeah - the NEW dates are stupid... the OLD dates were 
stupid!  ANY date is stupid!

DST is like the old mountain man who got a new blanket.  When he 
pulled it up under his chin, his feet stuck out.  So, being SMART!!!, 
he decided to cut several inches off the top, and sew them to the bottom.
I don't care WHAT games you play with the clock... Earth still takes 
23 hours, 59 minutes and 50 odd seconds to make one turn... ain't 
NOTHING Man can do to change that.  You want more "daylight" in the evening?
TURN ON THE LIGHTS!!!!!!! Mr. Edison SOLVED that problem over 100 years ago!!!!

SHEESH!  </rant> (I warned ya...)

Tom S.

Broadcast List wrote:

>I don't want to live in Indiana, but I have to tell you, the 
>counties that don't change time are very appealing to me.  The same 
>with Arizona, and I might like to live there.
>
>I ABSOLUTELY HATE the change.  It screws up my internal clock for a 
>month.  I don't wear a watch, yet I pretty much know the time all 
>day.  I get "adjusted" from time to time by looking at clocks or my 
>computer (or my assistant), and things work just fine.  I wake 
>without an alarm most of the time, unless it is an especially early 
>time for a early flight or something similar, and things generally 
>run on time.
>I don't miss appointments or flights.
>
>THEN we change the clock.  TWO TIMES A YEAR, I don't get up at the 
>right time, and I have a hard time being on time.  It lasts between 
>two weeks to a month.  "Springing forward" is the worst, as it makes 
>me late.  "Falling back" isn't that bad, except that I get up too 
>early, and I am early to everything.  The effect is shorter though.
>It is like flying between time zones, but worse.
>
>We really need to stop doing this.  Pick a freaking time and stick with it.
>
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