Saving daylight

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Everyone hates losing an hour every Spring for daylight savings time,
don't they? And gaining an hour in the Fall is wonderful? Well I have a
great idea that I'm sure will be a big hit. Instead of losing a full hour
all at once, why not take 2 minutes a day off for 30 days instead? No-one
would even notice the gradual change!

Even better, how about doing this every 30 days, then gaining an hour
back? Imagine, an extra hour 12 times a year!

I'm now requesting nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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Eek! Cape Dweller wrote:
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> I'm now requesting nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Oh, good.... I need a nomination myself.

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Cape Dweller Dragon the True-to-Life Bionic Surgeon of Liberty wrote:
>Everyone hates losing an hour every Spring for daylight savings time,
>don't they? And gaining an hour in the Fall is wonderful? Well I have a
>great idea that I'm sure will be a big hit. Instead of losing a full hour
>all at once, why not take 2 minutes a day off for 30 days instead? No-one
>would even notice the gradual change!
>Even better, how about doing this every 30 days, then gaining an hour
>back? Imagine, an extra hour 12 times a year!

Hmm, a little complicated but it just might work.

Personally I have a theory that the ghosts of those who die between
springing forward and falling back haunt the extra hour of falling
back in order to regain the hour lost to them. I did'nt say it was a
good theory.

>I'm now requesting nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize.

If and when I am in a position to do such a thing I will consider it.
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On Mon, 04 Apr 2005 02:52:38 -0400, Cape Dweller <usenet@ciotog.net>
wrote:

>Everyone hates losing an hour every Spring for daylight savings time,
>don't they? And gaining an hour in the Fall is wonderful? Well I have a
>great idea that I'm sure will be a big hit. Instead of losing a full hour
>all at once, why not take 2 minutes a day off for 30 days instead? No-one
>would even notice the gradual change!

Ah, now c'mon. I so anal about my watch that it takes me 2 weeks to
get it set back perfect the way I like after the time changes, and now
you want me to move it 2 minutes every day?

I didn't mine losing the hour. I just wasn't thrilled that I was an
hour late for a private student cause I didn't know the time changed.
She thought it was pretty funny though.


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erimess wrote:

> Ah, now c'mon. I so anal about my watch that it takes me 2 weeks to get
> it set back perfect the way I like after the time changes, and now you
> want me to move it 2 minutes every day?

Actually I've been thinking of that - current technology permits
automatically adjusting watches/clocks, so that's really not a problem. If
people have to buy new clocks/watches to take advantage of the new system,
well then that's just a great excuse for an economic growth opportunity!

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Words to the wise, Cape Dweller <usenet@ciotog.net> wrote:

>Actually I've been thinking of that - current technology permits
>automatically adjusting watches/clocks, so that's really not a problem. If
>people have to buy new clocks/watches to take advantage of the new system,
>well then that's just a great excuse for an economic growth opportunity!

Yay for additional indebted households!

 

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On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 03:13:37 -0400, Cape Dweller <usenet@ciotog.net>
wrote:

>erimess wrote:
>
>> Ah, now c'mon. I so anal about my watch that it takes me 2 weeks to get
>> it set back perfect the way I like after the time changes, and now you
>> want me to move it 2 minutes every day?
>
>Actually I've been thinking of that - current technology permits
>automatically adjusting watches/clocks, so that's really not a problem. If
>people have to buy new clocks/watches to take advantage of the new system,
>well then that's just a great excuse for an economic growth opportunity!

That's not really going to help the economic growth of my wallet.



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This is the comfort of everyone: That tho' they
may be said to die, yet their love and devotion
are, in best sense, ever present because immortal.
~William Penn
In memory of my father, 1 Jan 05